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New Camo Select screen is obnoxious.
This is all.

Indeed. I filter it to stuff I own and I still have to search the entire range of colors to find what I own...

I like it. I hated that huge scroll thing.

 Overlord Thraka wrote:
I like it. I hated that huge scroll thing.

I'd be fine with it if:
A: Clicking applied the colour / camo rather than needing to drag it.
B: Owned removed the Colours I don't own. As is, clicking Owned serves almost no purpose other than preventing accidentally hovering over the other colours, and making it no easier to find what you actually own.

Other than that, it's great honestly.
It also shows how many duplicate colours there are.

You can double click to apply a color.

Still doesn't solve the filter issue though.

Yknow Alex, I have the same problem pretty much whenever I play. I make simple comments: 2+ river and moving towards right side, and I get nothing or some gakky reply of 'so kill them loser'.

Truthfully, I can't stand 95% of the MWO community. They're generally elitist dicks who psss on anyone who never played table top and/or are tier 1. The forums are the worst.

 Frankenberry wrote:
Yknow Alex, I have the same problem pretty much whenever I play. I make simple comments: 2+ river and moving towards right side, and I get nothing or some gakky reply of 'so kill them loser'.

Truthfully, I can't stand 95% of the MWO community. They're generally elitist dicks who psss on anyone who never played table top and/or are tier 1. The forums are the worst.

I would say that's about 10-20%ish of pugs tbh.
They're just the vocal donkey-caves.

Probably 80% never played Tabletop, 40-50% never played another Mechwarrior Title.
At least 60% of PUGs treat it like a regular shooter to a lesser or greater degree and try to Rambo things. Even when charging forward in a bland deathball, they're all Rambo.
Around 80% of Pugs are both too agressive and too timid all at the same time.

If you're playing PUGs, you either need to stick vaguely with the group, do your thing and hope they aren't slowed, or play the pugs against each other.
Learn how they move, how they behave, and guide them.

Or join a group, and play with relatively assured non-retards with voice comms.

I'd love to go more strategically, (a Chromehounds Vet) but the maps, in my opinion, aren't really set up for it. Too small, overall, and generally too homogenous to have a dynamic cover situation. Some are alright, like the Tourmaline desert (though, again, small) but most just don't seem to work out for that sort of thing.

I think the only map that's really tactically interesting is Alpine Pass, due to size, and the way that there's both wide open areas with good line of sight, and closer-in areas- and that it has places with limited access, where a team can choose to defend from. Sadly, most people don't really enjoy that map, that I've found.

And so, I run a front-armoured Dakkaphract and a Face-smasher Awesome, instead of being awesome and sneaky with Lights and Mediums.

I cannot believe how many people don't pay attention to their back getting shot up. I get kills because my 6 Med 2med Pulse Blackjack 1X sneaks up behind them and takes them out almost instantly.

Also. Wolfhound is fun. Not Firestater level of awesome but still very fun in it's own right.

I also hate Cheeters. Seriously. F those guys

Typically the maps are set up in such a way to encourage either "king of the hill" or "nascar" style play. Whether that's intentional or not, matches always boil down to one of those playstyles primarily due to map layout and spawn locations.

The map overhauls are helping somewhat, but seem to consist of cluttering the map up with debris more than anything.

I've found that it doesn't really matter how big the map is, the fighting will still commence in the same locations.

 Alex C wrote:
Typically the maps are set up in such a way to encourage either "king of the hill" or "nascar" style play. Whether that's intentional or not, matches always boil down to one of those playstyles primarily due to map layout and spawn locations.

The map overhauls are helping somewhat, but seem to consist of cluttering the map up with debris more than anything.

I've found that it doesn't really matter how big the map is, the fighting will still commence in the same locations.

100% true, however if you can convince your team to try something different, example Alpine holding the I11,I12 hill rather than the I9 hill. or maneuvering to the L line and engaging there instead of the I9 hill or the G4,H4 hill. the reason you do not ever see these things done in pug groups is its is much easier to just meet in the middle and shoot the red guys.

joining a unit and joining small group drops is honestly the best way to vary up the run to the middle and shoot stuff concept of pugs.

