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Conspiratiorist posted:Three Jump Jets. I specifically said Assault. I don't think there's any 4 jumper assault that hold a candle to the ANH. As for things that can carry 4 JJs, I'm not really sure there's any reason to take anything other than the MAD. Sure the GHR is a better back stabber, but do you really need a backstabber once you have a Tactics 9 pilot, upgraded lasers/ACs and a MAD? Jedit posted:If you're talking about LRMs there, the HGN-733 mounts way more tubes than the KGC. IIRC it's the only mech you can get 80 tubes onto. fezball posted:The non-mortar Bull Shark can be turned into a pretty ridiculous LRM boat (x4 LRM20 +damage, a pair of +3 TTS to basically never miss and enough sinks to be close to heat neutral). Makes for a better SRM brawler than the KGC as well (4 missile hardpoints and more usable tonnage). Yeah, I was saying aside from missiles. Sure the ANH can't boat missiles of any variety. The ANH is just so ridiculous. It may not have the most available tonnage, but its number 2 or 3 (don't remember if it has more or less than the BSK). On top of that, it has the flat 20% damage boost to ballistics in an expansion that added some pretty loving strong ballistic weapons that are hot enough on their own to tap into your heat capacity. I dont' think there's anything that can match it for raw damage potential. I haven't done the math, but I'm pretty sure the ++damage LBXs are approaching SRM+++ levels. And of course the UACs are ridiculous. Who needs back shots, when you can just bore through the front, or when you can just do precision strike headshots through bulwark with UAC spam? The only thing that would be even more ridiculous than an ANH would be a 100 ton version of the WHM with its capacitors and ANH level tonnage. Hell, a 100 ton WHM with an AS7's tonnage/movement profile would be enough.
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Dec 17, 2019 06:26
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Nothing other than marauder gets called shot bonus
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Dec 17, 2019 06:30
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Is there any reason why after equipping the NARC Beacon thing I get told I don't have the right ammo for it - does it need something specific from the store, and not SRM/LRM ammo?
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Dec 17, 2019 06:36
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BadAstronaut posted:Is there any reason why after equipping the NARC Beacon thing I get told I don't have the right ammo for it - does it need something specific from the store, and not SRM/LRM ammo? Yes this NARC thing actually needs ammo which can be bought separately. I don't see it for sale very often, though. I'm now sitting at +22 rep with the pirates and am "liked". They have started offering me up to 4-skull missions.
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Dec 17, 2019 06:44
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Organ Fiend posted:I specifically said Assault. I don't think there's any 4 jumper assault that hold a candle to the ANH. The ANH can't fit 3 Jump Jets. They buffed its speed to keep up with the 95m assaults, but max JJs are capped at 2, so the other 95m assaults can jump around in 120m hops.
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OK thanks - will just keep hunting around. How do I kick off the Heavy Metal content? Is it a specific Flashpoint, or do the mechs and equipment just start to appear in the game?
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BadAstronaut posted:OK thanks - will just keep hunting around. How do I kick off the Heavy Metal content? Is it a specific Flashpoint, or do the mechs and equipment just start to appear in the game? I think there's a unique Flashpoint, but the mechs and gear will just show up. Like when I got jumped by an Archer during a random mission.
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Dec 17, 2019 09:46
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Day 1 you get a crate that gives you some Heavy Metal weapons and one random mech. The new mechs and weapons will just show up in the game otherwise.
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Dec 17, 2019 10:18
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My LRM Wolverine (not getting many mechs with missile slots) ran out of ammunition and I charged it into melee. Stamped on the cockpit of a knocked-over shadowhawk then ran over to a hunchback and punched it right in its cockpit too before it could react, one-shotting them both. Thinking maybe I should make a full-melee lance because that was hysterical.
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Dec 17, 2019 10:36
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Eej posted:Day 1 you get a crate that gives you some Heavy Metal weapons and one random mech. The new mechs and weapons will just show up in the game otherwise. The new guns only show up in shops and the black market. You won't be able to salvage them from missions.
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Dec 17, 2019 11:03
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I see a lot of really interesting sounding equipment getting destroyed on the mechs I am fighting, so I guess time to focus on legs only and see what salvage I can get.
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Dec 17, 2019 11:37
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Klyith posted:Nope, but if you happen to be on a AMD video card I would advise using driver 19.12.1 and forgo the new "2020 edition" version until some time in 2020. I am on an AMD card, thanks I'll try this.
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For anyone interested in the earlier talk about 5+ parts to assemble mechs using CustomSalvage, it's been updated to 1.8 (also requires CustomComponents). There was a working 1.8 version before now but it was inside roguetech and had settings with a ton of roguetech-specific stuff. BadAstronaut posted:I see a lot of really interesting sounding equipment getting destroyed on the mechs I am fighting, so I guess time to focus on legs only and see what salvage I can get. If it's the new quirk equipment on the Heavy Metal mechs like the CQC Suite on Vulkans or Vectored Thrust on Phoenix Hawks, those never go to salvage. Southpaugh posted:I am on an AMD card, thanks I'll try this. The problems seem to be centered around the power management stuff, I was having the driver crash when waking from sleep and all I was using is a custom fan profile.
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Dec 17, 2019 18:01
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I'm struggling to imagine any scenario in which I don't bring my Marauder with two COIL-Ls. Take a pilot with the +Evasion skill and Master Called Shot and it's a 33% chance to headshot.
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Dec 17, 2019 18:10
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Eej posted:Day 1 you get a crate that gives you some Heavy Metal weapons and one random mech. The new mechs and weapons will just show up in the game otherwise. Is there a way to turn this event on in campaign mode?
