Battletech: The Dire Wolf - Lord of War
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Trying someting new with this video. The world of #battletech and #mechwarrior is rich and full of great stories and legends. It may take a while to find a style that works. Applogies if I missed any details, but I am looking to keep each entry short (under 10 mins)
Pleasse let me know in the comments what you think, and what you want to see next.
this is great, please more. I like these bite-sized info-dumps in between Tex's hour+ dissertations.
Thanks, I have one on the long bow too
Heresy. We all demand a 3 hour dissertation on a mech from the brand of gauss rifle used to the number of seat cushions sucked up a pilots ass from inbound gauss fire.
Ah, I remember this bugger as "The Daishi", aka "Great Death". Fits it well...
"if you're giving away one of these monsters as a gift someone bertter be getting that sweet, sweet clan ass" If clanners are giving away a dire wolf I think it's the claners looking for inner sphere loving not the other way around.
Direwolf... because hammers need anvils.
Jade Falcon here and I have 6 of these lovely beasties.
My Command DW is named " Death blow" it carries 4 flamers and 4 lbx10s, it's a head hunter.
The others are a mix of energy and dakka. My secondary is dubbed "Warpaint", sporting 2 large pulse and 2 lbx 20s. She strips them to the bone then roasts em.
The A config is great. The gauss provides range and headcapping. The LPL trio gives you reliability at range, and solid punch. The SRMs can critseek. The AMS is a nice boost to defense. And it can fire everything while running, and remain at room temperature.
I finally found a kindred spirit!!! The Dire Wolf A is my ride!!!
I just realized that a Trial of Possession (in this case) is just the clan version of enforcing patent law.
That aside, I'm suddenly curious how many atlases/atlas IIs it would take to fight this thing in open combat?
Good Question. 1v1 the Atlas is out matched. You also have to consider the size of the forces, A standard Inner sphere lance has 4 Mechs when a clan star has 5. Assuming both sides use the same number of atlas vs Dire wolf. It would be down to the terren, and the skill of the mechwarrior. All in all I would say the Dire Wolf would win outright in a fair fight. And could prob take on two atlas, so it would be close.
That thing is a dead weight give me something that can carry 3 large lasers and goes faster than 75 km/h and its dead......
@@Lug4sG This is why you don't balance IS vs. Clan matches according to tonnage (Clan has silly advantage) nor on C-Bill value (IS fields entire lances per single Clan mech). DV2 has its' problems, but this is something it tends to solve... Reasonably well.
That depends greatly on the era and the fluff. In 3050 two lances of AS7-Ds could take on one of these monsters and it would be an unfair fight, for the Atlases. Clan AC/5s and ER Large Lasers outrange IS weapons to the point it could just stand there and pick each Atlas off while they walked towards it. There would be no Atlas IIs available, the clans possessed literally all of them, not even Comstar had any. By 3065 (FeCom war) a good Dire Wolf pilot could expect a 2-1 kill ratio since Clan Tech proliferated and Comstar were selling nearly as good SLDF tech to anyone who could pay. Atlas IIs wouldn't be available to Inner Sphere forces until well into the 3070s, but an Atlas II can fight a Dire Wolf 1 to 1. The Dire Wolf has more firepower, the Atlas II better heat management, once can punch harder, the other other can punch more often, it's a really good match up.
I sometimes feel like my mind can't fathom just how deadly a single Dire Wolf is, just like I can't quite imagine how 10.000 is a bigger number than 100.000.
But this method helps:
A civilian is not deadly.
An armed militant is somewhat dangerous and can defend himself.
A professional soldier is very much capable of killing.
A noble's elite bodyguard will kill you three times before you hit the floor.
A clan elemental warrior could rip you in half even without a suit of battlearmour.
Even a workplace related accident could turn you into a boneless red pulp when dealing with industrial mechs.
Get violent in a riot and a piggy piloting a security mech will surely vaporise every molecule in your body with a pulse laser.
And now onto actual war assets:
Any combat vehicle will kill you easily at extreme distances without giving you a chance to retaliate or escape.
A light mech equipped with a single flamer would be enough to roast you and your entire platoon in just seconds.
A clan mech would do the same, just even faster.
A medium mech already has the potential to be the king of a battlefield, able to mount a heavy loadout while remaining fast and tough. Rest assured it'll at least have one machine gun.
Clan omnies are just plain better and are also unpredictable in their configuration.
If you see a heavy, that means things are serious, and you are seriously dead.
And if it's a clan heavy, at least you'll get to see a classic and iconic design through your binos before you mega-die a fraction of a second later.
Now, if you see an assault mech, you'll die so hard, just the amount of dirt the crater will throw into the sky after you explode would be enough to kill you five times over.
If it's a clan battletech, like a Kodiak, after a couple years, you'd probably be able to fish in the crater left after your demise.
