I've never seen a battlemech so radically differ variant to variant then the Crusader.
@MrDmitriRavenoff5 жыл бұрын
Likes: Looks cool, and has a payload almost as powerful as a Stalker. Dislikes: What are heat sinks?! Who needs more than 8 rounds of combat? Punch mech with LRM's as main weapon. Leg missiles.
@liljenborg25175 жыл бұрын
One of those original Battletech mechs whose artwork over the years has suffered to try and get around Harmony Gold's lawsuits.
@GrimDarkNarrator5 жыл бұрын
Sad days.
@tullyDT5 жыл бұрын
The new design they made for the recent kick starter campaign is really good it's very true to the original unseen version ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/025/899/031/f30999696bcabc4c1dd5df5ce843384d_original.jpg?ixlib=rb-2.1.0&w=680&fit=max&v=1563897537&auto=format&gif-q=50&q=92&s=ddf20e1cde1fee374288215771ac85e8
@rjlarose52715 жыл бұрын
@@tullyDT that's a thing of beauty.
@tullyDT5 жыл бұрын
@@rjlarose5271 I'm not a clan player so I wasnt really interested in the kickstarter. But when they announced that crusader redesign would be one of the mechs you could get as an add on it was enough to convince me to sign up.
@salahal-din75645 жыл бұрын
Nice lore. Its been some years when I knew Battletech Universe, and in the Death Gray saga I've imaginated the Crusader killing Carlyle's dad with a punch. What a story. Since then I fear Crusaders, haha! If only PGI could put that mech online with those launchers in the legs... Thanks
@GrimDarkNarrator5 жыл бұрын
Too bad its not around in Mech Warrior Online.
@g3heathen2092 жыл бұрын
Guess what mwo just announced.
@austinzion49032 жыл бұрын
Well this is going to be an interesting video because this might be part of the DLC for mech warrior 5 a part of the new roster.
@chagear2 жыл бұрын
The Phoenix Hawk in Chobham armor is nice. GJ
@Kvasiraz Жыл бұрын
This mech in its standard configuration quickly became my merc command mech. Its only weakness is being unsustainable in long term or solo combat. On the front lines alongside friendlies, however, it can excel at all ranges for quite a while and at short range indefinitely.
@steveblackwell54945 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to say I enjoyed your lore on BattleTech I've enjoyed all your lower on it since you started doing this part as well as your Warhammer 40K and Warhammer I will say though I truly enjoyed your narration of the books of the the grey skulls all three books actually reading excellent Voice's I enjoyed it tremendously thank you very much and keep up all the work you do even with the narration of the different books I do enjoy listening to your audio books thank you and have a good night.
@GrimDarkNarrator5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the praise :)
@mr6johnclark2 жыл бұрын
anyone find it weird this popped up on your youtube recomends after it was crusader was announced for MWO.
@GrimDarkNarrator2 жыл бұрын
KZbin operating as usual, lol.
@mr6johnclark2 жыл бұрын
@@GrimDarkNarrator I know right?!
@traviscochran62805 жыл бұрын
All that ammo hanging out unprotected in the torso. So much like the trebuchet, it often has ammo explosions. It is a top notch beat stick though.
@xXSpaceMexicanXx2 жыл бұрын
This mech will be dropping soon on MWO, can't wait to try it out 🤘
@lexington4765 жыл бұрын
I always loved the Crusader in 3025. It's got weapons for all ranges, it can do fire support, and it can close. One thing that always frustrated me, for some reason the Crusader always seem to fall apart real quick on me. Once it started taking damage, it was basically over and I don't know why because the Crusader has good armor.
@zorhamorningstar38625 жыл бұрын
Its a very ammo dependent mech design, prone to overheating, lacking CASE. One or two engine hits and I can see why. Definitely benefited from all the refits.
@GrimDarkNarrator5 жыл бұрын
That is indeed a good question. I figured, if anything, it should hold out much longer especially GIVEN that armor.
@roberthill55495 жыл бұрын
The Crusader gets targeted precisely _because_ of that ammo. It's best to keep it out of the line of sight until the LRMs are dry. Once the popcorn makers are out of ammo, bring it in to brawl with the SRMs and mediums. It's just too tempting for the enemy to ignore trying for an ammo explosion when the battle is young to even allow them to see it.
@lexington4765 жыл бұрын
@@roberthill5549 true, I never thought about that without CASE to protect the ammunition in 3025.... boom.
@janrautenstrauch47293 жыл бұрын
Crusader: when firing from the hip gets an entirely new meaning. Still i like the crusader much more than many other 60-tons-units.... yeah, even more than the catapult.
@randomnetsurfer3 жыл бұрын
It's one of the Unseen mechs, I know, but the idea of including both long-range and short-range missiles on a single mech makes it a radically different mech than say, the Archer or the Catapult. I like it! Yes, under the original BT rules, the heat sinks aren't enough, but that was a 'normal' occurrence (look at the Stalker). If I could have a lance of Thunderbolts and Crusaders, I'd be a happy commander. Yes, yes, you could beat that with but I don't care. I'd still be happy. :)
@timshen65163 жыл бұрын
Replace a thunderbolt with a grasshopper and you got a good lance.
