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 Soladrin wrote:

 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.

At long range i love BoomJaegers. "oh look, a lightly armoured, slow moving target for my PPCs" Up close they hurt. Allot

Personally the spam i hate is that damn 6 LRM 5 thing. I just got leveled by one, mainly due to the fact that all those explosions and all that shaking mean that aiming is impossible, so his team just nerfed me.

I'm with you there. Maybe get an Advanced Gyro?

Ironic that people are calling other versions of the Jenner "Rust Buckets" in comparison with the OXIDE.

 master of ordinance wrote:

 Soladrin wrote:

 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.

At long range i love BoomJaegers. "oh look, a lightly armoured, slow moving target for my PPCs" Up close they hurt. Allot

Personally the spam i hate is that damn 6 LRM 5 thing. I just got leveled by one, mainly due to the fact that all those explosions and all that shaking mean that aiming is impossible, so his team just nerfed me.

AMS completely shuts that build down. If you have 2 AMS near each other not a single missile will make it through.

Unfortunately, I have a magpie sort of style when I start playing games like this (well, anything really), so I bought my CN9-AL, completed that, and then what did I do? Bought a Dragon.../facepalm.

Sold the Dragon yesterday, going to see about saving up some more bills and then buy the CN9-A and kit it out. All the while repeating the mantra of "One Chassis 'till it's done!".

Also, the AC/20 Jaegers catch me by surprise is all. I think I'm dealing with one of those cute AC/2-AC/5 ones, an easy kill for my Centurion. Not really. Not. really.

I still love stomping about in my Dakkaphract- I've switched up my weapon groups so that instead of having all 4 AC/5s on a single chainfire group, I have the arms chainfiring on separate groups- left and right. Backup lasers are in the middle.

But this lets me get these awesome stutter-fires going. And having so much armour on my front allows me to essentially out Assault an Assault Mech- last game I waded through 2 Highlanders before going down.

Soooo

Now I've got my Gausspult, heavy fire support platform raven, time for something new. Jenner Laser-boat or Flamer-boat? Some sort of suicide runner with 6 flamers, massive amount of heat sinks, and very fast? Sounds like a plan. Maybe some day I'll make an effective and proper build

Might want to try and unlock the Basic efficiencies for your Lights- Unlocking full Basic for 2 more Ravens (assuming you've been using your Exp you've been getting on your Mechs?)- then get Elite on one. Unlocking Elite fully on a Chassis doubles all the Basic efficiencies.

Really? Wow that's good!

Hah, just saw Ledabot in his Ilya - for once he even was in my team.

Fun round, we really wiped the floor with the enemy team. They were much too scattered, whereas our own company moved and pushed like one big wall (Frozen City btw).

 Lynata wrote:
Hah, just saw Ledabot in his Ilya - for once he even was in my team.

Fun round, we really wiped the floor with the enemy team. They were much too scattered, whereas our own company moved and pushed like one big wall (Frozen City btw).

I've found that the only way to win on that map is to move as a team, if you get people running around lone-wolfing it, that's when you get wasted. So, more often than not I love that map, and oddly enough it was when I was piloting my Dragon.

On a side note, is making c-bills difficult for anyone else? I had five matches last night before I caught some z's and I only made like 300k. I haven't activated my Premium time yet (was saving it for a day off), is it worth while to invest in a mech with a c-bill bonus?

ive found it almost easier to make c-bills, but on another note, if you leave a game after getting killed do you still get the cash? I disconnected and when I logged back on it said my mech was in-game and when it finished I got a few c-bills

 Lynata wrote:
Hah, just saw Ledabot in his Ilya - for once he even was in my team.

Fun round, we really wiped the floor with the enemy team. They were much too scattered, whereas our own company moved and pushed like one big wall (Frozen City btw).

Holy crap. I actually know that game this time! I pugged 3 games before dinner today. I just hang with a lance of marik and stole all their kills. they thought it was very funny. A great example of how if you get some coordination, even pugs can clean the floor quite quickly.


Edit: Yes you get cash if you dc after dying. Before dying is a different story. You get nothing for that if I remember correctly.

 Frankenberry wrote:

 Lynata wrote:
Hah, just saw Ledabot in his Ilya - for once he even was in my team.

Fun round, we really wiped the floor with the enemy team. They were much too scattered, whereas our own company moved and pushed like one big wall (Frozen City btw).

I've found that the only way to win on that map is to move as a team, if you get people running around lone-wolfing it, that's when you get wasted. So, more often than not I love that map, and oddly enough it was when I was piloting my Dragon.

On a side note, is making c-bills difficult for anyone else? I had five matches last night before I caught some z's and I only made like 300k. I haven't activated my Premium time yet (was saving it for a day off), is it worth while to invest in a mech with a c-bill bonus?

