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The Cent D is the worst variant of an already-middling-at-best chassis with five variants. Please don't encourage people to buy or play that junk.
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Looking at the quickdraw, we can all draw a sigh of relief. Phew! The danger has passed
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Jul 16, 2016 10:51
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Cease to Hope posted:The Cent D is the worst variant of an already-middling-at-best chassis with five variants. Please don't encourage people to buy or play that junk. Ill play what i think is fun and tell people what i think about it if its all the same to you, tvm.
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Jul 16, 2016 10:52
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Cease to Hope posted:The Cent D is the worst variant of an already-middling-at-best chassis with five variants. Please don't encourage people to buy or play that junk. There's actually an excellent reason to buy it, especially right now: XL300 engine: 4.9 millions LBX-10: 800k CN-9D on sale: 5.3 millions, and it comes with Endo and Artemis already upgraded
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Jul 16, 2016 10:59
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NihilCredo posted:There's actually an excellent reason to buy it, especially right now: But its not a T1 first pick 
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Jul 16, 2016 11:04
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ShotgunHobo so much fun. Dont run XL on assaults, people. 
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Jul 16, 2016 12:39
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patch notes posted:Clan Ultra AC/10: Fixed an issue where firing 4 UAC/10s simultaneously would not incur the intended heat scale penalty.
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Jul 16, 2016 13:34
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Zernach posted:Does this mean that the quad Bear will run even hotter now? you bet yer rear end it will.
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Jul 16, 2016 13:43
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How's the Vindicator?
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Jul 16, 2016 13:45
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Drone posted:How's the Vindicator? I havent played it but people say its https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5zXl93LXIE&t=41s
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Jul 16, 2016 14:06
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Drone posted:How's the Vindicator? What the video above says but in descriptive text form it's basically the mech that formerly occupied the place where the phoenix hawk now sits. Specifically sitting in its own robotic faeces. It's an avoid at all costs mech unless you want full handicap mode.
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Jul 16, 2016 14:53
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Goddamn, rip catapult. Being useable was too good I guess
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Jul 16, 2016 15:02
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But the real question is: how badly did they nerf the Summoner?
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Jul 16, 2016 18:14
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I guess the catapults are more relegated to pop-tarting and medium range combat huh? drat, I'm going to try and make use of the sale catapults anyways, so I guess with the splatapult I'll have to hover near a scarier assault at all times, and with the K2 I'll go for a hill humper LPL sort of mech?
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Jul 16, 2016 18:23
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Looking over the Nova nerfs, I'm not too hung up on them. You are squishier now, but they didn't touch its firepower which for me is the main draw about the Nova for me. And the jumpjets. I have a suspicion that I wouldn't warm up to the Stormcrow now that I'm so used to being able to jump over most obstacles.
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Jul 16, 2016 19:31
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This event has been very interesting. With all the people out there playing random mediums, I'm suddenly doing very well by comparison. It's been a lot of fun surviving matches and racking up a ton of kills but it's caused my pilot skill rank to increase rapidly. We've been talking in mumble about ways to tank your SPR on purpose. I found this article: link: http://forums.mwohack.com/forum_threads/2210509 and have been experimenting with new ways to suck during pub drops. I started doing this last night after some very frustrating games and had a lot of fun. It's interesting trying to sabotage your own team of pubs in ways that make you seem like you're just as bad as them instead of intentionally trying to stab them in the back. Bonus points if you can get people to try and offer you actual constructive criticism in chat. Since it's based on your overall performance during the match, it's important to do nothing that helps you get xp or your team win. If you do God awful during a match and the pubbies still win, you don't take a big hit at all. Don't let them prevail. You get points for things like doing damage to the enemy and destroying components. Don't do that. Miss as much as you like. You get points for protecting a light/medium/heavy/rear end. Stand well behind their already not advancing line. If you see a team mate trying to peek around a corner, go help out. Preferably when the team mate steps right in front of your shots. Sorry, bro. You get points for hitting R and giving satisfaction to anyone with an LRM. Bonus points if you're the first person to target them. Pop that R key right off your keyboard. I've had a couple games now where I've managed to do more damage to team mates than they did to the enemy. Next time I get into the mood I might try playing a Locust and just NARCing my own team whenever they pick one of those open snow maps. Even after all that, I still can't tell if my SPR has dropped any. It's still right there threatening to go up a level. drat.
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Jul 16, 2016 19:31
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The astounding thing is, even in T2 people have not grasped "standing still is dying". 9/10 games the team moves to the front, balls up and gets shot to pieces by the actually advancing enemy. Kinda proves pilot rating is just for giggles. In no way do i see myself belonging in the top 40% of the game, yet here i am, and rising.
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Jul 16, 2016 19:43
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Ok so as long as your team wins, you cant lose rating? Even if your personal performance consists entirely of afking and wanking to porn? Thats.... 
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Jul 16, 2016 20:04
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Yolomon Wayne posted:Ok so as long as your team wins, you cant lose rating? That's quite an example there. If your playing matches your posts in here, you just outed yourself.
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Jul 16, 2016 20:47
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The loyalty Centurion is oddly fun. AC 20. 2 SRM 4s. Anyone got other builds for it?
