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#1 Vasces Diablo

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Posted 18 March 2013 - 10:47 AM

Between all the auto cannons and artillery that's going to be added to the game tomorrow, that's gonna be a lot of shells flying through the air...

...I for one, can't wait!

#2 Th0rsten

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Posted 18 March 2013 - 10:49 AM

I'm eager to try arty/airstrike in my commandos but I guess i won't use them too often. Just need waaaaaaaaaaay more cbills.

Will be nice to see the Jager but not sure if i want one.

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Posted 18 March 2013 - 10:55 AM

I've just never been a fan of ballistics.

#4 Vermaxx

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Posted 18 March 2013 - 10:57 AM

What autocannons are coming? Oh, just the Jager. I don't think it's going to be supremely impressive. Just a Catapult with higher arms.

Edited by Vermaxx, 18 March 2013 - 10:58 AM.


#5 Th0rsten

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Posted 18 March 2013 - 10:57 AM

A matter of taste I guess but I really like my 4ac5 4x.

I'm just not sure if i need another heavy balistics plattform.

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Posted 18 March 2013 - 10:58 AM

View PostVermaxx, on 18 March 2013 - 10:57 AM, said:

What autocannons are coming?

He means jaeger mech

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Posted 18 March 2013 - 10:58 AM

It's too bad that air/arty strikes and coolant flushes will be made useless by ECM.

#8 Bilbo

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Posted 18 March 2013 - 10:58 AM

View PostVermaxx, on 18 March 2013 - 10:57 AM, said:

What autocannons are coming?

All the ones filling the arms of the Jagermech

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Posted 18 March 2013 - 10:59 AM

View PostTh0rsten, on 18 March 2013 - 10:49 AM, said:

I'm eager to try arty/airstrike in my commandos but I guess i won't use them too often. Just need waaaaaaaaaaay more cbills.

Will be nice to see the Jager but not sure if i want one.


Let's start a real P2W fest. Let premades combine CBills to buy Air and Arty.

#10 Bilbo

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Posted 18 March 2013 - 11:00 AM

View PostSug, on 18 March 2013 - 10:58 AM, said:

It's too bad that air/arty strikes and coolant flushes will be made useless by ECM.

You need line of site, at last report, so how is ecm going to affect arty/airstrikes? Also, in what universe would ecm affect a coolant flush? :)

#11 Vasces Diablo

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Posted 18 March 2013 - 11:00 AM

View PostVermaxx, on 18 March 2013 - 10:57 AM, said:

What autocannons are coming?


No new type of auto cannon, but a mech that is built around multiple ACs (as in, 4 per mech on 2 of the 3 variants). There is always a rush of people trying new mechs when released, so a ton of them will hit the field tomorrow.

#12 Th0rsten

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Posted 18 March 2013 - 11:02 AM

View PostPhoenix Gray, on 18 March 2013 - 10:59 AM, said:


Let's start a real P2W fest. Let premades combine CBills to buy Air and Arty.


well if they only use cbills, i'm missing the P in P2W

#13 Arkmaus

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Posted 18 March 2013 - 11:05 AM

View PostVermaxx, on 18 March 2013 - 10:57 AM, said:

What autocannons are coming? Oh, just the Jager. I don't think it's going to be supremely impressive. Just a Catapult with higher arms.


A catapult with 2x as many ballistics or Ballistics AND LRMs.

Except for that, yeah, it's a Catapult with higher arms. :)

Edited by Arkmaus, 18 March 2013 - 11:06 AM.


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Posted 18 March 2013 - 11:06 AM

View PostPhoenix Gray, on 18 March 2013 - 10:59 AM, said:


Let's start a real P2W fest. Let premades combine CBills to buy Air and Arty.


Enter the "premades bombed us back to the stone age" qq threads in 3....2....1

#15 Sedant

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Posted 18 March 2013 - 11:07 AM

View PostSug, on 18 March 2013 - 10:58 AM, said:

It's too bad that air/arty strikes and coolant flushes will be made useless by ECM.

Seriously? Give your head a shake if that's what you think. I personally cant wait to load up my 4 slot Yen-Lo Wang up with artillery and upgraded artillery and call in some death after i scout out their position. Totally looking forward to running into an enemy formation as a Spider and calling strikes down right on my position and running out before I get popped. If you think ECM is that broken you need to take some serious time to reflect sitting in the corner of a room by yourself.

#16 Vermaxx

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Posted 18 March 2013 - 11:09 AM

The delivery timers are pretty generous and the cooldown is two seconds. So, either the warning will be hard to ignore, and most people will get out of the aoe...or the warning will be too vague and it will get buffed after the community grognards like they did with coolant flush.

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Posted 18 March 2013 - 11:10 AM

View PostTeam Leader, on 18 March 2013 - 10:58 AM, said:

He means jaeger mech


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#18 Noth

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Posted 18 March 2013 - 11:10 AM

View PostSedant, on 18 March 2013 - 11:07 AM, said:

Seriously? Give your head a shake if that's what you think. I personally cant wait to load up my 4 slot Yen-Lo Wang up with artillery and upgraded artillery and call in some death after i scout out their position. Totally looking forward to running into an enemy formation as a Spider and calling strikes down right on my position and running out before I get popped. If you think ECM is that broken you need to take some serious time to reflect sitting in the corner of a room by yourself.


Yo do realize that those arty and air strikes won't be death as all mechs can walk out of their danger zone with easy before the first shot/bomb hits right? You are severely over estimating at how strong these strike are.

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Posted 18 March 2013 - 11:12 AM

Are the consumables coming tomorrow? I thought they were still being worked on. Where did it say they were in tomorrows patch?

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Posted 18 March 2013 - 11:13 AM

View PostBilbo, on 18 March 2013 - 11:00 AM, said:

Also, in what universe would ecm affect a coolant flush? :)


A just one.





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