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[Odins Reaver]

The I prefer the Night Gyr to the Timber Wolf, the only variant that has "issues" is the LRM one, and that is due to having four LRM 20's and only 6 tons of ammo.

[Solis Obscuri]

Warhammer IIC pimped out with jump jets and a Streak rack.

[Stormwolf]

Solis Obscuri, on 22 April 2012 - 06:27 PM, said:

Warhammer IIC pimped out with jump jets and a Streak rack.

The Warhammer IIC is not a OmniMech.

[Chris Fetladral]

MechRaccoon, on 20 April 2012 - 08:36 PM, said:

Good god, really? Timber Wolf should have, like 900,000,000,000 votes!

It's a freaking ICON of BattleTech! Seriously, the Atlas is only CLOSE to being as famous!

It was in every MechWarrior game since 2!

It looks awesome!

And it appears in the epic intro to MW2!

WHY!? WHY!? WHYYYYYYYYYY!? WHY DID IT NOT GET AS MANY VOTES AS IT SHOULD HAVE!?

*Bangs head against desk*

Iconic as the TimberWolf may be, it is also very comical in that nature. Except for the Mechwarrior: 3050 Snes game, every other intro has it strutting around like a bad*** only to be found weak.

Mechwarrior 2: A pair of Summons took out a pair of Timberwolves. Using machine guns at range against another Omni? Such short-sightedness deserved the autocannon round to the face. And rightfully so.

In Mechwarrior 3, the pilot charged about like he/she was god's gift to man, only to be manhandled by an Atlas at close range (with some help from the Maddog's LRMs)

In Mechcommander 1, the jaguar pilot obviously had the skills to pilot the chassis and the iconic nature of the Omnimech was shown (As per Panther's reaction after he shot the omni and it torso-twisted slowly in his direction) Alas, his ego got to him and his mech was easily destroyed (all from rear damage).

As far as endings go, the 75 ton omni is routinely decimated like it was a lightmech. The only reprising arguement would be that its fate was the direct result of overwhelming firepower.

In regards to Cannon, initially, it was feared. However, as more novels came to the forefront, one is lead to believe that only the most skilled pilots, or rather, mechwarriors with exceptional talent or unorthodox tactics are capable of bringing out the sheer destructive firepower bestowed upon the chassis. Aidan Pryde as well as Vlad Ward has shown that it is formidable.

As much as I love the chassis (it is my favorite actually due to its asthetics), there are lighter omnis that are just as capable of dishing out as much punishment.



The Kit Fox is awesome because it is the baby of the 'chicken-leg' family =^.^=

[Meth0s]

I love the summoner. I don't think its the most effective mech out there, but i simply enjoy it.

[RhinoGrizzly]

MadCat. 'Nuff said...

[Stormwolf]

MethosFurey, on 23 April 2012 - 06:48 PM, said:

I love the summoner. I don't think its the most effective mech out there, but i simply enjoy it.

It is actually a very effective mech when used correctly, the B and D configs are among my favourites,

Edited by Stormwolf, 25 April 2012 - 04:51 AM.

[NagaoftheWards]

Im a scout specialist so i heavily favor the Adder Primary (Puma), but my back-up ride is the Warhawk Primary (Masakari) in case 2xER PPC's just isnt enough to clip the wings of an overreaching falcon hatchling

[Der BruzZzler von Wiesndoof]

Like the IS Firestarter, the Adder is more a "micro assault mech" than a light scout!

[Haakon Valravn]

Stormcrow.
MAD Dog (Mad Dog configured to mime a Marauder as OpFor).

[Justin Wolf]

of the selections i would claim a Thor definetly, though a Dire Wolf has a style all his own

[Alaric Wolf Kerensky]

xxgundamdudexx, on 29 March 2012 - 10:37 AM, said:

Sorry! I probably should have added a little weight variety instead of just listing heavy mechs!

Exactly my thought. The title of this should be "Favorite Heavy OmniMech"

Justin Wolf, on 29 April 2012 - 04:34 PM, said:

of the selections i would claim a Thor definetly, though a Dire Wolf has a style all his own

I believe you are the first person I have ever seen use both the true name of one 'Mech and the Inner Sphere nickname of another in the same sentence.

Edited by Alaric Wolf Kerensky, 29 April 2012 - 05:04 PM.

[Baldwin Chang]

Mad love for the Fire Moth; IS designation "Dasher".

[Alaric Wolf Kerensky]

RhinoGrizzly, on 25 April 2012 - 02:34 AM, said:

MadCat. 'Nuff said...

I am not familiar with the 'Mech of which you speak.

[Reed496]

Timber Wolf...it's always the first 'Mech I think of when it comes to BattleTech

[neodym]

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Archangel



too bad its totaly wrong era,its 3069.... trough I love this mech,only two weapons except retractable blade... heavy ppc and plasma,I love all these Celestial mechs.... best design,and weapon configs in my opinion

Edited by neodym, 29 April 2012 - 05:34 PM.

[Forren]

Nova Cat.. Variant A. I love me some ERLLs and Jump Jets.

[Chunkymonkey]

Dire Wolf-D...You heard me

Or a Nova Cat/Ryuken(similar loadout arrangement in prime configurations)
Fire Moth for light.

[Reyge]

Warhawk is my favorite mech, hands down... do not care which config it is in, they are all deadly.

Second favorite mech (although admittedly not an omni) would have to be the Stone Rhino II... after all, with two Gauss rifles, two large heavy lasers, four medium heavy lasers (two in the back), two small heavy lasers, JJs, an anti-missile system, and A-pods, who would NOT love this mech???

[Kilroy]

Firemoth is where it's at.