So what is your most unorthodox design??

Here's Mine

Ares

8 SPL
Max speed
A bit extra armor
rest of tonnage to heatsinks

One of My favourite Ares designs...Heat rarely becomes a problem but if you find yourself in the critical heat zone, switch to chain fire. Your heat while gradually go down, and when it is low enough switch back to group fire.

Ares

8 ERSPL
one less upgrade from max.
Stock armor
rest of tonnage to heatsinks

Hotter and with better range then the above variant. They are mostly used using the same techniques and whatnot.


No I wanna see some of those weird unorthodox configs.....

Loki- 3 Clan Flamers, 2 CLBX-10s, and lots of speed

Bushwacker:
5 IS LRM5s
1 ISLPL
BAP

This has never worked as a killing machine, but boy does it do good harrassment work and it is a bitch to kill.

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Awesome:
10 MedPulse

I got 5 kills in a city drop with this once, when you trap someone and they go no where to dodge the damage over time of this strips mechs down real quick.

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Chimera:
3 IS LRM5s
2 ISLLs
JJs

Similar to the bushie config ... but no way near as tough .. the extra speed and JJs allow for it to to be a harrasser better though.

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Raven:
1 ISLPL
reflective armour
BAP
ECM
LAMs
IFF Jammer

Great when you have some support and you can pile on those LPL hits without having the entire enemy team pound you ... good for scouting too

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Advance Gyro

3 PPC Black Knight going 90+kph. Use in cold open maps w/ hills only (ie. not in missile haven maps).

A very fun mech to drive

Hmm....unorthodox....wouldn't that be ALL of my configs?

Lesee....I guess I'll start with my new favorite 'mech, the Mauler. I don't feel like explaining most of these configs right now, so uhhh...yeah. I also don't have any of the specifics, seeing as how I'm at school. So I don't know the speed/armor/for some: the equipment/heatsinks.

Mauler
2 ERPPC
4 CUAC2
BAP

Works well on hot or cold maps. I've found this one works the best on Oilspill, but is still useable on on Tumbleweed. Just be careful with the PPC. Although, I suppose there's no reason for this config NOT it's a Mauler, isn't that unorthodox enough?

Mauler
6 LAC5
2 MRM20
BAP
LAMS

Kind of an odd config, but if you set the MRMs to chain, and divide the LAC5s into two groups of three, you have a lot of knock and quite a bit of damageat the same time. I like to use this one in Avarice City where I can pound stuff as they come through the building intersections.

Sunder
2 Heavy Large Lasers
4 Heavy Medium Lasers
32 HS
Minimum Speed

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"Do not Use" Templar: 8 LRM 10.

"Furious Angel" Dragon: HEAT AGL, 2 flamers, Inferno Launchers, top speed, Max FF armor, heat sinks, ecm, adv gyro.

loki full reactive, 10 cmg, ecm bap and lams

this config speaks for iteself if you have ever seen me pilot it

"WTF"
Strider
CLBX10
2 MXP
2 CSTRX4

I like this mech alot for a strider, very mean up close, though use the Xpulse only when you have to, gets a little hot...

"Target"
IS Urbie
1 RAC5+1
2 MXP

my second favorite urbie, once again, use the MXP only when you have to, and jump around alot

I don´t know if you consider this unorthodox, but the
Owens with an Arrow Cluster
can ba quite a surprise / annoyance. You hardly get kills, but you are quite safe. Most pilots will keep looking for the heavy / assault they are suspecting. I really like this ride!

lt gauss strider hehe 3 med lasers

In BK, and now Mercs:
Uller:
1 light gauss
Full speed
Strip all the armour off.
Got called a "Cheeky Git" for killing Jimmy the 1st time i used it.

Raven:
2 Arty Beacons
1 Clan Flamer

Oddly enough I was one of the 1st people to use this config, I actually had it set up in BK as well before mercs came out

Uller BKPointsmachine:
4 Clan Machine Guns
2 Small X-Pulse

Actually a config Xio gave me, Used ot rack points up like mad when playing TAA. I actually got kicked off various servers for "Hacking" with this config, No kills and top of the score table tends to annoy ppl.

umm... beak? do you mean 3 Machine guns, 2 SXP, or 4 MG, 1 SXP?

Read what the cconfig is called. It was a BK Config, not a mercs one. AWSOME to use tho.

