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**Gitzbitah**

I think that's a choice between upfront dmg and dmg over time. For this particular theme, stripped down AC20 speed Raven, it is very unlikely it will survive contact long enough to go through 2 tons of AC 20 ammo.

Now if you can, helgrenze, then more power to you! You are a mighty sneaky light pilot.

Otherwise sacrificing that ton of ammo gives you an extra 6 dmg alpha, adding 30% dmg while the ammo lasts.

**Soladrin**

Started playing again after a long hiatus. I see the meta hasn't changed at all and viktors are still boss.

Had some fun in my Jester and CTF's

**helgrenze**

Gitzbitah wrote:
I think that's a choice between upfront dmg and dmg over time. For this particular theme, stripped down AC20 speed Raven, it is very unlikely it will survive contact long enough to go through 2 tons of AC 20 ammo.

Now if you can, helgrenze, then more power to you! You are a mighty sneaky light pilot.

Otherwise sacrificing that ton of ammo gives you an extra 6 dmg alpha, adding 30% dmg while the ammo lasts.

Hmm sound like we have met in battle.
I may drop a ton of armor to add extra ammo..... still working on getting that speed tweak.

**Ovion**

Also, if anyone wanted to add me to their friends list on MWO, feel free.

Same name I always have. : D

And now to go earn my last Locust!
(You know, I sorta wish they had a Hero Locust. It'd be a cheap enough hero to justify buying, and hilarious)

Also, just for fun - All the mechs:

Spoiler:

**Gitzbitah**

helgrenze wrote:
Gitzbitah wrote:
I think that's a choice between upfront dmg and dmg over time. For this particular theme, stripped down AC20 speed Raven, it is very unlikely it will survive contact long enough to go through 2 tons of AC 20 ammo.

Now if you can, helgrenze, then more power to you! You are a mighty sneaky light pilot.

Otherwise sacrificing that ton of ammo gives you an extra 6 dmg alpha, adding 30% dmg while the ammo lasts.

Hmm sound like we have met in battle.
I may drop a ton of armor to add extra ammo..... still working on getting that speed tweak.

Totally possible! I'm usually a Hunchback in tartan, blazing wildly away with the biggest gun I can get my hands on. They know me as Cairbre in MWO.

**Soladrin**

Mhm, I have 32 mechs right now.

I'm thinking about selling almost all of them and just buying anything with chicken legs. xD

That or getting every heavy.

**Ovion**

Personally, I don't see selling a mech as worthwhile.

Vs the cost of a Mechbay to keep it, with the cost of upgrades (FF, ES, DS, A) that you may have put into it, and what you get back....

**Soladrin**

Well, I don't even use half of them because I only get them to get master.

**Soladrin**

Well, after some more playing I've come to the conclusion that AC10's are still my favourite weapon.

I'm now getting avarage of 3-6 kills per match in my CAT-K2 with 2x AC10 4x MLAS. About the same results in my Jaeger with a similar load out.

**Soladrin**

W00t, first Madcat screenshots have been released:

Article: http://mwomercs.com/news/2014/04/831-timber-wolf-screen-shots-revealed

**Ovion**

Only 2 and a bit months to go.

**Soladrin**

Getting slightly tempted to drop some cash and get the madcat and Thor.

**Ovion**

Just grind from now till release and you should be able to get both for free.

**Soladrin**

Eh, I don't really mind spending a bit of cash on it cause I want premium time and mechbays anyway.

Gonna wait a bit till we see more on how they will be doing the weapons though.

**Ovion**

Mech Bays on sale at 210MC instead of the normal 300.

**MrDwhitey**

Hunchback 9 medium laser lances are fun.

Also LRM lances. Getting insulted by enemy team is worth it.

**Deathshead420**

Man that timberwolf doesn't look right, something really off about it, too much leg not enough blimp.

**Gitzbitah**

Deathshead420 wrote:
Man that timberwolf doesn't look right, something really off about it, too much leg not enough blimp.

I thought the same thing- it must have to do with the hitboxes. A classic Timberwolf would almost be able to use its legs to shield its side torsos though.

**Ledabot**

It looks great too me. Everyone seems to be bitching about the legs though. I don't get the problem.

**Soladrin**

They updated the Madcat screenshots, here are the new ones:

**Gitzbitah**

Now that's a MadCAT! What boxy grace!

I see all of my objections, which I was willing to tolerate in favor of game balance, resolved.

**Soladrin**

Now if only they did a time skip and gave us the blood asp... I'd be truly satisfied then.

**Lynata**

Marauder or bust!

...and I still want the Flea

As to the MadCat, the earlier pictures looked really odd - as Deathshead said, "too much leg, not enough blimp". But the newer ones look as if they've tweaked it a bit? Definitely better. Or is it just the perspective?

**Ovion**

The pictures are mostly perspective.
I honestly like this latest redesign.
I'd have like a few bits to be a little smoother, but it certainly fits with the 'modernised' aesthetic of the rest of it.

Est C-Bill costs for Primes (prices will likely be within +/-10%):
Kit Fox (Uller) - 30T - 5.4 million C-Bills.
Adder (Puma) - 35T - 7 million C-Bills.

Nova (Black Hawk) - 50T - 11.5 million C-Bills.
Stormcrow (Ryoken) - 55T - 14.8 million C-Bills.

Summoner (Thor) - 70T - 21.3 million C-Bills.
Timber Wolf (Mad Cat) - 75T - 24.2 million C-Bills.

Warhawk (Masakari) - 85T - 26.4 million C-Bills.
Dire Wolf (Daishi) - 100T - 29.4 million C-Bills.

Looks to be 2-3 times the cost of the equivalent IS mech in the weight range, paying Heavy prices for Lights, and Assault prices for Mediums.

Start saving kids!

**Soladrin**

Been playing a lot more with Whitey purple and Igloo.

Teamkilling has never been so rewarding.

**Gitzbitah**

I like the looks of the new Locust Missile Mech. I wonder how heavy an LRM load I can get in there.

**Ovion**

LRM10.
15 maybe at a push.

Remember that once you have an engine, armour and heatsinks, even with ES, FF and an XL175, that leaves you a max of 7 tons of weapons to play with.

This will probably be your best loadout: LCT-1M

Though potentially you could switch the Smalls for a medium, a tag, or an extra ton of ammo.

**Gitzbitah**

Bwahahahah! Or you can do this-
http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=152&l=95452720f3b7b749aa089379a6b27f83ebbb55ec
2 LRM 10s and 3 tons of ammo!
Just shadow the assaults and add to volume of fire.

**Ledabot**

Gitzbitah wrote:
Bwahahahah! Or you can do this-
http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=152&l=95452720f3b7b749aa089379a6b27f83ebbb55ec
2 LRM 10s and 3 tons of ammo!
Just shadow the assaults and add to volume of fire.

Its sad because the 3S is better than that for what you want to do.

**Gitzbitah**

That is a very good point- shifting to 4 LRM5s would free up a little bit more for armor.

So I want the 3S model. Weird!