>>96401444
I wouldn’t say the tanks are qualitatively better than the mechs in absolute terms. On an open field, maybe, but even on Earth and Utopia there’s a whole lot of fighting outside of those. You could flip your argument around and say it’s about how mechs are better than tanks except on the planets that are full of wide open plains.

The thing about Heavy Gear is that there’s no “king of the battlefield” in the way Battlemechs are or the way tankfags want tanks to be. Every weapon system has a specific use case and an effective commander will combine them to maximize their strengths while covering their weaknesses.