In my best Tex voice.... 'Clanner language changed radically in their time outside the Inner Sphere. So much so that communications were... complicated as Clanners start answering Aff and demanding a Batchall. But sometimes you just need to say '$&*# YOU!!!' And the Clanners chose to speak those words ... with a Dire Wolf'
The final Battlemech to be covered from Technical Readout 3050! Thank you all for your support. Notes and assets: Check out the B33F's Channel! It's one of the BEST Channels for Mechwarrior on the Platform!: www.youtube.com/@th3b33f The B33F on Twitch: www.twitch.tv/the_b33f The Dire Wolf can be found in plastic, inside of the Clan Command Star: store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/battletech-forcepack-clan Resources used to make the video: Technical Readout 3050 Upgrade: store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/battletech-technical-readout-3050-upgrade-pdf Recognition Guide number 13: store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/battletech-recognition-guide-ilclan-vol-13
Glad to hear the dulcet voice of TheB33f once more. From the man who brought us the great configuration of the Laser Drill Breaker and the Direstar, it seems only fitting that he brings us the opening to this guns on legs mech.
For those like me who struggle to brain. *adjusts glasses* That is 7 urban mechs of the classic variety, and all of an 8th one but the air conditioning to use for spare parts. (7.9 urbanmechs apparently)
Clanner: Put all the guns on my mech Engineer: What do you mean all the guns? Clanner grabs engineer by throat and stares into his terrified eyes. Clanner: Are you deaf quiaff? ALL THE GUNS. Engineer: Aff
Louis XIV had all of his canons made with "Ultima Ratio Regum" stamped on them. The Last Argument of Kings. The Dire Wolf is like that but for Battlemechs. Great job, Red. It's a worthly look at this 3050 era Last Argument. And that secret variant revealed toward the end?!?! I wont spoil it for those that have not watched the video yet. But WORTH IT.
I've been a fan of the B33F for years. It was genuinely amazing that he was willing to work on this video with me. Huge props to him. I look forward to his new content coming out over the coming weeks and months. It's a great time to be a fan of the franchise atm.
17:38 for those that know, LOL. For those that don't, she was roasted alive in the cockpit by a Jump Jet! I had originally heard it was Rhonda Snord in her highlander that did it, but it turns out to have been Joanna of Clan Jade Falcon.
No, was it not Natasha that roasted Joanna? Natasha basically got her DWF stripped of all weapons and laid on its back, and Joanna was talking mad shit, so Natasha lifted her DWF’s leg & fired her JJs into the cockpit at point-blank range. I think it was the Trial to allow the Wolves to get off-planet after being back-stabbed by the Falcons.
@@ESC_907 That might be. But I remember something about a sandstorm -- or some kind of bad weather -- taking place and both of them having their 1-on-1 duel right in the middle of it.
@@19Pyrus70 Joanna was a member of a newly deployed Sibko. This was around the time that there was the “Traditionalist” older groups, and the impatient younger groups. There was one among them, a guy, who was a Wolf plant. They went out the night before and laid some kind of trap I think? It was definitely a canyon. Look up I Am Jade Falcon, it is even on the cover art. Ah, Trial of Possession for the Gash of Twycross, unfortunately my Kindle app does not display the page number. -Chapter 31
"I’ve been killing fools like you since before you were born, and I’ll still be doing it long after you’re dead!" - Natasha Kerenski Pilot of the Widow Maker
"No sir, nothing unusual on Scanners, i think the clanners couthed and run." Rounds the corner in his centurion and Faces off a Daishi C in a range of 250 Meters.
"History has often taught us that the path to victories in the future is not to rush into battle like the Smoke Jaguars or the Jade Falcons. Where they rush into battle, charge where angels fear to tread, we know that victory is a matter of stalking one's prey. The hunt, the pursuit, the methodical wearing down of one's foe, that is often the key to victory. Let the Falcons say what they will about Ulric Kerensky. We shall show them how true Warriors achieve victory! ” - Khan Natasha Kerensky, Pilot of the Widow maker, addressing her 352nd Assault Cluster before the Battle of Colmar
I really like the A. All ranges, all weapon types, fully cooled. Able to headcap. A to-hit bonus on some of the big guns. AMS for defense. It's just a great breakthrough mech.
Just so you know, the Dire Star is a variant of the Dire Wolf in HBS Battletech's BTA 3062 mod. DW-S Direstar. But it has 12 clan ERPPCs, instead of 11. IDK how they managed to cram in the extra PPC tho.
