Tyrant

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<span style='font-size:10pt;line-height:100%'>Tyrant</span>


*picture shows a Spider head.

Core Frame:
<span style='colored'>Hornet</span> | Eos | XS | Lizard
<span style='colored'>4,0,6,0</span> | 0,2,0,9,0 | 0,1,0,9,0 | 0,1,0,9,0
Internal Systems:
Vulture2 | F73H | Lotus | Ananda
0,0,0,10 | ~ | 0,10,0 | 0,0,10
Armaments and Countermeasures:
Medusa | - | 98G | 98G | RS | HP | - | -
Optional Enhancements:
Amino, ES, SS, Kissyoh, L+, Codon
Paint Scheme: Tyranny
Head: 0,0,0 | 0,0,0 | 150,0,0 | 150,0,0 | 0,0,0
Corel: 0,0,0 | 0,0,0 | 0,0,0 | 0,0,0 | 0,0,0
Arms: 0,0,0 | 0,0,0 | 0,0,0 | 0,0,0 | 0,0,0
Legs: 0,0,0 | 0,0,0 | 0,0,0 | 0,0,0 | 0,0,0
Weapon Color:
General: Black

Yeah, playing angry can really net you some surprising results.

Basically I just wanted to build something that was fast, and yet was still devastatingly powerful, not to mention a bit versatile. I've had enough of LR's bipeds, they're never (properly) usable and I've whored them to death anyways. So a quad was like the bright dawn on the horizon, hehe.

The Lizard legs are very good for their weight. Hell, they're faster and more robust than the oft-used LF71, not to mention more stable too, which is what I'm going for. Spider complements the design because of it's low drain, as well as it's very good (game best actually) energy defense. Eos is one of the few cores I would entrust my quads to.

The arms present a bit of a quandary for me. The XS arms drain very little, in fact they push the surplus up to 3000+ when they're equipped. However, as with most of the light arms, they have very thin defenses, which can lead to exploitation. There is on the other hand the Gibbon, which can be plopped onto this design with no problems, and pushes the defense levels up to the 1800s-1900s. However, there are two things that are preventing me from using them:

1. They drain like mad.
2. They're butt-ugly.

So I guess when I get some playtime on this thing versus you guys I'll make my choice. If I find that the energy refresh isn't so bad even with the Gibbons on, then the Gibbons will stay. From my testing with the AI it seems that the refresh is workable. Still, I don't want to ruin the aesthetic appeal of the build.

Optionals are a bit of a toss-up too, with Kissyoh and Marishi fighting for position. My take is, when I have the XS arms, I'll slap on the Kissyoh to have that added level of defense (well, not really, but you know what I mean). When I'm using the Gibbon arms, Marishi it is; Medusa's effective anyway.

98G was chosen because it's one of the best weapons a quad can have. It cancels out any S2/S4 + RA dreams though, hehe. RS for the long range reach, and HP to buff up the lock box. When playing this quad, don't drop the HP even if it's empty, it's simple presence on your arm makes the box bigger.

I noticed that this AC looks a lot like one of Leperman's ACs, and akamm's Turducken. Umm... coincidence? Maybe. Influenced? Maybe.

Edits in red.

Battle vid!
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