Best Lrm Medium?
#1
Posted 23 September 2013 - 06:43 PM
I want to find one I can slide into using easily with my cat experience.
The trebuchet looks like a good match, but want to be sure first.
#2
Posted 23 September 2013 - 06:52 PM
#3
Posted 23 September 2013 - 07:03 PM
MortVent, on 23 September 2013 - 06:43 PM, said:
I want to find one I can slide into using easily with my cat experience.
The trebuchet looks like a good match, but want to be sure first.
Trebuchet is good if you want jump jets, but you're limited to 2 slots for missiles on most of them. (Recommend)
Kintaro has a lot of missile hard points. (Recommend)
Hunchback has a couple of mechs with two missile slots. (I don't recommend)
Centurion has missile bay doors that can be a pain, side torsos get blown off more often than not. (I don't recommend)
-Edited for recommendation and addition of the Centurion
Edited by Ryvucz, 23 September 2013 - 07:06 PM.
#4
Posted 23 September 2013 - 07:12 PM
#5
Posted 23 September 2013 - 07:21 PM
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...89281bd9aac8fe5
Why not 7M? 5N has a better torso twist and one more arm laser spot (if you decide you'd prefer one extra laser instead of that one ton of ammo). 7M has jets, but as an LRM boat you want to stay near your team, and it's likely most of them won't be jumping, so neither will you have many chances to. Being able to shoot behind while running away is way more useful imo.
Kintaro might actually be a good LRM robot as well, but I really don't like how it can be mistaken for an Atlas in the distance.
Don't use the Hunchback J, its tubes are messed up (it's 10+10 instead of 20) so you can't aLRM30 comfortably. For the same reason don't use HBK SP (6+6) or any Cent (10) for LRMs, anything but aLRM15 is sub-optimal and you'll want to stack those whenever possible.
May not look like much, but these are pretty much all solo games. This thing can carry hard for a grossly oversized 50-tonner with t-rex arms on a 17 fps laptop.
Edited by Alex Wolfe, 23 September 2013 - 07:32 PM.
#6
Posted 23 September 2013 - 07:56 PM
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...862c26618de3ed7
Could downgrade the erppc to an erLL, however, the 5 lrm 5 are great for hassrament on chainfire or one blob of lrm25. Also, since the lrm5 does not need artemis it comes out in a tight spread. Since the hitbox change I have been running my KTO-18 as a streak boat, to great success:
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...96a217bb1e8cf44
This mech does both very effectively.
#8
Posted 23 September 2013 - 08:01 PM
Royalewithcheese, on 23 September 2013 - 07:12 PM, said:
I just think arty is a waste with the lrm5, I don't see any difference between using arty or not.
Edited by Johnny Reb, 23 September 2013 - 08:02 PM.
#9
Posted 23 September 2013 - 08:49 PM
the mobility options are why I love the catapults.
Edited by MortVent, 23 September 2013 - 08:53 PM.
#10
Posted 23 September 2013 - 08:55 PM
Edited by Johnny Reb, 23 September 2013 - 08:56 PM.
#11
Posted 24 September 2013 - 01:43 PM
#12
Posted 24 September 2013 - 01:52 PM
Backup Medium Lasers, possible jump jets, NARC (if it gets fixed), and 15 tubed missile hardpoints. You can also get some pretty good speed on the Trebuchet.
#13
Posted 24 September 2013 - 02:01 PM
#14
Posted 24 September 2013 - 08:21 PM
Trebuchets are GIGANTIC.
Seriously. Throw an Atlas aside of a Treb. The former is barely larger.
Also they can't do nothing properly other than LRM (let's be honest, the ballistic Treb is pathetic).
So, if you're looking for a chassis that does whatever your 'pults can already do, get Trebs. If you wanna try something else....
GET ALL THE HUNCHBACKS.
#15
Posted 25 September 2013 - 03:49 PM
#16
Posted 25 September 2013 - 03:56 PM
Nothing else can really do a optimal LRM loadout, though one of the centurions does a pretty mean 3XLRM10 setup.
#17
Posted 25 September 2013 - 04:17 PM
The HBK-4J looks really neat, but the 20-tube launcher only shoots 10 tubes at a time, and none of the other HBKs do missiles except the 4SP, which only shoots 2x6 at a time. On the plus side, the HBK-4J lets you mount six energy weapons as well.
#18
Posted 25 September 2013 - 05:03 PM
I have one with a Art 15 and 10, big engine with much ammo.
#19
Posted 26 September 2013 - 12:56 AM
#20
Posted 26 September 2013 - 01:01 AM
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