Battletech/Mech Warrior | Pilot NET | Page 3

vestal kelp Nov 14, 2023, 6:32 AM

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hard knocks

teal oasis Nov 14, 2023, 6:32 AM

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but now I'm a complete monster at this thing

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being hyper aggressive with the snub and masc and just running in circle whenever possible is actually good stratergy with this thing

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it's like a shadowcat that can actually take hits

vestal kelp Nov 14, 2023, 6:34 AM

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But also lankier, more obvious, and no ECM?

teal oasis Nov 14, 2023, 6:34 AM

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yeah

vestal kelp Nov 14, 2023, 6:34 AM

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You trade subtlety for menace

teal oasis Nov 14, 2023, 6:35 AM

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no ecm makes it risky in being exposed against missile

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but I have so much speed I can run to cover if needed

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and yes, that

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I'm a complete menace with this thing

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if the fight is in 250 meters and I have cover, I can make anything dead quickly

teal oasis Nov 14, 2023, 6:58 AM

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and vulcan has been maxed out, 25 medium mech, all finished

teal oasis Nov 14, 2023, 10:12 AM

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is it erm, possible to have weight this lopsized?

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I'm currently in a match where I'm the only light and the rest of my team is heavy and assault

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I'm also dead, because the entire team thing hiding behind the only light is a good idea, somehow we are winning

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or maybe I just watched the list wrong

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the enemy team has at least 3 lights, so we should have a few lights or mediums too, unless the matchmaker is just broken

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also, really starting to get very good at ppc, I'm just nailing shots left and right, this is nice

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oh who needs mobility in a light

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somehow got 2 kills while moving at like 40 kph

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katana kax with quad lppc is surprisingly very funny

teal oasis Nov 14, 2023, 3:52 PM

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okay, starting to learn how to use the locust, and starting to learn how teammate dependent it is

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which well, means that the worse my teammates, the less I can do anything

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there's really only so much you can do as a 20 tonners, unless you are playing as Piranha that can one shot people at the right places

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even then you still needs someone to distract your target

teal oasis Nov 14, 2023, 4:16 PM

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I think I have finally skilled up my locust enough for the small x pulse to work extremely well

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5 medium laser just doesn't provide enough damage, 5 small pulse is good but also don't push locust's cooling enough

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With 5 small x pulse, I can pump 15 damage per second for a very long time

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Which means if someone is distracted for even a short while, I can pump a lot of pinpoint damage quickly

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X pulse also shares same heat ratio as pulse, but they benefits more at close range despite their long range because it's harder to aim at a specific body part at long range

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Though I think I might switch out more pulse on other build for x pulse, the higher dps can be very good in some scenarios

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Oh

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And x pulse gives less chance for other people to yoink your kill

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That's a plus

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On ther other side, I think I will give my flea a bunch more er small, if the point of all the small laser is to have a big alpha, then having that alpha from longer distance is probably safer

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Maybe I will change it again, but the Flea as it is right now with 3 small pulse and 4 small is just too risky to use

craggy silo Nov 15, 2023, 3:31 AM

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i have a lot of fun in my locust

teal oasis Nov 15, 2023, 3:59 AM

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niceeeee

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also, I remember Cauldron is a thing and apparently there's some hints on what might changes in the next patches, and it's pretty big

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looks like a lot of good balance changes are coming, I always like some big paradigm shift patches

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ermmm wait what

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HAG is getting hotter and has more cooldown, but the spread is getting removed???

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more ammo for ballistic weapons in general

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and binary laser no longer benefits from large laser quirk, though I don't think this affects any of my builds at all

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Orion might be getting a truly absurd armor quirk

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like 'make charger looks fragile' absurd

craggy silo Nov 15, 2023, 4:16 AM

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oh hell yeah

teal oasis Nov 15, 2023, 4:18 AM

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okay I'm real fucking tired of team that just won't do shit, fucking useless dumbass

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trying to level up this flea is a pain if nobody want to move bloody anywhere

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flanking is useless if nobody's gonna commit to shit

craggy silo Nov 15, 2023, 4:20 AM

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what flea

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tell me more of your flea

teal oasis Nov 15, 2023, 4:21 AM

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7 ER small flea that's supposed to be good at support with beagle for spotting

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except it's useless if the team is too damn stupid to listen to any tips you give them

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'lone enemy at center' nobody moves

craggy silo Nov 15, 2023, 4:22 AM

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yeahhhh

teal oasis Nov 15, 2023, 4:23 AM

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'enemy flanking, push up and murder those in front' nobody moves

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'BEHIND' nobody moves

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I could give them buffet and they won't eat it

craggy silo Nov 15, 2023, 4:23 AM

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i know your pain. i really like playing supporty intel type shit too

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hard to get ppl to cooperate s'why @lilac shadow and i usually work together

teal oasis Nov 15, 2023, 4:24 AM

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there's this one time in River City a thanatos just walks in unopposed and I'm yelling at the team of this free dumbass buffet

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I got half mauled before they listened

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I also killed two enemies while being legged and moving at 40 kph in a Panther

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in the same match

zinc violet Nov 15, 2023, 4:25 AM

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Unfortunately pub comms are for yelling slurs

teal oasis Nov 15, 2023, 4:25 AM

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a lot of players don't seem to know that you can just select quick command to say things

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or look at the minimap

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or target things

zinc violet Nov 15, 2023, 4:25 AM

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Should hook up with a clan if you want coordination sadly

teal oasis Nov 15, 2023, 4:25 AM

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or that weapons have range limit

zinc violet Nov 15, 2023, 4:25 AM

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I used to play with KONG back in the day

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We probably have enough people to set up something here

teal oasis Nov 15, 2023, 4:26 AM

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might be a good idea

craggy silo Nov 15, 2023, 4:26 AM

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doctorgame made a PNET...guild???? idk what to call it in this game

teal oasis Nov 15, 2023, 4:26 AM

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I think it's called clan in MWO

craggy silo Nov 15, 2023, 4:27 AM

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it's only me and him in it rn tho

teal oasis Nov 15, 2023, 4:27 AM

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which is funny, because there's also, ya know, The Clan

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so that's just confusing

craggy silo Nov 15, 2023, 4:30 AM

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if anyone wants to add me to friends on mwo my name is Temerity

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i am usually available to play most nights and even during the day sometimes too. my work is very flexible

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i think it would be fun if we could get a lance goin one of these nights :3

teal oasis Nov 15, 2023, 4:37 AM

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okay!

urban shell Nov 15, 2023, 4:41 AM

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craggy silo doctorgame made a PNET...guild???? idk what to call it in this game

unit iirc

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I'm around rn incidentally

lilac shadow Nov 15, 2023, 4:45 AM

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Yessss, I made a unit and Temerity should be able to invite?! everyone should be able to who is in the unit has full permissions for everything

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I might be around a bit later?

urban shell Nov 15, 2023, 4:46 AM

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god I love when I'm being circled by a light and the lights on my team who are easily within MG range run away from me

craggy silo Nov 15, 2023, 5:08 AM

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what is a good role for shadowhawk? kinda snipey???

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i should just buy one tbh...

teal oasis Nov 15, 2023, 5:09 AM

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it's very hmmm

urban shell Nov 15, 2023, 5:09 AM

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grimmechs says brawl

teal oasis Nov 15, 2023, 5:09 AM

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shadowhawk is just a generalist

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I used mine for triple RAC 2 boat

craggy silo Nov 15, 2023, 5:10 AM

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that sounds cool

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interesting

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i looooove the way they look

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i'm so in love with shadowhawk

teal oasis Nov 15, 2023, 5:10 AM

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also, I know how you feel, Lollerism, just had an Urbie bailing out on me after I rescued him from a bunch of light and medium

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I also won those fights solo, in an Osiris

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bloody piece of shit

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in fact when I trying to run from those I can't kill, my teammates continued to reverse from me

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it was like 2 guys, and there's 4 of us

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becasue I just killed the other 2

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I do wish Osiris is just slightly more tougher though

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the legs are... oddly easy to hit despite being sticks

teal oasis Nov 15, 2023, 5:54 AM

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yesssssss

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the satisfying feeling of everything going right

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in a Flea

spice bane Nov 15, 2023, 6:05 AM

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teal oasis or look at the minimap

I seem to be incredibly lucky with my matches it seems

teal oasis Nov 15, 2023, 6:05 AM

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sometimes you get a streak of luck, sometimes you get a streak of utter bad luck

spice bane Nov 15, 2023, 6:05 AM

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Like,
People using enemy spotted and comms and override checks at the start of the match and I'm like ???

teal oasis Nov 15, 2023, 6:05 AM

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such is the fate of joining pub

spice bane Nov 15, 2023, 6:06 AM

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Have I left tier 4 question mark ???

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I mean, I still see people being...questionable at best

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Like that one atlas player rushing into entire team alone and getting eaten alive in 5 seconds

teal oasis Nov 15, 2023, 6:09 AM

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oh yeah that still happens sometimes

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sometimes that also succeed when the entire team is blind and you are screaming at them about this guy and they just don't seem to notice at all

lilac shadow Nov 15, 2023, 6:13 AM

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I am about halfway into T3 and haven't noticed any particular changes in teamplay thus far at least, for better or worse

teal oasis Nov 15, 2023, 6:16 AM

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same

craggy silo Nov 15, 2023, 10:10 AM

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3x rac2 shadow hawk is so much fun

teal oasis Nov 15, 2023, 11:44 AM

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I think one of the bushwacker variant is specialized on rac too, maybe I will get in when discount happens

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though in general, I just really like the IS 55 tonners, they are fun and tough, a good balance of mobility and lethality

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...maybe I should consider Kintaro too, but I kinda already have a srm boat with Griffin already

urban shell Nov 15, 2023, 7:18 PM

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teal oasis I think one of the bushwacker variant is specialized on rac too, maybe I will ge...

