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[zztophat]

One reason really: it is a far, far better platform for a weapon load out I was already using on my JM6-S.

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...3d83fdb4af70063

That is the current load out for the FB, my JM6-S was pretty much identical the only major difference being the PCCs were torso mounted.

Now the JM6-S was my dedicated sniper Yager and it had been through several iterations; quad AC2s, dual Gauss, 2 PPCs and 2 AC2s, single gauss and PPCs, ect, ect.

For the longest time I was happy to use the dual Gauss but the drawbacks always had me looking for a better option (exploding sucks). When a recent patch buffed the AC5s (range and R.O.F.) I decided to try two of those in the arms and a pair of PPCs and frankly, it blew away the Dual gauss set-up. Despite needing heat sinks it carried more ammo, had the same range profile, same damage and it never reached the point of "out of ammo and now useless".

I really liked shooting the load out but those torso energy mounts were a huge liability which often had me firing my torso in to what ever ground cover I had not crested enough. There was also that whole firing on elevations thing...

But now we have the Firebrand, and with those energy weapon arms... it feels somewhere between a twice and a million times better.

I highly recommend this loadout, you may want a bigger engine, I have found that I don't really need it (I use 280-300 in my other yagers).


I was going to post some game footage of the Firebrand but when I went to grab a few clips I found I had a few hundred MWO files in there and... ya... I'll try to sort through it and edit in some footage later. Until then here's my paint job:

Edited by zztophat, 05 June 2013 - 03:13 AM.

[Kiiyor]

I concur. I too love my Firebrand. I shall have to try vanilla AC5s, but I really enjoy the random torrents of firepower from the ultra flavoured ones.

[JSparrowist]

Firebrand <3

Picked it up yesterday after the patch.. I'm loving it! It's versatile and the added engine size suits my preferred hit and run speed need!

[SpartanFiredog317]

UAC's are so underrated right now! .... Combine the random Ridiculous ROF potential of UAC5s with all those energy hardpoints.... OR take advantage of the higher engine with 2 LPL, 4 MPL, and the new MG range..... Light Killer.

[AlmightyAeng]

Agreed. Lovin' the firebrand so far.

I tend to run 3 AC5's and 4 Medium lasers on my JM-S....so for the FB that got changed to 2 AC5's and 6 medium lasers. It's a BEAST (pun intended) and plenty fast.

Still waiting to experiment between A5's and the UAC5...with the reduced recycle time on the AC5's I like them even more than I did before.

[RussianWolf]

Went with a quad PPC/ERPPC build last night. have the two on the torso linked and the two in the arms linked, I chain fire both sets.

Very Nice.

On the paint, try switching the red to black, so you just wind up with the flames. Really nice look.

[CygnusX7]

I've been fooling around and leveling up my "FIRETARD". About to have speed tweak at which point the fun really starts.
I keep going back to a pair of ERPPC's with a STD300, 18 DHS and 4 sL's.
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...6995962c79661ea

Must run as much armor as possible. For me it has to be 400 minimum.

I ran a PPC UAC5 for a bit and also did the AC5 route. I just like the UAC5's better.
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...9a3f51f0b4b6087

Love the Firetard.

[Finn McShae]

I tried a bunch of stuff yesterday on mine and am happiest with basically a beefed up Rifleman setup. I just run LLAS and AC5 in each arm, couple of med lasers and a STD 265 (I think) that I had laying around. People still pop my side torsos like mad hoping I'm runing and XL and I keep on trucking.

Runs hot, and I'm going to blame some FPS issues on my moderate success, but I'm having fun.

[zztophat]

I have been having a lot of trouble recording lately, since the latest patch anyway, not much useable footage sadly. Here is some that wasn't too terrible:



A shame I couldn't save some other games, I went 6-0 in one of them