Lately Ive started to use a brawler thanatos and ive had good success with it. My config is clbx20, clbx10, 2 Heavy med lasers and cSSTRK 6 plus jump jets and full FF armour.

Anyone else still using the thanatos and if so, have any post mechtech expansion configs?

Heavy Gauss, LB10X, 2 Heavy Medium lasers.

Long Tom, Large X Pulse laser

Thumper, 2 Thumper Tracers.

Um...

HVAC20+1
CLBX10
2 HML
Jumpjets
ECM

HGR+1
2 HML
SMRM30+2
ECM

2 LL
HVAC20+2

Old School is still the best:

3 LBX AC10's & 2 IS Large Lasers is mean.

I have a new config that I'm testing that I like:

1 IS AC10, 1 HV AC20 and 2 IS large lasers

Another good one is to load her up with with 2 IS Small Lasers, 1 IS Small Pulse Laser, 1 IS Small X-Pulse Laser & 6 IS Machine Guns.

Heavy Gauss
Light Gauss
2ISLL (or ERLL, but you may want a sink or two)
ECM, JJ

LOL...

ECM, IF and JJ
LXPLSR
CLBX20
CUAC10

This one rules on a arena map:

Shake, Rattle & Roll

HVAC20
RAC5
2 ISLL

or

2LXPLS
2RAC5

or

HG
LTG
2ISLL

Heavy Gauss + 1
2 ISLL
1 RAC5 + 1
ECM
JJs

or

Heavy Gauss + 1
4 Medium Lasers
1 RAC5 + 1
ECM
JJs

Found one that I've really liked a lot lately:

Croos Tech Version - LL, RX2+2, CB20+2, SS6+1, ECM, IFF, JJ, 72 KPH, Almost full ff

Pure Tech Version - LL, RX2+1, LB20+1, SM6+1, ECM, IFF, JJ, 72 KPH, Almost full ff

Group 1 - CB20/LB20, RX2, LL
Group 2 - RX2, LL
Group 3 - SS6/SM6

Great heat, not to slow, pleanty of armor, and the firing rate is staggered enough to always be hitting them with something (use the ss6 as FU damage)

hgr,2lxpl
ecm, jj, 6 sinks
75 kph

could remove jj for for speed and another heat sink, if you don't think you'd need them, but it runs cool enough to kill people without overheating anyway. 2 lxp have nasty knock fired together or chained. try the same on a dragon (except with no sinks) for cold maps.

Hmm, Nachtwulf Im confused by your weapon abbreviations. Can someone translate or can u provide a key?

Sorry, Dio... here ya go

LL = Inner Sphere large Laser
RX2 = Rotary Auto Cannon 2
CB20 = Clan LBX Auto Cannon 20
LB20 = Inner Sphere Auto Cannon 20
SS6 = Clan Streak Short Range Missle 6
SM6 = Inner Sphere Short Range Missle 6

FU Damage = Well... you'll have to figure that one out on your own.

Thanks for the key Nachtwulf - Appreciate the help

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You're "a man of wealth and taste?"

3 RAC 2, 2 IS LL, JJ's ECM, IFF

3 LG, ECM, IFF, JJ's

1 HVAC 20, 2 LL, 1 RAC 2

personal favorite brawler is 3 CLBX10, 2 HML

also use

1 LG
1 HG+1
1 LXP

3 LG+1

2 LG
2 LXP

1 Arrow-TB+1
2 RAC2+1

^- is my NBT mission play attack Thanny

2chml, 1hvac20 1ac10 1ssrm6 1ssrm4

Its more mean then it sounds because the mixed reload times make it hard 2 fire back. I also have a sniper thanny. 3light gauss and 2erll. It has no jets but its very powerful.

Edit: Try this 1

1clbx20 1clbx10 1atm12m 1atm6m 2chml with JJ. This is 1 of my new fav thannys. Try it and u will b suprized.

Thanatos Pummeler
HGR
CLBX10
2HML
SSRM6
75kph
ECM
LAMS
JJs

I like this one for Tumbleweed, especially; it's surprisingly good at clearing people off the plateaus.

Puretech:

Bolter:

AC20
AC10
LAC5
3ML
ECM

For constantly fighting.

Thanks for all the suggestions everyone. Ive taken to using this config (on your suggestions Quarzark&others) and had a lot of success with it on most maps.

cLBX10 x 3
cHML x 2
Full FF armour
ECM
Speed 81 kph

I tried this config on coliseum and i found I couldnt close the distance.

LOL, here is a list for the "rac slingin' n00bz"

3 Rac2's and 2 ERL's + all the armor and spped you can fit. Not to hot, not too cool, .....just right
3 Rac2's and 2 ISL's + all the armor and spped you can fit. Very cool running
2 Rac2's and 2 LXPLS. Pretty warm, but hey, it is PT all the way. Pretty much a large version of Gwyd's strafing dragon, but I *need * the exrta armor
2 Rac2's, 1 ERPLS, MLx2 and depending on temp, CSTK's
3 Rac2's, 4 CMPLS, CTSK's

Alternate between the RAC's and everything else

Bunch of armor on everything, usually stripped down to minimum on the head and half on the back. Minimum pulled from everywhere else. Fero on all BTW.

If you play it right, by the time anything closes on you, they are going to be so chewed up from the RAC's you will be able finish with the rest of your loadout.

Notice I said this was only for the greener players and as you progress, you will naturally gravitate to something else

Work it between 8 and 900 as much as possible and most important.........STAY BEHIND THE FREAKIN WALL

Dio, drop one of the cHML's for a regular IS med laser and get rid of the sinks; then you can add jumpjets with the same heat efficiency and about the same raw punch.

Or just drop the sinks, add jets, and keep the same raw punch.

Real MechWarriors don't use heatsinks! d=

As you can see folks, his brain has been cooked after repeated and long exposure to high heat levels.

And this... my friends... is our leader.

Pay no attention to this one, he is the ONLY one I know that can pull it off, lol. I have taken a couple of configs close to some of his *warmer*stuff, and can barely keep my G*(&(*&(*&(* mech running

Tip train with a 7erl Ncat toaster on Sanddunes or any other hot map. Afterwards most stuff isn`t really hot anymore.

Puretech Thanny.

HG
LG
XPL
ECM
JJs
75kph
Full FF Armor

not much to the actual training part

No "heat bug" means they are pretty much useless 'cept on a couple of maps ... nowdays anyway a 5 or a 6 is a little more realistic

Wouldn`t say that. Especially in NBTM 7ERL is very common .

HG, RAC2, 2ERLL

Wow, having fun with this one.

HGR
LGR
CLRM20
JJs/LAMS/ECM

Slow, pretty well armored, cool. Wish I could scam the ton for a reload on the CLRM20, but what can you do? No heatsinks to pull off. (;

That ton is there, I have Thannies with 10 tons of weapons plus the LG/HG, and I use extra ammo on the Heavy. You armor-needing wuss.

Sort of like the Thanny is hiding in the block of wood, I just need to carve until it comes out? d=

Everyone forgot about

2LGauss + 2LargeX Thanny

Classic 3ltg than, with your choice of options and colors

My fav brawler than is 3 ac10 full special armor. Choice depends on map. Lacks full punch, however, in a big brawl, 2.6 sec recylce on 27 points isnt bad, esp with the knock, and people get pissed when you chain.