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[Homeless Bill]

Does anyone else have that one 'mech that they bought that didn't live up to expectations? That one robot that no matter what you try, you can't seem to unlock its secrets?

You switch builds and change your piloting style, only to die in different, more humiliating ways. Then you get all the Elite efficiencies unlocked. "Now..." you say to yourself, "Now, things are going to be different." They're not. They're the exact same, but with less legs and more fire.

Spider 5K, what must I do to unlock your God-like potential?

What 'mech don't you get along with? Anything that you just can't seem to push over a 1.0KDR no matter how hard you try (I'm no KDR *****, but not being able to break 1.0 to me means it's not worth taking)?

[SmoothCriminal]

Any Raven thats not a 3L...

[Barghest Whelp]

CTF 4X. I just don't get it.

[Bobdolemite]

I couldnt get the 5k to work despite everything I tried. That being said it was the 2nd mech I bought so im sure that had something to do with it as well. Never could get a build I liked in the CTF-4X either, too bulky and slow, once the Jag came out I sold the 4X. AS7-K same story, was nice to have dual AMS though thats about all I can say about it.

[MAXrobo]

That cataphract 2X! Why do you hate me so. I swear I tried 100+ builds with that over the course of mastering it and not one did I feel worked well. I love all the other cataphracts, its one of my favorite chassis, but the 2X just did not cooperate.

[EyeOne]

The mechs that I have bought and then sold after not being able to figure then out are:
Cicada-2A (sold quickly)
Centurion-D (managed to get basic unlocked)
Trebuchet-7K (managed to get basic unlocked)

There are more that I sold because I didn't like them but it would be fair to say they got me killed over and over again.

[Zynk]

Mine was the CPLT-K2 never liked it and sold it. The CPLT-C1 I do like.

[Agent of Change]

Cicada 3C

i want the bug to be good
be good bug be good
but it won't

it just won't

[blacklp]

Swayback, its like an abusive relationship. Like that scene in goodfellas were Henry's wife is holding the gun to his head when he wakes up.
The damage, too sexy, the speed, perfect. But that heat, and that torso...
Why can't I quit you swayback.

[Budor]

I have at least 20 of those...

[TruePoindexter]

The CTF-4X was a huge disappointment to the point where I sold it and will never touch it again.

The CPLT-C1 and C4 have also disappointed me. This is more them not meshing with my playstyle though.

Stalkers were disappointing the first couple of days they came out but this was more playing with poor teams and coming to terms with their blimp like proportions.

[Vassago Rain]

The two ravens that aren't 3L.

[Ransack]

for me it's any and all Stalkers. They just don't do it for me.

[Glo Worm]

Barghest Whelp, on 22 April 2013 - 11:16 AM, said:

CTF 4X. I just don't get it.

CTF-4x is all about the dual Gauss builds. I run 2x Gauss and 2x MG in mine (with max armor) and consistently score 400-600 damage. That said, it is still inferior to the Catapult or Jagermech designs for dual Gauss sniping due to the lower hardpoint layout. (The guns are mid-torso, not shoulder-height - means more exposure if sniping over ridges.)

The CTF-2x is worthless though.

Edited by Glo Worm, 22 April 2013 - 11:34 AM.

[Howdy Doody]

Glo Worm, on 22 April 2013 - 11:34 AM, said:

CTF-4x is all about the dual Gauss builds. I run 2x Gauss and 2x MG in mine (with max armor) and consistently score 400-600 damage. That said, it is still inferior to the Catapult or Jagermech designs for dual Gauss sniping due to the lower hardpoint layout. (The guns are mid-torso, not shoulder-height - means more exposure if sniping over ridges.)

The CTF-2x is worthless though.

I agree. Since the Jag I feel like that thing shoots out of its feet. I put more holes in dirt than other mechs!

[Team Leader]

The spider with 12 jump jets, which only seems to be able to jump about as high as a spider with 4 jump jets. Also, the jenner thats basically the D but without 2 missiles. That thing is dumb.

[DamnCatte]

Any variant of a mech with a NARC missile slot. Whenever I forget it's there and put a different kind of missile in it without thinking, I go to fire it... and I just give this big sigh of dissappointed frustration at myself as I watch 20 LRMs launch from my mech in single file...

[BLUPRNT]

Cataphract 4X, just frustrating but holding on to hope of future weapons.

Highlander 733C I think, the one with the AC-20, my other 2 are fun and perfom well but this thing has pushed my anger management through out the basic skills. If missles get some love I might feel different.

[One Medic Army]

The only mech I have a KdR of less than 1 on: Trebuchet 7M.
It used to be good, back before the latest missile changes, but now it's got 3 missile slots, one in a NARC tube, and only 3 lasers which all get shot off with the arms.

Then there's the size of the thing...

[OpCentar]

Glo Worm, on 22 April 2013 - 11:34 AM, said:

CTF-4x is all about the dual Gauss builds. I run 2x Gauss and 2x MG in mine (with max armor) and consistently score 400-600 damage. That said, it is still inferior to the Catapult or Jagermech designs for dual Gauss sniping due to the lower hardpoint layout. (The guns are mid-torso, not shoulder-height - means more exposure if sniping over ridges.)

The CTF-2x is worthless though.

I think that the twin Gauss 4x is too slow to be effective, may be personal taste but a 4xAC/2 build has superior DPS and tends to be more forgiving if your aim isn't great.

Also getting in to mid/close range and unleashing that 100 damage burst dakka is way more fun than sniping with Gauss rifles.