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[Hotthedd]

Not much more to say than the title.

I dusted off my Pretty Baby, loaded it up with 55 LRMs, and took it out on a few matches today.

I never died. I never had fewer than 2 kills and many assists. I never had to "work" for a kill. I just sat near the back and pointed and clicked. Easy money.

My question is: WHO enjoys this? What is the point? Minecraft is more challenging. I cannot suppose it is any more fun for my hapless victims, especially on Caustic Valley, where things that USED to provide cover no longer do.

PGI, please PLEASE do not cater to the crowd that thinks this is at all fun, or takes the slightest skill. A Hotfix is necessary yesterday, not with the next patch.

[Appogee]

Yeah I just played 12 games, and got missile spammed in all of them. So I found myself spending most of the game trying to get to adequate cover, firing off some shots on targets of opportunity when they presented. It worked oookay I guess.

But when I died, I spectated on the LRM spammers sitting at the edge of the map, usually behind cover, firing volley after volley to locked-on targets they couldn't see. Some volleys connected, and some scored kills. It seemed mostly random. Most of them scored fairly well at the end of the match, though not always.

I was going to buy a Catapult just so I could ''get with the program''. But to be honest, it just doesn't look like fun sitting behind a rock, waiting for a lock or trying to spot a distant target who was stupid enough to poke his head out.

So I decided to stop playing for the rest of the day and go play that copy of Bioshock Infinite I bought a couple of months ago. I think it will be more challenging and entertaining than the current MWO meta.

I'll check back after the next hotbreak, err, I mean, hotfix

Edited by Appogee, 22 May 2013 - 10:34 AM.

[Joseph Mallan]

Hotthedd, on 22 May 2013 - 10:23 AM, said:

Not much more to say than the title.

I dusted off my Pretty Baby, loaded it up with 55 LRMs, and took it out on a few matches today.

I never died. I never had fewer than 2 kills and many assists. I never had to "work" for a kill. I just sat near the back and pointed and clicked. Easy money.

My question is: WHO enjoys this? What is the point? Minecraft is more challenging. I cannot suppose it is any more fun for my hapless victims, especially on Caustic Valley, where things that USED to provide cover no longer do.

PGI, please PLEASE do not cater to the crowd that thinks this is at all fun, or takes the slightest skill. A Hotfix is necessary yesterday, not with the next patch.

Artillerymen. I used to enjoy doing this to people. Killing you from far away helps Me stay alive. Sorry Hott but no everyone thinks the same way.

[Sheraf]

Hotthedd, on 22 May 2013 - 10:23 AM, said:

Not much more to say than the title.

I dusted off my Pretty Baby, loaded it up with 55 LRMs, and took it out on a few matches today.

I never died. I never had fewer than 2 kills and many assists. I never had to "work" for a kill. I just sat near the back and pointed and clicked. Easy money.

My question is: WHO enjoys this? What is the point? Minecraft is more challenging. I cannot suppose it is any more fun for my hapless victims, especially on Caustic Valley, where things that USED to provide cover no longer do.

PGI, please PLEASE do not cater to the crowd that thinks this is at all fun, or takes the slightest skill. A Hotfix is necessary yesterday, not with the next patch.

I enjoy it,because this is challenging Hope we meet, you will die soon

[Funky Bacon]

How do you manage to screw up LRM's like this.... TWICE!?

All we wanted was a tiny bit more damage and speed to make missiles and direct fire a bit more useful so they could get hit before ducking for cover. Not hit anything that isn't behind the largest mountain or building on the map. (at least that was my impression)

[Thorqemada]

Hotthedd, on 22 May 2013 - 10:23 AM, said:

Not much more to say than the title.

I dusted off my Pretty Baby, loaded it up with 55 LRMs, and took it out on a few matches today.

I never died. I never had fewer than 2 kills and many assists. I never had to "work" for a kill. I just sat near the back and pointed and clicked. Easy money.

My question is: WHO enjoys this? What is the point? Minecraft is more challenging. I cannot suppose it is any more fun for my hapless victims, especially on Caustic Valley, where things that USED to provide cover no longer do.

PGI, please PLEASE do not cater to the crowd that thinks this is at all fun, or takes the slightest skill. A Hotfix is necessary yesterday, not with the next patch.

So how is that worse than the Pre-Patch Meta where Canageroo Assaults carrying 3 to 6 High Alpha Weapons reaping anything apart beyond viewing range?

[Ryokens leap]

OP must have been playing vs new players that wander around in the open and didn't bother to send a team to harass LRM boats. Yes I saw plenty of LRMs on patch day, none of the killed me nor damaged me significantly.

[Vanguard319]

I suppose you think they should get rid of air/artillery strikes and UAVs while they're at it. Sorry, but these make the game more about strategy and less about mindless zerg rushing.

[Rhent]

Hotthedd, on 22 May 2013 - 10:23 AM, said:

Not much more to say than the title.

I dusted off my Pretty Baby, loaded it up with 55 LRMs, and took it out on a few matches today.

