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[IGravemind]

So uhh yeah.
Dropped into a game with a good friend of mine Xephron and I think it is fair to say that I had a decent game, no doubt with the help of him and my team. We lost, but we went down fighting.

Edited by IGravemind, 19 October 2016 - 06:49 AM.

[Tristan Winter]

Thank god you weren't playing a SDR-5K.

MGs would have been Normalized.

[Mole]

Ah, that's the build I use on my Spider as well. Good show man. Just goes to show that any 'mech can be deadly in the hands of a skilled pilot.

[IGravemind]

Tristan Winter, on 19 October 2016 - 06:55 AM, said:

Thank god you weren't playing a SDR-5K.

MGs would have been Normalized.

Not a fan of the 5K, the lack of ECM makes it an easy target for Streaks and LRMs. :/

Mole, on 19 October 2016 - 06:57 AM, said:

Ah, that's the build I use on my Spider as well. Good show man. Just goes to show that any 'mech can be deadly in the hands of a skilled pilot.

Yeah it is a good build. I prefer that build or the duel medium laser and large laser build. With thanks! Light mechs are my favourite
What about you? What mech do you enjoy?

[MrMadguy]

Yet some Light pilots keep complaining, that they're gimped, lol.

[IGravemind]

MrMadguy, on 19 October 2016 - 07:08 AM, said:

Yet some Light pilots keep complaining, that they're gimped, lol.

To be honest, we are in need of more light mechs and more variety. The clan light mechs are more like medium support mechs than actual light mechs - with the exclusion of the Arctic Cheetah (but even an Arctic Cheetah is underpowered vs an IS light).
If you look at any other weight class, there is a wider variety of playable mechs.
Any light that goes under 120 - 125kph is not playable realistically (as it is too slow for the hitpoints it has). For example the Wolfhound, Panther and Urbanmech are just a joke waay too slow.
So I can see why some light pilots would complain.

For me, the only light mechs I can really run effectively are the Firestarter, Jenner, Spider and Raven. The rest are just too slow, especially the Clan Lights.

[Mole]

IGravemind, on 19 October 2016 - 07:02 AM, said:

Not a fan of the 5K, the lack of ECM makes it an easy target for Streaks and LRMs. :/



Yeah it is a good build. I prefer that build or the duel medium laser and large laser build. With thanks! Light mechs are my favourite
What about you? What mech do you enjoy?

I don't particularly have a favorite 'mech but lights are my favorite weight class. Speaking of which, my wallet is indefinitely closed to PGI until they stop ignoring light 'mechs and give us a new one or two.

[IGravemind]

Mole, on 19 October 2016 - 07:16 AM, said:

I don't particularly have a favorite 'mech but lights are my favorite weight class. Speaking of which, my wallet is indefinitely closed to PGI until they stop ignoring light 'mechs and give us a new one or two.

Yeah I totally agree. We need more light mechs.
The Hitman was always a fav of mine from the lore, with its LRMs that or the Flea!

[Mole]

IGravemind, on 19 October 2016 - 07:53 AM, said:

Yeah I totally agree. We need more light mechs.
The Hitman was always a fav of mine from the lore, with its LRMs that or the Flea!

Flea is 4 years late. I'd love to see a Javelin for the fact that it's a IS light 'mech that could actually do SRMs well and the only one of those IS has is behind a paywall (Oxide). I'd love a Mongoose for aesthetic reasons. Stinger and Wasp for nostalgia. As far as clans go, Firemoth for nostalgia and having a clan 20 ton light. Locust IIC perhaps. Piranha because it does something interesting that no other 'mech in the game can do, but whether or not it would actually be any good remains to be seen. But honestly? These are just a short list of my favorites but my wallet will open for anything under 35 tons. If it's a ton over 35 tons my wallet remains tightly sealed.

[IGravemind]

Mole, on 19 October 2016 - 08:24 AM, said:

Flea is 4 years late. I'd love to see a Javelin for the fact that it's a IS light 'mech that could actually do SRMs well and the only one of those IS has is behind a paywall (Oxide). I'd love a Mongoose for aesthetic reasons. Stinger and Wasp for nostalgia. As far as clans go, Firemoth for nostalgia and having a clan 20 ton light. Locust IIC perhaps. Piranha because it does something interesting that no other 'mech in the game can do, but whether or not it would actually be any good remains to be seen. But honestly? These are just a short list of my favorites but my wallet will open for anything under 35 tons. If it's a ton over 35 tons my wallet remains tightly sealed.

What would really throw a cat among the pigeons would be the Exosuit. Like the Nighthawk! Imagine taking on an Assault with that, could literally jump on their back

[dario03]

MrMadguy, on 19 October 2016 - 07:08 AM, said:

Yet some Light pilots keep complaining, that they're gimped, lol.

Uhhh they are... a decent match here and there doesn't mean a mech is good.

[Piney II]

Well played. I'll bet the enemy team had some choice words about you over comms.

Edited by Piney, 19 October 2016 - 09:48 AM.

[IGravemind]

dario03, on 19 October 2016 - 09:11 AM, said:

Uhhh they are... a decent match here and there doesn't mean a mech is good.

There are certain mechs that are just downright awful but mostly, it is just down to the pilot - not the mech.

Piney, on 19 October 2016 - 09:20 AM, said:

Well played. I'll bet the enemy team had some choice words about you over comms.

"Kill that little f*ck" - enemy team, 2016

And that is a cool badge, what pack is that?

[Piney II]

Not sure what pack. I'll have to look.

[IGravemind]

Piney, on 19 October 2016 - 10:08 AM, said:

Not sure what pack. I'll have to look.

Just a pretty cool emblem you got there is all

[dario03]

IGravemind, on 19 October 2016 - 09:56 AM, said:

There are certain mechs that are just downright awful but mostly, it is just down to the pilot - not the mech

Its a combination of mech and pilot.
But overall lights are weaker than heavies and assaults. Lot of cons for only some pros and under quirked/bigs overquirked. Just look at the battlemaster firestarter comparison in my sig.

[King Kahuna]

I have accomplished the same thing on the same map. The Spider is great. Most lights pilots complain that they don't have near as many viable options. Not that lights are g impedance in my experience.

Great job. Bet you were pumped. Epic feeling!

[Deathlike]

MrMadguy, on 19 October 2016 - 07:08 AM, said:

Yet some Light pilots keep complaining, that they're gimped, lol.

As if Lights were consistently 20-30% of the queues.... oh wait.

There's a reason why they are underplayed, and a different reason why people are bad at shooting at them.

If they were as good as you think they were, then you better prove that you can perform consistently well with them.

[Mcgral18]

MrMadguy, on 19 October 2016 - 07:08 AM, said:

Yet some Light pilots keep complaining, that they're gimped, lol.

[IGravemind]

King Kahuna, on 19 October 2016 - 12:05 PM, said:

I have accomplished the same thing on the same map. The Spider is great. Most lights pilots complain that they don't have near as many viable options. Not that lights are g impedance in my experience.

Great job. Bet you were pumped. Epic feeling!

Yeah man it was one hell of a game!

Mcgral18, on 19 October 2016 - 12:33 PM, said:

If one knows how to use them.

dario03, on 19 October 2016 - 11:46 AM, said:

Its a combination of mech and pilot.
But overall lights are weaker than heavies and assaults. Lot of cons for only some pros and under quirked/bigs overquirked. Just look at the battlemaster firestarter comparison in my sig.

Yeah lights do need some buffing. The light mechs we already have need buffed and we need new mechs! There are not enough light mechs compared to other weight classes.