My 2 favorite mechs in MW 5, so far

[Recksters]

After over 400 hours played in Battltech, now 125 hours and counting in MW 5. I wanted to share my 2 favorite mechs, that are almost over powered, or they are. :-)

Also, I had to change my strategy to capture more salvage, more mechs. In Battletech, the way to go was with Large Lasers. It was easy, after a while, to kill mechs with headshots. Not as much in MW 5, with LL I mean.

But it's easy to headshot mechs with SRMs. Dear lord, sooooo easy. As long as you can pilot around the mech and fire enough SRMs at the upper part.

The best mech for me, for a while, was the Hero Kintaro. I would rename him the "Assault Killer". 5 SRMs is just murder on a mech. Even on 300 tons plus mission, I brought him with 3 other assaults, as decoys, cuz I often had double the damage than all other 3 combined, and less damaged received.

I finally got the Archer Agincourt. it is, so far, until I find the Annihilators and UACs, my favorite mech to pilot. It's the Hero Kintaro on steroids. Only SRMs and med lasers. It obliterates any mech.

Often, what I do is send my 3 village idiots in one direction and I flank and kill them off with 2-3 salvos. That would be my main critics of the game so far. The AI pilots are very very very very weak.

[unskilled-]

Hero Dragon Sidewinder is more fun cause you got a nice hefty arm-mounted AC/20, can fit a Large Laser on your other arm, with enough room for an SRM6 /w 1ton ammo, and a ML laser while near-maxed armor going 81kmph.... all for 60 tons!

[Recksters]

Nice, I'll try it out. Must be fun at that speed. But I find in this game, you can't beat SRM-STs. Cuz they can land at the same spot, which is why it decapitates mechs in a few salvos.

[unskilled-]

引用自 Recksters：

Nice, I'll try it out. Must be fun at that speed. But I find in this game, you can't beat SRM-STs. Cuz they can land at the same spot, which is why it decapitates mechs in a few salvos.

I dunno, I find SRM streams to be less accurate since they don't fire all at once, meaning any mech going 60+ will make your accuracy drop greatly.

Or maybe its just how the firing mechanism is designed on certain mechs -- I dunno.

But SRMs on a light just makes them that much more deadly.

[Recksters]

Stream SRMs are just insane. When I unleash my Agincourt, it's 102dmg in one shot, which I can repeat a few seconds later. I can usually get 3 salvos before I have to tempo my shots when the heat is high. On the 102 dmg, a few hits the head. Doesn't take much to remove the head clean. :-)

My Kintaro unleashes 91 dmg. For a 55t mech, it's kinda crazy. It removes a leg very quicky, but I find decapitation better for salvage.

But at any speed, you have to learn how far in front your target have to fire missile or ballistic so it can land.

[Silverthorn]

Anihilator with 4 tier 5 heavy cannons. It sheers any heavy or lower in half in one shot. It will core an atlas in 1 shot with 2 bursts from 4 medium burst lasers, so in total under 3 seconds. Another fun mech, Battle master with 3 missle hardpoints, i run 3 streak 2's and 6 medium lasers. For those times i need a fast mech. Or the Hero Atlas that does 72 kph. Similar build.

[UnCivilServant]

While the Annihilator is a 'Mech eraser, it's also a missile magnet (and bullet magnet, and las attractor) and the crawl speed makes it not very fun for me.

I keep ending up back in my Battlemaster, even though I can't give any meta reason for it. It's not even a special Battlemaster, just swapped the PPC for a LL, dropped two of the MLs for added heat sinks and maxed the armor.

I guess I'm accustomed to it, since it was my first Assault.

[Recksters]

In the Battletech game, I was having fun when I was fielding 4 Anis. It was nuts how quickly the missions would end. Sure, crawling to reach a distance, but a lot less time fighting. :-) Still haven't found one and I'm in Career mode level 11... Not that I've been searching for it, but started in House Kurita just for that. :-)

I agree, Battlemasters are awesome. I always swap PPC for LL. PPCs are just too... everything.

[Recksters]

I tried the Dragon Sidewinder. The high speed is quite fun, especially with the Supercharger. But it's too long to kill a mech with it, compared to the Agincourt or Kintaro-GB. But, found the Corsair COR-PVT a few days ago, with 2 AC-20s, 2 LL-SB, 1 SRM-6 ST. It's quite fun. It is slow, but when playing flank (putting your 3 amigos in one area and flanking or coming from behind), an Atlas doesn't last long. :-)

With, the LL-SB and SRM are perfect as "quick dispatchers": for tanks, turrets, and helicopters.

