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A.o.D. posted:Summary: quirks should be location specific, and more strongly emphasize a mech's role. Yes. All of it.
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 00:24 |
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# ? May 29, 2024 14:19 |
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yeah agreed. more defined roles would do wonders for 'mechs you never see anymore
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 00:33 |
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A.o.D. posted:Summary: quirks should be location specific, and more strongly emphasize a mech's role. So maybe you're not the best person to discuss game mechanics. I mean, half of what you wrote was devoted to "make my ppcs good again" In the words of our dear departed modpud, "get gud kid" E: in my defense I barely skimmed your post because I wanted to insult you and surprisingly not as much is devoted to your ppc fetish as I thought.
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 00:34 |
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give the cataphract the same kind of structure/armor buffs as the atlas
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 00:42 |
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I just want my muromets to be a cool dude mech again
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 01:21 |
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I have a King Crab with 4xLPL
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 01:23 |
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Localized quirks are something I've asked about a lot and they're unfortunately not possible with the current weapons system. As far as my understanding goes, weapons stats are a per mech thing, not a per weapon thing. It would take some significant rewrites to make that change and it might not even be possible without tearing down the weapons code and rebuilding it from the ground up. This same root issue is why ammo switching for LB-X autocannons isn't possible. A weapon has one ammo type and one fire mode. Again, perhaps it can be extended some day but it will require some pretty serious work and might require a ground up rework of the system to implement.
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 01:33 |
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Number19 posted:Localized quirks are something I've asked about a lot and they're unfortunately not possible with the current weapons system. As far as my understanding goes, weapons stats are a per mech thing, not a per weapon thing. It would take some significant rewrites to make that change and it might not even be possible without tearing down the weapons code and rebuilding it from the ground up. well, get to it! Workday isn't even over for you yet!
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 01:46 |
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TeeMerk posted:well, get to it! Workday isn't even over for you yet! I really don't think you want me writing code...
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 01:49 |
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Number19 posted:Localized quirks are something I've asked about a lot and they're unfortunately not possible with the current weapons system. As far as my understanding goes, weapons stats are a per mech thing, not a per weapon thing. It would take some significant rewrites to make that change and it might not even be possible without tearing down the weapons code and rebuilding it from the ground up. I think this will end up being needed to solve diversity problems in mechs, and working on the implication of implementing it now, rather than later, will be an overall benefit. People are currently buying mechs based on lore, but that only goes so far. Newer players will just get the optimal mechs for any weight class and the associated mechbays, leaving whole lines of mechs untouched. You need mech diversity to encourage mech purchase, and you need mech purchase to encourage mech bay purchase. Slot quirks gets us closer to mw4's useful 'variable' slot size without needing to impose that on every mech and the associated redesign costs. For all the flaws in that game, the extension of the hardpoint system with size requirements helped stop min-maxing. Separately, I'd love to see mechs get different joining patterns for the different hitbox areas. Right now every seem between hitboxes is a straight line, but if other patterns were used like hex, jigsaw, square wave or saw tooth, you could fine tune a mechs hitboxes and therefore its durability without making it a straight trade off between "can run XL" and "can't run XL". For instance, if the Dragon had a deep saw tooth join between the arm and side torso, and between the side torso and center torso, it would help counter the mechs poor durability due to the nose heavy model. This would require work from the technical modeling team, but I don't beleive any new code would be needed (and there shouldn't be any performance impact). You could also use this to help mechs with particularly broad pelvis's, like the Stalker.
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 02:01 |
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Seriously, as soon as the Warhammer drops, I'm going to turn one of them into a 2x AC/20 warham. I mean, yeah, that'll be fun, but it's not a warhammer.
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 02:03 |
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A PGI rep told me last month I would've able to change my name this month and they weren't wrong. I am not used to this with this company.
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 02:16 |
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Number 19, now that you've fixed brawling I have another impossible task for you. Can you please make it so that modules, etc. are selected when you drop? That way we don't have to constantly go into the mech lab or buy multiple very expensive modules for each mech we pilot. Thanks Number 19!
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 02:20 |
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Internet Explorer posted:Number 19, now that you've fixed brawling I have another impossible task for you. Can you please make it so that modules, etc. are selected when you drop? That way we don't have to constantly go into the mech lab or buy multiple very expensive modules for each mech we pilot. Thanks Number 19! Give players 20 seconds after map/mode selection to make changes to their robot in a simplified mechlab screen.
