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[Blackhand McCarthy]

Maybe giving newbies a mech that kills itself when you hit the forward slash button was not such a good idea. Or maybe it's hilarious. Probably both; how many of you have witnessed suicide novas during this trial period?

[Carrie Harder]

It's going to get a helluva lot worse when the ERML heat nerf goes in. Right now the Nova's full load creates 60 heat, aka the same as a 6 PPC Stalker (and we all know how those went...). With the next patch, it's going to be up to 72 heat, which is more than 7 PPCs. Trollololol.

[Joseph Mallan]

I have been one. And I know how hot it gets, but Throwing an Alpha of 12 Lasers more than once is just... bad piloting.

[Thunder Child]

I thought it went up to 112 during an Alpha, due to Ghost Heat.

Edit: My Mistake. According to Smurfy, with the Ghost Heat Penalty, 12 ER Mediums Alpha'd will result in a total of 153.80 Heat.

Edited by Thunder Child, 30 August 2014 - 05:52 PM.

[nehebkau]

Well,
there is something to be said for going out in a blaze of glory.

(and it is funny -- having done it myself hitting \ rather than <backspace> )

Edited by nehebkau, 30 August 2014 - 06:05 PM.

[John1352]

I've seen newbies do it, I took myself to testing grounds for my attempt, even on frozen city it just about kills you.

If stock builds need ghost heat to stop them from being OP, the heat system is broken and needs fixing.

[Sandpit]

Sorry but if you can't quickly figure out that firing all 12 lasers regularly is a bad idea, that's not the mech or pgi's fault

[ApolloKaras]

Sandpit, on 30 August 2014 - 06:09 PM, said:

Sorry but if you can't quickly figure out that firing all 12 lasers regularly is a bad idea, that's not the mech or pgi's fault

I play with a mac mouse though....

[Sandpit]

Saxie, on 30 August 2014 - 06:11 PM, said:

I play with a mac mouse though....

Playing with crappy gear isn't the mech or pgi's fault either

[A banana in the tailpipe]

Sandpit, on 30 August 2014 - 06:14 PM, said:

Playing with crappy gear isn't the mech or pgi's fault either

Stock mechs are full of crappy gear. Your point is moot.

[Sandpit]

lockwoodx, on 30 August 2014 - 06:28 PM, said:

Stock mechs are full of crappy gear. Your point is moot.

Nah
Stock mechs are fun. They aren't "crappy" designs, they just aren't going to perform as well as a min/max build

That's true of just about every single game ever

[A banana in the tailpipe]

Sandpit, on 30 August 2014 - 06:30 PM, said:

Nah
Stock mechs are fun. They aren't "crappy" designs, they just aren't going to perform as well as a min/max build

That's true of just about every single game ever

Negative. Maps and modules aren't balanced around stock builds so they won't preform unless encapsulated within their own queue, period.

[Sandpit]

lockwoodx, on 30 August 2014 - 06:31 PM, said:

Negative. Maps and modules aren't balanced around stock builds so they won't preform unless encapsulated within their own queue, period.

Henve not performing as well alongside min/max builds

[Mcgral18]

Sandpit, on 30 August 2014 - 06:30 PM, said:

Nah
Stock mechs are fun. They aren't "crappy" designs, they just aren't going to perform as well as a min/max build

That's true of just about every single game ever

I actually brought the stock Cent-A to a few matches the other day. I was regularly in the top half of the scoreboard.

It confused me.

[Sandpit]

Mcgral18, on 30 August 2014 - 06:44 PM, said:

I actually brought the stock Cent-A to a few matches the other day. I was regularly in the top half of the scoreboard.

It confused me.

Some stock designs can do quite well. Usually it's the ones with a ballistic as their primary weapon system

[Deathlike]

Thunder Child, on 30 August 2014 - 05:49 PM, said:

I thought it went up to 112 during an Alpha, due to Ghost Heat.

Edit: My Mistake. According to Smurfy, with the Ghost Heat Penalty, 12 ER Mediums Alpha'd will result in a total of 153.80 Heat.

ggme

If they only put the stock Nova-S out instead...

[Bishop Steiner]

Deathlike, on 30 August 2014 - 10:35 PM, said:

ggme

If they only put the stock Nova-S out instead...

it's pretty unplayable, too, though not as much.

Sad, since it was originally a solid mech

[STEF_]

Blackhand McCarthy, on 30 August 2014 - 05:44 PM, said:

Maybe giving newbies a mech that kills itself when you hit the forward slash button was not such a good idea. Or maybe it's hilarious. Probably both; how many of you have witnessed suicide novas during this trial period?

A lot in the first days.
But, above all, it was a funny manner to improve stats: I'll wait the guy with the nova, he overheats and power down.... and boooooom!
Now it seems to me that it's not happening every match, maybe they have learnt. Pity.

[Deathlike]

Bishop Steiner, on 30 August 2014 - 10:40 PM, said:

it's pretty unplayable, too, though not as much.

Sad, since it was originally a solid mech

We can't have nice things man.

[Bishop Steiner]

Deathlike, on 30 August 2014 - 10:46 PM, said:

We can't have nice things man.

well, it was fun to set my trial Nova to 3pV, hit override, then alpha a Cicada. It disintegrated, and 2 seconds later, so did I.