Author Topic: Which is the best mainstream faction?! (For you) (Read 19399 times)

wildkadabra · « **on:** 30 May 2020, 18:15:59 »

Just a fun little poll to see in more recent days which factions remain or have become favorites and the opposite as well, which ones remain rather unpopular or have fallen out of grace.

No right or wrong answers, just choose your favorite! :D

Feel free to also tell us why you think that faction is the best if you wish!

Forgive me if I forgot a faction (there are a ton!) or didn't include yours, feel free to vote under Other and tell us which one!

General308 · « **Reply #1 on:** 30 May 2020, 19:52:18 »

Although I have grown very fond of WoB as well... >:D

MadCapellan · « **Reply #2 on:** 30 May 2020, 20:19:18 »

I find it humorous that we've got ever dead clan imaginable in here including those like Widowmaker & Mongoose that are basically historical footnotes, but all the Periphery powers got lumped together! ;D

ActionButler · « **Reply #3 on:** 30 May 2020, 20:43:13 »

Definitely Ghost Bear (Elementals for dayyyyyyyyyyyys), but ComStar and the Steel Vipers are in close second and third place.

jackpot4 · « **Reply #4 on:** 30 May 2020, 21:08:03 »

I've always been loyal to the FedSuns and Ghost Bears for IS and Clan choices but in the current era with Fortress Republic having just come out and about to step into the chaos of ilClan I am all for the Republic. With characters such as Mason Dunne and Janella Lakewood, it is a very cool faction on the brink of death. With Devlin Stone having ended the WoB during the Jihad and them being allied with FedSuns, they just come off as the best of the good guys. My personal hope is that the clan at Terra is the Ghost Bears, invited by Stone to help him hold Terra against the Falcons and Wolves. I would love seeing the Republic, FedSuns, and Ghost Bears all fighting together against common foes. (Maybe they can wipe out the dracs)

Sartris · « **Reply #5 on:** 30 May 2020, 21:14:09 »

team dumpsterfire 4 life

Kojak · « **Reply #6 on:** 30 May 2020, 22:23:38 »

Four way tie between merc, Clan Hell's Horses, the Capellan Confederation and the Word of Blake, but since I could only vote for one, I went Horsies cuz they need some love.

Tangoforone · « **Reply #7 on:** 30 May 2020, 22:49:38 »

Word of Blake. Nothing like the casual glassing of planets in a fun-filled evening of button smashing in order to reform the Star League and destroy the Clans once and for all.

Reldn · « **Reply #8 on:** 30 May 2020, 23:13:06 »

Cast my vote for the Lyrans. With the FWL coming in a close second for the Inner Sphere.
Clanwise, it's the Star Adders, Ghost Bears, and Goliath Scorpions all tied.

ANS Kamas P81 · « **Reply #9 on:** 30 May 2020, 23:18:16 »

Quote from: Sartris on 30 May 2020, 21:14:09

team dumpsterfire 4 life

Which one is that, I wonder?

Orwell84 · « **Reply #10 on:** 31 May 2020, 00:49:28 »

A toss-up between Clan Wolf and Clan Ghost Bear, but came down for Clan Wolf since they've been on the cutting edge of Clan history from time immemorial. But the Ghost Bears, FRR and Rasalhague Dominion have always been an equal second on my favourites list.

Other favourites in no particular order
Clans: Hell's Horses, Star Adder, Smoke Jaguar, Cloud Cobra, Sea Fox/Diamond Shark
Houses: Steiner, Marik, Kurita.

If the Clans as a whole civilization were an option, I would've voted for that.

Sartris · « **Reply #11 on:** 31 May 2020, 01:01:33 »

Quote from: ANS Kamas P81 on 30 May 2020, 23:18:16

Which one is that, I wonder?

we have several going at once

Failure16 · « **Reply #12 on:** 31 May 2020, 01:57:19 »

The Free Worlder in me is miffed that Principality of Regulus wasn't an option.

So I voted by proxy.

Minemech · « **Reply #13 on:** 31 May 2020, 09:16:49 »

Quote from: MadCapellan on 30 May 2020, 20:19:18

I find it humorous that we've got ever dead clan imaginable in here including those like Widowmaker & Mongoose that are basically historical footnotes, but all the Periphery powers got lumped together! ;D

While I would not have voted for them, my favorite periphery powers were the Illyrian Palatinate, Circinus Federation, and Nueva Castile. They all have something in common. At least Illyria is now part of the state I voted for. My favorite clan merged with a periphery power, so that is also something.