Frighteningly in both Roguetech and BTA, there are mechs in the game that are almost purely designed to ruin your day. Their alpha usually results in a catastrophic engine overrun (or instant shutdown at least) or total expenditure of their limited ammo (Rocket builds).
@@albertko1 Was playing a forested night mission on RT and suddenly 12 PPCs blasted me from off map the first 11 missed so I thought they were light PPCs till the final one hit for CERPPC damage and I felt terror.
"As well as enough spare weight to fill in any needed number of heat sinks." DW-DS: Hold my ER PPC DW-DS On second thought, let me hold *_YOUR_* ER PPC DW-DS: And yours DW-DS: And yours DW-DS: And yours DW-DS: And yours DW-DS: And yours DW-DS: Just give me all the ER PPC's
"Wait we're up against WHAT?" One of said multiple lighter enemies that are supposed to swarm the clan assault. Allegedly the reason it is forbidden to say "We can hold the line" in the combine.
If ever there was a nightmare to stalk the dreams of mechwarriors, this has to be it. Anyone know if there is a mech sheet available for the Dire Star? Or better yet a miniature?
Well with that targeting computer this brings a new meaning to "Reach out! Reach out and Touch Someone!". Always a good listen there Big Red, keep it coming.
yeah if they had maybe produced parts and maybe mechs on the worlds they conqurered during the invasion they could have solved their logistical problems and even if they still lost to comstar they'd be all set for when they got banished from the homeworlds.
@@garrettharriman6333 *Checks my Tex Talks Battletech video on the matter on my hard drive.* Well, shit. You're right. Skobel made the weapons and other mechanical shit for The Warhammer. My mistake!
@@sheilaolfieway1885 They did try, and eventually some did get working mech factories, but aside from their own arrogance, they had limited numbers of pilots, limited training output, and the locals REALLY didn't want to work under these technobarbarians.
I was delighted to see the Daishi making its appearance. This was always my preferred seat in MW4, my intro to mechwarrior off the tabletop, thanks to that lower profile. And truly, I owe it even more for introducing me to the majesty of SRMs I had before neglected.
My funniest combination in a direwolf 2 C-ERPPC, 3 C-LPL and 30 DHS in total. Every so often you have to stop firing a gun, but a good turn, "dethrone" of laughter to anyone. There is half a ton free and one slot in the head... to install any absurdities in the cockpit, such as a fridge for ice cream, a collection of old games to play on the computer, perhaps to install an additional air conditioner for the pilot (or a fan). Or if you want to be more practical a Light TAG.
You joke but I absolutely love the idea of Navajo code talkers being used against the clans and it's just modern-day French Edit: also all hail the Tug 2C
"We will resist with any and all means at our disposal the efforts to subjugate and enslave our freedoms. We fight with the truth on our side, and we simply ask that everyone listen and judge accordingly. In the end, I know we shall be victorious" - Prince Victor Steiner-Davion, Pilot of the Prometheus
Clan wolf-in-exile assisted Victor in operation Bulldog, and then the dark ages threw that alll away and brought us the fake clan wolf with the son of the bitch of the universe at it's head...
@@sheilaolfieway1885No arguments about what Katherine Steiner-Davion was, but don't forget that he was also the son of Victor Steiner-Davion as well. Which only brings up more questions about Timberwolf pilots and the New Jersey Past Time.
I just found your channel a couple of days ago. While your Stone Rhino video is outstanding, having TheB33F and his Dire Star costar in this one makes it my favorite thus far!
The Wolves are having a great howl for 2 weeks! I never learned how the name Daishi came about, so when I learn new lore of the series, it always brings me great joy! As a lover of shotguns, LB-X is my go to autocannon.
@@BigRed40TECH very true. Again, I'm so glad I'm back into this wonderful franchise! Whenever I get into a series, I like to learn about the lore as much as possible. I just meant because last week, the Timber Wolf, and today, the Dire Wolf.
Excellent video as always! I'd just like to add the utterly insane X variant, a hodgepodge of random guns that still manages to be deadly because it's a Clan assault with a targeting computer. Dire Wolf X Large pulse laser Heavy medium laser 2x ER micro lasers Ultra AC-10 LB 5-X AC SSRM2 SRM 4 (Artemis) LRM 15 (Artemis)
"Fast and agile like a slab of marble..." that's what Mechwarrior 2's user manual opening line was about the Dire Wold. I still remember it after decades
This was one of my favorite mechs in the Mechwarrior 4 series. I would build one with 2 Large lasers, 4 medium pulse lasers, a LRM 15, and a LBX-20 in each side of the torso. I spent more time overheating from the enemy mechs exploding from being shotgun blasted at close range. Fun times.
