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Having a great time with my JM6-S with 2x AC2 and 2x AC5s. You throw out so much Dakka that even lights pretty much abandon the fight. Just have to know how to lead. She runs out of ammo pretty fast though.

CTF 4-X with quad AC5's is still my go to cannon mech.

 Soladrin wrote:
CTF 4-X with quad AC5's is still my go to cannon mech.

I tried the 4x, but if I recall, I didn't like it because half the cannons were torso mounted and half (low) arm mounted. It also had issues with speed if I recall correctly. I do use a quad AC/5 Jaeger that I LOVE.

So I just finished decking out my "stable" in terms of paintjobs and cockpit decoration. Really like how it "feels" piloting them now. It's amazing what a little bit of customisation can do for immersion.

Sgt_Scruffy wrote:

 Soladrin wrote:
CTF 4-X with quad AC5's is still my go to cannon mech.

I tried the 4x, but if I recall, I didn't like it because half the cannons were torso mounted and half (low) arm mounted. It also had issues with speed if I recall correctly. I do use a quad AC/5 Jaeger that I LOVE.

You must be either mistaking it for the Illya Murometz or having some sort of weird half-Jäger flashbacks- all 4 of the 4x's Ballistic hardpoints are mounted in the arms- they actually share barrels, oddly enough. No problem for me when I chainfire them, but looks odd when you're doing an Alpha.

Kurita scum...

And yeah, my 4X has 2 ac5's per arm and 2 torso mounted ML's.

Soladrin wrote:Kurita scum...

Anvildude wrote:all 4 of the 4x's Ballistic hardpoints are mounted in the arms- they actually share barrels, oddly enough.

I think this will change once they get to the Cataphract with their ongoing refurbishment project. They've been "fixing" older 'Mechs for some time now with this tech that lets the game show the actual loadout on a model. The last 'Mech that was upgraded in this way was the Catapult - now you can actually see the Gauss Rifles protruding from the CT ... and the 3xSRM6 Splatcat looks outright scary with those huge missile boxes.

Only a matter of time until the Cataphract gets this, too, then it should show the actual number of barrels.

 Lynata wrote:

Soladrin wrote:Kurita scum...

Anvildude wrote:all 4 of the 4x's Ballistic hardpoints are mounted in the arms- they actually share barrels, oddly enough.

I think this will change once they get to the Cataphract with their ongoing refurbishment project. They've been "fixing" older 'Mechs for some time now with this tech that lets the game show the actual loadout on a model. The last 'Mech that was upgraded in this way was the Catapult - now you can actually see the Gauss Rifles protruding from the CT ... and the 3xSRM6 Splatcat looks outright scary with those huge missile boxes.

Only a matter of time until the Cataphract gets this, too, then it should show the actual number of barrels.

No, the A-1 looks ridicolous. As a dedicated (and currently sleep deprived, so sorry for the lousy grammar) Catapult pilot i can tell you that tose extra boxes have broken the Mech. I dont rate it, i dont value it. The arms are way to vunerable now for that build.

Any hows, i am currently leveling up all chassis to atleast elite. Currently im working on the Spider-look for me-im Blood Rose.
5V with 1 MPLaser and 1 SPLaser
G2G, another drop awaits.


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Not sure what just happened but i think someone is cheating. A shot to m CT took me from ligtly damaged armour (24-20 pts) to dead. One shot.

Dual AC/20s could possibly do that. Or a triple Gauss or PPC build. Those sorts of high-damage brawl-snipers seem to be coming into the meta a bit more.

Remember that your non-armoured health is only half the value of the total possible armour on that area. On a Spider, that's not a whole lot, and most dual AC/20 or other high-damage pinpoint shots can core Lights with a single well placed shot. It's been hard recently due to buggy hit detection on many lights with some weapons, so this might just be one of those situations where hit detection worked- and the other times where you survived those sorts of shots were bad hit-detection.

I checked. He hit me with an LBX10AC. The giggest i had been hit by was a LLaser

I have had that happen in my atlas before, don't feel bad.

You guys do know there's Critical Hits in this game, right? Even through armour, I think. That's probably what happened- especially as the LBX-10 actually has an increased Critical Hit modifyer and better Crit damage.

I don't think Crits can happen before armour is peeled off. But once that happens, the LBX (and machine guns) are having a field day.

My guess is that there either wasn't that much armour left on this location after all, or that he was hit by more than the LBX in the single attack.
Or that the attack also hit an armour-less side torso (LBX = spread) and triggered an ammo explosion, which then blew up the CT.

