THE Heavy Fire Support Battlemech - Battletech / Mechwarrior Mech Spotlight: The Archer
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ก.พ. 2023
- The Archer is a 70 ton Heavy Battlemech and probably one of the best fire support platforms in its weight class. Designed around multiple packs of Long Range Missile Launchers, its main purpose is to lay waste to enemy forces and soften them up before they can even engage in combat. Capable of indirect fire this Mech excels when paired with a spotter or sensor upgrades that allow it to track enemies even without the need of direct line of sight.
However, the Archer has its flaws.
Although being able to deal devastating damage at range, once forced into close quarter combat it has to rely on its array of medium lasers to deal damage - A meager way of self defense. Especially when facing enemy Brawler Mechs with lots of armor and close range firepower. To mitigate this problem several great houses changed the design and added extra Short Range Missile Launchers or Large Lasers at the cost of the Archer’s long range firepower.
The gameplay footage is taken from Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries and its various DLCs. Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries is a game about stompy Mech action. You take command of a mercenary company and try to grow your income, salvage Mechs and hire Mechwarriors. The game includes a campaign with a vast storyline.
The latest DLC is all about Melee Mech Combat. With new Melee focused weapons like hatchets, axes and swords you can dominate the battlefield in close quarter combat. Apart from a bunch of new Mech Variants a new Mech joins the ranks of Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries: The Hatchetman. This 45 ton Medium Mech can cripple enemies with its Autocannon and Medium Lasers at range just to close in and take components with its Hatchet.
The release of a new DLC called "Rise of Rasalhague" is already announced for January 26th 2023. As soon as it releases I will cover the whole gameplay experience, storyline, game mechanics and new Battlemechs that will come with the addon.
The gameplay is split in two different parts. On the one hand you will have to manage your resources, hire new crew members, outfit your Mechs and travel through the Inner Sphere star map. But the action starts as soon as you get into the cockpit of your Battlemech yourself to fulfill contracts on the battlefield to earn more C-Bills and progress the story. I will review the weapon systems, battlemechs, show you how to build the loadouts and train your pilots and take a look at all the different mission types and upgrades of the MW5 Heroes of the Inner Sphere DLC.
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Ingame footage taken from Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries
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If he didn't want me to punch things, why did God give me hands?- The Archer before it punches things.
So much melee damage
This is enough reason to give your AI lancemates a catapult instead. So they don't try to get close enough to punch. Lol
"he's withing minimum firing distance!"
Archers fists- "oh boy, here I go killing again"
@@chloesmith4065 tbf I run a SRM Archer.
@@Kwisatz-Chaderach they're great like that. Even catapults. "Splat-cat" ... In mw5 the hero archer is insanely powerful with srm builds, the Agincourt. I think it has 6 or 8 missile hard points can't remember. In vanilla a mix of srm4s and 6s because of hard point size, in YAML just boat srm6s. Punches well above its weight.
I really like these shorts. Quick but plenty of info to understand the basics of the mech's role.
Reminds me of the Teletran 1 segments of Transformers.
I was just about to write that and agree . 👍 💯 😅
Why does everyone forget that punching was the close range option that the designers intended? It did not lack close quarters options. It was always designed as a long range mech with the ability to box its way out of a situation.
I just imagined a archer in the hangman pose. Made me chuckle a bit
The devs talked about adding melee combat a few years ago but they don't have the development skill.
@@nahimgudfam They added melee in MW5 along with melee weapons in the Call to Arms DLC. There’s even a melee variant of the Archer if you want to be extra stabby.
If those clenched fists are only used to punch in a pinch, then I'd think more dedicated blunt weapons mounted on the wrists would be preferable to hands. I don't remember seeing the Archer ever use its hands to pick things up.
The stiffness of the mech models and rigging is a constant minor issue with the entire genre.
Great review, although I have to say that Archer is not to be underestimated in close range due to coming equipped with battlefists and being a 70t chassis. It's at it's weakest at medium-close range, between 60-90 and 180 meters.
True that.
In mech 5 personally. *I find every fight always ends up in knife fight range* I generally rip out the lrms. And generally slap Srms in it. I keep the lasers. Of course. I find I can rip most equal and some heavier class mechs with ease. The agincourt one is just a devestator on legs with arms I find.
@@zsahman1723 It always end up like that because of the sh*tty AI. The vanilla AI somehow seems like it wants to prioritize close ranged weapons. Vanilla AI is kinda weird. Best to use mods that fix the AI.
I usually run a few pulse lasers on the archer JUUUUST in case I need to fight head on. Honestly considering only having 2 Lrm15 racks and running srns on the arms because at some point I’ll end up in a brawl
@@dragonfable66 Yeah, you should at least have some lasers as back up in case you need to brawl or run out of ammo.