The King Crab may be my top favorite Assault battlemech, but I still look on the Dire Wolf with great reverence. Thing's a beast. Every time I'm faced with one, my first thought is "Ah crap, it's a Daishi!" Even if I happen to be using one as well.
Fun fact, you can produce a mini-Direstar with actual TT omnimech construction rules. It "merely" has 8 erppcs instead of 11 since you can't remove any armor or DHS from the base DW model. You even have room for the single jump jet from the MWO version. And, I guess, a light active probe for that last half ton.
I used to think the Annihilator was the end-all-be-all of firepower in Battletech. Then I saw a Dire Wolf, and resolved to salvage one at all costs! #yoink
TBH I didn't click on this right away because I didn't think you'd cover the most ☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️ significant ☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️ variation ever fielded...and then you immediately proved me wrong. There has never been a better meme/troll build in the history of the franchise. Thanks bEEf.
Wonderful video about a truly menacing 'Mech. What would have made it more terrifying would have been the Smoke Jaguars habit of massing Dire Wolves together in a Star and using it as a battering ram to just smash aside any opposition. And if you're driving largely 3025 tech stuff against a Star of Dire Wolves coming slowly at you, you're probably in a LOT of trouble unless you massively outnumber them, or can break up their formation or have things like artillery and the like. But a Star of Dire Wolves could easily smash aside a Company without breaking a sweat. One thing that always surprised me is that you don't see a Dire Wolf with a UAC-20 or LB-20 until you get the S config although I would assume that weapon mix would be around in REVIVAL too, or perhaps the design was seen as being too slow to bring that big gun into range.
"close your eyes, everyone dies" is a very punk rock statement. also permanently imagining smoke jags as french-african dudes from now on. i remember chatting with some senegalese dudes on a bus in cancun in my best school learned french and being like damn thats the most unique accent ever.
All kneel to The Great Death! This, is the peak of firepower, the only mech that can remove other assaults with a single alpha. I like to run my dire with a very simple and effective build. Dire Wolf Prime, with 9x cERLLs and every slot filled with DHS. Nothing can ignore the beams of destruction, and when chain-fired the lasers can shoot continuously without pause until you overheat. 90 damage at a kilometer range is devastating. I call this build " _The Eye of Death_ "
The HAG series on the D variant, and in general. The +2 mod at short range is great but balanced but the opposite at long, what makes it so much scarier than just being hit by a pair of clan LRM20s with ArtIV? Still 5pt groupings on a scatter chart. What am I missing?
I used to run a version that had 3 large pulse lasers, a targeting computer, an ultra ac/10, 10 extra double heat sinks and jump jets the rest of the tonnage I devoted to ammo. Light on weapons but I could fire everything,walk and kill any mech with one shot if I used the targeting comp if I hit.
The Kodiak is from 3058. I cover the TRO's more or less in order (though some exceptions are made for mechs that might be relevant due to outside events.) We just finished TRO 3050. We're moving onto TRO 3055.
So the new plan is to turn the dire star into a tabletop mech…will it be effective? Eh…maybe, but it will be fun….I shudder at the BV costs of that thing.
If ever there was a nightmare to stalk the dreams of mechwarriors, this has to be it. The Dire Star. Anyone know if there is a downloadable mechsheet available for the Dire Star? Or better yet a miniature?
The first picture of a mech I ever saw was a dire wolf. Its end of line what I'd pick if I could have any mech.. It shits urbies It makes an atlas think about its life choices Its the DIRE WOLF 100 TONS OF GUESS WHAT INNER SPHERE? WE ARE BACK Thank you for the video 😮
The Dire Wolf was the first model I ever bought outside of the models I received in the 3rd edition box. It's also the only mech I have ever painted. I absolutely loved this mech ever since I first saw it.cl.of the way of the clans novel.
I'm watching this while staunching my bleeding finger after reaching into my toiletries bag and finding my razor case was open... It's a great distraction!
The Dire Wolf is a classic clan mech. It shows off the decadence of the Clan. It will overheat or run out of ammunition, the common clan problem. The Prime Is loaded with various weapon-sets, but most of them are inadequate for whatever target they aiming for. Assault battle mechs as general rule benefit the least for having an Extralight Engine. 54kph in a 80-100ton machine allows you a lot of equipment options, so critical space is more important, and the lost durability of an XL-Engine in the side torsos is notable. An Atlas is tougher than a Dire Wolf.
