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DarkDobe posted:Im doing a RAC2 and 4ML build for maximum annoyance. Makes it harder to actually trade effectively though, since the RAC2 discourages looking away from your target. Yeah, that's an issue with the 5, as well. It's so satisfying to unleash a stream of rounds into an enemy, though. It would be nice to have some lasers for when I inevitably jam my gun because I sat there cackling with the trigger held down too long. I'm averaging ~300 damage per battle, with a 1 KDR.
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Devorum posted:What are people putting on K-9? I put a RAC/5 and lots of ammo on it...and it performs okay, and is fun, but I'm sure there's something better. XL180, 5xMPL. It's pretty hot but really, really good.
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Devorum posted:What are people putting on K-9? I put a RAC/5 and lots of ammo on it...and it performs okay, and is fun, but I'm sure there's something better. I've got 5 ERML and an AC/2, you can do more optimized junk but it's just my for-fun build.
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I purchased an urban mech UM-R60L last night to do the challenge and because lights are awesome.. Anyways I fit it like this and was doing 400-600 damage matches.. thing is FUN. UM-R60L Edit: I have only mad dog and arctic wolf next.. But i can't buy a wolf so whatever and I think the mad dog isn't worth the c-bills...
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Feb 10, 2018 19:51
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TipsyMcStagger posted:Edit: Just buy the dual gauss rifle one (Also the cheapest one) and coast to an easy completion, selling it off completely afterwards and redeeming the reward puts you ahead of where you started and you get your fancy dangly.
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TipsyMcStagger posted:I have only mad dog and arctic wolf next.. But i can't buy a wolf so whatever and I think the mad dog isn't worth the c-bills... Mad Dog is easily only of my most consistently high-performance mechs. You don't see a lot of them but I honestly don't know why; six SRM6 with artemis going at 81kph is pretty savage, especially with the Mad Dog's above average mobility and relatively strong quirks. It's the kind of mech where I'm disappointed when I don't come close to breaking 1000 damage in a match.
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aniviron posted:Mad Dog is easily only of my most consistently high-performance mechs. You don't see a lot of them but I honestly don't know why; six SRM6 with artemis going at 81kph is pretty savage, especially with the Mad Dog's above average mobility and relatively strong quirks. It's the kind of mech where I'm disappointed when I don't come close to breaking 1000 damage in a match. The splatdog is a classic and still one of my favourite mechs to just take out for a spin and blast some people to pieces.
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I'm gonna buy an Urbanmech and Kitfox for the rewards, is there any recommended non-hero builds, and is that 3xams+ecm gimmick Kitfox any good?
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Feb 10, 2018 23:36
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3 heavy mediums and 4 heavy machine guns with ECM is my go-to Kit Fox build.
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Feb 10, 2018 23:47
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I don't know if I'm happy or upset to find out WoL is still alive.
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Feb 11, 2018 00:46
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Devorum posted:What are people putting on K-9? I put a RAC/5 and lots of ammo on it...and it performs okay, and is fun, but I'm sure there's something better. http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=548&l=c5a12c527a73f14942eee2a7e27012099f5113f5
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Devorum posted:What are people putting on K-9? I put a RAC/5 and lots of ammo on it...and it performs okay, and is fun, but I'm sure there's something better. You can fit some lasers in to support the RAC. This is what I run: http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=548&l=3577c618596d065f4b4ff774723c59829c58db0f
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Feb 11, 2018 01:40
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There is zero reason to buy alternate builds of mechs now right? It used to be you needed three for elite and mastery but now it's just buy the best one and that's it.
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Feb 11, 2018 03:35
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TipsyMcStagger posted:There is zero reason to buy alternate builds of mechs now right? It used to be you needed three for elite and mastery but now it's just buy the best one and that's it. True. You can fully master the single variant you like without the need to buy the others only to sell afterward.
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Pretty much only if you really like the mech and the other model has some significantly different hardpoints.
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I feel like I have a bunch of useless mechs now because I have 3 of a bunch of variants like stalkers, centurions, hunchbacks, spiders, etc
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Banano posted:2 mediums because I’d rather have them than one pulse and they come in handy for things like UAVs and getting your assists in on faraway mechs at the end of the game. Thumbs up. The thing I'm currently weighing for the stock -s is whether a UAC5 or crapping a UAC10 in at the expense of an SRM6 in is worth it. http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=165&l=4138687749087b9b39c614f68baca0371c9f32ec napkinmath showerthoughts, iunno, something like this. I know the go to SRM timber used to be 4 srm6a+4spl; is the new version with Heavy smalls, flamers, or still the good ol spl?
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TheParadigm posted:Thumbs up. The thing I'm currently weighing for the stock -s is whether a UAC5 or crapping a UAC10 in at the expense of an SRM6 in is worth it. LBX20.
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TheParadigm posted:
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 set of 8 compliance. Those are the limitations you got to work with. Weight's there, slots are rear end. Edit: at least, it feels properly zippy with mobilitree. The question's just making the weapons fit. What's the most damage for the least heat, while still getting you snapshots? TheParadigm fucked around with this message at 07:35 on Feb 11, 2018 |
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https://www.reddit.com/r/OutreachHPG/comments/7wnsuo/so_the_proposed_balance_changes_do_not_bring_back/ People really want the PPC Gauss combo back.
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A Bad posted:Not enough skilled players in the game for skilled weapon systems and play styles. The brown sea has let us know that time and time again. It makes my brain hurt sometimes.
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Artificer posted:https://www.reddit.com/r/OutreachHPG/comments/7wnsuo/so_the_proposed_balance_changes_do_not_bring_back/ The people need their poptarts.
