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[Michael Freeman]

I havent played the closed beta but....MAD DOG IS KING OF HEAVY MECHS !!!!!!!

[Sigvald Skullsplitter]

A streak cat is dangerous but not OP.
Short ranged, and the first target of any organized group.
It's weapons are vulnerable, and expensive to reload.
Plus you have to have mad cash first in order to make it fast enough to brawl with.

now, the Double Bobblehead equiped mechs are so op...
And that optional Founders Cammo! You can't even see those mechs on the forest map!

[Oy of MidWorld]

Jenners. They are fast, ok, but they can take far too much of a beating. In tabletop, you'd have to roll dice to hit light mechs (which was difficult, because they were fast). If you succeeded, the whole damage of your weapon was applied to the target. The pilot had to be careful.

Now in MWO, you 'paint' your lasers over the whole armor of a fast moving target (and in thin air) with a burntime of about a second. They hardly take any damage, and don't even think about hitting them with anything else. This leads to light mechs 'binding' a whole lance for minutes. Light mechs become dreaded pests of the battlefield, they don't even have to be careful, as long as they are fast. This is stupid and will frustrate new players thoroughly. Because whatever you say about the Jenner, it may be effective but it's certainly not a cool mech.

Gausscats are just ridiculous with their twin gauss cannons where the mg's used to be...