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[Rogue Jedi]

this topic has been going for a while but serves its purpose well.

I do not know of any introduction threads, sorry.

Until you have played 25 matches you will only be able to post in the New Player Help section.

Welcome to MechWarrior Online

[Redshift2k5]

Alan Matilda, on 26 August 2014 - 11:43 PM, said:

Hello, I´m new here. Though this topic seems really dated, I was looking around but could not find what I was looking for. Where do you introduce yourself in this forum ? Thank you.

This forum topic is old but still updated daily with fresh questions and answers.

Technically an introduction probably belongs in the General Discussion or even off-topic, although I've seen a few here in New Player Help as well (tossing in a question or two wouldn't hurt and would keep it firmly on-topic for this subforum)

[TheCaptainJZ]

This is probably the most useful thread on the entire forum. Be sure to check back for new posts often!

[ShinobiHunter]

How do I get into a group drop? Obviously I need a group first, but is there an option for it in the mechlab?

[Star Wolves Admin Account]

If I recall once you form the group prior to a match (option is near your friend list in the interface), you will auto drop as a team once you all click ready.

My information may bit outdated as I haven't done too much group play for around 6 months.

[TheCaptainJZ]

Yes, you need to add friends to your friends list first, then you can form a group out of them. The social button is at the bottom of the interface.

[Redshift2k5]

ShinobiHunter, on 27 August 2014 - 07:28 PM, said:

How do I get into a group drop? Obviously I need a group first, but is there an option for it in the mechlab?

The Social button gives you access to Friend invites, group invites, etc. The game's front end does not provide any lobby or group chat, though, so you will likely need a 3rd party option to actually find & meet people to group up with.

MWO has several large public services to meet other pilots(public servers so you can find people to group with without needing to join an organizxd unit) here are the addresses to a few of them: http://mwomercs.com/...then-look-here/, as well as we have lots of faction subforums here on mwomercs.com where you can look for a group to join.

[Nick Makiaveli]

Not exactly the right place, but bear with me.

I keep getting 404 and 403 errors when trying to access the forums. This occurs even if I google MWO as opposed to using a bookmark etc.

Keep trying and eventually I get through, but today it every other click gets the error. As in I finally googled a link directly to Training Grounds and so could post here, but if i click Forums to try to navigate to the Tech Support area...403 forbidden.

Is this a known issue? Is there something I can do? FTR, the PC hasn't had any changes etc.

[Redshift2k5]

Nick Makiaveli, on 31 August 2014 - 07:48 AM, said:

Not exactly the right place, but bear with me.

I keep getting 404 and 403 errors when trying to access the forums. This occurs even if I google MWO as opposed to using a bookmark etc.

Keep trying and eventually I get through, but today it every other click gets the error. As in I finally googled a link directly to Training Grounds and so could post here, but if i click Forums to try to navigate to the Tech Support area...403 forbidden.

Is this a known issue? Is there something I can do? FTR, the PC hasn't had any changes etc.

Forum indexes are acting up.

this works fine http://mwomercs.com/...ew-player-help/ but not this one http://mwomercs.com/.../?showforum=101 and http://mwomercs.com/forums/ doesn't work either.

There are links at the top that say TRAINING GROUNDS DEVELOPERS' CORNER MWO UNIVERSE SUPPORT & FEEDBACK OFF TOPIC and you can use those to visit most of the forum sections.

[Nick Makiaveli]

Redshift2k5, on 31 August 2014 - 07:51 AM, said:

Forum indexes are acting up.

this works fine http://mwomercs.com/...ew-player-help/ but not this one http://mwomercs.com/.../?showforum=101 and http://mwomercs.com/forums/ doesn't work either.

There are links at the top that say TRAINING GROUNDS DEVELOPERS' CORNER MWO UNIVERSE SUPPORT & FEEDBACK OFF TOPIC and you can use those to visit most of the forum sections.

Meant to say I was having trouble with those links as well. But at least I know it's not something under my control so I will deal with it till they get it sorted out.

Thanks!

[Redshift2k5]

Nick Makiaveli, on 31 August 2014 - 08:07 AM, said:

Meant to say I was having trouble with those links as well. But at least I know it's not something under my control so I will deal with it till they get it sorted out.

Thanks!

These links are working fine on my end

http://mwomercs.com/...aining-grounds/
http://mwomercs.com/...elopers-corner/
http://mwomercs.com/...6-mwo-universe/
http://mwomercs.com/...pport-feedback/
http://mwomercs.com/...ulse-generator/

The ones that say forums/training grounds/new player help as part of the forum navigation are the ones that are broke

Edited by Redshift2k5, 31 August 2014 - 08:10 AM.