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Artificer posted:https://www.reddit.com/r/OutreachHPG/comments/7wnsuo/so_the_proposed_balance_changes_do_not_bring_back/ I think they handled it pretty well in fairness. Everyone behind this thing wants PPC+Gauss back but they removed it from the suggestions sent to PGI due to the overwhelmingly negative response to it. Still pretty lame of them to be this salty about people not liking it though, especially when blaming "non skilled" people.
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I genuinely think ppc/gauss is one of the least skilled combos that ever existed in this game, so they can all go blow themselves trying to blame it on "low skill" players. Everyone I know who I consider a good player hated gauss/ppc with a passion. Everyone I met who liked it and used it with any sort of frequency I considered lovely players, always for completely unrelated reasons. tl;dr - Point and click =\= skill
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What? Look, I'm not gonna die on the hill of defending Gauss/PPC. I understand why it's not fun to play against, but it was unquestionably the highest skill ceiling build. It required a lot of stuff that other builds don't need to account for. Aligning the gauss charge, dealing with two different projectile speed, and doing it while airborne to get the most of out the weapon set. Playing it optimally, or even well for that matter, was notably harder than Vomit, Dakka, or Brawling. Skippy McPants fucked around with this message at 16:47 on Feb 11, 2018 |
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Ghost heating ppc+gauss is one of the few good things PGI has done. I think if they found a way to improve time-to-live in 12v12 games it would be a little better. Still punish mistakes and being out of position, but maybe make a mech take an extra volley before taking a dirt nap. Oh, and adding some cover to alpine or polar highlands (or removing them from quick play queue).
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Skippy McPants posted:What? Look, I'm not gonna die on the hill of defending Gauss/PPC. I understand why it's not fun to play against, but it was unquestionably the highest skill ceiling build. It required a lot of stuff that other builds don't need to account for. Aligning the gauss charge, dealing with two different projectile speed, and doing it while airborne to get the most of out the weapon set. I'm utter poo poo at this game, and even I could wreck homes with the PPC/G combo. Never got poptarting down because I don't have the patience, but the combo worked well at any range past 90m. Even within that range if you could fit ERPPCs.
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Skippy McPants posted:Aligning the gauss charge, dealing with two different projectile speed, and doing it while airborne to get the most of out the weapon set.
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Corn Burst posted:Ghost heating ppc+gauss is one of the few good things PGI has done. I think if they found a way to improve time-to-live in 12v12 games it would be a little better. Still punish mistakes and being out of position, but maybe make a mech take an extra volley before taking a dirt nap. This is how you brawl on polar highlands 
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TjyvTompa posted:This is how you brawl on polar highlands 
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Whoever posted that high alpha adder build a while ago, thanks. I've been having a blast with this thing.
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I just hit Tier 3. What have I done? 
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Lord Dudeguy posted:I just hit Tier 3. Tier changes nothing. For instance, this guy: https://leaderboard.isengrim.org/search?u=ohfar Ends up in ~Tier 1~ matches with th3B33f and more often than not shoots him in the back.
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Artificer posted:Tier changes nothing. That has to be intentional, right? Right? How do you actually get worse, and by that much over time? What other explanation is there? I just... how?
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TjyvTompa posted:The splatdog is a classic and still one of my favourite mechs to just take out for a spin and blast some people to pieces. Why the gently caress are those things so thin. The CT is juat bullshit.
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aniviron posted:That has to be intentional, right? Right? How do you actually get worse, and by that much over time? What other explanation is there? I just... how? Fragile ego, refusing to accept your own shortcomings. It's very easy to identify these people, they always blame everyone else for losing, never accepting that they make mistakes and they never try to improve their play style. Not only is it extremely irritating to hear them complain and blame teammates game after game when it is obvious to everyone else that they should only blame themselves. They also do not listen to advice and like to blame hackers and cheaters for whatever obvious mistake they made that got them killed first. If you ever find yourself in a situation where you want to blame cheating or hacking or anything else but yourself, just take a second to think about it, did you really stay in cover? did the enemy team really miss spotting you? did all those straight CT shots land due to cheating or did you stare at the enemies like a deer in headlights? Acknowledge your mistakes, think about how to avoid doing them again and you will be able to GIT GUD and brawl with the real boys on polar highlands instead of crying about being stuck in your "really good mech it's just that the map sucks you see".
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Surprise Giraffe posted:Why the gently caress are those things so thin. The CT is juat bullshit. 
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aniviron posted:That has to be intentional, right? Right? How do you actually get worse, and by that much over time? What other explanation is there? I just... how? I already posted this, but maybe you haven't seen it. Ohfar is the subject of the video. He probably spent a lot more time harassing people than playing properly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gChKkrvC-lw TjyvTompa posted:Fragile ego, refusing to accept your own shortcomings. It's very easy to identify these people, they always blame everyone else for losing, never accepting that they make mistakes and they never try to improve their play style. Yeah, these people can be pretty easy to spot sometimes. Ohfar is a nut who thinks he can intimidate people on the internet though. On bad nights I can certainly end up in the camp of "It's not me, it's the other players," but then I do the old school goon thing of "I'm getting mad at video games, so I'm going to go do something else now," but Ohfar is just wrong in the head. I run into the kind of people you describe pretty often at night, since I work weird hours and don't get to join with goons very much any more. Edit: Mad Dog chat: I don't use Artemis on my Mad Dog. I just walk up face-to-face to the first relatively isolated mech I see, say hello with 4 medium pulse lasers, and then use SRM 6s to make them not exist anymore. Then I move on to the next one. The Repo Man fucked around with this message at 12:08 on Feb 12, 2018 |
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aniviron posted:That has to be intentional, right? Right? How do you actually get worse, and by that much over time? What other explanation is there? I just... how? He didn't get worse, perhaps, as much as the rest of the community got better. Yeah, the MWO community on average probably got better than him.
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