BATTLETECH: The Anzu

[@WolfHreda]

PPC capacitors are one of my favorite bits of advanced tech. "So, it weighs the same as a heatsink." "Okay." "And kinda does the exact opposite." "Why the hell would I want that?" "It makes a Light PPC into a regular PPC for the weight of a Clan ER Large Laser." "I'll take two."

[@arisakathedappergoose4796]

the addition of lore with the mech profiles makes these vids superior

[@BigRed40TECH]

I dunno if you can expect it for mechs which have more art assets, or where I can use video game footage, but for Black and White mechs, it'll likely be the norm.

[@thevoidlookspretty7079]

Battletech Lore Channels: teaching you the history of the Inner Sphere one mech at a time. Except Van der Planck.

[@BigRed40TECH]

He does some pretty great stuff. Perhaps there is a really cool video coming in the not-to-distant future from him as well O.O

[@TheDarkkilla12]

Warhammer: Hey, don’t you look an awful lot like me? Anzu: *N-no….*

[@BigRed40TECH]

Thunderbolt developer built the Anzu :)

[@observationsfromthebunker9639]

Actually it looks like a T-bolt went on a diet.

[@mattcarper9853]

Oh hell! I have this mini. It was a pain in the ass. I made it part of my Eridani Light Horse army.

[@cobalt968]

A curious mech with a very generalist weapon configuration, along with some very familiar-looking aesthetics. It’s either supposed to be a slower and heavier Shadow Hawk, or a slower and lighter Marik version of the Clan-based Summoner/Thor. Its primary production variant even echoes that of the Summoner/Thor Prime, with a PPC/autocannon punch backed up by an LRM rack.

[@BigRed40TECH]

It's definitely both :D

[@dhoffnun]

It also reminds me of the Warhammer, but maybe it's smaller hot-headed cousin.

[@dubuyajay9964]

What about the T-Bolt, Warhammer, or Hunchback?

[@schaddenkorp6977]

@@BigRed40TECH I see some Huntsman in it too.

[@observationsfromthebunker9639]

I have an ongoing interest in the Dark age period from my Clickwarrior days. knowing this is a Marik Dark Age design gives me some more impetus to play some scenarios from the period. Most of the novels followed the action in the "south" of the Republic, it might be nice to tell the story of a campaign or two in the neglected north, or the final Balkanization (to date) of the FWL. As for the mech itself, it's a great call-out to the OG design days. Firepower is balanced like a nutritious breakfast, armor is good for its weight class, and it can jump, all bases covered. Yeah, I'd like to run one sometime.

[@MajorTymojo]

The real secret of the Anzu? While it was named the director general sneezed, and his underlings were too polite to ask if that's what he meant. On a more serious note, a very neat machine. It reminds me of a thunderbolt SE that is a little lighter and relies on an autocannon rather than a LL or full sized PPC to punch through. Its just a good workhorse for its time that doesn't break the bank to include clan tech.

[@BigRed40TECH]

No, it wasn't named after a sneeze :| lol

[@jdmmike7225]

Achew LMFAO good one

[@androssthered1157]

Confirmed by Purple Chicken lover, King Purple Turkey sneezed and a new mech was born.

[@chaosknight9131]

The Most Battlemechy battlemech in the Dark Age, a true Jack of All Trades if there ever was one

[@BigRed40TECH]

Yep, but unlike the Shadowhawk, it commits to its role as a fighter, rather than fake-recon, so it can actually achieve some of those jack of all trades things. :)

[@terrinils3165]

Beautiful 'Mech. Loving the Dark Age coverage. You might be the only KZbinr covering this era at the moment. Can't wait for the Anubis. I would love to hear your take on it. I'm using it and the Dola in my Shrapnel submission.

[@BigRed40TECH]

Sadly, I messed up with the Anubis. It's not from the right era, which is why the Lu Wei Bing is being covered instead.

[@terrinils3165]

@@BigRed40TECH Awww. No worries. You'll get to it eventually.

[@BigRed40TECH]

3060 IIRC?

[@terrinils3165]

@@BigRed40TECH Yep. FedCom War, my favorite era. Well, 3057-3067 to be honest.

[@gary9346]

DARK AGE WOOOOOO

[@jollyjohnthepirate3168]

Love Earthworks. Wasp, Griffin, T Bolt, Archer now the Anzu.

