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[NRP]

Azze, on 04 April 2013 - 08:58 AM, said:

I love my Heavy Metal. 60kph, 60 firepower (gauss,3xLL,2xSRM6), jump jets.... its a freaking beast.

How do you get all of that at the same time?

[MaddMaxx]

Bishop Steiner, on 03 April 2013 - 02:39 PM, said:

@Green Mamba

"poor man's" seldom refer to actual cost, but performance, especially performance COMPARED to cost. My observation of MWO's very own Barbie Corvette is it is just as slow and clumsy as an Atlas (they seem to turn and track poorly), but by being 10 tons lighter, with 6tons invested in the JJs to boot, you have less armor, less usable firepower and less heat dissapation. All so one can hop like an arthritic septuagenarian.

Seems a poor trade off.

I am missing something. You would compare a Mech that is 10t less than an Atlas. Carries 6 tons of JJ's, but would like it to have the same armor allotment, the same firepower, be as heat efficient and jump around like a Figure Skater at a Olympic final event? Really?

What would the Altlas have to give up to also become an arthritic septuagenarian I wonder.

[Terror Teddy]

Lets see...

-Faster
-Nimbler
-Essentially the same weapons as my Atlas
-Hot Pink
-Has its own theme music
-Comes equipped with DHS from start

XL 275-300 Engine
X2 AC/5
X3 or X2 ER Large Lasers
X2 LRM5

I like it. And I usually skip the jumpjets.

[Kludger]

I'm enjoying my HM, feels like my cataphracts but with less squishy side torsos and much better armor similar to my Atlases, running 330XL has been fine since most deaths are from CT.

I'm loving the JJs not so much for poptarting but for being able to shoot over my teammates when in close quarters in the city maps where otherwise I would have no shot without risking friendly fire. Also the main weapons being on the arms allow taking some shots not normally possible from torso mounted weapons, especially good when trying to leg those lights.

Like any other heavy/assault it has it's pros/cons like the Cataphract and Jaeger do, but overall very happy with it, and I find the pink hate ingame pretty funny, might paint my other mechs pink if they generate so much troll hate

[Violent Tendencies]

F Rhonda and her mech...I thought this thing smelled like tuna when I got in it...anyway...
I do really like it. I expect I will like it more when I can lvl a speed tweak out of it.

I roll 3-ERLL, gauss, max standard engine, no jets and shizzle ton of DHS. 59kph

Edited by Violent Tendencies, 04 April 2013 - 10:52 AM.

[Atlas32]

I love the mech to be honest. I've gotten 1000+ damage at least a couple times since I bought it, and i've maintained a 2.6 k/d. I'd say that's pretty good...

[Kasiagora]

I can't afford the poor man' Atlas, but I'll buy a standard variant when they're released. Maybe paint it in Basic Purple, call it Soft Rock and play I Don't Want To Wait by Paula Cole when I kill someone. You guys will be lucky enough not tohear it, but my friends on Mumble are going to HATE me.

Violent Tendencies, on 04 April 2013 - 10:51 AM, said:

F Rhonda and her mech...I thought this thing smelled like tuna when I got in it...anyway...
I do really like it. I expect I will like it more when I can lvl a speed tweak out of it.

I roll 3-ERLL, gauss, max standard engine, no jets and shizzle ton of DHS. 59kph

That's how my Atlas-K is built but with dual AMS as well. It's a slow moving beast and a half. You should give it a try.

[Bishop Steiner]

@maddmaxx

Methinks you aren't quite getting the meaning of my post.

[OneEyed Jack]

GizmoGecko, on 04 April 2013 - 09:12 AM, said:

Do any of you Heavy Metal pilots know if the kill music can be turned off? There's the music slider in the options menu at the top left, but I can't try it until I've bought it. Could one of you pilots test it and post on her with the answer? I don't care if other people hear it, I just don't want to every time I get a kill (because that happens a lot ). It's the main reason stopping me from buying one; I know it sounds silly but it just bugs me.

No, it doesn't work.

[Bishop Steiner]

Still think it should play "the Trooper"

[5th Fedcom Rat]

I had a few 5 kill games last night with my Snord, and one 1150 damage one.

[Brilig]

I'm having a little trouble narrowing down a good build for it. It is decent in a brawl, but you attract so much attention. I have been trying longer range builds. I think I need to get used to having all the weapons in the arms.

LL x3, Gauss, and an SRM6 isn't bad. You can cram a standard 300 in it which is nice. No JJ though. You can put out a lot of damage out with it, and you don't have to get right up in any ones face.

Edited by Brilig, 04 April 2013 - 05:29 PM.