MWO Linebacker announced!

[Vampire_Seraphin]

It doesn't have too much of a boost to fighting anything bigger and seems to mostly pick on things smaller than it.

That's the job description of most fast heavies that lack JJs,even in TT.

[Caedis Animus]

Not 100% true. Some high-end heavies can take on assaults and have a reasonable chance of winning so long as they don't face-tank them.

[Iron Wolf]

So...for those that a driving this thing, how do you like it?

I like it. It works surprisingly well, for me anyway. It's more rugged than it looks (quirks, I know) and obviously it's fast. I have been running 4x ER medium lasers and 2x Streak SRM6s on the A variant. I circled a Stalker and stayed on his six chewing through his rear armor and then chased down an Enforcer. Other games I'll take off and run with the mediums to capture a beacon or flank the enemy firing line. It won't anchor your line but it can do just about everything else IMHO.

I would be curious to know how they hold up in CW where longevity matters more.

[UrQuanKzinti]

Played the Linebacker, pretty fun for a while but unfortunately it's got nothing on my Marauder 5S