[Nick Makiaveli]

Redshift2k5, on 31 August 2014 - 08:09 AM, said:

These links are working fine on my end

http://mwomercs.com/...aining-grounds/
http://mwomercs.com/...elopers-corner/
http://mwomercs.com/...6-mwo-universe/
http://mwomercs.com/...pport-feedback/
http://mwomercs.com/...ulse-generator/

The ones that say forums/training grounds/new player help as part of the forum navigation are the ones that are broke

Very weird as what didn't work 20 minutes ago now works just fine. Well I am here so I will get it all out of my system before it breaks again!!

[ABalazs]

Hi, I am new here, and I'm starting my forum carreer with a question I didn't find proper answer to after multiple searches.

I bought my first real mech, a Cataphract 3D. It comes with an XL280 engine, but I don't want to use an XL engine here, because enemy hits my side torsoes pretty often. So I decided to buy a standard engine, but I don't know how to chose the proper size. Should I stay with 280 engine rating and drop one of my AC-s, or downgrade a bit, to for example to a 255 (max. engine to Cataphract 4X, so could be handy later) to keep more of my current loadout? Or just keep XL?

[Redshift2k5]

ABalazs, on 01 September 2014 - 01:03 PM, said:

Hi, I am new here, and I'm starting my forum carreer with a question I didn't find proper answer to after multiple searches.

I bought my first real mech, a Cataphract 3D. It comes with an XL280 engine, but I don't want to use an XL engine here, because enemy hits my side torsoes pretty often. So I decided to buy a standard engine, but I don't know how to chose the proper size. Should I stay with 280 engine rating and drop one of my AC-s, or downgrade a bit, to for example to a 255 (max. engine to Cataphract 4X, so could be handy later) to keep more of my current loadout? Or just keep XL?

Well, Standard or XL has a pretty big impact on the rest of the build. I can't offer specifics on which engines are great for the CTF, but if it were in my mechbay I'd start by browsing mechspec.com to look for trends http://www.mechspecs....0;sort=ratings

[ABalazs]

Redshift2k5, on 01 September 2014 - 01:18 PM, said:

Well, Standard or XL has a pretty big impact on the rest of the build. I can't offer specifics on which engines are great for the CTF, but if it were in my mechbay I'd start by browsing mechspec.com to look for trends http://www.mechspecs....0;sort=ratings

Thanks mate. I found this earlyer, but doesn't help much, there are builds from STD225 to XL325, I didn't find a clear trend here.

[Koniving]

xeromynd, on 25 August 2014 - 02:37 PM, said:

Multiple questions:

1. Ok ok, maybe I just never realized, but why the hell does an LB10 cost more than ANY other ballistic weapon. 800,000? Seriously?

Questions 2, through 4 were answered quite well.

Question 1 was answered but I thought I'd chime in.

Spoiler

In Battletech (what MWO is...very loosely...based off of, an LB-10x is superior in every way to the AC/10. It fires both Cluster-shot ammunition which in tabletop each 'pellet' for lack of a better word has its own chance to cripple enemy components as well as the harder hitting standard ammunition.

Though 'slugs' are used on Sarna for the LB-20X description, from a technical standpoint all Autocannons fire multiple rounds to get X damage and the few exceptions are highly debated as to whether or not those are canon^1, and as such the standard ammunition also fired by the LBX series of weapons is also burst fire. Admittedly the cluster-shot can and has been described as burst-fired too, one example is the Defiance Disintegrator LB-20x which is described as having chain-fired 3 cluster shots of 6 flechettes/pellets each that did more than '1' damage each; some of which would shatter doing additional damage making up for the 2 'missing' points of damage. Then again in another book the same weapon (mounted on a different mech) it fired 4 shots of 5 'clusters'.

Spoiler

^1 On canonicity.
[The Ebon Jaguar or Cauldron Born being one such example in its 203mm UAC/20 which is frequently depicted as having 2 barrels and commented as 'one shot does 20 damage'. Which is in exactly 1 book whose author never wrote another book and said book also has aliens...which never existed again. Meanwhile the Inner Sphere's largest AC/20 is 185mm and is described as a "Devastating 4 shot slow-burst." The immensely powerful weapon also earned the tank that carries it its name of Demolisher].

To mention it, the LBX lineup is supposed to be colder than ACs through and through. AC/10 does 3 heat, LB-10X does 2. UAC/20 and AC/20 does 7 heat (6 in MWO due to...PGI reasons) while the LB-20X only does 6 heat. Etc. LB autocannons also have better range and are lighter. Except when compared to Clan UAC.

