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November11th, on 31 October 2018 - 04:31 PM, said:
to be fair the linebacker is kind of an outlire(sp plz?) in and of itself.
And in the Assassin's case, its actually a product of lore - " HEY THIS 35 TON CHASSIS IS AWESOME, BUT LETS THROW A HEAVIER ENGINE IN IT AND GIVE IT MORE ARMOR! YEAH LETS DO THAT!"... I mean basically all 40 and 50 tonners should be faster, more heavily armored and armed than typical light mechs because thats how they were designed from the get go by lore. The are supposed to be heavier scouts and or harassment mechs. Lightmechs are generally regulated to scouting duties in lore and light skirimishing with anything that isnt a mech (tanks, infantry, power armor, fortifications, trenches, armored vehicles) or other lightmechs. They really are not meant for mech on mech combat with lances of heavies and assaults. Unless we are talking about the Jenner, but thats a totally different animal altogether.
And in the Assassin's case, its actually a product of lore - " HEY THIS 35 TON CHASSIS IS AWESOME, BUT LETS THROW A HEAVIER ENGINE IN IT AND GIVE IT MORE ARMOR! YEAH LETS DO THAT!"... I mean basically all 40 and 50 tonners should be faster, more heavily armored and armed than typical light mechs because thats how they were designed from the get go by lore. The are supposed to be heavier scouts and or harassment mechs. Lightmechs are generally regulated to scouting duties in lore and light skirimishing with anything that isnt a mech (tanks, infantry, power armor, fortifications, trenches, armored vehicles) or other lightmechs. They really are not meant for mech on mech combat with lances of heavies and assaults. Unless we are talking about the Jenner, but thats a totally different animal altogether.
There are lights that go as fast as assaults (cougar vs max engine battlemaster), lights that are as agile or worse than heavies (wolfhound vs linebacker) and lights that are bigger than mediums (wolfhound vs cicada).
The whole thing is borked haha.
