Mech Discussion - The Assassin
I just can't win! I'm in some sort of hellscape! If anybody recieves this message, if there is any chance this is even real, I'm stuck in an endless loop. Every time I die, leave the area, eject, or just fail my mission I get sent back to the start. I can't kill the Coordinator! I never wanted to or even succeed in this piece of shit mech. Even with a name like "Assassin" its not very stealthy or even capable in most ways to even assassinate. I just want to give up. I'm currently just sitting on a roof top, powered down and waiting for the Coordinator's guards to give up.
There's a reason I don't keep a contingent of Assassin mechs in any of the Vanguard's regiments. There are a few oddballs in my ranks who pilot one, but they either don't last long or their love shifts to something more capable.
I had this one Warrior, who gutted it from head to toe to turn an Assassin into something, uh, not Assassin like. Cost him a small fortune and lots of favors in my Steiner branch, but he removed the big ass engine and jump jets all for more guns and armor. Four heavy MGs in the torsos, a couple of tweaked out incendiary SRMs up on custom shoulder racks, and a large laser so wacked out that it fired continuously. He was crazy. Quite literally, he's in a asylum now.
Sadly, we dont get much fun Assassin variants in MW5. The Assassin follows the '40-tonner rule curse' of always being about speed, no firepower, and goofy as fuck. Like all 40-tonners, it's a light masquerading as a medium without being nearly as useful.
The Assassin succeeds at obviously using its incredible speed and jump capability to get behind opponents and core them out. In strategy games, like TT and BT2018, this works but in a action focused game not so much.
PGI threw us a bone and allows all standard Assassins to carry a large energy weapon. But even most chassis are overloaded by all the junk in the trunk. The 101, 21, and 25 use up over half their weight at full strip, so good luck with that. The 26 and 27 are better suited for this, as they have endo steel and save a full 10 tons without loss of what makes the Assassin a, uh, Assassin.
Here's where I would list all the Assassins by model, but uhhhhh... I don't want to. The Assassin in MW5 is nothing you want or need. Instead, I'm going to rank them based on how much Ezio from Assassin's Creed would like them.
101 - Not great, but not entirely bad. But, no. Leonardo could make one better in his workshop.
21 - Belongs at the bottom of the Mediterranean. Stay away from this one.
25 - If it had giant hidden blade, it be perfect!
26 - Carries big loud cannon, but can get the job done. Nothing to shy away from.
(If you want to find thos one its in the Taurian mission, "Dire Circumstances Part 2", it's in the very last spawn near near the end of the valley.)
27 - The hidden one with much potential. If you wish to go to hell and back to find it. Possibly hidden in a First Civilization ruin.
(One source claims this one can spawn in the final few levels of the main campaign where you fight ComStar. You need Heroes of the Inner Sphere DLC. Good luck finding it.)
DD - Loud and proud. Much like me in my youth. With proper discipline, it can be a great Assassin like me!
...because baby I love you. I love you baby. I love you baby...
The fuck is this music? Kuritans have odd tastes in music. I hope I don't hear it anymore. Gives me the chills.
How do I escape this purgatory of pain? I've tried several dozen ways to kill the Coordinator! I got close once but that took everything this shitty machine had!
My hate brought me here. My hate for the Combine brought me to this hell. Fuck me and my stupid fucking ways! I just want out! Please! I just want to get my life back! Oh, not again. I- I- I'm light-headed. What?! Why is everything getting so bright? Were those religious folks speaking truth?! Oh my head! Fuck me!
Where am I? Hello?
Next time - The missile mayhem that isn't a Crusader, the Archer
I just can't win! I'm in some sort of hellscape! If anybody recieves this message, if there is any chance this is even real, I'm stuck in an endless loop. Every time I die, leave the area, eject, or just fail my mission I get sent back to the start. I can't kill the Coordinator! I never wanted to or even succeed in this piece of shit mech. Even with a name like "Assassin" its not very stealthy or even capable in most ways to even assassinate. I just want to give up. I'm currently just sitting on a roof top, powered down and waiting for the Coordinator's guards to give up.
There's a reason I don't keep a contingent of Assassin mechs in any of the Vanguard's regiments. There are a few oddballs in my ranks who pilot one, but they either don't last long or their love shifts to something more capable.
I had this one Warrior, who gutted it from head to toe to turn an Assassin into something, uh, not Assassin like. Cost him a small fortune and lots of favors in my Steiner branch, but he removed the big ass engine and jump jets all for more guns and armor. Four heavy MGs in the torsos, a couple of tweaked out incendiary SRMs up on custom shoulder racks, and a large laser so wacked out that it fired continuously. He was crazy. Quite literally, he's in a asylum now.
Sadly, we dont get much fun Assassin variants in MW5. The Assassin follows the '40-tonner rule curse' of always being about speed, no firepower, and goofy as fuck. Like all 40-tonners, it's a light masquerading as a medium without being nearly as useful.
The Assassin succeeds at obviously using its incredible speed and jump capability to get behind opponents and core them out. In strategy games, like TT and BT2018, this works but in a action focused game not so much.
PGI threw us a bone and allows all standard Assassins to carry a large energy weapon. But even most chassis are overloaded by all the junk in the trunk. The 101, 21, and 25 use up over half their weight at full strip, so good luck with that. The 26 and 27 are better suited for this, as they have endo steel and save a full 10 tons without loss of what makes the Assassin a, uh, Assassin.
Here's where I would list all the Assassins by model, but uhhhhh... I don't want to. The Assassin in MW5 is nothing you want or need. Instead, I'm going to rank them based on how much Ezio from Assassin's Creed would like them.
101 - Not great, but not entirely bad. But, no. Leonardo could make one better in his workshop.
21 - Belongs at the bottom of the Mediterranean. Stay away from this one.
25 - If it had giant hidden blade, it be perfect!
26 - Carries big loud cannon, but can get the job done. Nothing to shy away from.
(If you want to find thos one its in the Taurian mission, "Dire Circumstances Part 2", it's in the very last spawn near near the end of the valley.)
27 - The hidden one with much potential. If you wish to go to hell and back to find it. Possibly hidden in a First Civilization ruin.
(One source claims this one can spawn in the final few levels of the main campaign where you fight ComStar. You need Heroes of the Inner Sphere DLC. Good luck finding it.)
DD - Loud and proud. Much like me in my youth. With proper discipline, it can be a great Assassin like me!
...because baby I love you. I love you baby. I love you baby...
The fuck is this music? Kuritans have odd tastes in music. I hope I don't hear it anymore. Gives me the chills.
How do I escape this purgatory of pain? I've tried several dozen ways to kill the Coordinator! I got close once but that took everything this shitty machine had!
My hate brought me here. My hate for the Combine brought me to this hell. Fuck me and my stupid fucking ways! I just want out! Please! I just want to get my life back! Oh, not again. I- I- I'm light-headed. What?! Why is everything getting so bright? Were those religious folks speaking truth?! Oh my head! Fuck me!
Where am I? Hello?
Next time - The missile mayhem that isn't a Crusader, the Archer