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[justcallme A S H]

Ok given the Long Tom is now going to do 1650dmg as per patch notes:


• Explosions no longer deal Critical Damage.
• Long Tom Strike: Maximum amount of Damage that can be dealt to a single 'Mech is now 1650 DMG (150 DMG per Component).
• Long Tom Strike: Blast radius is 300m.


Lets just have one thread where everyone can let the butthurt freely flow without clogging up the pages again for the next 3 weeks as it's very important we keep room for the other far more serious threads:

- Streakcrows are OP
- Clans are OP
- LRMs in FP
- Scout mode is a joke
- I can't win scouting mode because I'm too dumb to alter my tactics for the mode/map and I'll persist running the same mech all the time and blame the game for my losses.


etc al.

Edited by R31Nismoid, 16 May 2016 - 02:32 PM.

[nehebkau]

Long tom robs me of cbills and the joy of stripping the components off an enemy mech. ... .. down with long-tom.

BTW isn't long-tom against some type of clanner warrior code?

Edited by nehebkau, 16 May 2016 - 02:56 PM.

[justcallme A S H]

No idea? I don't read the lore etc that much. I just shoot mechs, and half the time rather poorly lol.

That said the only time I really have played with long tom was when our unit was IS 2 weeks ago.

[DivBy0]

What is your problem? PGI didn´t touch the stupid [Long Tom]. So your Clan can easily scout for it and then take the planet without a real fight. And lore? Orbital Bombardment was never a real thing in BT and the reason for the desintegration of Clan Smokejaguar... a weapon for cowards.

Edited by draiocht, 09 July 2016 - 10:41 AM.
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[justcallme A S H]

Didn't touch it you reckon?

And LOL @ you still sooking about being unable to out-scout clans. After a week you should've devised a tactic by now, surely? The other Steiner units seem to have been able to do it easily.

Edited by R31Nismoid, 16 May 2016 - 03:30 PM.

[Daidachi]

Actually, artillery has always been a thing amongst the clans, hence the Naga omnimech - it is simply considered an assignment worthy of a solahama pilot since there's no opportunity for personal glory when you're killing targets miles away.

While it has no place in honourable combat, against dezgra opponents (dark caste, the not named for example in the home worlds) it has a use.

[dervishx5]

R31Nismoid, on 16 May 2016 - 02:31 PM, said:

Sarcasm n' Satire

[feeWAIVER]

Long Tom encourages ghost drops and takes the P out of PvP.

[Clownwarlord]

Never been killed by one but have been seriously messed up by one. I can see though how it changes a match though. Example, I was playing a match and half way through we got Long Tom. The first half we where down by almost half in kills on an assault, 20 to 32. Once we got long tom we ended the match in a loss, but we had gotten Omega down to a sliver of health before our last mech died (one more alpha would have won it for us).

[justcallme A S H]

dervishx5, on 16 May 2016 - 10:24 PM, said:

Thank your sir

[Willard Phule]

nehebkau, on 16 May 2016 - 02:53 PM, said:

Long tom robs me of cbills and the joy of stripping the components off an enemy mech. ... .. down with long-tom.

BTW isn't long-tom against some type of clanner warrior code?

So is attacking other clans in the corridor (the ilkhan wouldn't allow it), allowing untested and tried cadets into front line combat units (most clans are over 80% new players at this point) or focusing fire on a single target (try explaining THAT to said new players).

You gotta remember, they didn't get the same novels or BT supplement books that we did up in Canada. They got an alternate version. That's the only explanation for PGI's complete lack of clues.

[PyckenZot]

Had my first few drops with Tom fighting against us over the weekend. He didn't really bother us. Seen that he got a substantial nerf now, I think I may start a rage thread asking to buff him! ^^

[Lolo van Trollinger]

[Long Tom] makes life hard: when slashing their Spleens with a locust, running and dashing, you easily do not see it. :/ instadeath.

Edited by draiocht, 09 July 2016 - 10:42 AM.
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[CwStrife]

The [Long Tom] takes the fun out of actually fighting the other team. Plus it's easy for the clanners to get it since in scouting 4 streak crows is about as deadly as it gets. But since the event is over, nobody has really bothered to scout thank god.

Edited by draiocht, 09 July 2016 - 10:42 AM.
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[patataman]

CwStrife, on 19 May 2016 - 04:05 AM, said:

The [Long Tom] takes the fun out of actually fighting the other team. Plus it's easy for the clanners to get it since in scouting 4 streak crows is about as deadly as it gets. But since the event is over, nobody has really bothered to scout thank god.

It's easy for them when the IS makes it easy for them. Look, i had a funny game last week, my team had a grf, 2 rvn and my locust for gather mode in river city. My team mates didn't try to get any intel, and went straight to kill the enemy. They lasted about 5 seconds, then proceed to call me an idiot for not suiciding with them, i got 12 intel, evaded the enemy (they had 3 streakcrows and a nova), and went back to the LZ to obtain a win and a wp from the clan team.

Why didn't i die miserably? Because i played to my mech strengts, charging a group of streakboats with lights is suicide. To fight them use mediums with big alphas (ac20, srm / laser boats) and aim for the legs.

Next week i was in clan wolf playing with my new shadow kitty, and after trying streaks, they are meh at best, c-srm + c-mpl was a much better build, but requires aiming.

Edited by draiocht, 09 July 2016 - 10:42 AM.
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[Dawnstealer]

R31Nismoid, on 16 May 2016 - 03:29 PM, said:

Didn't touch it you reckon?

And LOL @ you still sooking about being unable to out-scout clans. After a week you should've devised a tactic by now, surely? The other Steiner units seem to have been able to do it easily.

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