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[Adalonzo]

Hey everyone, just thought I'd ask which mechs would suit my taste the most? So far I have found one mech/build I Really enjoy and that is the Stone Rhino 4 with 2x AC/20 and 4x Proto AC/8s. What other mechs do you think I would enjoy with similar play styles? Don't care about the weight honestly, so open to try most anything!

[martian]

Adalonzo, on 26 May 2024 - 10:18 AM, said:

Hey everyone

Welcome to the forums!

Do you know anything about BattleTech / MechWarrior? I mean, do you prefer The Inner Sphere or the Clans?

Adalonzo, on 26 May 2024 - 10:18 AM, said:

Just thought I'd ask which mechs would suit my taste the most? So far I have found one mech/build I Really enjoy and that is the Stone Rhino 4 with 2x AC/20 and 4x Proto AC/8s. What other mechs do you think I would enjoy with similar play styles?

Daishi "Ultraviolet" maybe.
Stone Rhino "Aksum" maybe.
Fafnir perhaps.

[Adalonzo]

martian, on 26 May 2024 - 10:39 AM, said:

Welcome to the forums!

Do you know anything about BattleTech / MechWarrior? I mean, do you prefer The Inner Sphere or the Clans?

Daishi "Ultraviolet" maybe.
Stone Rhino "Aksum" maybe.
Fafnir perhaps.

I don't have a heavy preference once way or another when it comes to Clan vs IS mechs personally, they're both pretty cool for various reasons. I'll check those three out, appreciate the input.

[martian]

Adalonzo, on 26 May 2024 - 11:10 AM, said:

I don't have a heavy preference once way or another when it comes to Clan vs IS mechs personally, they're both pretty cool for various reasons. I'll check those three out, appreciate the input.

Just a few chicken walker 100-tonners.

"Ultraviolet" is OmniMech. The advantage is that when running ballistic boat gets old, you can swap OmniPods and turn your OmniMech into missile boat or laser boat. Or you can simply swap OmniPods to get hardpoints that you need.

There are even OmniPods with jump jets available, should you need them.

This game has dozens of 'Mechs and hundreds of their variants.

Mad Cat Mk. II "Moonwalker" and "Deathstrike" are also good.

Or would you like to try something lighter?

[Adalonzo]

martian, on 26 May 2024 - 11:28 AM, said:

Just a few chicken walker 100-tonners.

"Ultraviolet" is OmniMech. The advantage is that when running ballistic boat gets old, you can swap OmniPods and turn your OmniMech into missile boat or laser boat. Or you can simply swap OmniPods to get hardpoints that you need.

There are even OmniPods with jump jets available, should you need them.

This game has dozens of 'Mechs and hundreds of their variants.

Mad Cat Mk. II "Moonwalker" and "Deathstrike" are also good.

Or would you like to try something lighter?

The tonnage is fine Any non-heroic suggestions? not sure how much cash I want to drop on the game just yet.

[martian]

Adalonzo, on 26 May 2024 - 12:01 PM, said:

The tonnage is fine Any non-heroic suggestions? not sure how much cash I want to drop on the game just yet.

Well, Stalker is relatively cheap (even though you would have to pay for some upgrades). I would recommend checking energy-based variants.

Or check Blood Asp A and B. Mad Cat Mk. II MCII-B for running quad ballistic combo.

As I said, there are many 'Mechs in MWO.

[Void Angel]

Adalonzo, on 26 May 2024 - 10:18 AM, said:

Hey everyone, just thought I'd ask which mechs would suit my taste the most? So far I have found one mech/build I Really enjoy and that is the Stone Rhino 4 with 2x AC/20 and 4x Proto AC/8s. What other mechs do you think I would enjoy with similar play styles? Don't care about the weight honestly, so open to try most anything!

Try Stumbles for that Stone Rhino. Muahahah.

The Blood Asp is an exceptional chassis. Make it easy on yourself and take one with ECM, then use it as a weapons platform. Although it's still 90 tons, its minimal armor quirks make it vulnerable to being focused - but with 3 UAC/5s and a UAC/10, no one will want to trade fire with you.