BSW-P2

https://mwo.nav-alpha.com/mechlab?b=d1df0ba6_BSW-P2

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built with a pair of RAC/5s and 4 MLs

craggy silo Nov 15, 2023, 7:44 PM

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last second locust casualty but im feeling very good about this shadow hawk's performance

lilac shadow Nov 15, 2023, 7:48 PM

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Locust gaming comes for us all

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But that's a dang good stat line!

teal oasis Nov 16, 2023, 6:43 AM

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this is probably the best match I ever have in my LBX 20 Adder

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the 3 kills are a Bushy, Rifleman IIC, and a Corsair

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I dunno how it counts all 3 as solo kills

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out of the 3, the Bushwacker is the one that gave me the most trouble, because despite that I have opened up their side torso, it still took me 3 more shots to actually get it, and I'm just being like 'WHERE IS THE HITBOX'

teal oasis Nov 16, 2023, 7:12 AM

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right, that's very disappointing of PGI to get something like that pass

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just saw someone with the most redditor transphobic name possible and spamming racist bullcrap, typical of online game but I really wonder how the hell that got past the filter

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it seems like everyone with the unit tag 99 is raging racist or raging sexist or complete idiot

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already reported them by the way

teal oasis Nov 16, 2023, 8:18 AM

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PIRANHA BEST MECH

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TEAMWORK IS OVERPOWERED

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catgirl and I basically just tagteamed half of the enemy team to death, holy shit that was so funny

craggy silo Nov 16, 2023, 8:56 AM

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yes teamwork makes the dream work!!!~

teal oasis Nov 16, 2023, 8:57 AM

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hell yeah!

teal oasis Nov 16, 2023, 2:28 PM

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and there we go, best game in the AMS Kitfox, with 3 Heavy Medium and 4 HMG, plus more ammo than god

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HMG is really good against flamer Blackjack that tried to cook you up

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tried

teal oasis Nov 16, 2023, 3:39 PM

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and I have now maxed out all my light and medium mechs

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...

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I think I'm going to get more quirked up mobile mechs whenever the next discount happens because I'm not sure if I'm gonna like leveling up what I have left

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the sun spider isn't even slow, why does it feel so slow then...

austere ice Nov 16, 2023, 3:53 PM

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teal oasis the sun spider isn't even slow, why does it feel so slow then...

Two reasons.

One, if a mech is bigger, that impacts turning speed and deceleration too, not just top speed/acceleration.

Two, just from the way things move around you, the bigger you are, the less significant speed feels, in my experience. You will feel slower.

lilac shadow Nov 16, 2023, 3:57 PM

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teal oasis catgirl and I basically just tagteamed half of the enemy team to death, holy shi...

Hell yes. Glad you two had some good matches!

teal oasis Nov 16, 2023, 11:57 PM

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Okay, I think when the discount hits, I think I will buy

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A Kintaro (tough missile boat)
Summoner (jumpy mobile heavy, usually got for SRM)
MASC Thunderbolt (if only there's a list on what variant actually using MASC)
Jenner IIC (more srm)
Incubus (mg variant)
And Vapor Eagle (jumpy whatever, anything will do)

teal oasis Nov 17, 2023, 3:28 AM

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I'm going to have a fucking aneurysm again

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stop fucking running away everytime I'm corner peeking, teammates, fucking useless

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everytime I don't play as light, the lights are going to be the stupidest fucking 'always flanking' idiots ever, and never actually do the one thing LIGHTS ARE GOOD AT WHICH IS SCOUTING

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still, this ultra 20 champion is fun when things don't go horribly wrong

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also it doesn't help that being a heavy seems to just give you less c bill and exp

urban shell Nov 17, 2023, 5:01 AM

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@lilac shadow up for a couple rounds?

lilac shadow Nov 17, 2023, 5:01 AM

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I think I am hitting bed after one more. Long day at work then hosted lancer heh

urban shell Nov 17, 2023, 5:01 AM

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kk

craggy silo Nov 17, 2023, 6:42 AM

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teal oasis A Kintaro (tough missile boat) Summoner (jumpy mobile heavy, usually got for SRM...

ohhhh masc tbolt sounds fun

teal oasis Nov 17, 2023, 6:42 AM

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I forgot which variant is the MASC tbolt though

craggy silo Nov 17, 2023, 6:42 AM

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thunderbolt is like one of my favorite mech designs

teal oasis Nov 17, 2023, 6:42 AM

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it would be very helpful if PGI actually has a wiki to point out which one has it...

craggy silo Nov 17, 2023, 6:43 AM

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i didn't know any of them had masc

teal oasis Nov 17, 2023, 6:43 AM

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the actual wiki doesn't seem to have said info

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multiple mech has it but you have to find it out carefully yourself

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like vulcan, the post Helm wolverine

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clan has more MASC mech

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like shadowcat, hellfire, black lanner, executioner

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flea also has masc, which lets it be the fastest mech in the game currently temporarily

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one phoenix hawk and cataphract has masc too

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though I don't think phoenix hawk really needs it

craggy silo Nov 17, 2023, 6:49 AM

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phoenix hawk also one of my favorite mechs

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it's just a little guy

teal oasis Nov 17, 2023, 6:59 AM

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it looks fragile but you can move so much in it that you can torso twist and absorb all the damage easily

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unless it's ppc and ac 20

urban shell Nov 17, 2023, 7:12 AM

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holy shit the clutch

teal oasis Nov 17, 2023, 7:13 AM

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lmao

urban shell Nov 17, 2023, 7:13 AM

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world's weakest urbie

teal oasis Nov 17, 2023, 7:13 AM

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same match, I finally have 6 goddamn uber kill and damage with this thing

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get killed by a Spider

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urban shell Nov 17, 2023, 7:13 AM

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I am genuinely amazed we won that

teal oasis Nov 17, 2023, 7:15 AM

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I shot at you with so much ultra 20 and I seriously wonder how I can't kill you

urban shell Nov 17, 2023, 7:16 AM

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no curbie the urbie

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more seriously very lucky damage spread

austere ice Nov 17, 2023, 7:35 AM

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teal oasis the actual wiki doesn't seem to have said info

https://mwo.nav-alpha.com/mechs Wiki's garbage but this is pulled from in-game files (uncheck 'hide specials' to see legendaries).

MechDB

teal oasis Nov 17, 2023, 7:35 AM

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oh that work

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thanks

urban shell Nov 17, 2023, 7:36 AM

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yeah mechdb is solid

teal oasis Nov 17, 2023, 7:36 AM

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oh great so the masc thunderbolt isn't available to ftp player yet

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there is the cataphract though...

teal oasis Nov 17, 2023, 10:52 AM

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well, I guess rifleman with 2 ultra 5 is a very good mech after all

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I was practically dead in that match, but then the enemy decided to ignore me for my allies and then my dual ultra 5 were able to core them one by one

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I have 5.5 tons of ammo, that was barely enough somehow

urban shell Nov 18, 2023, 12:43 AM

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@lilac shadow up for some games?

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since I'm pretty sure I just ran into you

teal oasis Nov 18, 2023, 1:22 AM

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I think I'm starting to properly relearn how to heavy

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this is from a Night Gyr, very much a glass cannon heavy

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well, as much of a glass cannon a 75 tonner can be

urban shell Nov 18, 2023, 1:42 AM

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night gyr's are good though

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lots of room for dakka

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plus laser heat sinks

teal oasis Nov 18, 2023, 1:44 AM

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oh right, that one quirk that makes its heat sink work the same in any environment

lilac shadow Nov 18, 2023, 1:46 AM

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heyyyy, just saw this message, sorry Loller!

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Been zonin out and gamin with the catgirl

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Picked up a crusader with the shit tons of laser mounts

teal oasis Nov 18, 2023, 1:52 AM

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the 6T? it's very funny

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gives the arm a ton of small laser and you got a heat efficient brawling monster

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I think this is the first time I ran out of ammo in my Orion, an ultra 10 and mrm 30

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that's a ridiculous amount of damage jesus

lilac shadow Nov 18, 2023, 3:16 AM

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teal oasis gives the arm a ton of small laser and you got a heat efficient brawling monster

Yeah, that is basically what I did! I did slightly tweak to have a few mpulses but basically just that.

teal oasis Nov 18, 2023, 1:16 PM

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well, all the good games in the morning are now completely ruined by extremely godawful game at late night

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also, patch notes are out

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https://mwomercs.com/news/2023/11/2804-patch-notes-142850-21november2023

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sneak peak my ass, the entire patch note revealed before was exactly the only thing changes in this patch note

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I was hoping for more

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goddamn it really does feel like the later the night goes, the stupider my teammates get, consistently

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it's pain

teal oasis Nov 18, 2023, 2:23 PM

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...oh I'm in tier 2

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was the tier system just as broken as the old one, which is that it's impossible to drop down a tier so tier 1 ended up having a lot of godawful players?

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because I have been losing straight for the past 2 hours and somehow I ended in tier 2

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that doesn't sound right

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and also that implies I'm a good player, I'm definitely not

vestal kelp Nov 18, 2023, 2:30 PM

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You can gain rank while losing if you appease whatever algorithm it is that decides rank-up

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If you drop 2 UAVs a game in reasonably good spots you're essentially guaranteed to go to to the highest tier as long as your gameplay is okay

teal oasis Nov 18, 2023, 2:33 PM

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so you can scout your way to tier 1?

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that said I don't really use the consumable, at all, ever since I started playing the game, except that one time I tried to drop UAV for some event and then get shot to pieces for it, that was a few years ago I think

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anyway I think that's about for tonight, basically about to finish skilling up the remaining 3 of my heavy mechs

vestal kelp Nov 18, 2023, 2:37 PM

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I use lots of UAVs

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they're really quite nice

teal oasis Nov 18, 2023, 2:40 PM

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I guess you can call me a purist on that, it just feels like that consumables are essentially pay to win to me, some were even only purchaseable with only MC if I remember correctly

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also being arty for like the hundred times does feel kinda annoying

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it was even worse back then...

vestal kelp Nov 18, 2023, 2:42 PM

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Nope

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They're all available for C-Bills

teal oasis Nov 18, 2023, 2:42 PM

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ah huh

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oh right now I remember

vestal kelp Nov 18, 2023, 2:42 PM

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they often even just pay for themselves

teal oasis Nov 18, 2023, 2:43 PM

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it's just the alternative mc price for the consumable

vestal kelp Nov 18, 2023, 2:47 PM

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I think the MC price for consumables is utterly irrelevant considering you can spam C-Bill consumables and profit essentially the same from each game

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it lets you pay real money for C-Bills, which... okay?

teal oasis Nov 18, 2023, 2:52 PM

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just typical micro-transaction stuff i guess

vestal kelp Nov 18, 2023, 2:53 PM

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If people want to pay real money to get more mechs and stuff, I have no real issue with that

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This is essentially a different angle on that, and probably no one does it.

