Mechwarrior 3: Opening cinematic 

This game had the BEST immersion

Both other weapons are ammunition fed, the energy weapon is the logical choice for a non priority target. Still, absolute overkill... so perfectly reasonable to a Jaguar Warrior

If I understand correctly they were one of if not the most brutal clan. Even the canon books and games mention they were hard and brutal to those they occupied, especially to civilians. That's why they were target by the IS for total annihilation. Even Clan Wolf didn't like them not to mention the Nova cats

+cv .echeveste A number of the Clan sourcebooks, including ones that speak about the origins of the Clans, explain the Smoke Jaguars in detail -- they were harsh to everyone, even themselves, believing in "survival of the fittest". Their training regimen was even more harsh than the Jade Falcon one (already considered one of the most difficult in the Clans). Only Clan Blood Spirit had a tougher warrior training program (by far, the toughest out of all of the Clans, hands down).

I thought only Clan Wolf used the Timber Wolf?

@@danieldorn2927 They could be gifted or salvaged.... but well the latter has been more rare then the former.

I don't know, about the intelligent actions if it was reality the atlas should have fired weapons while closing fullspeed to put his battlefist in the mix instead of just walking out and standing but yes the rest is pretty good. I like the mw4 one more despite the much dumber choices the lanceleader makes

Tremadog102 I adored the fact that mission control sounds more and more tired as the game goes on. Like he’s burning the wick at both ends.

So true, the VA really killed it.

"Without a TAG laser, that artillery will be about as accurate as Command is at predicting Clanner movement... No offence!" "None taken, thanks for the vote of confidence"

I fucking loved that. It sounded pure military. The briefing wasn't some hyped up guy hamming it up, but some tired dude just trying to do his job.

@@nightwisher02 I don't remember to sign on walking tour on Tranquil. Am I glad to be here? You bet I am.

Mechwarrior 2 rocked too

+1

its what a decade plus later and I still feel that clanner killing fury at that moment.

me too

Sitting in a probably salvaged or captured ClanMech. That must be sweeeeeet!

You can feel the raw hatred in his voice. No doubt he lost countless family members and comrades to those savage barbarians.

Name 7 of the best games from 1995-2000

GVGavenatore Dark Forces, Duke Nukem 3d, 688(i) Hunter Killer, Unreal, Half-Life, Thief, System Shock 2, Mechwarrior 3, Deus Ex, Fallout, Baldurs Gate 1 & 2.

@@spearPYN + Quake 3 Arena, Millenium Racer Y2K fighter + Fakk II. I think Generalkidd has played at least one of them l.

Fancy seeing you here

Why hello What you think of 5?

Legging!

>tfw the only reliable weapon in those high lag days was the Ultra AC 20

This atlas was so fucking cool i decided to recreate it as much as possible for multiplay 4 IS large pulse lasers a Heavygaus and Bap ecm is a good mech to deal with fanmade mary sue BS hitboxes in the Mw4 mektek mod.

It was salvaged mech. Many lance commanders use those mechs to show that clanners can be beaten. I guess it's even have the IS equipment.

hohmahohma funny thing is the vulture is a clan mech

Mad Dog please :)

Problem... Omnimechs have completely different logistics compared to standard mechs...

The Draconis Combine Avatar is based on the Vulture chassis. It was developed because using salvaged Clan OmniMechs led to too many field breakdowns from the lack of proper parts to repair and maintain them.

he's like.. WHO ARE YOU? Atlas: h e h

To give him credit he did only hesitate a moment and then he fired where as most pilots wouldnt have even got that far

@@rasiabsgamingcorner2258 Too bad he could only fire ER Small Lasers(blue in MW3) and machinegun, since he built up too much heat firing his ER Large Lasers on infantry while running at top speed. ;) Reflexes - Very good (For reasons already stated) Aim/Targeting - Exceptional (Hitting multiple infantry soldiers on opposite sides of the Mech while in a full run... with a Large Laser.) Weapon and Heat Management - Average to below average (Didn't waste ammo on infantry, but ignored the 4 dedicated anti-infantry weapons on his Mech, the machineguns!) Tactical - He/she is dead (He/she spiked her/his heat on non-priority targets while having no information about - but every reason to believe - Inner Sphere Mech forces supporting the tanks and infantry, a perfect ambush enviroment being right behind the conventional forces.) Yep, that's a young Smoke Jaguar Mechwarrior piloting the best all-around OmniMech in the Clan's arsenal. Skilled, overconfident to a fault, scream + leap + smash face first into an IS ambush. ^^

"...interception complete..."

@@WindiChilliwack Steiner Scout lance snuck up on him! And by snuck, I mean walked right up and ruined his day. Smoked Jaguar anyone?

the CGI looks pretty much fine to me!

Cgi was second rate even back then but it didn't matter! It was a great intro and really set the tone!

