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[Daekar]

After getting a bit frustrated trying to make use of my Founder's Catapult, which has had the same fit for nearly forever, I dropped one of the medium lasers and added a TAG. I had my doubts, and still do in the context of 12-mans, as to the wisdom of taking an LRM mech in the current state of the game, but I tried it anyway for a few PuG matches

OH HECK YES.

The poor little DDCers didn't know what to do when the big bad missiles could hit them through their ECM. It was VERY satisfying.

[LauLiao]

Not exactly timely but glad you finally figured it out

[Zakie Chan]

ORLY?

It worked this way for a looonnnng time. Even during the ECM crysis! Yet still there are those who cry over ecm...

TIP* Put artemis on your missles to, they will compound the tag bonus making lurms more OP. Get with the times!

(Disclaimer!! OP was a goof ploy to jest at the next conclusion following the users knowledge of game meta, LRMs are FINE!)

Edited by Zakie Chan, 10 October 2013 - 10:20 AM.

[Daekar]

Yeah, I'm a little behind... one reason why you won't usually crying for a buff or a nerf.

One other thing I noticed was that people seemed to respond to the fact that they could target my target. It really helped.

EDIT: Already had Artemis... LRMs need to have it.

Edited by Daekar, 10 October 2013 - 11:31 AM.

[Ngamok]

My STK-5M has two TAG !! Just in case one arm gets blown off.

[General Taskeen]

Sad - but in other Mech Warriors games you didn't have to self-tag, someone else did it for you.

If someone was behind a hill scenario:

Mech A. - "Yo, I can see that Mech on radar yo, but my missiles can't fire at it, can you help me out bro?"
Mech B. - "I got your back bro."

If the enemy had ECM in your LOS? No problem, your LRMs could fire, because ECM didn't shut off weapons in direct LOS.


Basically by the way they balanced electronics in the game, it has completely invalidated stock builds.

Edited by General Taskeen, 10 October 2013 - 12:04 PM.

[80sGlamRockSensation David Bowie]

Hey, instead of being ********, be happy this guy found out an otherwise convuluted game mechanic on his own.

Good job @OP

[Grimlox]

mwhighlander, on 10 October 2013 - 12:06 PM, said:

Hey, instead of being ********, be happy this guy found out an otherwise convuluted game mechanic on his own.

Good job @OP

Ya it really isn't obvious how the whole mechanics of LRM's/ECM/Tag/NARC/BAP work... unless of course you are among the hardcore that have been following the game and reading patch notes, dev updates, ask the devs, twitter, interviews, and facebook the whole time.

Good job OP.