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udpatter
For Kerensky!
KeyMasher
SkunkSmellington
100% down for MechaMondays!
wheelow
Mechwarrior / Battletech is my shit. Roughly 8000 hours of Mechwarrior online since 2014. smdh.
numbers2748693
Clanner Scum!
whopoopedintheyard
I played Battletech the RPG when i was in my early teens over 20 years ago and I can still name off nearly every mech in these pics...(1/2)
whopoopedintheyard
(2/2) ... It’s crazy what sticks in your brain and never really gets forgotten.
heebiejeepie
Ah, the choral call of the hydraulics, the bass whine of the fusion plant feeding the main cannon, the radio chaos on the tac channels . . .
PascalBP
Personally I prefer MW2 and Mercenary. I have good memories of them with my sli 3dfx2...
HighwayStar
Anyone remember a game called 'Shattered Steel'?
GhostBear3067
YO!
SpanWolf
IT'S GOT A LOCK ON ME, IT'S GOT A LOCK ON...
L1ota
Timberwolf all day long.
Ragnorokk91
Madcat is my jam
kakivara
Turning off the heat in MW4 online made for some pretty fun builds.
manicmalki
Mech warror 5 soon!
Dragon10449
Sadly epic exclusive (for a year I believe) so I'm not holding my breath. I despise epic, and their link with China is a hard pass for me
manicmalki
Yeah me too kind of deflates my hopes.
MegatronPewPew
I miss BattleTech. I had a mech of theirs called BUSHWHACKER
MarauderPilot
The latest edition of the TTG is the best yet and Battletech the PC game has a huge fanbase now. Plus MW5 Mercs soon.
NotAgainRichard
Battletech misses you. Its recently had a resurgence and there are groups reforming all over.
Castitalus
tentacularfleshscape
I guess I'm attracted to John Travolta...
ariados21
Just the 6'6" female part of his lineage. Smoke Jaguar too, so his line chose well.
TheyHunger
Fuck the Smoke Jags
Nerdgoggles
Death by Snu Snu
TheyHunger
Sigh... yeah, I had to unzip
Axiomatic13
Love it. I used to work for FASA. I worked on MW2 and 3.
Rockjaw
Well, I know you're older than me. ;) Enjoyed both those games btw.
AkLonewolf
Nice! Ever watch some Tex Talks Battletech?
GhostBear3067
Dude used one of my demotivational posters in his Catapult video. Made my month when I saw it.
AkLonewolf
Nice! Tex loves to add content created by fans. Its easiest to send it to him over Twitter.
GhostBear3067
Thing is I never sent him anything, he found it. It is credited in the video description with a web link as "quality Kurita shitposting".
AkLonewolf
Sounds about right. A lot of the Legion scours the internet for Memes for him. We try to give credit when ever possible.
Phteve712
hated the Toad...unless it was my lance =)
AkLonewolf
AkLonewolf
SunBrolem
Ah, a fellow Steiner assault scout!
AkLonewolf
There is much scouting to be had!
hipifreq
Nice collection of Battletech art - don't let Harmony Gold see some of those
Nerdgoggles
The bastards
TheCaptain00
I think they're jealous since no one likes Robotech.
NotAgainRichard
they lost with predjudice, they cannot level a lawsuit about this art again.
TerryClothCrews
That was HG v. Hasbro. HG v. Tatsunoko was Macross/Robotech. HG retained the copyright through 2021 and it sucks.
NotAgainRichard
ah boo.
EleMenTal304
Since I learned of the existence of the Centurion, I knew it would be my Mech
TheCaptain00
How they managed to make the most boring medium into a serious badass powerhouse in the new games, I will never know.
EleMenTal304
Mhm? I used a Centurion as my favored Mech back in the early 90s' for the board game. Been a fan ever since... also Yen-Lo-Wang, just sayin'
TheCaptain00
Okay, the King of Nine Hells is pretty badass, but the OG design for the Centurion is about as sexy as, dare I say it, an Urbie.
EleMenTal304
Aw, come on, friend. The titanium nails were already spiking my cool-meter. The hatchet and mallet versions were added bonus and the current
EleMenTal304
design and patterns in MW:O make me super happy.
TheMilkmanReturns
Don't you dare insult the Trash Can. Because one day, you be walking down the street, and the AC 20 variant will stomp around the corner...
