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I really enjoyed my 6LBX2 Dire Wolf.
The 6UAC2 one was good fun too, but I prefer LBX's.

   
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The Ruins of the Boston Commonwealth

AC2s AC5s either one. Just alot of Ballistic Hardpoints and plenty of armor

I'll think I'll go for the King Crab. I know enough about protecting my arms from playing my Jagers.

 
   
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The Ruins of the Boston Commonwealth

After almost 20 days I think this won't count as a double post.

I just got 4 kills in a Skirmish match as the current trial Spider. (Spider 5k C) It had 4 Machine guns, and a ER Large Laser.

4 kills.... That beats my previous record by 2. It litterally doubled my highest kill count in a single non-CW match. I feel good. I also spent some money to buy a additional 15 Mech bays. That'll hold me for a while.

I'm focusing entirely on inner sphere mechs. I'm thinking on either saving to upgrade the non Champ spider 5k I own to match the Champ trial mech. Which means over 3 mil of upgrades. Double heat sinks, Endo Steel, Ferro armor, weps, and a XL-Engine.

It's gonna be awhile before I get my Crab

 
   
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Mighty Vampire Count






UK

not a fan of Spiders - they have killed me lots of times though

Quite enjoying my new UAC5 Hunchback and grinding my Zeus's

I AM A MARINE PLAYER

"Unimaginably ancient xenos artefact somewhere on the planet, hive fleet poised above our heads, hidden 'stealer broods making an early start....and now a bloody Chaos cult crawling out of the woodwork just in case we were bored. Welcome to my world, Ciaphas."
Inquisitor Amberley Vail, Ordo Xenos

"I will admit that some Primachs like Russ or Horus could have a chance against an unarmed 12 year old novice but, a full Battle Sister??!! One to one? In close combat? Perhaps three Primarchs fighting together... but just one Primarch?" da001

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The Ruins of the Boston Commonwealth

Just a single UAC right? Unless your dropped some armor or engine power to make it dual.

I own a Missile Cent. (LRMS mostl. But I got the SRMs to equip it that way if I want)

I've got a Jager with 6 Machine guns and a apir of Pules larges.

I've got a Jager I currently am running with 4 med lasers and 2 AC5s

I've also got a Hunchie who I usually run a pair of AC2s and a med Pulse laser.

And finally I have my spider

 
   
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 Overlord Thraka wrote:
Just a single UAC right? Unless your dropped some armor or engine power to make it dual.

I own a Missile Cent. (LRMS mostl. But I got the SRMs to equip it that way if I want)

I've got a Jager with 6 Machine guns and a apir of Pules larges.

I've got a Jager I currently am running with 4 med lasers and 2 AC5s

I've also got a Hunchie who I usually run a pair of AC2s and a med Pulse laser.

And finally I have my spider


Yeah just the one UAC5 - I swapped it out for my Gauss rifle - not great with them - I tend to not fire at the right moment and it powers down.

Currently have 3 Hunchbacks AC20 bad boy, dual LRM10 variant and my UAC5 one. Did the same with my Dragon so have the LRM10, UAC5 and dual Med lasers which is durable and quite nippy. Just started using my Grasshopper - 3 ERLL's seems to work.

Again swapping my Gauss on my Zeus for UAC5.

Was spectating a Stormcrow with a UAC20 yesterday - that looked fun


I AM A MARINE PLAYER

"Unimaginably ancient xenos artefact somewhere on the planet, hive fleet poised above our heads, hidden 'stealer broods making an early start....and now a bloody Chaos cult crawling out of the woodwork just in case we were bored. Welcome to my world, Ciaphas."
Inquisitor Amberley Vail, Ordo Xenos

"I will admit that some Primachs like Russ or Horus could have a chance against an unarmed 12 year old novice but, a full Battle Sister??!! One to one? In close combat? Perhaps three Primarchs fighting together... but just one Primarch?" da001

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Last time I had played this game, the clans had just been announced. I'm considering reloading it. Has the game gotten better or worse now?

 
   
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Mighty Vampire Count






UK

Sgt_Scruffy wrote:
Last time I had played this game, the clans had just been announced. I'm considering reloading it. Has the game gotten better or worse now?


I love it - but what did you like or not like about it then? It was before my time with the game so can't really say if its "better".

We have a good selection of maps - not all great but quite nicely varied. I think there is about 15 all told.
There is a second game mode in Community warfare with 4 and soon to be 5 different maps and rather than one 'Mech you get to drop in 3 more (consecutively) as you die. It can however take a long time to get a game if you are not part of a group.
There are a lot of Mechs and many of the best are available for Cbills including some really good Clan ones like Mad Cat and Storm Crow.
They run very regular challenges and tournaments to get free stuff - some of them are hard and some are just wonderfully giving.
They just implemented VIOP (?) - I can't get me headset to work yet but can be very useful - I tend to just listen to what's being said and work with that.

hope that helps!

