[@Aristo] So luckily I could glean a lot of the most prevalent answers to my lingering questions by reading back a bit, but there is still a thing or two I have suspisions of, but would like clarification on. Deliberate combat is fine. But do we have a specific, limited suite of weapons to mix and match from, or is it within our imagination to create these weapons and just make sure they accomodate the rules?

Also, slower than gundam is cool, but I personally have always gone for either the heavy armed saboteur, or an 'aerial swordsman' archetype when building mechs. That said, would any possibility for frames to be able to attain flight(jet boosters, anti-gravity mechanism, kinetic dispersal, whichever the settings tech would permit, really) exist?

Edit: And what about personal defense systems? Energy/plasma/kinetic shields/barriers? Or are we relying solely on positioning and the defense of our natural armor? This would help me determine my style and build a bit easier.