The Wasp is better.......I say jokingly, not much different between the two. I just happen to prefer the Wasp. Pair it with a missile boat. On the board, break contact, and serve as a spotter and an initiative dump while keeping out of danger close positions. I appreciate these videos. Keep'm up, please!
It's seriously rare to hear anybody praising the Stinger without loading it up with advanced tech... but yeah, not much else has the same combination of speed, jumps, and an actual hand or two for utility. As good as the Locust or Jenner may be in the pure speed department, the lack of hands can be a deal-breaker in some scenarios.
The small light mechs such as the stinger and wasp are really under rated. These mechs are fun to play and are great for beginners to learn with. Why? These mechs force you to think about armor. A medium laser hit can bet catastrophic so the mech had better keep moving. Not a lot of weapons means the mech needs to think about shot placement so those side and rear arcs are important. Jump jets! Go where other mechs can’t. Leap over the heavy woods rather than run through them. Wanna watch a player melt down? Two light mechs agroing an assault and it can’t hit either of them! ( it works in tabletop as well as MWO🤣🤣) just don’t get cocky and end up in front of that AC20 at close range.
I will take the Stinger over the Wasp any day. It's a great flanker, skirmisher and backstabber. The 3P/5G with the light PPCs and the 5T with the twin MML 3's are winners.
Great video
The Wasp is better.......I say jokingly, not much different between the two. I just happen to prefer the Wasp. Pair it with a missile boat. On the board, break contact, and serve as a spotter and an initiative dump while keeping out of danger close positions.
I appreciate these videos. Keep'm up, please!
It's seriously rare to hear anybody praising the Stinger without loading it up with advanced tech... but yeah, not much else has the same combination of speed, jumps, and an actual hand or two for utility. As good as the Locust or Jenner may be in the pure speed department, the lack of hands can be a deal-breaker in some scenarios.
When advanced tech becomes available 20-ton mechs are suddenly not combat viable platforms
The other option is to drop both MG's & ammo and replace them with 2 Flamers. No risk of an ammo explosion now.
Honestly I've always loved the Stinger and Wasp personally too.
Tactics in a stinger are simple.
If you see something run.
Post 3050, if you see something eject
The Stinger makes a good, cheap spotter for indirect fire. Beyond being an initiative sink it has no tactical value on the map.
What are the rules for employing an improvised weapon? Example - a Stinger and a light pole or Warrior rotor blade?
The small light mechs such as the stinger and wasp are really under rated. These mechs are fun to play and are great for beginners to learn with. Why? These mechs force you to think about armor. A medium laser hit can bet catastrophic so the mech had better keep moving. Not a lot of weapons means the mech needs to think about shot placement so those side and rear arcs are important. Jump jets! Go where other mechs can’t. Leap over the heavy woods rather than run through them. Wanna watch a player melt down? Two light mechs agroing an assault and it can’t hit either of them! ( it works in tabletop as well as MWO🤣🤣) just don’t get cocky and end up in front of that AC20 at close range.
I've always done good with a stinger and wasp. Even a valkarie. Everytime I used a jenner I always lost the battle.
I will take the Stinger over the Wasp any day. It's a great flanker, skirmisher and backstabber. The 3P/5G with the light PPCs and the 5T with the twin MML 3's are winners.
Nice guided missile. Grab it with two Atlas swing it and by THREE the pilot fires the jump jets and the Atlas lets go...
stinger doesnt so much have tactics as survival instinct.
Really Fritz over a Jenner? Convince me please.
Not bad.