Posted 11 January 2014 - 12:14 PM
To the OP: you sound a lot like me, I did switchto a 5 button mouse this week and am trying to learn to use more than 3 weapon groups but for the most part Im same kind of player as you.
Try either the Cicada 3m or the Cicada with 6 energy hardpoints with ALL FLAMERS. Im serious. Its hilarious good fun. If you ever play with someone else get your buddy to do it too. One of you run the 3m flamer for ecm shield, the other run the 6 flamer cicada. Any mech that you hit with ten flamers cant do ****. Just stay away from lights and dakka mechs and your golden.
For my BJ-1 I use a Gauss-jack with 3 med lasers because I think AC/20s are cheese-sauce. Xl-235, 2 jj, DHS, endo, 2 weapon groups.
For my BJ-1x I use 3 large lasers, thats it. Max engine, ENDO, and as many DHS as I can get. One chain fire group and one alpha group. You could also do a group of 2 and then 1 with a half second delay. But really the ghost heat isnt that bad.
For my BJ-3 I use 2 ER large and 2 mplas, max engine, endo, as many DHS as possible. 3 weapon groups. one for the er, one for mplas, and one chain group for the ERs when its hot.
Lets see here well I dont know your thoughts on Trebuchets but I think they are great. Not as "meta" or tanky as a Centurion or Shadowhawk because its arms are huge, its tall, and its CT is easier to hit than a Cent, but still they have jj and are more versatile and just as fun and can be just as successful with practice.
Treb 7k: 2 ER large and an AC-10. XL-255 I think. Endo, DHS, pretty easy to figure out from there. One ER group, the AC-10 as a group, and an ER chain group. If ERs arent your style thenm just use regular Large, runs cooler obviously.
Treb 7-M: 3 streaks, BAP, 3mplas, XL-300, endo, dhs, a couple jumjets, Advanced Target Decay module. Very good light hunter. Quicker than a Kintaro, but probably not quite as "meta" as the 2d2 streak-hawk. 3 weapon groups. One for pulse lasers, one fro streaks, one chain group for pulse lasers. If you need to chain the streaks just arrow over and hit backspace.
Treb 5J: 2 large lasers, 2 medium lasers, 1 srm 6, xl-300, all the normal upgrades, some jumpjets. Could maybe use a XL-280, but speed is your friend ion a Treb. One group Large, one medium, one for the SRM.
Treb 3c: I used to do a XL-255, 4mplas, Artemis, and 2 srm-6. with normal upgrades and as many heatsinks as I could get. But now I run it as a "Lrmisher" with an XL-265, 2 LRM 15s with Artemis, TAG, 3 medium lasers, 304 armor, 5 tons of ammo. You could drop a medium laser anf put another ton of ammo in, it tends to run out every match. Both builds use 3 groups.