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[RickySpanish]

Since the match-making changes, I've been mostly playing my heavies and assaults leaving my poor light mechs by the wayside. The 3L is too boring to play, amounting to little more than waiting for missile lock and right clicking to win and I don't own a Jenner. I'm also too much of a man to be seen in a Commando. So I recently picked up my Spiders again and I must say I'm having a blast! Naturally the best one is the 5D by nature of being able to equip more than 2 weapons that aren't machineguns, but the 5V variant could also be potentially fun elited with all those jets.

I've had the most success in my 5D with 2xMPLAS and 1xLLAS strapped to a 200XL and 5/8 jets. My playstyle is usually to stay near friendlies till I can ascertain the number of streaks the other team has, then I either fly to the rooftops or pop up behind people.

My most memorable match so far has been facing 3 mechs alone on River City upper and winning by virtue of staying above their firing arcs and flying from building to building, followed closely by a match on Caustic where I legged two of their lights and a heavy. Good times!

How do you drive your Spider?

[dbnator]

I drive my Main spidy (5D)
With 2 Mlas 1 Mpulser (in arm 2 ML,Torso1 MPL)
8/8 JJ
245 XL
ECM
Full Armor
I try to backdoor the enemy and destroy LRM boat's back's when i dodnt get this i hunt other Lights (3l's too) or help my team to destroy the enem team.

Best dmg output -724
Spider 5V

2Med pulse laser in torso
245 XL
Full armor
12/12 JJ

Here i try to backdoor enemy team and kill lrm boats, i need no ams, i can fast turn so they didnt hit me, when i have nothing to do i hunt Lights or help my team to win.

best dmg output 567 DMg

Spider 5K <3

4 Machine guns 2 on each arm
1 Medium pulse laser torso
4 Tons of ammo in Legs
245 XL
6/6 JUmpjets (i think)
Here i try to stay allone vs a enemy or with my team, u have no powerfull weapons but u have JJ . so u can easily run away from a 3L or something else.

Best dmg output: 412


I have all spidys on master

[Corvus Antaka]

XL 255. ECM. 1 medium laser in the torso, 2 medium pulse lasers. 8 jumpjets. 152.5 KPH of terror from the sky. My favourite thing to do is to get behind stalkers and stay there

Edited by Colonel Pada Vinson, 28 February 2013 - 10:25 PM.

[Lord Ikka]

I drive them into the ground with an AC 20 shell.....

Seriously though, if you can pilot a Spider and live through half of the match, you've got my respect. The only Mech that makes the Commando look over-armed and armored.

Edited by Lord Ikka, 28 February 2013 - 10:25 PM.

[RickySpanish]

What I really like about the Spider is that I've seen so many different sorts of builds for it, a little more so than the cheesey streak/mlas builds you see on other lights. Mine's actually a little slower than most loadouts (118kph) in exchange for a harder punch, my reasoning is that it's tricky to get away from other lights without using your jump jets, as they're all almost as fast as the Spider. Instead I pack it full of guns and enough jets to take me to a rooftop or cliff when needed. The XL255 2xMPLAS 1xMLAS looks quite exciting, I shall have to save a few cbills for the engine and give it a spin!

[Devil Fox]

Well what I think of them was their ok, but immediately on release they were devoured gun, stock and barrel by other better equipped light mechs. The ECM variant now hold's it's own in the random nature that is ELO matchmaking... maybe should dust mine off, but in the end this video sums up my thoughts...

[Dragonosi]

just had the best game of my spider driving life
5 kills, 3 assist, 418 damage

5D with ECM
all upgrades (no not arti)
255XL full jets 197 armor
ER LL on the arm
max wacky antics

Edited by Dragonosi, 01 March 2013 - 02:15 AM.

[Fred013]

I go 3MLAS 8JJ XL245 ECM AMS on the 5D. best match: 3 kills 500+ dmg.

[Nathan Hawk]

SDR-5D


and heres my crazy attempt at a spider build..... its a sniper if you put adv zoom on...kinda helps at longer ranges

[Tibs]

one my spiders has ac 5 med and goes 136 with speed tweck not my fav but geting better with him

Lord Ikka, on 28 February 2013 - 10:25 PM, said:

I drive them into the ground with an AC 20 shell.....

Seriously though, if you can pilot a Spider and live through half of the match, you've got my respect. The only Mech that makes the Commando look over-armed and armored.

funny you say my one spider goes 151k and full jj and im always last one team or make it throu to last

[Hawks]

I refuse to put anything other than the largest possible engine on a Spider. It's a kind of silly mech anyway, so I may as well make it completely silly.