In another thread, I argued that the number of mechs that one would not want to make even the slightest modification to is very small. I'm intrested to see what mechs people think are in that catagory, that are so perfict as canon mechs that there is no meaningful room for improvment.
I think its widely recognized that even a fairly mean player can recognize and fix fualts in most mechs given a chance. But I would go further and say that even mechs that are considered very good are not with out room for improvement in all but a small number of cases. The Warhawk C is very good, for example, but (BV1 considerations asside) might not a small ER laser have better filled that last half ton? Or under TW, a micro pulse laser?
Now, there are two considerations I want to address quickly. One is that some changes were not possible at the time the mech was built, but are legal now and would be an improvment. For example, it is now legal to build an omni as under weight, so a Dire Wolf C would not be forced to carry that silly OS SSRM4 as it was under the full weight rules of its day, but could instead mount another MPL (or any of a number of other things that would be of more use than an OS SSRM launcher).
Another is that some changes might make sense in some situations or for some players than for others. For example, some players who use smoke rules and like to hide in smoke would prefer to keep the flamer on their Warhawk C. Others who often deal with infantry might like the flamer or the micro pulse laser. Players who fight mechs would likely prefer the ER small. Players who use artilery might like a light TAG, players who face hidden units a light AP, and so on. So there's not one right answer.
I'd like to include both these cases as times when a mech could be improved, to make the list of mechs that could or should not be changed as small as possible.
So given that, what mechs are perfict mechs, that you would and do take just as they are, every time.
