https://mwomercs.com/news/2019/09/2331-mwo-2019-rewards-program What are your favorite hero or loyalty mechs by weight class and faction? Urbie? Huntsman Pakhet? Quickdraw IV? Post what you are getting or your personal favorites.
I have not decided yet on a light mech hero and would welcome an advice. The contenders: Raven Huginn Firestarter Ember Urbie K9 I can’t stomach light mechs under 30 tons and have not even finished skilling a single one of them. The only 30 tonner I have is my Urbie R60L which I absolutely love - but that one feels like a 60 tonner So, Huginn? Quirked SRM4+A with 350m range and -20% cooldown and 4 LMG? Seems like it could be fun and the mech looks so cute! (I don’t have any other Ravens). I recently finished skilling Vulcan Bloodlust, so another SRM bomber? I think if any, I should get the ECM Raven for CBills. Ember? 4 lasers and 4 MGs (crazy-quirked as 5 MGs). I don’t have anything similar, closest being Blackjack Arrow. This looks like a good mech, except I never see them in the QP so there must be a reason.... I know the torso pitch angles are abysmal. Visually it is OK - just another humanoid. K9? It’s an Urbie so it can’t fail. The police disco lights and siren are super cool It won’t bring anything new that my R60L can’t do, except for minor changes to the loadout, but the K9 is the best Urbie. If I get this then I’ll change my R60L into AC20 troll build, or AC10 Sniper (+20% range, +20% velocity...) So, any advice? Cute Huginn, cool K9, or the unique Ember?
I currently own 9 Urbanmechs so I'm biased. But the K-9 is excellent. Ember and Huginn used to be more popular. The Firestarter is very big for a Light mech and there are just better options. Mostly the same goes for the Huginn. I've had good matches with the other Firestarter hero and I think it's very similar to Ember.
I am stuck on which IS medium... I only have the Hero Blackjack. No Wang, no grid iron... so many other good choices.
I decided to get the K9, but the Huginn kept looking at me in a funny way - so, I worked out the following deal: K9 can be bought a-la-carte from the heroes pack for 10$. This is enough to qualify me for an IS Medium loyalty reward... So I bought the K9, picked the Huginn as the light loyalty reward and now I need to decide on a medium IS hero... Leading contenders: 1. Crab Florentine - with its new armor quirks - you thought crabs were difficult to kill before? How about now?... 2. Ghillie - Ballistic+4lasers and ecm. I don’t have anything similar. If I paint it brown it will look like Groot.... Stealth shenanigans? 3. Kintaro Golden Boy - craziest MPL quirks in the game, armor quirks, and 5 missile hard points. Looks like a good brawler. The problem is that srm+mpl is too common in my medium mechs. 4. Dervish Frenzy - it is new so I can’t even check it out at the store. You tubers showcased it with 4SRM4+4SRM2 and this looks brutal. I can imagine some stupid things to do with 8 missile hard points...
I've took Blood Adder & Frenzy. Gonna check them out, but also I've discovered that I could buy Cipher as well, so I took it.