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[Will HellFire]

3D is the best Cataphract around (excepting the Muromets, I dont pilot Hero Mechs)

Totally worth it.

[Lightning Kurita]

Ilya -> 3d -> 1x -> 4x -> 2x

my personal list own all

[ShadowbaneX]

My CTF-2X rocks. You could do something similar with the 1X, but you'd have to be way more careful when firing the lasers and the weight doesn't seem to balance right. Having said that, I am thinking about selling it as the Victor-9K can do that build being slightly slower (78 kph vs 82.7 kph), but has more armour and jump jets.

Edited by ShadowbaneX, 26 September 2013 - 07:39 AM.

[Garonis Buhallin]

I run my 3-D with an ac/20, UAC/5 and some medium lasers thrown in, it does extremely well. I do have to note that I am a Cataphreak, and own all the chassis.

[jper4]

i don;t have any myself but like everyone has said it's one of the most universally praised mechs out there so you can;t go wrong getting one i would say.

[ChivaIry]

... So.... After a long spell away. .I came back to find 13 mill in my bank and in a fit of joy blew it I on a 3d...
Now can anyone recommend a simple. . Effective build a novice pilot could get away with using and still do relatively well in?

Atm I'm looking at dual PPC and dual uac5 ... ok for a beginner or should I be looking at something else?
Thanks for any help. .. :-)

[mack sabbath]

ChivaIry, on 04 December 2013 - 01:04 AM, said:

... So.... After a long spell away. .I came back to find 13 mill in my bank and in a fit of joy blew it I on a 3d...
Now can anyone recommend a simple. . Effective build a novice pilot could get away with using and still do relatively well in?

Atm I'm looking at dual PPC and dual uac5 ... ok for a beginner or should I be looking at something else?
Thanks for any help. .. :-)

Here's one using the stock engine, still under 13 million cbills, and it is a solid mech at most ranges:

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...9a6ff42a1915515

Edited by Die Primate Die, 07 December 2013 - 01:41 PM.

[Modo44]

No, 2xLL+AC10+2xML is solid. The LB-X remains a joke, and the ERLL's range profile fits with the AC5, not with the AC10.

[Goregrimm]

I have mastered every heavy chassis except for the Quickdraw and I agree that the 3D is probably the best heavy in the game though I prefer my Jagers. Jump jets make any mech better, without exception.

Check out Mechspecs.com and find a 5 star build that looks good to you.

[Kommandant Irusk]

My current 3D, 1st mech and only one I own as a new pilot & I love it!

No XL explosions, can alpha 3 times for 120 dmg without overheating on most maps:

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...08a9683cc058031

[Bront]

ShadowbaneX, on 15 September 2013 - 07:13 AM, said:

Well, you've already got an XL280 from the Ilya, so you don't really need that extra XL280 that you'll get from the 3D.

Lies! You can always use more XL280s!


Anyway, before the Ilya sale, I planned on getting a 3D. Instead, my 3rd 'Phrat is an Ilya, but I'm still saving up for the 3D. Jumpjets are a game changer, and the 3D and Ilya are different enough you can have fun with both in different ways.

[ShadowbaneX]

Bront, on 19 December 2013 - 02:52 PM, said:

Lies! You can always use more XL280s!

Keep in mind that was posted back in September, long before we had loads of Shadow Hawks, Wolverines and Griffins running around that make good use of XL280s. Now, yeah, sure, g'head. The more XL280s the better.

[Bront]

ShadowbaneX, on 19 December 2013 - 02:59 PM, said:

Keep in mind that was posted back in September, long before we had loads of Shadow Hawks, Wolverines and Griffins running around that make good use of XL280s. Now, yeah, sure, g'head. The more XL280s the better.

It was still lies back then. Many Catapults and Jager builds use them, other Cataphrats could, and they even fit in some Awesome or Highlander builds. Heck, even some Jenner builds (or Raven 3L builds) used it.

The XL280 is just short of the XL300 as far as overall useful XL engines, and was back then too. The fact that it's basicly a free upgrade from the XL275, over the 250 rating, and past the 275 rating for HS storage made it exceptionally useful.

[ShadowbaneX]

thing was, most of the mechs that I use run the XL300. Actually, in a few cases needed the XL300. Sure it weighed extra, but it allowed for the extra heat sink in the Engine, which freed up room elsewhere.

Edited by ShadowbaneX, 19 December 2013 - 03:27 PM.

[The Blazer of Lasers]

There is simply no equal to the 3d.
Its versitile hardpoints, armour jumpjets and xl engine capabilities are without comparison.

When you buy one I would strongly advise maxing the armour and getting double heatsinks and endo steel. It is my only mech that I have got over 1000 damage in and the mech that holds my personal record for most kills.

here is my loadout if you need ideas: http://mwo.smurfy-ne...851ebeb6b17a99d