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[luigi256]

Are there any good builds with the 5K and 5V?

I’m trying to get at least to elite (hoping to master but without a good build would be really unenjoyable) and these are pretty terrible compared to the 5D.

Any help will be appreciated thanks everyone who answers.

P.S. I don’t want to spend too much money unless I can actualy get a good build out of it.

Edited by luigi256, 01 August 2013 - 07:34 AM.

[MonkeyCheese]

Jumping on the easy mode bugged spider bandwagon are we?

[Team Leader]

Let me see what I can whip up in smurfy for you

Spider 5k:
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...6217467930ada8b

(DHS optional but nice if you have the money, lets you put another DHS on your mech somewhere instead of the head, you can also shoot basically infinitely)

Edited by Team Leader, 01 August 2013 - 05:23 PM.

[Team Leader]

You can make an identical build with the 5v.

[Team Leader]

Heres another build for the 5k, with machine guns and AMS, only upgrade you need is Endo steel, so you can use this one to grind up to the other 5k build if cbills are tight:
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...463966c8984d803

[MonkeyCheese]

There is already a decent thread about this for autocannons http://mwomercs.com/...able-ac-builds/

otherwise slap a ERlarge a large or a large pulse on it.

Edited by MonkeyCheese, 01 August 2013 - 06:30 PM.

[luigi256]

So pretty much the 5k and the 5v have very little use i am guessing.

[luigi256]

Team Leader, on 01 August 2013 - 05:16 PM, said:

Let me see what I can whip up in smurfy for you

Spider 5k:
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...6217467930ada8b

(DHS optional but nice if you have the money, lets you put another DHS on your mech somewhere instead of the head, you can also shoot basically infinitely)

Team Leader, on 01 August 2013 - 05:33 PM, said:

You can make an identical build with the 5v.

Although it is not super great It is probably the best that can be made. Anyways the only other problem is the xl255 engine cost over 4 mil. Is it worth the investment if I am just going to get rid of the mechs afterwards?

MonkeyCheese, on 01 August 2013 - 05:11 PM, said:

Jumping on the easy mode bugged spider bandwagon are we?

It is a bit bugged maybe they will fix it sometime. Also this is the first to be Mastered aftewards I am moving up in weight class incremently as I own one of each at least. (Hunchback, Cataraphact, Stalker, and Highlander)

[MonkeyCheese]

luigi256, on 01 August 2013 - 06:37 PM, said:

So pretty much the 5k and the 5v have very little use i am guessing.

Simply said yes, bad hardpoints can doom a Mech outside of grinding to master others, eg the 3c cicada that rarely sees the light of day.

[High Plains Drifter]

Howdy luigi doing the same myself with the spiders at the moment, for the 5v using an xl245 large pulse and 190/210 armour, 7 jumpjets dhs and endo and the 5k xl245 er large laser 2 machine guns 208/210 armour 6 jj dhs and endo; these builds seem to do the trick for me.

[stjobe]

luigi256, on 01 August 2013 - 06:37 PM, said:

So pretty much the 5k and the 5v have very little use i am guessing.

After the latest patch, the 5K is quite useful again; just put quad MGs on there and go to town, either with a MPL or an (ER)LL.

The 5V is still useless for damage, and won't be useful until (if) scouting starts to get rewarded properly.

[Ewigan]

Use it with one ERLL or one LPL.
Or do it like i did: level it with GXP, cause that thing just blows...

[Gunnr75]

Was hating my 5k unitl I read this thread and dropped a LPL in it along side the existing 4 mg's. It has probably doubled my dmg per match and I feel made me a more productive team member as a finisher and harasser.