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Lorem ipsum posted:I did run into some guy months ago that was asserting the following: There are many many people in this game who are very sure about their wrong opinions. 
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I have yanky unoptimized builds i fear going up against people who have streamlined this to a sharp peak. 
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here have a free optimized build. It's optimized for heat. https://mech.nav-alpha.com/#dede746c_MAD-4A
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Commoners posted:Haven't played cicadas but they were already nasty, so now they got even more good stuff going for them. This is the most hosed up post ever in this thread. 🎵THE TIMES, THEY ARE A CHANGING…🎵 Thanks for the recon Commoners, 
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armchairyoda posted:This is the most hosed up post ever in this thread. Cicadas are the best, just dumb and ugly all the way through
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Commoners posted:here have a free optimized build. It's optimized for heat. So is the gameplay idea here to just delete a robot every 14.22 seconds
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Pattonesque posted:^^^^ it's really good Very much this. I played in beta, and mostly dropped when ghost heat arrived. I popped back in for a few rounds every few years, never was impressed. I tried again in January-ish, and holy drat, the game was fun again.
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btw here is roughly what I'm running in the CN9-A https://mech.nav-alpha.com/#7cf5bf15_CN9-A Lead with your right shoulder, then switch to your big left shield arm when that gets blown off. The basics of it are the SRM6As and deadside, but the rest of it is up for consideration. You could lower the engine to fit a STD, replace the MLs with SPLs or SLs or an LPPC or a SNPPC, add a heat sink or two in place of the AMS, etc. This thing is a great bully and can take down snipey assaults easily if you're up on your twisting.
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Lorem ipsum posted:I did run into some guy months ago that was asserting the following: Afaik these ones are actually kinda-sorta true, in that each BAP or ECM set to counter will counter one enemy ECM and so if there are overlapping ECMs you need an equal number of counters to cancel out the ECM effect. But the actual ECM effect is the same whether there's one ECM or a whole team of them.
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sebmojo posted:Cicadas are the best, just dumb and ugly all the way through Cicadas own, I forget which variant had the JJs but I remember when it got released it was impossibly stupid and I think it was the only mech I played for like a month lol
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Pornographic Memory posted:Afaik these ones are actually kinda-sorta true, in that each BAP or ECM set to counter will counter one enemy ECM and so if there are overlapping ECMs you need an equal number of counters to cancel out the ECM effect. But the actual ECM effect is the same whether there's one ECM or a whole team of them. Yeah, I was gonna say...unless they radically chsnged ECM while I was away, that's how it works. ECCM counters 1 ECM, so if you have 2 overlapping ECMs and 1 ECCM the ECM bubble persists.
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Beet Wagon posted:Cicadas own, I forget which variant had the JJs but I remember when it got released it was impossibly stupid and I think it was the only mech I played for like a month lol Cicadas are 50% right now, what was your build for the jump jet model?
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sinburger posted:Cicadas are 50% right now, what was your build for the jump jet model? Oh god I don't even remember, I think it came out in like 2015 or something. IIRC though it only had like 4 hardpoints and they were all energy so the general move was to slap some lasers and/or an ERPPC in there with an XL300 and a couple jump jets and run around like a maniac. It wasn't a spectacular mech but it was a flying cicada which was fun. e: I have not played MWO in a very long time though so I have no idea how those weapons are today.
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something like this could work for a Cicada https://mech.nav-alpha.com/#d377d9ea_CDA-3F
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Cicadas are definitely one of the mechs I hate to play against most so have at it. I've seen one guy do disgusting things with a few LLs.
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Beet Wagon posted:Oh god I don't even remember, I think it came out in like 2015 or something. IIRC though it only had like 4 hardpoints and they were all energy so the general move was to slap some lasers and/or an ERPPC in there with an XL300 and a couple jump jets and run around like a maniac. It wasn't a spectacular mech but it was a flying cicada which was fun. Hm. Its not ideal but I think vipers get 7.5 tons for guns at max armor That might scratch the itch too TheParadigm fucked around with this message at 20:25 on Aug 26, 2021 |
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Pattonesque posted:something like this could work for a Cicada That's eerily similar to a joke cicada build I used to run that was just 4 ERPPCs (except, y'know, the one you linked probably doesn't immediately explode the first time you shoot at someone lol)
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Okay, the Flying Cicada is fun as gently caress. Currently using the following build because I didn't want to drop the coin on a new engine. CDA-3F
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I am feeling… joy?… that everything is going… well?!? Only for you ppl tho. gg Still can’t get over the Cicada being “good”. It just feels so… “against God’s plan”.
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armchairyoda posted:I am feeling… joy?… that everything is going… well?!? I did say "fun". Not "effective in combat". I fly around like a meth-head in a jetpack and then blowup in glorious fashion.
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The more shocking thing to you should be that the pretty baby is probably the strongest 80 ton brawler now. Also, I got an ace of spades as a pirates bane. 
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Is it my rig, or does the main game menu just run like garbage? It takes forever to load, and then takes forever to do anything. The game is very fun again when I'm stomping around lasering everyone, but any time I'm switching 'mechs or wanting to look at my 'mech in the bay it's a nightmare.
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Devorum posted:Is it my rig, or does the main game menu just run like garbage? It takes forever to load, and then takes forever to do anything. The game isn't the most hyperoptimized thing, but it isn't bad enough to be noticeable at all on my end. It's likely something with you.
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Commoners posted:The game isn't the most hyperoptimized thing, but it isn't bad enough to be noticeable at all on my end. It's likely something with you. Thanks. I'll see if I can find the cause. None of my other games run like that, so maybe I just need to reinstall the client.
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Devorum posted:Thanks. I'll see if I can find the cause. None of my other games run like that, so maybe I just need to reinstall the client. I think there is a shader cache directory that can be removed? Also if you customized the cryengine.ini (?) file that can all be removed.
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I don't usually play jump jet mechs but watching other folks, the changes loving rule. Just flying all over the place.
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I love the new quirk buffs for the Ice Ferret RC. It's become the beefy annoying long range scout poker I wanted the Raven to be.
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So the SNV-1 and 1(s) got structure bonuses and a duration reduction on lasers, nice! Just waiting for the resize and that'll be drat good imo
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BTW the Mist Lynx (!!!) is a real fucker now with JJ buffs and the quirks it ended up getting. https://mech.nav-alpha.com/#45a015f2_MLX-G you can also do what commoners does and put some HMLs there for a more backstabby build
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Pattonesque posted:BTW the Mist Lynx (!!!) is a real fucker now with JJ buffs and the quirks it ended up getting. Remove the active probe, it's literally a waste of tonnage because sensors are not important in mwo.
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Commoners posted:Remove the active probe, it's literally a waste of tonnage because sensors are not important in mwo. oh shoot they did put a LAP in there (build is from grimmechs). Maybe a half more ton of MG ammo, I find myself legit running ou
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