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[Cferre]

Have bought my first Raven yesterday. And have noticed while playing my Raven
in River City that you're not able to hit Spiders with SSRM's when both of you are in the water.
While they with SSRM's in turn have no problems hitting you.
This seems to me to be some kind of unintentional advantage.

Would appreciate some input.

[blinkin]

streaks are the devils toys and we must keep the holy water on hand to banish them.

[Stringburka]

Spiders having a slim chance of beating a raven? OUTRAGEOUS!

(okay, I just couldn't resist)

[Cferre]

blinkin, on 28 April 2013 - 05:59 PM, said:

streaks are the devils toys and we must keep the holy water on hand to banish them.

Thank you for that constructive data. But how effective streaks can be, is not the issue here.
But how useless they are, when the Spider wants to be a submarine vessel.

Stringburka, on 28 April 2013 - 05:59 PM, said:

Spiders having a slim chance of beating a raven? OUTRAGEOUS!

(okay, I just couldn't resist)

Again, thats not the issue here. And no. I did not lose.

Edited by Cferre, 28 April 2013 - 06:37 PM.

[Cferre]

Edited by Cferre, 29 April 2013 - 05:53 AM.

[blinkin]

Cferre, on 28 April 2013 - 06:16 PM, said:

Again, thats not the issue here. And no. I did not lose.

agh!! need more holy water!

disengage troll mode:

unfortunately you are unlikely to get any consideration for streaks. they have been the target of rage and frustration for far too long. most responses will be trolling or insulting at best. this is an issue that needs to be looked at but until streaks are balanced you will get absolutely no sympathy from this crowd.

my only suggestion at this point is duck and cover.

[Ser Barristan]

When playing upper I look at the dam by the bridge occasionally and think it would be great if a couple assaults could alpha it and the resulting flash flood would wash away the lower city team...

[Alistair Winter]

Different weapons have varying degrees of effectiveness in different situations.
Lasers suffer in hot climates while gauss rifles do not.
LRMs are less effective in dense terrain, SRMs are more effective.
Just adapt.

I have no sympathy for anyone who uses Streaks anyway, those weapons are ridiculously OP against other light mechs.

[Liege]

umm.. spiders don't have missile hardpoints..

[Cferre]

Liege, on 28 April 2013 - 10:40 PM, said:

umm.. spiders don't have missile hardpoints..

i weren't specifically talking about the Spider. This applies to Jenners just as well.
Made the mistake on the image though. So fixed it.

[Cferre]

Alistair Winter, on 28 April 2013 - 07:43 PM, said:

I have no sympathy for anyone who uses Streaks anyway, those weapons are ridiculously OP against other light mechs.

You do know you can hit light mechs a lot easier than in the past right?
SSRM's are no longer that strong these days. But again, this is ot.

[Carcass23]

So if a river was flooding locally, would you call the gubberment up and ask them to lower the water level? Shall we tweak more of your immediate surroundings to perfection? To me, this is an equally ridiculous suggestion. Players will eternally cry for game balance at the cost of realism. The fact that the terrain had an effect on your battle caused you to cry foul, only proves that people will ignore the fact that it actually makes some sense that it works rather realistically. Missles shouldn't be able to hit water before hitting you and be unaffected by the initial impact.