TheCaptain00
Lets be honest, that little shite can may be the scariest SOB on the block, but its not at all handsome. Its a trashcan with a boomstick.
ThatGuyWithTheBinoculorsOnDiscountHothInEpisode8
Reactor online. Sensors online. Weapons online. All systems nominal.
NightAuditBlues
Heat core failure imminent . . .
Ringshadow
Shift to Vector Cannon mode. All energy lines connected. Landing gear and climbing irons locked. Inner chamber pressure rising normally..
Ringshadow
Life ring has started revolving. Ready to fire.
Anonymouz127
Went to the comments just for this. The sound of my childhood.
DocZero
Always wanted a car that had that startup sound
ScrapCode
I made it my PC start up sounds for a bit
MarkRavingMad
Me too!
DocZero
I bet you could get a Tesla to do it
Jhzoo
Good morning! How's it feel to be strapped into a walking nuke reactor at 6am? Bet you wish you studied harder in school huh?
Ringshadow
I heard that in a voice. Is that fuckin Deadeye from Mechwarrior 2 Mercenaries??
Nerdgoggles
The funny part is that being a Mechwarrior is akin to being a feudal knight: it is a prestigious honor & highly sought after.
C0mtraya
critausy
This opening really drove home my like of the mad dog, iconic as hell.
Sockpuppet89
That vulture held the line well, but that damn PPC was too lit to quit
Anonymouz127
I can still hear the voice over the radio for that cutscene.
SunBrolem
TWIST! TWIST YOU FOOL!
TheCaptain00
Probably my favorite opening, even though I have to betray Mechwarrior 3 to say it.
Halifax13
It is the 31st century, and mankind is once again at war
nevergoingtogiveyouupnevergoingtoletyoudown
Fuck you, 3 is far a superior opening
FlyingDorito
hmm... I prefer MW2 opening
TheCaptain00
Someone's going critical.
ScrapCode
This cut scene was so good it made me love the Vulture and use it way longer then I should have
DropKickHead
That's because it's a top tier medium much! Dunno why you called the Mad Dog a Vulture though
ScrapCode
apparently the Mad-Dog and the Vulture are the same mech but omnimech call it the Mad-Dog and Inners call it the Vulture
ScrapCode
https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Mad_Dog_(Vulture)
TheyHunger
IS designation
ThatGuyWithTheBinoculorsOnDiscountHothInEpisode8
This particular variant wasn't developed by the clanners, so it's not *exactly* a Mad Dog, IMO
restos
The Mad Dog is a Heavy Omni-mech.
DropKickHead
Oh wow I forgot that heavy includes 60 ton mechs
Nerdgoggles
Heavy class is the most misunderstood: 60-65's are like super-medium / 70-75 are light-assult.
CloakedFigure
Mad KAT MKII, Atlas, Daishi... those mechs were my fucking jam back in the day. Can’t wait for this to be a VR game
DarkRedCape
Always rocked a Gladiator with 7 lasers and 1 PPC, jump jets. Man those were some damn good memories.
UKallikat
Annihilator with 6 RAC2s, the multi km chainsaw
kojenk
*Run around in a king crab and get torn several new assholes by an expert player in a scout rushing our firing line while his friends cover*
redympshyn
Shadow cat. C1 lasers only. I'll ruin you
CloakedFigure
Atlas, all gauss rifles. Stay still for just a damn second lol
Dreadhawk
Mad Cat / Timberwolf were always my favorite. VR in a gaming chair with haptic feedback... aww man, I want it.
Muhanoid
And a friend to throw you and your chair over when you get knocked down?
modus0
Screw VR, build yourself a game functional cockpit, much more immersive.
critausy
Leading with a Timberwolf?! Dirty clanner...
derfox777
This coming from an Inner Sphere weakling
SunBrolem
Steiner does not break. Do the honorable thing and march your filthy clan mechs into our Atlases, save us both some time.
FluffyFluff
You invade our space then complain when we do not surrender and fight with all we got...
Atlasraven
TheyHunger
doot
Nuttsy
Taking your puppy for a walk?
Rockjaw
I'ma steal that.
Nukefest2179
nice kitty
SpeedBo
It is a nice mech, but I don't know why you'd call Timber Wolf "kitty".
