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Nobody Mary Sue's like Clan Wolf.

Hey Nerdy Overanalysed did a stream yesterday, mostly to keep his channel monetised lol.

Galllow has a standard engine too just weird jump jets

I like the FWL Marauder more than the Davion, but, I like Large Lasers more than PPC's

I love chickenwalkers, ballistics, and black knights. And that's why I'm Davion.

I can't be the only one with a backup emergency set of loaded dice

Plus if you add Weapon Specialist that -3 becomes -5. It's really nice. Home brew rule I like that if they 0 or lower in their to hit numbers it is automatic hit. Plus with Gunnery skill of 0.

god i hate that the FS suddenly was made a AC using state when in the original they had removed AC's and ammo weapons like the hammer and MAD , so the change to everything now being a AC unit made no sense but well FASA never did checking ever i forgot about the Black Knight 12 strange as a PC i had for a RPG game use one such a a good machine

Good video covering many of the sweat DCMS mechs. My favored variant of the Panther in the ALAG and play with that one in nearly all era’s. I have a Lance of Grand Dragon, Lancelot, and two Panthers that has performed well over my times playing Battletech. When getting into C3 units the DCMS is the leader in that category. The Naginata is a good fire support C3 Battlemech but requires a larger map to perform the best. The Naginata would be a good replacement for a Crocket “AKA the Katana”. I like the Hatamoto and consider it as iconic as the Dragon for the DCMS and also have the miniature. Suppressed there was no room for the Spider as the SDR-C or SDR-8X are noticeable variants. Glad the Venom is pointed out as that mech is top notch. Hopping for a continuance of latter video’s.

The Sagittaire is an Urban combat mech and performs poorly outside of a city. I basically consider the Sagittaire a replacement for the Stalker but would pair the Sag up with a Stalker STK-7D. In an one on one fight. The Awesome AWS-9Q will consistently win vs the SGT-8R. The SGT-10X is a deadly upgrade and the SGT-9D is a good C3 leader mech. I always like paired LB 10-X AC’s as they are nice vs aerospace fighters and VTOL’s and the combo of Nightstar and Sag becomes an option in the 3070’s. As many of the good mechs are expensive on the BV but perform well with regular and veteran pilots. A good Davion play would splice in vehicles and battle armored infantry into the line that are much cheaper on BV. The Goblin and Manticore with the LPL are good examples as the pulse laser would permit a 4/5 crew to be more accurate. I like the fact that the Falconer was pointed out. In 3025 the Davions have wonderful all-energy line-ups for their prized pilots. The the faction was greatly interested in the survival of the MechWarrior and the mech. The mechs in this video are well appreciated and I do play with them when I am Davion that day. Well done and I do see room for a part two.

Harjel should of been mentioned. There is also a unit that's immune to breaching rules which could be used. Though it would also suffer accuracy problems if used in place of a wheeled vehicle.

Clan Wolf. Ty for intel.

As a quick point of clarity, the designs aren't from Robotech, but were licensed to both FASA Battletech as miniatures and to Harmony Gold for reuse of Macross footage. The licensing house sold both companies sole rights, leading to the kerfuffle and eventual redesigns for Battletech.

Orion is probably my favorite mech in the setting, I think it's because I like how it looks and its FWL as well as Kerensky's Chariot

And being an English speaker (instead of an American speaker) I can confirm you say the name Davion properly. Until American AI takes over, there is in fact a proper way to speak English that has nothing to do with how any individual feels it should evolve for their personal use.

Davion uses tactics and strategy too fight mostly superior enemy forces, not the other way around (unless you have very poor opinion of Capella and just focus on that front). As such they field versatile mechs with mobile firepower. You may be thinking the size of their realm would suggest otherwise but that just spreads them out further. Maybe later when they combine forces with Uber-merchant-Assault-scouts (with their literal bias) for one war, but I wouldn't count that as Federated Suns at that point.. I find it funny that literally every faction has their overpowered Mary sue moments but all those fans think the one actual force in the setting using real military tactics are only winning cause of plot armor simply because they have no idea how real wars are fought on logistics and brains instead of big gun go stompy stomp.... Contrary to what Hollywood would have you believe, if you fight with emotion instead of brain, you always lose. You may lose so bad you don't even realize it, but you've still lost.

I can't get past the fact the Stealth doesn't have ECM , as a Capellan it makes me angry

I think the best Enforcer variant by far is the IlClan/Dark Age one with the reengineered large laser .

Oh that Rakshasha is actually good , real good

we all make fun of the avalanche when its dumbed down Wendigo

Most mech designers online: "Don't overload your mech with weapons it can't fire!" Meanwhile Stalker, one of the best introtech assaults:

Another good entry in the list. Looks like it's just Liao next - but please make sure to do a list for us Periphery denizens who refuse to bow to the tyranny of the Successor Lords!