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I don't particularly like the fact that new ones that come out are paid-only for a few months, I think that is probably the only real sore spot here

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new mechs, rather

teal oasis Nov 18, 2023, 2:55 PM

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same

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also

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https://mwomercs.com/news/2023/11/2803-solaris-weekend-event-queue-sale

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new solaris event

lilac shadow Nov 18, 2023, 4:45 PM

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vestal kelp I use lots of UAVs

Same, I typically drop 2 every match haha

lilac shadow Nov 18, 2023, 4:51 PM

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teal oasis https://mwomercs.com/news/2023/11/2803-solaris-weekend-event-queue-sale

@craggy silo 2v2 matches?! And 4v4s??

craggy silo Nov 18, 2023, 9:44 PM

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ohhhh~

lilac shadow Nov 18, 2023, 9:56 PM

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Right??

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I am gonna be doing some gloomhaven for a bit, but maybe later tonight?

urban shell Nov 18, 2023, 11:12 PM

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vestal kelp You can gain rank while losing if you appease whatever algorithm it is that deci...

iirc it's all based on match score

vestal kelp Nov 18, 2023, 11:12 PM

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It's relative to something

urban shell Nov 18, 2023, 11:13 PM

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lilac shadow I am gonna be doing some gloomhaven for a bit, but maybe later tonight?

I'll be around as well

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and if you want another person for 4v4s I can be available

lilac shadow Nov 18, 2023, 11:33 PM

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ok cool! I'll ping here once we end gloomhaven and if I can tear myself away from mini painting

urban shell Nov 18, 2023, 11:39 PM

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4v4s max out at duo queue but I'll be around

lilac shadow Nov 19, 2023, 2:03 AM

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we are still gloomhavin' a good time, might not get to mech for a bit still heh

teal oasis Nov 19, 2023, 2:28 AM

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just leveling my remaining heavy mechs with this event right now

urban shell Nov 19, 2023, 3:01 AM

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farming C-bills with my night gyr

teal oasis Nov 19, 2023, 3:12 AM

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annnnnd done

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all my heavy, medium, and light mechs are maxed out in skill

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just leave the... assault

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I'm just gonna watch scott pilgrim

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also I now have some 60 millions, jesus

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that's a lot of dosh to throw when the next battlemech discount happens

urban shell Nov 19, 2023, 4:11 AM

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there we fucking go

craggy silo Nov 19, 2023, 6:44 AM

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wow loller nice job man

lilac shadow Nov 19, 2023, 7:16 AM

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GLOOMHAVEN DONE

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THE TIME FOR MECHS IS IMMINENT

urban shell Nov 19, 2023, 7:19 AM

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ooh

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@lilac shadow I"m in vc, ping me whenever

lilac shadow Nov 19, 2023, 7:22 AM

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got room for another in the lance! Is it ok to ping people?! @vestal kelp @austere ice @teal oasis ?!

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(or anyone else reading this obvs!)

urban shell Nov 19, 2023, 7:36 AM

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not even a scratch

lilac shadow Nov 19, 2023, 7:42 AM

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we have good heat management

teal oasis Nov 19, 2023, 8:57 AM

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bought kintaro

craggy silo Nov 19, 2023, 8:57 AM

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when yr locusts toenails are painted bright pink 💅

teal oasis Nov 19, 2023, 8:57 AM

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it's a very good srm splat medium

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also has enough armor quirk to make it as tough as a heavy

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so it can get very funny

spice bane Nov 19, 2023, 9:12 AM

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it may not seem like a lot of damage

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But it was a great match

craggy silo Nov 19, 2023, 9:14 AM

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400 is good!

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and 5 kills

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very nice

lilac shadow Nov 19, 2023, 9:19 AM

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yeah, 3 most damage done is excellent. Efficient damage is better than big pointless damage!

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You're welcome to join us next time we play Solea!

teal oasis Nov 19, 2023, 9:21 AM

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the more important part is KMDD indeed

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CT core drilling can give you a surprisingly low score, this happens often with PPC build

urban shell Nov 19, 2023, 9:25 AM

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or headchopping

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but yeah

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light 2v2s are actually really fun

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though I"m also bringing 1. an urbie and 2. a UAC/20

teal oasis Nov 19, 2023, 9:25 AM

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good god

urban shell Nov 19, 2023, 9:28 AM

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no curbie

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jams sting though

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and not too many trigger pulls

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next project is the RAC5

spice bane Nov 19, 2023, 9:33 AM

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lilac shadow You're welcome to join us next time we play Solea!

it was in the middle of the night for me, but if I will be awake, sure

urban shell Nov 19, 2023, 9:36 AM

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god those jams hurt on the RAC

urban shell Nov 19, 2023, 9:58 AM

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the AC/20's a biiiit slow?

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but it still might be worth over the ultra

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ok actually no I need the ammo

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the UAC is running on the razor's edge of ammunition with a single ton

teal oasis Nov 19, 2023, 3:49 PM

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purchased a raven as well, gave it the classic triple large laser build and, well, it just works

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it's reliable

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...and this might sounds cursed, but I think I might be getting one of the Hachetman

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because one of the variant has like, 6 energy slots in right hand or something, which mean you can have half a Crusader 6T with small lasers fist

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that's gonna be painful upclose, probably most so than the hatchet if it works at all in the first place

austere ice Nov 19, 2023, 8:45 PM

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They should put the Stealth in MWO.

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I don't like it that much or anything, I just think it's funny that most models don't have stealth armour.

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Love what this person's doing.

craggy silo Nov 19, 2023, 9:03 PM

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i love running stealth armor

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it's my favorite thing

lilac shadow Nov 19, 2023, 9:04 PM

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Huh. Do the F's in Fafnir FNR mean Flamer Flamer Flamer?

austere ice Nov 19, 2023, 9:11 PM

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Yeah

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Also I don't think this is stealth?

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Just ECM.

prime mauve Nov 19, 2023, 9:13 PM

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~~Really hard to fit much with 2x H.Gauss.~~
If I'm reading that right, they have like 8-9 tons of H.Gauss ammo?

austere ice Nov 19, 2023, 9:24 PM

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I dunno, skills add some ammo.

austere ice Nov 19, 2023, 10:08 PM

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cryptid

urban shell Nov 19, 2023, 10:56 PM

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teal oasis that's gonna be painful upclose, probably most so than the hatchet if it works a...

the hatchet is entirely cosmetic

lilac shadow Nov 19, 2023, 10:56 PM

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what a wild ass build haha.

teal oasis Nov 20, 2023, 12:46 AM

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urban shell the hatchet is entirely cosmetic

yes that's what I just said

teal oasis Nov 20, 2023, 1:29 AM

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also, turns out the 7 laser slots hand Hatchetman I talked about also has jumpjet and MASC

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so, this might be way funnier than I thought

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I think I might actually just get a bunch of these, the high ballistic/missile mount is very very useful and this thing is quite tough as a jumping 45 tonner

craggy silo Nov 20, 2023, 5:04 AM

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i lov purple map

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fwc is so fun

lilac shadow Nov 20, 2023, 5:09 AM

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purplepurplepurple

urban shell Nov 20, 2023, 5:22 AM

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anyone for some games?

teal oasis Nov 20, 2023, 6:04 AM

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so, slight correction, all hatchetman variants are tough, except the one I bought, because it has all the speed

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okay I do not know why but I'm seriously getting targetted

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I have been shot in the back for the umpteenth times already

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it's like they constantly know where I am AND I can hear the getting targeted sound so I know when am I getting targetted

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or maybe what is going is that I ran out of GSP and extra exp to upskill my new mechs before going into battle and they just end up being very fragile

craggy silo Nov 20, 2023, 6:30 AM

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back on my ebon jag after a short obsession with my shadow hawk

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i'm suuuuuuuch a ho for autocannons

teal oasis Nov 20, 2023, 6:39 AM

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damn, I think I'm getting too infamous and is just getting headhunted right now

urban shell Nov 20, 2023, 8:16 AM

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double UAC20s.....good

teal oasis Nov 20, 2023, 8:28 AM

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Hunchback IIC?

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It can get very fun if you last hit well in close range

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It's also somewhat fragile but such is the life of Hunchback IIC

urban shell Nov 20, 2023, 9:49 AM

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teal oasis It can get very fun if you last hit well in close range

yeah it was for the 2v2s

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I'll probably refit it with double HAG30 for QP

teal oasis Nov 20, 2023, 12:18 PM

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oh, wow, really learned the value of 'Information is ammuntion' in one match

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so what happened is that someone managed to drop a drone at a side of the map I'm on but nobody shot it down, we are losing, but I decided to fight it out with a Crusader 6T in my small laser hatchetman, which means between us we have like, 19 small laser burst

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the part of the map I'm in is also full of short corridors that are just the right distance for my laser to hit down anything within

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with the drones up, I can see which of the 4 battlemechs on this side of the map are heading in, so I rush to their lane, fire my mrm and small laser, and they get scared and ran back

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except, the crusader then ran off somewhere, because there's 4 battlemechs in front of us

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but I decided to hold the ground because we are about to lose anyway, and as it turns out, one mech can hold off 4 mechs if they all decided to go in one by one, because this part of the map also resticted movemetns

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I did so much damage to them, they are all CT stripped, which means they are even more afraid of my small laser burst

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in fact, they are so scared, they all ran off

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to kill my teammates, which sucks, but they all ran off from an opponent all of them outmassed, each

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I'm in a 45 ton Hatchetman, and I held off against a Marauder, another Crusader, Hellbringer, and a Huntsman

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so anyway I chased after them, killed one of them, and then a Fafnir shot me in the back, and that's the end of my story

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i also bet that they didn't realised the my Crusader has ran off, meaning they thought there was another mech just around the corner

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but they didn't know that, because they don't have UAV up in the air, and they are too afraid to check

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anyway I suggest getting seismic sensor to prevent this kind of bullshit from happening to you, it can check around the corner

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but only when you don't move

teal oasis Nov 20, 2023, 3:31 PM

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okay I'm in love with this hatchetman now

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HPG, our team decided to go all basement, well, two third of the team did

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and then we somehow got back from 0-4, the seven small laser fist is so devastating at this knife range holy shit

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also helpful that the enemies are completely disorganized in assaulting the basement, so we get to pick them off easily because they kept switching entrances

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bloody Fist of North Star right here

teal oasis Nov 20, 2023, 3:54 PM

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okay, found something very interesting

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the SRM Hunchback looks ridiculous

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it has some armor quirk like other hunchback.... and ungodly amount of structure quirk

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like

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give it assault mech level of structure quirk

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before skilling it

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it even has crit reduction quirk, just to make it lasts longer

prime mauve Nov 20, 2023, 4:23 PM

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Best guess is to keep it competitive with faster SRM options released over time?

teal oasis Nov 20, 2023, 4:26 PM

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Well I wouldn't say a hunchback is slow, at least a fully upgraded one

urban shell Nov 20, 2023, 5:03 PM

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Swaybacks are weird

vestal kelp Nov 20, 2023, 5:55 PM

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hunchbacks are slow

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like

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they're less janky in movement than bigger mechs of the same speed

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but they do not get to go remotely fast

lilac shadow Nov 20, 2023, 6:16 PM

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these 1v1 heavy matches are very silly. My crusader 6t has just cored four people in a row with frankly very little difficulty so far haha

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This is a fun arena map

urban shell Nov 20, 2023, 6:26 PM

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lilac shadow these 1v1 heavy matches are very silly. My crusader 6t has just cored four peopl...

oh god

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I just murdered a jagermech

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left arm then right arm then center

lilac shadow Nov 20, 2023, 6:28 PM

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fellow crusader hell yeah.

