Warhammer
| Warhammer | ||
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| Class: | Heavy Mech | |
| Faction: | Inner Sphere | |
| Ticket cost: | 8 upon destruction | |
| Tier: | 10 | |
| Tonnage: | 70 tons | |
| Speed: | 64 km/h | |
| Torso yaw: | 260° | |
| Torso pitch: | -33° to +41° while standing -33° to +51° while crouching | |
| Variant Armament | ||
| Variant | Weapons | Equipment |
| Prime: Price: 67 900 CBills Total armor: 64 474 Engine Size: VOX 280 STD |
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| A: Price: 89 200 CBills Total armor: 61 312 Engine Size: VOX 280 XL |
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| B: Price: 77 500 CBills Total armor: 61 312 Engine Size: VOX 280 XL |
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| C: Price: 89 150 CBills Total armor: 64 474 Engine Size: VOX 280 XL |
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| D: Price: 78 500 CBills Total armor: 64 474 Engine Size: VOX 280 XL |
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| E: Price: 75 000 CBills Total armor: 64 474 Engine Size: VOX 280 XL |
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| F: Price: 79 250 CBills Total armor: 64 474 Engine Size: VOX 280 XL |
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| G: Price: 77 500 CBills Total armor: 61 312 Engine Size: VOX 280 XL |
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All stats current as of release 0.15.3
The Warhammer is a heavily armed and moderately armored Inner Sphere Heavy Mech, possessing modest speed and maneuverability. Able to dish it out and take it in, the Warhammer is a powerful force on the battlefield, capable of shredding Light Mechs and Vehicles, as well as standing toe to toe against other Heavies.
Warhammer's large spotlight can be turned on with the [L] key. It functions differently than the standard Mech spotlights, as it has a much longer range. When fighting Battle Armor in the Warhammer, players can turn on the spotlight to discern the battlearmor from the surroundings. The Mech also has a narrow vertical field of view, which may make it hard to deal with Aerospace fighters and VTOLs.
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Roles and Gameplay Hints
Prime
Excellent twist fighter and good at tanking. Relatively cool, inexpensive, and effective brawler, low medium-range firepower.
Variant A
The Warhammer A operates a bit hot, but is a formidable asset with robust pinpoint accuracy and screen shake backup weapons - an excellent medium range mech that can turn into a brawler in a pinch. The A, however, has no spare ammo for its pair of SSRM6s. The A should focus on being sustainable medium range firepower when in long engagements and avoid close combat unless resupply is near. Players should utilize group fire for the A's impressive array of three Large Pulse Lasers and chain fire for its SSRM6s to maximize screen shake. If more than two mouse buttons are available, a third, chain fired group containing the three pulse lasers will help when trying to even out heat or shoot at pesky BA.
Variant B
Many famous warriors where seduced by beauty, several by that of weapons yet only few came to know the HVAC10. If there ever where warriors guided by the beauty of the weapon, then the admirers of the HVAC10 certainly are some of those.
This War Hammer puts its stakes on the fact that the two HVAC10 deliver more damage than two heavy Auto Cannons would all the while still reaching beyond even the nimbler standard Auto Cannon, rivaling the Gauss and ERPPC. In contrast to all but ERPPC it also induces heavy screen shake to the target.
This alone makes this asset capable of shaking the object of his attention almost out of the ability to retaliate all the way up to 900m out.
Besides the 4 tons for spare reloads, most certainly reserved for the HVAC10s, the Mech also carries an somewhat disparate array of tertiary (in the sense of weapons grouping) backup weapons:
Once we realize the bulk of that arrays damage reaches out up to between 350 and 200m, we can see the group is less unfortunate but rather a dissonant one. Just fire it all and at once - to your hearts content, or until the two "Beauties" come to wake again.
This one is devoted for those who are able to step in the thick of the battle and are intimate to the intricacies of the equipment.
Variant C
Nothing reaches beyond 500 meters on this one - GECM suite ensures not even radar microwaves. With the least of an firing discipline the 4 LPPC can be fired indefinitely and in short succession - rendering any opponent blind at night, out to 450m. This sole property renders this variant an night hunter of supreme potential. The 2 SPL, reaching out to 250m bring on the hurt at close range. While the main trump card of this variant, however, is the persuading potential of the LBX20 cannon and it is backed up by the usual ton of spare ammunition. Utmost care is to be taken that each hit counts as the LBX20 cannon does the majority of the C variant's damage. The selling points of this top priced Warhammer is its night hunting potential backed up by the GECM suite's stealth and extended sensor range provided by BAP, although note that the stealth can be too easily broken by any stray enemy missile on a fly-by, by the treacherous LAMS. This only applies if the radar is held in the active mode. 5 DHS and 13t Armor round out this Whammy that has all the toys. God help the fool that gets in your way!
