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[Myke Pantera]

Sandpit, on 14 July 2014 - 03:10 PM, said:

It's just a personal decision. In a nutshell, I really feel like certain members of the PGI team are very disrespectful and dismissive of the volunteer hours that many put into this game to help them build a better community. I don't feel that they appreciate all of the hard work and money that community members donate to their game to help it be successful. Until I feel that has been changed I just cannot see supporting them in this manner and this is one of the ways I'm taking a stand.

And i thought you took my light mech build suggestions the wrong way. Glad to hear this is not the case. Sad to hear the real cause.

Also glad that you decided not to delete all the hardwork that must have flown into this thread. Would be a pity!

[Sandpit]

added some more builds and a new archetype to the list

[Sandpit]

Updated fire support for mediums, will include mech examples soon

[Kin3ticX]

ill throw this here and you can cherry pick whatever follows your objective

Growth Section

You need 3 variants to get access to the elite and mastery sections of the pilot lab. Explained

Light: [Mastery Cost: about 25 million c-bills, 3 mech bays]
First Purchase: Jenner-K cfg’d as this(cost: ~5 million)
Next Climb: Jenner-D cfg’d as a Streak D (cost: ~10 million)
Skill Climb: Jenner-F cfg’d as a Hex-Jenner (cost: ~10 million)

Medium: [Mastery Cost: about 31 million min., 3 mech bays min.]
First Purchase: SHD-2D2 cfg’d as a Splat-Hawk, or a Streak-Hawk (~7 million), or a SHD-2D2 Boomhawk(~9 million)
-at a premium c-bill cost, the Streak-Hawk can use a faster XL. (another ~6 million)
Next Climb: SHD-2K cfg’d as a mix PPC+SRM, or 3x ER Large (~12-13 million)
Skill Climb: SHD-2H/5M cfg’d as a or Gauss/ERPPC w/ STD Engine (~9 million) or w/ an XL cfg’d as this (~13 million)

followed by 2H/5M cfg’d as 2AC5+PPC, or a 2D cfg’d as 2PPC+AC5 (~12 million), or 5M max jumper (~9-14 mil)

Heavy: [Mastery Cost: about 32-37 million, 3 mech bays]
First Purchase: Cataphract-4X cfg’d as this (~8 million) optionally, later this at a c-bill premium (another ~4 million)
Next Climb: Cataphract-1X cfg’d as this or (ER-Large direct fire support) this(~11 million)
Skill Climb: Cataphract-3D cfg as (phrac-5) or (Gauss-phrac) or (ER-phrac) or (phrac-10) (~13-18 million)

Assault: [Mastery Cost: about 37 million, 3 mech bays]
First Purchase: Victor-9S cfg’d as this (10.4 million)
Next Climb: Victor-9K cfg’d as this (9.6 million)
Skill Climb: Victor-9B cfg’d as this or this (~16-17 million) later, recycle the Victor-9K re-cfg’d as this (another ~5 million)

To save mechbays, once you have mastered your favorite variant you can comfortably sell the others you are no longer using.



Near/Top Tier Meta Section
lights
main goto lights
jr7f http://mwo.smurfy-ne...e83a0a84abd302c
dakkastarter http://mwo.smurfy-ne...93de51ab2ab8555

[u]auxiliaries[/u]

• kite spider http://mwo.smurfy-ne...3bf9d1ac0511790
  
• kite raven http://mwo.smurfy-ne...425ec0fe498720b
  
• jr7d http://mwo.smurfy-ne...325586d8b8f2abe

mediums






main goto medium
SHD-2H 2AC5+PPC http://mwo.smurfy-ne...75889f14f83647f

• or ERPPC

brawlers




splatA http://mwo.smurfy-ne...a3cf28cd4159222
splatGRF3M http://mwo.smurfy-ne...72c411bc5a92e5a
BJ-1 (AC20) http://mwo.smurfy-ne...4b31b52beb2b7a5
Boomhawk 2D http://mwo.smurfy-ne...ebd1c2a9e947cf4

mix
SHD2K http://mwo.smurfy-ne...75fc9bdf14e3e3a

range
Cicada-3M 2xPPC or 2xERLL/2xML http://mwo.smurfy-ne...9474e812547eaeb
BJ-1 (snipe) http://mwo.smurfy-ne...41dd4b4fd5dbd97
SHD-2H (snipe) http://mwo.smurfy-ne...9ad357d649dabce
SHD-2H (snipe+XL) http://mwo.smurfy-ne...29db96165e21b61
SHD-2D 2xPPC+AC http://mwo.smurfy-ne...a35a1a551faa91a

Fast ER Large Experimental (possible jj nerf meta shift)

• SHD-2K (3xERLL)

Heavys





main goto heavys:
frac 5 http://mwo.smurfy-ne...ba07006709c0949
ppc frac http://mwo.smurfy-ne...2333493593cfdfe

frac 10 http://mwo.smurfy-ne...a2a049eb9421901
gauss frac http://mwo.smurfy-ne...62391364838683f

Fast ER Large Experimental (possible jj nerf meta shift)

• Quickdraw 5K (3x ERLL)
  
• Cataphract 3D (4x ERLL) maybe.....

