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Made in us
Longtime Dakkanaut



Orlando

I got one just because it looked like fun. It is fairly effective. On average in PUG groups where I dont get screwed over by my team I can get 250-350 damage points. I tend to run out of ammo unfortunately.

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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! 
   
Made in us
Longtime Dakkanaut





Saratoga Springs, NY

I think the main problem in the tabletop is that you really have no guarantee of all your weapons hitting in the same place (before someone calls me on that, yes you can aim for specific parts of the enemy mech, but you need advanced equipment to do it)

Having 4 body parts take 2 damage each is rather less impressive than one body part taking 8 damage.

That's really all you need to make the mech work, some way to concentrate the firepower. MWO provides that. If that doesn't happen it just turns into a really bad sandblaster (that's actually a tabletop term for a loadout that leaves the opponent with no armor left in any location, but still fully functional).

Like watching other people play video games (badly) while blathering about nothing in particular? Check out my Youtube channel: joemamaUSA!

BrianDavion wrote:
Between the two of us... I think GW is assuming we the players are not complete idiots.


Rapidly on path to becoming the world's youngest bitter old man. 
   
Made in us
Ragin' Ork Dreadnought




Monarchy of TBD

Weapons were never the Jagermech's problem- it was armor that stopped it from being useful on the tabletop. We're talking about a mech that comes equipped with less armor than a Hunchback, despite being 15 tons heavier.

With tonnage being one of the quick ways forces are chosen, new players usually get a very bad taste of Jager when it explodes quicker than their Medium mechs.

Klawz-Ramming is a subset of citrus fruit?
Gwar- "And everyone wants a bigger Spleen!"
Mercurial wrote:
I admire your aplomb and instate you as Baron of the Seas and Lord Marshall of Privateers.
Orkeosaurus wrote:Star Trek also said we'd have X-Wings by now. We all see how that prediction turned out.
Orkeosaurus, on homophobia, the nature of homosexuality, and the greatness of George Takei.
English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark alleyways and mugs them for loose grammar.

 
   
Made in ie
Hallowed Canoness




Ireland

Next map: HPG Manifold

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Hyperpulse_Generator


That small thing in the middle? That's your 'mech


One of the entrance areas with access to a subterranean level and the generator itself


ComStar habitat and control center


Aerial view


The mighty hyperpulse dish

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Made in us
Secret Force Behind the Rise of the Tau




USA

Now thats a cool map. I remember there being a thread asking for a map like this on the forums weeks ago. Wonder if PGi took it to heart.

   
Made in au
Terrifying Treeman






The Fallen Realm of Umbar

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, best map to date.

DT:90-S++G++M++B+IPw40k07+D+A+++/cWD-R+T(T)DM+
Horst wrote:This is how trolling happens. A few cheeky posts are made. Then they get more insulting. Eventually, we revert to our primal animal state, hurling feces at each other while shreeking with glee.

 
   
Made in us
Ragin' Ork Dreadnought




Monarchy of TBD

Now that is what Mechwarrior is all about!

Klawz-Ramming is a subset of citrus fruit?
Gwar- "And everyone wants a bigger Spleen!"
Mercurial wrote:
I admire your aplomb and instate you as Baron of the Seas and Lord Marshall of Privateers.
Orkeosaurus wrote:Star Trek also said we'd have X-Wings by now. We all see how that prediction turned out.
Orkeosaurus, on homophobia, the nature of homosexuality, and the greatness of George Takei.
English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark alleyways and mugs them for loose grammar.

 
   
Made in us
Humorless Arbite




Outside the DarkTower, amongst the roses.

I wonder if it will be close to the sun and be a really hot space map

...J/K looks good imo, i wonder what the gravity will be like.

Every Dakkanaught gets a 4+ Pinch of Salt save.
When you suffer a Falling Sky hit, roll a D6 - on a 4+ the hit is ignored as per the Pinch of Salt save. On a 1-3 panic insues - you automatically fail common sense tests for the next 2 weeks and get +7 to your negativity stat. -Praxiss


 
   
Made in eu
Hallowed Canoness




Ireland



Deathshead420 wrote:...J/K looks good imo, i wonder what the gravity will be like.
Yeah, that's what I'm wondering, too. I did not notice much in terms of physics on the other maps - wonder if the engine is capable of that.
Technically, it shouldn't affect just the 'Mechs, but also ballistics. But I'll rather not set my expectations too high. At least I can expect an interesting looking map that is very different from the others.
   