Variant D
The Warhammer D is the wolf-in-sheep's-clothing of the Warhammer line. 2 LLs and 2 Tbolt5s will lure your targets in for an easy kill of an long ranged helpless low DPS sniper. Brawlers will weather the storm, closing on you with the intent of scoring a quick kill. Once they arrive, however, they'll be in for a nasty surprise as the D variant's main weapon, a single UAC20, roars into life. This weapon is capable of immense burst damage, and will quickly tear into any dents the enemy took from their approach, coring smaller enemy mechs in a few seconds of fire. Furthermore, it is also placed high on the mech's shoulder, allowing the mechwarrior to fire double AC rounds at enemies while in partial cover. 4 DHS give the D variant acceptable heat management, and an extra ton of free space ensures that its autocannon has more ammo should the enemy prove tougher than expected.
The selling point of this Variant is to have a foot in both of the worlds - snipers and brute brawlers.
Variant E
The Warhammer E is a medium range poking mech. All of its main weapons deal high burst damage with a relatively low DPS. Because of this, the E's two AC5, two ERLLs, and one LBX10 should be fired optimally at their combined maximum range of 700m. The E is a good low-heat option for hot maps since it has three DHS, more than enough to deal with its weapons' heat. Once the E is in brawling range, all of its weapons, with the exception of its two SLs, are best suited towards a damage spreading twist fight, and staring should be avoided.
Variant F
The Warhammer F excels at close combat and can provide modest mid-range support. 2 RAC5s, the F's primary weapon systems, are able to dish out serious damage allowing the F to engage other heavies as well as strip the armor from assaults at close range. A single MRM30 supplements the already great damage provided by the rotary autocannons, and 3 flamers give the Warhammer F the ability to punish any energy-focused mechs that are foolish enough to get close. 3 DHS help dump the waste heat flamers will saddle you with, while 3 free tons give you some staying power before returning to rearm.
Variant G
When we speak about this War Hammer, we speak about minding busyness in our neighbor's back yard and in his neighbor's back yard too. We are speaking serious long range and serious punch.
Speaking of serious, be sure you will be facing serious heat levels as well, for the while the two Double Heat Sinks struggle to cool off the waste heat from the two mighty ERPPC. The trusty Extended Long Range Missile launcher of class 15 isn't too cold either, so the only slack that's cut to you is from the four extremely ranged AC2.
If you come to haste, due to an stray Battle Armor trying to take it out on you, the very situational BPod might bring the tide of the battle in your favor, but only if you manage to capitalize on it otherwise - alone it won't matter too much.
On the other hand, if you look on the ELRM15 launcher as a spare weapon, and use the two ERPPC as a primary group each, putting the four AC2 in the tertiary group, forgoing any DPS plan in favor of opportune lucky strikes by either single ERPPC jolt or "Alpha" shooting form a totally cold state, you might actually secure a kill steal from an unsuspected angle. This implies superb position seeking and that extrasensory feeling for the battle tide.
A long range sniper with a backup ELRM15 launcher.
Canon
The Warhammer BattleMech was introduced by StarCorps Industries in 2515 to be "a mobile 'Mech with enough firepower to destroy or severely damage any 'Mech of the same weight class or lower." In the mission it was designed for, the Warhammer proved to be a very capable 'Mech, and for centuries practically defined the entire class of heavy 'Mechs. Boasting incredible firepower and respectable armoring, the Warhammer served prominently in the Star League Defense Force and was one of the premier 'Mechs in the Gunslinger Program. Indeed, many of the greatest MechWarriors in history were Warhammer pilots. Being more lightly armored then other mechs of its class, the Warhammer preferred to stay at range where its weaponry was most effective. In addition to PPCs, SRMs, and Lasers, it had two machine guns for defense against infantry. Date Introduced 2515 during the Era known as "Age of War" (2005 - 2570) - Unit Role: Brawler
Amongst BT fans, the Warhammer, along with other Mechs designed for the Macross Anime series, is referred as the Unseen. Another Unseen Mech (which was originally planned to appear in MWLL) is the Marauder.
