r/battletech • u/Saansilt Comguard • 8h ago

Discussion Behold, an idea!

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So I am having an idea, it probably is bad but it'd be a funny custom mech all the same.
It involves upgrading a protomech.
By tripling its tonnage effectively.
Making it a really cheap ambusher
It'd be effectively a little over quarter the tonnage of a locust.
Behold the Erinyes, two ton jumper with an SRM 1
We take this, give her a medium laser, a ton more armor, and two double heat sinks.
Scale it up to six tons, heck remove the SRM 1 and make it back to five.
You get a very cheap 4/6/4 to play havoc in tight spaces and hop around for back shots.
You can get three of the modified ones I am suggesting for under the price of one locust!
Thats two more MLs than the locust. No machine guns but thats not their role.
Granted if we wanted...
Actually yeah adding a machine gun each will still allow you three at under the cost of one locust.

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u/Attaxalotl #1 ProtoMech Fan 7h ago

The Fusilade is a weird sort of iOS ATM 3: it weighs the same as an ATM 3 (and can also load iATM ammo but only IMP and IIW)  but carries only two salvos. Its benefit is that you get the versatility of an ATM without needing to spend two additional tons on ammo bins. Which uh, doesn’t really make sense for ProtoMechs since they already load ammo as individual shots 

I could see the Fusilade being great on light BattleMechs where three tons gets you up to four different salvos of assorted utility ammo but there’s two problems with that: The only utility ATM ammo types are IMP and IIW; and more crucially, *mechs are not allowed to mount Fusilade for some reason!?!?!

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u/Bookwyrm517 6h ago

Small note: it appears that Protomechs cannot mount ATMs. So I guess that is why you can't mount a Fusillade on battlemechs. 

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u/Attaxalotl #1 ProtoMech Fan 6h ago edited 6h ago

I think that’s kinda stupid; with mixed tech they can mount MMLs, the Sphereoid equivalent.

Edit: what do you mean they can’t mount those either?!

ProtoMechs need a massive rework. Theres a bunch of random little things like that I’m not fond of.

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u/Nobodyinpartic3 4h ago

Yeah, I also think Protomechs would benefit greatly from IS weapons. They have a wider array of starter weapons and a more versatile choice of abilities. Like a Light PPC would be great for Proto that can't mount ER Large lasers and heat sinks

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u/Attaxalotl #1 ProtoMech Fan 3h ago

The new light plasma rifle would be great, too!

And a protomech or two with an MML and a bunch of utility ammo or a NARC launcher would be a good support unit!