'Mechs are in an OK place right now. However unless a vehicle is a transport or artillery or one of about four tanks then it is, on the whole, filler right now.

Inncorrect.

according to CBT fluff, line and verse: the Fafnir in it's original prototype form was 105tons. it wasn't until it went into production that developers were able to reduce the tonage to a mere 100tons. this is a published fact (wich fanpro reserves the right to change on a whim)

as for battle armor, you are also incorrect again. battle armor do start at .25 tons, but they END at 1.95 tons. battle armors such as the Kanazuchi, and Fenrir have been described as having a much smaller version of a mech copit, and thus classify as a 'protomech'. it remains to be seen what the description of the Ravager armor will turn out to be. it took until about death from above for the stats on the hauberk to become general knowledge.

Now,Now David don't go off on that tangent again. :p People may think your serious and want to go the way of the Dodo bird. Make the mech extinct and we can can have old fashion wargames. :) If i wanted no mechs I'd play Axis and Allies.

But Axis and Allies does not have tankdrop :P .

Oy Vey, lemme guess how this started...your brother kicked Peacemakers ### with his Oni Battle Armor, and you were virtually defenseless to stop the ####ed things...I know it's something along those lines... -.-;

And just because I feel like going on a lack of sleep induced rant I have a random factiod...

The plural of 'Mech, is either Mech, or Mecha. Mechs is an improper use, so for the love of everything devine don't use it! Bleh, ok I feel better...

No, it's 'Mechs. This isn't a Japanese game. Were it thus, I would agree with you.

mecha sounds cooler.

game, set, and match.

Find one instance from the fluff where they are referred to as being 'Mecha' and not 'Mechs'.

Except it is a BattleMech.

One BattleMech
Two BattleMechs

The suffix "'Mech" could come from "Mechanised" (use Z rather than S if you're American) or from "Mechanoid", neither of which is Japanese.

Hence the plural can be obtained by the addition of an "s".

If you want the fluff, there are four types of 'Mech.

BattleMech
OmniMech (a subclass of BattleMech with a modular layout)
IndustrialMech (used for construction, demolition, mining, loading dropships etc)
AgroMech (used for harvesting, tree felling etc)

Most often the names are shortened. Industrial and Agro varieties were usually lumped together and referred to as "WorkMechs".

Personally I don't really see the need to have two different categories of LaborMechs. But if I have to believe Kotch, the ForestryMech is an AgroMech.

Who's fiction? The pre-FASA collapse fiction or the post-wizkids buyout fiction?

The Fiction that had Davion taking over 3/4 of the Capellan Confederation with their Combined Arms RCTs.

The Fiction that had the Falcons reeling on Coventry.

The Fiction where the Com Guard stopped the Clans on Tukayyid.

i.e. 10 years ago and longer.

It is. In fact the AgroMech wasn't a single 'Mech it was a class of 'Mech. There were HarvesterMechs and ForestryMechs. Both were AgroMechs.