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The Cheaters are on sale right now for like 4.4m Cbills.
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 06:06 |
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# ? May 30, 2024 13:24 |
Skoll posted:The Cheaters are on sale right now for like 4.4m Cbills.
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 06:08 |
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Skoll posted:All the steam packs are terrible deals. The light one is probably the least bad of them at least. If we're comparing to the 20 dollar origins pack, it comes with three mechs of which one is bonused, and no MC, cbills or premium time. The marauder one has a month of premium but no cbill bonused mech, MC or cbills. The 30% bonus is not a huge thing imo (most people that play(ed) long term tend to use lots of mechs, unless you're mint frog), but the MC is ~6 bucks and the premium time 12, although bundling tends to undervalue that. The performance packs were on sale for 20% off fairly recently however. If you're going to buy something like this, make sure you're getting the most out of your money and not buying extra bonuses that you don't actually want/need.
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 06:23 |
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Vorenus posted:
I dunno man. I think I got the Cheetah figured out. EDIT: That sounded harsh, basically I've tried both and we're splitting hairs. I do play the way you described, though. I am a butt poking sonofabitch. Endbuster fucked around with this message at 06:30 on Jan 8, 2016 |
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Endbuster posted:I dunno man. I think I got the Cheetah figured out. EDIT: That sounded harsh, basically I've tried both and we're splitting hairs. I do play the way you described, though. I am a butt poking sonofabitch. You made me curious, so I had to check something. Small sample size, admittedly, but the Spider 5V's ability to just "nope" out of a fight it can't win is pretty great.
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 06:34 |
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Surprise Giraffe posted:Is the enforcer a bad robot? I like the look of the UAC one No, the Enforcer is a good robot. It's not amazing or by any means OP, but they have good quirks and good hitboxes and can roll damage well. Their biggest issue is that they can't go full asymmetrical with a shield side as you're either presenting your AC or your lasers, or in the UAC variant one of your UACs. This isn't condemning, it just means you need to focus on supporting your heavies (which isn't an issue as it can get up to 81kph easy), firing when you're not being fired upon, and torso twisting and ducking out behind the weight if you start getting shot at. If you just follow the Timberwolves around you will do shockingly good. I was loving floored by how well I half drunkenly performed in them.
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 06:42 |
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Skoll posted:All the steam packs are terrible deals. They're actually not, by MWO standards. The Cheater is pure dirty love and will spurt hot cash into your account basically forever, and the 3L is a solid OG performer. You get a bunch of MC for patterns etc and a month of premium time. I mean it's still like 3 games of money for a few minor improvements in an F2P game, but comparatively it's fine.
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 06:48 |
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Endbuster posted:I dunno man. I think I got the Cheetah figured out. EDIT: That sounded harsh, basically I've tried both and we're splitting hairs. I do play the way you described, though. I am a butt poking sonofabitch. That's impressive, if it's working that well for you ignore me and keep doing your thing.
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 06:59 |
So I'm just now realizing you get rewards for faction rep. Would just joining random CW matches get it?
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 07:18 |
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Nuebot posted:So I'm just now realizing you get rewards for faction rep. Would just joining random CW matches get it? Yes, but you need some lucky rear end drops to get anywhere in CW if you aren't in a pre-made. It's an absolute slog that you only do for mechbays at the moment. You will always earn a couple faction points, but 90% of the time it's 30 minutes of a pre-made 12 man destroying a group of pugs. It's okay to do for the first mech bay and maybe the second, but you really need people to drop with if you want to make it tolerable.
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 07:24 |
The Repo Man posted:Yes, but you need some lucky rear end drops to get anywhere in CW if you aren't in a pre-made. It's an absolute slog that you only do for mechbays at the moment. You will always earn a couple faction points, but 90% of the time it's 30 minutes of a pre-made 12 man destroying a group of pugs. It's okay to do for the first mech bay and maybe the second, but you really need people to drop with if you want to make it tolerable. Bummer. I guess I'll wait until another group starts up then.
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 07:27 |
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If you are WoL and interested in CW I organized a few CW drops shortly after Christmas on a whim, and after a few 12 man WoL drops, we made bank. With a full 12 man premade, we get bumped to the top of any attack queue, so after 5-6 min of queue time and 15 min of playing, we were making 600k-1.5mill per round. I will be attempting to do the same this weekend, Saturday, sometime in the early afternoon PST. If you like any of these things; 11 assaults marching behind a ghost dad Yellbosses who know what they're doing (maybe) and people who listen (preferred) 12 man light swarms murdering entire pubbie assault brigades Maybe map games? Tons of cash Join the fun! If you need help with dropdecks, ask away! We don't have any cunning strats for maximizing dropdeck cohesion by leveraging synergistic dynamic communication paradigms, so bring whatevs.
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 07:35 |
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Takkaryx posted:If you are WoL and interested in CW boss, i need money so I will be there with bells on
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 07:43 |
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How's the Mauler? Is it a good robot?
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 07:45 |
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Takkaryx posted:If you are WoL and interested in CW early afternoon PST? i hope that doesn't conflict with the goon inhouse thing...
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 07:50 |
Takkaryx posted:If you are WoL and interested in CW I'll try to be there depending on timezones. I live in backwards land.
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 07:57 |
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Thronde posted:How's the Mauler? Is it a good robot? Yeah, it's good? Not amazing, though one is certainly stunning. It's a little like the Banshee in that its best actual builds aren't what you would expect. blackdog runs a 5xAC5 build that is absolutely ludicrous. Like, stupidly good. If you can make that work for variants it will probably sing for you, but the conventional builds aren't very good.
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 08:17 |
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Today I learned two things:
Domed a King Crab. Sard fucked around with this message at 08:28 on Jan 8, 2016 |
# ? Jan 8, 2016 08:21 |
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Takkaryx posted:If you are WoL and interested in CW Maybe we can attempt to raise Anders' blood pressure again as well.