[@MrDarthtelos]

Great looking mech. My favorite part is the destructible cockpit. KING CRAB GANG!

[@negawan]

This mech and the Juliano are among my fave mechs developed by the FWL. I was more of a fan of Marik-Stewart Commonwealth and the Regulan Fiefs than the Oriente faction.

[@BigRed40TECH]

LOVE the Juliano as well. I'm all in on the Marik-Stewart Commonwealth, and real House Marik. They were my faction of choice for Dark Age before the Lyrans and Wolves annihilated them. Down with the Halas's! Long live House Marik! :P

[@MrGrimsmith]

I was trying to remember what this mech reminded me of. Several were sort of there but the cockpit shape clinched it - it's a juvenile Orion :) Looks to be a solid all rounder though, enough higher tech to make it competitive without going to far and making it difficult and/or expensive to maintain.

[@louiskemner3216]

The Anzu feels like the middle child of the Centurion and Summoner/Thor

[@BigRed40TECH]

I think it's more the middle child of the Centurion and the Thunderbolt (Earthworks made the Thunderbolt, which is what the Summoner is inspired by)

[@vladforgot]

How amazing is to listen to something new, those 3025 grandpas refrigerator wars are annoying as hell after all this years. DA/IlClan content is amazing, hope to see more of it

[@krissteel4074]

Been a new subscriber for a few weeks and BT has been some part of my life since the early 90's. Just putting in some support that you're doing a great job

[@BigRed40TECH]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@jdmmike7225]

Ohhh hell yeah, Red is the best at giving us information in a way that everyone can understand it from noob to seasoned veteran.

[@codieandrews4359]

I love the new look to the videos, good job👍

[@jdmmike7225]

Bear great job with this one. I'm loving the new text slides for the movement, weapons etc etc. Definitely a great choice. Keep up the good work bro 👍

[@BigRed40TECH]

I needed something for the black and white images. lol

[@jdmmike7225]

​@@BigRed40TECH Definitely a sweet addition. I think you should consider using it from now on. Great job bro 👌

[@BigRed40TECH]

It will be used for Black and White videos, dunno about ones with game footage or anything else.

[@depth386]

I never heard of this mech before seeing this video and I’ve played MW 1 to 4 + Battletech + lurked on sarna so… yeah wow. Thank you for covering this mech!

[@BigRed40TECH]

Dark Age baby! lol

[@haraldd4838]

Thanks! As always a like, and great idea to add text. Was so used to rewind, as needed.

[@naomy1701]

realy like the way u add lore to the pure technical data, it makes the maschines come to life and helps me to picture them in use * ^^ * very cool! also like it alot if u tell us about different variants, atleast those that are vastly diff from the original version ^^ keep up the good work o7

[@Skringly]

Honestly one of my favourite parts of your vids is getting to relive a bunch of nostalgia driven fondness for the various MechWarrior games through their amazing soundtracks you include.

[@treize6832]

"I like the Thor. Make me a Thor." "Sir, the Thor is outclassed. We can do better." "Fine, make me a BETTER Thor." "...Yes sir..."

[@TroySeward]

Another great battlemech video.

[@BigRed40TECH]

Thank you! I really think this one worked. :)

[@enderz7593]

I’m not to familiar with the Dark Age era, but it’s looks alone make me want to try it out!

[@BigRed40TECH]

Some of the Dark Age and Ilclan mechs are just fantastic.

[@TehSquare]

I’m partial to the ZU-J70 myself, since you can unjam RACs unlike UACs but with semiguided LRMs more TAGs like the J60 is handy. Either way the Dark Age/ilClan FWL’s designs aren’t as hodgepodge and weird as a lot of our TR0 3055/3058 stuff.

[@BigRed40TECH]

I love their late generation designs. I think both are great, and I think them working together is the real "Anzu", as Mechs are more than just 1 machine, they're apart of a greater whole. :)

[@DrLarks]

Loved the video! The new FWL mechs have been super interesting to me. On a side note, what music did you use? It's groovy as heck.

