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Knightrunner
Clan Snow Raven
Star Commander
Joined: 20-Jul-2005 00:00
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 Posted: 12-Sep-2005 16:05 Post subject: User Review: Kraken II |
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On 2005-08-17, Sleeping Dragon wrote:
Ehh... really strange mech...
400 XL engine refitted with single heat sinks, one jump jet (why on 4/6), big guns overwhelm the heat sinks easily, Artemis equipped LRM-5s, A-pods that are sooo well suited for trials, not enough ammo, bad time era, not much in common with REAL Bane and for clan assault the firepower is far from overwhelming (and only moderate armor).
0.5 for small guns.
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Well, you looked closer than old Fireball . .
I'll explain:
Back in the '90's I played with a power player nicknamed "Fireball". He had a tendency to demand the Daishi with the biggest guns- and the standard configurations were never powerful enough. So, I made up a couple of custom record sheets and asked each player to choose one (they had about 5 seconds to make their decision). He saw "100 tons" and "Ultra AC/20" and made a rather hasty choice. By the time he realized what he had- it was too late. The Grand Melee had already started, and he had a whopping 2.5 shots for his only real weapon. Next time we played, he chose a stock Thor; I don't remember him complaining much after that. 
This was originally a demonstration of all the worst design choices for Clan mechs. The original did not mount a Heavy Laser (they hadn't been invented yet), but it fit the concept of the mech so well that I just had to alter the design. The name simply links it to the other huge concepty Clan assault.
Despite the flaws, other people have used it again- I took a star of Locust IIC's against it and lost two of them. My opponent actually used the jump jet to perch on a little ledge- I couldn't get behind him, and if I got too close he could kick my poor Locusts in the head. He went down, of course, but it was still fun. It became sort of a punishment duty for the Clan- instead of being sent to the 2nd line, you might be threatened with piloting this tub in your next trial. 
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Sleeping Dragon
Draconis Combine
Tai-i
Joined: 06-Apr-2005 00:00
Posts: 4820
Location: Czech Republic
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| Posted: 13-Sep-2005 03:47 Post subject: RE: User Review: Kraken II |
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Something like those *@!ยง configs for trials in MW2 
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