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Jul 16, 2016 20:48
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Pilot Rating isn't what people think it is and the only reason people tend to be better at higher pilot ranking is by virtue of playing long enough to get that ranking. It's a weirdly abstract and overcomplicated 'games played' counter.
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Jul 16, 2016 20:51
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Artificer posted:The loyalty Centurion is oddly fun. AC 20. 2 SRM 4s. Anyone got other builds for it? Which chassis is it?
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Jul 16, 2016 21:29
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Yolomon Wayne posted:Which chassis is it? CN9-AH
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Jul 16, 2016 21:32
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Artificer posted:The loyalty Centurion is oddly fun. AC 20. 2 SRM 4s. Anyone got other builds for it? No. It's not exactly a versatile chassis. It's fun, though.
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Jul 16, 2016 21:36
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I basicīd mine as Funturion and Splaturion. 2xac5 wasnt really working out and 3xsrm6 with no artemis was just too much splat to handle.
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Jul 16, 2016 21:37
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Yolomon Wayne posted:I basicīd mine as Funturion and Splaturion. Stop recommending IS LBXes, especially on unquirked chassis. They aren't good.
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Jul 16, 2016 21:39
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PSR was only invented to keep the people that have been playing forever from sealclubbing the fresh scrubs coming in from steam. It's just an XP bar. The LBX10 is awesome on everything.
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Jul 16, 2016 21:44
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Cease to Hope posted:Stop recommending IS LBXes, especially on unquirked chassis. They aren't good. Its quirked for ballistics you clown, also im not recommending but saying "thats what ive used".
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veedubfreak posted:PSR was only invented to keep the people that have been playing forever from sealclubbing the fresh scrubs coming in from steam. It's just an XP bar. I've been tier 4 since forever.
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Jul 16, 2016 22:11
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Cease to Hope posted:Stop recommending IS LBXes, especially on unquirked chassis. They aren't good. When was the last time you played? Lbx 10s are in a good spot right now.
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Yolomon Wayne posted:4s are also faster on their 3 second cooldown, while 6s are on a 4s timer. I dont think your maths is right on DPS. In 12 seconds you have 4 firings of CSRM4 and 3 Firings of CSRM6, they nicely sync up at the end so those two units of damage are exactly comporable. Hence with 12 damage for SRM6 and 8 Damage for CSRM4 over that period of time, per launcher, the SRM6 does 36 damage for a DPS of 3 per launcher and the CSRM4 does 32 damage for a DPS of 2.67 per launcher (IS SRM4s being a damage of 8.6 and DPS of 2.87, IS SRM6 being a damage of 12.9 with a DPS of 3.23). The SRM6 will allways do more raw DPS but the SRM4 gets other tradeoffs. Polyakov fucked around with this message at 22:28 on Jul 16, 2016 |
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Trying to Basic my Atlas D-DC and it is starting to feel like Assaults are just not for me.
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Polyakov posted:I dont think your maths is right on DPS. Ack youre right, i didnt consider the 1st shot to start off the timer. The 6s does the dps is larger chunks, the 4s in smaller bits with less heat/weight/space.
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Artificer posted:Trying to Basic my Atlas D-DC and it is starting to feel like Assaults are just not for me. The Atlas' price for being the Daddest of Dad's is that it really wants triple basics. You need to torso twist in an Atlas. Also while the D-DC is a great surprise/umbrella thanks to it's ECM it can still get focus fired down surprisingly quickly.
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So with the Blackjack getting nerfed, what are the good IS Medium options left? - Hunchback (only the 4SP or anything else?) - Griffin? - Centurion is still OK I guess
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I wish the Shadowhawk to be worth buying. It looks so drat good on paper... gently caress metamechs, i think im going for the shadowhawk unless you talk me out of it.
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Metamechs builds are a decent place to start but it's not the end-all be all of things. (I mainly care about their Mastery guides. The tier lists are half-dumb because Teamwork with bad mechs > good mechs that faff about.)NihilCredo posted:So with the Blackjack getting nerfed, what are the good IS Medium options left? The 4SP is pretty tanky but still runs into the brawler problem, so I've also been having good luck with the 4P simply because 6 ML's do a surprising amount of work. The 4G is the premier 'AC20 on a sturdy chassis' that I had some frustration with until the event when everyone seems to have got dumb enough for me to really get some work out of it. The 4J Hunchy is a trap though, it's set up to be an LRM platform, it can't do SRM's better than the 4sp. And in general, Crabs are pretty solid. Moreso than any other IS medium at the moment.
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Artificer posted:Trying to Basic my Atlas D-DC and it is starting to feel like Assaults are just not for me. 100 Ton Mechs are extremely painful to level. Until you unlock Double basics, they are just plain sluggish at everything. They really transform when you hit that point. I'm not kidding. It's like driving an entirely new mech.
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Great Beer posted:When was the last time you played? Lbx 10s are in a good spot right now. I posted that while waiting for a match to load. They're better than they used to be but they're still on the bottom of the weapon stack. They don't do anything particularly well, and almost anything that could use them has better options.
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Argh. I will keep going. You are sooo slooow. You can't even disengage really. And a 270m engagement range is agony with the slow speed. Edit: anyone have videos of good atlas play because coming to the Atlas from the Nova is giving me whiplash. Artificer fucked around with this message at 00:36 on Jul 17, 2016 |
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