[@fedupN]

Y'know, I've never been a fan of Marik or the Free Worlds League. But I gotta admit, you have exposed me to and talked up some of their mechs that I've definitely been taking a shine to them and their workhorse/brick mechs. I do enjoy a good workhorse/brick mech. It's a Summoner-Lite! That's why I like the look. EDIT EDIT: I like it alot. Reminds of a Zeus-works GREAT in numbers. But I cant shake the feeling that the Anzu would be GREAT in an earlier era but might be slightly outclassed post 3060. Dont get me wrong! That is still an AC/10 and a PPC (well...kinda) for some punch and a little support with the LRM 10. But the single med laser and tag make me kinda wonder. Feels like maybe ditch those for a bit more armor. Given its low speed and generalist nature (I.E. gonna have to fight in the lines) feels like it needs some more thickness. Still, not shabby! Thanks for sharing!

[@kythebengzon8023]

I have a mixed feeling about this design. Is it purple bird or nestling bird? I mean it was made during the split or is it a purple bird nestling monstrosity like that one family guy skit about Kermit and miss piggy's child?

[@Bluehairedgirl89]

I’m not going to have as much to say here sadly because we’re starting to drift into this inner sphere advanced tech stuff that I’m not all that used to. That being said I have some experience with the Anzu, my families mercenary unit served alongside a few of them when we were playing musical factions during the Civil War. Overall they are good machines and impressive. They arnt like a lot of modern battlemechs where they try to be either super good at one thing or they are so full of tech they trying to be good at everything. They are a solid trooper mech that was designed to be relatively affordable, by great house standards, and could be built in mass. They arnt the greatest one on one fighters but they work well together and more than good enough. Which is exactly what the FWL needed during the civil wars and invasions of the time period. Also the design is slick and I appreciate anything that can equip the life support systems of the Shadow Hawk, that is a life saver on long missions or on marginal worlds out in the Periphery. Part of the reason why I like it is that I see a lot of the Thunderbolt in it, and that’s a mech I truly love.

[@Bluehairedgirl89]

(Thank you very much for the video. Nice to see some of that purple bird patriotism going.)

[@tuckerodonnell9269]

I love it

[@steveharrison76]

I like this guy a lot. Great armaments, jump jets… my kind of mech. TAG is a plus, too. I don’t know that it needs the PPC, personally. I’d likely remove that and add armour and heat sinks. The missiles and UAC are enough for me. That, or focus the weight on the energy loadout. I like it, but I think it tries to cover all the bases thinly rather than focussing on one or two strengths (having it as an energy/SRM brawler using the TAG to enhance its lancemate’s firepower spring to mind, as does using it as a heavy-duty shadowhawk and ripping an enemy’s armour off with volleys of autocannon fire and missile bombardment). But despite my misgivings about unfocussed ‘mechs, I do still like this one. Lots of potential, and on a good-looking frame, to boot.

[@BigRed40TECH]

It's a great machine imo. I do think the PPC is the weakest link as well, I think it should be flipped out for another medium laser, and then put the rest of into armour and heat sinks, but even with that said it's still very solid. :)

[@steveharrison76]

@@BigRed40TECH that’s what I’d do, too.

[@donaldcampbell3043]

Sounds interesting I'd never heard of the Anzu before this video

[@BigRed40TECH]

3145 mech, from the House Marik TRO :)

[@donaldcampbell3043]

@@BigRed40TECH cheers, I might start picking up some TRO's again always good reading, sadly I have no players around me anymore so I'm really out of touch with anything post jihad/dark age... didn't really like the Dark Age books, the only one I liked and still have is Blood Avitar... and we all know how much mech action is in that book lol...

[@kazekamiha]

It looks like a Warhammer, really. Not a bad mech to copy, at the end of the day. Also, I see you're adding stats on screen; Nice!

[@BoisegangGaming]

I'm surprised there's no variant that just replaces everything with varying sizes of Thunderbolt Missiles. Thunderbolt: sure a big missile is impractical but it makes a big boom

[@BigRed40TECH]

AMS hurts Thunderbolts hard.

[@logion567]

@@BigRed40TECH yeah but there's usually something the other side is using that dosen't have AMS. Shoot that one

[@jamesricker3997]

Nobody wants to get hit by a Thunderbolt- 20

[@BoisegangGaming]

@@BigRed40TECH thats true, unfortunately. Thunderbolts had like a teeny tiny window where they were viable, and even in something like Battletech Advanced 3062, they're more situational than almost any other weapon type. But they sure are fun.

