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[Anthony Manton]

The Atlas D-DC is really meant to be a team player, which means hanging out with a wolf-pack and providing ECM. You're still an Atlas, though, so you're expected to step up and mix it up when contact is made. Your ECM notwithstanding, an anti-missile system is still mandatory in case of TAG, active probes, or PPC fire. I'd also recommend carrying a beagle probe yourself, since you're going to spend a lot of time in the middle of the action.

Here's my D-DC build: http://mwo.smurfy-ne...cfdbab74e2c72e2

I went with a gauss rifle and AC/5 as my primary ballistics, backed up with a pair of ER large lasers. This gives me enough range to whittle down more traditional brawlers who carry pulse lasers and AC/20s before they can get into range to damage me too much, and allows me to effectively fight back against snipers at their own game. For dealing with annoying race-cars, I have three Streak 2 racks which can force them to back off while I re-position myself to bring more guns or allies with guns to bear on the problem. Alternatively, I can pull back around a sharp corner and simply erase a leg or a torso with an alpha strike if he's foolish enough to try to charge me down, which happens more often then you'd think.

Overall the build runs a little on the warm side if firing continuously, so good fire discipline and sometimes even cool shot consumables are necessary. Fortunately a fully-mastered D-DC has a whopping four module slots to play with, so using one or even two for emergency cooling isn't much of a burden. Also, the gauss and AC/5 run very cool, and can be fired alone to keep up some pressure while relieving yourself of excess heat.

Above all, enjoy your new toy, and remember to play to your greatest strength in a D-DC: other friendly assault 'Mechs under your ECM bubble.