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Stringbean posted:Clearly this is the "Urban Gorilla" mech which was created by clans piecing together IS mechs in an effort to dominate cityscapes by climbing the sides of buildings with its massive arms. It comes equipped with ECM and would drop down behind enemies and unleash it's SRM/AC20 directly into their backs. Let me know when you start.
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The Saddest Robot posted:Unrelated, Commoners suggested that I mash up some mechs. So I present the Urban Atlas. Now make it spin around while twerking.
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Mar 11, 2016 00:54
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so basically a Linebacker?
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Mar 11, 2016 01:30
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Archer quirks. Looks close to DOA honestly
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Goons have said every one of the unseen was DOA and 2/3 have been excellent with the third being merely OK.
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Mar 11, 2016 03:40
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I wouldnt say DOA. They were going to have LRM quirks from the start. I wish they would have thrown one of them some SRM quirks, but whatever. You get a decent Lasboat on one, a brawler on the other, and a gimmick SRM build on the third.
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Mar 11, 2016 03:43
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Nine missile hardpoints is enough of a threat without quirks, and the 5W does get some brawler support with decent agility and some token structure bonuses. It would have been pretty hilarious if they'd given it SRM quirks as well, but honestly it's probably better for game balance this way. Not to say that it's guaranteed to be great either. Hitboxes and other factors (like the giant protruding CT and low-slung cockpit) might hold it back. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out.
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Great Beer posted:Goons have said every one of the unseen was DOA and 2/3 have been excellent with the third being merely OK. Where have you seen this? Only the Riflemans been pretty poo poo which was the prognosis from the start.
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Mar 11, 2016 04:04
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Ha ha ha ha.
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Pattonesque posted:Archer quirks. Looks close to DOA honestly This is what happens with lots of nice hardpoints and an ECM hero.
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So apparently Russ has said something stupid and people are angry about the quirks concerning both the catapult and the archer? Does anyone here actually give enough of a drat to know what that's about? All I know is that I had 30+ messages from Mr. Complains About Everything last I looked.
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Mar 11, 2016 07:38
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The Saddest Robot posted:Those wallpapers are not accurate. We all know that 90% of Archers will never fire lasers, they will be hiding in the back vomiting LRMS. Johnny Bravo - the īmech?
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Mar 11, 2016 08:01
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Six losses in a row tonight. All but one match over 300 damage dealt, about 500 on average. Thanks everyone I played with in Tier 4 tonight who think lone wolfing is a good idea, and who box themselves into narrow passages and shoot their team mates. I'm done for a few days.
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Mar 11, 2016 08:13
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WELP Sorry PGI you'll get 'em next time
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Mar 11, 2016 08:35
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12 v 12 gets real old. Not enough maps. The game modes are all the same. The grind sucks. But stomping around and unloading weapon fire into someone is fun. The fun only outweighed the non-fun for me for 2 months, which from that graph looks like was true for many other steam-launch players.
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Mar 11, 2016 08:53
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Love Stole the Day posted:WELP "we banned over 500 hackers"
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Mar 11, 2016 08:58
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Sard posted:"we banned over 500 hackers" I take it all back and promise to login tonight.
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Mar 11, 2016 08:59
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Sard posted:"we banned over 500 hackers" The cheating just keeps getting worse. It's most obvious when you play a light and get CT cored over and over.
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Washout posted:The cheating just keeps getting worse. It's most obvious when you play a light and get CT cored over and over. It's particularly noticeable when it happens if you pilot a marauder or crab because coring out one of those without taking off something else first is drat near impossible.
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grissenko posted:Six losses in a row tonight. All but one match over 300 damage dealt, about 500 on average. Thanks everyone I played with in Tier 4 tonight who think lone wolfing is a good idea, and who box themselves into narrow passages and shoot their team mates. I'm done for a few days. have you tried not playing solo queue?
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Mar 11, 2016 15:06
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Sometimes solo queue makes you feel like a wolf among lambs though. Especially in an Atlas.
