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[meteorol]

Sadly i can't really get myself to pilot a mech which loses 7 of its 9 weapons as soon as someone only thinks of targeting the huge hunch.

It has like what, 40 front armor to protect it?
Takes 2 average damage alphas to make this mech almost useless. Doesn't really look good if you take into consideration that:
1) noone with half decent aim will miss the huge hunch. ever.
2) 80kph WAY too slow to dodge anything.

I don't think i disarmed any mech more often (or faster) than the hunchback.
A 4 ppc boat (or 2ppc/gauss) will need ~ 4 seconds to disarm this mech. (i'm counting 2 splas as disarmed)
Torsotwisting/smart maneuvering won't change this. Noone will miss the unmissable hunch. If someone does, it is probably his first day playing the game.

Don't get me wrong, i love the hunchback. I just like the way this little guy looks. But if there are good pilots on the enemy team, they will make you suffer for choosing him.

Edited by meteorol, 30 June 2013 - 06:05 AM.

[Elizander]

meteorol, on 30 June 2013 - 05:46 AM, said:

Sadly i can't really get myself to pilot a mech which loses 7 of its 9 weapons as soon as someone only thinks of targeting the huge hunch.

It has like what, 40 front armor to protect it?
Takes 2 average damage alphas to make this mech absolutly useless. Doesn't really look good if you take into consideration that:
1) noone with half decent aim will miss the huge hunch. ever.
2) 80kph WAY too slow to dodge anything.

I don't think i disarmed any mech more often (or faster) than the hunchback.
A 4 ppc boat (or 2ppc/gauss) will need ~ 4 seconds to disarm this mech. (i'm counting 2 splas as disarmed)
Torsotwisting/smart maneuvering won't change this. Noone will miss the unmissable hunch. If someone does, it is probably his first day playing the game.

Don't get me wrong, i love the hunchback. I just like the way this little guy looks. But if there are good pilots on the enemy team, they will make you suffer for choosing him.

I normally make those good enemy pilots choose between the Atlas D-DC, the Misery Stalker, or my hunch when I fight.

[Fate 6]

The only may to make it work due to limited range would be to load up an XL engine. The thing about having medium lasers with a STD is that even if you do lose the hunch you have 2ML worth of firepower and can just sit on the edge of a fight poking away.

[El Bandito]

I pilot Heavies and Assaults so no SPL for me, thank you.

[Goldensaver]

Fate 6, on 30 June 2013 - 07:23 AM, said:

The only may to make it work due to limited range would be to load up an XL engine. The thing about having medium lasers with a STD is that even if you do lose the hunch you have 2ML worth of firepower and can just sit on the edge of a fight poking away.

Just going to disagree with this statement here. With the low engine rating cap on the Hunchback, there's more than enough tonnage for a Standard 260 (max engine rating) with max armour and a full weapon rack, and extra heat sinks.

I do agree though that it's too slow just to boat SPL's. I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to do it with a decent-high number of SPL's without being a trash heap and/or kite bait.

Edited by Goldensaver, 30 June 2013 - 04:16 PM.