Whoops your boy did all the testing with the wrong Highlander variant. The main Highlander is a mid range skirmisher not a line breaker, play it more like a shitty executioner. This whole video is talking about the Highlander - 733c (the one with the AC/20) sorry.
bold of u to assume mechwarriors will be smart enough to NOT enter melee range with this thing and try DFA just because gauss rifles have a minimum range.... fun fact: in the lore, the highlander was designed with melee combat not even being a consideration as a viable strategy. But through testing, mechwarriors kept trying to dfa with it, so for the actual production run, they reinforced the legs and reinforced the gun-arm-barrel so melee combat could actually work. Just goes to show how brain-damaged these people can be in the name of funne.....
Yeah I was wondering why you kept mentioning it having an AC20 as if being a gauss rifle mech isnt the thing the Highlander is most known for, I think this needs a redo
The 733c is basically a slower hunchback with more armor, jump jets, and missiles that has a command mech quirk Difficult ejection quirk though, so good luck with the yeet seat when the ammo cooks off from a through-armor crit by extremely lucky small laser You might think "Wow, that's a very specific example" Yes... yes it is... *Cries in bagpipe
HOW COULD YOU FORGET THE FUNNY! In all seriousness I enjoyed this a lot because of the meaningful information outside of "the funny" and reading from Sarna that battletech discourse drowns in nowadays. Just discovered this channel, seems like very cool stuff!
In fairness to the lore, any assault mech that ain’t the Awesome, Charger, Zeus, or Longbow hits the same beats of “and slowly dwindled to near extinction during the Succession Wars”.
wake up, babe, a new Harpy video just dropped :D After watching the video: ok, u hating the highlander is actually kinda surprising to me.... but I can now see where u r coming from. overused joke? check 1-2 LRMs? check Boring-looking? check darn, I feel kinda bad u were forced to make this vid cuz polls. Oh well, still a funny vid, keep up the good work
@dmonicplays8374 I wouldn't say the poll forced me to make the video because it wasn't a member suggestion so I could have ignored it. But I definitely would have been happier if something else won lol
I ironically love the highlander (on table top) for no good reason. I'm more a fan of the Gauss or PPC versions though because the AC20 one is an Atlas with jump jets. I prefer the Highlander HGN-732b with the Gauss rifle, Artemis IV launchers, and a third M laser. You may like some of the later models such as the HGN-738 which has a heavy Gauss and ErLL. DFA has to be the worst melee option in the game though.
@@redenginner It is funny to Super Mario stomp other mechs. But the DFA is like the AC5 lore wise. In the books they Highlander can DFA anything to death just like the Shadowhawk and Marauder can blow other mechs to pieces with the AC5. In game it's a realtively difficult attack that deals 27 damage to the upper torso. 6 chances to hit the head on a D6. I don't know how I would tweak it but I don't want it to work like Mechwarrior 5 where light mechs will randomly get stuck on you model and karate kick you dead.
If you run the OG gauss, put it in charge of the cav lance. DFA is a bad joke unless you've got Pilot 3 or better, and even then, you loss a whole turn of shooting.
Whoops your boy did all the testing with the wrong Highlander variant. The main Highlander is a mid range skirmisher not a line breaker, play it more like a shitty executioner.
This whole video is talking about the Highlander - 733c (the one with the AC/20) sorry.
bold of u to assume mechwarriors will be smart enough to NOT enter melee range with this thing and try DFA just because gauss rifles have a minimum range....
fun fact: in the lore, the highlander was designed with melee combat not even being a consideration as a viable strategy. But through testing, mechwarriors kept trying to dfa with it, so for the actual production run, they reinforced the legs and reinforced the gun-arm-barrel so melee combat could actually work.
Just goes to show how brain-damaged these people can be in the name of funne.....
Yeah, I was surprised that you didn't snap to one of the Gauss ones like a loose steel bolt.
Oooooooooh
Yeah I was wondering why you kept mentioning it having an AC20 as if being a gauss rifle mech isnt the thing the Highlander is most known for, I think this needs a redo
Damn, guess you gotta redo the video.
Double-funny because there is a canon Highlander with speakers on it... it plays heavy metal
We love the Snords.
And it’s hot pink!
@@michaelkimberling7307wait os this why the default color in MW4 mercs pink
@@nitesy381 Possibly Rhonda’s mech is hot pink.