In my best Tex voice.... 'Clanner language changed radically in their time outside the Inner Sphere. So much so that communications were... complicated as Clanners start answering Aff and demanding a Batchall. But sometimes you just need to say '$&*# YOU!!!' And the Clanners chose to speak those words ... with a Dire Wolf'
That is indeed something Tex would say.
You captured his soul with this one 👌
Gotta love that in-universe even the other clans go "oh god not these fucking guys again" whenever the smoke jaguars show up.
The Dire Wolf is the recurring nightmare of the Atlas, if an Atlas could dream.
>implying the machine spirit doesn't dream
HERESY
If a Marauder can dream, why not an Atlas?
@@135forte I know one Marauder hungers and schemes.
Do Mechs dream of Clanner omnis?
Let's be fair, EVERY mech has had nightmares about dire wolves......
Dire Wolf my beloved 😩
One day, Dire Wolf will love us, as much as we love her.
Direstar is genius, fire one round to utterly annihilate the enemy then melt itself into a trench hole from the heat for added protection.
The final Battlemech to be covered from Technical Readout 3050! Thank you all for your support. Notes and assets:
Check out the B33F's Channel! It's one of the BEST Channels for Mechwarrior on the Platform!:
www.youtube.com/@th3b33f
The B33F on Twitch:
www.twitch.tv/the_b33f
The Dire Wolf can be found in plastic, inside of the Clan Command Star:
store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/battletech-forcepack-clan
Resources used to make the video:
Technical Readout 3050 Upgrade: store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/battletech-technical-readout-3050-upgrade-pdf
Recognition Guide number 13: store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/battletech-recognition-guide-ilclan-vol-13
Also in the Legends pack, Natasha's... slightly different mold for her layout.
@@voodoochild1975az That's gone out of stock, and won't be restocked.
@@BigRed40TECH yikes! Extra glad I got one then...
The Inner Sphere name for this mech, Daishi, is rumored to mean "Great Death". Not so! It actually translates to "Oh lawd he comin'!"
Just slowly :p
Glad to hear the dulcet voice of TheB33f once more. From the man who brought us the great configuration of the Laser Drill Breaker and the Direstar, it seems only fitting that he brings us the opening to this guns on legs mech.
It was a blast working with B33F on this one.
In BV terms, your opponent wanted to play a 4k game and you didn't want to think, so you just brought one mech.
For those like me who struggle to brain.
*adjusts glasses*
That is 7 urban mechs of the classic variety, and all of an 8th one but the air conditioning to use for spare parts.
(7.9 urbanmechs apparently)
Clanner: Put all the guns on my mech
Engineer: What do you mean all the guns?
Clanner grabs engineer by throat and stares into his terrified eyes.
Clanner: Are you deaf quiaff? ALL THE GUNS.
Engineer: Aff
They even had a variant with the anti-pigeon laser in the head. Truly, a mech for all occasions!
Louis XIV had all of his canons made with "Ultima Ratio Regum" stamped on them. The Last Argument of Kings. The Dire Wolf is like that but for Battlemechs. Great job, Red. It's a worthly look at this 3050 era Last Argument. And that secret variant revealed toward the end?!?! I wont spoil it for those that have not watched the video yet. But WORTH IT.
I like this latin phrase and I will use this.
By Kerensky's shining head, I did not expect B33f to make a guest appearance in a lore channel such as yours, this is a glorious surprise.
I've been a fan of the B33F for years. It was genuinely amazing that he was willing to work on this video with me. Huge props to him. I look forward to his new content coming out over the coming weeks and months. It's a great time to be a fan of the franchise atm.
Wait the b33f is back? 👀
@@ashtonshephard3852 Keep an eye on his channel :D
Love that I couldn't understand 90% of the first 2 minutes. Great content.
I was being sarcastic, I don't deserve your like BigRed. Please forgive me for my transgressions.
One of the most dangerous Clan mechs ever designed. Even in MWO, this mech is a beast to face! It deserves it's IS name, Daishi.
17:38 for those that know, LOL. For those that don't, she was roasted alive in the cockpit by a Jump Jet!
I had originally heard it was Rhonda Snord in her highlander that did it, but it turns out to have been Joanna of Clan Jade Falcon.
In the middle of a sandstorm -- or was it a tornado...been years since I read the novel that battle took place in.
