Hanger Balance when playing solo?

I actually have a Tunder Pinata Leo I used before I got the carnage (still at lvl 6).

But in a moment of beer fuelled madness I went a bought a Lance. Which once upgraded is going in the line up. Just having doubts about putting him in instead of the plasma griffin or running them both and losing a mid ranger?

Hi Sean, thanks for posting.

Nice hangar dude. Almost all of those setups can be seen in legend hangars. You have good taste.

I'm in iOS Expert III and im still running a Rog and finding it quite competitive. As you go up the leagues you just need to be a little more selective which targets you engage. I don't engage anything with tarans, but I love to jump over a missle salvo and return fire. Also, if I see a any bot with a physical shield, I'm on them like white on rice. As long as it doesn't expose me to Zeus and trebs that is.

Yesterday I even caught a lancelot off guard, entered his Ancile shield from behind and unloaded my whole wad.... he was down  before he even knew what was happening! Wait, that sounded like a prison reference... Anyway, never, never, drop your soap gentlemen...

But I hear you about firepower. Sometimes I swap in a Stuka griffin (Orks and Aphids) to beef up that slot a bit. It usually doesn't take me long to switch back to the Rog though. Mobility is not just fun, sometimes it's the only thing that keeps you alive.

As for your mid range options, I would keep the Zeus carnage and maybe experiment swapping the RDB griffin with something. I personally hate running the RDB griffin now, mainly because so many people use it and many of them pilot it better than me. My tulumbus doc is fulfilling this role at the moment. For your purposes, most people would advise you to sub in the plain DB griffin, but that sounds a bit pedestrian to me.

A lot of forum members have been saying that they're having success with the Ork/Piñata Galahad since the update. It's not as powerful as the DB griff, but as long as you're selective again with your targets, it is very survivable when played at the right time. It has enough speed to get back to the fight quickly. This is also great if reserved as a late beacon capper. And it has comparable firepower to the RDB griffin, so hopefully you won't lose damage. 

Don't know if this suits your playing style, but just some thoughts. For me, I'd prefer to run an aphid Jesse than run a second griff

My current hangar is this. Lowest anything is the hybrid Rhino, which is L6 with L7 weapons. Everything else is mostly L8-9 with one L10 Taran in there. Oh, and one of the Trebs on the Fury is L6.

PDB Rhino
DB Rhino
Taran/Orkan/Pinata Rhino
Trebuchet Fury
Tulumbas Rog

Wait...wut??? No power midranger?!?

Yep. Midrange has become saturated to the point where it's ridiculous. So, I built a hangar to counter that. Turns out, this hangar also happens to counter pretty much anything else.

Fury can counter any Midrange bot. If it can find a shooting lane, which forces you to think about how best to use it. And if you're thinking, you're playing well. Why Fury instead of Natasha? Fury is DPS, Natasha is DPM. I'd rather have Fury's burst damage than Natasha's protracted damage. I'm not going to take a whole lot of shots, and the ones I do take, I want them to hurt.

Three knifers form the backbone of my hangar. However not just any knifers; fast, heavy knifers with massive firepower. Yes, Griffin has as much firepower and the Jump ability. But Rhino is far faster, has more HP, and has that almost unbreakable shield up front. If you're careful, you'll be able to negate Griffin's agility advantage by forcing it into a slugfest. Which the Griffin will lose, ten times out of ten.

Last of all, there's a fast, agile harrier. Which packs a decent punch. Rog is good on any map, and while Orkans or Tarans would give more firepower, they both require closing to dangerous distances. Using Tulus means less damage dealt, but you can dodge return fire far more effectively. The point of this mech is to pressure weak points in the enemy lines, late in the game. It's an exploiting bot. I ALSO drop it if my team is behind on beacons and we need to swing some right away. Rog can survive and escape interception, Rhino has to fight its way through. Which it can, but fighting takes time and time is something you too often don't have in this game.

With the hangar you have, here's what I'd suggest for experimentation:

Tulu Rog
DB Griffin
PDB Griffin
Thunder Carnage
Zeus Carnage

Zeus Carnage is your midrange mech. That Rog, isn't a midrange mech. It's a fast bot that is capable of engaging at midrange, but its true purpose is NOT dealing damage. It's a support mech, supporting the main battle either with extra firepower or by distracting and capping beacons. It should NEVER be your first drop - if anything it should always be the fourth or fifth drop. If your first three mechs can't get the job done, you want to have this one in reserve to try to turn the tide late.

The three knifers should be self-explanatory. They're your main battle squad, what you'll be driving most of the match.

The Zeus Carnage should generally be either your first drop or your last drop. First on maps where it's highly effective, to establish command over the battlefield and support your team. If you're on a map where it's less useful, it should be the last mech you reach for and only if you've expended everything else.