You haven't seen a lot of late 90's CGI have you... This was lightyears ahead of most of it.

@@ZeeZeeBun Check out Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles. Its about in the same realm of quality.

Hell yea, for its time it was really really good.

They technically weren't at war for about seven years...

Except Clan Wolf and Jade Falcon were engage in the refusal war.

Bad Beard Bill WOW how did they manage that

Too bad the jaguars lost

assholes deserved it for wiping out Edo on Turtle Bay.

Me too!

I was blown away by the actual graphics way back then....

This Title made us fiel we were part of a Movie : ) !

I found it funny that the Atlas wasn't a playable mech until the expansion if I recall.

+Miami Storm Column it did not exist until the expansion.

TheCptnOf Fail Yeah, that's exactly what I said.

Miami Storm Column yep... just confirming it

Until Atlas meets Zeus. Then his mind is blown off.

+extragirth64 You mean his Star-mate ;) And, given that they were both Smoke Jaguars, he probably felt that his fellow warrior came from an inferior sibko, no doubt.

Mechwarrior 3 for all of its many faults got the Campaign/feel of the world right, simply put between the scaled down "Fighting Lance to Lance" battles, the Campaign that basically encompassed little more then a botched raid that was part of a much larger operation, and a worn out Tactical operations officer who sounds just as overworked and exhausted as you expect someone to feel after being in a combat zone constantly for days on end, I loved this game and hope it can be recaptured in another someday.

Among a pair of Smoke Jaguar Mechwarriors, even among sibmates, the sentiment was probably closer to "Well more for me, then" or a sarcastic "I take it we are no longer sharing the glory then, quiaff?" followed by possible chuckling as he resumed his infantry hunt.

@@kevshabunas523 I remember watching the campaign intro and carefully listening to the plans thinking "well that sounds like a fun game", then one of the ships gets blown up, teams are scattered and things just generally go tits up all around and just sit through the following loading screen (I did not have the best machine back then, shut up) thinking "well... crap, now what?"

care to explain?

No, Firefly 2 was Dominic. Tell me, when was the last time you _didn't_ use Dominic as bait?

@@crowsbridge Those are your squad mates in the game's single-player campaign.

Whos firefly 3 ? the one in the very start

@@matthewcrocker2479 That is the random red shirt... Just like all the red shirts in the tanks and infantry on the field.

Intro of Mechwarriror 2 was better though :P

Mechwarrior 4 had the best intro.

Mechwarrior 2: Mercs - "Look at it this way, kid, YOU get to keep all the money."

MW4's intro was very good but the 'acting' ruined it. Except for the main guy in that intro the rest of the, ah hem, 'actors' were absolutely awful. I still think Ghost Bear's Legacy had the best intro.

MechCommander's intro actually had some pretty dope acting. Pretty tight intro as well.

I feel more sorry for the poor bastard the Thor felt deserved to die to a PPC blast. using that on a battlearmor i can understand...but an unarmored trooper?

@@pendraco2000 We're talking Clan Smoke Jaguar here. Don't be shocked by the Jaguars. They were one of the most brutal clans.

@@pendraco2000 The Jags were right bastards. May they burn in hell.

typical grubbing IS mechwarriors ;)

typical whiny Clanners who think war is a game.

Mechwarrior ain't no game, you sick clanner!

Im a Clanner (leaning towards Clan Wolf out of all of them) and even I wouldn't respect the Jaguars if I had to deal with them. I never liked the Jaguars. Neither did most of my fellow Wolves.

thats why i always aim for the LEGS ...

I think thats how the original novels and lore books were written.

Michael Bay directing this movie can allow for lots of explosions. Then again, the movie would have to include a bunch of teenagers that get more camera time than the battlemechs.

Also all the lens flares!

Rocko's Modern Warfare If Michael Bay directed a Mech Warrior Movie, he would no doubt butcher the plot with his moronic bull shit, focus entirely on a bunch of pubescent fuck wits (as you've stated), and just all around ruin the franchise for millions of fans. Still the chances of him making this movie are next to none, as he cant cram U.S flags into every scene considering that the U.S no longer exists in Battle Tech lore. If he DID direct a Mech Warrior movie, I would have to hunt him down and personally castrate him.

I have high hopes for the new warcraft movie!

*backs away slowly*

In my Timber Wolf? No sweat.

face mine

LackofAttack naw man......ac20 4med lazers and srms is a beast in face to face close quarters combat

Michael Maszk Dude, I ain't running prime. Any additional resistance besides you? What game? MW 2 or Online?

2019, and I still remember how terrifying that fight was

Those quad LB-10x 😱🔥

+litmusing but they are :)

Comparing it to today standard is a waste of time, just admire the high level of quality it brought back in old computers... hell this was animation for videogames at it's height.

Dude, this intro still looks amazing! What's your problem?

Mmm-hmm. Christmas '99 was a good year.