Nukefest2179
Because it's a Mad Cat
SpeedBo
Freeborn scum clearly it is a Timber Wolf.
genie47
Combining Marauder and Catapult. Mad Cat.
OneUpperSteve
I always loved mechs. Reality is a cold mistress, however. One HEAT round to the cockpit, done, over.
Nerdgoggles
Some of the fiction tried to retcon the cockpit windows on the mechs & have the cockpits run off digital monitors.
RedIronCrown
Doesn't matter, a tank with equivalent tech will be better in almost every way. Not cooler though.
maliciousGman
https://imgur.com/CjZkzKm
karateninjazombie
A predator drone and a couple of well placed ordinance and you have a pile of scrap anyway.
OneUpperSteve
That is not a bad or unrealistic idea either.
EaNasirsExcellentHighGradeCopper
I dont understand the existence of light mechs. I mean, if you field nothing but atlases you win, right? /steinerlogic
SevTai
two words: Locust Football.
mrprogamer96
There are two ways to fight in a war, the wrong way and the Steiner way, the Steiner way is the wrong way but with assault mechs.
karateninjazombie
In MW3 I did once beat a friend one on one him in a super heavy and me in a light mech. Took for ever though and only in a city env.
BlastingRopeToWaluigiHentai
Intel / ECM - can't kill what you can't see.
TheyHunger
Get into MWO and play an assault. You will shortly learn that lights are the bane of your existence.
Nuttsy
The reasons for the existence of light mechs are partially obscured by the background radiation of the setting. Coincidentally, it involves-
Nuttsy
-most of the 'good' mech factories turning into background radiation, and the reality that not every issue needs 400 tonnes dropped on it.
EaNasirsExcellentHighGradeCopper
I agree.. Why drop a lance of Atlases when you can drop a full company.
Nuttsy
Ah, yes. The classic Lyran Commonwealth approach to warfare. Kept aloft by wads upon wads of S-bills.
EaNasirsExcellentHighGradeCopper
GLORIOUS STEINER SCOUT LANCE.
botlaw
I mean if you lose 4 Wasps, but they lose an Atlas, technically they’ve lost more tonnage.
SunBrolem
The Lyran Commonwealth is rich enough to not care. They're cranking out atlases daily. Why do you think Steiner can field so many?
KevynDietz
Never mind more tonnage, you've taken out almost twice the dollar value of machine than those four Wasps.
Atlasraven
Even better if you can salvage the Atlas.
EaNasirsExcellentHighGradeCopper
If a Steiner Scout Lance loses even one mech to a lance of wasps, Then the entire lance deserves to be ripped out of the mechs and executed
hipifreq
Isn't ALWAYS a mech-on-mech fight, sometimes your extracting someone, attacking a convoy, or perhaps an assassination - all speed missions
Nerdgoggles
If you are looking to occupy a planet, 100 light mechs is far more effective than 10 assault mechs.
SunBrolem
100 assault mechs is even better /steiner
Atlasraven
Ever seen a couple of Firestarters overheat a heavy? Fast mechs can also close quickly with tanks and kick them over.
Nuttsy
Nothing quite as fun as packing a mech full of flamers for a fight in a desert.
KristanDL
You have no idea what it is to be ganked by a lance of lights, do ya?
mountainofpuppies
fuuuucking nascar!
wheelow
2 lights will easily take down a lone assault. Happens on Mechwarrior online all the time lol
puupbuuts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQvFwc3f6BY&list=PLrGILJcqTblX9uOsLCvQc1VWboH7pVJ75
disgruntledtruckdriver
This. A lance Uriels can fuck up a lance of heavies with ease if they aren't co-ordinated well. Small, fast target running aro8nd you faster
disgruntledtruckdriver
than you can turn your fat fuckin gladiator
SunBrolem
As a MWO player who plays primarily Assault-class mechs, light mechs are the bane of my existence. They're why I main the King Crab too...
EaNasirsExcellentHighGradeCopper
yeah, but MWO doesnt count. Its ridiculously arcadey, plus the only way to have balance is to buy whatever clan mechs the devs are sucking
EaNasirsExcellentHighGradeCopper
the dick of currently.