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DancingShade posted:It's particularly noticeable when it happens if you pilot a marauder or crab because coring out one of those without taking off something else first is drat near impossible. I'm glad someone else said this. I've noticed quite a bit how I get CT'd in my Marauder from time to time while wiggling and nothing else gets hit. Meanwhile, I can't hit the ct of a marauder if they stand still. I mean I know I'm terrible, but gently caress, the amount of Helios I've seen in the last few weeks is staggering. No one is even trying to hide it anymore. Also, if you want to hate the game, play solo queue.
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I solo queue 90% of the time. I did the same in WoT. As long as I play well, I don't mind when my team folds in on itself. I'm probably a masochist though.
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quote:Problems with Product / Service | Read Complaint Details
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Drythe posted:hahaha Please tell me this isn't yours, because that's a pretty dumb thing to complain about.
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The system is corrupt and must be brought down. Trump 2016 is the answer. Please help me get my account unbanned
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My first game with 1000+ damage in the Arctic Cheetah   
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Archer scale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVwCpHwetxE relatively small for a 70-tonner but the hitboxes might not be great
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The Saddest Robot posted:Unrelated, Commoners suggested that I mash up some mechs. So I present the Urban Atlas. Stringbean posted:Clearly this is the "Urban Gorilla" mech which was created by clans piecing together IS mechs in an effort to dominate cityscapes by climbing the sides of buildings with its massive arms. 
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Mar 11, 2016 23:21
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oh look it's the inspiration for what PGI did to the Catapult's missile arms
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The Howler is the official MWO Pubbie build. It's a slow 20-ton light `Mech with 3 LRM 5s.
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Pattonesque posted:Archer scale Looks pretty close to average to me, especially with the giant CT profile. Which is what you'd hope given that they're paying closer attention to scaling now. Maybe a tad small, I dunno. But yeah, the hitboxes are really the question. If the entirety of the central torso structure really is CT hitbox, that's going to be pretty terrible. It'll be incredibly easy to hit from the side, easier than the STs. So never not run XL engines I guess?
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Mar 11, 2016 23:26
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No no, see, the archer's CT size is deceptive because it'll always be in the back firing LRMs and never being shot. Checkmate. 
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Supraluminal posted:But yeah, the hitboxes are really the question. If the entirety of the central torso structure really is CT hitbox, that's going to be pretty terrible. It'll be incredibly easy to hit from the side, easier than the STs. So never not run XL engines I guess? It almost looks like all three torso hitboxes will be really easy to isolate
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PoptartsNinja posted:The Howler is the official MWO Pubbie build. It's a slow 20-ton light `Mech with 3 LRM 5s. I sometimes wonder how half of the totally pointless and insane BT mechs came to be and then I usually think it's best not to wonder how someone survives on that many drugs.
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Orv posted:I sometimes wonder how half of the totally pointless and insane BT mechs came to be and then I usually think it's best not to wonder how someone survives on that many drugs. In the Howler's case, it was: The Jade Falcons shoved a whole bunch of half-trained morons through pilot training and needed a cheap piece of garbage for them to drive while they found out which of them was actually capable of not getting themselves messily dead.
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Pattonesque posted:Archer scale Arms don't shield anything and you can always hit the CT from any angle. STD only and don't bother torso twisting. Oh well, I'm sure the quirks will... compensate... oh 
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Pattonesque posted:It almost looks like all three torso hitboxes will be really easy to isolate Yeah, probably. But the CT is such a giant shoot-me sign I still bet it'll get opened up before you lose a ST in 90% of matches, especially if you can twist at all competently. Hence why I'd try it with an XL; if your CT is impossible to miss you might as well be faster and pack more weapons.
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DancingShade posted:Oh well, I'm sure the quirks will... compensate... oh Russ on Twitter posted:People way to caught up on quirks - for one we took the same approach as all the classic mechs. For another there are several major moments approaching that could result in major changes to quirks if not a complete start from scratch. It's OK guys because we're rolling out major changes next year! Also it's weak on launch so we can buff it later, something we've never done and have no intention of doing.
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Orv posted:I sometimes wonder how half of the totally pointless and insane BT mechs came to be and then I usually think it's best not to wonder how someone survives on that many drugs. Canon battletech mechs are designed with the philosophy of "Imagine modern day military-industrial procurement methods extrapolated 1000 years into the future, and build war machines based on their track record". Given that design scheme, a great many battlemechs make a hell of a lot of sense... and which is why the Hellstar has no business existing.
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