This is a truly great game.

[Iskandar]

Lessee, I've had this game since, uh, Friday of last week, i think. Outside of work and sleep, and necessary breaks, I haven't stopped playing.

I also suck, really bad. I can only get so far in the campaign, and then, bamf, I get beat back to the stone age and have to start over.

I am, however, getting really good at the first few Savanah campaign missions.

I am also developing favorite recon titans (since, outside of a light or three that is all I've piloted). First, I liked the Duelist and the Hammer (an awesome enough combo), backed up by a Banzai or two. I've gravitated away from that. Chainsaws and AC/20's are nice, granted, but the Duelist takes an inordinate time to lock on to anything, and the Hammer takes forever to reload. Banzi's tend to have heat problems, because their reload time is too short.

Latest squad tends to be a Swift Death (Power Axes, plus a CC skill of 60+, :p ) for my leader. Pack Hunter (GME plus Vibra Claws, I love Vibra Claws. I also love the message Cockpit Hit!), for the buisness manager. A Fireball or a Quantum for my mechanic (Cold Light, or hot napalm), and a Guru for the last member of the squad (Tesla to the head, or leg really makes my day).

Squad tends to be close range, in your face. Given that starting jocks have starting skills, and hitting at range is something that isn't going to happen with these guys for some time, I don't mind.

My biggest challenge is engine explosions. Combine a low DC skill with the fact that very few (if any) recon titans actually carry DC, well, things tend to go boom. A lot. Sometimes more than one at a time.

Despite that, and despite getting creamed on a semi-regular basis (I believe I'm improving), I enjoy this game. A lot.

So here I am, sending a thank you to the programmers.

Eh, I've rambled enough. I've got titans to blow up....

[customer717]

My squad which is working out pretty well is:

Porcupine
Locust
Club (modified- the AC was replaced with a 2nd Pulse laser)

THe porcupine shaves away armor everywhere with SRM4s and with the 6 shots tends to hit something each round despite bad skills.

The locust is a nice mixed load out and I liked the BT locust. The bizzare thing it, that darn Small Laser hits all the dang time. It does not matter if its a 17% or a 85% chance. It will hit, and it will usually hit the LO Torso. Wierd.

The modified Club has nice armor for a recon and unloads good solid 8 point shots with a really fast recycle using the pair of Pulse Lasers. He does heat up a bit, but after several shots I do a scan while I cool.

Overall, they work. 1 shaver, 1 mix, and 1 heavy single area hitter. Although I think the shaver is hurting my salave money.