This is the ultimate Heavy mech in HBS battletech. It turns itself into a lightmech/medium mech hunter when you ditch the large laser/lrm and switch it to medium lasers and machine guns. Even Assault Mechs hate this by the number of machine guns it has, knocks the pilot out with a few well placed hits of them.
I usually just dump all my ammo once I get into short range. I love this thing. Charge in and hold down the stud to keep firing. Also it is one of the few true Zombie Mechs, as the CT mounted LLaser let's it still hit even WITHOUT SIDE TORSOS OR ARMS!
Top 5 Heavies, (note: I almost never play heavy ‘mechs, I like mediums and light ‘mechs.) 1) DRG-1G “Grand Dragon, dirches the A/C5 for a PPC, with an LRM-10 and 3 amedium lasers, it is a formidable foe with lots of armor and a 5/8 speed. 2) JM6-S JagerMech. Not the best designed ‘mech by any standards, but I love the way it looks. My JagerMechs usually die so when they do survive a battle, I get that feeling of accomplishment. 3) ON1-K Orion. Great armor and weapons. This was Aleksandr Kerenski’s ‘mech of choice and when you run it, you will see why. 4) GHR-5H Grasshopper. I love the survivability of this ‘mech. Plus it jumps so you can flank and enemy or jump behind him if he is dumbe enough to run up on you. Jump capable ‘mechs also can change their facing easily so you can turn your rear armor away from an enemy. 5) CPLT-C1 Catalult. I can sing the praises of this ‘mech loudly enough. It has great armor, 4/6/4 movement (it jumps!), 2 LRM-15’s, four medium lasers and lots of armor. You only get about 8 shots with the launchers but this is actually an advantage, you can hang out on the edge of the board and hammer the enemy with LRM fire then after you have weakened them you can wade in and finish them off with the 4 medium lasers. Now that i think about it, this ‘mech should probably be my #1 choice.
I favor droping the LRM and ammo for three flamers. One in head and one in each side torso. I affectionately refer to it as the firehopper. Removes all the ammo from the mech, further emphasizes tactic of getting in close, and deals with infantry.
Great mech. Survivability allows its shorter range weapons to be a viable threat. Like using this one and it's cousin-by-marriage the TDR-5SE Eridani Thunderbolt.
The Grasshopper is generally a good Mech (good mobility, high endurance, good short range damage output, no design flaws). The only problem is that it´s performance depends very much on the terrain. It works very well on urban, mountain and woodland maps. On open maps it suffers from it´s short range. Since the Grasshopper relies heavly on it´s mobility, falling and mobility damage is the greatest threat for this Mech.
Grasshopper, Guillotine, Gallowglas the 3 Gs of Heavy Mech pain
This is the ultimate Heavy mech in HBS battletech. It turns itself into a lightmech/medium mech hunter when you ditch the large laser/lrm and switch it to medium lasers and machine guns. Even Assault Mechs hate this by the number of machine guns it has, knocks the pilot out with a few well placed hits of them.
I usually just dump all my ammo once I get into short range. I love this thing. Charge in and hold down the stud to keep firing.
Also it is one of the few true Zombie Mechs, as the CT mounted LLaser let's it still hit even WITHOUT SIDE TORSOS OR ARMS!
Top 5 Heavies, (note: I almost never play heavy ‘mechs, I like mediums and light ‘mechs.) 1) DRG-1G “Grand Dragon, dirches the A/C5 for a PPC, with an LRM-10 and 3 amedium lasers, it is a formidable foe with lots of armor and a 5/8 speed. 2) JM6-S JagerMech. Not the best designed ‘mech by any standards, but I love the way it looks. My JagerMechs usually die so when they do survive a battle, I get that feeling of accomplishment. 3) ON1-K Orion. Great armor and weapons. This was Aleksandr Kerenski’s ‘mech of choice and when you run it, you will see why. 4) GHR-5H Grasshopper. I love the survivability of this ‘mech. Plus it jumps so you can flank and enemy or jump behind him if he is dumbe enough to run up on you. Jump capable ‘mechs also can change their facing easily so you can turn your rear armor away from an enemy. 5) CPLT-C1 Catalult. I can sing the praises of this ‘mech loudly enough. It has great armor, 4/6/4 movement (it jumps!), 2 LRM-15’s, four medium lasers and lots of armor. You only get about 8 shots with the launchers but this is actually an advantage, you can hang out on the edge of the board and hammer the enemy with LRM fire then after you have weakened them you can wade in and finish them off with the 4 medium lasers. Now that i think about it, this ‘mech should probably be my #1 choice.
Orion may be Kerensky's personal ride, but the Atlas was his personal PROJECT!
I favor droping the LRM and ammo for three flamers. One in head and one in each side torso. I affectionately refer to it as the firehopper. Removes all the ammo from the mech, further emphasizes tactic of getting in close, and deals with infantry.
The 5N Grasshopper is a significant improvement. Ditches the large laser and LRM5 for another medium laser and a PPC. Far better.
MY top five heavies are: Thunderbolt, Grasshopper, Catapult, Marauder (3D variant) and Warhammer.
Great mech. Survivability allows its shorter range weapons to be a viable threat. Like using this one and it's cousin-by-marriage the TDR-5SE Eridani Thunderbolt.
The Grasshopper is generally a good Mech (good mobility, high endurance, good short range damage output, no design flaws).
The only problem is that it´s performance depends very much on the terrain.
It works very well on urban, mountain and woodland maps. On open maps it suffers from it´s short range.
Since the Grasshopper relies heavly on it´s mobility, falling and mobility damage is the greatest threat for this Mech.
ill be that young grashopper
Great mech
Grasshopper rules
LRM's in the head?
One half of the head is lrms, the other half is cockpit, like two-face from batman