[Commisar Jon Fuklaw]

引用自 Recksters：

OP snip

TTrulez_AI really helps with lancemate AI, but you will end up getting shot more reliably by the enemy.

That said, the Agincourt with all T5 SRM's can solo any non-scripted mission in the game at breakneck speed. About the only thing I can imagine comparing to it is if the rumored Clan DLC does actually come out and we get the utterly horrific SRM boat Vulture variant(s).

[Divvu]

SRM boats are nice and, as far as alpha strike goes, nothing beats Agincourt. I find it boring to play such a slow mech as a brawler though, my go-to is the Shadowhawk hero, only 10 SRM but fast enough to maneuver behind everything and, once equipped with an UAC5, it get's so much versatile. You NEED to hit the back on heavy and assault though.

Although probably my favourite 'mech ever, both considering the fun I have when I play it and the damage to tonnage ratio, is the Firestarter. Not even the fancy hero versions, gimme the basic FS9-H and I'll clean any 90+ diff rando mission.

[Commisar Jon Fuklaw]

引用自 Divvu：

Agincourt is slow

I'm sorry, but 76kph is practically methhead territory for a heavy. That is bearing in mind that you need to fork over 1.5m C-Bills for the speed upgrade. And unlock it.

That said, I think the CDA-X5 is absolutely hilarious. 155kph is straight up fast enough that you can't be hit except by extremely lucky shots and you circle of death so quick that assaults can't rotate/twist quick enough to track you. Speed is life.

[Divvu]

For an heavy, sure! That's not what I wrote though, I said "I find it boring to play such a slow mech as a brawler".
Never said it wasn't good or that you can't get bang for your bucks with it.

The speed upgrade comes so late I wouldn't take it into consideration, even more so since it affects speedy 'mechs much more than slowpokes :P

(Just joking, Agi is one of the best 'mechs. It's just personal preference, I currently use it for LRM spam with BAP and enhanced sensors but it doesn't even come close to the damage it does when kitted with SRM)

[unskilled-]

引用自 Recksters：

I tried the Dragon Sidewinder. The high speed is quite fun, especially with the Supercharger. But it's too long to kill a mech with it, compared to the Agincourt or Kintaro-GB. But, found the Corsair COR-PVT a few days ago, with 2 AC-20s, 2 LL-SB, 1 SRM-6 ST. It's quite fun. It is slow, but when playing flank (putting your 3 amigos in one area and flanking or coming from behind), an Atlas doesn't last long. :-)

With, the LL-SB and SRM are perfect as "quick dispatchers": for tanks, turrets, and helicopters.

Drop the super-charger, drop ton of SRM ammo, drop AMS and ammo and upgrade your arm Medium Laser to a Large Laser -- this way you got a ranged beater for taking out pesky VTOLS, turrets and smaller ground pounders. Super-Charger is nice but ultimately doesn't add anything since you are already fast enough at 81kmph -- speed is nice but too much speed in a heavy means your sacrificing weapon tonnage for something that isn't your primary focus. AMS is nice too but you rarely get pounded by LRMs in enough quantity an AMS is required.

You lead with the Large Laser, follow up with your AC/20BF and SRM6 and finish it off with Medium Laser. Rinse and Repeat, but forgoing your Medium Laser at times for heat management. Since your main weapons are on your arms using your speed to shoot from odd angles isn't much of an issue.

For a 60-ton brawler it doesn't get much better than this. Grid Iron running AC/20BF with SRM6 and 2 medium lasers is more or less the same thing but 10tons lighter and 17kmph slower.

[Cobalt60]

Hmm,have to try that head shotty thing. Used to "blow them out of the saddle" in MW-2,
etc.. using SRM's and machine guns. LRM's worked great too. Area of effect.

[Divvu]

I actually find AC20Bf to be a decent anti-Vtol option, if pricey in ammo, just wait for them to line up. As such, I never remove the AMS, even if atm I find enemy (and lancemate) missile usage to be far, far too conservative. Removing the supercharger is akin to a blasphemy to my hears!!1!

DRG-SDW is fast enough to circle around evrything heavier than itself and even many lighter targets are at risk. Do not fire on the enemy's front armor, that will only draw aggro on you due to how the AI is scared by high damage alphas, instead circle around and think about that juicy 10-20 armor (tops) 'mechs usually have on their back. AC20Bf + SRM on CT backside is enough to x'plode a lot of med targets, your speed allows you to stick to that dead angle and fire the second salvo, which is deadly to ANY target I've found so far in-game.