30 replies to this topic

[Thomas Covenant]

It's not even the cheapest one..!

Was about to buy the 5M I saved up for when I decided to look over the others I could afford.

[Ravenspyre]

I guess if you feel 1 extra missile over the 4N is some how better?

[N0ni]

20 Missile tubes per arm, instead of just 10 like the others.

[Ravenspyre]

Dead Eye 01, on 13 April 2013 - 03:27 PM, said:

20 Missile tubes per arm, instead of just 10 like the others.

So when are they going to adjust ECM so those 20 extra tubes aren't just useless dead weight?

Edited by Accalia, 13 April 2013 - 03:28 PM.

[ReissTC]

It has 20-tube launchers on each arm, while the rest only have 10... making it best to use LRM20s on?... I guess.

Not really worth the added vulnerability of being able to lose all lasers and be rendered combat ineffective much easier than all other models of Stalker.

[Vassago Rain]

Accalia, on 13 April 2013 - 03:28 PM, said:

So when are they going to adjust ECM so those 20 extra tubes aren't just useless dead weight?

You're a stalker. Put a TAG somewhere. Problem solved.

[N0ni]

Accalia, on 13 April 2013 - 03:28 PM, said:

So when are they going to adjust ECM so those 20 extra tubes aren't just useless dead weight?

Not a dev, no clear answer. It is acknowledged though.

[Loler skates]

Thomas Covenant, on 13 April 2013 - 03:23 PM, said:

It's not even the cheapest one..!

Was about to buy the 5M I saved up for when I decided to look over the others I could afford.

Have to admit I agree with you.

Also I stole your sig, because it's awesome.

[Ravenspyre]

Vassago Rain, on 13 April 2013 - 03:29 PM, said:

You're a stalker. Put a TAG somewhere. Problem solved.

Uh yea... no. It's easy to avoid TAG, and even easier to get inside LRM min range against a Stalker and stay there.

Dead Eye 01, on 13 April 2013 - 03:30 PM, said:

Not a dev, no clear answer. It is acknowledged though.

Sadly, according to PGI's last statement about it, ECM is "working as intended" which is dev universal speak for ****.

Edited by Accalia, 13 April 2013 - 03:32 PM.

[Thomas Covenant]

Its got all the base things all the other variants have and no benefits



...oh wait, it says something about missile 20..

[Loler skates]

Thomas Covenant, on 13 April 2013 - 03:36 PM, said:

Its got all the base things all the other variants have and no benefits



...oh wait, it says something about missile 20..

Troll song is best song.

Although there is a better one...

Edited by Loler skates, 13 April 2013 - 03:39 PM.

[Thomas Covenant]

Umm, the most tubes? Like fire the most in a single volley getting past ams better? Hey guys, I think I MIGHT BUY ONE.

[Loler skates]

Thomas Covenant, on 13 April 2013 - 03:45 PM, said:

Umm, the most tubes? Like fire the most in a single volley getting past ams better? Hey guys, I think I MIGHT BUY ONE.

Ams is totally the most dangerous piece of equipment man, imagine a spider mounting six of those bad boys.

According to Bryan eckman that would core an atlas in 3 seconds flat.

Edited by Loler skates, 13 April 2013 - 03:48 PM.

[Thomas Covenant]

Loler skates, on 13 April 2013 - 03:48 PM, said:

Ams is totally the most dangerous piece of equipment man, imagine a spider mounting six of those bad boys.

According to Bryan eckman that would core an atlas in 3 seconds flat.

What are you talking about? My signature is clearly a reference to the GINOURMOUS SPIDER-MECH PVE Monster.

[Yokaiko]

Thomas Covenant, on 13 April 2013 - 03:23 PM, said:

It's not even the cheapest one..!

Was about to buy the 5M I saved up for when I decided to look over the others I could afford.

Look at all of those missle holes.

It can volley the biggest of any mech in the game.

...the -3F is the best one, just on torso twist.

[Wintersdark]

It's... It's... uhhh, marginally better than the 4N?

Seriously, of the 5, only the F, S, and M are worth getting IMHO.

To be fair, it can more effectively use LRM20's, but LRM's are borked, and if you want to really boat the M is probably better anyways.

[DeadlyNerd]

Dead Eye 01, on 13 April 2013 - 03:27 PM, said:

20 Missile tubes per arm, instead of just 10 like the others.

See that would be awesome if missile tubes were actually the restriction for the size of LRMs a mech could pack.
This way it's just a 0.5sec delay between salvos for 10 tubes and no delay for 20.

Not a trade I'd accept for 2 energy HPs.

Edited by DeadlyNerd, 13 April 2013 - 04:02 PM.

[IceCase88]

When thinking about hardpoints sometimes you need to think of a fat kid at McDonalds. Sure there are 10 hardpoints and sure the fat kid can eat 10 Big Macs. However, you have to deal with consequences of filling up too much. :-0. I guess choosing the 3H is like portion control since there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. This is the only rational explanation I can think of.

Edited by IceCase88, 13 April 2013 - 04:20 PM.

[Lucian Nostra]

I've used it before, 2 LRM 20s and 2 LRM 5s. All missiles will hit at pretty much the same time for salvos of 50 warheads instead of streaming in, It can be devastating

Edited by Lucian Nostra, 13 April 2013 - 04:23 PM.

[General Taskeen]

That is the best spider sig ever.

The 6 MG Spider is so OP.