AND HERE WE ARE. The deadliest ground unit posible. A finely crafted, highly customisable, 100t god of war. An obedient beast of extremely refined materials, powered by a caged star, and commanded by the absolute most terrible and compatible of warriors the galaxy has to offer.
The Dire Wolf truly is at another level; it truly is death.
thank you for the comment
a shame that in battletech solaris pc game the direwolf is so fuked up, love the model of that mech.
Brilliant! The Dire Wolf/ Daishi is one of my favorite Mechs and I've played every Battletech/Mechwarrior game since the first in '89 except MWO. I don't like mouse and keyboard games. Love Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries. I also listen to Battletech audible books. Play the game the listening to the books is awesome. Cheers. ✌
thank you. ... thats fiar. I started with MW2 on PS1
I remember original Mechwarrior in 89, I got it used around 91-92. As an 8 year old fledgling gamer I loved it at first, the tutorial mission and 1 or 2 of the first easy missions, but it was a bit too immersive for my smooth 8 year old brain and my lack of understanding about the importance of heat sinks made me abandon it in frustration.
But here I am 29 years later, remembering the Timberwolf and Direwolf with great nostalgia...
@@imadrifter Good memories playing the OG with some of the guys in my tank company in our barracks in West Germany. I was 20. I had the only computer so when it was a week night or we were broke until pay day so we passed many hours play that and Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising sub warfare simulator. I still have that computer and it still works. I'm loving Mechwarrior 5 on my Xbox while listening to Battletech audible books at night from the same time frame as the game. So many units and Mechs I've played are in the books. The ones narrated by Tren Sparks are awesome. Here's to many "head shots"! Cheers. ✌
@@TheMichaelBeck good times. Cheers, dude 👍
Yeah, but what if I had like... 40 fleas?
you would have 40 less fleas
Nice narration on your fiction even though it does not fit lore at all. It is very unlikely that Clan Wolf would surprise attack a backwater world and even deploy a Direwolf there, it would have been bid away and the garrison would have received a batchall unless they were pirates or merceneries. Also 54 km/h is not it's cruising speed it is it's top speed while the M1's cruising speed on the battlefield is 40 km/h and the top speed around 70 km/h.
The Direwolf is also very ill suited for stealth missions or raids, simply because it is to big, slow and heavy.
Glad you enjoyed it. I have left alot open to interpretation.
Although I didn’t say it was a surprise attack or a stealth mission. Nore did I mention a batchall. It could have been issued ignored or denied. Or even not understood. I was focusing on the initial assault. As for being a back water world it could be a periphery world on the way to the inner sphere.
Some call it a Dire Wolf, others The Daishi, me I call it "100 tons of curb stomping, face melting, F-you; courtesy of the Clans."
I can see the apperal.... so the DW-CSFMFU-01
Space Nandos... I'm in!
One of my favorite mechs, on many games however it was a little too easy to kill with head shots, other than that it was one of the best of not the best mech to have
Abrams in a battle load weight 74 tons and up and I have seen one do 72 miles an hour. Not a crappy 40 kilos. Lol
i did say / type "off road" speed... also its kp/h Kilometres per hour (speed) not kilios (weight)... lol
Holt SHIT, now THAT'S how you do an intro
thank you. Please feel free to check out my urban mech and long bow videos too
Subbed. Always looking for good BT content to listen to while I play RT.
Thank you
Why are you not as well known as Tex and Mage Leader?
thanks man. Tbh I have only really started doing these video.
Ah the dire whale
Absolutely wonderful video. Great job.
If I may share a bit of constructive criticism.
The intro music was a bit too loud, making it a bit hard to hear your voice now and then. Other than that it was perfect. And maybe it was just my ears I dunno.
Great video regardless ☺️
Thank you.. Yeah the sound was a bit off ....
Bah the Derp config is best just 2 LBX 20s and 2 LBX 10s and as much armor and ammo as you can slap on it. Or the mini Derp same thing just 4 LBX 10s.
I wish someone would mod this into mw5
There is a load of clan mechs on the clan invasion mod from nexus mods, if you not tried it already. However, the Dire Wolf is not in the mod
Very nice Battletech fiction. Is there more of this on your channel?
There is a a Long bow video... for battletech... I am writting a poor fan fiction atm... If there is call for it I may do a reading of it. haha
@@Lug4sG dewit
@@Lug4sG do it. The short story was already good.
@@NineNoRouge thanks..... Guess I'll get practicing my Tex voice then
@@Lug4sG haha no need for that. you be you.
My favorite mech in Mechwarrior 4
mine too. it was my Solaris Assualt mech
@@Lug4sG Sweet. i love a few different loadouts, normally dual guass, or dual lbx 20. or my favorite, although heat and range is a problem, two AC 20 clan tech. absolutely devastating.