Gwyd' seemed somewhat impressed with my 2heatagl loki last night

BURN THE WITCH LAWYER!!!!!

Teehee, I did

Beak: "Oddly enough I was one of the 1st people to use this config, I actually had it set up in BK as well before mercs came out"

That variant, maybe - but not the concept. Wad and I were running around in Flamer/Arty SCats back in Vengeance.

Yep, that thing was shutting me down in two shots, coolant or no-coolant. If I was shooting my CHML's before getting hit, I was shut down in one volley. Mean.

no-one told me that!

Didn't think it was an origional idea when i did it. Just thought it would be coll to REALLY upset the Poptards. Nothign funnier than watching a BK come floating gently to the ground then falling on it's arse

mauler: 2 isppc 2 clan uac20 : people dot expect a hit like that from a mauler ,best on
cold maps
2isppc 2 ac20

Avatar: 2 lac5 , ac10, ISlgpls, 2 sinks ams speed 78 kph
i made this one because i hate to face the avatarbots with their random knock and
small profile

HeatMan
Faffy
4 CFlamers
2 iAGL+2

does it need explaining?

Target
Hellspawn
1 CSTRX6
1 CUAC5
3 ERML

suprisingly, a nice hellspawn config, although not one of the best, it can hold its own in most fights

Grumble
LongBow
LRM5
LRM10
2 LRM15+1
LRM20+1

hehe, got bored, made a longbow

FishBait
Vulture
1 CLBX10
2 HML
2 CSTRX6+1

I wanted to create a brawler vulture not based totally on missles and this is what I got

Ryoken "Watch That Heat!"
JJs, BAP, EO
2 ERLPL, 2 ERLL
min speed, full-ish armor, about 7 heatsinks I think

Fafnir "Turbo"
ECM
2 HGauss, LXPL
max speed, fullish armor. Actually a very effective config...



...as long as you don't have to turn.

Templar 80T MixTech: "Ranger"

1ERPPC
1CG
2UAC2
1LRM15
JJs

Surgery.

Awesome.
75 KPH, LAMS, FF tweaked a bit, +23 heat sinks.
4 HLL.

Be aware: an alpha generates _72_ points of heat.

I use this as a brawler on lunar maps. Even on lunacy, you get Betty yelling at you every time you pull the trigger.

Anything with less than a ton of armor so I stick an AC20 LBX or Ultra on my Uller and still go 141 KMPH. Thats dedication.

heres a intresting config...

Knock-Around
Cauldron-Born
3 CUAC5
1 HML
1 CLBX20+1

suprisingly, it works out quite well, shoot the HML, then the CUAC5, then CLBX20, or alpha, all these weapons do a bit of knock and 4 of them happen to reload quite quickly, so in 1 on 1 fights, you can piss your opponents off a great deal

It's hot and not for boaters

C-Born Hellstorm

1 Clrm15
2 Rac2 + ammo
4 ERmed lasers
1 LBX 10
Stock speed
Armor to taste

I use this config on open maps mostly as your able inflict damage from start to finish as you close range.
Difficult to use but rewarding at the same time.

Zues
Goomba
1 MRM40+2
1 HG+1
1 LL
3 ML
3 Heat Sinks
BAP

hurts like a biznatch and is a nice little config

C-Born

Drakon
2 CERLL, 2 SSTRK 2, HVAC 5

it really just gets the job done and beats the tar outta everything

Aye...me and some buddies from the MH pulled 6 flamer 2 arty MC duty quite a bit back then.

I remember matching some guys in kills against their infamous Nova Cats with my Machine Gun/Small Pulse Laser Ullers.

Strip the arms then kill them...was really effective.

Warhammer
CBT
2 PPC
2 MPL
2 SL
1 SRM6

Avatar,

Large X-pulse
CMRM40
AC10
JJ's
Speed and armor to taste

Good reloads while the MRM 40's tear it up, some may prefer to use the power of the CUAC10 but I prefer the reload of the AC10.

Melto Humpty

3 Heatagl
arty beacon

My favourite Mech:

Hissyo-Ko
Gladiator
4 ER-PPCs
max armor
2 heatsinks

And yes, it's meant to be played with heat turned on
"Heat level critical. Shutdown imminent."
"Shutdown over-ridden."
"Shutdown over-ridden."
"Shutdown over-ridden."
etc....
Think Redline Pilot from the CCG (Collectable Card Game) just don't play it on a desert map.

