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I can see the value in both- but generally, when I'm getting rocked by fire it is at a range I can't respond effectively to. The build is a total knife-fighter. Mid-range snipers, or Dragon style cavalry mechs see more benefit from that module in my experience.

The Seismic Sensor would be very useful if I was a more cautious or deliberate pilot. As it is, I'm going around that corner, and once I get my sights on the enemy, he's going down or I am. Disengaging in a Hunchback almost always leads to getting pasted in the back with the long range weapons I lack.

I'll still try them out at some point, once the GXP builds back up. I've never tried the strike modules. They might just be fun to throw out as I closed with my foe.

Cockpit shake is really bad for knife fighters as well as it (obviously) reduces your chance to hit anything. It can be caused by Autocannons, SRMs, and LRMs from enemy ranged support units - the latter is frustrating if you are already in a brawl with another enemy at close range. The AC/2 in particular can be tedious due to its high rate of fire. The same goes for Streakboats that use chainfire to maximise your screenshake.
That being said, if you did not yet have any problems with this, then perhaps it really is not as bad for you. Medium 'Mechs rarely get as much attention as Lights and Assaults, anyways.

Seismic Sensor is perhaps more of a gimmick with situational use, as you may sometimes find yourself waiting at the entrance to the cave on Forest Colony, or behind a building in Frozen City, etc. Recently I even found it useful on my Jenner, if only at some very few moments in a game. If your 'Mech has few module slots, it is perhaps not the best choice.

Air and Artillery Strikes are just good fun, and if you don't know what else to pack, then these should be your choice. They are a bit costly to just use them all the time, but from time to time you will see the enemy cluster at a single spot, or close in as a group formation, which would make an ideal opportunity for this consumable. They are also useful to provoke a reaction in stalemates, when neither side wants to move out of their cover.

Also, UAVs. Not very useful for your own 'Mech, but your team will love you. Also, you get some bonus points for using them correctly.

Medium 'Mechs rarely get as much attention as Lights and Assaults

I love my trebuchet 7M, every time I use it I have a blast win or lose. There has been plenty of times my friends will use a steel wall (multiple atlas) and I will rock the treb and i will hold my own with them.

800 dmg 4kills isn't too hard for atlas or cheeselanders, but when you do it in a treb and there isn't any other TbT's in the match, you know you had a great round.

Win 5 matches before Feb 25th, and receive a free Cenurion CN9-A(C) and mechbay!

http://mwomercs.com/news/2014/02/791-5-wins-for-free-mech

Damn, you've beat me to it.

I'm a fan of the AL (what can I say, I'm a Kuritan), but I'm still going to participate. Free 'mechs are free 'mechs, and I did have fun with the autocannon too.

It's £7.30 of free stuff from PGI.
That's enough reason to do it.

My god. Are they getting desperate for players or just prizes?

edit: not just ninjaed. Ninjaed by 2 hours.

Got mine last night.


Not something I would normally go for, and the only Medium Mech I was even considering was the Cicada (which is basically a light anyway).

And now I'm looking at which other 2 I want to Master them.

Sneaky, sneaky.
Free mech means you need to get 2 more and grind them up.

I was considering one regardless. I like arm-mounted Ballistics.

Those Cents make excellent skirmishing mechs. I recall using one to great effect way back when, mounting streaks to take down those annoying light mechs that are always buzzing around the Assaults' ankles. This one comes with Artemis built in, which makes it great for that. No, you won't be one-shotting Atlases, but you might rack up a surprising kill count.

Except Artemis doesn't work with Streaks

And I haven't actually put any missiles on it arm xD
AC/10, 2 M.Lasers and tons of armour.

That it comes with Ferro, Endo, Double Heat Sinks and Artemis IS a nice bonus though.

The Artemis doesn't do any extra for streaks, but it does speed up your lock-on time in general, which in turn will help you streak some of those little lights to death.

Drop that engine down to a standard 260, replace the pulse lasers with regular medium lasers, and upgrade your SRMs to SRM6+Artemis and you've got a nasty shotgun. I ran around with a couple lance mates and we tore up Assault mechs all night.

That sounds like fun tbh.
But, while I do have a spare STD260, I have no SRM6+Art's, and don't have a mil to drop on that loadout.
Hell, only have 1 SRM6 and I'm not actually sure where that came from. xD

Maybe after I've mastered my Catapults.

