What config has stayed with you. Which ones are always there through patches, expansions, boredom... just about anything.... Which ones are always fun in any weather, any game, and on any map. I know I have a couple, and others have a few that stayed favorites since the release of Vengeance, and even in earlier games.

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Ye Olde Scat -- and my only custom shadowcat

ERPPC
Clan LBX 10
2x ER Medium Laser
Jump Jets

102 kph, 8.5 T armor (ff), 2 heat sinks

I purchased Vengeance a couple of days after release, and a day later I discovered how fun it was to play online. This was my second config, and is still one of my favorites. I never played earlier versions of Mechwarrrior online, or even on a LAN. But I had great fun with the single player games, and I wish I had discovered the online group earlier.

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A Madcat for all seasons --

2x ER Large Lasers
4x ER Medium Lasers
2x Clan LRM 15
BAP
LAMS

80 kph, 12.0 T armor (ff), 17 heat sinks

This was my first config. Even taking it into the blistering heat of dustbowl was lots of fun. Run from the flamers. Or sit there and get flamed. This one passes the test of time.

Since Vengeance. Tweaks over time in armor, sinks, and speed due to new components and changes in heat scale, but same weapon systems as in the beginning. Current model:

Vulture

ERPPC, ERLL, CLRM20(X2ammo), CLRM15(X2ammo)
ECM, LAMS, EO, 7 HS, 75kph, 9.5 tons FF
My sneaky little b*****d.

Bushwacker.
CUAC10 and an LXPL in the CT. Lots of speed. Lots of armor.
(got versions with reflective, versions with reactive, and versions with FF - but the basic formula remains the same)

Mad Cat.
2 ERPPC's and 2 Light Gauss Rifles.

The old reliable 3ERLL SCat.

LBX20&10 Bushwacka.
Its my baby.
*gets swatted by wife*
Well, second baby . . .


J

Raven

1 ERLL, 2 ERML Clan LRM 15 + extra ammo with ECM and all the speed ai can get out of it.

Thor

2 LBX 20 and 1 LBX 10

Loki

2 LBX 20 and 1 LBX 10

Vulture

5 Clan LRM20

Uller

2 SSRM4 and 2 ERMed

Catatpult 4 CLan LRM20 1 LXP

Vengeance MadCat:
2erl, 2cuac5+1, 2clrm20+1
12.5ff, bap, 75kph

Mercenaries MadCat
2erl, 2cuac2, 2clrm20+1
12.5ff, bap, 75kph

I dont use this one now, but it was very good in Veng:
4erll, 2lrm20+1
12.5ff, bap, 75kph

Bushwacker

CGauss, erLarge, CLRM20+1, CLRM10, Bap

I tend to default to this pure-tech mech:

Templar
+ 4 Light Gauss
+ ECM
+ 0 HS
+ Small speed bump & armor tweak

I built it to be the "Hopping Bastage" Killer, and found that it worked for a lot of situations. You can alpha into the shadows and surprise the heck out of someone, or chain fire them to keep the mediums who are rushing you from getting a clean shot.
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"I'm not going to kill Spike, you're going to do it for me." - Vicious Cowboy BeBop

good old rusty atlas... 3 lt gauss 2 ppc..love that mech

I'll say it: 6ERLL Mad Cat.

Massed ERLL can just do things that no other weapons system can match. Need to pimpslap that Wolfhound who's running around dying 4x for every kill he makes but leading his team's scoring by twice as much as the next guy? Ye olde laserwhore. Got a Catapult that needs a little plastic surgery? Ye olde laserwhore. Feel like chaining the hell out of someone for no particular reason? Ye olde laserwhore. Need to anti-poptart? Ye olde laserwhore.

If the LB2X AC still existed, I'd say the Mad Dog alpha [I think] config with an LB2X, ERPPC, and 6 SSRMS6s. Nasty at all ranges....

....But MW4 changed all that.

5 erll BK

never let me down, i dont think ive ever even had a negative kill death driving one

same reasons as wads madcat, but its more agile, has jets, and i can poptart from it

whats not to love?

oh, and 2 cgauss 1erll thor

1 Heavy Guass 1 ISLL Hunchback. Just too darn l33t.

1UAC20+2tons Ammo, ERPPC, 2SSRM6 Cauldron-Born. Got punch at pretty much all range thanks to the ERPPC (hit them near the head in a FFP game and they're blind fo ~10 secs) with knockout power close in. Also,

4RAC5 + 2 tons ammo each, 2ISLL Templar. Cheap, sure, but effective.

2 ll 1 hg argus

Heck yeah. I just love seeing 4 gauss trails in parallel...

Yeah. Too much caffiene for me.

