Victor Morson, on 20 June 2013 - 05:40 AM, said:
Or, you know, they want to win and they want to win. Because tonning up and going high alpha is how you win right now.
not necessarily. i have had some of my best matches lately in my jenner because there are so many large slow targets on the field. people pick large mechs because more fire power and armor, tends to be attractive to inexperienced people. also lighter mechs tend to require more effort and complex tactics to be effective. you have to be willing to run away on a regular basis, and then completely change your plan.
a good jenner can easily murder most larger mechs, but a bad jenner very quickly explodes. using high tonnage, high alpha builds is a short cut from bad play to mediocre play.
i like my atlas and with a skilled pilot they can be just as deadly as a skilled pilot with any other mech. it is very easy to master the basic skills for operating most assault mechs, but lighter mechs require much more effort to simply survive for a short time in hostile areas.
ever see what a stationary jenner looks like?
^^that