I am a mid tier pilot. Pretty much forever stuck at pilot rank 5 it seems. When I first started playing MWO IS was all there was and even when the Clan Mechs first dropped I was pretty pretty hardcore IS. Eventually however, I was dragged into Clan Jade Falcon and rolled with a Jade Falcon unit for some time. It was there that I got my first taste of faction play. I cannot say I remember a whole lot about it but I did get SOME experience with it. It was also during this time that I committed relatively wholesale to Clan Mechs. I have 13 clan mechs in all and only a small handful of remaining IS mech. Hench why I am posting here under Clans. I don't think I could ever go back to IS.
Lore wise I cannot claim to be the expert on Battle Tech lore I want to be but I do know some. I played the table top a bit with my dad as a kid and I have a bunch of the books and box sets that one day I hope to drag back off the shelf. Most of my lore knowledge comes from that and some youtube here or there. I had always thought of myself as Clan Wolf but when I got drafted into Jade Falcon I did a little bit of tweaking to my head cannon for my pilot. Essentially making him a Clan Wolf Warrior whose group ended up losing in a clan dispute with Jade Falcon and thus ended up piloting for them. Since I know the Clans do that to some extent.
So what am I looking for out of a Unit?
I am looking for a Clan unit that uses Discord as their primary Coms. I have a very busy life and often end up having to leave the game for months at a time. So I would prefer an unit that is okay with that. A crew that I know will be around anytime I do have time to play and the itch to pilot, but will not be breathing down my neck if I am am off the game for a few weeks or even months. I know that may be a bit too much to ask since most folks have activity requirements but I really do not want to keep bouncing from unit to unit every time I take a break from the game. I am looking for my forever Unit as it were.
As far as Faction I have a preference to Jade Falcon, since I sunk a chunk of cash into jade falcon warhorns, Camo specs, ect. I do have a bit of Clan Wolf stuff as well, as sorta an homage to both my origins in the battle tech table top and my head cannon for my pilot. But ultimately if you have an active unit that fights for the clans and is willing to be my forever unit even with the fact that I often take long breaks from the game, I am willing to sink the cash into repping new colors.
Edited by Pyrazire, 09 February 2022 - 12:26 AM.