@ Overlord Thraka
I realize the mwo forums are more toxic than fallout wastelands but they are also likely the best place to find a unit. If you go to any of the IS house specific forums you should find many recruiting threads. just look for one that describes itself and casual if you are not interested in the competitive part at all.
Also if you do not mind suggestions... House purple bird has a great group called Marik Gunfighter Alliance These guys are loyalist Marik and prior to community warfare and even private lobbies these guys were hosting many fun community events. two of my favorites were Marik Monday Madness in which if you wanted to participate you join their TeamSpeak, and everyone launches at the same time in solo que. It made for some really fun games. Also Thursday night gunfighter duels was also a blast. everyone meets up and forms a circle. then the organizer calls two mechs into the middle and they 1v1 duel while everyone else watches till its their turn. also some very interesting rules could accompany the duels. things like.. no armor and 1 ac20 + 1ton ammo, or 1 leg has no armor (that will teach you to legshield REALLY fast )

 Alex C wrote:
Typically the maps are set up in such a way to encourage either "king of the hill" or "nascar" style play. Whether that's intentional or not, matches always boil down to one of those playstyles primarily due to map layout and spawn locations.

The map overhauls are helping somewhat, but seem to consist of cluttering the map up with debris more than anything.

I've found that it doesn't really matter how big the map is, the fighting will still commence in the same locations.

Part of the issue is that there's really only one game objective (kill enemy mechs) even in game modes that have 'objectives.' And mechs themselves are fast enough to cover the maps so quickly that captures only happen rarely.

Without any kind of real objective game play, the fastest hardest hitting mechs get to determine the name of the game and that name is Big Stompy Robots BOOM

And yeah, the MWO forums are horrible (but again, kind of the unfortunate side effect of being the official forum of a game and an official forum for a game based on BattleTech).

 keltikhoa wrote:

@ Overlord Thraka
I realize the mwo forums are more toxic than fallout wastelands but they are also likely the best place to find a unit. If you go to any of the IS house specific forums you should find many recruiting threads. just look for one that describes itself and casual if you are not interested in the competitive part at all.
Also if you do not mind suggestions... House purple bird has a great group called Marik Gunfighter Alliance These guys are loyalist Marik and prior to community warfare and even private lobbies these guys were hosting many fun community events. two of my favorites were Marik Monday Madness in which if you wanted to participate you join their TeamSpeak, and everyone launches at the same time in solo que. It made for some really fun games. Also Thursday night gunfighter duels was also a blast. everyone meets up and forms a circle. then the organizer calls two mechs into the middle and they 1v1 duel while everyone else watches till its their turn. also some very interesting rules could accompany the duels. things like.. no armor and 1 ac20 + 1ton ammo, or 1 leg has no armor (that will teach you to legshield REALLY fast )

I will definetly look into that. Those Thursday duels sound insanely fun.

Anyone get a grand prize in the Trick or Treat event?

Couple of my unit mates got the Dire Wolf, while I've gotten a small fortune in MC and about 5 days Premium Time, and a few assorted items that I promptly sold.

Gameplay-wise, I've gone missile boating, despite saying I don't care for it earlier in this thread, because our organized group is usually light on LRMs. Got the Ebon Jaguar variant that's 4 Missile, and 2 Ballistic with 15,15,10,5 lrms with artemis, and sometimes 2 MG's if things get desparate, although I mostly go all out on LRMs. My idea for this build is that the 5 allows me to keep constant pressure while I have the enemy targeted. "Missile Incoming" can get people moving out of position pretty fast, unless they have heavy AMS support or are cognizant of the terrain.

For the time being, I'm enjoying playing whack-a-mech with missiles, but my Locust is my one true love.

I like the Ebon Jaguar chassis, its somewhat fast and fairly squat, but will probably get another heavy or assault for missile boating when I can afford it. What's the ideal one for that?

What are the best mods for missile boating(range or cooldown, which targeting mods?), should I go heavy into targeting computers, active probe etc? Any tips would be appreciated, I'm always looking for new input and better ways for my team to win!

If you want to missile boat, the best mechs for it at the moment are the Mad Dog, and the the Hunchback 4J, the 4J arguably being the best in game thanks to its super quirks.

You'll want Cool Down mods for your weapon mods, Target Decay, and extra mech mod of your choice (I'd use Seismic). Generally when LRM boating you will want to use Artemis. I find BAP to be worthless. Use a tag laser instead. 50-75% of the time, you'll want to provide your own locks anyway.

85 pulls for me so far and no Timberwolf.

Oh well...

I GOT EEEET!!!

Ebon Jag is pretty sick. Broke 900 DMG with it once on HPG

I have been LOVING my Wolfhounds. My favorite is the R Variant with 3 Large lasers and a XL 250

 Alex C wrote:
85 pulls for me so far and no Timberwolf.

Oh well...

Same here - but only 50 pulls so far...........