Obviously I don't know what skill level you are at but ony my Ilya, Jester, X-5, Fang and Misery I think avarage 150k-250k per match. I do about 120k-200k on my regulars.

I wouldn't get an MC 'Mech just for the bonus .. buuut it is certainly one argument in their favour. The Champions give +10%, and the Hero, Founders and Phoenix 'Mechs +30%.

Protip: If you're low on MC, remember you can swap engines between 'Mechs, and sell surplus ones (three of my builds were configured in a way they all use an XL280) for good money. Always check your armoury if you don't have stuff lying around you are not using anymore.

I never sell surplus because I'll always need them after I sold it.

Remember that you get bonus C-bills for your first 50 Drops, regardless of what you're running in. And I think the Trial Mechs might have the 10% C-bill boost on them even when they're still trials...

Also- If you strip Mechs before you buy them (and you should) you'll probably end up with dozens and dozens of Heat Sinks, and hundreds of Medium Lasers. With the Meds, remember that most Mechs come with a couple anyways, and you can only ever mount up to 9 on a single Mech (as far as I know) due to Hardpoint restrictions. So you might as well sell all of them except maybe 10 or 15.

I have 25 mechs, I don't think 10 or 15 will cut it.

Let's see.. I have... 34 medium lasers currently mounted on mechs and 25 in storage.

Ah. You're one of them.

 Soladrin wrote:
I have 25 mechs, I don't think 10 or 15 will cut it.

Let's see.. I have... 34 medium lasers currently mounted on mechs and 25 in storage.

The crazy eyed avatar says it all. You have seen the light

Im thinking of getting an assault next. Stalker Highlander or Atlas? I want to feel like im in a real Mech.

 master of ordinance wrote:

 Soladrin wrote:
I have 25 mechs, I don't think 10 or 15 will cut it.

Let's see.. I have... 34 medium lasers currently mounted on mechs and 25 in storage.

The crazy eyed avatar says it all. You have seen the light

Im thinking of getting an assault next. Stalker Highlander or Atlas? I want to feel like im in a real Mech.

I think Highlander-733C and the Viktor-9K are considered the best Assaults right now. For Atlas DDC is pretty much just the best one purely by having ECM. Stalker is pretty much just a boating platform, all energy or all missiles and IMO a terrible chassis for anything other then long range stuff (LRM/LL/PPC boating).

Edit: Don't think I'll be investing in Assaults much untill clans drop to be honest, I just want my Blood Asp. Hard to find an IS assault mech I actually like. Only ones I own is Atlas 7RC and Misery.

Even without the 300 engine, I'm enjoying my Awesome, actually. Has a nice wide viewport.

Clan mechs and community warfare are what I'm really excited for. but both are coming in early 2014 so it'll be "soon™"!

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

... Gonna take so long before we reach 3059 T_T

The blood asp will be so motivating for clanners during battle, with all the negativity of the lack of numbers having one of those monsters lead you.


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and I'm sure the blood asp and timber wolf will be the 2 definitely added

I'm still supportive of Project Cancer- a fan-idea for adding the Crab and King Crab into the game. I really, really want a King Crab.

I was invited to a group last night, did some 12 man drops against some of the more renown regiments (Sky Rangers were our last opponents), gotta say it's the most fun I've had with the game since I started. Having a company working together with comms was everything I'd hoped it be, lit a fire under my ass to keep playing and invest more time.

Apparently, there's a guide that describes how to start a new account, use MC to get some premium time, buy a hero mech, and using all of that with the Cadet Bonus to get something like twenty million C-bills with your first twenty five matches. Totally made a new account, heh.

Anyone work with the Orion yet? Always been a fan of the chassis.

Why would you go out of your way to make a new account for that? It's really not that hard to grind out some c-bills. I think I'm currently getting about 3-5mil per hour (Depending on mech used etc.).

And yeah, dropping with a team is the best way to play this game, I'd suggest going to the NGNG site, they have a free for everyone team speak server running for the game.

3-5 mil an hour? Wow, I get barely a mil

 The Dark Apostle wrote:
3-5 mil an hour? Wow, I get barely a mil

To be fair, 5 mil an hour involves me running nothing but my Ilya winning every match and getting those good engagements where I can just empty my ammo hoppers in a couple fights. Feels good unloading 240 UAC/5 rounds into a wall of mechs. Though I think it's actually more a 2-4 mil ordeal now that I think about it.

Also, had a 1000 dmg match in my Catapult A1 yesterday, which means most of my 800 LRMS and 200 SSRMS hit something. Actually ran out of ammo for once.

Oh for anyone who own's or thinks of buying a K2. Do it and use this build.

http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=19&l=b2bf5e61c545f6dc9c866b3a3a929fde8871c31b