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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shalimar" data-source="post: 1470901" data-attributes="member: 9600">I'd suggest against going King Crab, its very ammo Dependent, while it has awesome damage potential in the 2 AC20s, it has 10 shots between them, meaning you are gonna run out damn fast and then you'll be pretty useless.  It does haave an LRM system, but again, limited ammo, leaving you with a Large laser once you run out of ammo, even my wolfhound has a large laser.The Idea behind assault mechs is that they lead the charge, they soak up the damage and punch the hole in the enemy lines to let the smaller mechs through.  If your going assault, your gonna be the main target of the opponents regardless, so you might as well set yourself up for that.  My best suggestion would be to go with the Atlas or to go with the Star League Highlander.  You could see if Duoane wouldn't let you switch he Gauss rifle for an AC20 (with triple ammo) considering that you said you spent time repairing the mech, it would make sense that in a major repair job that you would replace parts you can no longer get with something equivalent.  The Highlander is a very rare assault in that it actually has Jump jets, something no one would expect, they also make the Highlander much faster over rough terrain.</blockquote>