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[Sephlock]

Automatically destroys the mech of any teammate that is running a spider, Blackjack, non ECM Raven, or Awesome, and instantly forces the player into a decent mech.

Alternatively, if a teammate disconnects and he was in a good mech, and one of my remaining teammates is in one of the above mechs, the consumable should instantly destroy that player's mech and force him into the disconnected player's mech.

[Hexenhammer]

Its cheaper if you vent on the forums

Edited by Hexenhammer, 22 May 2013 - 02:53 PM.

[Errant Variable]

I'm good with this, and I'm good with it being MC only.

[Sephlock]

I really want it to play a sound effect like "BZZZT! TRY AGAIN!" when it activates, too...

[Hotthedd]

Sephlock, on 22 May 2013 - 02:44 PM, said:

Automatically destroys the mech of any teammate that is running a spider, Blackjack, non ECM Raven, or Awesome, and instantly forces the player into a decent mech.

Alternatively, if a teammate disconnects and he was in a good mech, and one of my remaining teammates is in one of the above mechs, the consumable should instantly destroy that player's mech and force him into the disconnected player's mech.

There are quite a few excellent spider pilots out there, and if that Awesome is boating LRMs currently, it is likely to lead the team in damage and kills.

[Renthrak]

Hotthedd, on 22 May 2013 - 05:09 PM, said:

There are quite a few excellent spider pilots out there, and if that Awesome is boating LRMs currently, it is likely to lead the team in damage and kills.

The problem isn't really the 'Mechs themselves. It's that in order to be as effective in those 'Mechs as in a decent Jenner or Hunchback or Stalker, a player must both configure and pilot these 'Mechs very differently. Unfortunately, there are far more ways to do 'differently' wrong than ways to do it right.

I have seen a skilled Spider pilot wipe out half the enemy team by himself on a regular basis. It requires maneuvering like a ping-pong ball in a hurricane, but it can be done. The Blackjack can actually manage some vicious builds, particularly taking advantage of those high-mounted arm hardpoints, but people are still treating it like a Hunchback or a Cicada, and failing miserably. The Awesome has always been a black sheep among the assault 'Mechs, it's really an overweight heavy. If you set one up with a huge engine and some hard-hitting close range weapons, it can be used like a giant Hunchback to great effect by being fast enough to hit other assault 'Mechs in the rear armor, where an Atlas usually has to fight face-to-face.

[Badconduct]

I get top scores in my awesome.

If there was a Death Match option, I'd total ignore team play and just do tournament style Solaris all day.

[DivineEvil]

All aforementioned mechs are good as long as you know how to ride them. I've mastered Spiders, Ravens, mastering Blackjack and seen Awesomes doing wonders on these chassy.

And no, you're not gonna earn these money any time soon and even then certainly wouldn't spent them on a game.

[Curccu]

HEY! Don't Insult my super awesome Spider! or Blackjacks.

[MustrumRidcully]

Badconduct, on 22 May 2013 - 07:11 PM, said:

I get top scores in my awesome.

If there was a Death Match option, I'd total ignore team play and just do tournament style Solaris all day.

But if you invested as much effort in playing the Awesome in playing the Stalker, Highlander or Atlas, would you score worse?

[Mechteric]

Apparently you haven't seen how often my awesome gets several hundred points of damage. Also there's some hard hitting blackjacks out there.


But yeah that spider is useless, and the non ecm ravens are abysmally slow!

[Hotthedd]

Renthrak, on 22 May 2013 - 06:03 PM, said:

The problem isn't really the 'Mechs themselves. It's that in order to be as effective in those 'Mechs as in a decent Jenner or Hunchback or Stalker, a player must both configure and pilot these 'Mechs very differently. Unfortunately, there are far more ways to do 'differently' wrong than ways to do it right.

I have seen a skilled Spider pilot wipe out half the enemy team by himself on a regular basis. It requires maneuvering like a ping-pong ball in a hurricane, but it can be done. The Blackjack can actually manage some vicious builds, particularly taking advantage of those high-mounted arm hardpoints, but people are still treating it like a Hunchback or a Cicada, and failing miserably. The Awesome has always been a black sheep among the assault 'Mechs, it's really an overweight heavy. If you set one up with a huge engine and some hard-hitting close range weapons, it can be used like a giant Hunchback to great effect by being fast enough to hit other assault 'Mechs in the rear armor, where an Atlas usually has to fight face-to-face.

Absolutely. The most over (or under)-powered part of the mech is in the cockpit.

[Khanublikhan]

*Spidermech pilot leaps into thread*

*Spidermech pilot jump jets away*

*lights cigar, mid leap*

*sound of toppling mech in his wake...*




No thank you, OP.

Edited by Khanublikhan, 23 May 2013 - 09:39 AM.

[Dude42]

My AWS-8R would like a word with you. He topped the charts in most games since well before the LRM buff.

Edited by Dude42, 23 May 2013 - 09:38 AM.

[zraven7]

Non-ECM Ravens can be really decent, and good Spider pilots are darned scary.

[Neolisk]

Sephlock, on 22 May 2013 - 02:44 PM, said:

Automatically destroys the mech of any teammate that is running a spider, Blackjack, non ECM Raven, or Awesome, and instantly forces the player into a decent mech.

Not another P2W feature! Nooo!

[Hammerfinn]

I would honestly

support

this kind of feature.

[SPencil]

I want a module that detects when someone says "(x/y/z) is op", and immediately makes them eject.