My new Timbae is equipped with 2 LRM 15s and 6 ER meds. Having fun so far.

I missed it sadly....
bloody course work

 master of ordinance wrote:
I missed it sadly....
bloody course work

I... honestly decided not to care.

We managed to get the Warframe event sorted in our house, but between my Birthday slightly before, Halloween (and the associated combined party), with time and life... yeah, just sorta decided to not...
Don't need another TBR anyway
(Plus, bloody good party at the end of the day! : D)

Also - We've reached all goals on the Battletech Kickstarter!

I already have a bunch of Timbers, so another isn't really a necessity

Well, never got the TBR, but I'm purestrain Davion anyway so whatevs Lots of other good stuffs were gained!

 Ovion wrote:

 master of ordinance wrote:
I missed it sadly....
bloody course work

I... honestly decided not to care.

We managed to get the Warframe event sorted in our house, but between my Birthday slightly before, Halloween (and the associated combined party), with time and life... yeah, just sorta decided to not...
Don't need another TBR anyway
(Plus, bloody good party at the end of the day! : D)

Also - We've reached all goals on the Battletech Kickstarter!

We have PVP? Sweet! I'm sad I missed it. I really wanted that cap and banner...

 LordofHats wrote:
If you want to missile boat, the best mechs for it at the moment are the Mad Dog, and the the Hunchback 4J, the 4J arguably being the best in game thanks to its super quirks.

You'll want Cool Down mods for your weapon mods, Target Decay, and extra mech mod of your choice (I'd use Seismic). Generally when LRM boating you will want to use Artemis. I find BAP to be worthless. Use a tag laser instead. 50-75% of the time, you'll want to provide your own locks anyway.

I picked up a Mad Dog! I like that all of its missile hardpoints are on the Torso, whereas for the Ebon, two were on the arms. It really helps when I end up in the midst of a brawl and people walk in front. Only down side is its 60 tons, as opposed to the 65 of an Ebon Jaguar. I miss my extra 5 tons of ammo.

I'll try out a Hunchback as soon as I can afford it.


With that said... Artic Cheetahs. They seem like the best light mech at the moment, in my opinion. Am I off the mark, or is it just that they are more widespread right now because of C-bill availability?

ACH are OP right now, combined with the cbill release it has made them quite common to see.

 nels1031 wrote:

 LordofHats wrote:
If you want to missile boat, the best mechs for it at the moment are the Mad Dog, and the the Hunchback 4J, the 4J arguably being the best in game thanks to its super quirks.

You'll want Cool Down mods for your weapon mods, Target Decay, and extra mech mod of your choice (I'd use Seismic). Generally when LRM boating you will want to use Artemis. I find BAP to be worthless. Use a tag laser instead. 50-75% of the time, you'll want to provide your own locks anyway.

I picked up a Mad Dog! I like that all of its missile hardpoints are on the Torso, whereas for the Ebon, two were on the arms. It really helps when I end up in the midst of a brawl and people walk in front. Only down side is its 60 tons, as opposed to the 65 of an Ebon Jaguar. I miss my extra 5 tons of ammo.

I'll try out a Hunchback as soon as I can afford it.




With that said... Artic Cheetahs. They seem like the best light mech at the moment, in my opinion. Am I off the mark, or is it just that they are more widespread right now because of C-bill availability?

I've got a 4J. It's pretty sweet

As for t he Artic Cheeter. It's the most broken mech in the game. It's got superquirks, and unbeleivable hitboxes and hit-reg brokenness.

They are nearly impossible to kill and will tear apart anything. Even Heavies and Assaults are not safe from the Cheeter's brokenness

I use my 4J for events. It just keeps burping missiles and racking up points.

 Alex C wrote:
ACH are OP right now, combined with the cbill release it has made them quite common to see.

"right now" as in, they may tone it down in the future?

Does that happen often/at all?

I don't think I've seen mechs get nerfed/buffed since I started playing about 2 months ago. If it has happened, it was a mech that I'm not using I guess.

 nels1031 wrote:

 Alex C wrote:
ACH are OP right now, combined with the cbill release it has made them quite common to see.

"right now" as in, they may tone it down in the future?

Does that happen often/at all?

I don't think I've seen mechs get nerfed/buffed since I started playing about 2 months ago. If it has happened, it was a mech that I'm not using I guess.

It happens.

It may happen again very soon, across the whole board, with the rebalance they're testing.

As an aside, is anyone else having trouble getting connected in the last few hours? Even their website isn't coming up for me...