EDIT: Oh yeah, that and:

Vengeance -
Daishi + 6 ERLL
Daishi + 3 Gauss 4 ERLL
Daishi + 5 Light Gauss (put in LA LT CT RT RA, 5 gauss trails next to each other... )

EDIT #2: Can't forget the best Mercs NHUA mech ever...
Daishi
+6 ERLPL
+1 CGR
+1 LRM20

Still use almost nightly are my MKII's

quad lgauss MKII - this will always be my primary range config.

2CLBX-20, 3CLBX-10 MKII - City Kitty aka Daisycutter

Others I still find fun

6 ERLL madcat

5lgauss daisy

MW4:V/BK-- 3 CERLL Cougar...too bad they nerfed it in MERCs.

MERCs-- 3RAC2 HellHound

This is probably the very first mech I made in Mercs:

Thor - Divine Tempest
2 ERLL
1 CGauss
1 LRM20 rack
ECM
LAMS
3 DHS
85 kph
13.5 ferro

A heavy weapons platform that is suited for med to long range.

My mixed-tech Dragon is the second custom that I use regularly on non NBT servers:

Dragon - Firkaag
4 med lasers
1 HGauss
1 RAC/2 w/ extra reload
No electronics, stock speed at 85 kph
11.5 tons ferro

Brawler at heart, but Dragon is too easy to hit at close ranges so I usually modify it to this:

1 ISLL, 1 HGauss, 1 RAC/2 no reload

Or if I'm feeling crazy and playing on a cold map:

Dragon - Shen-Long

2 ERLL
1 CGauss
1 RAC/2 w/ extra reload
ECM
85 kph
11.5 tons of ferro

I still use that one regularly.

Yup.
Thats the one.
Droopy.

i hate that mech.

I loved that mech until the heat/damage imbalance "fix"....which I never thought was necessary.

...plus 7/9 is so much uglier than a nice straight-up 8/8...oh well....

stock arctic wolf

Its not my fault its the best stalk mech in the game and everyone goes "RUN AWAY!" when i bring it into a game

6ERLL madcat users: cheap cheap cheap, go and play with it on one of the NHUA veng servers, whrere u will find a lot of pople with similar configs.

If the game was intended to be boated, the dev team would just make 1-3 stock boats of each mech and would NOT put in the mechlab.

Luckily there are reasonable people here that take different weapons on a mech like the 2erl, 2erml, 2lrm20 madcat, its good not to feel so alone amongs the boaters.

wtf? 6 ERLL Mad Cats are anything but munchy, no offence.

It's not even worth arguing about, Firestorm. (=

dont be insulting, durogatory and inflammatory in your posts psycho, your opinion is (seemingly) that boats are no good.

i like boats, they let me get the best out of my mech, and via that get the best out of me as a pilot.

you dont like to do that

i respect your opinion and wont argue about it

i certainly wont post insulting things about your play style, thats not what TB is about.

btw, the person who mentioned the 6 erll boat, also wrote this handy guide:

http://www.teambanzai.net/modules.php?name...rticle&artid=40

good read

no arguments back to the thread!

like the pic though

I have found any mech i can stick jj and a lt on is the best mech in the game

As a smart kid once said, "The ironing is delicious!"

What was that about wall candy?

Rofl, that's hilarious.

3LG , 1 LXPLS, ECM , IFF , 69K

Thanny of course

Bring Back HE , Ducks and runs lol

IMHO you should just try to use more weaps on a mech. Im just trying to do some boating, to see if its any good. I got a 3ERL scat ready, which looks like a good mech. Prolly the best longrange scat.

since Veng.

Loki 1ERPPC 2ERL 30LRMS ECM,BAP
Loki 3ERL 35LRMS ECM, BAP

Nova Cat 7ERL

Thor 2 CG 1ERL ECM JJs
Thor 2LBX20 1ERL 1LBX10 no ECM standart armor

Mad Cat 6ERL

Atlas 2ERPPC 3LG

psycho, that scat is probably the best out there. 3 er, 112 spped, bap and jjs and good reflective armor.

for city maps, find a high building and try this, i call it the mini-thor

scat-2 er 1 lg 1 ppc. no leg armor, 77 speed. this is why i said find a high building and dont get shot, cuz you will die o_0

but the one mech that has never ever once let me down is the 3 erl 3 lg mk2. best mix of firepower, range, and (if you are a pimp with gauss) accuracy.

then there is everyones old faithful, 7 er, no sinks nova kitty. i hate to use them, but in battlezone league where your team must average to 70 tons, i gotta use them a lot.

here is a new daishi i came up with about 2 months ago. 4 erl, 1 hvy gauss, 2 cg. i think its a 108 alpha. trust me, its a monster.

