Purist Clan, Is Or Mixed?
#1
Posted 15 October 2016 - 02:25 PM
I have 43 Clan mechs and 37 IS mechs currently in my Stable. My favorite mechs are:
Arctic Cheetah
Crab
Cataphract
Hellbringer
Kodiak
Marauder
Phoenix Hawk
Stormcrow
Viper
Warhammer
I tend to lean toward the Clans from a Lore Standpoint but my play preference is pretty split right now and equally enjoy both my Clan and IS mechs in equal measure.
So how do you see yourself? Are you either a Clan or IS purist playing on Clan or IS mechs? Do you play both but strongly favor one over the other? Are you like me and generally bounce back and forward between both sides? What is your preference?
#2
Posted 15 October 2016 - 02:32 PM
So that's roughly (I have dupes) the ratio when you own every chassis. From what I know of the lore, I'd lean IS, I think, but have a personal Ghost Bear leaning in MWO.
Edited by TercieI, 15 October 2016 - 02:32 PM.
#3
Posted 15 October 2016 - 02:36 PM
I must mention that I do have 1 IS chassis in my Clan collection of 'mechs, and that is a Locust: Pirate's Bane. The only reason it is there is because it was gifted to me. Because of years and years of being a Clan purist, it is difficult for me to customize an IS chassis in the mechlab, and actually starts to make me angry over time, lol. As an example, it bugs the crap outta me that IS double heat sinks take up 3 slots. This test tube baby will never understand, nor care to. However, I will concede that some IS 'mechs look freakin' sweet and are totally badass. Also, I cheered on that Steiner dude in the Battletech cartoon as a kid and dreamed of piloting my own Axeman and even had this action figure of the thing that I played with until the springs wore out. It was because of the cartoon I developed a strong dislike for Clan Jade Falcon and never even played their campaign side in Mechwarrior 2.
~Cub
Edited by Cub, 15 October 2016 - 02:48 PM.
#4
Posted 15 October 2016 - 02:37 PM
So... my mechs...
- Urbanmech UM-R60L - Elite
- Jenner JR7-D (F) - Master
- Centurion CN9-AH (L) - Master
- Hunchback HBK-4G (F) - Master
- Trebuchet TBT-5N - Elite
- Catapult CPLT-A1 (C) - Master
- Catapult CPLT-C1 (F) - Master
- Catapult CPLT-BB - Master
- Catapult CPLT-J - Master
- Jagermech JM6-A (C) - Master
- Jagermech JM6-DD - Master
- Atlas AS7-D (F) - Master
- Atlas AS7-S (L) - Master
- King Crab KGC-000 (L) - Basic
#5
Posted 15 October 2016 - 02:41 PM
Absolutely every other mech I own is clan.
#6
Posted 15 October 2016 - 02:45 PM
#7
Posted 15 October 2016 - 02:46 PM
#8
Posted 15 October 2016 - 02:46 PM
I think I like both sides equally. I also feel that you should play both sides to understand how the game is balanced. It's easy to be biased if you only play one side. To be honest, I feel like I shouldn't even talk too much about the EBJ and SCR, even though I have most of the Clan mechs in the game, because it's hard to get a proper impression of a mech you've never really played.
#9
Posted 15 October 2016 - 03:10 PM
At least in start I find it easier to concentrate. When you build mechs you will need weapons and other stuff. When you concentrate on one tech, it's cheaper build up that necessarily stockpile. Plus all sorts of weapon modules and stuff like that, too.
And learning about weapons too, there's plenty of difficulty figuring out just one tech base.
Granted going Clan way is definetly expensive because of mechs and omnipods are pretty expensive.
#10
Posted 15 October 2016 - 03:21 PM
Ironically, until MWLL I was all IS. But once I joined a Clan group in MWLL and started researching the background of the clans I became intrigued and it has been all Clan ever since. I would still play Clan even if the IS Mechs were better.
Edited by Rampage, 15 October 2016 - 03:22 PM.
#11
Posted 15 October 2016 - 03:31 PM
RIP WubShee
#12
Posted 15 October 2016 - 03:49 PM
#13
Posted 15 October 2016 - 03:59 PM
Just don't ask me to raise my hands for the Mist Lynx.
#14
Posted 15 October 2016 - 04:13 PM
#15
Posted 15 October 2016 - 04:16 PM
#16
Posted 15 October 2016 - 04:17 PM
Viktor Drake, on 15 October 2016 - 02:25 PM, said:
I have 43 Clan mechs and 37 IS mechs currently in my Stable. My favorite mechs are:
Arctic Cheetah
Crab
Cataphract
Hellbringer
Kodiak
Marauder
Phoenix Hawk
Stormcrow
Viper
Warhammer
I tend to lean toward the Clans from a Lore Standpoint but my play preference is pretty split right now and equally enjoy both my Clan and IS mechs in equal measure.
So how do you see yourself? Are you either a Clan or IS purist playing on Clan or IS mechs? Do you play both but strongly favor one over the other? Are you like me and generally bounce back and forward between both sides? What is your preference?
8 Founder massacre lol.
#17
Posted 15 October 2016 - 04:39 PM
Sometimes it's fun to just play with different tech and experiment a bit.
Mechs I own if anyone cares
Lights:
1 Spider
3 Arctic Cheetos
3 Kit Foxes
2 Firestarters, (One of them is the Ember, I bought it back when it was good)
Mediums:
4 Cicadas (my favorite medium)
4 Shadowcats
4 Novas
2 Loyalty Centurions
Heavies:
3 Catapults (including the k2, which I loved and still love)
3 Jagermechs
3 Summoners
4 Ebon Jaguars
Assualts:
3 Warhawk
5 Executioners
2 King Crabs
2 Loyalty Atlases
5 Direwolves (My favorite mech, it's so fun sometimes)
Aaaand 7 Kodiaks (I'm kinda working on liking them)
#18
Posted 15 October 2016 - 04:40 PM
#19
Posted 15 October 2016 - 05:09 PM
52 Clan mechs
3 Locusts
The 3 loyalty IS chassis that sit stripped and forgotten.
#20
Posted 15 October 2016 - 05:22 PM
You see, I came to this game only after CW went live. I came for the nostalgia of Battletech and Mechwarrior.
I came to fight the evil clanners of a game I played as a kid.
As the CW aspect fades I get that such loyalty to a concept is well, stupid; but that is what I came to the game for to fight the clans. And by god I am sticking with that regardless of imbalance, lack of lore or even utter lack of content relevant thereto. If PGI won't supply me with a reason to fight the filthy clanners, I can at least bring my own created motivation to a game that I was once really excited about. Minus that motivation -or any other motivation that one might create- there really isn't much reason to play.
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