I AM A MARINE PLAYER

"Unimaginably ancient xenos artefact somewhere on the planet, hive fleet poised above our heads, hidden 'stealer broods making an early start....and now a bloody Chaos cult crawling out of the woodwork just in case we were bored. Welcome to my world, Ciaphas."
Inquisitor Amberley Vail, Ordo Xenos

"I will admit that some Primachs like Russ or Horus could have a chance against an unarmed 12 year old novice but, a full Battle Sister??!! One to one? In close combat? Perhaps three Primarchs fighting together... but just one Primarch?" da001

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Omaha

Sgt_Scruffy wrote:
Last time I had played this game, the clans had just been announced. I'm considering reloading it. Has the game gotten better or worse now?


The clans can be evil depending on the variant, new maps and PGI has been doing a good job turning the game around in a good way. that's what has changed for the most part, other than IS mechs getting quirks to help balance them out some. I've heard a lot of people who left awhile back have been coming back and liking it.

I left WoT and started to play this, This game shined the light on how unbalanced World of Tanks is.

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The Ruins of the Boston Commonwealth

Personally with CW out and all. I think it's at a all time high. Getting better all the time. Most of the issues usually complained about are minor things really. No-one uses 3rd person because aiming is harder. Ghost heat is a issue still, but the 'Coolent flush' is practically unused AFAIK. In my experience any mech that would need to use it will be taking to much damage being out in the open firing. It's only useful for when you get jumped and are frantically pushing weps out ASAP to bring the little bugger of a light.

All in all being a mechgeek and a huge fan of the Mektek version of MW4 I'd recommend it to pretty much anyone.

I prefer it far and above any other non-RPG MMO game I've played. I enjoy it more than WoT, LoL and Planetside 2 combined.

I think I've said enough. Now go download it at once!

 
   
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The balance is surely in a much better place than it was last time I played. Not perfect, but for a game that was abysmal for so long, there is marked improvement. I love CW. It's the game mode the game really needs. Solaris is coming up supposedly, along with expansions to CW itself. The quirk system is an intriguing answer to the long standing issues of Mech balance, and one that can allow rebalancing without having to mess directly with weapon stats. New netcode is supposed to be in the works.

It took awhile but the game is finally starting to come along.

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Orlando

They still need to limit clans to 10 mechs. its one of the basic tenants of the clans and should have been a no brainer.

You need to get in a group for faction warfare. IS PUG groups are badly punished right now by clan teams since they haven't bothered to make separate planets yet for PUG fights.

Other than that the game is much improved even though we should have had faction warfare from opening day. Still wish they would have used the class system, it had a lot of promise, never figured out why they suddenly without warning ditched it.

If you dont short hand your list, Im not reading it.
Example: Assault Intercessors- x5 -Thunder hammer and plasma pistol on sgt.
or Assault Terminators 3xTH/SS, 2xLCs
For the love of God, GW, get rid of reroll mechanics. ALL OF THEM! 
   
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Urbanmech in 5 days.

That is all.

   
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 Ovion wrote:
Urbanmech in 5 days.

That is all.


I know... I preordered it even. My 1st MWO purchase was that. JUST GIVE ME ALREADY

I'm rebooting my Youtube Channel. starting today I'm going to be putting out (mostly) MWO vids containing (mostly) no Commentation.

Linky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxEXY5x2OMA

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Aww... The commentary is the interesting bit, though!

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I went ahead and downloaded it. There was nothing wrong with MWO when I last quit. I was an elite founder and had played ever since the days of closed beta. Was a member in good standing of House Marik. I loved the game. It just got old.

 
   
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USA

 Ovion wrote:
Urbanmech in 5 days.

That is all.







Automatically Appended Next Post:
In topical news, the servers literally just had a seizure XD

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The Ruins of the Boston Commonwealth

Uh... that censored word seems a letter to long.

I can't wait for the Urbie. THAT's going up on the channel for sure.

Anyone liking the griffin? I've been getting 250-300 damage every round in the current Trial one. Pretty beasty machine

 
   
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Since I'm on the side of Ghost Bear I've been busy acquiring the Clan mechs bit by bit, but I have used the trial Griffon and it is nice. I like it a lot.

   
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Are there redeem codes for this like WoTs?

I'm just waiting on the patch download so some free junk when i get going would be super if anyone's has one?

How do you promote your Hobby? - Legoburner "I run some crappy wargaming website " 
   
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Mighty Vampire Count






UK

 notprop wrote:
Are there redeem codes for this like WoTs?

I'm just waiting on the patch download so some free junk when i get going would be super if anyone's has one?


None that I am aware of - I don't think the game works like that........

You do get a lot of C-bills over the first 25 misisons - be careful how you spend them.

I AM A MARINE PLAYER

"Unimaginably ancient xenos artefact somewhere on the planet, hive fleet poised above our heads, hidden 'stealer broods making an early start....and now a bloody Chaos cult crawling out of the woodwork just in case we were bored. Welcome to my world, Ciaphas."
Inquisitor Amberley Vail, Ordo Xenos

"I will admit that some Primachs like Russ or Horus could have a chance against an unarmed 12 year old novice but, a full Battle Sister??!! One to one? In close combat? Perhaps three Primarchs fighting together... but just one Primarch?" da001

www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/528517.page

A Bloody Road - my Warhammer Fantasy Fiction 
   
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Collector's Urbie package is mine tomorrow.

