Author Topic: What's your favourite hover tank up to and including 3060? (Read 7667 times)

Pooman · « **on:** 10 September 2017, 05:59:13 »

I guess I'm really thinking TRO 3039 but happy to expand! I don't play past the Fed Com Civil War so hence circa 3060.

For me it's the Saladin. I just love the all or nothing with this vehicle. If one of these has a good game you're probably going to win. I often wonder what they sound like at full tilt. A lance must sound like a biker gang going helter skelter.epl

So what's your favourite hover tank?

Daryk · « **Reply #1 on:** 10 September 2017, 06:08:34 »

I'd have to go with the Savannah Master. Speed is life!

Simon Landmine · « **Reply #2 on:** 10 September 2017, 07:01:06 »

Quote from: Daryk on 10 September 2017, 06:08:34

I'd have to go with the Savannah Master. Speed is life!

And they're cheap enough that you can pretty much fill a suitably open battlefield with the things ...

ANS Kamas P81 · « **Reply #3 on:** 10 September 2017, 07:04:48 »

Savannah Masters With HMLs Are Not Funny
Savannah Masters With HMLs Are Not Funny
Savannah Masters With HMLs Are Not Funny
Savannah Masters With HMLs Are Not Funny
Savannah Master....

Actually I've been a fan of the Regulator; comes in strike package with the Gauss and has its own artillery support variant. As far as most useful, probably the Maxim. It's a schoolbus, sure, but the standard's got so many toys to play with and the variants have such open space it's hard not to love.

Ruger · « **Reply #4 on:** 10 September 2017, 08:11:08 »

Personally, I'm torn...while I do like the all or nothing, kill or be killed aspects of the Saladin, my true loves in hovertanks have been the Scimitar (cheap and somewhat effective), the Condor (love it in both the original and Dark Age versions...especially the latter, but I have some ideas on how to improve it...edit: hmmm...and I just thought of a kinda nasty clan upgrade to it too...), and the Drillson (an MBT of a hovertank if ever there was one)...

Ruger

JadeHellbringer · « **Reply #5 on:** 10 September 2017, 09:34:47 »

Fulcrum. Pricey, but if I didn't have to pay for it I'll drive the skirts off one of those things. Good looking, long-rangeed, fast, and surprisingly tough.

Want to improve it? Pop the medium laser off, add a heat sink (it already had one for the medium laser), and upgrade the large laser to an extended-range model. Between that, the LRM, and your speed, you have a harassing fire support tank that is hard to beat. Just... you know, be ready to open your wallet.

Sartris · « **Reply #6 on:** 10 September 2017, 10:05:17 »

Regulator. I also have a soft spot for Peagsii of all stripes. Epona A/C. I've also gotten a lot of mileage out the LTV-4 Hovertank from XTRO Primitives II

Bonus: The royal Lightning variant is a special kind of annoying.

Cptmachine · « **Reply #7 on:** 10 September 2017, 11:09:09 »

I have fond memories of a succession wars RPG and getting harassed by Savannah Masters. I have a soft spot for these underdogs even though better tanks exist.

Starbuck · « **Reply #8 on:** 10 September 2017, 11:48:14 »

J. Edgar Hover - Kurita variant - 3 medium lasers on a 11/17 chassis can be nasty ;D

Regulator - all variants (Gauss, Arrow IV and RAC/5)

in Alpha Strike:

Saladin
Harasser
(especially when i can use alternate munitions)

MadCapellan · « **Reply #9 on:** 10 September 2017, 12:03:06 »

The Regulator - there's nothing quite like a flying 'Mech killer, and the Regulator can generally stay at a safe distance with a high to-hit mod while delivering crippling blows to whatever BattleMech on the enemy's side you need put down. In open field combat, it can easily be worth it's weight in 'Mechs. Considering the list of conventional vehicles that significantly outperform 'Mechs isn't particularly long, that's impressive.

Sellsword · « **Reply #10 on:** 10 September 2017, 12:09:27 »

Plainsmen. Cheap, simple, and effective

Vonshroom · « **Reply #11 on:** 10 September 2017, 12:17:27 »

There are a number of roles that I see the hover tanks filling, and here are my favorite in each role. The Fulcrum and Drillson are my top two though.

Fulcrums and Drillsons

These are really my top two, and I really love both designs. They both play pretty similarly on the table top and would have similar roles in combat. The Drillson is a little slower and carries some anti infantry weapons. Other than that not much different.

Condor - Upgrade / Upgrade Laser
The Condor Upgrades make for really usefull hover tanks as well. I really like the Laser Upgrade, which can shoot and scoot at long range, and is a real threat in packs. The LB-5X of the standard (upgrade) model is also a handy design. I like to throw one in to hover formations here and there.

Maxim
Great troop support platform. If there are infantry involved, I want a maxim. Great hover tanks, and incredibly usefull.

Regulator
A gauss moving this quick is a nasty threat. I have seen a lance of these things do work on a lance sized mech formation. Nasty!

Gladius
Purely aesthetic, this thing looks so frickin cool!