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Dec 17, 2019 18:29
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I swear Thunderbolts are the kings of ammo explosions.
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Dec 17, 2019 22:34
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:I'm struggling to imagine any scenario in which I don't bring my Marauder with two COIL-Ls. Take a pilot with the +Evasion skill and Master Called Shot and it's a 33% chance to headshot. My Marauder build was completely different and so hilariously OP I don't even want to think about optimizing it even more. Gauss+ LB 2-X++ 2x ERML++ JJ, DHS, cockpit mod+++, gyro+++ Extra armor Gauss to the head - screwed Gauss to any location with ammo in it - crit through armor, screwed Any combination of non-gauss weapons to the head - head often blown off anyway lmao Armor blown off any section from a previous hit - LB pellets crit everything, screwed again I don't even know if this is in the top 10 of possible Marauder headshot configs but it's the kill king of everything even when I've got assaults. Keltar posted:I swear Thunderbolts are the kings of ammo explosions. It's in the center torso by default, which is... real bad.
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Dec 17, 2019 22:58
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:I'm struggling to imagine any scenario in which I don't bring my Marauder with two COIL-Ls. Take a pilot with the +Evasion skill and Master Called Shot and it's a 33% chance to headshot. You can do better. anakha posted:Looks like people have figured out the Marauder build with the highest headcap percentage: 3x UAC2++, 4x ERML++, 2x ERSL++.
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Dec 17, 2019 23:12
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Conspiratiorist posted:You can do better. The ERSL I actually find I get a lot of use out of, they are like double the range of regular SL
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Dec 17, 2019 23:16
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quad UAC10+++ Annihilator is pretty cool until you try out quad gauss+
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Fauxtool posted:quad UAC10+++ Annihilator is pretty cool until you try out quad gauss+ hrrrmmmmmm.....I've got three Gauss++ and a single std Gauss by now.
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Fauxtool posted:quad UAC10+++ Annihilator is pretty cool until you try out quad gauss+ that's one gauss rifle short of the full gausszilla
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Dec 17, 2019 23:28
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is there any benefit to allying with pirates? I dont see a faction store and no pirate specific flashpoints
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Fauxtool posted:is there any benefit to allying with pirates? I dont see a faction store and no pirate specific flashpoints no, allying with pirates is RP only
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Dec 17, 2019 23:35
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Yeah, just keep your rep with them good enough to keep black market prices from becoming stupid.
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well then I have done all the flashpoints and looted all the faction stores. Im pretty sure the bull shark is unlocked but i have yet to see a single one. I did the flashpoint with the drones and there was some text that seemed to indicate there was more to the flashpoint but i havent seen anything.. There is no new dlc planned so if I dont want to play MP im effectively done right?
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Fauxtool posted:well then I have done all the flashpoints and looted all the faction stores. Im pretty sure the bull shark is unlocked but i have yet to see a single one. I did the flashpoint with the drones and there was some text that seemed to indicate there was more to the flashpoint but i havent seen anything.. There is no new dlc planned so if I dont want to play MP im effectively done right? There's a blue flashpoint marker that can be really hard to see if you have black market access. At the bottom center of the map. If you click on the right system it will pop up.
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I just did a 5 star mission that netted me two more Atlases lol What am I even going to do with these now with all the other mechs
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Conspiratiorist posted:The ANH can't fit 3 Jump Jets. They buffed its speed to keep up with the 95m assaults, but max JJs are capped at 2, so the other 95m assaults can jump around in 120m hops. Ah, my bad. Didn't realize that the ANH was a cheater mech too. Unless they're trying to simulate star league construction equipment (XL engine) like they do with the AS7-HT. Regardless, it makes it even more ridiculous.
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RBA Starblade posted:I just did a 5 star mission that netted me two more Atlases lol You've reached the end game. Nothing left to do but run up the score.
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Man oh man was the salvage from the last Helavy Metal FP mission disappointing. I thought I'd at least get some DHSs or something, but no. And I was headshotting everyone.
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Norton the First posted:Man oh man was the salvage from the last Helavy Metal FP mission disappointing. I thought I'd at least get some DHSs or something, but no. And I was headshotting everyone. Storyline-wise, the team is also rushing to get the gently caress away after the fight, so it makes a little sense that you're not able to cart away Mech parts as salvage after that particular fight.
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Organ Fiend posted:You've reached the end game. Nothing left to do but run up the score. Guess I should go do Standoff lol
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anakha posted:Storyline-wise, the team is also rushing to get the gently caress away after the fight, so it makes a little sense that you're not able to cart away Mech parts as salvage after that particular fight. That's actually true in lots of missions, and I'd like to see reflected in future games.
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Dec 18, 2019 03:16
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Who should I ally with? davion for unlimited UAC+++
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sean10mm posted:There's a blue flashpoint marker that can be really hard to see if you have black market access. At the bottom center of the map. If you click on the right system it will pop up. I refused black market access just so i could spot it. I waited 90 days and nothing. Was it the flashpoint with the mother bear ai? I did that one already
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Fauxtool posted:I refused black market access just so i could spot it. I waited 90 days and nothing. Was it the flashpoint with the mother bear ai? I did that one already It's sort of like the campaign where you have to do some stuff to trigger the next flashpoint mission. Go do some contracts.
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Fauxtool posted:I refused black market access just so i could spot it. I waited 90 days and nothing. Was it the flashpoint with the mother bear ai? I did that one already The map beacon for it is blue and it says "Flashpoint Campaign" instead of an expiration date.
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