My LRM Boat Supernova has med lasers that allows it to brawl. Not as effective as brawler laser vomits but better than nothing, I guess.
Hero Archer, Agincourt, is practically projectile vomiting death when equipped with SRM6/4. It has almost 180DPS
I like to call it, "the sneeze that kills" xD
*Atchoo!*
Ah. The Agincourt. My go-to Mech for most all deployments.
You can do that and have uac5 on the skollusk zeus mech
Worth mentioning is the availability of hands for melee, making the Archer a force to be reckoned with up close.
The chosen ride of Morgan Kell and Jamie Wolf.
They have their choice of literally any Inner sphere 'Mech, and they choose the Archer.
Is there a better endorsement?
Absolutely a missle boat, very fun to play.
The Archer- If its good enough for Jamie Wolf, it's good enough for me.
I'm really digging the idea of mech overviews.
Archer my beloved.
A customized Archer built as a melee Solaris mech would look so cool.
SRMs go fwoosh
when i look at the archer, specifically the cockpit area it always makes me think of a footballplayer ready to run you down ...
personaly i use MRMs with medium lasers but i could imagine putting mechknuckles on it ... or a mace .. i loves maces ..
That's basically the Agincourt hero archer in MW5. Its a badass brawler with a fuckton of SRMs and SSRMs.
There's a merc unit (Rubinsky's Horde, I think) that was known for fielding a custom Archer with SRMs and a hatchet.
Average archer pilot- “hey call Kenny Loggins cause your in the *DANGER ZONE!!*
"It has to rely on it's medium lasers, a meager way of self defense"
Archer: "so anyway, I started punching"
the Archer was also the Basis for the design of the Clan Omnimech the Mad Dog/Vulture.....the center Torso is almost exactly the same with the Cockpit being moved to the top of the Torso instead of the Center. The Legs were switched with reverse jointed ones to increases it's speed and the Arms were changed.
Love the shorts sir! Keep ‘em coming. Great content, love it
Love the shorts keep them coming
Agreed! Bite sized info on the massive lore that is Battletech.
I told you -- you had a great radio voice. I love the commentary. Sounds great -- Dragons Fury forever
Oh is Bara going to join the Batteltech/Mechwarrior Loretubers? Would be amazing :D
BPL/Bara collab?
Your voice is smooooooth as honey. Love these shorts.
Even NPC Archer Mechs are very dangerous if you are stuck fighting the close range mechs and don't have long range attacks. I have been severely hurt like this before. The Archer really is a reliable fire support mech.
One of the grandaddies of the missile boat Battlemech types!
Personally when playing either merchtech or yaml based runs if i get an archer i either outfit them for ai long range artillery role. Or i rebuild them with as many srms as possible then max armour and large lasers and turn her into a brawler herself
Embrace the missile spam!
Archers hold a special place in my heart
BattleMaster G1
Mauler
Firestarter
Archer 2s
Blacknight 6 variants
Warhammer 6r
Rifleman's (NOT THE LL V)
Spider
Charger (every variation but the 1A1)
My favorite mechs of all time
Most to Least loved
I love these shorts youre doing. Plus this is my favorite mech
Geeez, look at that classic, beautiful design. I'm not a giant fan of missles, but its just too lovely to ignore
Love my archers, full lances of them linked to the recon elements are fantastic.
One of my favorites. The only "pack of" purchase I've ever made on MWO
This is awesome! If you keep making shorts on mech lore I'll keep watching!
I really love these tabletop designs they still put in the games. Even though it just runs out of ammo well before the mission is over, and usually just gets swarmed by light and mediums in close range that outmaneuver most of the missile spread.
My understanding is that "fire support" as a role refers to a way to add to the damage after you've already locked down an enemy with your main force. Easier said than done, I think.
The Archer is Great however I will always be a Catapult Main. It was my first Mech dating back to Mech Assault and it will always Hold a Spot deep in my Heart.
Archer: suffers at close range
Me: yeah I’ll take 4 SRM6s, no lasers, 4 tons of ammo and a large soda
I love these mechs.
My favorite mech in the game. Archer ARC-AGC.
Medium lasers, SRMs, a melee weapon and some upgraded armor made the Archer one of my favorite "up close & personal" heavy brawlers
Yes, we need more of these! 💯
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of the Macross/Robotech "inspired" mechs easily my favorite ... only other mech i would be interested in would be the longbow ...
speaking of closerange/melee ... well it does have fists :P .... on a second thought it COULD carry a meleeweapon, no?
The fists are definitely an option. But more a last resort than anything else imho.