Made in ie
Screaming Shining Spear






Finished my catapult with two gauss rifles and a downer for CQB, thinking about making a light mech build next, maybe raven with 2x ultra ACs and other things, or a locust. Any ideas?

 
   
Made in us
Humorless Arbite




Outside the DarkTower, amongst the roses.

Finished my catapult with two gauss rifles
maybe raven with 2x ultra ACs



Glass hammer much?

Every Dakkanaught gets a 4+ Pinch of Salt save.
When you suffer a Falling Sky hit, roll a D6 - on a 4+ the hit is ignored as per the Pinch of Salt save. On a 1-3 panic insues - you automatically fail common sense tests for the next 2 weeks and get +7 to your negativity stat. -Praxiss


 
   
Made in ie
Screaming Shining Spear






I like making odd builds, experimenting with different things to make something brilliant to play with, like a Jenner flameboat

 
   
Made in nz
Trustworthy Shas'vre





In a hole in New Zealand with internet access

They made gravity normal since if they changed it, it would undermine all the work they had done to fix hit reg (rubbish anyway) and speed fixes. Their is a thread about shadows working something like water since their isn't any direct light from the star too, but that might not happen ether since this rock also has an atmosphere despite its size. A very, very interesting place, scientifically speaking.

   
Made in us
Liche Priest Hierophant






Hit Reg should be a function of the bounding boxes of the target more than the projectile, I imagine. All gravity changing would do would be change a single variable of the parabolic arc the projectile follows.

Not sure how speed would be affected though. It would affect Jump Jets, though.


And in a Vacuum, there's nothing for Heat to dissipate to- meaning heat would drain slower.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Oh my.

Looks like you can also fit an AC/20 on a Locust.

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GENERATION 8: The first time you see this, copy and paste it into your sig and add 1 to the number after generation. Consider it a social experiment.

If yer an Ork, why dont ya WAAAGH!!

M.A.V.- if you liked ChromeHounds, drop by the site and give it a go. Or check out my M.A.V. Oneshots videos on YouTube! 
   
Made in au
Terrifying Treeman






The Fallen Realm of Umbar

Anvildude wrote:
Hit Reg should be a function of the bounding boxes of the target more than the projectile, I imagine. All gravity changing would do would be change a single variable of the parabolic arc the projectile follows.

Not sure how speed would be affected though. It would affect Jump Jets, though.


And in a Vacuum, there's nothing for Heat to dissipate to- meaning heat would drain slower.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Oh my.

Looks like you can also fit an AC/20 on a Locust.

Not if you want an engine....

DT:90-S++G++M++B+IPw40k07+D+A+++/cWD-R+T(T)DM+
Horst wrote:This is how trolling happens. A few cheeky posts are made. Then they get more insulting. Eventually, we revert to our primal animal state, hurling feces at each other while shreeking with glee.

 
   
Made in us
Longtime Dakkanaut



Orlando

Was going to say, are they keepiing with space physics that without any direct light its pitch black? Wondering about the heat thing, it should make things interesting. Be neat if armor breaches have the potential to cause further damage because of vacuum. Map looks great so far.

I want to fight on a water world now. Bring on underwater combat!

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! 
   
Made in us
Liche Priest Hierophant






You can put an engine on. You just don't have any armour. And only 14 or so shots with your AC/20.


AC/20 on ALL the things!

I really want a Mech that can mount 4 of them.

GENERATION 8: The first time you see this, copy and paste it into your sig and add 1 to the number after generation. Consider it a social experiment.

If yer an Ork, why dont ya WAAAGH!!

M.A.V.- if you liked ChromeHounds, drop by the site and give it a go. Or check out my M.A.V. Oneshots videos on YouTube! 
   
Made in eu
Hallowed Canoness




Ireland

Anvildude wrote:I really want a Mech that can mount 4 of them.
lol - Instakill much?
   
Made in us
Ragin' Ork Dreadnought




Monarchy of TBD

 Lynata wrote:
Anvildude wrote:I really want a Mech that can mount 4 of them.
lol - Instakill much?


I wonder- would that be double ghost heat?

If so, target and victim would explode.

