In battletech lore, which are inner sphere's best mechs?

[K-Inspector (게임어사)]

I'd like to know them by different weight class. Which inner sphere mechs in lore, were pilot's wet dream and why?

[BoydofZINJ]

It all depended on time period and faction. The Battletech novels really loved the Archer in the early eras. All the famous merc leaders had one, it seemed (and a few Draconis Combine units trying to emulate them as well). When the clans came out, the single most iconic mech was probably the Mad Cat (aka Timberwolf).

One of the first Multiplayer games I ever played was on AOL (back in the day when the INTERNET was NOT free and you only had 3 hours per month for 20 bucks) I found a game called MPBT - MultiPlayer Battletech. It was set in the 3025 era and I liked the Wolverine in that game and had been fond of it ever since.

[K-Inspector (게임어사)]

Originally posted by BoydofZINJ:

It all depended on time period and faction. The Battletech novels really loved the Archer in the early eras. All the famous merc leaders had one, it seemed (and a few Draconis Combine units trying to emulate them as well). When the clans came out, the single most iconic mech was probably the Mad Cat (aka Timberwolf).

One of the first Multiplayer games I ever played was on AOL (back in the day when the INTERNET was NOT free and you only had 3 hours per month for 20 bucks) I found a game called MPBT - MultiPlayer Battletech. It was set in the 3025 era and I liked the Wolverine in that game and had been fond of it ever since.

Thanks for the reply. What about during third and fourth succession wars. It seemed marauder, cataphract were built only in small numbers and were considered exotic during those time. Do you know any other medium to heavy mechs that were iconic during that time? Were there any lostech specific variants?

[MortVent]

A good place to look would be sarna.net.

A lot of the desired mechs are simply the biggest. With the Atlas being king, though some were black sheep (charger, banshee, etc).

It also depended on role. Brawler, sniper, anti-air, etc.

With the key troopers being mediums : Shadowhawk, Centurion, and Vindicator, etc that had multiple roles they could fill as needed (some long range, decent medium to short)
With lights also playing a role (especially with the DC fielding entire units of Panthers)

[Jack Jester]

Lights:
Firestarter (i love this Mech, best lightmech in my opinion. Dmg-output like mediums)

Medium:
Kintaro (SRM Carrier dmg-output like heavys, from side and back)

Heavy:
Grasshopper (Brawler, Scout)
Black Knight (Sniper, Gladiator, Brawler)

Assault:
Battlemaster (4 JJ's, Brawler, Scout, Allrounder)
Highlander (DD, Sniper)
Atlas (DD, Brawler)


PS. My personal favourits out of the game, Marauder II, Pillager, Black Knight, Night Hawk, Cestus

[Mistfox]

In lore, the Archon's throne in the Lyran Commonwealth was guarded by a pair of Griffins while Hanse Davion's personal mech was a Battlemaster. Vindicators were the Capellan Confederation's workhorse mech with Candace Liao piloting one in her youth while Kurita loved the Dragon and later Grand Dragon designs

Steiner: Griffin, Zeus, Commando, Ax and Hatchetman
Davion: Enforcer, Victor, Archer as a firesupport/command mech
Liao: Raven, Vindicator, Centurion, Catapult, Cataphract
Kurita: Jenner, Panther, Dragon
Marik: this one is a bit harder since Marik seldom appears in the books but Spiders and Hermes are noted Marik mechs.

[wesnef]

In the novels, the Best Mech Ever was whichever one the main characters were piloting. :D

[Delta_Assault]

Assault:
Atlas (Gen DeChavilier's ride)
Stalker
Awesome

Heavy:
Orion (Gen Kerensky's ride)
Marauder
Warhammer (Natasha Kerensky's ride)
Archer (Morgan Kell's ride)

Medium:
Centurion (Kai Allard Liao's ride)
Enforcer
Hunchback

Light:
Panther
UrbanMech

[Cast Out Devil]

In the lore, it wasn't necessarily which mechs were best, but which mechs the houses could still reliably produce.

Mistfox lists the mechs the houses could still produce or still had large quantities stashed away. Rare mechs/hard to produce mechs like the Atlas were definitely king, but not fielded very often.

Marauder was highly prized for its high end armor.
LAM's were sought after for their ability to fly or walk.
The Battlemaster and Cyclops were favorites because they were assaults and were command mechs because of their computer systems (Cyclops) and some variants of the Battlemaster had a two-person cockpit.
The Dragon was a Kurita design and was a symbol of pride and honor for Kuritans.
The Hunchback was feared because of the AC20.

[Mad2Ex]

We will never get the Marauder or the MAD-2C (and some others that I can't remember) in game. Because of a law suite from the Robotech people (anime, game), as the Marauder looked like the Zentraudi Officer's battle pod (think I misspelled that). this is a shame as the 2C (Clan invasion) was my favorite jumping assault Mech.

[kensw]

Originally posted by Crime_to_be_doing:

We will never get the Marauder or the MAD-2C (and some others that I can't remember) in game. Because of a law suite from the Robotech people (anime, game), as the Marauder looked like the Zentraudi Officer's battle pod (think I misspelled that). this is a shame as the 2C (Clan invasion) was my favorite jumping assault Mech.

The Lawsuit settled
Confirmed we are getting the Warhammer and Marauder no set date yet. I am hoping this year

[Mad2Ex]

Then that makes me extremely happy.

[Resolute]

Yeah Warhammer and Marauder were the iconic early Battletech mechs.

[Jack Jester]

Originally posted by Crime_to_be_doing:

We will never get the Marauder or the MAD-2C (and some others that I can't remember) in game. Because of a law suite from the Robotech people (anime, game), as the Marauder looked like the Zentraudi Officer's battle pod (think I misspelled that). this is a shame as the 2C (Clan invasion) was my favorite jumping assault Mech.

Warhammer and Marauder will come in Sommer 2019.

[Werecat101]

Originally posted by Jack Jester:

Originally posted by Crime_to_be_doing:

We will never get the Marauder or the MAD-2C (and some others that I can't remember) in game. Because of a law suite from the Robotech people (anime, game), as the Marauder looked like the Zentraudi Officer's battle pod (think I misspelled that). this is a shame as the 2C (Clan invasion) was my favorite jumping assault Mech.

Warhammer and Marauder will come in Sommer 2019.

well soon I cant be sure I know all of the IP rights finish for HG in the next 2 years, which in theory will enable the Unseen to become usable by all of the games.

Crime_to_be_doing it was the Zentradi officers pod the Glaug.

[Narky Sawtooth♪]

The UrbanMech LAM is the most powerful 'Mech.