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Jagermech seems like a... bad move for 1v1

urban shell Nov 20, 2023, 6:29 PM

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probably but people are also playing these to skill up mechs

urban shell Nov 20, 2023, 7:04 PM

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ok this leg meta shit is annoying

lilac shadow Nov 20, 2023, 7:08 PM

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that is exactly what i said while going to the gym this week

last echo Nov 20, 2023, 7:14 PM

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urban shell ok this leg meta shit is annoying

Are people just focus firing legs?

vestal kelp Nov 20, 2023, 7:20 PM

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It's the easiest way in duels

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If you aim at torsos it's really easy to fail to focus fire

urban shell Nov 20, 2023, 7:20 PM

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yeah it's the fastest way to kill a mech

vestal kelp Nov 20, 2023, 7:20 PM

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It's not the fastest way to kill a mech

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not even close

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it's just the most reliable

urban shell Nov 20, 2023, 7:21 PM

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fine, it's the most reliable way to quickly kill a mech

vestal kelp Nov 20, 2023, 7:21 PM

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the least susceptible to hitboxes and shaky aim

urban shell Nov 20, 2023, 7:21 PM

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though someone brought a double HGR blight which really stings

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also flamers

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I might want to bring flamers

vestal kelp Nov 20, 2023, 7:21 PM

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flamers are pretty good for duelling

lilac shadow Nov 20, 2023, 7:21 PM

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hmm, can I fit 14 flamers onto my crusader...

vestal kelp Nov 20, 2023, 7:22 PM

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It's hard to imagine a worse build than 14 flamers

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Try it once and you'll understand why

urban shell Nov 20, 2023, 7:22 PM

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oh I meant like, two

lilac shadow Nov 20, 2023, 7:22 PM

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My imagination for bad builds knows no bounds

urban shell Nov 20, 2023, 7:22 PM

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flamers can't force overheat

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only 90%

vestal kelp Nov 20, 2023, 7:23 PM

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lilac shadow My imagination for bad builds knows no bounds

this isn't 'bad'

lilac shadow Nov 20, 2023, 7:23 PM

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Gonna set them all to chainfire

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Because... fire...

vestal kelp Nov 20, 2023, 7:23 PM

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Like

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load 14 flamers onto it

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go into testing

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hit the button

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you'll know what I mean immediately

urban shell Nov 20, 2023, 7:24 PM

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oh flamers get ghost heat

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I think 14 will immediately set you on fire

vestal kelp Nov 20, 2023, 7:25 PM

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I have a Piranha named 'bomb' with 14 flamers

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if you hit O right at the start of the match and then fire once, you will die literally before any fire actually appears and confuse the hell out of everyone

urban shell Nov 20, 2023, 7:26 PM

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ok I'll be real duels kinda stink

vestal kelp Nov 20, 2023, 7:27 PM

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they're not particularly interesting, no

urban shell Nov 20, 2023, 7:27 PM

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this was kinda neat at first but it's a lot of the stuff about this game that I don't particularly like

vestal kelp Nov 20, 2023, 7:27 PM

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it's a different metagame that really isn't for everyone

urban shell Nov 20, 2023, 7:27 PM

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and burning someone's legs off with 14 SXPL isn't fun on my end

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like, I win and it's profitable but I'm not really enjoying it

urban shell Nov 20, 2023, 7:30 PM

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vestal kelp it's a different metagame that really isn't for everyone

it just feels kinda deterministic

vestal kelp Nov 20, 2023, 7:30 PM

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it's not, you can still affect things by twisting or positioning

urban shell Nov 20, 2023, 7:31 PM

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eh even twist only does so much

vestal kelp Nov 20, 2023, 7:31 PM

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It doesn't do nothing

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You can also drill through a side torso if you're confident with your aim

urban shell Nov 20, 2023, 7:31 PM

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I guess it doesn't feel like I'm actually thinking about things, it's just "if I go for the legs I win"

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idk I'm just not having fun

vestal kelp Nov 20, 2023, 7:32 PM

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You really don't need to justify it beyond that

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they're fairly linear and not super interesting

urban shell Nov 20, 2023, 7:32 PM

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I guess it's that there's none of the strategic layer that I actually enjoy

vestal kelp Nov 20, 2023, 7:33 PM

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there's still some actual play there but it's not nearly the same game

lilac shadow Nov 20, 2023, 7:37 PM

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If there was a ranking system, tho... Give me those sweet sweet ladder points. Let me make the number go up and it's GOTY

vestal kelp Nov 20, 2023, 7:38 PM

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There used to be a game mode called Solaris VII which was basically that

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it was not super popular

urban shell Nov 20, 2023, 7:38 PM

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vestal kelp there's still some actual play there but it's not nearly the same game

I'm not saying that there isn't but it's all mechanics instead of the stuff that I enjoy

vestal kelp Nov 20, 2023, 7:39 PM

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urban shell I'm not saying that there isn't but it's all mechanics instead of the stuff that...

I agreed with you like three times

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you do not need to reassert that

urban shell Nov 20, 2023, 7:39 PM

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maybe I misread your messages then, mb

urban shell Nov 20, 2023, 9:51 PM

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so this is the true power of gauss

teal oasis Nov 21, 2023, 1:29 AM

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so, the solaris is fun

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converted my Crusader 6T to pure x pulse build and, well, the trick is that in solaris, if you are close enough, your opponent will always die faster than you get cooked to death

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also most people will just aim CT anyway so XL is very viable

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or leg

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don't forget leg armor

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also cataphract is very armored and the CT is strangely hard to aim at, so aim for the legs

teal oasis Nov 21, 2023, 2:03 AM

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crotch shot and ass shot yeah, usually those are all CT

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wait whuh

prime mauve Nov 21, 2023, 2:04 AM

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teal oasis crotch shot and ass shot yeah, usually those are all CT

Apologies for deleting prev message:
"From what I remember, the Cataphract's CT is like a stick compared to the side torsos.
Crotch also counts as CT?"

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https://mwomercs.com/forums/topic/149115-mech-analysis-cataphract/

This image comes from [GUIDE] HIT BOX LOCALISATION by Rainbow Unikorn.

teal oasis Nov 21, 2023, 2:05 AM

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so my Crusader 6T is super good, except when it's defeated by 2 strategies

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autocannon 5 leghunt

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and going slightly sideway

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because, once I'm in range, I just fire without a care to my heat

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so if my opponent know when I'm overheating, they could just turn sideway and then let the heat kill me

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lmao

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you might be asking why autocannon 5, well, nothing else has the DPS to leghunt fast enough before I get in their face and murder them

teal oasis Nov 21, 2023, 6:43 AM

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bought another Urbie because I can, I want something on IS side full of machineguns anyway

spice bane Nov 21, 2023, 6:54 AM

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Flea

teal oasis Nov 21, 2023, 6:55 AM

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something that also don't die if someone stares at it

lilac shadow Nov 21, 2023, 7:00 AM

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pounding the table LOCUST GAMING

spice bane Nov 21, 2023, 8:13 AM

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...I need to check if every mech of same weight class has same max armor without quirks

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Probably no

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But I need to check

teal oasis Nov 21, 2023, 8:19 AM

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the armor point you put in is the same for each different weight (not weight class, but every 5 ton increments)

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armor quirk add on to this, and skill upgraded further increase this by a percentage

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for example, 20 ton flea and locust has 138 max armor points

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but locust with its quirk and armor skill and increase it to... 265

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oh wow no wonder it's so hard to kill these things

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all 30 tonners have 210 armor point max

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unless PGI somehow introduces quadmech, we won't be seeing a difference here

spice bane Nov 21, 2023, 8:26 AM

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Yeah, so like technical operation rules

teal oasis Nov 21, 2023, 8:26 AM

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yup

spice bane Nov 21, 2023, 8:26 AM

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Double the structure points

teal oasis Nov 21, 2023, 8:26 AM

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yeah the hit points are all doubled in MWO

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otherwise each match would not have lasted as long

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like seriously, it's absurd how easy it is to leg things in MW3 because of this

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MW4 started this trend of doubling effective armor which certainly make the fight in it more enjoyable instead of 'one shot everywhere'

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especially with how much AC 20 and gauss rifle shots getting thrown around by the end game

austere ice Nov 21, 2023, 8:33 AM

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teal oasis something that also don't die if someone stares at it

If you want it to be way bigger than a light? Crael, but it's a hero mech.

Medium? There's Blackjack Arrow with MGs and LXPL but again, hero. You can probably do something with PXH-1, MGs and energy. BSW-X1 (Bushwacker) can run an effective 8 MGs with room for three SRMs and a Flamer.

teal oasis Nov 21, 2023, 8:33 AM

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bushwacker can what

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okay I need to figure that one out

austere ice Nov 21, 2023, 8:38 AM

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It has 4 ballistic slots.

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But +100% MG ROF.

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Which is in many ways better than running 8.

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So just run 4 (MG of choice), some SRMs, a Flamer to win some duel matchups, and you're golden. Might need an XL though.