The Tomahawk in Macross has gun arms instead.
Kind of a better option actually.
@@edgargad2941
here is the problem
you can not propperly translate the Macross tomahawk destroid 1 to 1 to battletech/mechwarrior
it has too many heavy weapons where i don't think you could have a possible legal build to closely resemble it ...
the "equivalent" to the Tomahawk being the warhammer does indeed have the gun arms (most battletech heavy and assault class mechs do) with PPCs but the primary variant does not have the
Tomahawk's rocketlauncherpacks and the i think grenadelaunchers of the gunclusters, neither the headmounted machinguns
all that aside .. yea the warhammer is pretty much a goto heavy mech (along with the marauder) especially for beginners .. but to me that's a bit boring where i personally rather pick the Orion
The Archer is my favorite mech
While im normally a "stick more flamers on it to solve the problem" kind of guy, i do appreciate mechs that use that philosophy for other weapon types lol.
I like this style of content!
I like the 2K variant. With two LRM15’s and two Large Lasers, it’s still a respectable fire support platform but with much deadlier point defense
The Archer is my favorite long range missile mech next to the Mad Dog.
An Archer built on Endo Steel with Ferro Fibrous armor and CASE with a standard engine would be BAD NEWS for the other guys.
Use the weight savings for extra ammo, heatsinks, armor, and/or close range weapons and you’d have a mech that could take a lickin’ and keep on tickin’
i'm a bit skeptical when it comes to ferro and light ferro on heavies and assaults, the weightsaving often does't realy feel worth the investmeant in slotspace when you want to be flexible enough to use larger weapons ...
@@MrTBSC I like it on mechs that have big ballistics, because you don't need space for DHS and you are likely to run out of tonnage before slots. Light ferro is at least decent on mechs that don't have the slots for full ferro but would like to sneak in a little more ammo or upgraded sensors/targeting and need the weight savings, so a build with 8-13 open slots before the armor upgrade.
The real problem with the Archer with Case, endo, ferro, etc is it's trying to be a clan mech without the superior Clan slot saving benefits.
Please keep making these shorts they’re amazing
Niceee short! Would love to see more.
Really outdone yourself with this one. I hope you do more like these!
Nice to see you on the shorts-train as well. This is a great idea for extra content and exposure!
It has fists, FISTS, BIG STONKIN FISTS.
The Archer being based on the Destroid Spartan of Macross (a mech that tore apart targets in melee as well, often sporting a club) really should keep that tradition going. Weather the target down with LRMs and Medium laser fire, then a devastating hit with the fists if it gets too close. By that point, your target should already have lost much of its armor (maybe even components), so you're closer to parity than you might imagine.
Its not something you HAVE to do, hopefully you have lancemates to capitalize on it. But I definitely managed to punch above my weight class with the Archer in both HBS Battletech and MW5. I'll admit, I didn't use it much in tabletop, and I really want to change that with that Morgan Kell Archer.
And those fists have SRM
I would argue that the Archer is actually pretty well defended up close.
The medium lasers can fend away medium mechs and scare off the light ones but the most dangerous portion came from its punch and kicks.
Archers never had great cooling capabilities but had solid armor, sufficient ammo and retain its hand actuators to melee properly.
Sure 12 salvos might go mighty fast, but when you are brawling with your 7 point fisticuffs and 14 point kicks, CASE or no CASE, you do not want an ammo bomb in your body!
Best part? they work even if you are running hot.
Love these short videos. Thank you.
The Archer is as nearly flawless as mechs get in this universe. The LRM40 version has 4 medium lasers and is fully armored. The LRM30 version has SRMs added to its close range firepower. MW5 combat footage is gorgeous.
Archer is my main mech in all battles. Hatamoto hero mech with the 75 damage axe is my second favorite. every fresh run i speedrun wardog to get the 15% speed increase to make the Archer invincible.
This is an amazing short
Making it an SRM boat turns it into a nasty short range beater. Slap medium SP or SBs on it and you’ve got a nasty missile boat.
My favorite fire support mech! I really like these short videos, hope you make more😁
Great mech but i kind of prefer the catapult. You get just as many missiles plus jump jets and greater speed which means it can keep away from its enemies and better use those missile racks to their full effect.
The humble m laser cooks cockpits just fine.
_Laughs in SRM Battery Archer_
Spartan my beloved
My brother's favorite battle mech.
Get some!
Madcat for life!
The Catapult is my preferred missile boat. Or if I had the means to pack crazy, the Kraken 3.
Poor man’s mad dog.
I refitted mine with max armor a pile of double heatsinks, 2 srm 6s and medium pulse lasers, great fun!