MW4 animation is much better, but mostly with the walking and movement animations, but the cutscenes graphics are still awesome.

if you read the books the jags do get smoked

+TheRumChum They are still getting fucked a year later. :D

+El Bandito I'm a Smoke Jaguar, I've noticed XD

Of course the Smokes would get fucked, there is a reason why the SLDF destroyed them first.

Superior clan tech means jack when you're running into an Atlas... just for the fact... it's an Atlas.

The Machine cult would be very interested in these mechs. Is that heresy though?

I thought it sounded familiar, thanks

No. The screams are from the Sound Ideas Sound Library which Westwood (and everybody else) used throughout the 90s.

idiot.Thor is heavy mech 70 tons.Annihilator 100 tons assault mech.Stupid compare.

Khorn Demon Did I say it was fair? No, all is fair in war. Remember Inner Sphere won because they didn't play by the rules like the clans did.

JOn DHo stupid kid who even dont know what is autism.Stupid piece of shit, get a fuck out of here and do your homework.

Eh, I feel like the variant with the 4x gauss would have cleaned house without them stepping foot near the city.

NinjaMoose234 even though "gausszilla" was a clan variant? if anything it would have been on their side

Watch TheBEEF’s videos on the stealth Atlas. Powering down and remaining still while powered on…you’d be surprised how many people’s eyes pass right over you. And that’s without being a bloodthirsty smoke jaguar warrior.

by lynx are you referring to the armored core series?

+Mark Balcombe Yeah, MC 2 was great, much better than this heap of junk. All you do is run and shoot their legs off. If you're the slightest bit careless you get blasted to oblivion by a larger mech with high ac. In mechcommander you could at least use some strategy and tactics.

hell yes.... especially Hitman, Siren and Paingod.

MC1 was my favorite

Jack Traveller What was he supposed to use? He only has the PPC, an LRM launcher and an autocannon. out of the three, only one doesn't use ammo and all have comparable firepower.

Did they really? The defenders had an Atlas, Mad Dog and two Fireflies. The Atlas was destroyed fighting the Timberwolf and it's a small miracle that he even won that duel as the Timberwolf is an all around better mech. The Fireflies are effectively useless against the Summoner and the Mad Dog isn't armored well enough to beat it either. Had the stupid clanner not acted like a stupid clanner and chased the last Firefly straight into an obvious ambush he'd have wiped the floor with both remaining mechs.

satannstuff he should have stomped them

If he'd fought more intelligently he would have, but clan tactics being what they are, it probably didn't even occur to him that he might be walking into an ambush.

Wait what, a madcat isn't better than an atlas, the atlas is the second most armored mech in lore and has enough fire power to destroy an entire Garrison. Madcats are great mechs, but even they get scared when they see an atlas.

They could've done it if both mechs weren't played for fools. The Timberwolf fell for a flank, Summoner fell for an ambush.

In MWO, yes, but in the lore, they were pretty scary pieces of machinery. Fast, agile, a lot of armor and powerful weaponry to boot.

***** Because it has a very loose basis in the lore. It was quite nice in that game.

My loadout was a thor with 4 PPC's, AMS and heat sinks

Nikolai Malthus' Thor was OP.

I don't know about MWO, but the Thor was only decent at mid to long range in the tabletop game, similar to the medium Griffin. Close up, the PPC and LRMs are outmatched by medium lasers and SRMs. The Mad Cat was a beast though.

ShadowCatGambit same here. Got to the Geothermal plant and got wrecked

Can’t blame ‘em. 500 years of constant warfare means most people don’t have more than a fourth-grade education and whatever practical experience they manage to scrape up.

+TymeTwyster Last Looking back on this though...they're kind of asking us to presume clan-borns are pretty dumb. Two mech pilots charged alone into enemy territory where they were clearly outnumbered and didn't even cover each other when both were still alive, nor retreat when one was slagged? That's pretty boneheaded... ...the line is still pretty badass though. :3

Clanners are warriors, not soldiers. They don't fight wars, they fight a series of single combat engagements for the most part. They likely underbid this one anyways, and they might've been dishonored pilots looking for an opportunity to get some honor back (by going on a suicide mission).

The worst sort of explosion is akin to a steam explosion... but we in Battletech have a term for this sort of thing: Stackpooling. ;)

Pretty sure it was a self destruct.

It wouldn't "go critical", but it might explode depending on how the energy required to sustain fusion is maintained. If whatever magic they're using to keep the atoms going into each others' coulomb barriers is taken away and all the potential energy stored by the repulsion between them is unleashed all at once, that would be pretty explosive. Or, it could be the energy of fusion itself suddenly causing the material to expand outward when containment is suddenly lost. This is how stars go supernova: they run out of mass until there isn't enough gravity to hold them together. There aren't any small-scale (smaller than a star) self-sufficient fusion reactors in real life so we can't really know how they behave.

uh, reactor meltdown is totally a thing in this universe.