The true best pilot in the Inner Sphere

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

So I was reading Ideal War today (I'd never read it before and was really, really bored) and discovered that there's a scene where Paul Masters uses his Phoenix Hawk to successfully dodge a pair of Streak SRMs from a Blackjack.

Obviously, Paul Masters is the best Mechwarrior ever.

[Sartris]

Pretty good for a career staff officer  ;D

[Ferrosol]

Nah, the best pilot in the Inner Sphere is the unknown Yakuza fail-son in one of the Camacho's Caballeros novels (I want to say Heart of Chaos but I'm not certain) who in a short little aside we are told managed to take down a company of Rommels and Pattons with a Quickdraw 5M in a city brawl. If he's capable of doing that in a Quickdraw imagine what he'd be like with a good mech.

[glitterboy2098]

So I was reading Ideal War today (I'd never read it before and was really, really bored) and discovered that there's a scene where Paul Masters uses his Phoenix Hawk to successfully dodge a pair of Streak SRMs from a Blackjack.

Obviously, Paul Masters is the best Mechwarrior ever.

iirc there is a scene where he manages to dodge a Davy crockett as well.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

He doesn't dodge it so much as torso-twist his mech fast enough that he's not looking directly at it (and therefore not blinded) when it goes off.

[Deadborder]

Bah. Kyle Wolf is the greatest Mechwarrior ever

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

Really?  What did he do that was so impressive?

[Elmoth]

Nah, the best pilot in the Inner Sphere is the unknown Yakuza fail-son in one of the Camacho's Caballeros novels (I want to say Heart of Chaos but I'm not certain) who in a short little aside we are told managed to take down a company of Rommels and Pattons with a Quickdraw 5M in a city brawl. If he's capable of doing that in a Quickdraw imagine what he'd be like with a good mech.

Qyuestion: what is so absolutely horrible about the Quickdraw? We only play alpha strike, and the mech is quite OK there, so I am somwhat puzzled here. It is somewhat underarmored, but in alpha strike it is like a good 55-60 tonner when it comes to damage output (mnost 50-60 toners do 2 damage at medium range and the Quickie does 3).

[Deadborder]

Really?  What did he do that was so impressive?

Survive for five years in an unmodified AgroMech while racking up multiple kills.

[Ruger]

Qyuestion: what is so absolutely horrible about the Quickdraw? We only play alpha strike, and the mech is quite OK there, so I am somwhat puzzled here. It is somewhat underarmored, but in alpha strike it is like a good 55-60 tonner when it comes to damage output (mnost 50-60 toners do 2 damage at medium range and the Quickie does 3).

It’s not horrible, but it’s also not optimized. It’s a 60 tonner moving 5/8/5 with the armor found on a P-Hawk, and a LRM-10, SRM-4, and 4 medium lasers (half of which are in the rear) for weapons and 13 heat sinks on the 4G model. If it were 5 tons lighter, kept movement, weapons and heat sinks the same, it would have 9.5 tons of armor (almost a 20% increase).

The 5M is slightly better (in some ways), with ferro armor, but dropped the SRM down to a single shot rack so it could add CASE.

Ruger

[Elmoth]

Ah right. The jump in weight of the secondary elements (JJ, engine, gyro). Nice to know that. it is quite hilarious, really, that a smaller version is better at everything.

Cheers,
Xavi

[Ferrosol]

It’s not horrible, but it’s also not optimized. It’s a 60 tonner moving 5/8/5 with the armor found on a P-Hawk, and a LRM-10, SRM-4, and 4 medium lasers (half of which are in the rear) for weapons and 13 heat sinks on the 4G model. If it were 5 tons lighter, kept movement, weapons and heat sinks the same, it would have 9.5 tons of armor (almost a 20% increase).

The 5M is slightly better (in some ways), with ferro armor, but dropped the SRM down to a single shot rack so it could add CASE.

Ruger

Pretty much this. The original quickdraw is a tolerable but not amazing heavy mech for 3025 play.

The 5M on the other hand  Pointless rear-facing guns make a return in a era when firepower is king and it downgrades the okish SRM4 to a terrible OS-SRM4 all in exchange for questionable improvements in survivability.  Even by the typical standards of FWL Clan era "upgrades" it stands out as being a major lemon. I've seen it outfought by mechs 20-25 tons lighter than itself. It's only saving grace is that BV wise it's very cheap as an actual fighting platform it's rubbish.

[GermanSumo]

wait... theres only ONE answer to the question who is the true best pilot in the inner spheres...


ME!!!!!

 ;D ;D ;D ;D