Mechs or Tanks

[Shadowcatbot]

Hypothetically your in a real life situation. Suddenly two of your researchers come up to you. One is claiming how mechs are really great and you should use mechs while the other is loading a revolver to shoot at him.

What do you choose? Mechs or Tanks?




Found some mechy fanboys. Better check if theirs any infestation here.

[Vinyl]

Mother. Fucking. Tanks.

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[Archduke Daynel, PhD]

Realistically, mechs kind of suck.
They are more expensive, complicated and vulnerable than tanks with no real benefits.

[Iv121]

Mobility, mechs can acess areas tanks cannot, but that doesn't mean that tanks are obsolete, in fact they both can co-exist quite well because they just have different roles and very little overlap.

[Archduke Daynel, PhD]

I do feel like most areas inaccessible by tanks can be accessed by helicopter, though.

[Ivan2006]

Helicopters are very expensive to operate and thus have to be deployed on-demand. A mech could accompany infantry directly.
I will listen to this guy

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[ACH0225]

Bipedal mechs are a far away thing; any we see soon will be 3 or 4 legged.

[Ivan2006]

Well, the japanese obvioulsy want bipedal ones and the American ones are unmanned and thus don't technically classify as mechs, so maybe bipedal mechs are actually not /that/ far off.

[Error]

Tanks.

-lower profile
-more stable gunnery platform
-stability on uneven terrain
-cheaper
-i can bumrush you with 5 tanks for every 1 mech you have, now wut
-Vin can back me up on how awesome Tank Goodness is

[Luna]

If I'd have to choose, tanks. Mechs could also work but they'd be rather flimsy. Basically what Iv said^

EDIT: Don't let Mercury Steam/Catsonmeth get involved in this. He's one.

[Prototype]

Practicality: Tanks

Badassery: Mechs


Although in Flan's mod at least, Mechs trump everything, even the really OP tanks just can't hold a candle.

Though small, light mechs could prove very useful with their mobility. Big mechs would get roflstomped in direct combat. Unless, of course, your mech is a goddamn Titan, then always pick the Titan:


Because fuck your baneblade.

[Error]

'Cause mechs are hillariously overpowered.

[Saravanth]

We need a tank with the proportions of a baneblade with the height of an imperator titan. You know we do.

[Error]

Scuse, assembling a scaled-up Baneblade with a starship-grade lance battery.

[Crash Override]

Effective? I dunno.

Cool?

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Hell yeah