What the hell is a "arbrocultural" sector?
Did I spell it wrong? - Anyway to answer your question - arboricultural "is the cultivation, management, and study of individual trees, shrubs, vines, and other perennial woody plants. The science of arboriculture studies how these plants grow and respond to cultural practices and to their environment" - Forest or woodland. ... maybe grassland as well. It is defined by the fact that the land scape is controlled by man made activities, vineyards can also be classed it, as well farming if the field(s) are next to trees. Hope that helps
@@Lug4sG yeah you spelled it wrong
So it's a heavier more op mad cat.
it dose the job. The Mad Cat Mk 2 is the real successor to the Mad-cat... The MK2 is 90ton assualt mech
@@Lug4sG kinda wish this and the mk 2 mad cat where in MechWarrior 5. If only as a dlc or community mod.
@@squirlking2 There is a a Mad-cat mod for MW5. But no MK2 am afriad, There is also a vulture. mod
@@Lug4sG oh I know the mods are very impressive. The vulture mod you can't change the colors ATM though.
And to be fair of the two mad cat mods. The classic mad cat mod makes a stronger mech.
I hope we get even more clan stuff as time goes on.
My favorite variation in MechWarrior 4 was to replace all the weapons with HMGs and Small Pulse Lasers, 20 in total. It melted anything that got close in barely more than a second.
Why would anything get close?
@@Michael-cf9cj Because I'd walk up in their face and the AI doesn't know what they are about to endure so they don't skirmish properly.
Your intros kinda remind me of Baldamort. Keep it up great job
thank you. I don't think am quite on mr Balamort's level. But I appreciate the kind words.
I just stumbled onto your channel, will you be making any more of these?
There is a play list of the ones I have done so far. ua-cam.com/play/PLMQknYNa-3-LFdlq6bf3x0Ma-AE1_8wk3.html I have not done any recently
or be like a certain mechwarrior, putting as many ppc's as possible on one and hope the target looks at them so they can see who melted their mech
or just run in sheer terror at the sight of chainfire capable PPC's
B33fs Direstar?
very enjoyable and interesting, i think u nailed it pretty well ^^ looking forward to more =)
*Cough* Tomahawk II. *Cough*
Your data on the M1A1 is categorically inaccurate. The thing can handle 70MPH on roads and can fire accurately over rough terrain at 35MPH . Thats miles not kliks. Never underestimate the joy of a turbo shaft.
you mean the internet lied to me. god damit
@@Lug4sG wiki in particular is grossly inaccurate for crap like that. They seem to think Nimitz class carriers top out at 35 kts. Well i seem to recall having 50kts across the deck sailing east. Speeds are one thing that always kinda killed me in sci fi IP. I think the writers just do not scale very well. Star Wars “snub fighters” for example. Most could be outrun and outmaneuvered by fighter craft from the 60s. That and as much as I love battletech and get the need for game balancing real world cannons very differently from ACs. A real world 40mm (AC2) has about a two mile effective range. By the time your up to 155mm and such your well beyond visual range. I get it though, its balancing. Besides stompy murder robots loose much of the appeal when they frag each other BVR. DFA makes next to no sense as a tactic but for some reason its particularly fun against SRM carriers even if you cripple your own mech in the act.
Great video mate
thanks man. More to come
The Prime is nasty but can hardly use it's weapons due to heat. Though, if you lose an entire arm you are left with more than many an IS assault in just the other arm and LRM-10 pack.
Just the fact that this thing literally had a 75 tonne MAD-3R's equivalent firepower in EACH ARM, even slightly MORE was horrendous enough, but then they threw in an LRM 10 just like, to spend the tonnage lol.
I have one that makes even the Guasszilla ANA go HELL NO. 2 Improved HGR's plus 2 C Guass rifles with enough ammo to slag everything.
Also known as “it’s not an atlas, an atlas is better, fight me”
To answer the obviously hyperbolic question at the end, you send a lance because a single mech is easily swamped by asshole infantry with Inferno missiles and mines. Always, -always- have backup. The Clanners found out the hard way that their mechs, while individually superior, simply do not work when engaged in militarily sensible fashion. A single Timberwolf versus 17 Urbanmechs? I know who my money is on.
Depending on terrain it could go either way. If the Timberwolf can break contact enough to get to more open terrain, it can shred the Urbanmechs from beyond their range and maintain distance indefinitely. If it's forced to fight within the range of the UrbanMechs, the overwhelming firepower of that many AC-10s would burn the Timberwolf down.
I’m surprised the Clanners would attack without issuing a Batchall, especially if they were Clan Wolf.
it more of attack, oh yeah btw where here....
Batchall was probably issued / ignored at a higher level than a platoon sgt.