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[William Pryde]

The absolute most fun I have ever had was with an awful Ebon Jaguar build with 2x UAC20s. Not much ammo, not much range, but when you pop around a corner and unleash all the bullets on an unsuspecting opponent it feels great.

Getting more serious, though, I would either pick one of the three builds below:

- Ebon Jaguar with 2x LPL and 6x ERML
- Night Gyr with 2x UAC10s and 4x MPL
- Dire Wolf with 2x Gauss, 2x ERLL, 4x ERML, and 1 LRM5 (Dire Wolves are slow, I like to be able to put out some damage while waddling into position)

[Johnny Imba]

Probably my Hellbringer. A lot of loadouts and ecm in my favorite weightclass.

[Christophe Ivanov]

My favorite is not in game yet. Fafinir.

Currently, it's my DW-UV. 2 UAC10's 2 ERLL's I WISH I had ECM and missile protection Omini pods. But no love from PGI yet!

my best light is my Artic Cheetah with 4 ERML's, ECM

[HGAK47]

Only one mech?

Probs have to be my little Pirate bane. Gives me the most enjoyment (and the most frustration lol) in MWO. Really no need to link a fit, its going to have 4 medium lasers or 4 small pulse regardless.

[N a p e s]

Bishop Steiner, on 20 April 2017 - 08:12 AM, said:

As things sit right now?
HBK-4G

My ASN-21 and soon to arrive UM-K9 would be close, and there is always room for a CN9-D.... but my Hunchback is my go to robot. And admittedly, post de-quirkening/Skilltree, that could alter some. But as of now, and even looking at new tech? Seems to be as solid and satisfying a choice as ever. LFE should allow me that mobility boost to really be the icing on the cake. (while also allowing room for Light Ferro, etc)

Basically, what Bishop said.

The 4G remains my go to mech. Before my break I even had a whole 2 weeks of nothing but this mech, I didn't want to play unless I was running this one. After 4 years it is still the most satisfying mech to play and I look forward to seeing how it will play with the civil war tech.

[Bud Crue]

I don't know how to answer this anymore. PGI keeps mucking with mech performance both by ever changing mechanics and random wacks with the nerf bat. I used to say Quickdraw 4G with SRMs and MPL and a XL350. But having lost a lot of its performance character after two smacks with the nerf bat, plus the general SRM spread nerf, and in a meta of 50-70 point PPFLD thrown around from halfway across the map; not even I can delude myself into believing that this mech is consistently fun to play any more.

So, one mech, one mech...hmm, which one of my low tier, quirk reliant mechs would I want to play exclusively?
Tough choices...

Welp, If I gotta choose, I guess I'll go with gotta go with a Jester. I can run a 2LPL and 4ML with both AMS and an XL325 and a couple JJ. It ain't perfect, but its still consistently fun and I usually do better in it than many other mechs. So that's my choice...today. Ask me again after skills tree and new tech, and who knows how I might answer.

[Y E O N N E]

Locust 1E

Probably with six Medium Lasers.

Been playing Locusts since early 2014. Big, sm0l, quirked, unquirked, doesn't matter. I will take faces with it.

[Davegt27]

Hard question

My short list

Sparky: got ace of spades with it but its one trick pony (lasers)
KDK SB: assume battle Mech if I designed battle mechs the SB has most of the qualities you want

Timber Wolf: the reason I am tier anything is because of the Timber Wolf it can do it all
Warhammer: this Mech brings in the new age of IS power its the best Assault Mech the IS has
IMHO

I pick the Warhammer 6R

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...040849e99819af5

[Chados]

Catapult A1, 2xALRM15, 4xSSRM2, XL255, BAP, endo.

[Trev Firestorm]

So hard to choose... IS assault MAL-1R can fit 3 of my 6 mauler builds and I do like the mauler quite a bit, but assaults aren't really my thing, clan side assault would be a MAD IIC... but no idea which one
IS Heavies probably a MAD-5M for its mixed balance between the BH2 and the 3R gives it good loadout options... not my top mech ever but enjoyable and adaptable, CTF-IM comes in second since it is the most used mech on my account. Clan side I don't run many to begin with so probably a MDD.
IS Mediums... so hard to choose, many of them play so differently from each other... SHD-GD probably comes closest to my ideal I suppose. Clans, I only just picked it up but I am falling in love with the SHC, running it like a masc/jumping Adder which has always been one of my favorite mechs.
IS Lights... well I haven't enjoyed playing most lights after the removal of knockdowns, tiny high speed no skill required piloting is just boring. Clan side, as I said the ADR has always been a favorite.


Overall forced to pick just one, SHD-GD does the most for me on IS and probably SHC for clans since I can't pick between the MAD IICs.

[Buzzkillin]

Enforcer 4P

Always my go to mech, always have the most fun in it

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...66193e9825d0f86

[C E Dwyer]

I'd have to pick the Night Gyr D

1 LPL , 1 TAG, 4 ALRM15 and all the missile goodness I could fit.

[Throat Punch]

The almighty HOLLANDER!

or if we are strictly talking in-game 'mechs the King Crab

[CDLord HHGD]

HBK-4G

[Lil Cthulhu]

Either the quad UAC10 Kodiak or the quad UAC5 King Crab.

dakka dakka dakka dakka dakka dakka dakka dakka

[chucklesMuch]

One :/

Before the clpl range reduction might have been a 2xclpl ecm shadowcat.

Probably 6xspl ecm arctic cheetah, but 8xspl viper, 5xmpl cicada 2b and 6xml cicada 2a are very very close.

[Airu]

From the currently available, spider 5V, of all the mechs I played, I never get tired of this one

[Evan20k]

Scorch. It can brawl, it can snipe, it can do more or less anything I need it to.

[Ngamok]

Bishop Steiner, on 20 April 2017 - 08:12 AM, said:

As things sit right now?
HBK-4G

I'm with you

[MauttyKoray]

If I had to go with just one in regards to the mech? Deimos... However I'm not sure about MWO as it would depend on the designs/gameplay of either the Deimos or Hammerhands. I'm normally a Light/Medium pilot, but even I have to go with those two.