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[Banditman]

This sounds like a packet loss issue to me, especially given the phone as an Internet connection. However . . .

In general, chain fire is less effective than grouped fire anyway. As you gain experience, you'll find that the most effective technique is to get as much damage as possible done in as short a time as possible, and then torso twist away from your target so that return fire impacts less critical parts of your mech.

When you're chain firing, you basically create a great deal of what is called "face time" with an enemy. It means that you are facing your target a great portion of the time. This is considered a Bad Thing ™. Grouping your weapons into logical and tactical groups will help you reduce your face time, and increase your longevity on the battlefield.

The longer you're on the battlefield, the more opportunity you will have to do damage, increasing the chances your team has of winning the match.

[GreyNovember]

This begs the question though, of why this is an isolated case with Clan PPCs.

A full Alpha with a Warhawk is, as I repeatedly discovered, not advisable. So yeah, chain firing.

[Arn0ldSchwarzenegger]

well that means you have more than 2 ppcs? fire them as pairs like bandit said

[B0CKSCAR]

So . . . . . is there a patch or something, that lets me basically play MW4, with all the new eye candy?
And is there a list that tells me what name who is going by now?
Or can I email someone my list of players from MW4, that I still have a grudge against, and they'll email me back everyone's allias?

[IraqiWalker]

I would say "No" to both those questions.

[Banditman]

This game has absolutely no connection to MW4, aside from being set in the same universe.

[TeteSP]

The Button for know FPS was F9,im right???

[Nothing Whatsoever]

TeteSP, on 21 May 2015 - 07:51 PM, said:

The Button for know FPS was F9,im right???

yeah, that should give the FPS value in the top left corner

[Nick Makiaveli]

Bloodboil, on 20 May 2015 - 01:42 AM, said:

Here's my rookie question to you lot:

How do you deal and work around the weak feedback mwo is giving you in combat?

- For instance why can someone shoot my mech with a laser from an angle I can't see the beam say behind? The only warning i get half of the time is a little blinking down in the lower left right corner. The sound effect just doesn't seem to play most of the time, particularly in heavier combat. This has driven me absolutely up the walls with light mechs such as adder that orient around sticking with the group and not taking hits. The worst scenario i've had was been shot by a chain gauss shot. first one stripped the armor, my mech didn't shake nor any sort of damage sound did play and the second shot just blew the shoulder clean off. all happening in the space of about 1 and half seconds.

And while we're on the topic what's with the game's hit feedback. particularly on long ranges. A simple slowly colorchanging crosshair feels about as fufilling as drawing a dot with a pen.

I did install the game expecting mechporn what i got was pretty pictures with no feeling at all in the action. (I'm not saying add some obnoxious out of place call of duty splat though. but we have targetting computers, surely they could confirm a hit with audio aswell if we can't hear the armor crack and buckle from high energy weapons or the occasional golfcart those ac 20s fire.)

ps. Does gauss riffle have some sort of armor penetration mechanic that punches through armor to damage and crit the components behind that armor and then damage the back armor aswell? Taken a few gaus shots from the front that've dealt minimal/no damage to the armor facing the gun, damaging the component slightly but wrecked the armor facing away from the gun. Died to it twice or thrice when rear armor was stripped with something else before hand.

Are you sure your PC can handle the game? Even if it does meet or exceed the specs, try reducing the overhead by downloading CCleaner and use it to disable programs that are launching themselves at bootup. Adobe and MS Office are two of the biggest offenders, but many other programs "pre-launch" so as to respond quicker when you launch them. I also recommend Defraggler (also from Piriform) to defrag your HD. It's the best I've seen in many years.

[ExoForce]

Is this a known bug: Non-elited variant will show mech/weapon module equipped (copied from a mastered variant)?

Edited by ExoForce, 22 May 2015 - 01:54 PM.

[ExoForce]

Nick Makiaveli, on 22 May 2015 - 10:53 AM, said:

Are you sure your PC can handle the game? Even if it does meet or exceed the specs

SNIPPED..

Also, type msconfig.exe in CMD, go Startup, and let yourself be surprised. Remove what do You not need.
Adobe is notorious for its update service...

[IraqiWalker]

ExoForce, on 22 May 2015 - 01:59 PM, said:

Also, type msconfig.exe in CMD, go Startup, and let yourself be surprised. Remove what do You not need.
Adobe is notorious for its update service...

I'm sorry, I think you meant "revolving door for all kinds of piggybacking spamware, spyware, and other problems."

Edited by IraqiWalker, 22 May 2015 - 02:27 PM.

[Dounutthing]

Hello everyone, I'm new here but I have a serious question to ask.
I'm trying to run MWO in Windows 8.1 but it seems when I click the patch button, it asks me for the terms of use which I couldn't accept because the program doesn't allow me. The only thing I can do is just press decline which ultimately closes the program.

Thanks in advance.

[Banditman]

You have to scroll to the bottom before you can click accept.

[Dounutthing]

Today, I learn how dumb I am.

Thanks!

[Koniving]

Dounutthing, on 22 May 2015 - 04:41 PM, said:

Thanks!

Welcome to MWO.

I know the game will ask if you want to take the tutorial. It...kinda blows but by all means go ahead and try it. After this, please try the "Testing Ground" with various trial mechs. This will give you a chance to practice movement and controls as well as get a feel for how each unit plays.

In 25 matches you'll have enough injections that you can buy most mechs with ease.

Note: The matchmaker has a tendency of throwing you into some really wild matches while it tries to gauge your skill level. Between this and the fact that mechs generally need to be torn apart limb from limb (go for legs and avoid the 'Big' enemies; best hints a new player can get)... and you'll have a rough start. Between 100 and 200 damage without kills is very normal for a new player.

After 25 matches in one mech class (feel free to bounce between them for your first 25 for the bonuses, but know the matchmaker itself adjusts itself within 25 matches of one class and keeps a different skill level for each of the four weight classes), the matchmaker will become much more tame and the jumps in skill level will tone down to reasonable levels.

[Speedy Plysitkos]

was there any word from staff, that mech Kodiak is in plan ?

[IraqiWalker]

Titannium, on 22 May 2015 - 05:17 PM, said:

was there any word from staff, that mech Kodiak is in plan ?

Kodiak is a second line mech. PGI has stated before (this was back during the end of wave 1 releases, and before wave 2 was even considered) that they will not put second line mechs in until they are done with the front line ones. So I would put my money on wave 5 or 6 to have the Kodiak.

Then again, they might do something like what they did with Resistance 1 and 2, where they gave us a poll and we voted on which mechs to have in the pack.

I like the Kodiak, if only those claws on it were not decorative. There is something quite satisfying about literally mauling an enemy mech using claws that big.


TL;DR: No plans as to when, but it probably will be.

[GreyNovember]

Is there a way to change settings without booting up the client and logging in?

[TheCaptainJZ]

No

Well, yes. They are stored in a file so if you have a specific edit to do you can open it up in notepad but you need to know what exactly you need to change.