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The ultimate Mechwarrior experience. Someone posted this video on reddit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkA6HiNzD48
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garth ferengi posted:
This made me giggle and now I want some video of this in action
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Feb 18, 2015 07:58
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It is a good day for streak crows.
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Feb 18, 2015 08:38
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Number19 posted:I do wear my Bad Company title in game if that makes you feel better in any way. This is why I like you 
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Feb 18, 2015 09:07
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So while it seems obvious to take 2 ERPPC's on the panther 10k, don't. It runs way too hot, take one and some SRMs instead. I've been giving streaks a try and it is pretty cool to be able to hit lights through their warp drive.
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Feb 18, 2015 10:06
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Strobe posted:So am I just getting hideously unlucky in solopub with my team comp? I don't think I've seen Narc happen more than once or twice in fifteen or thirty games. It's weird. And a little aggravating, having a missile boat and having to step out and trade damage with the laughably superior long range sniping weapons in order to do anything. don't use LRMs. garth ferengi posted:
looking forward to the screenshot where you do like 3500 damage in one CW match with this, the perfect drop deck
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Feb 18, 2015 11:41
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Strobe posted:So am I just getting hideously unlucky in solopub with my team comp? I don't think I've seen Narc happen more than once or twice in fifteen or thirty games. It's weird. And a little aggravating, having a missile boat and having to step out and trade damage with the laughably superior long range sniping weapons in order to do anything. Narc is pretty rare. Pubbies are bad at keeping locks because pressing r while shooting is too hard. You're more likely to get targets in the team queue, especially since people actually place UAVs in good spots most of the time. Don't forget your tag laser.
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Feb 18, 2015 14:55
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Strobe posted:So am I just getting hideously unlucky in solopub with my team comp? I don't think I've seen Narc happen more than once or twice in fifteen or thirty games. It's weird. And a little aggravating, having a missile boat and having to step out and trade damage with the laughably superior long range sniping weapons in order to do anything. Please source your quotes.
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Feb 18, 2015 14:58
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How many TFF goons do we have up in here, anyhow?
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Feb 18, 2015 15:00
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A.o.D. posted:How many TFF goons do we have up in here, anyhow? Not enough. El Cubo posted:The ultimate Mechwarrior experience. Someone posted this video on reddit: Just decided to watch this despite the reddit and I was amused, but I was sad that there was no comedy at the end. What game mode was that match? There were no bases or points to capture.
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Feb 18, 2015 15:05
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Feindfeuer posted:I just got reminded how terrible the MWO installer is, I accidently deleted the MWO folder as it was sitting in one of my trash-game folder that I was cleaning out. As I didn't properly uninstall it the installer bitched when I tried to ran a re-install... uninstalling is not an option as that buggs out with the same error message as the actuall installer. A quick google search reveals that you'll have to manually clear your registry if you accidently wipe your MWO folder without a propper uninstall. You install applications to something other than Program Files and then manually go looking for files to delete instead of using Add/Remove Programs? Yeah, no surprise you feel like you're in the 90s.
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Feb 18, 2015 15:20
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teepo posted:i just spotted this in the subreddit I am curious to see what PGI's plan is with Solaris.. Because I could picture Solaris being something similar to this.
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Feb 18, 2015 16:45
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If you run lrms, you need to have your own cap/bap and either a targetting computer or command module. I wreck poo poo with my lrms, but then again I play a 4x10 timbo and carry enough lrms to kill at least 5 people solo.
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Feb 18, 2015 17:23
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Bort Bortles posted:Just decided to watch this despite the reddit and I was amused, but I was sad that there was no comedy at the end. What game mode was that match? There were no bases or points to capture. Skirmish.
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Feb 18, 2015 17:41
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El Cubo posted:Skirmish. Gotchya. I'm guessing that is a newer mode that gets rid of bases entirely, or is that where you can do custom games?
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Feb 18, 2015 18:15
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Bort Bortles posted:Gotchya. I'm guessing that is a newer mode that gets rid of bases entirely, or is that where you can do custom games? Yeah, it's basically just straight 12v12, as opposed to 12v12 with some incidental objectives.
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Feb 18, 2015 18:37
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Pattonesque posted:Yeah, it's basically just straight 12v12, as opposed to 12v12 with some incidental objectives. Speaking of which, they need to make the Conquest score matter a lot more. "Just grab 2 and then deathball" should not be the winning strategy for take and hold.
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Feb 18, 2015 19:28
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Bort Bortles posted:Gotchya. I'm guessing that is a newer mode that gets rid of bases entirely, or is that where you can do custom games? Skirmish is the oldest game mode, if you've not seen it before you might have opted out of it.
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Feb 18, 2015 19:30
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Elliotw2 posted:Skirmish is the oldest game mode, if you've not seen it before you might have opted out of it. Assault was actually the first non-CW game mode. It was followed by Conquest and then Skirmish.
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Feb 18, 2015 19:42
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Hey Washout, when do you think you're going to start running that CW thing you mentioned? I like your style of robutting and would like to play with halfway competent people who at the very least listen to the yell bosses calls.