[@Alex-pj8nz]

A free world league mech, no wonder almost nobody heard of this mech.

[@BigRed40TECH]

You're cruelty is immense good sir. :(

[@observationsfromthebunker9639]

FWL is the motherless child of the Battletech 'verse. All the writers get told to pimp the Clans, Feddies, Fists, and Cappies. American short attention span theater doesn't go for untying the knots of Marik infighting and FWL regional politics by other means.

[@stefanhoppe9280]

I‘m sure the four FWL fans know it well enuff.

[@JosephMitchell-zw3db]

Thanks

[@HalcyonDaze149]

A mini more cool IS Summoner?! why have i not heard of this before?!

[@BigRed40TECH]

It's a Dark Age mech, a lot of folks ignore the Dark Age. I dislike the Blakist era, but I don't mind the latter Dark Age. :)

[@level98bearhuntingarmor]

While I've yet to fully get into post Clan Invasion Battletech, this mech looks nice, wish it had a Large Laser and LBX AC-10 for a more FWL theme though

[@BigRed40TECH]

ER Large Laser's leave a lot to be desired, and the UAC10's pretty nice. The variant with the RAC5 is ruthless though.

[@erikbjelke4411]

When I first saw the pic, I thought "Oh, it's a Warhammer gone wrong." Then watched the video, and thought "Okay, yeah. It's 'we have Warhammer at home.'" Still, sounds pretty solid if used in a force that compliments it.

[@lexington476]

What book is this one from?

[@BigRed40TECH]

House Marik: TRO 3145

[@Robocorps2]

Let’s see your take on the Hunchback C!

[@BigRed40TECH]

Clan Hunchback? That's 3058. It's gonna be a while :(

[@Robocorps2]

3065 but yes that one. It’s that the Hunchback should be imho. 6-9 with the heat dissipation to use that big gun and the secondary medium pulses

[@Chris_Sizemore]

The Anzu is a very solid soldier mech. Make the most of the engine's built in heat sinks. I'm a little disappointed by the use of a Light PPC and a PPC capacitor to boost it. That is a 5 point heat burden to make your light PPC function like a regular PPC. The only bright spot about the capacitor in this case it you can stop using the capacitor once your opponent gets into range for the ER medium laser to take its place. If I could design a variant for the 3098 Anzu I'd rip out the UAC/10 and its 3 tons of ammo, the Light PPC and its Capacitor and the ER M laser. In their place put in a RAC/5, 4 tons of ammo and an old fashioned PPC. This means the pilot needs to think about how much ammo to spend on each shot, but I think this design is slightly more dangerous at range and just as lethal at shorter ranges. The RAC5 with 4 tons is about as ammo efficient as the UAC/10 with 3 tons and heat is easier to control. Alternatively, you could give the RAC/5 only 3 tons of ammo and keep the ER medium laser, if you like having a heat problem. This make the variant less ammo dependent, but the added heat and cut down potential for the RAC/5 make this less ideal in my mind.

[@BigRed40TECH]

The alternative design has an RAC5 :P

[@Chris_Sizemore]

@@BigRed40TECH The J70 feels more like a close range brawler variant. The MML and SPPC kind of cement that idea. Mine was more of an attempt to make the long range fire more stable without sacrificing too much functionality, and switching the UAC/10 to a RAC/5 was a very easy change. The RAC/5 is the most efficient AC in battletech right now, which means its so tempting to abuse it when you have an opportunity.

[@andersalbertsson215]

“We have Summoner at home”

[@krieg4017]

Good.

[@drmario1218]

What's that background music? Getting some heavy retro C&C vibes

[@Charon-5582]

The J70 is a brutal brawler, a ppc with no minimum penalty, an ac5 that fires 6 rounds per turn, an srm-7 And a couple lasers. A little too many rolls on the cluster table though...

[@BigRed40TECH]

Cluster Table is your friend! :P

[@Charon-5582]

@@BigRed40TECH I greatly dislike firing 6 missiles and only having 2 hit... its why I love streaks on the table top. Artemis IV is great for LRM'S too.

