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The double UAC10 build is surprisingly good. It looks super underwhelming but always puts out good results for me, and I've never had a friend try it who didn't like it. http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=165&l=b65d208a27c4bafd51e73cd60ddfd3d7ce3c7c31 As an added bonus, everyone will see the laser hump and go for that really hard only to realize that they hosed up while you pelt them with unending autocannon fire. Also, the brawling build is stupid but I like brawling so here have it I guess: http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=163&l=259502b0052236b57e513bf257d26688e9ea54d8 This thing should be savage, it goes 87kph, has crazy firepower, artemis, good armor and hitboxes and good heat management, but even though I love brawling I can just never really get this thing to work for me. Ammo is a bit tight to, so don't waste shots.
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Aug 27, 2016 03:59
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EponymousMrYar posted:Using LRM's on it is probably why. I tried the LRM Timber Wolf and got really freaking bored of it rather quickly. Swapped it to 7 MPLs and am having tons of fun with it. It does dish out damage and it does take hits better than the Stormcrow, but it has a similar playstyle. You just have more wiggle room by being 20 tons heavier. I usually stick with 2Lpls 4 ermls and its the same result. With the crow its much easier to pop into cover and avoid hits outright.
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Aug 27, 2016 04:03
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Devorum posted:I bought a HBK-4J because I wanted to try out LRMing and it turns out that LRMing sucks. Hide about 1.5km behind the back of the nearest most rearwardly positioned team mech. Demand people hold locks for you and blame them for every loss. Scream about this over VOIP if they don't comply. If you even SEE an enemy mech directly hide behind the nearest large rock for at least 30 seconds, just in case. You should hold your fire during this time too.
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Aug 27, 2016 04:15
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aniviron posted:Also, the brawling build is stupid but I like brawling so here have it I guess: http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=163&l=259502b0052236b57e513bf257d26688e9ea54d8 This thing should be savage, it goes 87kph, has crazy firepower, artemis, good armor and hitboxes and good heat management, but even though I love brawling I can just never really get this thing to work for me. Ammo is a bit tight to, so don't waste shots. 4 SPL's instead of the UAC 20 fix the ammo problem  They do generate a bit more heat though 
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Aug 27, 2016 04:22
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DancingShade posted:Hide about 1.5km behind the back of the nearest most rearwardly positioned team mech. Demand people hold locks for you and blame them for every loss. Don't forget to declare your lrm prowess at the start of each match. I dunno where or how the goon legend of the lrm hunchback got started, we should stop propegating the myth. No goons I've played with run it except for when we're bored and are all "wouldnt it be funny if we all brought lrms and narcs?"
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Aug 27, 2016 04:35
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Willfrey posted:Don't forget to declare your lrm prowess at the start of each match. It's in the OP. The TAG Catapult C4 is pretty funny, but bad. I also thought that slapping a LRM10 and gauss on a Cent was a good idea. Bad at winning games but real good at printing credits.
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Aug 27, 2016 04:42
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rex rabidorum vires posted:It's in the OP. The TAG Catapult C4 is pretty funny, but bad. I also thought that slapping a LRM10 and gauss on a Cent was a good idea. Bad at winning games but real good at printing credits. ugh, we need to give up on the op and just change it to a metamechs link.
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Aug 27, 2016 04:48
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the LRM hunchback at one point was the best LRM mech if you really needed to LRM like it's still an LRM boat but it has crazy quirks for it and is only a medium so you won't be taking up that much tonnage
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Aug 27, 2016 04:49
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aniviron posted:The double UAC10 build is surprisingly good. It looks super underwhelming but always puts out good results for me, and I've never had a friend try it who didn't like it. http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=165&l=b65d208a27c4bafd51e73cd60ddfd3d7ce3c7c31 As an added bonus, everyone will see the laser hump and go for that really hard only to realize that they hosed up while you pelt them with unending autocannon fire. The 2 uac10 build is great... Not used to putting them in the arm, but it WAS great. The other has no ammo. It's the guy that is shut down until there are 4 other robots left. And it murders them. But dropping withe randos kills that, you have to have a plan for that guy to work.
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Willfrey posted:ugh, we need to give up on the op and just change it to a metamechs link. Yeah. Nobody cares enough to keep the builds in the OP up to date or free of trolling garbage. Here's the Scylla, also by Plog. I don't really have any reason to post it besides the fact that I want to. 
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Aug 27, 2016 05:13
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The best thing about the Scylla are the dumb, purely cosmetic fingers.
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Aug 27, 2016 05:14
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Just saw a Nova with 3 medium pulses and an LRM15. I just...I don't know.
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Aug 27, 2016 05:25
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Oh Snapple! posted:Just saw a Nova with 3 medium pulses and an LRM15. nova actually gets decent spread and cooldown with the newly available loyalty missile arm pod. That's probably why.
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Aug 27, 2016 05:56
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The 4ASRM6 4SPL Timberwolf is probably still my favourite and best mech. It requires a lot of patience to wait for the initial engagement to subside a bit, but it is absolutely lethal if you can get in close.