Assaults





main goto assaults:
DS GaussPPC http://mwo.smurfy-ne...e7ff0cc47b3d54c
DS AC/PPC http://mwo.smurfy-ne...5056404aec1aab2

non hero approximations
VTR Gauss/PPC http://mwo.smurfy-ne...99d990362b70ca9
VTR AC/PPC http://mwo.smurfy-ne...0980ffe36a36fad

Edited by Kin3ticX, 13 August 2014 - 11:26 PM.

[Sandpit]

Kin3ticX, on 25 July 2014 - 01:40 PM, said:

ill throw this here and you can cherry pick whatever follows your objective

Growth Section

You need 3 variants to get access to the elite and mastery sections of the pilot lab. Explained

Light: [Mastery Cost: about 25 million c-bills, 3 mech bays]
First Purchase: Jenner-K cfg’d as this(cost: ~5 million)
Next Climb: Jenner-D cfg’d as a Streak D (cost: ~10 million)
Skill Climb: Jenner-F cfg’d as a Hex-Jenner (cost: ~10 million)

Medium: [Mastery Cost: about 31 million min., 3 mech bays min.]
First Purchase: SHD-2D2 cfg’d as a Splat-Hawk, or a Streak-Hawk (~7 million), or a SHD-2D2 Boomhawk(~9 million)
-at a premium c-bill cost, the Streak-Hawk can use a faster XL. (another ~6 million)
Next Climb: SHD-2K cfg’d as a mix PPC+SRM, or 3x ER Large (~12-13 million)
Skill Climb: SHD-2H/5M cfg’d as a or Gauss/ERPPC w/ STD Engine (~9 million) or w/ an XL cfg’d as this (~13 million)

followed by 2H/5M cfg’d as 2AC5+PPC, or a 2D cfg’d as 2PPC+AC5 (~12 million), or 5M max jumper (~9-14 mil)

Heavy: [Mastery Cost: about 32-37 million, 3 mech bays]
First Purchase: Cataphract-4X cfg’d as this (~8 million) optionally, later this at a c-bill premium (another ~4 million)
Next Climb: Cataphract-1X cfg’d as this(~11 million)
Skill Climb: Cataphract-3D cfg as this or this (~13-18 million)

Assault: [Mastery Cost: about 37 million, 3 mech bays]
First Purchase: Victor-9K cfg’d as this (~9.6 million)
Next Climb: Victor-9S cfg’d as this (~11 million)
Skill Climb: Victor-9B cfg’d as this or this (~16-17 million) later, recycle the Victor-9K re-cfg’d as this (another ~5 million)

To save mechbays, once you have mastered your favorite variant you can comfortably sell the others you are no longer using.



Near/Top Tier Meta Section
lights
main goto lights
jr7f http://mwo.smurfy-ne...e83a0a84abd302c
dakkastarter http://mwo.smurfy-ne...93de51ab2ab8555

auxiliaries

• kite spider http://mwo.smurfy-ne...3bf9d1ac0511790
  
• kite raven http://mwo.smurfy-ne...425ec0fe498720b
  
• jr7d http://mwo.smurfy-ne...325586d8b8f2abe

mediums




main goto medium
SHD-2H 2AC5+PPC http://mwo.smurfy-ne...75889f14f83647f

• or ERPPC

brawlers


splatA http://mwo.smurfy-ne...a3cf28cd4159222
splatGRF3M http://mwo.smurfy-ne...72c411bc5a92e5a
BJ-1 (AC20) http://mwo.smurfy-ne...4b31b52beb2b7a5
Boomhawk 2D http://mwo.smurfy-ne...ebd1c2a9e947cf4

mix
SHD2K http://mwo.smurfy-ne...75fc9bdf14e3e3a

range
BJ-1 (snipe) http://mwo.smurfy-ne...41dd4b4fd5dbd97
SHD-2H (snipe) http://mwo.smurfy-ne...9ad357d649dabce
SHD-2H (snipe+XL) http://mwo.smurfy-ne...29db96165e21b61
SHD-2D 2xPPC+AC http://mwo.smurfy-ne...a35a1a551faa91a

Fast ER Large Experimental (possible jj nerf meta shift)

• SHD-2K (3xERLL)

Heavys



main goto heavys:
frac 5 http://mwo.smurfy-ne...ba07006709c0949
ppc frac http://mwo.smurfy-ne...2333493593cfdfe

frac 10 http://mwo.smurfy-ne...a2a049eb9421901
gauss frac http://mwo.smurfy-ne...62391364838683f

Fast ER Large Experimental (possible jj nerf meta shift)

• Quickdraw 5K (3x ERLL)
  
• Cataphract 3D (4x ERLL) maybe.....

Assaults



main goto assaults:
DS GaussPPC http://mwo.smurfy-ne...e7ff0cc47b3d54c
DS AC/PPC http://mwo.smurfy-ne...5056404aec1aab2

non hero approximations
VTR Gauss/PPC http://mwo.smurfy-ne...99d990362b70ca9
VTR AC/PPC http://mwo.smurfy-ne...0980ffe36a36fad

thanks for all the builds!

I'm planning on also doing a "meta" vs. "casual" type guide to explain the differences in the types of builds you will face and how to counter them as well as an IS vs. Clan guide as well showing counters to both sides

[Sandpit]

Added medium fire support mechs, will start working on heavies this weekend.

If you guys see that I am missing an archetype please feel free to post it in the thread. I'll incorporate it into the guide. As always GL&GH