Go read the TRO again, the Hauptmann
is CMWs answer to the Dire Wolf:
The Hauptmann, the Lyran Alliance's first OmniMech design, is based on captured Clan Daishis.
As to why they used a standard engine (and dropped five tons), no idea. The question even comes up in the fluff.
Regarding the Dire Wolf, the chassis is about as basic as it can get. Average speed for its weight, standard structure, maxed standard armor (i consider armor effectively maxed when its within a quarter ton from maximum), and a Clantech XL engine for maximized payload.
And what a payload. There are dropships with less firepower!
Any article about the Dire Wolf isn't really about the Mech. Its about what insane things you can do with
over 50 tons of Clantech weapons!This is probably the only Mech in the game where the additional fixed DHS don't bother me at all. You'll need more anyway to support that many weapons.
I'd have liked to place them myself in the chassis, but hey, the world is a cruel place.
In a way, the Dire Wolf even has
too much podspace. Thanks to the reduced size of Clan guns and DHS, you can usually just fit everything you want inside an Omni.
Not here. Someone said the DW acts more like an IS Assault. Well, its the same with designing good configs for it, the way you have to juggle weight and crit space. Its almost an art.
And the canon configs cut quite a few corners there. Some can overheat beyond insanity, and others almost cheat. Single Shot Streak SRM4? (SSSSRM4? *snicker*). Thats desperate...
Beating it at its own game? With TC aimed pulse gone?
Bane 3, Hellstar, and tons of luck.
With IS tech, maybe the Fafnir, or my LFE Devastator. And luck. Lots of it...