You know, Kenneth is a thoroughly naive and nice chap.
He's perfectly happy to flash the GG credit card to buy a round of drinks. Nice of him.
He unfortunately also works for Patrick, who is the kind of chap who will borrow your GG credit card, use it to get hammered on the top shelf imported good stuff, then wake up with a hangover and go over your expense claims with a fine tooth-comb.
Guess who Kenneth last lent his company credit card to?
Like I said, nice, but very very naive.
As for James Waddington, he's thoroughly disreputable. I worked with him during Faction War 3. He was being helpful and analytical, using a spreadsheet to keep track of who's round it was at the bar so nobody got stiffed while they were drunk.
I of course hacked his files and found that he had managed to miss his own name of the list.
Like I said, very analytical, thoroughly disreputable. I like him.
He, however, like Kenneth, is wrong.
The mistake they have both made is in their interpretation of the advertising phrase "Mecha of the Warrior". They may have been watching too much Space Opera, believing that a Warrior is square jawed, 7 foot tall with a gleaming smile and bulging biceps.
The other definition of warrior is the poor sod getting shot at, the one who would either prefer to be somewhere else, prefer the guns to be pointing somewhere else or at the very least would like several foot of battle steel between them and the guns that are pointing in their direction.
Oh look, here's a Buchis. The only mech with five shield slots under 75 tons. Admittedly its Gamma grade shielding (hence the reason for me mentioning 75 tons) but that is still a fair swag, bearing in mind the base damage around the level you get the fifth slot is only 57 from the crystal based Chemthrower.
Now if you don't have a place in your formation for something that can mitigate large amounts of damage then perhaps you should double check your lines.
Now lets address some of those bleats and moans about how bad the Buchis is, eh?
Low speed? It's faster than a Megazome... Also remember that fire rate is a function of speed and weapon slots which niode mechs get in abundance.
Low dodge? Look at the Smilodon. Nobody complains about them, and they need more dodge than a snake in a four wheel drift seeing as how they are the most fragile mid range mech there is... and the Buchis can dodge just as well as them.
Yes, the lack of accuracy is an issue, but at the end of the day as a Warrior you will have plenty of swords out there with you.
Sometimes a warrior needs a shield.
It may not be glamorous, but then getting shot at isn't either.
Submitted by David McCallum #701548