Lightfoot, on 23 July 2013 - 09:10 AM, said:
@OP,
You seek the Orion.
That's why the Victor was pushed ahead.
Very few great 80 tonners and those all have special characteristics. Zeus and Awesome. Although the MWO Victor is fairly tough with an ST and light loadout for bigger ST Engine. Players assume you have an XL and aim for side torsos. I don't use JJets either. I just assume MWO will never have/allow JJets since they always grease the squeaky wheel. (SQWEEEEEK::: POPTARTERS!!:::SQWEEEEK, whoa! better get some grease on that one!)
The Orion however will carry about what an 80 tonner does, but move like a Heavy mech at the sacrifice of some armor totals.
Mechs normally have certain sweet spots in weight classes. 35, 55, 75, 85, and 100 tons. In MWO all I can tell you is that 35 tonners and 100 and 85 tonners are preferred Mechs.
no point using a fast jumper, unless one is fast and jumps.
That said, the proof is in the pudding. Higher learning curve to master a Victor, but once done, it's UNIQUE blend of firepower (66 pt alpha on mine), Armor (not an atlas, but still tough, and the ST is not terribly big, while the arms work like the Centy's do....) and mobilty (78 kph with mx jump) along with less obvious, but equally important traits like great heat management, hardpoints that don't favor boating, and general chassis quirks make this a premiere mech.
It might also be shining a little brought right now, because the recent changes have essentially eliminated huge amounts of metarape, and most "Pros" are demonstrating that without their meta exploits, the really aren't that good. I notice lots of new names on the tournament leaderboards, with only a few like PEEF and Pat Kell as notable repeats. With so many "Leets getting nerfed with their precious PPC boats, it is possible it opened things up for actual PILOTS to use a mech like a Victor as intended.
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