SunBrolem
INNER SPHERE FOR LIFE
TEDwisdom
YOU CANNOT WITHSTAND THE SUPERIORITY OF THE CLANS, FREEBIRTH
SunBrolem
(Context: The King Crab is rivaled only by the Atlas as an Assault-class brawler, but I prefer the KGC due to twist speed helping vs flanks)
aiuta219
Light mechs can counter assaults by being fast enough to get behind or out of sight of them. They're harassment units. They can also cause
aiuta219
a commander to deploy assets to interdict them, which can leave other positions more vulnerable to attack by heavier units.
EaNasirsExcellentHighGradeCopper
Thats some dangerous non-steiner logic right there. Report to the re-education facility!
Sillysausages
An M18 could do that and is less likely to be seen. Mechs are cool but they are too big a target
KevynDietz
The entire setting was designed backwards from the conceit that knights in giant robots were cool. You kinda gotta suspend your disbelief.
aiuta219
You have to buy in to the idea that there's a practical reason for them. Suspension of disbelief and all.
secretdpp
While you are correct. Big ass robots are fucking cool as hell and we want to play with them
abysmalk
Mechwarrior 3 was best mechwarrior. After that was chromehounds
uberm3
Mw2 was the best. Then MWO
Justicator
I went to install mw3 the other day only to realize my machine doesn't even have a cd/DVD drive anymore
rabbitron
Chrome Hounds was an insanely superb sleeper hit. I've been waiting for a reboot for years.
Murderface828
Same
BlastingRopeToWaluigiHentai
I own chrome hounds but apparently it was online only? It's just a bunch of training missions.
abysmalk
It was so fucking great. But yeah, 3/4 of the modules and content were online only and the servers have been shut down for years.
plastikb0y
How to play on Windows 10 - https://www.reddit.com/r/mechwarrior/comments/5jefsa/how_to_run_mechwarrior_3_and_pirates_moon_in/
AttilaTheHung
Murderface828
Chromehounds was amazing
4vie
Thank you. You get it. So few other do.
dentros1
from mechwarrior 2 to 4 and mechcommander 1 and 2, i played them all to death.
PatDaddy365
Mechcommander Gold FTW
FeminineBeeOnslaught
No love for lost planet? (1 not 2. 3 was interesting)
abysmalk
Yeah the gameplay style change between 1 and 2 was... an awful choice
Nerdgoggles
2 was PVP sci-fi monster hunter.
LastBrohican86
How is nobody mentioning MW2 Mercenaries?
TheLordCypher
I'm partial to MW4 Mercs myself, it had a killer community. Still pissed about MW5
JamesBluntThatSmartassCunt
Fuck yeah me too! Mercenaries was the shit.
BlastingRopeToWaluigiHentai
MW4 Mercs is the one I can play over and over and over and over and over
AikenDrumTheNonbornKing
I was 27 the year the fedcom civil war reached the boiling point...
BluePaladin42
MW4 Mercs was amazing. But I'll always remember my first. (MW2)
TheLordCypher
Yeah, MW2 was something else, I hadn't played anything like it before. It's also the reason why I fell in love with Clan Ghost Bear.
MarkRavingMad
I remember the instructor from that games tutorial more than some of my actual middle school teachers.
TheyHunger
"Watch your fire. Shoot me and I'll turn that beer can you call a mech into scrap."
Dragon10449
Is it purely epic store or can u get it on like GOG or straight from PGI or something? I can wait the year till steam cause fuck epic games
Dragon10449
But I'd rather not have to wait so long if I can support another non-china dick sucking launcher
TheCheshireKhajiit
What happened to MW5?
FluffyFluff
Its "delayed" one more year..
TheLordCypher
Epic exclusive. Cancelled my preorder in protest.
Razblaze
Oh damn it. I refuse to use Epic. It's heavily invested in by a huge Chinese company or media arm of the government, Tencent.
TheCheshireKhajiit
Ooh right. I don’t want to support Epic, but gawd dayum I want a new MechWarrior game. I’ll probably wait a year.
TheLordCypher
I've been waiting for 10 goddamn years for MW5. I can wait one more, especially if it means sticking it to the Capellans.
DeZaim
TheCheshireKhajiit
At least a year. The developers have a one year exclusivity deal with Epic.
