The Crusader?

[Wriath]

Man I don't understand this mech, it's like someone took a catapult and traded all the jumpjets and sex appeal for... ammo explosions? I never really got why it was such an icon besides 'their factories lived'.

[Impurethinker]

The mech in TT is quite a solid mech.

[pete]

Originally posted by Impurethinker:

The mech in TT is quite a solid mech.

Um no - it really isn't - walking explosion

[Dracon]

The Crusader was designed to be a close quarters combat mech but proved to be a better multi role
Thankfully thanks to the Mechwarrior franchise we can fix some of its biggest flaws
I.E. ammo in the center torso

Realistically, yeah the arms are giant hitboxes

But its slot configuration leaves it to some great build potential
Especially of you run YAML and its sub mods. Course we gotta wait for them to update now.
But yeah I think its a rad design
Cant say much for TT though.

[Impurethinker]

Originally posted by pete:

Originally posted by Impurethinker:

The mech in TT is quite a solid mech.

Um no - it really isn't - walking explosion

In the Succession wars most mechs are walking explosions. If you are scared of an ammo crit, are you really even playing?

[pete]

Originally posted by Impurethinker:

Originally posted by pete:

Um no - it really isn't - walking explosion

In the Succession wars most mechs are walking explosions. If you are scared of an ammo crit, are you really even playing?

I'm 52 been playing since the year dot. TT Crusader walking bomb LRM ammo. SRM ammo MG ammo

Not scared of an ammo crit as such but a WHOLE lot more a a chance with Crud

[Nick]

literally every mech without Case II is a walking bomb lol

[Wriath]

I mean I dunno, I like stuff like the vindicator, grasshopper, a bit of ammo is fine in the introtech era but like... I can't think of any situation ever where I wouldn't rather just be in a thunderbolt. (if we have to be a 65t)

[Spirit_OK]

Originally posted by Dracon:

The Crusader was designed to be a close quarters combat mech but proved to be a better multi role
Thankfully thanks to the Mechwarrior franchise we can fix some of its biggest flaws
I.E. ammo in the center torso

If you are running around without CT armor, you're already screwed. Ammo just helps you go out with style :)

[MrLuckless]

Originally posted by pete:

Originally posted by Impurethinker:

The mech in TT is quite a solid mech.

Um no - it really isn't - walking explosion

Yeah, I like explosions and the Crusader causes a lot of those. What's the problem here?

[Crazed Java]

Haven't had a chance to play much since the update so no Crusader yet.

As an old grognard who played the tabletop game in the 80's the Crusader always had a place in my heart. I remember it's equivalent in Robotech and as the heaviest "Veritech" available in Battletech it was as close as I was going to get in terms of having it in a game.

It's not without its drawbacks but the old rules did a good job of making tradeoffs.

MW5 does a decent job of giving its mechs some personality vs. some of the other games where you could alter loadouts to be whatever to the point any mech of the same tonnage had no real distinction. Now the Marauder, another favorite, feels distinct from say an Orion.

So I'm looking forward to using the Crusader when I do eventually find one.

If you just love running around in a Steiner Scout Lance its not going to do it for you but if you have an appreciation for the different mechs you may actually like it.

I still avoid the Rifleman like the plague though.

[Bobotmeister]

anybody found the new hero crusader in the main game? it doesn't seem to spawn as well as the new marauder. mech delivery doesn't work too.

[Cyroy]

Originally posted by Bobotmeister:

anybody found the new hero crusader in the main game? it doesn't seem to spawn as well as the new marauder. mech delivery doesn't work too.

Just gotta look around a bit, might take a couple of jumps to get it to appear in inventories.

[Master]

Originally posted by Bobotmeister:

anybody found the new hero crusader in the main game? it doesn't seem to spawn as well as the new marauder. mech delivery doesn't work too.

its bugged right now and wont spawn. There is a fix for it in the workshop. If you have YAML it should be already fixed with the mod.

[Bobotmeister]

Originally posted by Master:

Originally posted by Bobotmeister:

anybody found the new hero crusader in the main game? it doesn't seem to spawn as well as the new marauder. mech delivery doesn't work too.

its bugged right now and wont spawn. There is a fix for it in the workshop. If you have YAML it should be already fixed with the mod.

thanks! nice to know.

[George W. Kush]

im loving the crusader :) i do with tho we could hit the ALL MISSILES button in the cockpit so we can dump all our ammo bins in one salvo on an enemy mech xD