With all of this said, there is something to be said about cheaper, mass produced, and lighter weight designs, plainsmen, harasser's etc.

Luciora · « **Reply #12 on:** 10 September 2017, 12:29:27 »

Pegasus for me. If the Saladin looked like the Gladius, then it would have been no contest otherwise. Loved the RL/TOG look of the Gladius, just arrived a bit late to my awareness.

Ruger · « **Reply #13 on:** 10 September 2017, 13:34:04 »

Quote from: Sartris on 10 September 2017, 10:05:17

I've also gotten a lot of mileage out the LTV-4 Hovertank from XTRO Primitives II

I forgot about the LTV-4...like that design as well...

Ruger

JadedFalcon · « **Reply #14 on:** 10 September 2017, 15:03:44 »

There are a lot of hovers I haven't gotten to try out yet, but stupid Pegasus antics continue to bring me enjoyment. I seem to remember the SRM Drillson being amusing, especially when chucking Infernos at everything in an introtech game.

worktroll · « **Reply #15 on:** 10 September 2017, 17:38:32 »

I love the Scimitar, even if the prime isn't the most combat-efficient unit. It looks like it should be in the dictionary:

"Hover Tank
See Scimitar"

The LRM version makes a great harrasser, while I also love the TAG version to support off-board artillery. The SRMs are just there to keep the opponent honest while you shine a little light.

Force of Nature · « **Reply #16 on:** 10 September 2017, 20:39:48 »

1. Regulator
2. Epona
3. Pegasus
4. Saladin

Lord Cameron · « **Reply #17 on:** 10 September 2017, 22:04:32 »

Quote from: Starbuck on 10 September 2017, 11:48:14

in Alpha Strike:

Saladin
Harasser
(especially when i can use alternate munitions)

Pegasus missile tank variant

Colt Ward · « **Reply #18 on:** 11 September 2017, 00:54:37 »

Depends on what you want it to do . . . for something getting behind your line of troops or blowing past to chuck infernoes at your armored blocks of fire support. Even better to go give some fire to artillery if anyone brings it against me.

If I want to support MY line of mechs against mechs I like the Regulator or Musketeer, though I wish we had a Condor variant off the old SW design that had a fusion engine and a Plasma Rifle.

Natasha Kerensky · « **Reply #19 on:** 11 September 2017, 01:25:54 »

Epona for the Clantech omni win.

Wraith · « **Reply #20 on:** 11 September 2017, 10:17:26 »

Regulator- big gun, long range, and the speed versus most mech opponents to dictate range.

Epona- the prime is pretty badass with those medium pulse lasers, but the flexibility of the other variants to be mission specific is pretty awesome.

Kovax · « **Reply #21 on:** 11 September 2017, 10:36:40 »

Depends on whether I've got to pay for it or not:

If not, the Drillson is my favorite "intro-tech" design. Fast, good weapons loadout, but not cheap.

If so, then I'll take a Saracen. If fielding a lance, 2 Saracens (LRMs and SRMs), a Scimitar (for direct AC fire at immobile targets, and Infernos), plus a Pegasus (for SRM spam, with a ML if/when the missile racks run dry) make a great team.

ckosacranoid · « **Reply #22 on:** 12 September 2017, 00:17:23 »

J. Edgar HOVER TANK. good speed and armor. weapons would be nice for a large laser in a turret for some better range at least.

Kidd · « **Reply #23 on:** 12 September 2017, 00:21:30 »

Regulator FTW

Pegasus 3058 makes an acceptable alternative to the Raven for the EW specialist role

Deadborder · « **Reply #24 on:** 12 September 2017, 06:20:20 »

First place would have to be the Pegasus. Fast, SRM vomiting, leathal and prone to dying horribly. It's what i love in a hovertank. My personal favourite is the X-Pulse version, but if we wantewd to go with 3060 or ealrier, id say the C3 version.

Second place is the LTV-4. Obscura rules.

RoundTop · « **Reply #25 on:** 12 September 2017, 11:59:57 »

Inner Sphere: Saladin (UAC). Nothing like an ultra AC/20 on a fast moving platform to ruin someone's day. Especially when operating in pairs.

Clan: Epona Pursuit Tank. Lots of good variants, and it is a great hover for most things (Fast enough)

truetanker · « **Reply #26 on:** 12 September 2017, 16:58:56 »

IS: Falcon and APC Hover, LRM missile and Sensor.

Clan: Shamash and Maxim-C, with it's 6-ton Infantry bay.

TT

Minchandre · « **Reply #27 on:** 12 September 2017, 21:35:05 »

The Kanga for the awesomeness of it.

But seriously, the Epona. Though the Gladius is kinda neat in its simplicity.

Iron Grenadier · « **Reply #28 on:** 13 September 2017, 08:03:13 »

Drillson for our table. Fulcrum is a close second.

Honorable Mentions goes to the Asshur, Bandit, Gladius, Maxim, Musketeer, Regulator and Saladin

snewsom2997 · « **Reply #29 on:** 13 September 2017, 08:49:19 »

Pegasus, and Fulcrum III