MacDaddySmitt
CHROME HOUNDS WAS THE BEST SHIT EVER. We were the only two people who bought the game though....
Murderface828
Got it with my 360. Fucking loved it but no one knew what the hell I was talking about
SunBrolem
Nah fam. There was THREE! I miss that fucking game so much!
Alkuam2
Really wish somebody would've figured out how to homebrew a server.
waitwhoputtisbowlofonionshere
I was in-game for the server shutdown, rip. Didn't get NEARLY enough time with it. M.A.V has been the only 'sequel' I've seen. But its meh
Movietimeme
Dozens of us.
Astramancer
I really wanted to play Chrome Hounds, but by the time I had a system that could it was very, very dead.
ElynaerDeiros
Go check out MAV on steam. It's basically chrome hounds from what I've heard. To broke to buy it myself to give my own opinion.
Schoonbot
I looked into that years ago, has it properly progressed?
ElynaerDeiros
As I said, too broke to buy it, sorry I can't be of more help.
AgentDoggit83
I bought it. And theres a game out now called M.A.V. that is its spiritual successor.
Schoonbot
Does it have a good community?
AgentDoggit83
It's still in its infancy but I played it a bit and there was a lot playing it
ChefSanji
There are literally dozens of us...
Nerdgoggles
It was less about sales & more about Sega being incompetent.
Schoonbot
It was less about Sega being incompetent and more about it not having sonic so Sega didn't give af
Nerdgoggles
To be fair: Sega doesn't give a fuck about Sonic either & routinely whores him out to 3rd party developers.
BobbyBobbston
Now I wanna go back and play MechWarrior, but a) I don't know if I have it lying around and b) I know its nowhere near as good as I remember
SirBarnabusMontesforteWinsomTheThird
https://mechlivinglegends.net/
MetaSomma
Those games aged surprisingly well, do it
misterhamtastic
They had MW4/BK/Mercenaries as freeware for a bit with a bunch of extra mechs. Probably still floating around. Used to be torrent.
Noob3rts
Fuck yeah, MechWarrior!
asmellyhippie
Get yourself a joystick too, best way to play imo
BlastingRopeToWaluigiHentai
it's as good as you remember.
TacoBellBody
mechwarrior online is free and it’ll satisfy that craving. sorry bout the Morans however.
tomtomtomtom82
I can help with a), they are all freeware by now: https://www.myabandonware.com/search/q/mechwarrior
ButLogicallyTho
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BobbyBobbston
Oh. Well, that's awesome. Thank you!
ThatGuyWithTheBinoculorsOnDiscountHothInEpisode8
They're still good. Too unique to be outdated by newer games.
kojenk
I really loved the Battletech turn based game. I just hope they get to make more of it.
xeno426
There's always MegaMek if you want to try your hand at the original tabletop rules with people online. It's not the prettiest to look at...
navagon
Man, I've poured a really unhealthy amount of hours into that thing lately. Getting Flashpoint too is worth the extra (might be sale soon).
TheCrankyCow
one more DLC is planed, but the studio might go back to shadow run before battleteck 2 is started
Justsomedude223
Plus mods add a lot!
Nerdgoggles
To be fair, Shadow Run would really Benifits from being rebuilt with Battletech's engine.
kojenk
And hopefully they tune it better. Optimization wasn't that great on battletech early on
TheCrankyCow
engine never changed, they are both unity.
Nerdgoggles
More taking about the GFX system: shadowrun was tile based to the point that it may as well have been a spirits instead of polygons.
Nyther53
Mechwarrior 5 is theoretically coming out this year.
wheelow
Original date was last month, but now December.
TheHumanCentipanzer
Rather have em wait and be good, I was sad when they broke Mechwarrior online, never did go back to see if they fixed that.
wheelow
I still find MWO really fun. And I'd rather MW5 be pushed back a bit too.
Dragon10449
Epic exclusive though (for a year iirc). Kinda expected it cause PGI is pretty greedy. Guess I'll just have to wait till it comes out on a
Dragon10449
Proper launcher that doesnt have large ties to China & has basic customer feature and no in game ads (yeah, epic has in game ads. Fuck that)
Baguette3000
Dot for future fact check.
hydrocarbon82
PGI reminds me of...
hydrocarbon82
hydrocarbon82