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[Kibble]

Hey all,

I know most of you remember awhile back when Artemis came out there was a rather brutal bug where the LRM flight paths would shoot up very high and fly over cover and come raining down on us at alomost a 90 degree angle.....yeah that sucked.

I was talking to a few clan buddies and something was mentioned about giving that ablility to NARC and ONLY NARC. It may not balace the poptarts and snipers but it could slow them down or make them feel they are not all powerful, it'll make ECM/TAG still viable as well as bring back LRMs to their former-ish glory. Ultimately you can only use this ability if your LRMs are equipped with Artemis in conjunction with NARC.

To make it simple:

NARC+Artemis will allow LRMs to have a higher flight path.

OR

NARC will allow LRMs to have a a higher flight path. If ya don't think having Artemis would be a good idea.

Just a thought and wanted to see what everyone else thinks.

Thank you,
Kibble

PS. We all know how NARC SHOULD work via TT rules but it doesn't seem like that will change....yet. We don't know what's in the pipeline.

Edited by Kibble, 21 April 2013 - 11:51 AM.

[ahddib]

Adding another tactic to counter a currently unbalanced tactic isn't a bad idea, the only question really is whether or not there is a better way to balance it or not. Is there another type of enemy this would totally own such as light mechs? A lot of it has to do with playtesting, but there's no such thing as a bad idea, only better or worse ones. I am all for trying this out and seeing how it goes.

[Hysteria]

I think the effects of narc should be viable without being required to run artemis, but it honestly really depends on what kinds of abilities PGI is willing to give narc. I think you are right in that a really great way to balance out a powerful narc system would be to have prerequisites such as artemis. I think giving missles a higher flight path in addition to making groupings and homing abilities more accurate would be pretty great even with the current limited time duration of narc.

Basically they need to actually make narc worth while otherwise it will never get used. Play testing something like this would be essential as is any major mechanical change to the game but hey, that is what we're all here for right? I would love to see people using narc again for many reasons but mainly because it just promotes more teamwork which brings the community together.

[Kibble]

Ok, I understand why the following thread was closed:
http://mwomercs.com/...be-more-viable/

However, that was a very good topic and no one was flaming as the topic was on track. If the forum mod can lock posts he/she could also change the poll or simply ask the OP to change it. Since I've never made a poll is is even possible to remove/change it? If it is I would like to request that the thread be reopend.

Edited by Kibble, 23 April 2013 - 09:06 AM.

[WiIIiam]

I don't want to hear Falcons complaining about Pop Tarting; one of you boys hollar at Seth about pop tarting in MW4 and ask him how that was. That was a major tactic you guys used.

As far as the idea of narc + alrm's giving high angles; I sorta like it. Only thing is I'd be really aprehensive about it since this could bring back the LRM teams. Maybe the narc benefit is only applied to first salvo then another narc has to be applied.

[Kibble]

Will I Am, on 23 April 2013 - 09:30 AM, said:

I don't want to hear Falcons complaining about Pop Tarting; one of you boys hollar at Seth about pop tarting in MW4 and ask him how that was. That was a major tactic you guys used.

Wrong Jade Falcon group you are talking about. We, The 5th Battle Cluster are a seperate entity of the Falcons ran by Seth. However we do group up with them from time to time because after all we are all fighting behind the same bannor.

Many of us in the 5thBC do not use poptarts as we find it hinders the game and we are more or less purists. I digress since that is not the purpose of this topic

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As far as the idea of narc + alrm's giving high angles; I sorta like it. Only thing is I'd be really aprehensive about it since this could bring back the LRM teams. Maybe the narc benefit is only applied to first salvo then another narc has to be applied.

You make a good point about it possibly bringing back the LRM teams. This is something I didn't consider. However, if you look at a majority of cannon loadouts they have atleast one LRM lancher. LRMs are a valid weapon to strip armor while advancing. This is something I would love to see utilized and changing NARC in this way could bring out even more balanced builds where they all have a mix of long/med/short range weapons. Even adding this change to Artimis equipped LRMs ONLY would change the battlefield tremendously.