I've been having fun with the free Centurion (great zombie ). I run it with 3x streak SRM and 1x ER LL.

I wish I had space for the ballistics slot, but even an AC 5 would mean a major overhaul.

I have been having a great time with mine too...
Ive actually used it to make a FedCom Civil war era variant, the CN-9Da.

I kept the engine, dropped the SRM4's for an LRM10 with Artemis, dropped the pulse lasers for regular lasers and mounted an AC5. 2 tons of ammo for the cannon and one for the LRM keep me well fed and 10 DHS allow me to keep my cider and Mead chilled

Anyway, has anyone heard? They've announced the banshee!

Baen sidhe! My favorite assault mech!

I'm a bit disapointed I missed the half-price Spider tbh.

I'll be interested in the Banshee as a 'fast assault' depending on what its speeds actually get up to!

I am getting into this I must say!

Got a victor the other week and running it with 2x ac5s and an ac2 plus 2 MPLs and a lot of armour. Had some good fights managed to flank a whole team and unload all my ax ammo in thier backs.

I wish the did a battle report splash screen like WoTs at least then you can see what damage you did and to whome etc

M.A.V. (<-that's a link!) is in it's last stretch on the Kickstarter! Just a day or two to go- pledge at the $30 level and you get a copy of the soundtrack if we reach $30,000 (already funded, just stretch goals now!)

Swing by and support us if you enjoyed ChromeHounds or are a fan of fully-customizable Mech combat. Also, tell your friends!

Just putting this out there.

Ok.. I am planning probably the craziest build ever.. just to do it.
I am taking a Raven 4X, stripping it down and dropping a much larger engine (245 or 255) and an AC20, and as much armor as I can get. Endo, Ferro, DH....

If you go the other way, and slow that sucker down, you can experience most of the joys of an Urbanmech!

Also, free Mechbay for 5 wins this weekend!

Yup.

And I'm up to 8 mechs now!




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 helgrenze wrote:
Ok.. I am planning probably the craziest build ever.. just to do it.
I am taking a Raven 4X, stripping it down and dropping a much larger engine (245 or 255) and an AC20, and as much armor as I can get. Endo, Ferro, DH....

I'll see what I can build in smurfy.


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Ok, so you aren't getting Double Heat sinks in it regardless.
There just aren't enough slots between FF, ES the engine, AC20 and heat sinks.

That said, you can still make it run at 90 to 100kph.
But hey, this is what I got AC20 Raven

People run entire squads, nay, Lances of those. It's called a Murder of Ravens of Murder.

Automatically Appended Next Post:

 helgrenze wrote:
Ok.. I am planning probably the craziest build ever.. just to do it.
I am taking a Raven 4X, stripping it down and dropping a much larger engine (245 or 255) and an AC20, and as much armor as I can get. Endo, Ferro, DH....

I'll see what I can build in smurfy.


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Ok, so you aren't getting Double Heat sinks in it regardless.
There just aren't enough slots between FF, ES the engine, AC20 and heat sinks.

That said, you can still make it run at 90 to 100kph.
But hey, this is what I got AC20 Raven

The idea is a FAST AC20 mech.
A 255xl comes with enough HS, and by dropping all but the AC20 it can still be equipped. Will have to sacrifice some armor (down to @197) to hold more than a ton of ammo. Speed with Tweak is 129kph.
Dropping down to the 245xl, allows one DHS and @215 armor. Speed with Tweak is 124kph.
Thinking it may not live long enough to fire more than 7 shots in the first build.
I could be wrong of course.

So more this?

Yeah but you would be running 1 HS short. Even with that you can load the DHS into the engine with no loss of slots... and get a better cooling efficiency.

Oh yeah. Missed that. xD
Hrm...

So more... this thing then?.
It has almost no armour...
I suppose you could drop the 2 Light Lasers, but then.. it's going to die do anything even with an extra 32pts of armour, and is that worth the loss of the point defence?

More like this. Could drop some of the armor for a couple SL, or more ammo....

It's interesting, but Mechtech's been shifting the idea of backup lasers about- basically, if you can fit a ton or two of extra laser, you could instead fit an extra ton or two of missile or Dakka, and be better off.