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[gamingogre]

3D

[Eric darkstar Marr]

3D JJ poptarting fun times

Still love my muros though

[Testosticore Fantastiballs]

If you don't have a 3D, get one.

If you're considering a 4th beyond that, get the 2X... everything the 1X can do, the 3D can do w/ jump jets so don't get that one.

My personal 2X build (It's awesome)
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...7d5cc9a77317b5a

[Bommer]

Absolutely the 3-D.......it's the best mech in my entire stable. I have all of the Catapults, Cataphracts, and Jaegers, and they're all mastered.

[M0rpHeu5]

Poping and shooting is super effective

[Johnny Reb]

p00k, on 07 April 2013 - 04:28 PM, said:

3d
jumpjets

This! Only one I kept!

[Josef Nader]

2X. Best of the bunch. Balanced hardpoints and a great spread of weapons.

[Merky Merc]

All the rest of the Ctfs can do quite well with decent builds.



But the 4X can rot for it's stupid hardpoints and it's stupid stupid stupid engine cap. YAY a heavy that moves at assault speeds.

[TehSBGX]

p00k, on 07 April 2013 - 04:28 PM, said:

3d
jumpjets

I Second this.

[El Bandito]

I was gonna say not 4X...then I looked at the title more carefully.

3D is good for the sniping meta right now.

[Mr 144]

Davers, on 07 April 2013 - 04:41 PM, said:

I would not really recommend the 2X. It took me a LONG time to get a build that I liked and seemed effective. I spent a lot of Cbills on that mech trying out different loads.

wow! the 2X is probablly the easiest of the bunch to build for...I actually wish I owned more than just one they're that veratile.

275 std.
Endo
3xML
AC/20
2xSRM6

Pretty simple build to gt ya going...by far the easiest 'phract to run. There's tons of more 'advanced' builds you can run with it, but dang, it would be my 1st recommendation. All the other chassis are specialist builds...

Ilya/4x = Dakka
3D = Poptart
1X = LL boat

The 2X fills your AC/20 spot...with excellent options in experimentation.

Mr 144

[MustrumRidcully]

Belorion, on 07 April 2013 - 07:21 PM, said:

My 2X build is an AC20, 3ML, and 2 Streaks going 68.2 kph

I believe mine is very similar, but the Streaks are SRM4s.

[Sephlock]

MustrumRidcully, on 08 April 2013 - 01:20 AM, said:

I believe mine is very similar, but the Streaks are SRM4s.

How did you get clan tech ? Share the wealth!

[John MatriX82]

Best Cataphracts (imho of course) now are 3D>Ilya>1X>2X>4X.

The first three are in my hangar, the 2X was sold and the 4X has never been in there (too slow, anything you can do with it the Ilya can do it better).

Unfortunately with the current Meta I'd gladly trade away the Ilya to the pinklander, the 3D is actually the most effective since poptarting is rather rewarding; the Ilya to snipe has to expose its whole figure, resulting in side coring or huge damage intake from ppcs and other sniper or mid range builds such as multiple LLAS.

[MustrumRidcully]

Sephlock, on 08 April 2013 - 01:29 AM, said:

How did you get clan tech ? Share the wealth!

Hax.

Of course I meant that instead of SSRM2s, I use SRM4s.

[Belorion]

Davers, on 07 April 2013 - 07:23 PM, said:

Yeah, the 280XL is pretty much standard for every cataphract.

I have a standard engine in it. Putting an xl in a phract sounds like a bad idea. I guess I could try it at some point.

[Signal27]

Cest7, on 07 April 2013 - 04:31 PM, said:

CTF-3D Poptart or CTF-1X Laser boat

What this guy said. It's all a matter of asking yourself "Do I like jump-jets and can I put them to good use?"

[Lightfoot]

CTF-2X, Gun, energy, missiles=highest damage configs for the CTF.

[Erasus Magnus]

dunno, although the 3D is a fun mech, my phract of choice always is the 1X.
CTF-1X

its cheap, its quick, its extremely durable, it can engage at range, is devastating at brawling ranges, has enough ammo to shoot for the entire match, and the heat profile is forgiving.

you can interchange the gauss with an ac 20. take out the case, relocate the ammo, add an additional heatsink an there you go.

Edited by Erasus Magnus, 08 April 2013 - 04:15 AM.

[John MatriX82]

Belorion, on 08 April 2013 - 03:51 AM, said:

I have a standard engine in it. Putting an xl in a phract sounds like a bad idea. I guess I could try it at some point.

Most of the time you need XLs in Cataphracts, 300 and 280 are the most used and many builds would never been doable without these.. and still it's safer to place such a kind of engine in a Phract rather than into a Jager.