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 02:28 |
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A.o.D. posted:Seriously, as soon as the Warhammer drops, I'm going to turn one of them into a 2x AC/20 warham. I mean, yeah, that'll be fun, but it's not a warhammer. The Boomhammer is slow and not a very good robot IMO
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 02:44 |
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Number19 posted:The Boomhammer is slow and not a very good robot IMO Yeah, Russ made one in that stream two weeks ago and it didn't look viable as anything other than a joke snowflake build. Ammo/engine size issues.
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 02:54 |
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The Arctic Cheetah is such overpowered bullshit. I just carry the poo poo out of games in it. Had yet another 3v1 game against a blackjack, cheetah, and jagermech. Wrecked em all. What a stupid mech. On mining collective you are unkillable.
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 03:52 |
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Endbuster posted:The Arctic Cheetah is such overpowered bullshit. I just carry the poo poo out of games in it. Had yet another 3v1 game against a blackjack, cheetah, and jagermech. Wrecked em all. What a stupid mech. On mining collective you are unkillable. what's your name in game
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 04:23 |
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ZenVulgarity posted:what's your name in game [LHON] Endbuster: I have a screenshot from that match if you're referring to what I think you are referring to.
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 04:24 |
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Endbuster posted:The Arctic Cheetah is such overpowered bullshit. I just carry the poo poo out of games in it. Had yet another 3v1 game against a blackjack, cheetah, and jagermech. Wrecked em all. What a stupid mech. On mining collective you are unkillable. agreed. my kdr is like a loving 8 on that thing. it's beyond stupid and needs to be nerfed to hell
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 04:30 |
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teepo posted:agreed. my kdr is like a loving 8 on that thing. it's beyond stupid and needs to be nerfed to hell I have like 150 games on it, and am at 6 KDR. Its just a stupid powerhouse with its mobility. I actually facechecked a BJ-1X (I had no leg and an open torso) and just torso ROLLED twisted his alpha for crazy damage spread then shot his cockpit. Its a loving dumb mech. Endbuster fucked around with this message at 04:37 on Jan 19, 2016 |
# ? Jan 19, 2016 04:32 |
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Endbuster posted:I have like 150 games on it, and am at 6 KDR. Its just a stupid powerhouse with its mobility. I actually facechecked a BJ-1X (I had no leg and an open torso) and just torso ROLLED twisted his alpha for crazy damage spread then shot his cockpit. Its a loving dumb mech. the funny thing is that before i -- and assumingly you -- came back, it had some structure and laser heat quirk buffs. take a second and imagine how much of a powerhouse it was then i can understand the kdr monkeys who want to use it for stat padding not complaining, but i can't understand how nobody else really says poo poo about it. people are too accepting of how amazing of a mech it is even though it's one of the most broken mechs in the game
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 04:42 |
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teepo posted:the funny thing is that before i -- and assumingly you -- came back, it had some structure and laser heat quirk buffs. take a second and imagine how much of a powerhouse it was then Nah I wasn't around then. I can't imagine it was better than it is now. Def could use a lil nerf.
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 04:44 |
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well, i think they removed the quirk buffs the second it became available for c-bills. go figure
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 04:45 |
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teepo posted:well, i think they removed the quirk buffs the second it became available for c-bills. go figure Literally the patch after IIRC, they also nerfed the Timber Wolf's laser vomit right after it came out for C-Bills, then launched the -A to allow people to spend more cash on laser vomit before nerfing that too.
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 04:55 |
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Endbuster posted:The Arctic Cheetah is such overpowered bullshit. I just carry the poo poo out of games in it. Had yet another 3v1 game against a blackjack, cheetah, and jagermech. Wrecked em all. What a stupid mech. On mining collective you are unkillable. I think I was in that match, I was rolling around with a group from my friend's ArmA clan messing about with my Panther. I alt-tabbed after dying and seeing it was one guy versus a handful of them, and came back to see [11|11] and the last guy on our team was a Jagermech hiding in a corner. This was his first time playing in years and he had arm lock on, so he couldn't elevate the LB10-X to shoot you.
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 05:01 |
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Is the solo kill award exactly what it says, or is there just some threshold above like 75% of damage dealt or something? I've gotten it in a few fights where there is just no loving way I could have been the only guy to hit somebody but I still got the solo kill bonus when they died.
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 05:06 |
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ZenVulgarity posted:Does PGI do refunds if you really hate a hero mech Anita Dickinme posted:As far as I know, yes. Say what you will about PGI, their customer support is actually really good. I'm gonna do this - there's a few that i'm really not liking. Which customer support email gets success with this?
