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[Scratx]

Or this happens to you...





'nuff said!


.... Or just keep thinking we're harmless little buggers with targets painted on our legs. *halo over head*

[KhanHeir]

" My one good game makes the locust a legitimate threat "


Play 100 matches, give us the mech career stats, gg taste the salt.

[Devilsfury]

I can sneeze and destroy one. Now if that was a spider......

[Ngamok]

Bunch of bads.

[DrSlamastika]

nice!

Edited by DrSlamastika, 24 October 2013 - 12:10 PM.

[RandomLurker]

Very nice job.

The real question is how well you could have done in that same match with a Jenner or Spider. Sorry, but Locust is still a failure even if you are not.

[Scratx]

KhanHeir, on 24 October 2013 - 12:03 PM, said:

" My one good game makes the locust a legitimate threat "


Play 100 matches, give us the mech career stats, gg taste the salt.

Here, have 63 of them?...
Mech' Matches Played Wins Losses Ratio Kills Deaths Ratio Damage Done XP Earned Time Played
LOCUST LCT-3M 63 35 28 1.25 46 40 1.15 13,688 55,241 06:08:58

[Bhael Fire]

Ngamok, on 24 October 2013 - 12:09 PM, said:

Bunch of bads.

With those damage and match scores for the majority of the players on both teams? I don't think so.


That's a good match and something to be proud of. Good job, OP.

[dario03]

Good match but the locust still isn't all that good. It basically can do good for the same reason that any bad mech can do good and that's because of low target priority. I have also got 5 kills in a locust and while damage was much lower (like 400ish) I wasn't kill stealing, the enemies just didn't pay attention to me because there was bigger threats attacking them all the time so I could stab them in the back with 4ML. You could also pull that off by using a ERLL or ERPPC and having a long match where another light never chases you down (but yeah it would take a while).
Problem is, as usual you could do that in a bunch of other lights while having more armor and/or fully actuated arms, and/or jump jets and in the case of the ppc build more speed (unless you really strip the armor you would need to run a smaller engine on a locust to get a ppc). If your whole team was locusts you wouldn't be a low priority anymore and would get hunted down.

Edited by dario03, 24 October 2013 - 12:49 PM.

[Trauglodyte]

Good match score and mech history. Sadly, as was said, you could have done just as well and then some with a Jenner. Same weapon loadout, same speed, same cooling, but more armor and JJs. Its like doing well in a Cicada and than saying it isn't bad. It isn't so much that it is bad as it is that you could do better in something similar while having more versatility. That's the issue with the game.

[Elwood Blues]

217 Dmg/match. Not bad. The 3M can put out some damage, but until there are weight limits, it just is not as good as a Jenner.

The locust is a great mech to pilot to make you better at piloting other lights. That's why I like running around in mine.

Edited by Elwood Blues, 24 October 2013 - 01:00 PM.

[Monky]

It takes a really good light pilot to do well in a locust, and a bunch of bads to let one get 5 kills on them. Any mech can score high in the right situation, doing so with consistency is the challenge.

[KhanHeir]

Scratx, on 24 October 2013 - 12:13 PM, said:

Here, have 63 of them?...
Mech' Matches Played Wins Losses Ratio Kills Deaths Ratio Damage Done XP Earned Time Played
LOCUST LCT-3M 63 35 28 1.25 46 40 1.15 13,688 55,241 06:08:58

Pics or it didn't happen.

[Grimlox]

Last time I saw a locust get a really high score he spent half the match peeling every shred of armour off a AFK Atlas at their base in a conquest map.

That being said the 3M is a half decent variant. certainly the best of the Locusts by far.

Good match OP

Edited by Grimlox, 24 October 2013 - 02:36 PM.

[Scratx]

Bhael Fire, on 24 October 2013 - 12:20 PM, said:

With those damage and match scores for the majority of the players on both teams? I don't think so.


That's a good match and something to be proud of. Good job, OP.

Thanks, and indeed it was a pitched battle. Essentially, enemy team in Alpine instead of heading to Epsilon went around the mountain south and some took position on the mountain Kappa is near. Battle took place all over the pass, access points to the cap zone and shooting across from one mountain to the other.

I initially scouted and spotted the enemy movement and directed the team to ambush. Once contact started, I chose to go down there and shoot people instead of touching enemy base/capping.

It all went "downhill" from there.

KhanHeir, on 24 October 2013 - 02:19 PM, said:

Pics or it didn't happen.

Well, since you are so skeptical and I'm feeling like humoring you... check 3 last on the list for the locusts.




PS: Since I know people will pick on it... yes, the 3S is just bad. I still haven't come to a build that I can make work consistently or tactics to use them. Not enough tonnage to actually use those missile slots, not enough hardpoints to do anything else. Meh. Even the 1V is better by a large margin for me. But the 3M... oh, yes, that one's nice.

Edited by Scratx, 24 October 2013 - 02:35 PM.

[Elwood Blues]

KhanHeir, on 24 October 2013 - 02:19 PM, said:

Pics or it didn't happen.

It really wasn't an extravagant claim. He posted good numbers, but not OMG numbers.

[KhanHeir]

Elwood Blues, on 24 October 2013 - 02:40 PM, said:

It really wasn't an extravagant claim. He posted good numbers, but not OMG numbers.

I couldn't read his non formatted text wall, plus again evidence.

And its still not enough games, like before I'm gonna need 100 to average this out.

I wouldn't do this to any specific mech, I'd ask this of a BM as well since I believe they're terrible.

There are also other factors like does he have people carrying that locust and feeding it kills?

Personally I'll go with the smart move and see what the playerbase goes with, which will be the jenner/raven/spider

Edited by KhanHeir, 24 October 2013 - 04:00 PM.

[Lefty Lucy]

Scratx, on 24 October 2013 - 02:32 PM, said:

Thanks, and indeed it was a pitched battle. Essentially, enemy team in Alpine instead of heading to Epsilon went around the mountain south and some took position on the mountain Kappa is near. Battle took place all over the pass, access points to the cap zone and shooting across from one mountain to the other.

I initially scouted and spotted the enemy movement and directed the team to ambush. Once contact started, I chose to go down there and shoot people instead of touching enemy base/capping.

It all went "downhill" from there.



Well, since you are so skeptical and I'm feeling like humoring you... check 3 last on the list for the locusts.




PS: Since I know people will pick on it... yes, the 3S is just bad. I still haven't come to a build that I can make work consistently or tactics to use them. Not enough tonnage to actually use those missile slots, not enough hardpoints to do anything else. Meh. Even the 1V is better by a large margin for me. But the 3M... oh, yes, that one's nice.

What I see is that your stats in your locusts are all below your average stats, leading me to believe that it is a sub-par mech.

[DirePhoenix]

Scratx, on 24 October 2013 - 12:01 PM, said:

How were all mechs destroyed when the Blackjack still stands?

[MischiefSC]

Clock ran out, he had 2 alive, other team had 1 so they won. This went the full 15 minutes.