Stalkers are a great chassis, and they are well-represented in competitive play. They don't quite have builds like you're enjoying, but they can do laser dakka with X-pulse, or brawling via medium -class lasers and SRMs.

The Sun Spider D is a great dakka 'mech, as is the Nightstar 10P (ignore the RAC quirks and use 2 ea. UAC/5 and UAC/2.) The Mad Cat MKII is available for c-bills, and it's a great chassis for doing builds like your Stone Rhino. Additionally, several Marauders do dakka or short-range builds very well.

For branching out into other chassis, try the Crusader 6T. It's energy based, but with 2 Snub Nose PPCs and your arms full of small lasers, you're a force to be reckoned with - a Heavy with good hit boxes that can run 82kph with an XL.

There are a ton of 'mechs out there, particularly as you branch out and learn new weapon systems and chassis, but those are the ones I'd recommend for builds similar to your Stone Rhino, off the top of my head.

Edited by Void Angel, 26 May 2024 - 09:49 PM.

[w0qj]

And a warm welcome to MWO, Adalonzo

With hindsight of being a returning MWO player four years so, suggest you play the 16x Trial Mechs (4 in each category Assault/Heavy/Medium/Light) to get a feel of your mech playing style, for:

1. Assault / Heavy / Medium / Light?
2. Ballistic, Energy, or Missile weapons?
3. IS or Clan?

~~>Only you can answer these questions yourself, and then we can sit down to suggest which CBills mechs you should eventually aim to acquire for your MWO mech stable! (Kickstarting your MWO game account CBills economy is by far the hardest part of this game...)

Don't get us wrong; we would gladly give you all sorts of MWO advice!

[Adalonzo]

Void Angel, on 26 May 2024 - 09:47 PM, said:

Try Stumbles for that Stone Rhino. Muahahah.

The Blood Asp is an exceptional chassis. Make it easy on yourself and take one with ECM, then use it as a weapons platform. Although it's still 90 tons, its minimal armor quirks make it vulnerable to being focused - but with 3 UAC/5s and a UAC/10, no one will want to trade fire with you.

Stalkers are a great chassis, and they are well-represented in competitive play. They don't quite have builds like you're enjoying, but they can do laser dakka with X-pulse, or brawling via medium -class lasers and SRMs.

The Sun Spider D is a great dakka 'mech, as is the Nightstar 10P (ignore the RAC quirks and use 2 ea. UAC/5 and UAC/2.) The Mad Cat MKII is available for c-bills, and it's a great chassis for doing builds like your Stone Rhino. Additionally, several Marauders do dakka or short-range builds very well.

For branching out into other chassis, try the Crusader 6T. It's energy based, but with 2 Snub Nose PPCs and your arms full of small lasers, you're a force to be reckoned with - a Heavy with good hit boxes that can run 82kph with an XL.

There are a ton of 'mechs out there, particularly as you branch out and learn new weapon systems and chassis, but those are the ones I'd recommend for builds similar to your Stone Rhino, off the top of my head.

Appreciate all the great suggestions! definitely gonna try that rhino build, it looks fun. I think i'll aim for the blood asp next!

[Void Angel]

Adalonzo, on 27 May 2024 - 11:41 AM, said:

Appreciate all the great suggestions! definitely gonna try that rhino build, it looks fun. I think i'll aim for the blood asp next!

I recommend taking Speed Tweak for Stumbles. He's too slow otherwise.

[Aidan Crenshaw]

Void Angel, on 27 May 2024 - 04:58 PM, said:

I recommend taking Speed Tweak for Stumbles. He's too slow otherwise.

Stumbles won't be much faster, doesn't even break 50...

[w0qj]

There's also a similar thread, covering similar mechs, and also Heavy mechs too

https://mwomercs.com...03#entry6532703

[KursedVixen]

if you want a good ballstic clan mech get the Kodiak 3 or the rifleman IIC 2

[Void Angel]

Aidan Crenshaw, on 27 May 2024 - 09:54 PM, said:

Stumbles won't be much faster, doesn't even break 50...

Trust me. It matters. This is also my current version where I lost a ton of engine to swap the TC for a jump jet - I'm considering going back up, which will yield a blisteringly fast top speed of 51.4kph.

Edited by Void Angel, 28 May 2024 - 10:33 AM.