The short mech lore are great! I can't wait for the battlemaster or warhammer!
Mach mehr von dieses shorts zu den wichtigsten mechs... Mag das sehr
Archers are great at punching due to the tonnage. Well not great, but it feels great to punch out the knees of a mech in an Archer.
Love the archer. Always have 2 in the inventory ready to go. Modified to my ideals though.
Like with all the best battletech designs this is another Destroid from Macross, the SPARTAN.
The one thing I will miss are the doors that close over the Archer and Catapult missile pods.
Best SRM brawler ever.
I just found out about the vengeance mech very cool!
We customize an archer with c3 master system and doubleheatsinks. It’s very efficient machine
The Archer is my baby from table top. Stock it carries a lot of armor and packs ranged firepower that is difficult to rival. I've had Archers limp off the field under their own power while many, supposedly better, mechs lay in twisted ruins.
Good review, personality I don't really use them, they are way too heavy heavy and don't have the maneuverability I like. Plus when compared to the Catapult who admittedly has thinner armor, it's sheer versatility in weapons load outs means that you can really take your opponent off guard. The Archer aside from a variant or two never really breaks the mold, and as a fire support platform I'd rather value flexibility and maneuverability more than armor unless I expected it to come under fire
The archer and the crusader are very compatible as fire support mechs.
pairing the Archer witha Raven on the tabel top Battletech game downright evil
srm boat and archer is a killer brawler :) Bara already proven that :)
I wanna know if anyone has ever run the Archer as if it was a Spartan Destroid. Lasers or cannons for left, right, and center torso; big honking fists for punching in melee. (Might be possible in MW5 Mercenaries)
My fav mechs are the ones that also appear in Robotech as Destroids, though I do have a soft spot for the Bushwacker because of MW3 where you’re part of Eridani Light Horse and end up operating alone.
Freakin hate when the enemy has multiple of these
I drop the LRM's, max out the crits for SRM's, max the armor, and use the rest of the tonnage for ammo and heatsinks... plus CASE.
The archers main flaw the Mechwarrior is little more than a hot dog waiting to be boiled.
Surprised you didn't mention that the Archer can serve double duty as an industrial oven for the enterprising MechWarrior; serving up LRM death and Long Range Calzones on the same battlefield.
Great mech, but I prefer the Catapult for that role.
Barashorts.
Nice.
One of the things I always wind up doing with my Archers is to either downgrade the launchers somewhat and replace at least one laser with a PPC, or if I feel like going full memes, I replace its hands with assault fists and its LRMs with SRMs. Weight being saved I then max the armor. I now have an Archer that forgot the thing that makes it an Archer and it has developed anger issues over it.
if you want to go even more meme ... why not give it a mace :P
I almost never run the archer as anything but a LRM boat in HBS Battletech. I slap 2 LRM20s on it, a bunch of ammo, a pair of SLasers, a couple arm mods, a gyro, and whatever heat sinks I can fit on it with the armor I give it, and then have it just sit back and pelt things with LRM fire.
The best part is that if something comes up really close, it's absolutely not harmless thanks to the melee mods and the SLasers. It works really well until I can afford to replace it with Stalkers in the late game.
I dread to think about how many Baradul streams I already missed because TH-cam notifications don't work on my PC 😔...
A great mech in mechwarrior 5 a favourite build is the shotgun build nothing but srms so anything gets close bamn it hits hard.
When all else fails, engage fisticuffs and tell that light mech to piss off the old fashioned way.
now we need a longbow
Asides from the Archer and a Catapult how about a Longbow, Yeoman and Viking ll ?
I wanna see Piranha's iteration of this missile boat mechs!
It also made to walk forward and punch in the face once it runs out of missiles
This is the shorts series I didn't know I needed. Love it.
Edit: wait, is that thing in the bottom middle of the torso the cockpit?? I always thought the pilot was up top like on the maddog
Thought that too before, only downside is its in the center of the CT so getting shot in face is often
Eh? 4 medium lasers are anything but meagre armament for this tonnage, and for a mech otherwise specialised in long range combat is actually a pretty heavy salvo.
Dedicated brawlers, such as Cataphract sport 4x med las as their secondary armament. Or flankers, such as grasshopper.
The point is - quad medium laser is NOT a weak secondary armament, quite the contrary. It is generally sufficient to deal with most mediums and scare off light mechs.
Archer's flaw lies in heat management. It can lay down some massive missile volleys, but not persistently.
I'll save the c bills and go with the Catapult.
1 archer 2 awesomes and 1 wolverine is my to go lance.
Nice... 😊
I'm keen for Clans. I want to hop in a Vulture or a Madcat!