Well, lets take a look at the Hauptmann. 95-tonner, no electronics suite to mention, however, it can mount the advanced gyro. Whoopee. Biiiiig deal.


So, what's its saving grace???

IT CAN PACK A BUTTLOAD OF ORDINANCE!!

It has 2 3-slot omni-racks, a 2-slot and a 3-slot e-weapon rack each, a 3-slot missle rack, a single ballistic, AND a 4-slot ballistic rack.
Ahh, the possibilities...

Here are several configs I've come up with, feel free to comment,and post your Haupie's as well..
And yes, I DO crosstech.....

Blackjack brawler

2 CLBX20's(arms), 1 CLBX10 / 1 CUAC10 +1t ammo (shoulder rack), 5 med. lasers.

This is a standard brawler on close terrain maps for me. Consistently floors, if not outright kills, any mech 70 tons or lighter. Will core any mech, and rapid weapons cycling for the lasers and 10's ensure quick finishing of the job, while the 20's reload.

Piledriver II

Adv Gyro, 6hs, 46kph, 15t. FF armor.
3 CGauss, 1ER ppc, 1 ERL laser.
Delivers a 73+ pt alpha @ 800m.

Piledriver IIA

Adv gyro, 5 hs, 58kph, 15t. FF armor
3 CGauss, 2 ERL lasers
Delivers a 66 pt alpha @ 800m.
In both this and the II, the gyro can be dropped and tonnage added to the preferences of the pilot. (i.e. armor, hs, speed)


Piledriver IIB

5 hs, 58kph, 15t. FF armor.

1HGauss, 1 ERL laser, 1 ER ppc, 2 CGauss..
Delivers a 82+ pt. alpha at 600m, 55+ at 800m.

Have had brutal success with this particular chassis in Factory, and other maps... guts and cores any mech with regularity..

I have others, but wanna save'em...

Lets see what's out there

JM

Ouch, no wonder those things knock me down all the time.

5 large laser and a HG....nice

3 clbx20, 5 med lasers and a ssrm6

2 cgauss and a HG with 2 erll

3 cuac10 and 2 large lasers

many more......hauppy was a staple in single player, have too many configs for it.

My favorite, and the only one I've really used:

3 cLBX20
ERPPC
ERLL
SSRM6

3cuac20's.. need i say more?

IS puretech sniper, 3PPC 1 Arrow cluster 1AC5. its still experimental and the AC5 is looking for replacement wepons.

I have only three all crosstech

Smash 'N' Grab: 1cG 1cUAC2 8ERMEDLAS 1cLRM20 1FLARE 1cNARC and cFLMR elcs:lams 7hs and speed 70.06 kph

All's Fair:3cG 1cUAC2 5ERMEDLAS 1cSTRK6 1cSTRK 4elecs lams 0HS and speed 58.03 Kph

XP pack remake: 2clbx10 2clbx20 elecs lams and 60.04 KpH

BamBam:

2 CLBX20
2 CLBX10
5 mdlas

Slam:

2 CGAUSS
1 HGAUSS
5 MDLAS

Von Luckner:

4 AC10
2 Medium Lasers

Heard that KD was using a similar loadout to this in a Fafnir so I thought I'd try it out. It's actually rather good suprisingly, especially in Brawler matches. 36 alpha to 600m every 3 seconds can really make someone miserable.

Pounder:

2 Clan LBX20
2 Clan Ultra AC10

Another Brawler design but has had some success on open games. A nice mix of medium range firepower and close in devastation but don't alpha, the UAC10s rock the target up so much the LBX will never hit where you want them to.

44mac/mk2 hauptmann

2cg
1hg
1 ll or erll
1 ppc or erppc

no sinks cool down in cover or use balisticks only

2 thunderbolt+1,1heavy gauss+1 ,lams,max amor.
its a beast!

or try 2lbx20+1 and 1 uac20+1

or 2lgauss,1gauss,1lglaser,lams RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANGE


all puretech

demo weps : 2hvyll 2hvymedl 1hvac5 1hvac10 elecs none 14hs 64.04 kph and what ever armor you want

Puretech 2 shot mech: 2 lg 1 hg 1ISppc 1ISll lams ,minimal speed.

never really liked that Hauppy, but the one config I like the best is:

2 CGuass, 2 Arrow Thunder both with ammo upgrades

this thing is suprisingy good and I also use something similar in a Mauler

Ahhh, thread necromancy

Urban Brawler

70 kph, lams, 16.5 tons ff

3 CLBX 20
1 HLL
1 HML
+5 HS

105 point alpha, in a mech that does 70 kph. Sure, you need to be at 50 meters to get full damage, but hey, it HURTS. And it'll knock a 100 tonner over.

For a little more range, same chassis with:

1 HVAC 20+1
2 CLBX 20
2 HML
+2 HS

"Only" 92 points, but you now have a decent pokey stick to 550 meters.

wow what a great thread... i need more of those city configs for sure!!!

Um.....

2 LL
1 HML
1 HLL
1 HGR+1 ton ammo
Lams
Advanced Gyro
60-ish speed
a fair amount of heatsinks
and armor to round it all off.

3 HLL
1 HGR+1 ton ammo
LAMS
50-ish speed
stock armor(i think)
rest of tonnage to heatsinks.

HVAC20+1 ton ammo
4 LL
LAMS
Advanced gyro
stock armor(i think)
rest of tonnage to heatsinks.