Then my second similar variant, about as irritating, but more efficient:

Carrion
Sunder
4 ER-PPCs
~22 heatsinks
~68kph

Obviously these are used with single, cycled shots. Keeps their targetting off a bit. Also keeps the heat down to more manageable levels.
~= approx, it's bin a while since I have had the time to play so I don't recall the exact figures I'm afraid.

One more

Hauptman
8 UAC 2s

Fired in 2 groups of four. Don't use it very often as it will annoy people almost as much as the RACs. Also you are not likely to get enough hits in to do the damage required to oblitorate in anything other than a one on one.

I remember playing a Gladiator with 4 ERPPCs and an ERLL on Tumbleweed....I went like 12-5 or something

On that note, I also used to use a Gladiator with 4 ERPPCs and a Light Gauss. JJs, no electronics. Go passive, find a ridge, and snipesnipesnipe

Glad 4ERPPC 1CG ECM JJs full FF armor. For NBTM drops

Fafnir-Area denial
8 long tom tracers
3 ISLL
ECM
Couple of heatsinks
Little bump in speed
Armor to taste (or More weapons)

Set the tracers to chain fire, loft a few dozen towards the opposing side.
The constant stream makes a really amusing pattern. Keeps the enemy's movement limited...
are they tracers? or are they the real thing? Nobody's wanted to find out yet!
Keep the large lasers on standby for anyone who gets close and shift position every once
in a while. Have one of your teammates call out changes in range and drop and walk the "Fire" to the
Bad guys.
Carpet bombing the other team's spawn is a good way to keep them distracted. You could also short the speed,
get rid of the lasers and three of the tracers and put a real long tom in instead. Now they really will run for cover!

try a BA with this on it

2 RAC5s
2 Cgauss
2 Erll
goes about 47
almost max armor (tweaked)
lams Ecm
about 3-4 HS

the RACs give you an anytime slap of damage and knock, and the gauss are the real punch. try not to use the lasers constantly, it can heat up. great for medium to long range coverage.

Mine's an Uziel.

1 LBX-10
2 Clan MG-array
8 ER medium-laser
1 SRM-6

Blood Asp.

2 AC10
2 med Xpls
1 ATM12M
4 Clan machine guns

The most odd config I have ever had success with, the knock and damage of the primarys works well, but the sleeper is the 4 clan machine guns on you at all times, most dont notice at first but it soon becomes a focus when the damage is constantly applied. Brawler or 1vs.1

2 many med lasers.

i prefer for brawling and 1v1 my uziel of dooom

2Hml
2ml
2clbx10

speed around 95kph


works wonders

Not sure of the originator but the config works wonders.

Zeus Zard config from the TB guide to the Zeus.

2xRAC2+1 ammo each
1xTbolt cluster + 1 ammo
1xERPPC
Everything else to taste but the guides config suits me fine. Love this config for manorhouse, your not going to lead the scoring or kills total but fun regardless and plus it's a Zeus.

Mauler
2x uac20's (the 20 ton IS versions)
6x small lasers

almost full reactive + its pure tech!!

I'll give that a whirl when the MP2 fix for the Mauler comes out. I have a slew of Mauler configs waiting.

Zeus Dirty chainer

2xATM12
1xLXPLS
1xAC10
Everthing else to taste, stagger your shots and stay at roughly 500m. Thanks to Nachtwulf for the final tweaks.

I'll give that a whirl when the MP2 fix for the Mauler comes out. I have a slew of Mauler configs waiting.

Zeus Dirty chainer

2xATM12
1xLXPLS
1xAC10
Everthing else to taste, stagger your shots and stay at roughly 500m. Thanks to Nachtwulf for the final tweaks.

EatYourBrains
Uziel
1 LG+1
2 LXP
2 SL

puretech, use on cool map though, the LXP can get kinda hot >_<

Ryo (based on Quarzark MKIII suggestion)

2xERML
1xHML
2xCSRM
4xClightmachguns
Almost full FF, speed 98kph.
Had fun with this config in the dunes last night.

I took this baby into a battle game once.

Laser Pointer of D00M
Sunder
14 targeting lasers
3 flares 30rnds each
ECM
LAMS
Full reactive armor
22 hs
Bottomed out speed

The targeting lasers acually do damage (although minimal). It had a heat problem after long periods of pointing.
Suprisingly, I didn't die immediatly. I think they were laughing so hard I was hard to hit.