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Feb 18, 2015 20:11
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Mederlock posted:Hey Washout, when do you think you're going to start running that CW thing you mentioned? I like your style of robutting and would like to play with halfway competent people who at the very least listen to the yell bosses calls. Seconded. One thing I think we need to work on is making sure we get the maximum number of people shooting at a target at once. Teams that stomp us tend to all crest the hill at the same time, whereas we trickle in.
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Feb 18, 2015 20:18
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Pattonesque posted:Seconded. Yeah. Coordinated movement is very important, especially against high alpha damage teams, but it can be quite difficult to pull off when you play with people who don't give a gently caress/don't have a mic/headphones/are distracted. Between that and the absence of people shooting or calling out a primary target, I would say they are the biggest things holding us back from stomping pubs like we used to back in the day, at least for the non-CW drops. 
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Feb 18, 2015 20:29
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No, there are quite a few things holding us back. First we don't all take good builds when we are pubbing. People are working on eliteing or trying new builds usually. Secondly goons are poors so we don't all use arty strikes and air strikes. So in order to win when solo pubbing in big groups we would need to be nazies about what robots people were taking (mostly clan mechs or highly quirked IS mechs) and secondly everyone would need to start spending cash more willy nilly dropping those strikes all over the place. Finally you need to drop heavy, make sure that the assault and heavy slots are filled with really good builds is important too. But instead we take a lot of gargoyles, awesomes, or illyia muromets.
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Feb 18, 2015 20:42
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Number19 posted:Assault was actually the first non-CW game mode. It was followed by Conquest and then Skirmish. Easy mistake to make, honestly, most Assaults resulted into a Skirmish back in the day anyway.
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Feb 18, 2015 20:47
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Washout posted:illyia muromets. What is wrong with the Marmoset? Those torso energy slots were the tits back before ghost heat killed the game.
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Feb 18, 2015 20:51
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goons have an aversion towards heavy and assault mechs. you won't start seeing those slots filled until after then 8th man. though i haven't dropped with you guys in awhile, so maybe things have changed.
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Feb 18, 2015 20:54
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teepo posted:goons have an aversion towards heavy and assault mechs. you won't start seeing those slots filled until after then 8th man. We tend not to take the best meta assault builds. Which is too bad, there are plenty of fun ones out there. Lasedrill Stalker, Dakka Banshee, Truckernaught if you really want the ECM, etc.
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Feb 18, 2015 20:58
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Getting spawn camped on Sulfurous Rift is one of the most frustrating things.
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Feb 18, 2015 21:25
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Pattonesque posted:We tend not to take the best meta assault builds. Ghost Dad is bad, although I've a new respect for the Raven-3L so if we had 2-3 of those it would be alright too.
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Feb 18, 2015 21:27
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real talk, nobody needs ecm and quirks and bap changes have made the raven-3l irrelevant imo
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Feb 18, 2015 21:36
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Used to. Heavies are the spots fought for now.
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Feb 18, 2015 21:44
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The AC/20 + PPC King Crab is my favourite mech right now, personally.
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Feb 18, 2015 22:00
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Omg 3AC5 3LL banshee is pretty amazing.teepo posted:real talk, nobody needs ecm Still good at hiding and peeking with 2 ERLL.
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Feb 18, 2015 22:24
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teepo posted:real talk, nobody needs ecm Nobody needs ECM if nobody brings LRM's, sure. But against non-meta pub groups, you're going to get rained on really hard by coordinated LRMs in CW.
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Feb 18, 2015 22:53
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Washout posted:Omg 3AC5 3LL banshee is pretty amazing. Me, Washout, and a few other goons were playing with the ERLL build and it is hilariously good. Its arm weapons are mounted really high and off to the extreme right side of it's torso, so it can peek and poke at long ranges with impunity. It has relative immunity from LRM's at the ranges it should be poking at, and is hard to track down exactly where it is due to its ECM. Its main weakness is that its relatively terrible against other lights at close range, so you've got to kite mechs like fire starters to keep them out of their range or try to drag them into your mediums and heavies, as once they're close you are done for, unless you are a god damned machine with precisely keeping your lasers on the same part of the target
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Feb 18, 2015 22:54
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What a day and age to be alive where dragons are one of the most competitive IS heavies.
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Feb 18, 2015 22:55
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Westy!  Finally give up on tanks?
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Feb 18, 2015 22:57
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The ER Large -3L is a p. good choice all-around and is capable of really ruining an opposing robot's day. Pick a component you know is important (the AC/5 arm on a Dragon-1N, a Banshee-3E's left torso) and keep dumping alphas into it from a range where they have a lot of trouble hitting you, win gaem.
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Feb 18, 2015 23:00
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Pattonesque posted:The ER Large -3L is a p. good choice all-around and is capable of really ruining an opposing robot's day. Pick a component you know is important (the AC/5 arm on a Dragon-1N, a Banshee-3E's left torso) and keep dumping alphas into it from a range where they have a lot of trouble hitting you, win gaem. When I'm the last robot left on hpg manifold I usually run around outside of the main arena and poke around. Infuriating.
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Strobe posted:Westy! I stopped playing that terrible game years ago, just after they put physics in. Supposedly they improved it but...  Speaking of tanks, Russ said recently that they're beginning work on AI. Maybe we'll finally get an ingame tutorial for new players!
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