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Aug 27, 2016 08:28
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Cease to Hope posted:No, you have correctly divined the secret of LRMs. EponymousMrYar posted:Are you using them as a Medium Range (400-600-ish) weapon while acquiring your own locks? As I feared. I should have known better. DancingShade posted:Hide about 1.5km behind the back of the nearest most rearwardly positioned team mech. Demand people hold locks for you and blame them for every loss. My computer is set to self destruct if I ever type the phrase "LRM Boat here, hold locks!" in game. Devorum fucked around with this message at 14:36 on Aug 27, 2016 |
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Aug 27, 2016 14:29
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DancingShade posted:Hide about 1.5km behind the back of the nearest most rearwardly positioned team mech. Demand people hold locks for you and blame them for every loss. I think I just discovered a reason to start playing again and shall make this my gimmick. (serious post)
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Aug 27, 2016 15:02
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Ambaire posted:I think I just discovered a reason to start playing again and shall make this my gimmick. (serious post) It's not much of a gimmick if it makes you indistinguishable from a non-negligible number of regular pubbies.
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Aug 27, 2016 17:20
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Any time I run lrms I tell the team I'm bad at robbits and need them to press R so I can get kills. Personally my favorite Timbro build has become 2 uac5 4spl with just enough heatsinks to be heat neutral on everything but caustic and terra.
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Aug 27, 2016 17:52
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I'd like to try this. In-game is Ahoyy, add me to anything & also play with me.
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Aug 27, 2016 18:56
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Scallywag posted:I'd like to try this. Hang around in mumble of an evening to get a game. quote:Server: mumble.goonrathi.com (port 64738)
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Aug 27, 2016 19:06
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So I just reinstalled it, and jesus christ where is the loving UI scale slider. I'm playing at 2560x1440 and the text is designed for ants...
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Aug 27, 2016 20:18
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Ambaire posted:So I just reinstalled it, and jesus christ where is the loving UI scale slider. I'm playing at 2560x1440 and the text is designed for ants...
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Aug 27, 2016 20:35
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Was running a really fun eight man group of as many locusts and assault mechs that could be put together. Locust Squad is real.
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Aug 27, 2016 23:42
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veedubfreak posted:Any time I run lrms I tell the team I'm bad at robbits and need them to press R so I can get kills. Try "will suck cocks for locks" I absolutly love it when pubbie generals go "oh ma gawd this Assault (Mauler R1) is lrm boat" I love it even more if i finish with 800+ damage and get told "yes but spread damage doesnt count" while their lasers paint pretty snakes all over the enemy mechs. I think non-artemis lurms have better poinpoint damage than lasers and uacs in the hands of the average player.
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Aug 27, 2016 23:55
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Ambaire posted:So I just reinstalled it, and jesus christ where is the loving UI scale slider. I'm playing at 2560x1440 and the text is designed for ants... 4k here. I literally change the UI down when I want to fiddle with anything for more than a few seconds.
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Aug 27, 2016 23:58
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Yolomon Wayne posted:Try "will suck cocks for locks" When people in this thread make fun of pubbies using LRMs, it's you. They're talking about you.  Just so this isn't white noise, this is Matt Plog's illustration of the Linebacker, a mech you should absolutely not buy. 
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Yolomon Wayne posted:I love it even more if i finish with 800+ damage and get told "yes but spread damage doesnt count" while their lasers paint pretty snakes all over the enemy mechs. I don't know if it''s lag or desync or what but a lot of times when pubbies fire lasers at me they're waving them around like lightsabers It's almost offensive
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Cease to Hope posted:Just so this isn't white noise, this is Matt Plog's illustration of the Linebacker, a mech you should absolutely not buy. I don't know why but I have a super hardon for Chessboard/Argyle mech camo. I love the Applejack and Steiner patterns in MWO, and love that Linebacker (Even if it is garbage. Built to replace the Timberwolf? What were they thinking). Pattonesque posted:I don't know if it''s lag or desync or what but a lot of times when pubbies fire lasers at me they're waving them around like lightsabers The term I have heard used for that is 'Flashlighting' and it is very apropos.
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Cease to Hope posted:When people in this thread make fun of pubbies using LRMs, it's you. They're talking about you.
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aniviron posted:I don't know why but I have a super hardon for Chessboard/Argyle mech camo. I love the Applejack and Steiner patterns in MWO, and love that Linebacker (Even if it is garbage. Built to replace the Timberwolf? What were they thinking). lol I get a bit of movement side to side but when they add up and down into it I get confused
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Aug 28, 2016 00:52
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Yolomon Wayne posted:Try "will suck cocks for locks"
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Aug 28, 2016 03:31
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Pattonesque posted:I don't know if it''s lag or desync or what but a lot of times when pubbies fire lasers at me they're waving them around like lightsabers Well it's pretty hard to hit things that move if you play with advanced zoom permanently at maximum, have your arms unlocked and try to wave everything around so the torso and arms weapons somehow meet up.
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Aug 28, 2016 04:06
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Trackball Warrior Online.
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Aug 28, 2016 05:23
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This thing looks like it belongs in bloodbowl, not mechwarrior. Even if its cockpit is shaped like a footbowl smashed into a robocop or visor.
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Aug 28, 2016 10:11
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Still not as good/bad as the Yeoman. 
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Aug 28, 2016 10:48
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How come people who can't draw basic perspective ended up "in charge" of mechwarrior designs for years?
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DancingShade posted:Well it's pretty hard to hit things that move if you play with advanced zoom permanently at maximum, have your arms unlocked and try to wave everything around so the torso and arms weapons somehow meet up. Oh got this one. So many pubbies absolutely love Advanced Zoom, and I don't just mean Gauss/PPC snipers, I see mid-range and even brawler builds running it all the time. Medium lasers and AC/20s aimed with the lovely picture-in-picture. My theory is that it's so popular simply because it's one of the first modules in the store in alphabetical order.
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