To keep them as more expensive here would only make sense if PGI intends to give them that ability, but that will only happen if IS ACs are put as burst fire as intended by lore. Don't see it happening, but if it did then the LBX 10 for the IS would need to fire more shots than the AC/10, or we'd need special ammo as only the standard autocannons can use them...otherwise no one would ever use an AC/10 again.

Alan Matilda, on 26 August 2014 - 11:43 PM, said:

Hello, I´m new here. Though this topic seems really dated, I was looking around but could not find what I was looking for. Where do you introduce yourself in this forum ? Thank you.

Often people create a new thread in the new player forum (usually where they also go for help and to read on comments in regards to their evolution from new player to experienced one) or they go to the Faction or Hiring Hall forum topics where they either introduce themselves to a faction or put themselves up on the market to get hired (recruited) into a merc unit.

[Rogue Jedi]

ABalazs, on 01 September 2014 - 01:03 PM, said:

Hi, I am new here, and I'm starting my forum carreer with a question I didn't find proper answer to after multiple searches.

I bought my first real mech, a Cataphract 3D. It comes with an XL280 engine, but I don't want to use an XL engine here, because enemy hits my side torsoes pretty often. So I decided to buy a standard engine, but I don't know how to chose the proper size. Should I stay with 280 engine rating and drop one of my AC-s, or downgrade a bit, to for example to a 255 (max. engine to Cataphract 4X, so could be handy later) to keep more of my current loadout? Or just keep XL?

as you probably already know, standard vs XL is a tradeoff, the XL weighs about half as much for the same rating but makes you more vulnerable.

I would suggest playing trying a few different build here:
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...9f4d0057499ee1d

Smurfy is a really useful website for designing a Mech build before buying anything. the above link is to the stock CTF-3D, I had a quick play around and it seems you can upgrade to double heat sinks (almost an essential upgrade anyway) and Endo Steel structure, you can then put in a standard 280 and have 1.5 tones left over for ammo, but play with the build and decide what you like.

also keep that engine, there are some Mechs where you will rarely loose a side torso so there is no real downside to using an XL on those Mechs, XL engines are really expensive and the XL280 is a really useful engine to have.

Edited by Rogue Jedi, 01 September 2014 - 01:53 PM.

[Redshift2k5]

You can bring a lot of kit on the CTF with a standard 275, and it gives you an internal slot for an extra heatsink compared to anything 270 and lower.

Any idea of what kind of build you want to bring with the finished mech?

[LauLiao]

ABalazs, on 01 September 2014 - 01:03 PM, said:

Hi, I am new here, and I'm starting my forum carreer with a question I didn't find proper answer to after multiple searches.

I bought my first real mech, a Cataphract 3D. It comes with an XL280 engine, but I don't want to use an XL engine here, because enemy hits my side torsoes pretty often. So I decided to buy a standard engine, but I don't know how to chose the proper size. Should I stay with 280 engine rating and drop one of my AC-s, or downgrade a bit, to for example to a 255 (max. engine to Cataphract 4X, so could be handy later) to keep more of my current loadout? Or just keep XL?

I would recommend that you don't buy ANY new engine for your Phract. I'd recommend you try to save up your money, then buy a second variant that comes without the XL. You'll need a second one to master the one you have anyway, and this way you can just swap the engines to play with different builds rather than shelling out half the cost of a new mech just for an engine you may or may not like.

Edited by LauLiao, 01 September 2014 - 01:55 PM.

[Koniving]

ABalazs, on 01 September 2014 - 01:03 PM, said:

I bought my first real mech, a Cataphract 3D. It comes with an XL280 engine, but I don't want to use an XL engine here, because enemy hits my side torsoes pretty often. So I decided to buy a standard engine, but I don't know how to chose the proper size. Should I stay with 280 engine rating and drop one of my AC-s, or downgrade a bit, to for example to a 255 (max. engine to Cataphract 4X, so could be handy later) to keep more of my current loadout? Or just keep XL?

To be perfectly honest engine sizes in Battletech were determined by mech weight and while the engine choices were few the weight changes were drastic.

As much diversity as having those limits would have in MWO (instead of just going half a ton lighter with your engine to fit something, people would have to make real hardcore decisions and to make up for it they would use weapons they would never consider right now), you have free reign in what you choose.

Have you used Smurfy? That's set on a 3D with 280 standard engine, 4 ML, some heatsinks, endo steel. 18 tons left. A 255 engine gives you more 22 tons to work with. 300 gives you 16 tons to work with. I wouldn't go higher than 310, however.

First decide whether firepower or speed is more important. If speed, build with the engine first. If firepower, get the weapons and ammo that you want and then determine the largest engine size which the mech can still handle from there.

You probably do not want to go slower than a 255 engine in a Cataphract 3D. Just the name alone screams "Kill me" thanks to the meta-gamers.