58 replies to this topic

[SmackZ]

its my pimpin ride, gotta have one!

[Belial]

Yes, yes and yes. I have a few customized versions that help ease up on its heat issues. Give me some time with this game's MechLab and I'll be rompin' around in one with a giant smile on my face.

[Ethan Kell]

I always loved the looks and the idea behind the Rifleman, but I never liked the execution. The thin armor I can forgive, but I see a pair of LLs as useless with only 10 heatsinks. It doesn't matter how much heat you're packing if the volume of fire is so poor it all becomes wasted weight.

For the Rifleman to live up to the marketing pitch it needs another 20 tons to work with. At that it could be a really impressive and versatile machine.

[LordKnightFandragon]

maxoconnor, on 01 May 2012 - 01:51 PM, said:

Not at all. I'm jonesing for a Rifleman more than any other mech.

I like the one on the right WWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY more. It looks secksy +D I would love to drive a Rifleman in this game.

Edited by LordKnightFandragon, 03 May 2012 - 06:22 PM.

[Tterrag]

I'll be perfectly happy as long as i get my catapult and longbow

[Ambartanen]

Iconic mech, loving it since 1990 when i first saw a picture of it in Mercenary Star novel!
A must in any medium\heavy lance!

Edited by Ambartanen, 03 May 2012 - 06:44 PM.

[Togg Bott]

i would Pilot a rifleman.. its outside my normal likes, (Light/fast med? but that glass connon design really makes you play the game according to the design

[juxstapo]

[deadpan]i would love to see this mech in the game[/deadpan] *
* = minimal post supposedly just enough to convince the dev's to include the mech

..now that that's done, I think the RFL is a good "skill-separater", It tends to split the mechwarriors and the gamers; one of em can get kills in a Rifleman, the other can beech and whine about not getting kills in a Rifleman.

That said... I Never get kills in a Rifleman!

Edited by juxstapo, 03 May 2012 - 08:46 PM.

[RodasRocker]

It is one of the best, I need one for my dropship

[JazzySteel]

im something of a Balistics maniac. So I'd love to have one :3

[LordKnightFandragon]

JazzySteel, on 03 May 2012 - 09:14 PM, said:

im something of a Balistics maniac. So I'd love to have one :3

Yeah, in MW4 in the early version of Mektek, the AC2/5 had a really awesome sound and I mounted 4 of them on a Rifleman and just fired them to hear the sound...the loadout didnt work half badly either +D I might try the same thing in MWO, but IS stuff weights tons more then Clanner equipment.

[Knusern]

YES! I want one. My first heavy in the TT, got it as salvage after i jumped my Stinger behind it and killed its gyro.
Lucky for me that we didnt know the reverse arms rule then

[Felicitatem Parco]

Clanner equipment... I wonder how long it would take to get spare parts for your Clan Ultra AC/20 shipped from the factory to your garage...?

Edited by Prosperity Park, 04 May 2012 - 10:11 AM.

[wanderer]

Funny thing about the original Rifleman....it functions brilliantly with double-strength heatsinks, but turns into a heat freak with singles.

That being said, it's got it's virtues, namely in being able to alpha-strike surprisingly hard before swapping to a few cycles of just the autocannons. It works best against 'Mechs with a team-mate that can press the advantage. Give something all six guns and your override button becomes your best friend (or a double dose of just the quad arm mounts), but whatever you hit is gonna have big, big holes in it for another machine to savage further. Rifleman pilots should seek to kill before being killed, cause that armor isn't meant for slugfests. It's just enough to protect you while delivering that 'Mech-busting alpha strike, and if you're doing it right you'll run out of AC ammo about when you should run off the field.

[Goldhawk]

For all you Rifleman fans! AHH, there's someone on your six! Ooop, you're dead. Gosh, I didn't know that small lasers would pierce that rear armor of yours...Sad face. So that Flea just killed a mech 3 times it's size. Awkward......

Edited by Goldhawk, 04 May 2012 - 02:28 PM.

[Hell Grunt]

Goldhawk, on 04 May 2012 - 02:27 PM, said:

For all you Rifleman fans! AHH, there's someone on your six! Ooop, you're dead. Gosh, I didn't know that small lasers would pierce that rear armor of yours...Sad face. So that Flea just killed a mech 3 times it's size. Awkward......

Sorry, can't hear you over the sound of the 2 Atlas' reactor cores I just pierced through in a single alpha strike.

[CeeKay Boques]

Rifleman. The mech I am always excited to use, but always disappointed by the results. This one gets me with the looks. I always think its tougher and buffer than it is. Maybe its the quad guns, or the name... I always overestimate this thing.

[Atlai]

Welcome to war son(the forum war that is) : ) and no your not i do too, but i think its an unseen?

[LackofCertainty]

I can appreciate the Rifleman for being an interesting design. It is a mid range alpha strike behemoth. The problem is that, in order to do so it sacrifices so much.

Any good long range/fire support mech can scrap it without too much trouble, and against a brawler it has a nasty punch, but it doesn't have the heatsinks or the armor to keep the fight going.

Having said that, more mechs is more awesome, and the rifleman deserves a spot if only because it's different. (also fan art has convinced me it's one of the sexiest mechs out there, in the looks department)