|
demonR6 posted:I'll be hanging out in Mumble looking for some help spending my 20k MC on some decent mechs for CW play. If anyone would be kind enough to give me some guidance, I'm still terrible at robots but w/e. I'd just buy mechbays and premium time. There are some alright hero mechs, but most of them are either junk or not as good as one of the regular variants (aka the one you'll want to bring to CW). Firebrand looks good because you can build a boomjager out of it, Illya is good with dual gauss. Everything else I'm not sure about.
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 17:55
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 14, 2024 18:27 |
|
|
Speaking of being a dumb idiot who bought a founder but never spent any of his nazi gold, does anyone have pertinent words or a build for Ember?
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 18:08
|
|
|
Fil5000 posted:It's the 1N I was meaning which isn't in there. That's the one with the ridiculous AC quirks. Kylra fucked around with this message at 18:19 on Dec 24, 2014 |
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 18:10
|
|
|
Pycckuu posted:I'd just buy mechbays and premium time. There are some alright hero mechs, but most of them are either junk or not as good as one of the regular variants (aka the one you'll want to bring to CW). Firebrand looks good because you can build a boomjager out of it, Illya is good with dual gauss. Everything else I'm not sure about. People dig Misery but I'm not sure how pricey that thing is.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 18:12
|
|
|
Mindblast posted:People dig Misery but I'm not sure how pricey that thing is. Heroes are all 75 MC per ton.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 18:20
|
|
|
Whoa. People are playing this again? Is it good? Can I be FDR Kerensky once more?
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 18:22
|
|
|
Malkar posted:Whoa. People are playing this again? I was watching that video last night. Kerensky nights were good times.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 18:25
|
|
|
Orv posted:Speaking of being a dumb idiot who bought a founder but never spent any of his nazi gold, does anyone have pertinent words or a build for Ember? I like to run it with 4 machine guns and 4 medium lasers. Maybe 2 tons of ammo, put one of them in your head. Still have weight for a lot of jump jets. You could swap out the 4 medium lasers for 4 small pulse lasers if that's the sort of thing you prefer.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 18:31
|
|
|
I found this and I figured I would put it here.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 18:37
|
|
|
I wish there were mastery packs for the Raven and Thunderbolt as those are two of the Mechs I want the most right now. There's even a hero Raven already, so no reason they couldn't toss up a pack. I should probably just get the Firestarter pack to get my light fix I guess.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 18:38
|
|
|
Lonjon posted:I like to run it with 4 machine guns I'm not sure I want to live in a universe where a sentence starts with this and is serious.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 18:39
|
|
|
Pictured: The Great Modpud Doxxing Incident
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 18:44
|
|
|
Malkar posted:I'm not sure I want to live in a universe where a sentence starts with this and is serious. Oh, yes you do! Come on, it's cool (and kind of amazing, given their track record) that PGI has managed to make most weapons useful in at least some niche.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 18:44
|
|
|
Malkar posted:I'm not sure I want to live in a universe where a sentence starts with this and is serious. Machine guns are very effective against unarmored sections now, but they are almost completely useless against armor.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 18:44
|
|
|
Making machine guns useful is like the one of the only things PGI ever did right, don't knock it. Running circle around big mechs spraying machine guns in my Cicada was like the only time I ever had fun in this lovely game.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 18:52
|
|
|
It's true, machinegun bukakke video is now outdated. They actually work and are good.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 18:53
|
|
|
Malkar posted:I'm not sure I want to live in a universe where a sentence starts with this and is serious. Yeah, MGs are actually great at tearing up components and dearmored limbs. Now the 4 MPLs someone else suggested I run... (Or did they also fix those?)
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 18:59
|
|
|
Fil5000 posted:It's true, machinegun bukakke video is now outdated. They actually work and are good. I didn't keep up with the machine gun changes, but someone earlier mentioned they are the same as small lasers now. How accurate is this? Could you actually use it to damage a mech, or are they only useful as crit-seeking weapons?
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 19:03
|
|
|
Orv posted:Now the 4 MPLs someone else suggested I run... (Or did they also fix those?) Pulse lasers have been rebalanced and are pretty good these days. Doubly so on a mech with quirks to make them better, like the SPL or MPL Firestarters, or the MPL Thunderbolt. gwarm01 posted:I didn't keep up with the machine gun changes, but someone earlier mentioned they are the same as small lasers now. How accurate is this? Could you actually use it to damage a mech, or are they only useful as crit-seeking weapons? They do appear to do about as much DPS as a small laser to armor (constantly, over time, so not quite as good overall), but because of their crit seeking just absolutely shred unarmored components. In my Ember, I just shoot lasers until I see an open component, and then turn on the bullet hose, or just use the MGs when I'm hot and cooling down to stay in the fight. Edit: for clarity Marathanes fucked around with this message at 19:07 on Dec 24, 2014 |
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 19:04
|
|
|
Kylra posted:Champions are +XP only. Hero mechs are +cbills only. So you only get 1 cbill mech per pack. Edit, Some Champion mechs give cbill bonuses: Founders and anime mechs do. Jimbosaurus fucked around with this message at 19:51 on Dec 24, 2014 |
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 19:49
|
|
|
I have 7300 hitler gold from my founder pack left. Which mastery pack also has a good Hero mech in it? Is The Grid Iron (hunchie), IV-Four (QD), or Golden Boy any good? People were just recently bashing the flame so I'm not at all sure about that one.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 20:24
|
|
|
Washout posted:I have 7300 hitler gold from my founder pack left. Which mastery pack also has a good Hero mech in it? Don't do the QuickDraw. The grid iron is hilarious now with its gauss perks, holy poo poo. Wtf is the golden boy again? I have no internet til Monday. loving kill me, goons.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 20:32
|
|
|
Kazvall posted:Don't do the QuickDraw. The grid iron is hilarious now with its gauss perks, holy poo poo. Wtf is the golden boy again? You could do worse than not post in this thread for an entire weekend.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 20:39
|
|
|
Drewjitsu posted:You could do worse than not post in this thread for an entire weekend. If anything I'll be posting more. Cheers and happy holidays you mooks. Like, I'm home its just that uverse is a steaming pile of a company.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 20:41
|
|
|
I'm hoping for some mwo promos sometime, has there been any during past holidays? Got my eye on the orion/cataphract mastery bundles. Shame they don't have raven/awesome bundles. I've been grinding out griffins these few days and I don't feel SRMs are holding up compared to when I last played about a year and half ago. They've got these SRM range quirks when what I need is more heat efficiency to keep up against mechs with heat efficiency or clan bots.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 20:41
|
|
|
Bundle question: For someone who has 2 of the firestarters, is that bundle worth it?
