Ok, i have some trades / purchases coming my way thought i'd throw together an attempt at a mechless army for discussion, as I've never used one and feel left out:

2 x BR Sprint Scouts 68
HL Gnome BA 20
HL Elemental BA 23

SSw Arrow IV 51
SSw DI Towed Arty 32
5 x SSw Special Forces Team

Merc Zahn 30
SH Behemoth 103

DF Donar 52

DF Scout ATV 14

Build Total - 448

I know it may end up being an order eater but i've left myself plenty of options so however few orders i have due to arty i should be ablke to muster up some sort of carnage...

(Note: trying to only use non-retired units)

well it's definitely mechless :)

YOU SHOULD FEEL ASHAMED OF YOURSELF!!!! MECHLESS IS ANTI-FUN!!! IT SHOWS NO RESPECT FOR YOUR OPPONENT AND CONTEMPT FOR THE VERY CONCEPT OF "MECH"WARRIOR!! YOU MAKE ME SICK!......



Now that I've saved others the time, not bad. I can only guess you plan on deploying your arty next to each other and surrounding it with the Special Forces? I don't know about those that you play with but with that kind of set-up you leave yourself exposed to a single arty piece, let alone anything beyond that. I'd try inserting other styles of coverage for the arty.

2x Scouts 68
2x Gnomes 40
1x Arrow 51
1x Towed AA 32
3x Merc Zahn 90
1x Behemoth 103
1x Donar 52
1x ATV

450

Now, this is a bit action intensive, but the Zahns allow you to protect your arty from the stray shell and makes for a dang hard target for many things (Evade= 22 Def against the shot plus easy breaks) Otherwise I believe this maitains the flavor of your army while applying a bit of extra (albeit action heavy) protection/ flexibility.

I could be wrong,
Brian

I wholeheartedly agree that mechless armies are cheese, and normally refuse to take them but i face them a bit so what better way to understand your opponent than to fight a few battles in his style?

There's no chance of me laying my hands on any more merc zahns other than the one i have. The Arrow IV can formation move with the SFTs out of the way should my opponent wanna pog them, and the Towed is scrap after one arty hit so i don't have to worry about leaving it undefended should that happen. I also need the two BR Sprints for infantry drop, as well as the command to *hopefully* give me the orders i need.

@ Mechtran - much respect to the scrub! i keep on meaning to become a scrub but i'm still very new to the game so i wanna try every style / unit i can in battle before i settle down to faction pure scrubness. Note that i have never taken less than 1 mech, more than 2 VTOLs and more than 1 arty before, and rarely combine VTOLs and arty in the same build force so don't think too poorly of me :)

*imitating voice of Obi-wan Kenobi*

"Luke......resist the dark side. The dark side will entice you to play mechless, Luke......"

"Use the sauce Luke....... use the sauce." :)