No, was it not Natasha that roasted Joanna? Natasha basically got her DWF stripped of all weapons and laid on its back, and Joanna was talking mad shit, so Natasha lifted her DWF’s leg & fired her JJs into the cockpit at point-blank range. I think it was the Trial to allow the Wolves to get off-planet after being back-stabbed by the Falcons.
@@19Pyrus70Natasha’s toasting of Joanna was in a canyon/ravine during the Falcons’ attempt to eradicate the Wolves.
@@ESC_907
That might be. But I remember something about a sandstorm -- or some kind of bad weather -- taking place and both of them having their 1-on-1 duel right in the middle of it.
@@19Pyrus70 Joanna was a member of a newly deployed Sibko. This was around the time that there was the “Traditionalist” older groups, and the impatient younger groups. There was one among them, a guy, who was a Wolf plant. They went out the night before and laid some kind of trap I think? It was definitely a canyon. Look up I Am Jade Falcon, it is even on the cover art. Ah, Trial of Possession for the Gash of Twycross, unfortunately my Kindle app does not display the page number. -Chapter 31
"I’ve been killing fools like you since before you were born, and I’ll still be doing it long after you’re dead!" - Natasha Kerenski Pilot of the Widow Maker
"No sir, nothing unusual on Scanners, i think the clanners couthed and run."
Rounds the corner in his centurion and Faces off a Daishi C in a range of 250 Meters.
Awesome video and fantastic collab with The B33f! The DireStar will not be ignored. 😈
"History has often taught us that the path to victories in the future is not to rush into battle like the Smoke Jaguars or the Jade Falcons. Where they rush into battle, charge where angels fear to tread, we know that victory is a matter of stalking one's prey. The hunt, the pursuit, the methodical wearing down of one's foe, that is often the key to victory. Let the Falcons say what they will about Ulric Kerensky. We shall show them how true Warriors achieve victory! ”
- Khan Natasha Kerensky, Pilot of the Widow maker, addressing her 352nd Assault Cluster before the Battle of Colmar
killed by Star Commander Joanna of Clan Jade Falcon
when the The Black Widow had a 30 ton advantage
@@farmerned6By a Jump Jet, which isn't even considered to be a weapon no less.
@@sypoth I'm convinced the other option was death by orbital bombardment.
Great Video! Thanks B33f for hijacking this thing.
It was great lol
I really like the A. All ranges, all weapon types, fully cooled. Able to headcap. A to-hit bonus on some of the big guns. AMS for defense. It's just a great breakthrough mech.
You know what Dire Wolves are, right? They're like wolves... but they're DIRE.
Dire Wolf in Finnish is hirviösusi.
Translate it back to english and it becomes Monster Wolf. Which this mech definitely is. 😁
Oh. I always just thought they were regular Wolves, but with severe digestive issues. Who knew?
@@seanbrazell7095Drie-tary Wolf
Just finished painting a dire wolf last night, some of the gaps between the arms and body are a pain to get to. but the pure firepower on it is wild
Those arms are way too close to the legs for painting fun. But being playable straight from the box is a big selling point for the CGL minis.
Just so you know, the Dire Star is a variant of the Dire Wolf in HBS Battletech's BTA 3062 mod. DW-S Direstar. But it has 12 clan ERPPCs, instead of 11. IDK how they managed to cram in the extra PPC tho.
HBS doesn't follow the *exact* same build-rules tbh.
They had to keep the pace balance between action and tactics....little more dakka to keep the gun bunnies happy
Frighteningly in both Roguetech and BTA, there are mechs in the game that are almost purely designed to ruin your day. Their alpha usually results in a catastrophic engine overrun (or instant shutdown at least) or total expenditure of their limited ammo (Rocket builds).
@@albertko1 this is true. The COIL urbanmech can be a more frightening sight than a Dire Wolf sometimes.
@@albertko1 Was playing a forested night mission on RT and suddenly 12 PPCs blasted me from off map the first 11 missed so I thought they were light PPCs till the final one hit for CERPPC damage and I felt terror.
"As well as enough spare weight to fill in any needed number of heat sinks."
DW-DS: Hold my ER PPC
DW-DS On second thought, let me hold *_YOUR_* ER PPC
DW-DS: And yours
DW-DS: And yours
DW-DS: And yours
DW-DS: And yours
DW-DS: And yours
DW-DS: Just give me all the ER PPC's
"Wait we're up against WHAT?" One of said multiple lighter enemies that are supposed to swarm the clan assault. Allegedly the reason it is forbidden to say "We can hold the line" in the combine.