[@RyeFields]

Marik needs a nice mech to mop up their house, plenty of sparsely defended wolf territories

[@BigRed40TECH]

Yea, sadly, Captain-General Nikol Halas-Hughes saw to it that the League didn't do that. Leadership folks. It'd be nice if the House had it :(

[@tuckerodonnell9269]

curious question will you ever cover the hammer and anvil

[@BigRed40TECH]

3055.

[@BC-vg3zf]

It nearly has a omnimech look about it, especially in the arms

[@g3heathen209]

Resembles a thor or a thunderbolt.

[@Original-Yellow]

Thorbolt thunderboar

[@ogrehaslayers605]

It looks like a sexier Warhammer... Does it do cross fit?

[@reighniz4488]

A good, solid mech to be sure, but I cannot help but to think there is some room for improvement. Personally I would swap out the PPC for an ER Large Laser and use the difference in tonnage to add armor. If a mech is a bit slower then its armor should be used to compensate for it.

[@BigRed40TECH]

ER Large Laser? Gross :\ I'd take out the PPC and put in a 2nd ER Medium and an extra heatsink + 2 tons of armour myself.

[@reighniz4488]

@@BigRed40TECH Ooh! I like that.

[@kyanderson2461]

It reminds me of a hellbringer or loki mech .

[@BigRed40TECH]

But with armour. lol

[@cliftonsills6939]

New to Battletech. The Anzu looks and sounds a lot like the Thor. Is there a difference?

[@BigRed40TECH]

It's 10 tons lighter, and it's more related to the Thunderbolt than the Thor.

[@julienseitz1350]

Wasn't impressed by the Lu Wei Bing. The Anzu on the other hand is an incredible trooper. An equivalent of the OG Vindicator, beefed up to 31st century standards. I'm impressed.

[@andorfedra]

I'm waiting for the Bushwacker! Please do the Bushwacker!

[@BigRed40TECH]

That's gonna be a while, sorry Andor :(

[@treevenewson]

ZU-G60 Anzu is good 60 ton Trooper 'Mech, I like it's speed/maneuverability/armament. I'm not a fan of the XL engine as always, but it is also not a brawler/close quarters 'Mech. I think the it is lack of Hand Actuators that limits it true value as a trooper 'Mech or a capable raider.

[@kylefranklin9328]

what's the name of the music. i swear I've heard it before but i cant place my finger on it. Edit: its from mw2 ghost bears legacy.

[@briandavion]

the most confusing thing about this mech is it's made at the same factory that produces the TDR-11SE. seems like a lot of overlap between the designs

[@Demolitiondude]

Wait. The free worlds league fell? The maps show that it's fine.

[@BigRed40TECH]

It fell during the Blakist era, reformed during the Dark Age.

[@DIEGhostfish]

...I got bettah!

[@Demolitiondude]

Ah. I got in during dark age and is republic of the Sphere.

[@cobalt968]

From a certain point of view, it wasn’t destroyed. It just dissolved into its constituent member states for a few decades.

[@BigRed40TECH]

They broke apart, but everyone was declaring themselves Captain-General.

[@johnfisher9692]

Have to admit I'm a student of Military history and as much as I like the original game I always found it weird (to say the least) that a mech built hundreds of years ago is in anyway competitive with new Mechs. It's like technical advances came to a screaming halt for several centuries. Could the original sail powered USS Constitution stand any chance against the Iowa class USS New Jersey in the open ocean? Or even a WW2 Destroyer?

[@BigRed40TECH]

I don't mind the mechs being that way, it's just apart of the setting. I think its just neat. lol

[@observationsfromthebunker9639]

Military development does tend to suffer when the galactic economy stagnates and goes into extreme decentralization after entire worlds get nuked into uselessness. Imagine trying to run Iowa with only domestic US oil production, which also has to fuel all of the USA while avoiding the radioactive holes in the ground that used to be Austin, Houston, and Muskogee. Old Ironsides is wind-powered, very sustainable! Just swap all the muzzle-loaders for a Tomahawk launcher and a CIWS unit or two, and the old lady is ready to go. Hmmm, maybe the better historical model is the Late Roman cataphract/clibanarius versus the Norman miles. Six hundred years' difference, but they're almost the same in technology and battlefield use.