Daryk · « **Reply #14 on:** 31 May 2020, 09:32:53 »

Lothian League forever! :D

Minemech · « **Reply #15 on:** 31 May 2020, 09:46:02 »

Quote from: Daryk on 31 May 2020, 09:32:53

Lothian League forever! :D

Hansa, and the Lothian League are okay in my book.

SteelRaven · « **Reply #16 on:** 31 May 2020, 09:49:31 »

Really depends on the era. I god my start with MechWarrior 2 and the Blood of Kerensky trilogy so I have been a fan of Clan Wolf and Clan Wolf in Exile for awhile but Fasa didn't do too much with them as a faction following the Refusal War.

Otherwise play Mercenaries for the IS. Mercs always felt like a less stiff than the Neo-feudal structure of the great houses and gives you more opportunities.

Luciora · « **Reply #17 on:** 31 May 2020, 09:49:45 »

Wolverines, the one true rebels whose mysteries continue to give.

Hellraiser · « **Reply #18 on:** 31 May 2020, 11:24:48 »

Other
There is no FedCom in this poll

Sartris · « **Reply #19 on:** 31 May 2020, 11:39:39 »

Hanse and Melissa, simultaneously: BY OUR POWERS COMBINED...

Geg · « **Reply #20 on:** 31 May 2020, 12:33:43 »

What? No Society?!

MadCapellan · « **Reply #21 on:** 31 May 2020, 12:43:53 »

I feel like you can tell forum demographics have shifted very strongly in that the FWL is leading this poll right now! ;D Hat's off to the Leaguers, you guys are nothing if not dedicated!

MyndkryM · « **Reply #22 on:** 31 May 2020, 12:45:29 »

Eridani Light Horse....

so Other Merc?

wildkadabra · « **Reply #23 on:** 31 May 2020, 12:49:36 »

While it is still early and the sample is still small, I will admit I did not realize that the FWL was that popular, in fact for some reason I thought it was one of the least popular IS houses! So to all you leaguers I'm interested to know, what makes the FWL so appealing to you? :)

Sartris · « **Reply #24 on:** 31 May 2020, 12:53:47 »

we are sustained purely by spite and self-loathing.

Pat Payne · « **Reply #25 on:** 31 May 2020, 13:01:46 »

Quote from: wildkadabra on 31 May 2020, 12:49:36

While it is still early and the sample is still small, I will admit I did not realize that the FWL was that popular, in fact for some reason I thought it was one of the least popular IS houses! So to all you leaguers I'm interested to know, what makes the FWL so appealing to you? :)

I can't speak for everyone else, but I like that the FWL is the non-crazy underdog in the setting, and that its form of government makes for a lot of freedom in roleplay as it's the most nominally free of the Successor States At least up till Thomas "TOTALLY NOT A BODY DOUBLE FOR THE MASTER" Halas gets in there... (Obligatory joke: A FWL and Combine citizen are talking. The FWL citizen says, "you know what I like about the FWL? I can go to Atreus, stamp my foot on the steps of Parliament and shout that I don't like the way that Janos Marik is running the League." The Combine citizen replies "It's the same for me. I can go to Luthien, stamp my foot on the steps of the Forbidden City, and shout that I don't like the way Janos Marik is running the League.")

Besides, the League has the Awesome, one of my favorite 'Mechs.

Major Headcase · « **Reply #26 on:** 31 May 2020, 13:14:56 »

My favorite "faction" is a tiny scrappy underdog just trying to get by and make their world a better place. And maybe sell some arms to their neighbors.... 😁.
The Fiefdom of Randi's.
I like underdogs. I also like any faction not related or under the thumbs of the big powers. I also also like any faction that doesn't have a history of wars of conquest based on the ego and greed of it elitist leadership class.
That doesn't leave me a lot to choose from in Battletech... 😆
My favorite force to play is the small independent Merc force, but I don't consider that a "faction".

Daryk · « **Reply #27 on:** 31 May 2020, 13:18:55 »

The FWL does offer the most variety for character creation (by a long shot)… ^-^

rebs · « **Reply #28 on:** 31 May 2020, 13:24:10 »

Voted Team Other for the forgotten but not gone Escorpion Imperio.

Sartris · « **Reply #29 on:** 31 May 2020, 13:25:30 »

they're just out there living their best post-reaving lives

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