I totally forgot about the dire star. The most terrifying thing on two legs sice the Cretaceous period.
If ever there was a nightmare to stalk the dreams of mechwarriors, this has to be it.
Anyone know if there is a mech sheet available for the Dire Star? Or better yet a miniature?
I am so glad for that final build, yes, that's perfect. This is the future Humanity deserves.
Well with that targeting computer this brings a new meaning to "Reach out! Reach out and Touch Someone!". Always a good listen there Big Red, keep it coming.
Thank you Robert!
I like Clan mechs. If they solved the logistics problems they could be like Skobel Mechworks. Aka the guys who made The Warhammer.
yeah if they had maybe produced parts and maybe mechs on the worlds they conqurered during the invasion they could have solved their logistical problems and even if they still lost to comstar they'd be all set for when they got banished from the homeworlds.
I thought StarCorps made the Warhammer.
@@garrettharriman6333 *Checks my Tex Talks Battletech video on the matter on my hard drive.*
Well, shit. You're right. Skobel made the weapons and other mechanical shit for The Warhammer. My mistake!
It's truly a shame just how many well-designed Clan 'Mech lines have fallen victim to loss of production facilities.
@@sheilaolfieway1885 They did try, and eventually some did get working mech factories, but aside from their own arrogance, they had limited numbers of pilots, limited training output, and the locals REALLY didn't want to work under these technobarbarians.
I was delighted to see the Daishi making its appearance. This was always my preferred seat in MW4, my intro to mechwarrior off the tabletop, thanks to that lower profile. And truly, I owe it even more for introducing me to the majesty of SRMs I had before neglected.
My funniest combination in a direwolf 2 C-ERPPC, 3 C-LPL and 30 DHS in total. Every so often you have to stop firing a gun, but a good turn, "dethrone" of laughter to anyone.
There is half a ton free and one slot in the head... to install any absurdities in the cockpit, such as a fridge for ice cream, a collection of old games to play on the computer, perhaps to install an additional air conditioner for the pilot (or a fan).
Or if you want to be more practical a Light TAG.
You joke but I absolutely love the idea of Navajo code talkers being used against the clans and it's just modern-day French
Edit: also all hail the Tug 2C
"We will resist with any and all means at our disposal the efforts to subjugate and enslave our freedoms. We fight with the truth on our side, and we simply ask that everyone listen and judge accordingly. In the end, I know we shall be victorious" - Prince Victor Steiner-Davion, Pilot of the Prometheus
Clan wolf-in-exile assisted Victor in operation Bulldog, and then the dark ages threw that alll away and brought us the fake clan wolf with the son of the bitch of the universe at it's head...
@@sheilaolfieway1885No arguments about what Katherine Steiner-Davion was, but don't forget that he was also the son of Victor Steiner-Davion as well. Which only brings up more questions about Timberwolf pilots and the New Jersey Past Time.
Heck yeah!! Downloading this to listen to on my drive to Galveston tonight!
Okay getting the legend who gave us such monsters as the Dire Star and the Giga Drill Laser to give the intro to this notorious nightmare was genius!
This guy gets it. :) lol
omg, its the b33f speaking!!!!! wwooooohoooooooaaaaaa, this brings up so nice memories of MWO times (long gone sadly)... but still, thank you for this
There will be even more fond memories for you in short order, because B33F is making videos again. There should be something coming soon.
As a proud member of the Alpha Strike mafia... I think I need to do the conversion of the Dire Star for Alpha Strike.
Nothing less than one of the true monsters of the Battletech universe.
It really is. It was a major focus for a long time too. One of the boogiemen of Battletech.
when your timberwolf never skips on arm and leg day
I just found your channel a couple of days ago. While your Stone Rhino video is outstanding, having TheB33F and his Dire Star costar in this one makes it my favorite thus far!
The Wolves are having a great howl for 2 weeks! I never learned how the name Daishi came about, so when I learn new lore of the series, it always brings me great joy! As a lover of shotguns, LB-X is my go to autocannon.
To be fair, the Dire Wolf is more a Jaguar Mech than a Wolf Mech, just due to who produced it and configured it.
@@BigRed40TECH very true. Again, I'm so glad I'm back into this wonderful franchise! Whenever I get into a series, I like to learn about the lore as much as possible. I just meant because last week, the Timber Wolf, and today, the Dire Wolf.
Excellent video as always!
I'd just like to add the utterly insane X variant, a hodgepodge of random guns that still manages to be deadly because it's a Clan assault with a targeting computer.