Klawz-Ramming is a subset of citrus fruit?
Gwar- "And everyone wants a bigger Spleen!"
Mercurial wrote:
I admire your aplomb and instate you as Baron of the Seas and Lord Marshall of Privateers.
Orkeosaurus wrote:Star Trek also said we'd have X-Wings by now. We all see how that prediction turned out.
Orkeosaurus, on homophobia, the nature of homosexuality, and the greatness of George Takei.
English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark alleyways and mugs them for loose grammar.

 
   
Made in us
Liche Priest Hierophant






I don't care if I overheat every time I fire. It'd be worth it.

GENERATION 8: The first time you see this, copy and paste it into your sig and add 1 to the number after generation. Consider it a social experiment.

If yer an Ork, why dont ya WAAAGH!!

M.A.V.- if you liked ChromeHounds, drop by the site and give it a go. Or check out my M.A.V. Oneshots videos on YouTube! 
   
Made in ie
Screaming Shining Spear






Here's my catapult loadout, any extra info just ask

2x gauss rifles (1 in each side-torso)
2 x flamers (1 in each arm)
Ferro-fiborous
Endo-steel
BAP
CASE for the gauss
Module:
the scope thing

So far it's working nice, the gauss rifles deal a heavy punch and if they don't retreat after the first hits from them and try to charge me thinking I'd lack good CQB weapons, they get burnt with my flamers, now their running hot, barely able to return fire and getting beaten with gauss shots, if they make the mistake of trying to run away their backs are open for my gauss rifles. Fits me perfectly I use to role with the shotgun and sniper in halo. Other then that, I'm an FRR guy, what about you guys?

 
   
Made in us
Liche Priest Hierophant






Gauss ammo isn't supposed to explode- you shouldn't need CASE for it. However, it does explode, requiring CASE. It's terrible, isn't it?

I think it's hilarious that you took the two largest Energy hardpoints in the game and stuck flamers in them.

GENERATION 8: The first time you see this, copy and paste it into your sig and add 1 to the number after generation. Consider it a social experiment.

If yer an Ork, why dont ya WAAAGH!!

M.A.V.- if you liked ChromeHounds, drop by the site and give it a go. Or check out my M.A.V. Oneshots videos on YouTube! 
   
Made in ie
Hallowed Canoness




Ireland

It's not the ammo that explodes, it's the Gauss itself.

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Gauss_Rifle
http://mwo.gamepedia.com/Gauss_Rifle

It's a bit silly that CASE protects against what is technically a weapon rather than an ammo explosion, but ... gifted horse, eh?

The Dark Apostle wrote:Other then that, I'm an FRR guy, what about you guys?
Kurita! My life for the Dragon!

Spoiler:

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Made in us
Secret Force Behind the Rise of the Tau




USA

FRR but I'm really waiting for Ghost Bear Dominion.

   
Made in ie
Hallowed Canoness




Ireland

Man, the poor Republic is full of traitors.

... I'd be all for a game in the 3135 era, though.
   
Made in ie
Screaming Shining Spear






It's due to weight that I added flamers, that and strateg and having a flamethrower(S)!

I'm just waiting for clans, then I'd role jade falcon with a jade falcon mech with hopefully the same loadout

I like the FRR because of it's Scandinavian origins and it's house is the same as my name (Magnus, yeah it's a real name) so that was an instant hit!

 
   
Made in nl
Decrepit Dakkanaut






Clan Star Adder all the way... I want my Blood Asp...

Also, loving the thunderbolts...
   
Made in ie
Screaming Shining Spear






Wonder when clans are coming, I know it'll be a while, I'm hoping it'll be about 6-12 months into release

 
   
Made in nz
Trustworthy Shas'vre





In a hole in New Zealand with internet access

The clans on the forums would be a logical guess. That is, jade falcon, ghost bear, wolf and smoke jaguar. They definitely make up the majority of clan lovers.

   
Made in us
Ragin' Ork Dreadnought




Monarchy of TBD

I'd say project phoenix is a strong indicator that they are gearing up to roll out clans. They put out 16 variants simultaneously. All they need to do is do it again for a Clan mech of each class.

Klawz-Ramming is a subset of citrus fruit?
Gwar- "And everyone wants a bigger Spleen!"
Mercurial wrote:
I admire your aplomb and instate you as Baron of the Seas and Lord Marshall of Privateers.
Orkeosaurus wrote:Star Trek also said we'd have X-Wings by now. We all see how that prediction turned out.
Orkeosaurus, on homophobia, the nature of homosexuality, and the greatness of George Takei.
English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark alleyways and mugs them for loose grammar.

 
   
 
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