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 20:52
|
|
|
Thronde posted:Bundle question: For someone who has 2 of the firestarters, is that bundle worth it? The ember is fun but I want to say no.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 21:18
|
|
|
No it's probably not. Ember is hilariously powerful in deathmatch whatever but it's sub par in CW. Firestarters S and A are the king poo poo.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 21:23
|
|
|
How does the Raven-3L pilot? I was thinking about grabbing a light for my second mech, and I am choosing between the Firestarter and the Raven, but leaning towards the Raven for the ECM (and I liked them in MW4). I know that I like playing the Trial FS9 though.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 21:25
|
|
|
Slaan posted:How does the Raven-3L pilot? I was thinking about grabbing a light for my second mech, and I am choosing between the Firestarter and the Raven, but leaning towards the Raven for the ECM (and I liked them in MW4). I know that I like playing the Trial FS9 though. Not as well as it used to. -a guy with 1.7 million 3L mech xp.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 21:27
|
|
|
So tell me how I could make this less stupid, because I don't think I can remove the stupid entirely. I want a quick, scout worthy LRM mech with either long range ballistic or energy poke. I'm thinking either Adder, Kitfox or Stormcrow, but I really don't know poo poo about the game since from before launch so I'm probably missing a really good option, or just one being the superior choice. Furthermore are LRMs just not worth the use now is another problem, I don't see much use of them. If not that, would an SRM boat of the same general idea work out?
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 21:39
|
|
|
Jumpjets for maneuverability are a big deal with lights frankly and I shy away from lights that don't have them. Oxide would probably be tolerable to decent if it had jumpjets. Huginn is actually a pretty decent Raven but not as good in CW because machine guns don't go as far (same reason Ember isn't the best). Is there another Raven with JJs? If 4X has them that might be a consideration. If you can make your lasers do work, spiders aren't bad, but they're pretty undergunned.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 21:40
|
|
|
Yeah, looking at 4X it almost looks viable for CW with 5 JJ slots. I might buy one to experiment with if I get a chance to play tonight or tomorrow.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 21:43
|
|
|
 Muh 13 kills.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 21:50
|
|
|
Paramemetic posted:Jumpjets for maneuverability are a big deal with lights frankly and I shy away from lights that don't have them. Oxide would probably be tolerable to decent if it had jumpjets. Huginn is actually a pretty decent Raven but not as good in CW because machine guns don't go as far (same reason Ember isn't the best). Is there another Raven with JJs? If 4X has them that might be a consideration. I'm not mucking with CW yet but that's a pretty good point. I'll have to see where I stand once I work up the money for the Stormcrow since I've been messing with the Firestarter for the moment.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 21:52
|
|
|
It's also worth noting that if I'm experimenting with a mech it's probably bad since I tend to like mechs that give me an excuse when I die horribly and which also let me gloat hard when I win. Big fan of locusts, for example (but I don't bring them to CW again because of the JJ lack). I basically am an experimental light pilot and a bad. Also if you want to CW with WoL don't do a Stormcrow, they're mad expensive and won't contribute to a IS dropdeck. Unless you're just doing one to have fun in which case good choice because they own.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 21:54
|
|
|
Yeah I'm not looking to do CW any time soon, just solo and duo/triple queue with a couple friends. Need to be sure I won't burn out WoT style before I really get into the deep end. So experimental light shenanigans is exactly my poo poo right now.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 21:57
|
|
|
Dramicus posted:
Nice job, bud.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 22:04
|
|
|
Orv posted:Yeah I'm not looking to do CW any time soon, just solo and duo/triple queue with a couple friends. Need to be sure I won't burn out WoT style before I really get into the deep end. So experimental light shenanigans is exactly my poo poo right now. I will not accept this. You play CW with trial mechs right now, mister! Because I can't, you must.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 22:05
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 14, 2024 18:27 |
|
|
Kazvall posted:I will not accept this. You play CW with trial mechs right now, mister! Because I can't, you must. Hmmm, solo queue or WoL mumble? A difficult choice.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2014 22:10
|
|