Dire Wolf X
Large pulse laser
Heavy medium laser
2x ER micro lasers
Ultra AC-10
LB 5-X AC
SSRM2
SRM 4 (Artemis)
LRM 15 (Artemis)
Wow! I did not know that the B33F had a nice French pronunciation.
"Fast and agile like a slab of marble..." that's what Mechwarrior 2's user manual opening line was about the Dire Wold. I still remember it after decades
Just started, enjoyed the Cameo, this better end with a jole review of the Direstar.
This was one of my favorite mechs in the Mechwarrior 4 series. I would build one with 2 Large lasers, 4 medium pulse lasers, a LRM 15, and a LBX-20 in each side of the torso. I spent more time overheating from the enemy mechs exploding from being shotgun blasted at close range. Fun times.
The King Crab may be my top favorite Assault battlemech, but I still look on the Dire Wolf with great reverence.
Thing's a beast. Every time I'm faced with one, my first thought is "Ah crap, it's a Daishi!"
Even if I happen to be using one as well.
Fun fact, you can produce a mini-Direstar with actual TT omnimech construction rules. It "merely" has 8 erppcs instead of 11 since you can't remove any armor or DHS from the base DW model. You even have room for the single jump jet from the MWO version. And, I guess, a light active probe for that last half ton.
What an absolute monster mech.
Amazing video enjoyed every moment of it. Can't wait for 3055
Thank you Defiant!
Wasn't sure about the clanner 4 a second, but the dire star bit sold me.. hahaha! Well played!!
This should be good. Nice surprise to hear The B33f join in the fun.
Hope you enjoy
@@BigRed40TECH Thanks. I definitely did. 😎
I used to think the Annihilator was the end-all-be-all of firepower in Battletech. Then I saw a Dire Wolf, and resolved to salvage one at all costs! #yoink
Ah, but have you heard of the Bane/Kraken? It's not an omnimech, but it's still an incredibly potent weapons platform/well armored test bed.
TBH I didn't click on this right away because I didn't think you'd cover the most ☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️ significant ☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️ variation ever fielded...and then you immediately proved me wrong. There has never been a better meme/troll build in the history of the franchise. Thanks bEEf.
I got one of those primed for my Clan Wolf force, gotta paint it up soon for good! It's such a beast of a 'mech!
Wonderful video about a truly menacing 'Mech. What would have made it more terrifying would have been the Smoke Jaguars habit of massing Dire Wolves together in a Star and using it as a battering ram to just smash aside any opposition. And if you're driving largely 3025 tech stuff against a Star of Dire Wolves coming slowly at you, you're probably in a LOT of trouble unless you massively outnumber them, or can break up their formation or have things like artillery and the like. But a Star of Dire Wolves could easily smash aside a Company without breaking a sweat.
One thing that always surprised me is that you don't see a Dire Wolf with a UAC-20 or LB-20 until you get the S config although I would assume that weapon mix would be around in REVIVAL too, or perhaps the design was seen as being too slow to bring that big gun into range.
It Slices, it Daishi's, it juliennes
Thank you for another great mech analysis video!
Narrated by the greatest mechwarrior of our time
The Dire Star Reminds me of the "Sleepy" Awesome build for Battletech 2018. Kill. Sleep. Kill. Sleep.
Great Review... and the Dire Star, have mercy!
"close your eyes, everyone dies" is a very punk rock statement. also permanently imagining smoke jags as french-african dudes from now on. i remember chatting with some senegalese dudes on a bus in cancun in my best school learned french and being like damn thats the most unique accent ever.
All kneel to The Great Death!
This, is the peak of firepower, the only mech that can remove other assaults with a single alpha.
I like to run my dire with a very simple and effective build.
Dire Wolf Prime, with 9x cERLLs and every slot filled with DHS.
Nothing can ignore the beams of destruction, and when chain-fired the lasers can shoot continuously without pause until you overheat.
90 damage at a kilometer range is devastating.
I call this build " _The Eye of Death_ "
Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational battlemech.
TheB33F!! Awesome video guys, keep them coming. Great to see you again in MWO also(:
My favorite Clan Assault...
And now that I think about it; it's a Stalker with arms...
The HAG series on the D variant, and in general. The +2 mod at short range is great but balanced but the opposite at long, what makes it so much scarier than just being hit by a pair of clan LRM20s with ArtIV? Still 5pt groupings on a scatter chart. What am I missing?
No AMS will save you from the HAG XD
Great video and great surprise narrator!
