What is the fastest mech in the game?

[Blazin Hazen]

I’m playing this dreadful mission “crimson crusade part 4”

I’m using my fastest mech, a Jenner, and I can’t get through this ridiculous mission. Been blown up about ten times halfway through.

Any tips?

[nejurnia]

grab a locust and pray, or something with jump jets is always nice. basically, speed over firepower.

edit: or you can just say ♥♥♥♥ it and bring your heaviest assault and roflstomp the opposition, you get a guaranteed hero mech at the end anyway so losing out on cbills/salvage is not a big deal

[ಠ_ಠ]

Originally posted by Blazin Hazen:

I’m playing this dreadful mission “crimson crusade part 4”

I’m using my fastest mech, a Jenner, and I can’t get through this ridiculous mission. Been blown up about ten times halfway through.

Any tips?

Spider hero mech? Probably better choices, but that's what I used.

I liked that mission. Quite fun. Just make sure you can take out the com towers fast.

[nejurnia]

Originally posted by ಠ_ಠ:

Originally posted by Blazin Hazen:

I’m playing this dreadful mission “crimson crusade part 4”

I’m using my fastest mech, a Jenner, and I can’t get through this ridiculous mission. Been blown up about ten times halfway through.

Any tips?

Spider hero mech? Probably better choices, but that's what I used.

I liked that mission. Quite fun. Just make sure you can take out the com towers fast.

yeah 2nded on that spider hero mech, thing is surprisingly lethal.

(also nice kung pow reference on your profile)

[just_a_deadly_zinja]

There is a Hero Trebuchet, sits at 50 tons, spend the cash, spend those rank4-5 bits of gear, make that sucker powerful, use it. If its the mission where you have to go fast, usually solo, 50 tons only, get stuck in mud? Yeah, rush the com towers, fry the little stuff, try and lure each of the five- six targets one by one then cut them down. You can also blow up the bridge just before you get to the target city to give them an even worse time getting at you.
Alternative, if you are getting a bit ragged and low on missiles? Lure the targets to the far side of the city, away from the muck river you are supposed to lure them through (I think the southwest corner of the city). Then bust hard for the muck river and they will eventually follow you to their doom, enemy machines seem to have a hard time navigating through cities.
The dumbest way to cheese this mission? Create a Mech' specifically catered for this mission, such as tons of jump jet upgrades, weapon damage, maybe a bit of extra armor.

[Cellar_Cat]

Is that the swamp one? I did it in a crab customised with jjs and higher rear armour for that mission. In retrospect something with ballistic slots for mgs might have been better for killing the towers but it was a mech I had lying around which I did not really like so I didn't mind refitting it for that.

I recall that in the open areas there were often small hills and valleys to block incoming fire so I ignored tanks and turrets and just ran. Probably a real scout mech like a locust would handle this even better, they are physically tiny.

Then in the city I found and tagged everyone just frenetically running down streets and blocked their fire with buildings on my way out. The ambushers did their job well enough at the end, and I had JJ'd onto a hill where nothing could see me, and just popped up to take shots now and then.

[hoimingmissile]

I'm an unapologetic Anansi aficionado. That's the hero Spider. It's 130 speed and comes with AMS to defend against missiles.

[Maj. Issue]

steiner scout lance.

[Clever Name]

If his fastest mech is a Jenner, I'm betting he's not sitting on a mountain of hero mechs like most of us in our 3060+ careers.

I'd suggest trying any Phoenix Hawk, since that can take more of a beating. Give it the best large lasers you've got (strip secondary weapons, use the weight for full armor), stick to high ground always, and snipe enemies from as great a distance as you can manage.

That's pretty much how I beat it.

[onewhofound]

Originally posted by Maj. Issue:

steiner scout lance.

Zis is zee answer for everysing, ya? Zeese silly girlie mans vit dere antimissile systems and zere jumpie jetses. My antimissile system veighs 15 tons and is using de ferromagnetic slugs!

[Cyzxxikz]

Originally posted by onewhofound:

Originally posted by Maj. Issue:

steiner scout lance.

Zis is zee answer for everysing, ya? Zeese silly girlie mans vit dere antimissile systems and zere jumpie jetses. My antimissile system veighs 15 tons and is using de ferromagnetic slugs!

Points for giving me a good laugh and maniacal grin.

[Lord Holland of Wessex]

Jenner with 4 med lasers and max armour should work fine. Could even drop to two med lasers and use jump jets