Both the 2A and the 2B look like they might be nice, but the difference between the two is pretty insignificant so I had a hard time deciding.
After a while I just thought screw it and decided to give myself a challenge and DAKKA (dakka is like bacon, everything is better with it) and bought the 3C.
My first approach was pretty simple. Fast, heat efficient and kind of fun. But overall pretty underwhelming. Most damage obviously came from the LPL.
So I decided i need some more SERIOUS dakka and sacrifice some speed for it. So I went for this.
Pretty different to play due to the horrible low speed. Standing in the second line and DAKKAING on people. In contrary to the mg, people where actually annoyed when you engaged them.
Considering the speed and that it is still a cicada, that was not really an advantage
In the next step i dropped the third ac2 and upped the engine to xl280. Way higher survivability but not really fun to play ( guess the other one also wasn't I just died to fast to realize.)
As two AC2 did not seem to impress anyone, I decided i'll need some bigger dakka.
This is the build I am currently running and I'm having a blast with it. The low ammo is an issue but I don't have enough cbills for a smaller xl yet (and won't consider it before speed tweak) If you make your shots count, this build almost feels effective!
There are a few other options I would consider but did not try yet:
(all of those were made by a friend. Thx for those jk!)
Ultracade Guess ammo won't be a problem with this little armor
Gausscade Should be playable, but it annoys me to use only one balistic slot :/
lbx What is more " In da face" than a shotgun? Two of them!
SEEK ALL THE CRITS! Obvious troll build is obvious. But might annoy people and be fun to play
I just wanted to tell you about my experience with a cicada even Garth doesn't love and looking forward to get feedback and further inspiration.
Edit: currently I am running the "SEEK ALL THE CRITS" build and while it is not that effective, it is pretty fun and annoys people a lot (sometimes also kills them ^^)
Edited by Th0rsten, 19 April 2013 - 02:01 AM.