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Not sure, honestly. Light could do it too.

craggy silo Nov 21, 2023, 10:39 AM

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we lost but that game was silly as fuck

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i was mech warrioring my ass off in my uwu heavy

teal oasis Nov 21, 2023, 2:05 PM

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I'm really getting rather sick of people constantly picking Vitric, rather hard to leverage my usually brawler build in that map

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also, AC2 Blackjack... really struggle in this age of binary super alpha and HAG

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so, well, gonna just rebuild that into the AC10 Blackjack, at least I get more damage in mid range and get to torso twist instead of trying to stare down things I shouldn't

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ahhh, I really want light-autocannon to be here right now

teal oasis Nov 21, 2023, 3:46 PM

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seven SL fist Hatchet is strong, outbrawled a bunch of (already somewhat damaged) assaults and heavies

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I really adore this thing

lilac shadow Nov 21, 2023, 4:09 PM

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craggy silo i was mech warrioring my ass off in my uwu heavy

Is the uWu warhorn playing now??

craggy silo Nov 21, 2023, 4:59 PM

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lilac shadow Is the uWu warhorn playing now??

yeah i figured it out. it was playing before too but there's a high pitched and a low pitched demonic sounding uwu

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the demonic one is so low it just sounds like battle rumble most of the time

lilac shadow Nov 21, 2023, 5:17 PM

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A low pitched UwU just doesn't have the same morale eroding effect.

lilac shadow Nov 21, 2023, 8:24 PM

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Longbow surprise dropped today?

austere ice Nov 21, 2023, 8:59 PM

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The-

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The hero's a MASC Longbow.

lilac shadow Nov 21, 2023, 9:13 PM

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That's the all laser one right??

austere ice Nov 21, 2023, 9:44 PM

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Lasers and snubs.

lilac shadow Nov 21, 2023, 9:49 PM

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Definitely what I think of when I think Longbow

urban shell Nov 21, 2023, 9:58 PM

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anyone know what you get if you get the steam DLCs?

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is it a key, does it get automagically credited to account?

craggy silo Nov 21, 2023, 10:45 PM

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WHOA

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i did not hear about this

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that is cool

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not bad for a work day session between meetings

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uwu poptarts feeling right

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also it came down to a firestarter with a single ac/20 on our team and an enemy marauder and the firestarter rly tried

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but could not clutch victory from the jaws of defeat

craggy silo Nov 21, 2023, 11:27 PM

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btw @teal oasis the only tbolt i see with masc is TDR-10SE. i think a few days ago you were wondering abt that and couldn't find the answer on the wiki or smth

lilac shadow Nov 22, 2023, 12:55 AM

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Just hopped into a match, about half the people on both teams had either the new shieldmech or the longbow. Wild how many people immediately buy the new stuff?!

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I mean, it's good for the game devs obviously, just didn't realize it was... such a high % of players

teal oasis Nov 22, 2023, 12:57 AM

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oh yeah that happens when new stuff drops in, people just want to try out the new stuff

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I'm just... afraid of the sheer amountof the lurm coming in

urban shell Nov 22, 2023, 1:08 AM

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lilac shadow I mean, it's good for the game devs obviously, just didn't realize it was... suc...

people drop in to try out the new stuff, which is also why the servers were crying today

teal oasis Nov 22, 2023, 1:08 AM

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ah

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wow

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the server was this stressed huh?

urban shell Nov 22, 2023, 1:08 AM

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also I suspect the proportion of people willing to spend money on MWO has gone up as the game has aged

teal oasis Nov 22, 2023, 1:08 AM

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hope PGI get it a cup of tea and biscuits

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well, I'm, might also be looking to purchasing a meckpack, if it's on discount

urban shell Nov 22, 2023, 1:09 AM

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I was getting matchmaking error due to a lack of servers

teal oasis Nov 22, 2023, 1:09 AM

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the urbanmech IIC one

austere ice Nov 22, 2023, 1:09 AM

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teal oasis I'm just... afraid of the sheer amountof the lurm coming in

Just makes it a great day to play AMS Kit Fox or Corsair

urban shell Nov 22, 2023, 1:09 AM

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it's also no worse than like, a dire wolf kitted with lurms

teal oasis Nov 22, 2023, 1:09 AM

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also, I proclaim that once again, PGI is coward

urban shell Nov 22, 2023, 1:10 AM

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https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/496545423167848448/1173439950625198210/image.png?ex=656d309d&is=655abb9d&hm=9f6087926d3f4e78478e4c31ca108dce27f0aa88a22b20c81f38e276c13658e9&=

teal oasis Nov 22, 2023, 1:10 AM

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the Longbow NAIS variant in canon has light autocannon

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it gets AC2 instead here

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GIVE ME THE LIGHT AC

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GIB

austere ice Nov 22, 2023, 1:10 AM

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I forgive them because making a MASC Longbow is hilarious

teal oasis Nov 22, 2023, 1:10 AM

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It's not like it's gonna break balance as hard as Binary and HAG did

urban shell Nov 22, 2023, 1:11 AM

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HAGs post nerf feel weird

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they're still really good but I actually have to care about heat and the cooldown nerf stings

urban shell Nov 22, 2023, 1:11 AM

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urban shell https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/496545423167848448/1173439950625198210/...

this thing is evil btw

teal oasis Nov 22, 2023, 1:11 AM

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their DPS is lowered for sure, well, sustained DPS

urban shell Nov 22, 2023, 1:11 AM

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sandblast people with 105 damage lurm volleys

teal oasis Nov 22, 2023, 1:12 AM

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it's still a good weapon at long range, but at close or knife range, the reload and heat gets problematic

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which is probably intended, because the amount of time I got eviscerated by HAG at close range combat is a bit much

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I don't even use my Hellfire with HAG as a fire support build, I always desire to get close with it and it just works

urban shell Nov 22, 2023, 1:14 AM

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I fit my hunchie with two HAG30s and it poptarts like a monster

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the guns are like two inches higher than the cockpit

teal oasis Nov 22, 2023, 1:14 AM

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the highmount is so good

lilac shadow Nov 22, 2023, 1:14 AM

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yeah, the hunchback IIC with the two HAG30s is one of my favorites. Lovely lil thing

teal oasis Nov 22, 2023, 1:14 AM

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but I'm also pretty sure whoever piloting Hunchback IIC is gonna get called as Star Captain Tinnitus

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of course, it's probably a kind of honor badge because most people driving a Hunchback IIC probably don't live long enough to get tinnitus

lilac shadow Nov 22, 2023, 1:19 AM

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q: does AMS go thru walls? I know visually it seems to, but does the effect as well?

teal oasis Nov 22, 2023, 1:20 AM

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hmmm

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well

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it's kinda machinegun I guess

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which is actually a hitscan weapon like laser but the tracer makes it seems like it's not

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which also means that if you are trying to be sneaky, having an AMS around is probably not a good idea

urban shell Nov 22, 2023, 1:24 AM

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aren't engines supposed to be on sale?

teal oasis Nov 22, 2023, 1:28 AM

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the 50% word don't really appear on all those engines, but their prices are really cut down in half

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it happened in the last sale too

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I think there's just like, too many of them or something

urban shell Nov 22, 2023, 1:33 AM

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ah, kk

urban shell Nov 22, 2023, 1:57 AM

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WHEEEEEEE

teal oasis Nov 22, 2023, 1:57 AM

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you bought the solaris pack?

urban shell Nov 22, 2023, 1:57 AM

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ye

austere ice Nov 22, 2023, 1:58 AM

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Oh, the old snurbie.

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Classic.

urban shell Nov 22, 2023, 1:58 AM

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it doesn't get you a key but it does ask you if you want to redeem the pack on the account you logged in on

urban shell Nov 22, 2023, 2:01 AM

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austere ice Oh, the old snurbie.

this is so goddamn fast

austere ice Nov 22, 2023, 2:03 AM

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zooooooom

teal oasis Nov 22, 2023, 3:24 AM

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so erm

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the new HMG Adder is fucking terrifying

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that's a ridiculous amount of HMG holyshit

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we got a new contender for absolute bullshit

austere ice Nov 22, 2023, 3:26 AM

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It's also a wide light mech that needs to get super close and is sub-100km without Speed Tweak.

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It's got downsides.

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There's a very good reason they gave this to the Adder and not a light mech that'd make better use of the loadout, like uh. Most of them.

teal oasis Nov 22, 2023, 4:05 AM

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what the heck are all these new legend variants, this single energy Jenner is ridiculous

urban shell Nov 22, 2023, 4:38 AM

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~~bad~~ good ideas!

teal oasis Nov 22, 2023, 7:31 AM

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oh fuck off game

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I bought seismic to prevent this shit

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am I supposed to believe that stealthed enemy can somehow avoid that??? I'm not even moving

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I have like 8 rear armor plus 38 structure, it's not even a SRM splat, and that kill me instantaneously? that's fucking bullshit

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I can hear that it's an autocannon but I don't even get to turn around before getting downed instantly, that's absurd

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how much AC alpha that would be, not even double AC 20 can take me down instantly from the rear

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fucking ridiculous

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I'm just so fucking tired of teammates with situation awareness of essentially a bat, I STANDING IN FRONT OF THEM AND I GOT DOWNED FROM A REAR SHOT

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A bat would actually be helpful because they can hear things

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like genuinely, what's the point of my carrying reasonable of rear armor if this kind of bullshit just gonna fucking happen???

urban shell Nov 22, 2023, 7:57 AM

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teal oasis how much AC alpha that would be, not even double AC 20 can take me down instantl...

UAC/20 double tap plus other stuff?

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There's builds that can throw 100+ downrange in one volley

teal oasis Nov 22, 2023, 8:00 AM

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my best guess is a catapult with double snubnose and LBX 10, but I last saw that guy running away

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there's also an assault with double ultra 10 something, that might be it

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but I don't hear a burst, I hear single autocannon, a bunch of single autocannon, and then I die

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so unless I got sneaked by a stealthed Annihilator in less than 100 meters range, I'm genuinely not sure what the hell kill me and it just further proves that my teammates are just plain useless

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anyway I guess to apology for this sheer display of stupidity, the game gave me a good match in my Kintaro

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the bug from the server issue today is at least somewhat funny I guess

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keep getting notifications like 'the lobby has been destroyed'

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hmm

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is it just me or more mech when downed get destroyed in half now?

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or maybe it's just the newer mechs that only this happen?

teal oasis Nov 22, 2023, 8:51 AM

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hmm, okay, dual lbx 2 Blackjack works better than dual ac2 BJ

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especially after the patch that gives me so much more extra ammo

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it seems like skirmish in Bearclaw II is becoming more and more just fighting at the left side of the map unless something pulls people in

teal oasis Nov 22, 2023, 11:33 AM

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also erm, the Bearclaw II map just seem outright unfair on objective focused match to the team in the North?