Awwwwwww yeah...

"The Omnissiah is my Moderati" 
   
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http://tinyurl.com/UrbanmechArrives
20 hours, 38 minutes.

Looking forward to it, I was one of the first to preorder the collectors, but I'm going to have to wait to get my pack. :(

Stupid work.

I made a helpful summary though:

   
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I'm curious on the Stock loadouts. I only got the $20 dollar pack.

I'm interested in the Quad Machine guns+ a laser or 2 build I saw on the NGNG preview.

 
   
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That build is relevent to my interests...

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Ramsden Heath, Essex

 Mr Morden wrote:
 notprop wrote:
Are there redeem codes for this like WoTs?

I'm just waiting on the patch download so some free junk when i get going would be super if anyone's has one?


None that I am aware of - I don't think the game works like that........

You do get a lot of C-bills over the first 25 misisons - be careful how you spend them.


Cheers Mr M.


Right I've got off and running with this play and dozen games or so but I have to say I'm finding it difficult to target Enemy mechs. Which is to say I can't see the damn things half the time as lasers smack me in the chops and the missile warning chick lets me know I'm about to get pounded.

I appreciate there is a learning curve but I'm just not seeing them to shoot at range.

Is there a good beginners guide anyone can recommend. I have to admit I figured 15 years of Mechwarriors 1 to 4 would hold me in good stead but I'm not hitting bugger all!

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Mighty Vampire Count






UK

There are several good guides on the main website - also spend some time on the Training maps getting to know the maps and the targeting systems.

On thing to always be doing is press R - this not only locks targets, but tells you were enemies are and lets you lock your LRMs/ Streaks. Lastly it also gives you a readout on the status of the targeted 'Mech which is really useful.

When you die - don't log out - spectate and watch how people do stuff - good and bad - also helps with learning the maps.

The mini map is vital - I use it as much as normal visuals - as it also gives you the orientation of the Mechs - very useful when you are in a light trying to get behind an assault.

What sort of Mechs are you using?

Always stick with the group when learning the game (and after).

I AM A MARINE PLAYER

"Unimaginably ancient xenos artefact somewhere on the planet, hive fleet poised above our heads, hidden 'stealer broods making an early start....and now a bloody Chaos cult crawling out of the woodwork just in case we were bored. Welcome to my world, Ciaphas."
Inquisitor Amberley Vail, Ordo Xenos

"I will admit that some Primachs like Russ or Horus could have a chance against an unarmed 12 year old novice but, a full Battle Sister??!! One to one? In close combat? Perhaps three Primarchs fighting together... but just one Primarch?" da001

www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/528517.page

A Bloody Road - my Warhammer Fantasy Fiction 
   
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Ramsden Heath, Essex

I've been using primarily light mechs as I felt more simplified weapon outfits would aide in getting to know the game but found it a bit vulnerable.

I've had a few goes with some 50-70 tonne ones as a change, mostly to see if standing off at range was a better idea but that's where I found I had difficulty targeting, probably at too great a range.

Still using the trial Mechs at the moment but with 5mill in the bank I may be looking for a permanent ride soon.

I must admit to only playing one training map but it had no moving targets to practice on. I think I'll take your advice and give that another crack.

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UK

 notprop wrote:
I've been using primarily light mechs as I felt more simplified weapon outfits would aide in getting to know the game but found it a bit vulnerable.

I've had a few goes with some 50-70 tonne ones as a change, mostly to see if standing off at range was a better idea but that's where I found I had difficulty targeting, probably at too great a range.

Still using the trial Mechs at the moment but with 5mill in the bank I may be looking for a permanent ride soon.

I must admit to only playing one training map but it had no moving targets to practice on. I think I'll take your advice and give that another crack.


Also forgot to say - zoom is handy.

I went for a good old Catapult as my first purchase - partly cos I always liked the 'Mech and partly as it is reasonably durable as a heavy and had both LRMs and a laser suite. It's still one of my 'Mechs I use a lot - LRM10 and LRM 15 both with Artemis, a large pulse and a 3 Med pulses......I also have a AMS on every Mech both for me and team support.

One good light to play with is the Raven 3L - its lovely as a sniper with 2ERLL and ECM.

Until you know where people are - hug cover and stick with the group - even as a light - you are often helping support your team - especially if the Assaults get mugged by Lights - you can be a godsend.

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I AM A MARINE PLAYER

"Unimaginably ancient xenos artefact somewhere on the planet, hive fleet poised above our heads, hidden 'stealer broods making an early start....and now a bloody Chaos cult crawling out of the woodwork just in case we were bored. Welcome to my world, Ciaphas."
Inquisitor Amberley Vail, Ordo Xenos

"I will admit that some Primachs like Russ or Horus could have a chance against an unarmed 12 year old novice but, a full Battle Sister??!! One to one? In close combat? Perhaps three Primarchs fighting together... but just one Primarch?" da001

www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/528517.page

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The Ruins of the Boston Commonwealth

Play mediums. Lights are typically too fast for a newbie to use properly. Mediums are are fast enough to learn mobile run-and-gun, and armored enough to be slightly forgiving.

 
   
 
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