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 05:24 |
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Reztes posted:Is the solo kill award exactly what it says, or is there just some threshold above like 75% of damage dealt or something? I've gotten it in a few fights where there is just no loving way I could have been the only guy to hit somebody but I still got the solo kill bonus when they died. It occurs if you got both kill most damage dealt and killing blow. TheParadigm posted:I'm gonna do this - there's a few that i'm really not liking. Which customer support email gets success with this? Careful pushing your luck on that, you might get one but I'm not sure about multiple.
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 05:27 |
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Sard posted:I think I was in that match, I was rolling around with a group from my friend's ArmA clan messing about with my Panther. I alt-tabbed after dying and seeing it was one guy versus a handful of them, and came back to see [11|11] and the last guy on our team was a Jagermech hiding in a corner. This was his first time playing in years and he had arm lock on, so he couldn't elevate the LB10-X to shoot you. So that's why he didn't return fire as I was poking the shoulder mounts over the ledge. Makes sense. Yeah he def hid in a corner right before that. Glad to see you pulling more dudes into the game. Right after that match we dropped against more [WoL] on River city and it was a brutal light mech slaughter with lots of yelling to get my dudes in the upper city. Thank god the pugs listened and bailed our stuck lance out of harms way. Sometimes when the pubbies listen, then get hyped cause they won against a 8+ man drop, its magical. Endbuster fucked around with this message at 05:37 on Jan 19, 2016 |
# ? Jan 19, 2016 05:35 |
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Endbuster posted:Nah I wasn't around then. I can't imagine it was better than it is now. Def could use a lil nerf. No poo poo, the ACH-B legs had plus-15 structure, which meant they could eat an additional gauss shot each before snapping off It was p. crazy man
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 05:40 |
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So I reinstalled, haven't played since ghost heat was announced. I have like 17.5 mill cb, what is the meta like these days? What should my first clan mech be? I like assaults and have master Atlii so I'm thinking Dire Wolf? Maybe Timber Wolf?
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 05:45 |
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Starkk posted:So I reinstalled, haven't played since ghost heat was announced. I have like 17.5 mill cb, what is the meta like these days? What should my first clan mech be? I like assaults and have master Atlii so I'm thinking Dire Wolf? Maybe Timber Wolf? Wait until poo poo is on cbill sale if you're gonna go hoss on them 'spensive clan mechs. Right now (ending tomorrow at like, 10am) there is a sale, and there are some hot rides. Blackjacks, Firestarters, Quickdraws, etc etc. The meta is wonky, cause SRMs were buffed and poo poo is tanky for IS mechs, so you can feasibly build a team of dick punchers and run hot spearheads if your team is with you. Also, lasers... crazy laser boats are everywhere. They are considered "meta." The most crazy laser boats would be Timberwolves, Quickdraws, Blackjacks, Artic Cheetahs, Battlemasters, Thunderbolts, Hellbringers, and stuff like that.
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 05:57 |
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Endbuster posted:Wait until poo poo is on cbill sale if you're gonna go hoss on them 'spensive clan mechs. Right now (ending tomorrow at like, 10am) there is a sale, and there are some hot rides. Blackjacks, Firestarters, Quickdraws, etc etc. How often are they running cbill sales?
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 06:00 |
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Starkk posted:So I reinstalled, haven't played since ghost heat was announced. I have like 17.5 mill cb, what is the meta like these days? What should my first clan mech be? I like assaults and have master Atlii so I'm thinking Dire Wolf? Maybe Timber Wolf? Going to jump in and recommend the 5 aSRM6 stalker if you want a solid assault for brawling that's not a ghost dad atlas.
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 06:10 |
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Starkk posted:How often are they running cbill sales? Dunno. Just got back in myself, but been tearing it up... There have been two cbill sales over the holidays. The current one is the 2nd one. The timberwolves were on sale like, 18 days ago. Dunno when they are gonna go on sale again
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 06:15 |
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Bait and Swatch posted:Going to jump in and recommend the 5 aSRM6 stalker if you want a solid assault for brawling that's not a ghost dad atlas. Yeah already have a ghost dad set up on my ddc, have a few stalkers so could easily do that
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 06:15 |
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Endbuster posted:Dunno. Just got back in myself, but been tearing it up... There have been two cbill sales over the holidays. The current one is the 2nd one. The timberwolves were on sale like, 18 days ago. Dunno when they are gonna go on sale again Oh well I got 7 days of premium from that email they sent out a week or so ago
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 06:16 |
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Well I'm having fun with a blackjack and all the heatsinks and PPCs
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# ? Jan 19, 2016 06:47 |
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# ? May 29, 2024 14:19 |
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This is awful. I've really gotten stuck into Elite Dangerous the past week or so and now all this cool stuff in MWO. Can't play both at once. First world problems.
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