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domination has the circle being just plain further to reach, and so are conquest

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and there's a massive corridor, so the north team gets shot up on reaching the circle in time, but this can be avoided if they are smart about it

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still, not very fair

teal oasis Nov 22, 2023, 3:06 PM

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okay I really should just, stop throwing any sort of negative complaint here like it's my personal rant chamber

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no more negative energy, it's really starting affect my altitude at other places as well, reality is not helping already so let's just cut this down

vestal kelp Nov 22, 2023, 3:12 PM

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it's okay to be negative sometimes, and it's okay to share negative thoughts about things, just... moderation, yeah?

teal oasis Nov 22, 2023, 3:15 PM

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yeah

teal oasis Nov 22, 2023, 3:56 PM

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it's starting to feel like that nobody that bought the longbow pack actually use it as a lrm boat lmao

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like nearly every single longbow I fought today is just lethal at close range

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might as well call it the shortbow

teal oasis Nov 23, 2023, 2:34 AM

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I'm a complete idiot, I was thinking of buying a rac buchwacker for a dual rac 5 wacker.... except I already got one for it I just didn't read the quirk closely

teal oasis Nov 23, 2023, 2:55 AM

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Oh, and erm

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I think I killed TTB last night?

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or someone downed him

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if it's him and not a poser

teal oasis Nov 23, 2023, 9:13 AM

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Just having some thoughts on how to make battlemech combat in offline Mechwarrior as exciting and difficult as Armored Core battle

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The main problem is all the weapons are aimed pinpoint into a reticle, which concentrat all the firepower into a single spot

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I'm thinking of something like how Elite Danger does it, which is that you lock onto a target and each weapon has their aimpoints that move all over the place in a circles

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This would mean that you cannot concentrate all your firepower into a single spot, and shooting skill is instead less about aiming and more about timing

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If you are good enough, you could still shoot at the same spot, just much harder now.

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This also simulate the same randomness on tabletop, so it's somewhat accurate too

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This should make battlemech vs battlemech much harder and more memorable rather than just click and instant headshot

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That of course, is just shooting, movement should be somewhat changed too

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Battlemech obviously, cannot jet around like AC, but they do have multi ton gyro

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You can spend the energy from the gyro to avoid incoming projectile by juking your opponent, suddenly changing your direction, against big guns, this can be very useful in avoiding sudden death

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Having buttons to sidestep or turning sideway to hopefully reduce your profile could work too, giving options for slower and heavier mechs

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And of course, it would be nice if jumpjet equipped mech have more control over direction too

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I guess the main thing here is that shooting is still important, but I want people to interact with other aspects of a battlemech too

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Gameplay in MW5 is usually really just... moving, then shooting at targets until they are dead, and then move some more.

It's not very imaginative

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Even MW4 at least has the circle of doom, which is due to the fact that acceleration and deceleration in that game is quite slow, so people just keep moving forward and turn around their foes to shoot at them

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And also because you don't need to constantly press W to move

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And precisely controlling your speed is hard

dusk kettle Nov 24, 2023, 8:54 PM

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Just got MW5:Mercenary on sale. Did the first two missions and I'm wondering: does walking into buildings to destroy them also deal damage to my mech?

lilac shadow Nov 24, 2023, 9:10 PM

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Iirc if it's things like gas tanks/generators yes? Otherwise no

craggy silo Nov 25, 2023, 5:44 AM

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i think it depends on mech size

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i think it doesn't damage your mech if it's heavy and above?

vestal kelp Nov 25, 2023, 6:15 AM

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craggy silo i think it doesn't damage your mech if it's heavy and above?

other way around

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mechs heavy and above can walk through walls and larger buildings

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mechs medium and below can't, in MW5

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it does not damage them either way unless you run over explosives or power plants

dusk kettle Nov 25, 2023, 11:09 AM

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Alright, good to know. I'm keen to see how many different mechs I will end up switching between

urban shell Nov 27, 2023, 5:15 PM

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urban shell ~~bad~~ good ideas!

update: triple blazers are really fun but they're so heat inefficient that it's actually pretty hard to rack up damage

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54 damage peeks are great for trading but I get two blasts and then like fifteen seconds of cooling time

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4.7 sustained DPS, which uh

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stings

rotund cargo Nov 27, 2023, 9:46 PM

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Dedicated skirmisher?

urban shell Nov 27, 2023, 11:01 PM

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more of a sniper but yeah

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take advantage of being able to put down very precise fire at 600m in very large chunks

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but I need something like ten blasts "on target" to do "enough" damage and more realistically 11 or 12

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so I need to be able to spend a lot of time cooling

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54 ppfld that requires basically no aim is good tho

teal oasis Nov 28, 2023, 1:23 AM

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it's very funny yeah

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anyway, just waiting on the christmas event now, december is gonna be a month filled with them so get prepared

teal oasis Nov 28, 2023, 5:31 AM

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alright, putting more crab on the list of things I want to buy, because I just want more crab

teal oasis Nov 28, 2023, 3:53 PM

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I think I might have made a mistake buying this urbie

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sure it has 4 ballistic for 4 heavy machineguns

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...but I only have 2 energy slots

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hmmm

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okay, 2 medium pulse doesn't work

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but what about 2 LPPC plus 4 machinegun build

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the sad thing is that Urbie is slow and this build is not good at any range besides knife range, so I guess this let me pop some shots at a distance and then actually exploit those holes when things get closer

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alright, settled on 2 LPPC plus 4 light machine gun, a more mid range build, this should works much better

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with 3 tons of ammo, I can fire those LMG for a long while

urban shell Nov 28, 2023, 4:05 PM

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teal oasis I think I might have made a mistake buying this urbie

which urbie?

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iirc the meta is the largest engine you can fit and a pair of SNPPCs

teal oasis Nov 28, 2023, 4:05 PM

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the R60 with 4 ballistic and 2 energy

slim cometBOT Nov 28, 2023, 4:06 PM

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Yeah the magic drive urbie is a bit borked,

urban shell Nov 28, 2023, 4:07 PM

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yeah mount a 180 rated engine and then MGs and lasers

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https://mwo.nav-alpha.com/mechlab?b=c01c4dde_UM-R60

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large ballistics just don't really work on urbies unfortunately

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which sucks because I really want them to

teal oasis Nov 28, 2023, 4:08 PM

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which is a shame

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if only light autocannon is in MWO

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that would be fun

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oh yeah that was very much my build before

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it just that it absolutely will not work if the pub team I'm in cannot commit, and then I just die doing not much

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I don't have the firepower to open up armor on my own

urban shell Nov 28, 2023, 4:10 PM

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yeah that's fair

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https://mwo.nav-alpha.com/mechlab?b=99c6b68_UM-R60

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this might work better for a shoot and scoot build

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but personally the best urbie that isn't a hero mech is a R80 with 2 SNPPCs

teal oasis Nov 28, 2023, 4:12 PM

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that's the ECM urbie right?

urban shell Nov 28, 2023, 4:12 PM

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ye

teal oasis Nov 28, 2023, 4:12 PM

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I guess I could get it too

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huh, that build has no jumpjet

urban shell Nov 28, 2023, 4:13 PM

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https://mwo.nav-alpha.com/mechlab?b=bbf8e135_UM-R80

grimmechs recs this

teal oasis Nov 28, 2023, 4:13 PM

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hmmm

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but dual large laser

urban shell Nov 28, 2023, 4:13 PM

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but if you've got a 180 rated you can go for FF and drop the SLs

teal oasis Nov 28, 2023, 4:14 PM

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having some small laser is fun though

teal oasis Dec 1, 2023, 3:00 AM

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huh, ermmm, this server issue is more severe than I thought

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and by severe I mean I cannot select any of my fucking mechs

teal oasis Dec 1, 2023, 3:31 AM

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that was a weird hiccup

teal oasis Dec 1, 2023, 11:56 PM

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Looks like server issue is identified but it's a big enough fix that they are only patching it onnext week or so

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Also December Event got delayed because PGI wants to make sure it works first which is fair

craggy silo Dec 2, 2023, 12:10 AM

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anyone has opinions on orion?

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either IS or II-C

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they are pretty durable mechs, right?

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i'm feelin brawly

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and i have many c-bill to burn

craggy silo Dec 2, 2023, 12:12 AM

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teal oasis alright, putting more crab on the list of things I want to buy, because I just w...

yeahh....crab....i could use a crab...

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what are your thoughts on crab? what calls to you when you think of crab?

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i'm also thinking of purchasing a bushwacker

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after playing my shadow hawk a bit i think i want more mediums

teal oasis Dec 2, 2023, 12:13 AM

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Long nose somehow equal in destrutibility

craggy silo Dec 2, 2023, 12:13 AM

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rly quite surprised coz i thought i'd be a mostly light girly but i'm getting rly into mediums and heavies

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i could use more shadow hawks

teal oasis Dec 2, 2023, 12:14 AM

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You just shake in a crab when getting shot and suddenly you are spreading the damage everywherr

craggy silo Dec 2, 2023, 12:14 AM

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maybe a ppc poptarts shadow hawk

craggy silo Dec 2, 2023, 12:14 AM

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teal oasis You just shake in a crab when getting shot and suddenly you are spreading the da...

oh that's a good point i didn't even think about that with those weapon mounts

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i used to play a lot of war thunder so when i saw the crab nose mounts i was immediately overtaken by the spirit of p-38 lightning

teal oasis Dec 2, 2023, 12:16 AM

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I have the one with 6 energy slots

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The old build of 6 medium pulses work well, but currently I'm using it with dual binary plus 2 backup medium

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It's quite devastating

craggy silo Dec 2, 2023, 12:18 AM

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the ac10/2snppcs build on grimmechs speaks to me

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and with a std engine too

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could be a contender

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harder to kill than anyone might expect and way more deadly in the clinch than ppl might expect

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but it's a hero mech

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2lb10+lppc is also kinda cool but it's on an XL engine and i think LPPC is like, FINE but not as fun as 2 snppcs and much easier to kill than the std engine i think...tho i guess with how i assume crab hit boxes are the XL engine might not be that much of an issue

urban shell Dec 2, 2023, 12:59 AM

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craggy silo they are pretty durable mechs, right?

good brawlers or PPC platforms

urban shell Dec 2, 2023, 12:59 AM

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craggy silo i'm also thinking of purchasing a bushwacker

the double RAC/5 bushwacker is a good time

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fast enough to get into good positions and you can burn people down with the twin RACs

alpine ivy Dec 2, 2023, 1:23 AM

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I finally bit the bullet and got MW5
And this goober showed up in my hanger

