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[NighthawkSteel]

Hey, i have a problem with Voip. First, do I have to enable it anywhere or it is possible to use it from the beginning? Secondly, if it's enabled from the beginning why cant i use it by pressing the the correct key? Could it have something to do that I dont have the speakers(?) shown when you press Tab ingame?

Thx for your help!

Edited by NighthawkSteel, 28 February 2015 - 09:21 AM.

[Reno Blade]

NighthawkSteel, on 28 February 2015 - 09:21 AM, said:

Hey, i have a problem with Voip. First, do I have to enable it anywhere or it is possible to use it from the beginning? Secondly, if it's enabled from the beginning why cant i use it by pressing the the correct key? Could it have something to do that I dont have the speakers(?) shown when you press Tab ingame?

Thx for your help!

Hello and Welcome to the forum!

VOIP is enabled by default and uses default input and output devices.
That said, you can change the devices ingame in the menu.
Go to settings - Sound and then you should have VOIP area, a checkbox to enable it, and 4 dropdown boxes to select speakers and microphone settings.

The fact you don't have a speacer icon if you press TAB is because thats the mute-menu. You can't mute yourself, so you don't have a button in the player list.

[luxebo]

What's a good build for Adders except streakers and srmers? I'm not too familiar with the clans in this game, but I know that the Adder has been criticized for a few reasons, which is sad since I used to play em as a Solaris light champion (and Cougars). At least I'm not 100% familiar with piloting etc since the trials don't cover enough of the mechs sufficiently (stock mechs only).

Edited by luxebo, 28 February 2015 - 07:58 PM.

[Alaskan Nobody]

luxebo, on 28 February 2015 - 07:57 PM, said:

What's a good build for Adders except streakers and srmers?

I ran mine stock or near-stock and they did beautifully for me

Exception bein the one that comes with ballistics, I ran that one as a variation of the LRM carrier.

[luxebo]

Thanks Shar, although I seen Adder Prime in performance (working around in order to write on it via trial guide), but it sorta has been lackluster recently. Maybe the LRM boat might suffice, etc. I'll consider the other variants near stock though.

[Alaskan Nobody]

luxebo, on 28 February 2015 - 09:58 PM, said:

Thanks Shar, although I seen Adder Prime in performance....

Adder-Prime you can swap to lasers for lower heat without worrying to much

Requires more face time though.

Either way it is a light-weight fire-support mech - like the Jager, or Blackjack but smaller
(and lower-but-lighter weapons)

Edited by Shar Wolf, 28 February 2015 - 10:03 PM.

[luxebo]

Cool, thanks again Shar. Looking into a couple ideas, how would double dakka work? How would single big ballistic (UAC20, Gauss) plus ML work?

Yeah, I realize it's more support than anything. Back in MW4 though I played it as a brawler a lot though (maxed out speed + max ML power, UAC20 builds.) I'll have to own the Adder first though.

[Alaskan Nobody]

I have heard of people running a single big gun - Gauss, UAC, LBx

Never ran one myself - was having to much fun as a mini-LRM40 (with plenty of ammo at that!)

I can see it being effective though

[luxebo]

I'll give both of em a try, plus shorter ranged missiles and LPL. Dunno how viable is double acs though, seems very short on ammo from smurfy. Ty Shar, now just to grab the actual mech then I'll see how viable as support mechs they are.

[Metafox]

For adder builds, I don't quite remember what I ran but you might try a version of my favorite kitfox build:

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...417b7a785d7cba3

It's a UAC5 and 3 ERMLs. The UAC is great for knocking your targets around and you can keep firing it even when you're running hot.

[luxebo]

Another part question, apparently there is an impostor of me (like one letter off my name) tking or similar. At least from what I heard via voice chat to kill me before I kill em (I told em not to and I won't touch em, so gladly we got along). I dunno what happened, but looks like I may have to deal with such. How though? Can't name/shame, reporting prob going rampant since there has been at least one tking incident per last days, etc. Do I use normal contact support? I don't have screenshot evidence either since it was elsewhere.

