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[VexDarkness]

For my next Mech purchase I want either an Assault Mech, or a Heavy Mech. What is the difference and what is recommended? Thanks!

[letir]

Depend on your target in the game.

Assaults are generally better just beacuse of the tonnage, unless it something like banshee.

Edited by letir, 20 April 2020 - 11:25 AM.

[VexDarkness]

So no Banshee assault Mech?

[letir]

VexDarkness, on 20 April 2020 - 11:50 AM, said:

So no Banshee assault Mech?

Well, represented in BT Banshee is horribly undergunned, and you cannot swap engines in vanilla, so...

For the rest "bigger is better" applying. Assault mech in general is cornerstone of your frontal armor and firepower, they are not effective as melee fighters. So try to get biggest loadout, with best hardpoints.

Try your hands on salvaged 'Mechs from special missions involving assaults first, any freebies is appreciated.

Awesome (energy version) is good laserboat. Stalker is good LRM boat. Highlander is jumpy assault with mixed loadout, good for long-ranged builds. Atlas and King Crab are both durable frontliners. Annihilator is almost immobile watchtower with immense firepower.

[VexDarkness]

Okay cool. I love lasers, so I may check out the Awesome. These are all assault Mechs?

[letir]

VexDarkness, on 20 April 2020 - 12:58 PM, said:

Okay cool. I love lasers, so I may check out the Awesome. These are all assault Mechs?

These are most useful that acessible in Battletech, Annihilator coming in DLC.

You can also look for Cyclop - he upgrading initiative, so your squad can move earlier. Very useful when you start fielding heavy setups.

[VexDarkness]

Coolness.

[Aidan Crenshaw]

What are you talking about? MWO? MW5? Battletech by HBS? Battletech TT?

[VexDarkness]

MWO.

[Ignatius Audene]

Then go heavy mech. Not assault. Assaults are with lights hardest to play mechs. u need to think 3 mins ahead.
As a starter warhammer 6r or 6d might be a good choice.

https://grimmechs.is...im.org/Database

Edited by Ignatius Audene, 22 April 2020 - 01:13 PM.

[VexDarkness]

Okay, thanks! I'm primarily looking for a heavy laserboat with AMS.

[Ignatius Audene]

https://mech.nav-alp...514cb03e_WHM-6D

Something like this. Like u see i would recommed skipping the ams. But u can always ditch the 2 arm lasers in favor of ams and more armor. Perhaps since colder its an more forgiving build.

Edited by Ignatius Audene, 23 April 2020 - 01:52 AM.

[Gagis]

I am extremely fond of the Grasshopper as a Laser Vomit mech: https://mech.nav-alp...5fbe76b7_GHR-5P

I did not put AMS on my example, but it can carry one of those too. For skills you will want all the range and heat related goodies and then structure for what you can afford.

[VexDarkness]

Cool, thanks for the suggestions! I'll check them both out.

[Ignatius Audene]

Then better get the grasshopper 5h. One less laser but 10% Heat Gen Quirk. Makes a perfect hpc build. One is in the link on grimm (u can do it with lfe)

[VexDarkness]

Ignatius Audene, on 23 April 2020 - 11:13 AM, said:

Then better get the grasshopper 5h. One less laser but 10% Heat Gen Quirk. Makes a perfect hpc build. One is in the link on grimm (u can do it with lfe)

What's HPC? I did like the Thanatos TNS-4P.

[Gagis]

Heavy PPC. That build is indeed much better on the 5H or the Mjölnir than on the 5P.

But I am very fond of the hardpoints on the 5P for laser vomit use, even if the quirk is worse to compensate for the superior hardpoints.

[VexDarkness]

Gagis, on 23 April 2020 - 12:09 PM, said:

Heavy PPC. That build is indeed much better on the 5H or the Mjölnir than on the 5P.

But I am very fond of the hardpoints on the 5P for laser vomit use, even if the quirk is worse to compensate for the superior hardpoints.

Still, the Thanatos looks like a beast. I tested a loadout with 98 damage. Might buy the bundle.

[Aidan Crenshaw]

It looks like a brick, you wanted to say. It's got some very bad hitboxes. Not the mech I would recommend to an inexperienced player.

[Ignatius Audene]

Thanatos is better than people talk about it. But it is not a laser mech. The ok builds 5s (brawl or the 2 uac10) or dual mrm 40 ecm.

Decide tue role /loadout then we can give u a hinter for the chassis with good corresponding quirks and geometry. DONT TRY TO FINDE LOADOUT FOR MECH X. WASTE OF CBILLS!