[@johnfisher9692]

@@observationsfromthebunker9639 You're getting the scale all wrong. There are thousands of worlds in the Inner Sphere and not all could be 'nuked'. I doubt Lutien or New Avalon was, or had there schools smashed. In your example it would be more like the US losing its war making and research capability if a few small towns were wrecked. And let's not forget the Golden Age of the Star League where Tech (apart from military) expanded massively. Look at out technological advances in just the last century. Technology 'breeds' more technology. Not saying I done like the game but it's this stagnation which strikes me as wrong.A Tudor era ship would stand no chance against HMS Victory.

[@observationsfromthebunker9639]

@@johnfisher9692 I get your frustration, since the situation seems so abnormal to us. But that's the sorry state of affairs in 3025. The abnormal has become normal, with spacefaring humanity clinging to interstellar communication & travel by their fingers. Sophisticated trade and manufacturing networks are fragile especially when they cross lines of continuous conflict. That's what was needed to make those innovations a reality and just not ideas on a computer disk. The Ares Convention exists and that's a fact in 3025. Of course, you can always ask your local Comstar Precentor what happened to the means of innovation for over three centuries.

[@Validechos]

Anzu makes me think its a IS version of the clans Thor/Summoner

[@GDLRenoBlade]

It seems to be a smaller copy of the clan Thor/Summoner. Similar to the Sunder, but 30t lighter.

[@BigRed40TECH]

It's made by the same company that invented the Thunderbolt. It's more like a small Thunderbolt. :)

[@dantauche7917]

I look forward to the day ilClan Wolf subsumes all of house Marik and adds the entirety of its worlds and holdings to the Wolf Empire.

[@morganmcconal4785]

Backwards

[@tripwire31]

Clint IIC (aka a good glow up for an ok mech) vid when?

[@BigRed40TECH]

That's a loooong way away.

[@tripwire31]

@@BigRed40TECH Hey, at least it's coming. And just to clear things up, you're doing Ilclan era mechs now?

[@BigRed40TECH]

@@tripwire31 These were voted on by members. I cover a couple inbetween earlier TRO's. After the voted for set is done, I'm covering Dropships, then infantry, then Elementals, then TRO:3050's Clan Mechs.

[@robrib2682]

0:48 you mispronounced Halas 1:29 beginning to believe that we may actually disagree on something here Edit: although if I may just say this the reason why I jokingly support Mr Halas is that one of the first audio books for the setting that I heard was ideal war and his story to my knowledge is one of the most inner sphere things that I have come to know about the setting. There is comstar interference, a body double, and depending on how you look at it is also responsible for untold devastation (the blakies). The only real difference here is that the "clone" actually managed to stay in power for a while unlike most of the other plots involving such characters

[@krashkow]

Psssshaw, Halas-Marik all the way. They've actually shown competence!

[@BigRed40TECH]

Have you read Hunting Season, Redemption Rites, or Empire Alone? These prove that is not the case. lol

[@krashkow]

@@BigRed40TECH We're talking about the FWL here, so you gotta grade on a curve.

[@BigRed40TECH]

While that is true, I think Nikol's gotta be the worst House Lord I've read in a long time. Incompetence is her watchword, her second is Irresponsibility.

[@michaelpfister1283]

I don't know. It just seems like a redesigned Thunderbolt to me. 😕 Looks great, though.

[@BigRed40TECH]

Made by the same company lol

[@gregdomenico1891]

I hope Earthworks learned their lesson from the T-Bolt, and didn't put the LRM Ammo in the CT on this thing. Even with CASE 2, CT ammo is a really bad idea.

[@BigRed40TECH]

No ammo in the CT. It's all behind a CASE II. :)

[@lukedudley5030]

Too late for me :-) seems like a pretty decent mech to be fair....great review though of a mech I've not seen as clan invasion is the latest we play :-)

[@BigRed40TECH]

You're gonna see another half dozen mechs from this era based on people's votes over the next week or two. :)

[@charlesballiet7074]

looks a lot like the loki mech

[@BigRed40TECH]

It's built by the same people who built the Thunderbolt...

[@VectorGhost]

It looks like a huntsman

[@Goldhawk7]

Well, Hello Grandson Summoner.

[@BigRed40TECH]

It's more related to the Thunderbolt, which is another mech Earthwerks makes.

[@Goldhawk7]

@@BigRed40TECH Well, the T-bolt was the originator? T-bolt is grandfather, Summoner was Father, the Bless you is Grandson?