@ericwollaston5654 Жыл бұрын
Two of my favorite early Battlemechs.
@OmegaUberDeathbot2 жыл бұрын
9:32 “That’s mega man.”
@Pizzoots2 жыл бұрын
Crusader coming to Mechwarrior Online with an absolutely badass redesign by Alex Iglesias!
@alexanderhogan45465 жыл бұрын
It's my favourite mech. I even made a larger version called Centurion (before I found out about the 50 ton mech) going on the concept of the upgrading British tanks because Centurion is my favourite tank.
@GrimDarkNarrator5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing.
@biancamitchell-x3f Жыл бұрын
Thank you love the crusader from 1985 box and cardboard cut outs to now
@rjlarose52715 жыл бұрын
I really need to find some for my battletech army
@Shadow-Kalbo15 жыл бұрын
Great Video man the crussader is a great mech thanks again
@inquisitorbenediktanders31424 жыл бұрын
We need his brother, the grand crusader! Deus Vult!
@greyknightspain3 жыл бұрын
Favourite Mech ever
@nexusofice91355 жыл бұрын
Is this considered one of the unseen? I think this one may be based off of the Macross heavily armored transformable fighter right?I know is only shown in one episode. Is that where they took the art from in their licensing deal? I think the Stinger, Wasp, and Hornet are also licensed art from the same show.
While I live the look of the crusader, it has that classic 3025 problem of having decent weapons in multiple ranges but not actually shining in any of them
@GrimDarkNarrator Жыл бұрын
Good old jack of all trades mentality.
@monkeghthirtyfour28455 жыл бұрын
“Deus Vult”
@GrimDarkNarrator5 жыл бұрын
Highly appropriate comment.
@LORDOFDORKNESS425 жыл бұрын
...Any chance of the Land Air Mechs getting a tech video down the line? I know they're rather divisive in the community, but I've had a soft-spot for them all the way back from playing The Crescent Hawk's Interception as a kid, and seeing this rather blatant Robotech-y unseen reminded me of them.
@GrimDarkNarrator5 жыл бұрын
It's a topic I've been giving some thought to. I will very likely do a video on them after the next episode.
@LORDOFDORKNESS425 жыл бұрын
@@GrimDarkNarrator Looking forward to it!
@starsiegeplayer3 жыл бұрын
I hate the leg mounted SRM launchers. Makes more sense to put them in the left and right torsos (The Macross armored veritech had these pectoral launchers).
@GrimDarkNarrator3 жыл бұрын
Rockets shooting from the legs feels stupid to me too.
@CM-wv8ns3 жыл бұрын
@@GrimDarkNarrator if it fits, it works
@SCyberTaz5 жыл бұрын
How about the Chameleon training Mech or Battle-Master
@GrimDarkNarrator5 жыл бұрын
I'll add it to a future poll. I kept postponing the Battlemaster because there's a ton of variants on it, lol.
@SCyberTaz5 жыл бұрын
@@GrimDarkNarrator Back in the day there was a DOS game called The Crescent Hawk's Inception. In a training session you could choose which mech to pilot, I chose the Chameleon and was able to get it through the hole in the training course so I could use it while playing the game. It threw off the balance a little, but it beat having a Stinger or Locust...
@arinthel5 жыл бұрын
My requests: HPG generators and Sibkos
@GrimDarkNarrator5 жыл бұрын
I'll add them to the growing list.
@josephmitchelljr.43542 жыл бұрын
Works great till lucky ammo hit
@paulsim75895 жыл бұрын
Aww no Crusader X
@arinthel5 жыл бұрын
Less mechs. Tell us more about battles and people. For starters the most iconic characters would be Victor Davion and Aidan Pryde.
@GrimDarkNarrator5 жыл бұрын
I try to do both. It's why I've been doing more non-mech lore more recently.
@randomnetsurfer3 жыл бұрын
Battlemechs in this setting ARE characters. Almost as much as, if not in some cases more than, the people. It's what makes this setting unique. :) Each one (mech/person) is its own lore nugget :)
@randomnetsurfer3 жыл бұрын
Joanna defeating Natasha Kerensky in a Summoner is iconic *because* she did it in a 70-ton mech we know. The 'mechs ARE characters. :)
@harmen24565 жыл бұрын
I hate the crusader. I hate the damned bloody thing so much, I can see why its useful... But fuck me if I've ever had one survive more then the slightest tap before exploding in a massive ammunition fueled fireball. I'll take a catapult instead any day of the week.
@GrimDarkNarrator5 жыл бұрын
Sounds like you were just unlucky :(
@harmen24565 жыл бұрын
@@GrimDarkNarrator Unlucky is once or twice. I've played Battletech for the better part of fifteen years now, and my Crusaders never fails to detonate