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 08:52 |
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Sard posted:Today I learned two things: There was a significant quirk pass as well as big changes to SRMs. The Adder can now rock 4xSRM6 with Artemis. It might actually be workable. Sharks Dont Sleep fucked around with this message at 09:18 on Jan 8, 2016 |
# ? Jan 8, 2016 08:59 |
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Takkaryx posted:If you are WoL and interested in CW I'm interested, but probably not if it's any later than 2pm PST because that's already 10pm UK time.
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 09:49 |
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Sharks Dont Sleep posted:There was a significant quirk pass as well as big changes to SRMs. The Adder can now rock 4xSRM6 with Artemis. It might actually be workable. This is what's on my adder. If you can stay alive you can absolutely eviscerate assaults.
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 11:10 |
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My unit PUGS and our new bride -42- will be going Jade Falcon in two or three days so as your pal MechWarrior0424161 I'm looking forward to finally running group/ CW queues with ya'll. I started posting clan washout approved builds on the PUGS website and coaching my dudes on how to make a series of big cocked Cheaters, Stormies, Hellbringers, and Timbers.
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 12:12 |
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The 4x ASRM6 adder punches WAY outside of its weight class. However, it's terrible at fighting other lights. Stick to the big boys and knock whole limbs off of bigger mechs. edit: FYI, if you're extra terrible at decision making, the kit fox can also fit the exact same builds.
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 12:31 |
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huh, the king crab 0000 with 4 ASRM6 and 2 LPL is kinda fun. Not super optimal but fun
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 13:39 |
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liquidfire posted:My unit PUGS and our new bride -42- will be going Jade Falcon in two or three days so as your pal MechWarrior0424161 I'm looking forward to finally running group/ CW queues with ya'll. I started posting clan washout approved builds on the PUGS website and coaching my dudes on how to make a series of big cocked Cheaters, Stormies, Hellbringers, and Timbers. I'll be up for this.
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 13:43 |
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I've decided to give MWO another chance, and since the Goonrathi forums are apparently not much in use could someone PM me the Mumble info?
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 14:15 |
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I'd be down for some CW with WoL. Though I think I need to nab a few more IS mechs... I'll probably scoop up a Raven and some form of medium. Otherwise I'm dropping with a trio of Marauders and a trial mech.
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 14:16 |
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Takkaryx posted:If you are WoL and interested in CW I like CW I would play CW
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 15:28 |
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Weren't they introducing some sort of 4v4 CW 'capture the flag' type thing?
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 15:50 |
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I'm up for CW shenanigans, in UK timezone.
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 16:29 |
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PoptartsNinja posted:Weren't they introducing some sort of 4v4 CW 'capture the flag' type thing? This is part of CW Phase 3 which is currently in development
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 17:04 |
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Number19 posted:This is part of CW Phase 3 which is currently in development Will we be able to specifically choose and play this game type at will? Or is it going to just be a random part of CW dropping?
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 18:08 |
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I'm only just getting back into MWO, would it be possible to get an invite into WoL? I haven't played since closed beta and I'd like to play with goons to get back into the swing of things. My IGN is Treuan, I'm already signed up with the forums/on the mumble.
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 18:22 |
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Six machine guns scoops out the butt meat like it's ice cream
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 18:24 |
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Update on WoL CW Stuff; I was thinking about the successful plays we made in our other games, so I have these suggestions for what to bring on your drop deck; 1 assault: On attack missions, the game can be won with the first assault push if we're good and coordinated. Having something big and angry is really good. 1 Mech that can go 110kph+ and is kitted for close range: On counter attack and hold ground maps where it's essentially a skirmish, I don't think I've seen the other team not drop assaults and heavies. Therefor, we all drop lights, and descend on pairs of assaults and brutalize them. 1 Mech that has some range: Brawling is good and fun, and what we do, but make sure at least one thing has the capability to poke. Not really snipe, as we need to move in groups, but being able to force their heads down on a heavy advance is good. Other than that, it's up to you. We're still thinking about bigger metas and strats, so if after a few games you have some ideas, let us know!
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 18:26 |
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PoptartsNinja posted:Weren't they introducing some sort of 4v4 CW 'capture the flag' type thing? This would be nice, considering the thing I miss the most is 8v8. Frozen City is a clusterfuck with 24 mechs on it. Man I would so be down to get invested in faction dropping but I only own a mastered Ghost-Dad, three hunchbacks 4J/4P/4SP and a Misery for IS mechs. Endbuster fucked around with this message at 18:53 on Jan 8, 2016 |
# ? Jan 8, 2016 18:48 |
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Are there requirements for CW?
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 19:35 |
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Takkaryx posted:Update on WoL CW Stuff; Not really, you need to take 3 that all have decent speed and good range and firepower, so pretty much no brawling mechs, they also all need to take AMS. So the normal drop deck was 3 thunderbolts and a light, maybe trade one thunderbolt for something else of your preference like a laserdrill stalker or something. For the light it needs jumpjets and go over 140 so basically firestarters. In order to win consistently you need to have a list of approved mechs and builds and enforce them pretty heavily. Because the yellbosses strats depend on everyone having the same armament and speed. Washout fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Jan 8, 2016 |
# ? Jan 8, 2016 19:43 |
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That's getting way too specific imo, particularly on the "110kph+" front. Nothing wrong with having a couple of hard-hitting mediums with them that clock in at around ~100. They'll arrive a few seconds after the engagement starts, yeah, but usually the enemy is pretty well distracted by the light swarm at that point and can basically just unload. Worked drat well on my Griffin when we were dropping last weekend.
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# ? Jan 8, 2016 19:55 |