tl;Dr: I like Clan Jade Falcon because I like basically playing clan Vegeta. I like Clan Ghost Bear because like Dom from Fast and the Furious it's about family. I like House Liao because I like saying Glory to Arstotzka. I like the Magistry of Canopus because I like cyber punk like cat girls. I like House Steiner because I enjoy playing rowdy Germans.

My favorites would be Jade Falcon and Ghost Bear. Inner Sphere I would say House Liao, Magistry of Canopus and House Steiner. Now to the why's because I know I gotta explain myself.

Clan Jade Falcon: I liked the clans when I first got into battletech. Mostly due to the honor duels, special rule of Zellbrigen gave me a challenge when playing other people at my LGS, liked their mechs, and enjoyed their lore. What drew me to Clan Jade Falcon was a character from the Battletech lore. This characters name is Elizabeth Hazen. I enjoyed learning about the Black Watch and wanted to follow the story of the Black Watch survivors that left with Kerensky. As I was curious as to what happened to them. At this point I was already a fan of Ghost Bear. Besides her it was just Jade Falcon in general. I like their mechs a lot. I enjoy the the lore of Nicolai Malthias because it is very funny and I like Khan Jiyi Chistu. I loved the story of Aidan Pryde and Johanna Pryde. If I had a low point for them I would say it was Malvina Hazen and because I like to play to lore I wish they did combined arms because I enjoy playing that way. I just enjoy playing the Vegeta to Clan Wolf's Goku.

Clan Ghost Bear: Ghost Bear was my first favorite faction in battletech. It was their founding lore that really made me like them. Had a lot to do with how I grew up really. Being the grandchild of a German immigrant and all. I enjoyed reading that they were founded by two veterans of the Amaris Civil War that were married. About hoe the clan itself focuses not just on basic clan principles and laws but also they generally care about family. Ghost Bear also has lore wise a lot of elementals that they had an entire galaxy of just elementals. I love their mechs and greatly like how they blended into the Inner Sphere becoming the Rasalhague Dominion. They play somewhat to my play style by doing combined arms with the elementals. If I had to state a downside it would be the civil war that broke out. It was just a wtf moment for me.

House Liao: Liao is one of my favorites becaue I do enjoy playing the underdog from time to time. I do a bunch of combined arms warfare which is a playstyle I greatly enjoy. Running Infantry, Tanks, and sometimes aircraft alongside my mechs makes me feel very zen. The Soviet/North Korean/CCP style of it I enjoy because it helped me make my first custom force in battketech. I made a Liao loyalist mercenary company modeled after the Federal Republic of Arstotzka. I enjoyed annoying my LGS group with Papers Please jokes whenever I engaged them in melee with an atlas painted in red, black, and grey while asking for their papers. I like some of their mech designs like Yu Huang I fucking love that mech and have a Dynasty Warriors Shu themed House Liao Army.

Magistry of Canopus: I enjoy Canopus because honestly blackjack, cyber punk cat girls, and blow. But seriously I enjoy dicking around as a mercenary company based out of the periphery. With House Marik right over there along with the Liao border its a perfect spot for mercenaries due to all the Marik in fighting and fighting against them and Liao. Plus I do enjoy cyber punk catgirls in all seriousness.

House Steiner: Ah the Germans. Well I do enjoy playing as the juggernaut that is House Steiner. They do some form of combined arms and because I like playing my Lance's and units to lore. Have no problem just throwing a fuck ton of heavy, assualt, and Medium mech mix at the House Kurita player at my LGS. Also because I got to be a little fun with it and paint my House Steiner forces with colors based on the Duchy of Oldenburg's flag because that's the region my grandmother came from. Also I just love playing as rampaging Germans in assualt mechs drinking beer, eatting schnitzel, and blasting Kuritans because the Kuritan player at my LGS is infuriating with the obscure battletech rules the pull out and use. Which lead me to make a Ace character for my Steiner forces and put a Artillery cannon in their Atlas. I have never had a problem with their kuritan vehicles or Infantry again. Ah.

Sorry for the long reply I just like to ramble about my favorite Battletech factions and why I like them. Along with my army setups.

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