Thank you for treating this like an actual BattleMech and not a series of tired, repetitive jokes with the barest amount of analysis.
The 733c is basically a slower hunchback with more armor, jump jets, and missiles that has a command mech quirk
Difficult ejection quirk though, so good luck with the yeet seat when the ammo cooks off from a through-armor crit by extremely lucky small laser
You might think "Wow, that's a very specific example"
Yes... yes it is...
*Cries in bagpipe
there are through armour crits in the CBT table top?
Who knew Harpy was so powerful!? He destroyed Scotland, he is now the HIGHLANDER!
I'll fucking do it again
@@Harpy_Explains*there can be only one.*
The Highlander meme. There can only be one. Until we finally get back around to rebuilding the factories.
HOW COULD YOU FORGET THE FUNNY! In all seriousness I enjoyed this a lot because of the meaningful information outside of "the funny" and reading from Sarna that battletech discourse drowns in nowadays. Just discovered this channel, seems like very cool stuff!
In fairness to the lore, any assault mech that ain’t the Awesome, Charger, Zeus, or Longbow hits the same beats of “and slowly dwindled to near extinction during the Succession Wars”.
Submitted for your consideration: the Purple Eagle's favorite Assault Mech, the Stalker.
wake up, babe, a new Harpy video just dropped :D
After watching the video: ok, u hating the highlander is actually kinda surprising to me.... but I can now see where u r coming from.
overused joke? check
1-2 LRMs? check
Boring-looking? check
darn, I feel kinda bad u were forced to make this vid cuz polls. Oh well, still a funny vid, keep up the good work
@dmonicplays8374 I wouldn't say the poll forced me to make the video because it wasn't a member suggestion so I could have ignored it. But I definitely would have been happier if something else won lol
I generally prefer the Victor as my Jumpy AC20 Assault.
Victor is just a fat Hunchback. (It has a big gun. Big gun go boom.)
But legit Victor is good.
Awesome editing as always!
Never imagined hearing saminela in a battletech vic
I feel like I've put weirder things in videos before
I ironically love the highlander (on table top) for no good reason. I'm more a fan of the Gauss or PPC versions though because the AC20 one is an Atlas with jump jets. I prefer the Highlander HGN-732b with the Gauss rifle, Artemis IV launchers, and a third M laser. You may like some of the later models such as the HGN-738 which has a heavy Gauss and ErLL.
DFA has to be the worst melee option in the game though.
That still goes to punching tbh, at least DFA is funny.
@@redenginner It is funny to Super Mario stomp other mechs.
But the DFA is like the AC5 lore wise. In the books they Highlander can DFA anything to death just like the Shadowhawk and Marauder can blow other mechs to pieces with the AC5.
In game it's a realtively difficult attack that deals 27 damage to the upper torso. 6 chances to hit the head on a D6. I don't know how I would tweak it but I don't want it to work like Mechwarrior 5 where light mechs will randomly get stuck on you model and karate kick you dead.
man I'm so glad I subbed to this channel
REMEMBER THE BLACKWATCH!
We're really entering the golden age of battletech niche battletech content
**SCOTLAND FOREVER!** Plays bagpipes
Shush
@@Harpy_ExplainsBill Millin salutes from beyond the grave
And when in doubt, HIGHLANDER BURIAL!
Knew it, Bagpipes joke. But no really, SI really burned the joke to ground. Its an alright mech I guess.
Yeah I think the shitty bagpipe jokes really made people think its better then it is.
Bold of you to assume the Scots would let you just rip them off the map without at least stabbing you in the hand for it.
If you run the OG gauss, put it in charge of the cav lance. DFA is a bad joke unless you've got Pilot 3 or better, and even then, you loss a whole turn of shooting.
I expected you to cover one of the Gauss versions.
Do the wolverine next. Might as well.
tbh i'd rather take bagpipe highlander scotland scotland jokes over meanwhile in the periphery ""memes""
you forgot that removing Scotland just removes the original...
**Highland is still in the innersphere... good luck removing it**
What is the exit so g again ? sss
Someone geting allergic reactions to others enjoying memes sss ? XD
never thought i see you here.
@ There can only sss be one highlander ?
not me for sure sss
i sit in a modified trashcan with arrow IV missiles looking at grid coordinates sss
Wait did you say ac 20??????????????
Home lander