Commando

[ThunderHawk819]

Why put the Commando into the game? To me it's a wimpy 'Mech. I got to thinking why not the Panther. It carries more firepower for its size and has way better mobility, or the Wolfhound. Anything but the Commando. hell, even the Stiletto would be a better choice. Just not the Commando!

[~SJ~ Blhurr]

Someone has to pilot the thing.  Can't scrap a perfectly good Commando and make an Atlas finger out of it.

[(TLL)Siilk]

 What's the problem with a commando? It's light but cheap. It has 432BV against 903BV for Wolfhound, 664BV for panther and 746BV for stiletto (to compare, Osiris A has 746BV, so I could presume you could buy two Commandos for your starting salary. As for armament, Prime variant is a little weak, but some alternative configs (COM-1B (LBL, MBL, SRM-2), COM-1D (LBL, SRM-6) and COM-3A (2xSRM-6 MBL, Flamer)) looks quite good.

[=KoS= Eldragon]

Commando is one of my favorite mechs. I have a soft spot for the underdog mechs. I am curious how its going to play into MW:LL, since it is designed to be cheap, from a table top perspective its desirable.

But in MWLL, who would ever take it when "better" mechs can be had? What role will it fill that the Owens/Raven/Osiris cannot? Only thing I can think of is that its slower, than the other light mechs, but has much more armor and more firepower. Although since we have not seen a single in-game rendering of it, it might be cut from the game and something else takes its place.

[=KoS=Zeus]

Here's the role it will fill.

Guy 1(Team): "I took a Commando, anybody want the extra 20k left over to buy a big medium or heavy mech?"
Guy 2(Team): "I bought one too, we can pool both 20k into 40k and someone can start with 87k and buy a heavy mech."
Guy 3(Team): "Sweet, I'll start with a Warhammer Prime!"

[=KoS= Eldragon]

Here's the role it will fill.

Guy 1(Team): "I took a Commando, anybody want the extra 20k left over to buy a big medium or heavy mech?"
Guy 2(Team): "I bought one too, we can pool both 20k into 40k and someone can start with 87k and buy a heavy mech."
Guy 3(Team): "Sweet, I'll start with a Warhammer Prime!"

Good point. I had not thought of that.

[Aposiopesis]

Here's the role it will fill.

Guy 1(Team): "I took a Commando, anybody want the extra 20k left over to buy a big medium or heavy mech?"
Guy 2(Team): "I bought one too, we can pool both 20k into 40k and someone can start with 87k and buy a heavy mech."
Guy 3(Team): "Sweet, I'll start with a Warhammer Prime!"

Or 'crap, I just got shot out of my mech. Oh well, I have enough money for a commando' *goes back to base to buy a commando*

[whatever]

one option is to have everybodies fav..the URBANMECH ahhaha

or possibly the FLEA, another would be the FIREBALL or possibly the HORNET...

(snickering while running off..)

ok im back...thinking about it the FIREBALL mech would be cool at 180 km/h..

[ThunderHawk819]

Fireball? Are you fapping coconuts or something?

[whatever]

if you mean I like really fast mechs for scouting i guess I'm coconuts and its called the FIREBALL mech for some reason..

and i had a chance to bring up the design excellence that is URBANMECH. 

i think a commando for a light mech is better than the other options i offered as a comparison. just having fun comparing with the other mechs described.

[AlfalphaCat]

one option is to have everybodies fav..the URBANMECH ahhaha

or possibly the FLEA, another would be the FIREBALL or possibly the HORNET...

(snickering while running off..)

ok im back...thinking about it the FIREBALL mech would be cool at 180 km/h..

I would rather see the Piranha http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Piranha

maybe loose some of the Machine GUns, OP light anyone?, maybe the small laser too.
Check this bad girl/boy? out!!!!   Maybe the clan equivalent?

[Snowball]

I would rather see the Piranha

12 MG's.  I'd keep it just to see them all fire a ridiculous amount of tracers.

OMNOMPLANES OMNOMBA

[(TLL)Siilk]

I would rather see the Piranha

12 MG's.

 

 12 MGs, 2xMBL and SBL on a 20 ton mech?  Does it has any armor at all?

[AlfalphaCat]

I would rather see the Piranha

12 MG's.

 

 12 MGs, 2xMBL and SBL on a 20 ton mech?  Does it has any armor at all?

4 tons, so as far as i can tell, as much as an Owens
And from what i can tell that's fairly good for a light, but did you see its speed?
151 kph, that's without MASC!!!

O, and 8 MGs would still have great tracers,  It would definetely  be the BA's Bane

[(TLL)Sky_walker]

lol.... this should be forbidden! With MASC it could run away from UAC20 bullets!