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Wanallo
Federated Suns
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 Posted: 19-Sep-2004 11:04 Post subject: Whats your favorite Clan mech? |
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What is your favorite clan mech and why? Could be for any reason.
I like the Daishi cos its the ultimate assault mech. The Ryoken because its the best all round mech and the Dasher because its an amazing recon mech.
Your turn.... 
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mud
Draconis Combine
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| Posted: 19-Sep-2004 12:06 Post subject: RE: Whats your favorite Clan mech? |
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Omnimechs:
Puma: A dangerous 'mech; putting all of that firepower on such a small chassis means you've got to watch your heat though. It's good in a fire support role though.
Hankyu: The best of the light scouts; faster than a Koshi, and able to take a bit more damage than a Dasher. The jump capacity helps here too. It carries a good electronics suite as well. The variants carry clusters of lasers and Streaks, giving it good firepower for something this size.
Black Hawk: I prefer this over the Ryoken because of the jets.
Dragonfly: None of the canon configurations are really to my liking, but the basic frame is excellent. If you can customize this 'mech it makes an excellent scout. It works in much the same way as a Spider.
Shadow Cat: I like to use this for screening my heavies and assaults. The Gauss rifle puts out respectable damage. Jump jets and MASC as well.
Nobori-Nin: Best all-round clan medium omnimech.
Cauldron-Born: The Prime is horrid, but the other configurations pack a lot of punch.
Thor: If I'm running a clan unit this is my ride of choice.
Night Gyr: A bit slower than your average clan heavy, but it makes up for it in armor and firepower.
Nova Cat: Same concept as the Night Gyr.
Turkina: You can't go wrong with a jumping 95 ton 'mech
Gladiator: As per the Turkina
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Pinhead
The Bloody Clans
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| Posted: 19-Sep-2004 17:09 Post subject: RE: Whats your favorite Clan mech? |
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Favorite Light is the Dasher..
Favorite medium is the Backhawk with the 12 extended medium lasers.. I like mechs that can heat up if needed.
Rarely use the rest, but the Turkina seems a pretty nasty thing..
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StarRaven
Federated Suns
Leftenant General
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| Posted: 19-Sep-2004 17:27 Post subject: RE: Whats your favorite Clan mech? |
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Puma: Awesome firepower, especially in the Prime config. Some people say it's slow, but it's plenty fast enough for me. Also the only Clan Omni for which I use the Inner Sphere name.
Viper: Fast with good jump, like a Spider but better. Also nicely armored. The default configurations are sub-optimal (they suck, for the most part), but it's simple enough to make better configs for the mission.
Stormcrow: Fast and powerful, especially the Prime. I've made a few killer configs.
Nova Cat: The best Clan heavy. The Night Gyr is heavier, but they have the same pod tonnage and the Nova Cat has more free crits. Works well with the high heat, all energy configs which are its default, the type of configs which I prefer most.
Warhawk: Four PPCs or LPLs with a tar comp to ruin someone's day. The chassis annoys me though. With ES instead of FF, you get max armor and an extra ton of pod space. So what idiot put in FF instead?
Turkina: As stated, a jumping monster.
Dire Wolf: Also a jumping monster, if you want it to be. But has the ability to lose the jets if you prefer, which I like. I've got a swarm of Dire Wolf configs, and I seldom use the canon ones if I have the option.
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Erenon
Blighted Sun Battalion
2nd Company
"Seraph's Slaughter"
Sergeant
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| Posted: 19-Sep-2004 19:52 Post subject: RE: Whats your favorite Clan mech? |
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Turkina, mean ass-kicking machine. Jump Jets, heavy armour, heavy firepower (well, not THAT heavy, but good enough...). Good heat capacity in most cases too...
Specifically the B variant.
[ This Message was edited by: Erenon on 2004-09-20 00:28 ]
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Tiberius
ComStar
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| Posted: 19-Sep-2004 19:54 Post subject: RE: Whats your favorite Clan mech? |
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I really like the Blood Asp PRIME.
What's better than a 95 ton clan mech with twin gauss?
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Nightmare
Lyran Alliance
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| Posted: 19-Sep-2004 23:39 Post subject: RE: Whats your favorite Clan mech? |
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The few times I've used clanner mechs at all, the Ryoken was the most impressive. Fast, deadly, durable for a medium.
If I want to kill something incredibly much I pick the Masakari, preferably a variant with LPLs.
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Stinger
The Knights of Chaos
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| Posted: 19-Sep-2004 23:49 Post subject: RE: Whats your favorite Clan mech? |
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Timber wolf. Custom Varient.
Masakari 2erppc/2lgpulse varient.
Hankyu Same reasons as stated eariler. Plus it looks pretty cool.
Vulture Gauss varient (Mostly because of the mini I made for it, someday Ill post it on the net).
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Motown Scrapper
Clan Ice Hellions
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| Posted: 20-Sep-2004 02:23 Post subject: RE: Whats your favorite Clan mech? |
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My Favorite cannon Clan mechs are the Phantom the C confiq being the one I like the most and the Hellion is my favorite light with the A confiq the one I prefer of that mech
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Erenon
Blighted Sun Battalion
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| Posted: 20-Sep-2004 02:49 Post subject: RE: Whats your favorite Clan mech? |
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Not surprising considering that you're actually a Ice Hellion in the first place 
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drfunk
Draconis Combine
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| Posted: 20-Sep-2004 02:58 Post subject: RE: Whats your favorite Clan mech? |
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mine would have to be the blackhawk prime as that's the only one i've used. I used it against a freind of mine and just about tore his mech to peices with it.
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cain
Blighted Sun Battalion
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| Posted: 20-Sep-2004 05:50 Post subject: RE: Whats your favorite Clan mech? |
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light; hankyu used it recently proved to be a tough sob only recon mech i had left come the end
Medium; shadow cat my first and last choice its just a beaut of a mech
heavy; mad dog all those lrms hooked me first mech i ever saw
assualt; stone rhino 2gauss 2lpls what more is there to say
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Sir Henry
Team Bansai
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| Posted: 20-Sep-2004 06:26 Post subject: RE: Whats your favorite Clan mech? |
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Light - Puma Prime. What can you say about a pair of PPCs on a light.. 
Medium - Nova Prime. I love the MLs.
Heavy - Viper Pulse laser Version. I've beaten 5 mad cats with this one...
Assault - Bane Jade Falcon Version. 8 Racks of LRM15's ... Bring on the pain...
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StarCommander_One-Eye
Draconis Combine
Shujin
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| Posted: 20-Sep-2004 06:32 Post subject: RE: Whats your favorite Clan mech? |
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THOR!!!!!! THE MOST KICK ASS HEAVY MECH AROUND
ORION IIC!!!!!SECOND MOST KICK ASS HEAVY MECH AROUND
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Wanallo
Federated Suns
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| Posted: 20-Sep-2004 10:33 Post subject: RE: Whats your favorite Clan mech? |
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I have got to admit that there are so many cool clan mech configurations. But the Warhawk with 4 LPL's takes the cake, its evil.
Another favorite of mine is the dear old Uller, quite a speedy lil mech but also has a good bite on it.
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