I'm old-skool; gimme 3025-era variants and I'll be as happy as a clam.<br/><br/>Some 3050 'Common-sense' variants, (seriously, why the hell did it take until 3057 for the Awesome to have a simple 'swap out the SHS for DHS, slap in PPC #4 and an ECM suite' modification, while the 3040 variant was XL engine, DHS, ERPPC, which kills its zombie status for longer range and three times the price?) are also variants I agree with, for the most part.<br/><br/>As for upgrading your -3R, MVO, the easiest is a -3D variant.<br/><br/>The -5D has an XL engine, Jump Jets, ER PPCs, MPLs, and a SSRM2 rack, as well as more armour than its older siblings, which is why the pricetag goes from 6.6 Million up to 17.5 Million C-Bills.<br/><br/>I just, personally, have a dislike towards the XL engine, as it tends to make most 'mechs far more liable to be rendered dead, instead of 'able to retreat' when things go wrong.