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The Banshee 3E was originally designed as a close combat 'Mech, paradoxically armed with a PPC and AC/5. While it has heavy armor, it is a mediocre brawler that is easily flanked and destroyed by any force that can prevent the Banshee from closing. |
The Banshee 3E was originally designed as a close combat 'Mech, paradoxically armed with a PPC and AC/5. While it has heavy armor, it is a mediocre brawler that is easily flanked and destroyed by any force that can prevent the Banshee from closing. |
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| − | * The Banshee-3E is ultimately little more than a joke mech, created for the sole purpose of using the near useless SFE 380. There is no practical configuration possible with its simply pathetic warload and hard points. The Grasshopper is |
+ | * The Banshee-3E is ultimately little more than a joke mech, created for the sole purpose of using the near useless SFE 380. There is no practical configuration possible with its simply pathetic warload and hard points. The Grasshopper is a superior alternative. |
* A victim of the tech slide following the collapse of the Star League, it relied too heavily on the EndoSteel construction and XL Engine that have been largely lost in the modern day. It can still be used as a 'One Punch Mech' by equipping it with an Arm Actuator and some Flamers, effectively being the 95 ton version of the Firestarter, and enough melee damage to breech CT armor on even an Atlas in a single punch. Kind of a gimmick build, but occasionally entertaining. |
* A victim of the tech slide following the collapse of the Star League, it relied too heavily on the EndoSteel construction and XL Engine that have been largely lost in the modern day. It can still be used as a 'One Punch Mech' by equipping it with an Arm Actuator and some Flamers, effectively being the 95 ton version of the Firestarter, and enough melee damage to breech CT armor on even an Atlas in a single punch. Kind of a gimmick build, but occasionally entertaining. |
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** The Banshee never used an XL Engine or Endo Steel. Production stopped long before either was developed. |
** The Banshee never used an XL Engine or Endo Steel. Production stopped long before either was developed. |
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Banshee BNC-3E is a Assault-class 'Mech in Battletech.
Description
The Banshee 3E was originally designed as a close combat 'Mech, paradoxically armed with a PPC and AC/5. While it has heavy armor, it is a mediocre brawler that is easily flanked and destroyed by any force that can prevent the Banshee from closing.
Loadouts
- The Banshee-3E is ultimately little more than a joke mech, created for the sole purpose of using the near useless SFE 380. There is no practical configuration possible with its simply pathetic warload and hard points. The Grasshopper is a superior alternative.
- A victim of the tech slide following the collapse of the Star League, it relied too heavily on the EndoSteel construction and XL Engine that have been largely lost in the modern day. It can still be used as a 'One Punch Mech' by equipping it with an Arm Actuator and some Flamers, effectively being the 95 ton version of the Firestarter, and enough melee damage to breech CT armor on even an Atlas in a single punch. Kind of a gimmick build, but occasionally entertaining.
- The Banshee never used an XL Engine or Endo Steel. Production stopped long before either was developed.
Strategy
- The Banshee 3E was originally designed for close combat, with better speed than most other assault 'Mechs. While it has heavy armor and powerful Melee attack capability, its firepower is severely lacking and it can still be flanked by lighter units
- Only possible role is to charge into melee with decent speed, extreme armor, melee damage boosters, support weapons for extra dmg, and to punch the opposition to death. A few hits can cripple the strongest mechs, and a single rear hit can devastate anything. Useless for ranged combat due to hardpoints and tiny available tonnage capacity.