[@invictusanimi]

Wow. This thing is scary. I am waving my purple bird flag with pride.

[@BigRed40TECH]

Glory to Marik!

[@mattikuokkanen]

Marik has a literal Hammer too. Light 'Mech with medium lasers and 2 LRM 5. Supposedly paired up with Anvil. Meh, I'd rather have Trebuchet instead.

[@BigRed40TECH]

The Hammer's pretty awful, and has been forgotten by history for a reason. Anvil's not good either. lol

[@sim.frischh9781]

The Anzu is with its central cockpit is pretty much what i wish the Thunderbolt and Summoner would look like. I hate when the cockpit is not centered, it makes the control of a supposedly so powerful, difficult to control unit like a battlemech even more difficult. Which is BAD DESIGN, it only confuses the pilot, taking away from the idea of the mech imitating the human body.

[@BigRed40TECH]

I absolutely love the Anzu. :)

[@sim.frischh9781]

@@BigRed40TECH I noticed XD

[@andrewboyer7544]

One of my favorite things about the tbolt and summoner is the asymmetrical cockpit. I've never had any issues piloting them as a result. You drive a car from one side right?

[@sim.frischh9781]

@@andrewboyer7544 Motorbike driver here... And i already made that point: the mech is much more complex than a car. The entire point of making the mech humanoid in the first place is to imitate the human form. Don´t know about you, but MY head is centered.

[@andrewboyer7544]

@@sim.frischh9781 the main point of the mechs isn't being humanoid its locomotion. The stalker is hardly human. There are quadruped mechs too. Not sure where you get the human thing from. Doesn't matter if you drive a bike, most people don't. Hell, bikes with side cars are not centered. Most people don't drive from the center cause it's not hard. You're just making stuff up because you don't like the way it looks. It's not any more difficult to pilot and it isn't a bad design choice. You just don't like it, which is fine. No reason to try and elevate it beyond that. You don't even pilot a mech with a vr suit or something, you drive them like a vehicle so it's far more like a tank or a car than moving your own body.

[@allanhanson6616]

I saw the Name... After studying Sumerian mythology... I was like.. Ohh?

[@BigRed40TECH]

Yea, it's pretty awesome for the naeme, and the Mech's great too.

[@LuoSon312_G8]

It's not a Warhammer... not a Summoner... not a rebuild of the prototype Battleaxe... wait...

[@philjackson1294]

Amazing what 5 more tons can do to a Phoenix hawk...

[@BigRed40TECH]

It's 15 tons heavier than a Phoenix Hawk :P

[@philjackson1294]

Phawk 55 tons ? Anzo 60 my math must be real bad.

[@BigRed40TECH]

@@philjackson1294 Phoenix Hawk is 45 tons...

[@philjackson1294]

Gah , my poor old brain .. I meant shadow hawk , not the Phoenix hawk. Phoenix hawk is a beautiful machine. The shadow not so much. Thanks .

[@xgarcia1014]

Looks like and off brand Thor (Summoner)

[@BigRed40TECH]

I think people have forgotten what the Thor was based on. lol

[@RogueSabre]

Did not care for the music level unfortunately

[@BigRed40TECH]

But did you care for the Anzu? :P

[@Abb0able]

Anzu never existed because the Dark Age never happened, the DARK AGE NEVER HAPPENED! At least in my headcannon.

[@BigRed40TECH]

You're missing out :)

[@Abb0able]

@@BigRed40TECH I doubt it, im a mechwarrior4 player and i got into the lore, After reading the first few DA novels it almost made my almost complete second hand cbt novel collection worthless to me because it culminated in DA :) You could compare it to the final season of GoT making rewatching the series painful for some of the hardcore fans because it started out so promising :) _edit but they might have saved the lore later on in DA or Iclan era.

[@hermes7587]

Another kitchen-sink mech design from the "modern" battle tech era. To me BattleTech ends with the TRO 3067. Everything beyond that date just isn´t fun to play any longer.

[@BigRed40TECH]

That's a shame, honestly I think 3067 is some of the weakest stuff from BT in terms of designs, the Fedcom civil war never really did much for me narratively, or gameplay wise. I actually prefer the latter-Dark Age era, to the FCCW. :\