Mech of the week: Axman

[Atarlost]

Practically everyone made that mistake until Total Warfare made it explicit that it hit on the full-body table.

Using the punch table is the only way melee weapons make sense.  Otherwise they do the same damage as two punches with the punch table offsetting any advantage they get from more concentrated damage.  So long as fists are free there's just no reason to consider anything you have to pay tonnage for. 

[Moonsword]

=== MODERATOR NOTICE ===

Stop threadjacking over the punch table discussion, please.  The rules technicality has been brought up and addressed.  We do not need to have that argument in here.

[Wrangler]

Thing about 2N Axman is it was created by the Cartoon show (why with missile launchers with SIX tubes) each is oddity.  I honestly didn't realize they were 6-tube launchers on the shoulder.   I do wonder why they went with launcher over it's autocannon 20.  Less guns on tv? 

https://imgur.com/a/25Bym8e This link of the Cartoon 2N firing.

Anyways, i was playing around with it.  SIX 6 Launcher 2N if you go by see what you get thing, will in fact work.  So does MRM20 & 10 version though i'd go with ladder, since the 20 version has only 12 volleys per launcher.   Its still interesting mech, i wish video games aside from HBS would allow it's use.  Not everything likes being ax these questions.

[SteelRaven]

Could have been a number of things as Auto cannons are still very common on the show. Re-watching a few bits and pieces on Renegade HPG channel, some parts are actual thought out (not many but a few) so someone may have noted a mech using indirect fire with other LRM equip mechs may have a better chance against Clanners vs getting into AC/20 rang. Could have also been a case of "So, there is no way we can use the Archer... we can use the Crusader ether... you know why. Look, here is a list of what we can use, pick whatever you think looks cool... yeah, but that's not a missile launcher on it's shoulder... I mean, I guess it could have a missile launcher... alright, you now have a Axman with missile for the show."       

[Wrangler]

Well, i'm going post variants. It's been ages since i did. 

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

Thing about 2N Axman is it was created by the Cartoon show (why with missile launchers with SIX tubes) each is oddity.  I honestly didn't realize they were 6-tube launchers on the shoulder.   I do wonder why they went with launcher over it's autocannon 20.  Less guns on tv? 

I'm guessing that it was for the action figure.  Spring-fired missiles on each shoulder looks cooler than one cannon.

[glitterboy2098]

honestly i'm surprised FASA made them LRM's given that we rarely see anyone in the show engage at outside SRM range.

i guess they took the quick and easy route of LRM's to avoid having to figure out to do with all the weight replacing an AC20 with a pair of SRM6's would free up.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

Yeah, it's a much easier conversion.

[Cyc]

Inversion of current discussion/annoyance with BattleTech: Legends, given the cartoon making the 2N variant popular , why wasn't the Kickstarter rework of the Axman built with it in mind?

[SteelRaven]

The popularity of the 2N outside of the cartoon is questionable. I'm sure fans would have demanded a new 2N if one was wanted, it's how we ended up with the current line up.

[Hellraiser]

i guess they took the quick and easy route of LRM's to avoid having to figure out to do with all the weight replacing an AC20 with a pair of SRM6's would free up.

Easy, make it quad 6's