I never died. I never had fewer than 2 kills and many assists. I never had to "work" for a kill. I just sat near the back and pointed and clicked. Easy money.

My question is: WHO enjoys this? What is the point? Minecraft is more challenging. I cannot suppose it is any more fun for my hapless victims, especially on Caustic Valley, where things that USED to provide cover no longer do.

PGI, please PLEASE do not cater to the crowd that thinks this is at all fun, or takes the slightest skill. A Hotfix is necessary yesterday, not with the next patch.

I'm playing a fast stalker AC/20 boat (AC/20, 5 ML, 1 SRM6, 18 DHS), and frankly I'm loving the LRM changes. There are so many vulnerable LRM boats just itching to die who can't fight back. With the seismic sensor it helps all the more avoid ambushes. I'm loving the changes now.

[Stormfury]

What I don't understand is how they didn't realize this was going to be horribad. This is the third time since i started playing last June that they have OVERLY beefed LRMs to a point of an unplayable game only to roll it back out.

Not only did they upgrade the LRM damage by 0.2 but they also:
LRM Speed
Changed the trajectory (to 'their desired trajectory')
Made Tag and Artemis lock targets faster
Made Tag and Artemis group closer.
Made Tag and Artemis lose lock slower.

Hey PGI, here's a tip. Introduce ONE (UNO, 1, a single) of these changes initially, see how it affects things and then consider the others. Adding 6 things all at once is destined for failure and facepalm emergency patching.

Edited by Stormfury, 22 May 2013 - 10:54 AM.

[Kraven Kor]

It really isn't so bad.

I'm waiting for the fix, but seriously, I just still did not have much if any trouble getting out of the way of incoming LRM's most of the time last night. I will say that, for now, you should probably not go water on Forest Colony

[AntiCitizenJuan]

I dont care how bad it may seem. Its miles ahead of the ****** hotpotato gameplay from last week

[verybad]

OMG, Gausscatss RUIN the game
OMG, fast Medium laser mechs RUIN the game
OMG, Jenners RUIN the game!
OMG LRMs RUIN the game
OMG ECM RUINS the game
OMG Raven 3ls RUIN the game
OMG, POPtartss RUIN the game
OMG, LRMs RUIN the game

[Joseph Mallan]

verybad, on 22 May 2013 - 10:56 AM, said:

OMG, Gausscatss RUIN the game
OMG, fast Medium laser mechs RUIN the game
OMG, Jenners RUIN the game!
OMG LRMs RUIN the game
OMG ECM RUINS the game
OMG Raven 3ls RUIN the game
OMG, POPtartss RUIN the game
OMG, LRMs RUIN the game

OMG Mechs RUIN the game

Edited by Joseph Mallan, 22 May 2013 - 11:00 AM.

[Junkman7mgte]

It's actualy quite fun, in a "balanced" mech. I rotate thru my mechs on a - play 1 day - usualy rotation. Last night, gave that up for the evening, and jumped in my Treb for the evening. 1 alrm10, 1 alrm15, "swapped a 15 for a 10 and AMS before the patch" and 4 mlas build. Had more fun than ever, and i liked that mech before hand.

That said, yes, i had to run/hide from lrm boats, but, it wasn't near as bad as i've read on the forums. I also, did not connect with lrm's every salvo, though, it was better than before, and, it was great making the poptarts keep their heads down

[Svalfangr]

Ryokens leap, on 22 May 2013 - 10:49 AM, said:

OP must have been playing vs new players that wander around in the open and didn't bother to send a team to harass LRM boats. Yes I saw plenty of LRMs on patch day, none of the killed me nor damaged me significantly.

this /thread.

[MustrumRidcully]

This is actually LRMaggedon III.

I) Artemis Introduction
II) Splash Overkill
III) A so called Fix that gives us strange missile flight path and thanks to retained splash damage still CT killing missiles.

I am looking forward to part IV to VI. Though VII to IX might be the most interesting to come yet, I've heard JJ Abrams is on the job.

Joseph Mallan, on 22 May 2013 - 11:00 AM, said:

OMG Mechs RUIN the game

Now that you mention it - they are kinda silly, aren't they?
Tanks are more realistic.

Edited by MustrumRidcully, 22 May 2013 - 11:08 AM.

[General Taskeen]

I do the same in MW:LL actually in the Mad Dog LRM Troll Mech with 2 CLRM10's and 2 CLRM15's. Except that game has active/passive radar, so people can avoid LRM fire (if they're smart) unless they get doomed by TAG and NARC, and the missile arcs aren't ridiculous.

Edited by General Taskeen, 22 May 2013 - 11:10 AM.

[Doomstryke]

no kidding brought out my hunchback to test to see if they really fixed the aiming threw tag on it and started blowing stuff up
so many LRMs means no streaks or SRMs so if you still have a close range brawler you are king. I had a blast last night plus if you have a 30 point alpha you pretty much destroy everything cause everyone was out in catapults and the Blackjack mech. Good times good times

[FupDup]

I do not take credit for the creation of this awesome picture.

Edited by FupDup, 22 May 2013 - 11:12 AM.