’Mech of the Week TRO 3145 Special: Loki Mk II (Hel)

[Col.Hengist]

They put listening devices in our cheese launchers...

[Fletch]

'Sir, they have cheese cannons'
'Well we gouda get out of here'

[Weirdo]

Brienging puns into this? You're a muenster.

[Fletch]

Yeah, I Smoked too much Dutch.

[Wrangler]

We have puns of steel! Bring it on!

The Loki II has more puns with guns.

[Empyrus]

This is punful.

[marauder648]

One thing about the Loki II is that there's few variants, I suppose its because its such a new machine, but it does seem to have been spread a bit thin in the variant regard.

[JadeHellbringer]

One thing about the Loki II is that there's few variants, I suppose its because its such a new machine, but it does seem to have been spread a bit thin in the variant regard.

Well, that's true- and it certainly is a wonderland of possibilities to build your own, isn't it?- but it's worth noting that it has the same number of configurations in the book as the original Loki did in TRO:3050 when it first appeared. So that may have been an homage to the original... maybe?

With that much pod space, I'm sure you can find something fun to do with one though- I admit I've been exploring things like Arrow IV configs, 'neo-Hunchbacks', plasma-chuckers, and lest we forget that if you're okay with a tad of waste heat you can even build a twin-Gauss, twin-ER PPC monstrosity.

[marauder648]

Hellbie I almost reported you to the moderators for that twin gauss twin ER PPC suggestion.  There's already enough cheese in the form of the Hellstar and Tommy II in the clan inventory thank you very much :p

I suppose what you could make is like...hrm..something akin to the...oh thingy...Burrock, considering there will be one variant that would be a HLL boat, for a missile boat i'd actually use some ATM racks instead of LRM's.  And not do the Thor II missile boats lunacy of ALL THE MISSILE RACKS OF VARYING SIZES!!! Possibly designed by a scientist who had a bit of a fetish for random numbers of tubes...

[JadeHellbringer]

Hellbie I almost reported you to the moderators for that twin gauss twin ER PPC suggestion.  There's already enough cheese in the form of the Hellstar and Tommy II in the clan inventory thank you very much :p

I suppose what you could make is like...hrm..something akin to the...oh thingy...Burrock, considering there will be one variant that would be a HLL boat, for a missile boat i'd actually use some ATM racks instead of LRM's.  And not do the Thor II missile boats lunacy of ALL THE MISSILE RACKS OF VARYING SIZES!!! Possibly designed by a scientist who had a bit of a fetish for random numbers of tubes...

Interestingly, I tried banning myself once- it's like dividing by zero. ;)

And yes, going all ATM-spam is pretty entertaining as well.  ^-^

[marauder648]

Not full ATM spam a pair of ATM-12s iwth some deep ammo bins and then some defensive weapons, Arti for the launchers.  Or if you wanted a missile boat go SLRM's.

[jklantern]

Interestingly, I tried banning myself once- it's like dividing by zero. ;)

And yes, going all ATM-spam is pretty entertaining as well.  ^-^

But the Missile Hits table hates me!

[cold1]

But the Missile Hits table hates me!

Then try a gauss rifle, or in the case of the Hel, try two ;)

[JadeHellbringer]

But the Missile Hits table hates me!

I'll remind you who you're talking to. ;)

[Diablo48]

I'll remind you who you're talking to. ;)

Right, UAC 2's it is. ;D

[YingJanshi]

I really want a mini for this 'Mech...

[cold1]

I really want a mini for this 'Mech...

Yeah it's a snazy looking one too!

[Decoy]

.....how many and of what fact....OH! IWM minis...*sobs and looks at the pile of Loki IIs he has*

[JadeHellbringer]

.....how many and of what fact....OH! IWM minis...*sobs and looks at the pile of Loki IIs he has*

If any of them are Falcon Lokis, you're on a gold mine. That might be one of the three best heavy-class non-uniques in MWDA.

[Wrangler]

I'll remind you who you're talking to. ;)

Improve your odds by picking up the "Sandblaster" skill from ATOW skill sets, it may improve your odds little.

[Bren]

Any strong feelings on the new variants?

I'm liking the look of that supercharger in the 'T'.

'C' is looking pretty flexible with all those ATMs.

I haven't looked into it too much but the 'D' piques my interest with all of that jumping power  ...

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

I like the nuttiness of the F.

[Wrangler]

We need a mini -review

[SteelRaven]

I as well enjoy the nuttiness of the F but overall, solid configuration all around. Really enjoying the Hel more with each new configuration giving us more options.

[Wrangler]

With that tonnage capacity it's has lot of room to innovative.

[Kerfuffin(925)]

They are all surprisingly cheap for a clan mech with that many guns. Even the F with all its PPCs is ‘only’ 2500.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

That's because they aren't actually that tough.

[Greatclub]

It's about 85% armor; par or better than most introtech, especially around the same weight. Beats a warhammer or marauder by a significant margin.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

That's not actually an impressive accomplishment.

[Greatclub]

The legs are notably weak and the side torsos are missing only a couple points. Legs are one of the less likely to be hit locations, so as long as you avoid getting kicked you've got heavy mech armor. Given it has the small cockpit you should probably be trying to avoid kicks anyway.