I'm still sad we never got an updated Hammerhands variant with 2 LB-10/X or 2 plasma rifles. Get it to 4/6 movement, and it's basically a more Davion Warhammer.

Also Targeting computers were better before they were nerfed. Called shots with Large pulse lasers. Rotary autocannons could hit a single armor locations with multiple rounds. Sigh.

DAY-vion is the anglophile pronunciation, DAW-vion is the Francophile pronunciation. I have heard both but the only "official" media I have seen use it outside of some audiobooks is MechCommander. Most of the time I hear as DAY-vion and as House Davion is suppose to be equivalent to the British Empire in Btech.

Excellent video, even if it is Davionist propaganda! :)

I love the Davion phoenix Hawk variants I like the Warhammer 6D but mainly because it was among the easiest tech level one Mechs to customize into something I adored. Just replace the extra leg armor with jump jets and away I went. I occasionally ran a Falconer with the Gauss Rifle replaced with a second ER PPC and extra Heat Sinks. And the Penetrator is my all time favorite official Mech design.

Plot armor is the strongest of armors

imp heavy gauss rifles they learned to take the parachute of heavy gauss ammo

While I LOATHE Davion for the reason you alluded to in the beginning, they do occasionally make a great mech. That Warhammer variant, Falconer, and Penetrator are all loads of fun.

When in the real world the Clan Invasion happened many players rejected many of the 3050 machines in favor of their favorite 3025 mechs. The Warhammer 6D was one of those 3025 mechs that REALLY helped make a stand against the clanners. ALSO-I usually try to be positive but skipping the Marauder MAD-3D to focus on the Rakshasa should be considered a war crime. It was so good that the Dragoons copied the Davions replacement of the AC with a large laser on the Marauder II MAD-4A.

ok

you missed the MAD-3D... and the MAD-5D and.... look the Davions make some amazing MAD varients

I think the Wolverine 6D is pretty good (in theory at least). Heavily armored 5/8/5 that has enough mobility and ammo to get a precision AC/10 on target

Best mechs for the best faction!

I see your Falconer, and raise you a Timber Wolf S. (Yes it's expensive, but it's worth every BV point 😊) The Penetrator is a classic. One of my faves in that early clan invasion era. Such a tough beater, good at all ranges, gets huge BV discounts on the pulse lasers due to how BV is calculated with heat scale. You can't ask for a better heavy cavalry mech tbh. Great as an escort for snipers(it is not really a dedicated sniper, but 2 ERLLs is pretty strong) and it's got just enough mobility to intercept enemy cavalry if they're gunning for your backline. One thing I do recommend is dumping some of the ammo out of the AMS pre-game. It has a tendency to blow up, and it's not like you're gonna need more than say.... 6 shots of AMS ammo. I find that allowing this(without altering BV value) is a good way to balance some of the more... questionable choices some designs make with regards to ammo.(im looking at you 200 rounds of machine gun ammo.)

Kudos on spanning the entire timeline in these videos. Coming back to the game after decades away these videos actually make me want to consider playing in eras after the Clan invasion

House Davion has always been my favorite faction. This was a great breakdown of their preferred mechs. I have to say that I would have liked to see the MAD-3D and 5D.

Ahhhh yes... been waiting for this one

Lol I always said it day-vion too. Can't stop now

Praise Blake 😎.

Rotary AC is faaaaaantastic. I wish that they would have made the Clint a more prevalent mech in the universe. Its the perfect mech for FedSuns. 40 tons AC5 with 2 medium lasers for backup. Not many light medium mechs with AC.

Thanks for mentioning the warhammer and phoenix hawks. I have both in my davion company, but always found the warhammer to be a bit underwhelming. This one looks really good. Seems like both just get rid of the redundant weapons and exchange them for extra heat sinks.

Compared to LAMs, ASFs have two more safe thrust than what their engine would allow. And WiGE also have "Suspension factor" that boosts their effective engine rating past what they have installed (usually giving them 2-3 cruise MP). So when I was thinking of fan LAM equipment that would bypass it's in-universe limitations (such as advanced armor types being installed via patchwork rules, so that each armor fits into its own location and doesn't interfere with transformation), I thought of aerial thrusters that could give up to +2 MP in airmech and ASF movement modes but did nothing for battlemech mode, bringing LAM closer to WiGE and ASF in corresponding modes. I mean, improved JJs are also very good, it's just that they also weight more than regular JJs; aerial thrusters could be installed with regular number of regular JJs. P.S. discussing weaponry hit chances was also helpful, thanks. Did not think of installing snubs :)

I still hate Davion for the chance of getting a Jagermech or their Shadowhawk

Thanks for giving me a list of preferred mechs to kill Capellans with. Excellent video

Let the autocannons sing until the bins run empty!

My current favorite medium mech is the Enforcer 3 ENF-6H, jumping 5 with a UAC20