Kodiak

JJ/ECM
3RAC2's
1PPC
2LL

I've always done well with it, but have used the smaller mech's more over time. Floating with an alpha while holding those RAC's steadily on a center torso is a wonderful feeling only to have the LL's and the PPC cycle a second time. Cool off quickly and go again if you didn't do them in the first time. A fun mech! Yeah, I need to dust him off again.

Victor

2erll
2clrm15 w/ 1 ton ammo each
cgauss w/ 1 ton ammo or clbx20 w/ 2 ton ammo depending on location
jj, ecm and lams
15.5 tons ff armor (tweaked, max except on the head)
speed 72
5 extra heat sinks

the weapons are spread out, only 1 torso area has 2 weapons. this is good for me if i lose parts of my mech (happens often), and i can still fight back.

Veng:

- Uller: 1x CUAC10, 2x ERML (Big point maker, got nerfed in Mercs, no more omni 2 slot and slow)
- Cougar: 2x ERLL, JJ's (This mech was just plain fun)


BK:

- Sunder: 1x HGUASS, 3x PPC, 1x CSTRK6, lots of engine (Had great cooling capacity but with the heat bug you never had worries, this thing ran cool enough to be nasty)


Mercs (Pre PR1):

- Flea: 1x CUAC2, 2x ERML (Big point maker, nerfed with PR1, they made it slow)
- Hauptman: 9x CUAC2 (I could take on the ERPPC boats and beat them in this mech)


Mercs (Post PR1):

- Wolfie: 8x ML (I love annoying mechs)
- Hauptmann: 4x CUAC10, 2x ERML (If you are within 500 meters, you die in 5-7 seconds)
- Atlas: 3x LGUASS, 1x ERPPC (Reach out and smack someone_

MY TOP SECRET.
CB only 3 people know this secretest variant

lol
I scrapped the 3erll scat boat and replaced it with something nicer:
1erl, 2erm, 1lbx20, 120kph, ff

Of other mechs I got this dangerous vulture:
2erl, 2erm, 2lrm15+1, 75kph, ff
Brawled and sniped with it againts a almoast gauss boat highlander and won 3 to nothing

Shadowcat:

3 ERLG
1 LGauss
83(?) kph
JJ
No head or back armor, some taken off legs to make weapons fit.

I've used it since Vengeance and though it runs a little hotter in Mercs, it's still one of my favorites of all time. Just keep your head down when you begin to smoke

The closest Mad Dog config to that is the A config, which has an LB5X AC, ERPPC, and 6 SRM6s. That's probably what you were thinking of.

Also, the Kit Fox A config, with 1 CGR, and 2 ERMLs.

the Dire Wolf B config, with an LB10X, LB5X, 4 Ultra-2 ACs, 2 medium pulse lasers, 2 ERPPCS, and an LRM20. Nasty.

the Nova prime config, with 12 ER medium lasers.

the Cauldron-Born B config, with 2 ERPPCs, 2 large pulse, and 2 medium pulse.

the Nova Cat B config, with 6 LRM15s, and an ER medium laser. Yes, 6 LRM15s on a Nova Cat.

Cougar, 3ERlarge,
may he rest in peace within the folds of Vengence and Black Knight, as the best CTF support/mid runner/dashy DFA and harasser, Long range TA, (frostbite mostly), New pilot sniper training, Lunacy jumping excellent screenshots, Most lethal little mech, my command mech, and the best damn mech that ever cheered me up when i was feeling low.

i remember how we used to chain your lasers and get people going "what the f*, how did you get 4 lasers on that" or "DAMN THAT F*ing PIECE OF SH*", and undoubtably "GAAAH YOU LANDED ON MY HEAD YOU LITTLE..." and the many more dashys we annoyed and killed from 750 meters away.


i miss you old buddy. someday i'll reincarnate you when all is almost lost.

U can still have fun with a 2erl, 2erm cougar or something like that in mercs.

its not the same! yea its similar, i've got a 2ERL 2LRM15 cougar (annoyed, so packed more firepower) but its still not the good ole 3ERL

Err.....ok, something like that. I would have SWORE those missiles had homing capability.....

And because the Nova did not survive MW3 [ ] I had to use a Ryoken for the same purpose. Could only fit in 8 ERMLs unfortunately. Still pretty deadly.

Oh, Ryoken with Ultra 20 and 5 ERMLs! [I think....?]

6.

The Ryo B config has an Ultra-20 AC and 6 ERMLs. eek.

The Cougar Prime config, with 2 Large Pulse and 2 LRM10s.

The Cougar D config, with an Ultra-10 AC, ERLL, and 2 SRM4s. Sheesh.

The Hunchback IIC. 50 ton mech. With jets. 2 Ultra-20 ACs. 2 ERMLs.