[NighthawkSteel]

Reno Blade, on 28 February 2015 - 01:45 PM, said:

Hello and Welcome to the forum!

VOIP is enabled by default and uses default input and output devices.
That said, you can change the devices ingame in the menu.
Go to settings - Sound and then you should have VOIP area, a checkbox to enable it, and 4 dropdown boxes to select speakers and microphone settings.

The fact you don't have a speacer icon if you press TAB is because thats the mute-menu. You can't mute yourself, so you don't have a button in the player list.

Thank you so much! Im a dirty noob and finally I can communicate with my squad

[SethAbercromby]

luxebo, on 01 March 2015 - 12:34 AM, said:

Another part question, apparently there is an impostor of me (like one letter off my name) tking or similar. At least from what I heard via voice chat to kill me before I kill em (I told em not to and I won't touch em, so gladly we got along). I dunno what happened, but looks like I may have to deal with such. How though? Can't name/shame, reporting prob going rampant since there has been at least one tking incident per last days, etc. Do I use normal contact support? I don't have screenshot evidence either since it was elsewhere.

Wow, that's just... wow.

In any case, I'd try sending a message to support that there apparently has been some confusion between you and a TKer that may be trying to give you a bad rep / get you banned. I'd just ask them to look a bit deeper into the context of TKs supposedly by you. Unfortunately not much else I can think of.

[Metafox]

luxebo, on 01 March 2015 - 12:34 AM, said:

Another part question, apparently there is an impostor of me (like one letter off my name) tking or similar.

I'm not sure if support could do much more than let you change your name, but it wouldn't hurt to contact them. If people misreport your name, PGI won't charge you for TKing because they have access to the match records and they can verify people's accusations.

[luxebo]

Metafox, on 01 March 2015 - 09:48 AM, said:

I'm not sure if support could do much more than let you change your name, but it wouldn't hurt to contact them. If people misreport your name, PGI won't charge you for TKing because they have access to the match records and they can verify people's accusations.

Ok, thanks. Good to know that they will be able to identify the correct guy that was doing wrongdoings, not just ban me accidentally etc due to typo etc. I have a feeling it's a friend trolling me, though I have no idea and it could've been a coincidence. (Plus I'm pretty settled with my name, as I like it as is, though if it affects my reputation on the field I may have to switch otherwise).

[TheCaptainJZ]

They should contact you with a warning message before any action is taken I would hope, or at least allow you to explain yourself if you were wrongfully banned. And they should be able to tell the difference between something like luxebo and luxeb0.

[SethAbercromby]

TheCaptainJZ, on 01 March 2015 - 01:13 PM, said:

They should contact you with a warning message before any action is taken I would hope, or at least allow you to explain yourself if you were wrongfully banned. And they should be able to tell the difference between something like luxebo and luxeb0.

I think If people go confused, it may be the difference between luxebo (lower-case L) and Iuxebo (upper-case i), which will not be as obvious on screenshots or in chat.

[Koniving]

luxebo, on 28 February 2015 - 09:58 PM, said:

Thanks Shar, although I seen Adder Prime in performance (working around in order to write on it via trial guide), but it sorta has been lackluster recently. Maybe the LRM boat might suffice, etc. I'll consider the other variants near stock though.

I'm weird in that I run mine with twin SRM-6 in the arms, LRM-10 in the ST and ER PPC in the other ST.
<.<;
Or this build, which isn't great but it works.
I know I'm difficult to hear in it, but yeah. >.>

(Edit, You know how MWO was in 2013 so yeah. Time skipped it to the Atlas fight.)

Edited by Koniving, 01 March 2015 - 02:23 PM.

[Tiger Dad]

When would the next mech sale be?

[Rogue Jedi]

there is a Mechs sale for 30-50% of MC price most weekends however they do not follow a set formula, price reduction for cbills used to be quite rare but the last few months they have been pretty frequent.

to the best of my knowledge there is no published schedule of when Mechs go on sale for reduced prices

Edited by Rogue Jedi, 02 March 2015 - 11:01 AM.