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The Marauder MAD-3R is a 75-ton Heavy 'Mech. One of the more famous mech around, it is the signature 'Mech of The Bounty Hunter.
Description[]
Perhaps one of the best-known ‘Mechs in existence the Marauder makes a worthy opponent on the battlefield. It's no slouch at midrange combat but experienced MechWarriors will hang back at longer ranges to let it’s PPCs and AC5 punish targets from afar.
Loadouts[]
The MAD-3R is a 75 ton mech that has 24 tons available with full armor or 42 tons with no armor. The Lance Command Mod on its left torso gives a 10% damage reduction against attacks towards your entire lance. In addition the mod also gives a bonus to accuracy on Called Shots.
- The Lance Command Mod does not stack with multiple Marauders in a lance.
Strategy[]
- This' Mech's Lance Command Mod literally screams its role as a bounty hunter covering a meat tank. I removed all MLs and replaced one PPC with a Snub PPC. Why? With prolonged long-range shooting, one PPC still has to be turned off, and at closer range this modification does more damage if someone dares to get close to the mech. I replaced AC / 5 with AC / 10 ++ and received a total damage of 210 at a distance of 360 meters, and at an average-long distance of 450 meters - 110 damage. At the same time, a fighter with high tactics annihilates heads with a probability of more than 30 percent. Such cover is necessary for any spear with a meat tank. Sorry for my google translate. I am Russian.
In the mid-end game most of enemies have Bulwark, use cover extensively and have supporting Marauders/Cyclopsi, denying one-shot kills. There are several loadouts that can sustainably overcome that, though.
0. 2*AC10 with 65 and 70 dmg are out. Both must hit on 40% reduction, that's pure gamble. You can use ER ML+/++ as finishers, but the tonnage won't allow for adequate armor values and heatsinks.
Next consider UACs. As a quick rule, 35% chance is roughly equal to 1 out of 3 shots (35% + 35% + 35% greater than 100%).
1. 2*UAC/10 & 4*ER ML++ are doing a bit better. You have 4 shots per salvo and would regularly land one hit from each group in the head. Plausible, but still too hot and too close to the enemy.
2. 3*UAC/5+ & 4*ML(++/ER optional) are optimal for the task. With 6 shots per salvo you need to hit twice and follow with 1 hit from the laser barrage, rather easy to pull off. On 20% reduction 2 AC hits or 1 AC & 1 ML++/ER are enough.
3. 3*UAC/2++ are possible for more free tonnage for jumps and armor, but they need ML++/ERs as a backup on 40% reduction and still need to hit 3 times overall on 20%.