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Meet Goblin

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Unfortunately a different voice actor from the similarly weird "Goblin" in MW4:Mercs, but at least this guy comes with a really decent Phoenix Hawk

craggy silo Dec 2, 2023, 1:50 AM

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goblin rules i remember him and his phoenix hawk

rotund cargo Dec 2, 2023, 4:59 AM

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His absolutely cracked phoenix hawk. If you are using Yet Another MechLab you can do some disgusting things with it.

alpine ivy Dec 2, 2023, 6:18 AM

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I haven't touched his mech too much despite utilizing yaml but im still pretty early in the game. My current peak bullshit is a 20 SRM kintaro that i'm keeping barely functioning with a surprise set of double heatsinks I picked up early

teal oasis Dec 2, 2023, 9:47 AM

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Kintaro in HBS Battletech is quite devastating too, all that SRM is nuts

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in MWO, SRM is painfully short in range, but if I get close enough, someone will get hurt

teal oasis Dec 3, 2023, 4:35 AM

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to every MWO players, use CS23-EQV5JDX redeem code to get a Hatamoto-ku 27W

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I think I have it already, so I'm just gonna sell it

urban shell Dec 3, 2023, 8:08 AM

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more importantly it's a free mechbay

teal oasis Dec 3, 2023, 9:33 AM

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oh right yeah

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free mechbay is more important

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you get like, 1.9 million from selling the frame

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and twice more from selling everything, like the 320 standard engine that you probably won't use ever

teal oasis Dec 4, 2023, 10:34 AM

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aaaa, I know PGI is probably gonna fix this problem in less than a week but aaaaa, I really want to play MWO with events

urban shell Dec 4, 2023, 7:24 PM

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blazers!

alpine ivy Dec 4, 2023, 8:18 PM

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Theyre called binary lasers because they directly toggle your target's binary state
living -> dead

teal oasis Dec 5, 2023, 6:07 AM

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looks like the hotfix to patch the server issue will be in... 2 days

urban shell Dec 5, 2023, 6:25 AM

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yeah 54 damage zaps at 600m are nothing to scoff at

teal oasis Dec 5, 2023, 6:26 AM

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I suppose I can't be entirely mad at PGI for making binary laser good

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and also the fact it's just so funny because a binary laser is just 2 large laser duct taped together, so all those builds with 3 or 4 of them has like 6 to 8 fucking large lasers and that's nuts

urban shell Dec 5, 2023, 6:27 AM

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Also if blazers were as bad as TT nobody would use them

teal oasis Dec 5, 2023, 6:27 AM

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I love my dual binary Black Knight so much

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just a hyper lethal mess

urban shell Dec 5, 2023, 6:28 AM

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The triple blazer dao breaker is solid though

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Two zaps before overheat and the rifleman has a ridiculous amount of arm traverse

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So I can shoot UAVs or mechs directly above me

teal oasis Dec 5, 2023, 6:30 AM

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high mount too, sadly, no lower arm actuators

teal oasis Dec 6, 2023, 6:35 AM

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12 hours left to patch, aaaaa

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Really hope it works considering it changing a database too which is pain in the ass

urban shell Dec 6, 2023, 11:34 PM

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@craggy silo if you wanna queue I'll be around

craggy silo Dec 6, 2023, 11:35 PM

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urban shell <@142121230751891456> if you wanna queue I'll be around

im kinda still working

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lmaoooo

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maybe a bit later tn!

urban shell Dec 6, 2023, 11:35 PM

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wait did I ping the wrong person?

craggy silo Dec 6, 2023, 11:35 PM

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no

urban shell Dec 6, 2023, 11:35 PM

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ah

craggy silo Dec 6, 2023, 11:35 PM

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i was just getting a quick lil game in

urban shell Dec 6, 2023, 11:35 PM

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ic

craggy silo Dec 6, 2023, 11:35 PM

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bc i have a fucking PROBLEMMMMMMMM

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rly enjoying the shield centy btw

teal oasis Dec 7, 2023, 3:22 AM

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looks like the patch didn't just fix server issue but also optimized the game lmao

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also a bunch of events are up now

teal oasis Dec 7, 2023, 5:46 AM

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now I just need a saleee

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because I have 60 millions cbill right now

lilac shadow Dec 7, 2023, 6:35 AM

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Haven't played for like... 2 or 3 weeks? First game back and did alright I think

urban shell Dec 7, 2023, 6:39 AM

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nice

teal oasis Dec 7, 2023, 7:05 AM

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holy shit

lilac shadow Dec 7, 2023, 7:08 AM

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while playing a match of magic at the same time 😎

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had a 900 damage match just before this as well

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trying to do each weapon type for the event damage

teal oasis Dec 7, 2023, 12:15 PM

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annnnd done with the current december events

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ahhhh, there's so much stuff

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I want moreee

dusk kettle Dec 7, 2023, 3:21 PM

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Is there a good resource where I can compare MW5 mechs? I'm mostly done with the campaign and plan to install some mods and play a new career, so it might not be necessary, but the information you get in the regular game is thin at best

teal oasis Dec 7, 2023, 3:22 PM

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not really

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you can check Sarna but that's mostly for Battletech stuff

alpine ivy Dec 7, 2023, 3:22 PM

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Mw5 has a weirdly lacking amount of online docs

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I've looked several things up and only gotten results for MWO

dusk kettle Dec 7, 2023, 3:26 PM

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hm, alright. is there a list of recommendations for which mods? Looks like the yaml mods seem to be highly regarded

alpine ivy Dec 7, 2023, 3:39 PM

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I really like yaml.
TT_Rulez_AIMod2 is important for making your teammates not total goobers
Get mod options to make yaml work
War FX makes the game look really good but it makes even my computer lag if I zoom on smoke effects and its a pretty beefy new rig

dusk kettle Dec 7, 2023, 3:41 PM

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well, my computer is quite old, but I've also seen some "performance enhancing" mods. Do those actually work?

alpine ivy Dec 7, 2023, 3:44 PM

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I can't help you there to be honest. What's above is the extent of my mod knowledge for the game

dusk kettle Dec 7, 2023, 3:49 PM

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well it's nice to get some input, thanks. I'll definitely get a mod that changes reputation gain, because I enjoyed the missions that are for medium and heavy mechs the most. The difficulty 13 zones I'm in just seem weird. I can deploy 4 atlases and finish with scratched paint, but if I change it up, my lancemates just get shredded

teal oasis Dec 8, 2023, 2:39 AM

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huh, just ended up in a game with the NGNG guy

lilac shadow Dec 8, 2023, 4:20 AM

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hell yeahhhhhhh, solid last match of the night

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double the match score of anyone else in the game

teal oasis Dec 8, 2023, 8:31 AM

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4 kills, in a quad lmg urbie

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somehow

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my team was too passive in that fight but even when stationary my team outmatched our opponent, this does means that there's a lot of opportunity for me to finish off cored enemies

teal oasis Dec 8, 2023, 3:46 PM

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good lord, please for the love of everything, lock on to an assault that's sneaking on your allies if you are wolf hunting in a light lance

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DON'T JUST STARE AT IT

teal oasis Dec 10, 2023, 7:48 AM

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so, December patch note is up

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a lot of interesting things there

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including announcement for new legendary mech that includes... a Longbow with rocket launcher HSL+3

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and December free mech event gives us a Warhammer and a whole new Commando variant with small cockpit and compact gyro, which let allows it to have 2 energy slot in the head and 3 in the CT!

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I like where this is going

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also, more Cauldron balance stuff

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like HAG getting purple tracer so people can differentiate it,

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and interestingly, a buff to SHS?

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why? I dunno

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this will affect like nobody's build since everyone move to DHS as soon as possible

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unless...

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PGI is finally deciding to add IS omnimech and they will start with FUCKING STRIDER

urban shell Dec 10, 2023, 9:06 AM

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the new SR variant is going to be a fucking menace

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4 ballistic high mounts

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also substantial RAC changes

teal oasis Dec 10, 2023, 10:57 AM

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Same dps, but now more bullets

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Me likey

teal oasis Dec 11, 2023, 9:06 AM

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I was wondering what is missing on my MWO account, then I realised I didn't have the number '1' decal for my signature 11 insignia

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this must be corrected

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hell yeah

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now to convert all my mechs to this look

teal oasis Dec 11, 2023, 10:59 AM

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I just noticed that the Dragon 1C has laser HSL+1, which apply to binary laser...

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unsurprisingly, a triple binary dragon is very lethal

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very hot, but very lethal

spice bane Dec 11, 2023, 9:16 PM

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teal oasis and December free mech event gives us a Warhammer and a whole new Commando varia...

What is the trade off on the small cockpit tho

teal oasis Dec 12, 2023, 12:33 AM

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Nothing really

prime mauve Dec 12, 2023, 4:14 AM

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Small cockpit in TT has piloting penalties, if they wanted to replicate that could probably make the in-game view more cramped.

teal oasis Dec 13, 2023, 12:48 AM

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oh hey the new event is u-
EARN ONE HEAD SHOT?
FUCK

lilac shadow Dec 13, 2023, 12:48 AM

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Uh oh.

teal oasis Dec 13, 2023, 12:50 AM

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the rest is perfectly doable but this one is gonna be difficult to say the least lmao

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oh yeah, and loot bag

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and sale

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and december free mechs

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a lot of fucking stuff is about to come

spice bane Dec 13, 2023, 11:41 AM

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teal oasis oh hey the new event is u- EARN ONE HEAD SHOT? FUCK

Doable if there is an afk in enemy team-

teal oasis Dec 14, 2023, 7:13 AM

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bought some more mediums because I just have too much cbill right now

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the srm hunchie, ac20 enforcer (sadly without jumpjet), and 2 more crabs because I can

teal oasis Dec 14, 2023, 1:04 PM

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okay, upgraded the engine of my ac20 enforcer by ripping out anything unnecessary, mostly, now it's a 97 kph ac20 enforcer, differentiating it from my ac20 hunchback, which just has an absurd rapidly firing ac 20

teal oasis Dec 14, 2023, 4:20 PM

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I feel kinda stupid but I'm somehow in love with the MWO Hatchetmen?

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like I really want the hatchet to be an actual usable thing

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but also the Hatchetman is surprisingly good high mobile ballistic mech?