There's lots of possible explanations, but without a detailed combat log it's impossible to nail it down to something specific. I wonder how much more info the new after-round screen will feature? They did say it'll tell us more...

what light mech can fit 2 gauss rifles?

None.

Probably the lightest you can put 2 on is a blackjack and you'll be abandoning any armor and speed you had.

IMO not worth doing on anything other then a Jaeger, cataphract or maybe Catapult K2

Stopped playing right before launch due to frustration with the game and some real life issues. Itching to come back and check to see how things have progressed.

Anyone looking for a wingman weekdays/nights after say...7pm EST?

Also, has the hit detection been fixed yet? Watching a Spider with six MGs mow through an assault was getting old.

 Frankenberry wrote:
Stopped playing right before launch due to frustration with the game and some real life issues. Itching to come back and check to see how things have progressed.

Anyone looking for a wingman weekdays/nights after say...7pm EST?

Also, has the hit detection been fixed yet? Watching a Spider with six MGs mow through an assault was getting old.

Somewhat- spiders are still coated in Teflon though. Oh, buy MC now get 20% free!

The Spider has received a hitbox update with .. I think the last patch, or the one before. I'd say it's gotten better - it was less the hit detection, but that model had some really wonky hitboxes it seems.

What's your pilot name? I'll just throw it in my list and see if maybe one of us catches the other online. Maybe we can also do something with Deathshead or the others.

Anytime, add sir deathshead and if I'm on Ill send you an invite.

Is their a light that can fit a single gauss?

 The Dark Apostle wrote:
Is their a light that can fit a single gauss?

A Raven, but you wont be able to mount anything else.

The Spider now has hitboxes that are larger than its actual legs. Still, atleast it means that the Mech requires actual skill to pilot now.

As for the LBX-I was still armoured well, and my spider only has lasers. And criticals only occur when there is no armour. Ah well though, there is no point in crying over spilt milk. Im still around and still having fun

A huge amount of info has hit the command chair again. For that one thing were everything is complaining about 480 tons, I wouldn't worry too much about that.

Also, Patch day! i was right to hold out on buying the JR7-K. I can get a much better hero now.

Ah, yes, the JR7-O. It certainly looks fun, but the lack of jump jets kind of feels ... unjennerish ...

Still ...

Pilot name - Piotr Grey, sorry meant to post this with my most recent reply.

Jumped back in this past weekend with my CN9-AL, forgot how much fun that thing is.

Despite srms being horrible according to the internet, I played with it and got quite good damage 400 upwards. I can only see it as an improvement over the JNR-K. Anything is better than that redundant rust bucket.

Quick question, I've got a raven with a ER PPC, 2 machine guns. I'll be adding a missile launcher and wondering wether to add a LRM 10 or some kind of SRM

Which raven is it? Because if it's the 2L your way better off slapping in 2 ER large lasers.

But if you want to stick with that, I'd say go for LRM, though I don't see the point of the machine guns with those 2 long range weapons.

I'd drop the machine guns and add armor or something, the PPC doesn't have a minimum range (I think) so if anyone gets in your face you're not limited. Although, I never run Ravens, ever. I can't get over how many times i've seen them get erased due to AC spam.

On a more frustrating note, Jaegers with dual AC/20's? Yeah, that's beyond frustrating to fight.

Me: Huh, that Jaeger is running right at me, I'll back up and start-
*torso hit, instantly killed*
Me: *sigh*

 Frankenberry wrote:
I'd drop the machine guns and add armor or something, the PPC doesn't have a minimum range (I think) so if anyone gets in your face you're not limited. Although, I never run Ravens, ever. I can't get over how many times i've seen them get erased due to AC spam.

On a more frustrating note, Jaegers with dual AC/20's? Yeah, that's beyond frustrating to fight.

Me: Huh, that Jaeger is running right at me, I'll back up and start-
*torso hit, instantly killed*
Me: *sigh*

Really? I love fighting them. Oh look its a boomjager, time to shoot side torso's! Those things are armored with paper.

Also, torso twist is your friend... against everything in the game.

Also, PPC's have a minimum range of 90. ER PPC's don't.

Frankenberry wrote:Pilot name - Piotr Grey, sorry meant to post this with my most recent reply.

Huh, looks like I already have you in my list.

Wish we could add notes to pilot names ...

Ledabot wrote:I can only see it as an improvement over the JNR-K. Anything is better than that redundant rust bucket.

*draws katana*