Poll: Favorite all new 'Mech variants of 0.4

[AlfalphaCat]

Thanx to the Devs for all the new toys, now it's time to tell em which ones we love.  Have fun, and if I missed a fav of yours, that is a brand new variant, just post it and I will fixey...   I left the Thor Variants out, for space reasons, but if you guys want them added, I can do that too.

[=KoS= Eldragon]

For me its the Madcat E, all the way. Its like the Madcat D from CBT, but with MWLL's ATMs.

[sleet01]

I actually don't *like* it much, but from what I've seen the CHL Puma is more popular than malt liquor.  It's a crazy-good light you can buy in the second rank that, given the element of surprise or even one BA to distract the target, is capable of limbing a heavy in 2~3 strikes.  I can't exactly put my finger on what I dislike about it, but getting repeatedly killed by swarms of them probably has something to do with it.

[Nitro_R]

Voted:
Puma D (MHL) - Awesome up close, terribad in the open
Bushwacker E (PPC/AC20) - Excellent all-round

Honorable Mention:
Puma E (ATM9) - Super duper at medium-long range; sucks up close (good for its role)
Bushwacker D (XPL) - Great support mech
Warhammer A (RAC5) - RAC5 buff, plus an LBX10 (though I suck with heavies)
Loki E (UAC20) will he win a poll too? - Overpowered and needs to be nerfed.

[AlfalphaCat]

I like the Bushy D, but my second vote went to the venerable Mauler E, though I think it could fit an additional 2xSRM2, no streak.  If it would nerf its armor than no, like it as is.  It also doesn't have the heat problems of the Gunslinger.

[=KoS= Eldragon]

Mauler E was my second vote as well. It can just lay down firepower like none other, and never worry about overheating.

I actually don't *like* it much, but from what I've seen the CHL Puma is more popular than malt liquor.  It's a crazy-good light you can buy in the second rank that, given the element of surprise or even one BA to distract the target, is capable of limbing a heavy in 2~3 strikes.  I can't exactly put my finger on what I dislike about it, but getting repeatedly killed by swarms of them probably has something to do with it.

I've actually taken to using the Uziel Prime and PPC Osiris a lot simply because there are so many CHL Pumas running around, and PPCs transfer heat to the target. 

[CHHš Rampage]

Until the Uziel gets a new variant or two I refuse to vote! I am just going to sit in the corner and sulk!  <pout>

[Steelbarrage]

Nitro, i am offended by your insistence that the Loki E is OP. Loki E is amazing, weak enough to barely pose a threat in extended combat, but fast enough to evade some fire. Yes the AC are op but that's not the Loki's fault. I was the first to vote for Loki E why has no one else. Puma D ftw.

[AlfalphaCat]

Until the Uziel gets a new variant or two I refuse to vote! I am just going to sit in the corner and sulk!  <pout>

I could go for an AC10 Uzi, maybe SRM4, and a couple MGs or SXPL.  I understand your 'pain', there, there...

[~SJ~ Xarg Talasko]

Nitro, i am offended by your insistence that the Loki E is OP. Loki E is amazing, weak enough to barely pose a threat in extended combat, but fast enough to evade some fire. Yes the AC are op but that's not the Loki's fault. I was the first to vote for Loki E why has no one else. Puma D ftw.

Maybe because they don't feel like voting for a 'Mech getting a nerf in the next patch :p, also that Puma D is an insane legging machine.

[sleet01]

Puma D isn't a mech, it's a roving abattoir featuring rotating knives made of coherent light.  They just shaped it like a Puma to keep it non-threatening and appealing to consumers... and so the severed limbs can slide down its broad, flat back into convenient piles.

[Squibby]

Always seems to sneak up on me, so I hate the Puma D's guts. I specifically target any Puma D's I see. I love shooting them in their stupid faces when they delude themself that they can blast through my LBX oro's front armour in the time it takes my weapons to recycle twice...

I'd vote the Bushy E though for it's brilliant mix of allround firepower (seems weaker armoured though).
I also kind of like the Thor A? (the one with the UAC20, SSRM, ERLBL, and flamers). It's got a weapon for every occasion, and if it had a bit more armour and the ability to look down it would be quite a potent variant.

[Profane Arbiter]

I love the Puma E. The ATM's are awesome because they virtually force teamplay (since an ATM mech forced in close is dead meat in a much more horrible way than with standard LRMs) while dealing very respectable damage for the pricetag, and providing anti-air capabilities to boot!

I wish more ATM variants were available. Aside from streak SRMs, I stuck my nose up at the prospect of using missiles...yet I find myself taking the 2x ATM-9 Puma more and more, often times long after I could afford something more expensive.

[=KoS= Tripod]

MadCat E (I even had a K-nex one a long long time ago) Although it is border-line OP

Any brawling Cougar (they used to be exclusively long range pussy mechs)

Both new Vultures (ATM one especially rapes Aeros)

Oro with LHL

Both new Bushies

However, I hate the OP as hell Pumas and Loki E that take no skill to use

[Cowboy]

It's sad that my votes reflect my inability to purchase anything larger than a medium mech in a single round.  Granted, that's in big part to donating all proceeds to those asking on coms, but I think my only experience with a heavy was a Thor that got legged in about 30 seconds.