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Roles: More than a weight class!

A guide on mech roles and their most important aspects in a build.

Welcome to my short guide on mech roles. Here I want to showcase the important aspects of different playstyles in MWO, which you can use to build mechs which are closest/most useful to your preference. Roles are ordered starting from those most...

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Difficulty Ratings Oct 17, 2017

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Forgives

5/5,

This is great. I'm super new and really don't know much yet. so, this helps with what roles I can play and how to build them properly.

Jan 9, 2023
Galahad2030

5/5,

Very nice summary of the pilot roles in MWO!

Apr 30, 2021
theWeevo

5/5,

As a new player, very helpful info! Thanks chief!

Jul 27, 2020
Fluffybunnys

5/5,

Nice,but may I ask if the Artic Wolf is a hunter or skrimisher?

Oct 11, 2018
1. Author's Response
  The Arctic Wolf is a bit too sluggish to be classified a 'Hunter' in my opinion. Depending on the build, it can be a Skirmisher (SRMs/lasers) or Swatter (SSRMs/ATMs).
  
  It's not like one mech is the same as one role either, there is some overlap and gray area between them, especially if you start considering mixed loadouts.
  
  This guide is mostly to help you find a role that resonates with what you try to do and give you global suggestions as to how to build/play a mech that works well for the role.
Gambit22

4/5,

Good advice for new(ish) mech pilots.

Sep 28, 2018
Loxicolimystic

5/5,

Great for a newer player learning the ropes!

Jun 18, 2018
Hashimov

3/5,

Interesting but mech recommendations do not include variant names or builds.

Jun 16, 2018
1. Author's Response
  Hi Hashimov,
  
  Thanks for the review!
  I'll add a few variant specific suggestions to the original post, it's a good idea. However, it's not going tobe easy to point to specific variants in many cases.
  
  1. Many of the clan recommendations are Omnimechs, meaning that regardless of variant, you can do the same build on every one of them.
  2. Many of the inner sphere chassis suggestions are chosen because they share the role with all variants in a chassis. For example the Wolfhound and Cicadas will (in most/all cases) do very similar things,regardless of variant.
  
  For the chassis where this is not the case (example: Raven), I'll add the variant suggestions in.
  
  Cheers,
  Excalibaard

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