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[Steel Raven]

Over Powered? No such thing.

[Omega59er]

Iron Harlequin, on 24 May 2012 - 02:47 PM, said:

I wanted to know everyone's view on "overpowered" mechs. For example I was remembering certain battlemechs I've seen in the video games like MW3 & MW4 or Mechcommander 2.

one that I remembered off the top of my head was this little annoyance



Arctic Wolf






Armament:

• 6x SRM-6s
  
• 2x SRM-4s
  
• 1x Narc Missile Beacon

Its a surprisingly well armed medium (40ton) mech. albeit short ranged.



So it doesn't matter what year it was made, or pre-clan invasion or post-clan invasion, just post and discuss.

The Arctic Wolf is my MW4 Mech. You almost got my loadout exactly except the NARC.

[eZZip]

Insidious Johnson, on 24 May 2012 - 02:52 PM, said:

There are no OP mechs, just OP pilots. The artic wolf thanks you for acknowledging that it performs its intended role as designed.

That's like saying that a bolt-action rifle is just as good as an M4 carbine, and that only the shooter matters. Obviously, not all mechs are equal, and some mechs could be disproportionately better to other choices, also known as overpowered mechs.

[Nick Makiaveli]

eZZip, on 24 May 2012 - 07:03 PM, said:

That's like saying that a bolt-action rifle is just as good as an M4 carbine, and that only the shooter matters. Obviously, not all mechs are equal, and some mechs could be disproportionately better to other choices, also known as overpowered mechs.

You missed the point. It's like saying a sniper rifle is OP compared to a pistol. Not true. Depends on the person and the situation. Which one would you rather have if you were 300 yards apart in an open field? Which one would you rather have laying next to you on a table if a guy was coming at you with a knife from 50 feet away?

I would expect that starting out at say 25 hexes a 35 ton Panther might eat that 40 ton mech for lunch.

[Rhodes]

Cougar from MW4:

2ER Large Lasers
1 Light Gause Rifle

Slow it down, strip the armor.

I would just leg madcats all day.

[Fuzzydragon]

once had a custom 100 tonner I made for play in Battletech it had 6 lrm20 launchers and a small handful of lasers, the sob moved at a blazing 3 hexes a turn making me soon realise that my cockpit was now the easiest target on the battlefield about the same time as suddenly Riffleman 2c.

[UncleKulikov]

Atlas with maxed out macchine guns and a ton of ammunition in the head slot.

[Eximar]

Hellstar. End of story.

[Gun Bear]

Almost anything from the clans.

[Ryedog]

hey can some1 help me?

[LordDeathStrike]

16 med laser awesome with standard engine max armor and enough heat sinks to fire all day long.....

[TaxMaster]

WoB Celestials

[theginganinja]

The Executioner and Black Knight, as used in the dark days of MW4 multiplayer. No heat sinks, no speed. Just ECM, jump jets, and as many ER PPCs and Gauss Rifles as the 'Mech could fit. Add a wall or hill they could use for pop-tarting, and they'd bring down anything (up to and including max-armored Dire Wolves) that dared show its face in one or two salvos. NH/UA servers only made things worse...

[Stahlseele]

LordDeathStrike, on 24 May 2012 - 08:53 PM, said:

16 med laser awesome with standard engine max armor and enough heat sinks to fire all day long.....

It's basically 2 Hunchback 4P in one Machine.
And there is a clan variant of this one too.
And officially legit to boot . . Sphinx . .

[guardiandashi]

"bane" or Kraken 3
8 lrm 15's with 16 tons of lrm ammo
and 1 srm4 os
its main weakness is the right and left torsos have 8 crits of ammo each but it is burning 1 ton of ammo every time it fires

[Stahlseele]

Kodiak.
Ultra AC20
2xSSRM6
8 ER Medium Lasers
1 ER Large Laser.
Or something like that.
Tops out at about 120 dmg if everything hits.
And shuts down and probably explodes after one alpha, but not much that can stand up to that kind of punishment . .

[LordDeathStrike]

a longbow assault mech with 6 lrm 20s with artemis 4 and 6 tons of ammo is pretty badass. if its got a spotter at least.

[general wolf 85]

Insidious Johnson, on 24 May 2012 - 02:52 PM, said:

There are no OP mechs, just OP pilots. The artic wolf thanks you for acknowledging that it performs its intended role as designed.

hmm think your wrong a attles is a very op mech with a ecm .

[Stormwolf]

Wolfe Ryatt, on 24 May 2012 - 05:06 PM, said:

The Naga with Arrow IV artillery. U cannot defeat tihs mech.

You only need AMS to defeat this mech.

[Adridos]

general wolf 85, on 18 January 2013 - 10:28 AM, said:

hmm think your wrong a attles is a very op mech with a ecm .

I don't know like you, but I have no problems ruining it's day in a medium, or a heavy.

I don't get the ECM complains, only thing it changed is the fact you can't seek SSRMs as a light repellent anymore.