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I just bought 2 more today, a rac and ultra, and they work fantastically

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they are stupid but they work

teal oasis Dec 15, 2023, 1:35 AM

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got another phoenix hawk, a UAC one because I just feel like flying a gundam

teal oasis Dec 15, 2023, 6:08 AM

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it works surprisingly well for me, somehow

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you would think a uac 5 that feels like it constantly jam plus 3 Er medium isn't much, but it works for this thing

teal oasis Dec 15, 2023, 6:27 AM

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really feeling the power of being rich by just buying up 9 battlemechs over the span of 3 days on whim

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50 million cbill, gone just like that

teal oasis Dec 15, 2023, 8:50 AM

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I finally have the Hellspawn, and now I went from some 78 million to only 13

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it's erm, it's good, but I also felt annoyed about it too

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because everytime I fire the missile, the cover would go up on my left side and it's very distracting

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it's a huge cover too so it's very noticeable

lilac shadow Dec 15, 2023, 4:36 PM

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I think there's an option to keep it open? Dunno if that helps haha

urban shell Dec 15, 2023, 5:39 PM

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you want it shut though

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iirc its a 20% dr with the door closed

prime mauve Dec 15, 2023, 6:22 PM

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Yea, unless you're pouring missiles or ambushing with SRMs/MRMs you'll probably want the door closed

teal oasis Dec 16, 2023, 3:59 AM

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does the DR thing still apply with missile door?

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considering that now you fire missile immediately without needing to open the door

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which mean there's no penalty

urban shell Dec 16, 2023, 6:35 AM

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yes iirc

teal oasis Dec 16, 2023, 7:26 AM

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well, one thing about hatchetman, they look fantastic for xenomorph cosplay

teal oasis Dec 16, 2023, 12:21 PM

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so, just bought another mech, a dervish, because I want finally get something built for streak

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turns out, when every single SRM hit the target, the target get hit pretty fucking hard even if you are firing slower

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4 streak srm 6 is still 48 damage after all, and this is with none of the srm going missing

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ecm also isn't a problem, because ecm prevent lock at distance

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you are already using streak srm right in someone's face, so it doesn't matter at all

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or just bring tag

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that said, while streak send missile everywhere, these are still srm so they are very good at destroying components

teal oasis Dec 16, 2023, 3:39 PM

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so, yeah, that 250 destroyed component objective? I'm seeing it rising very quickly over the course of the past 3 hours

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I think

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I think that's 3 hours

teal oasis Dec 17, 2023, 2:06 AM

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and managed to max out the streak dervish already

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yeah, i think I can conclude that streak is fun!

urban shell Dec 17, 2023, 5:47 AM

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I'm personally not sold on streak just because of the damage spread

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Its basically the worst damage spread possible

teal oasis Dec 17, 2023, 7:18 AM

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yeah

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but it works!

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also I think I finally figured out how to assault

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this is with a quad x-pulse charger

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it feel very very good when there's 2 stalker and a marauder in front of you and 5 seconds later, there's only one marauder left

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so this is the high people chase with assault for huh?

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streak is also very good against high mobile character, which the normal srm do not, if you are an unskilled shot like me

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there's something about watching a bunch of streak slamming into a locust that would have dodged everything else.

teal oasis Dec 17, 2023, 12:34 PM

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/880526942531637268/1185921930998595695/MWO_12.17.2023-20.29.07.jpg?ex=65915edd&is=657ee9dd&hm=c7b7f6c9da883a635adee0c764f04e80f5dabba1e1118b6056267e06c04bf6c6&

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a match with my corsair hero from some event a very long time ago

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I thought 2 ac10 and mrm 40 might not match up to the current meta but hey, it works when I could just outlast my opponent by not cooking out

teal oasis Dec 17, 2023, 3:34 PM

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and got multiple very high damage matches with my Banshee, rebuilt for ac 20, double snub, and mrm 40

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huh, I guess it just suddenly clicked for me

teal oasis Dec 17, 2023, 4:02 PM

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....hm

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I think I might be addicted to this game, because I'm fully considering purchasing the solaris package when it's on discount

urban shell Dec 20, 2023, 1:34 AM

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maybe I should play less mechwarrior

lilac shadow Dec 20, 2023, 1:55 AM

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Or

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More.

teal oasis Dec 20, 2023, 2:00 AM

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oh yeah, second phase of the winter lootbag event is up

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so go destroying mechs!

worn nest Dec 20, 2023, 4:54 AM

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teal oasis Dec 20, 2023, 5:56 AM

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/880526942531637268/1186909731399405630/MWO_12.20.2023-13.54.39.jpg?ex=6594f6d3&is=658281d3&hm=9a91dfc2a7a8acf87ca765752fc893e8ff7e0dfb981d2573e6ca9861dbc6b12c&

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damn I really lucked out this time with an ultra rare supply crate

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got my country flag!

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and also 400 mc

lilac shadow Dec 20, 2023, 6:01 AM

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damn, 400mc in a crate!

lilac shadow Dec 20, 2023, 6:57 AM

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might be my highest damaging game?

teal oasis Dec 20, 2023, 7:24 AM

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jesus

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/880526942531637268/1186929010580652082/MWO_12.20.2023-15.11.25.jpg?ex=659508c8&is=658293c8&hm=0ce9fd03fbd0eedb8e1bb6e81ab39eedf0fe4ddb37acd31dd2bec03bd1a3b66d& this is mine so far today, in a Hellfire with UAC 20 plus 3 SRM 6 Art

urban shell Dec 20, 2023, 7:28 AM

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to my eternal shame it might be a lrmboat

teal oasis Dec 20, 2023, 8:01 AM

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oh my god that was funny and stupid

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managed to to sneak up on a stationary arctic wolf and then shot it from the back

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with uac 20 and 6 er sml

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instant kill

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I'm not even sure why they are there, they are just sitting there, not even scouting

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ahhhhh

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bought in my Hunchback IIC in to fix up its skill and it's just do not disappoint

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aaaaaaaaa

urban shell Dec 20, 2023, 8:59 AM

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how do you have it fitted?

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i'm oscillating between double hag30 and double uac20

teal oasis Dec 20, 2023, 8:59 AM

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latter

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just go all in

urban shell Dec 20, 2023, 9:00 AM

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poptarting with the hag30s is fun though

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also more ammo

teal oasis Dec 20, 2023, 9:11 AM

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yes but sometimes you just want to dump quad ac 20 bursts into someone

teal oasis Dec 21, 2023, 2:13 AM

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apparently there's a code for 7 days premium time

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teal oasis Dec 21, 2023, 4:53 AM

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huh, upcoming event for new year stuff already

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Countdown to NYE in the Event Queue```

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I wonder how this would work

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damn, vindicator still kick ass for being such a slow 45 tonner

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snub nose plus mrm 40 sure do works

teal oasis Dec 21, 2023, 9:18 AM

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annnnd lootbag event finished

alpine ivy Dec 21, 2023, 3:24 PM

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Finally got MW5 coop to work after I fixed my trash internet connection
Man its fun to stomp in robots together

teal oasis Dec 22, 2023, 7:56 AM

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I think I just find out jsut how much Atlas can compensate for bad piloting
I was in my Warhammer IIC built for laser vomit, and this Atlas was waltz into open and pepper me with RAC5, but I have cover I jsut keep poking out to shoot them with minimal damage
it took basically a full minute for me to shoot them down, while they are just standing still
I get 1 KMDD with 800 damage, and it's not a surprise what gives me that KMDD
also hilariously I'm the only one that 'saw' them because they have ECM so I can't tell my allies to shoot at them with command

urban shell Dec 22, 2023, 10:41 AM

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oh dw it's getting buffed

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so the head isn't all CT

teal oasis Dec 22, 2023, 11:15 AM

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hm?

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cauldron patch note?

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is it only on the discord currently?

urban shell Dec 22, 2023, 6:26 PM

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grapevine

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so grain of salt and all that

teal oasis Dec 23, 2023, 12:07 AM

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ah okay

teal oasis Dec 23, 2023, 1:20 AM

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bought another mech, a thunderbolt and gave it triple snub nose and mrm 30, it felt soooo goood

teal oasis Dec 23, 2023, 1:39 AM

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annnnnd also bought the MASC one with ECM, because why not

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I love snub noseee

teal oasis Dec 24, 2023, 8:19 AM

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Thinking about commiting crime and finally try out LRM boat with a Trebuchet

teal oasis Dec 24, 2023, 4:46 PM

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Okay, new list of mech to get after having so much fun with the Thunderbolt

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Champion variants for more speed 60 tonners and possibily mounting Lbx20 &Heavy goose

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Dragon Variant to try out the new quirk for it

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Maybe Quickdraw for once?

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More Bushwacker for wacky power build

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Hunchback Grid Iron for medium heavy goose build

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More Huntsman, Nova, and Ryoken for wacky So8 builds

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I'm just testing myself to keep mastering various aspects of the game right now

lilac shadow Dec 25, 2023, 7:34 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLNJ3wzOpt8&ab_channel=TheBlackPantsLegion urbie video for xmas

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urban shell Dec 25, 2023, 10:40 PM

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event payouts are hefty

teal oasis Dec 26, 2023, 1:19 AM

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Yup

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Get ready, there's definitely gonna be a mech discount event in new year

urban shell Dec 26, 2023, 2:46 AM

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I swear we are never on the same team

teal oasis Dec 26, 2023, 2:47 AM

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shame

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also wow, the payout here is ridiculous, just got 2.4 million from that match

urban shell Dec 26, 2023, 2:51 AM

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yeah

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and tbf they're longer matches and you're committing more mechs to each match

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but that 4x multiplier is golden

urban shell Dec 26, 2023, 3:14 AM

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@teal oasis if you end up against me again I am so sorry

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hope you're running ECM

teal oasis Dec 26, 2023, 3:14 AM

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I just took out my only ecm heavy so, lmao

urban shell Dec 26, 2023, 3:14 AM

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time for the LRM105

teal oasis Dec 26, 2023, 3:14 AM

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oh god

urban shell Dec 26, 2023, 3:19 AM

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actually do you just want to group?

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I think this supports a two person drop

teal oasis Dec 26, 2023, 3:36 AM

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nah, just gonna play a few matches before working on today's portion of project

urban shell Dec 26, 2023, 3:36 AM

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kk

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whoops caps

teal oasis Dec 26, 2023, 7:29 AM

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the funniest part about this event queue is that if you absolutely do not give a shit about your heat and the enemeis are all very close, you can kill half the team very quickly

urban shell Dec 26, 2023, 7:32 AM

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?

whats the secret sauce

teal oasis Dec 26, 2023, 7:36 AM

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banshee

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also, the money you get seemed to be mathed wrong

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I said wrong, because I got more than what I should have gotten

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like 25% more

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consistently

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this is after the result screen

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also, do not underestimate light in this match up

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I got a superheavy team of 5 assaults and we got crushed because we were too stupid

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oh what the hell

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