Thank you, Big Red-40TECH.
No thank you!
Once I heard B33f I knew that the direstar would be mentioned
FACE THE STORM
I used to run a version that had 3 large pulse lasers, a targeting computer, an ultra ac/10, 10 extra double heat sinks and jump jets the rest of the tonnage I devoted to ammo. Light on weapons but I could fire everything,walk and kill any mech with one shot if I used the targeting comp if I hit.
I spit out my soda when I heard the B33F's voice. I require another one.
It was an honour to work with B33F on this video. I was so hyped as the video came together.
Another great video. What's the chances of ever getting a Kodiak video?
The Kodiak is from 3058.
I cover the TRO's more or less in order (though some exceptions are made for mechs that might be relevant due to outside events.)
We just finished TRO 3050.
We're moving onto TRO 3055.
@@BigRed40TECH not sure how I missed that. I will be patient and enjoy all the future content. Thanks again for all your videos.
So the new plan is to turn the dire star into a tabletop mech…will it be effective? Eh…maybe, but it will be fun….I shudder at the BV costs of that thing.
Mr.tex dropped you a thanks on his latest post for you supporting his video on the hunchback, thought that was way cool!
I miss the Daishi from my MW3 days.
If ever there was a nightmare to stalk the dreams of mechwarriors, this has to be it. The Dire Star.
Anyone know if there is a downloadable mechsheet available for the Dire Star?
Or better yet a miniature?
What an absolute monster...I'll take 7 please. Do you take cash or card?
The first picture of a mech I ever saw was a dire wolf.
Its end of line what I'd pick if I could have any mech..
It shits urbies
It makes an atlas think about its life choices
Its the DIRE WOLF
100 TONS OF GUESS WHAT INNER SPHERE? WE ARE BACK
Thank you for the video 😮
The B33f's DapperJager video is legendary 👌
Big red is a Big Chad
B33F was a true gentlemen for helping out with the video.
Love it when good guys work together. Be happy my dude
You forgot the most Dire mechwarrior of them all... Mark Knopfler.
The Dire Wolf was the first model I ever bought outside of the models I received in the 3rd edition box. It's also the only mech I have ever painted. I absolutely loved this mech ever since I first saw it.cl.of the way of the clans novel.
B33f is the Man!
100%
Best video so far
100 tons of fun, clan certified.
Makes me think of a stalker with a dump truck merged into the torso and a pair of arms
My favorite assault mech.
TheB33f! The legend himself!
Been looking forward to this one 😀
A mech as subtle as slam firing a Winchester 1897 Trench Gun point blank into their face and then gut them with the bayonet afterwards.
Dire Wolf I call it the Curse Wolf. The handful of times I used it. I get killed off way too fast!
Awesome you got the B33f to collaborate
B33F's one of the best BT youtubers in history. I was overjoyed when he agreed to hop on board for this one.
Holy crap! The B33f cameo!!!
It was the B33F speaking.
I found it all sorts of confusing that Victor Davion DIDN'T actually pilot a Victor, but a Dire Wolf.
Welcome to the 90's :P
He did before he got the dire wolf from Jamie.
@@xfy123 He was allegedly named for the victory over the Capellans, but I still wonder if he was named for Hanse's best friend's mech.
OF COURSE if you give a B33F a DWF… Is there anyone who did not see that coming?
I'm watching this while staunching my bleeding finger after reaching into my toiletries bag and finding my razor case was open... It's a great distraction!
oooof. I hope the video helps!
Oh absolutely, you and your colleagues vids are my primary battletech fix as usual!
Thank you!
The Dire Wolf is a classic clan mech. It shows off the decadence of the Clan.
It will overheat or run out of ammunition, the common clan problem. The Prime Is loaded with various weapon-sets, but most of them are inadequate for whatever target they aiming for.
Assault battle mechs as general rule benefit the least for having an Extralight Engine. 54kph in a 80-100ton machine allows you a lot of equipment options, so critical space is more important, and the lost durability of an XL-Engine in the side torsos is notable. An Atlas is tougher than a Dire Wolf.
Here comes Big Red to sell me another Clan mech. At this rate I am going to have to buy the Command Star.
This video is very special. I hope you enjoy. :)
If you actually play the game past the Clan Invasion era, there is no reason NOT to buy a clan command star, even if you are a Spheroid.
I allready did after the Summoner and Stormcrow vids...
39:47 "The writers make a choice that you win, and you win. All the time." Clan wolf Deadpool, probably.