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[Kaeseblock]

madhatternynja, on 30 October 2013 - 10:10 PM, said:

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What is even funnier is watching an ENTIRE team turn around for ONE locust. Say what you want, but when your entire team is chasing this one mech because I shot your lrm boat in the back, you can't say its a bad mech anymore. Yeah yeah I know, its a free kill, but you just left your entire rear flank open for the rest of my team because of me. So yes, the locust does have a place, its behind your enemies riding their ***.
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^This.

Thus said:

• It's a great mech for creating disorder in the enemy lines ( "omg, it's a Locust, everybody leave your position and shoot at it!" ^^)
  
• Good for capping in Conquest

Nothing a Spider couldn't do better but hey, the Locust ist still fun to play (I really like this "omg, one false decision and I'm gonna diiiieeee" feeling ^^). Btw, I'm constantly getting 200+ dmg with any variant of the Locust and rode my team to victory in Conquest cap-wars more than once. So this little 20 ton mech might not be the best to fit it's role, but it's still is far from useless.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Reminds me of a song, just replace war with Locust...

LOCUST...Ughh...Good god y'all, what is it good for...absolutly nothing!

I still use the mech though

[ICEFANG13]

madhatternynja, on 30 October 2013 - 10:10 PM, said:

I love how people slam the locust more then any other mech. But the only mechs that scare me when I am driving my locust are ones with streaks, once I see those, I bug out. Otherwise your my lunch, I will shred your back armor before you know I am there and then continue to destroy your rear torso.

As for the comment about other lights doing it better, the only light that gives me a problem is ones armed with streaks. And most lights don't have the speed of the locust. Only the commando is faster and of them all only the 2D is a problem.

What is even funnier is watching an ENTIRE team turn around for ONE locust. Say what you want, but when your entire team is chasing this one mech because I shot your lrm boat in the back, you can't say its a bad mech anymore. Yeah yeah I know, its a free kill, but you just left your entire rear flank open for the rest of my team because of me. So yes, the locust does have a place, its behind your enemies riding their ***.

Yes there are matches when I get totally obliterated, but that happens in almost any mech I drive, mostly because I do crazy stuff or happen to run into your entire team while my team is off in BFE playing with themselves (I don't play capwarrior unless my team is short or I am one of the last ones, I avoid the base entirely).

Now these are just my ravings and thoughts, I could be wrong. But I am so tired of people blasting the locust all the time saying it is the worst mech ever. Too each their own. I am biased on the mechs I play, as is everyone. Each mech has specific loadouts and there are some mechs I won't drive, most mediums and two assaults.

But flat out saying the locust is worthless or can't do anything, is pretty sad when most times it takes more then 1 mech to destroy it.

What is your build?

[Escef]

This was from last night. PUG match, I was in the 9SE on the losing team. But look at that Locust on the winning team.

[Shadey99]

I haven't chimed in here, but a well played Locust is a ghost who haunts the shadows of your sensors and unleashes havoc into your ranks when you are not looking. Though that is the role of most lights and I cannot even say it does it better.

However unlike the Spider or Jenner you won't be dancing through an enemy force making use of jumpjets and radical movement changes to make them shoot each other. It plays alot like a Commando minus the heavy use of srms.

What a Locust really excels at is filling every weapons loadout style with a variant: Want missiles? 3S. Want lasers? 3M. Want to clean up with MGs? 1V. As opposed to Jenners for instance which are always energy heavy with a couple missiles or Commandos with lots of missiles and some energy... Or Spiders with all energy loadouts except the 5K with it's MGs. The only types of loadouts it cannot take are ECW ones a Raven would run.

If the 1V had ECM it could fill a ECW role mounting a TAG, MGs, BAP, and ECM. Only missing Narc, but Narc is nearly worthless atm anyways so no real loss.

[FupDup]

I finally just finished grinding all the Lolcusts to Master.




Shadow Hawk time!

[Deathlike]

FupDup, on 31 October 2013 - 08:28 PM, said:

I finally just finished grinding all the Lolcusts to Master.

You're lucky I've almost grinded out the Commandos.

[FupDup]

Deathlike, on 31 October 2013 - 08:38 PM, said:

You're lucky I've almost grinded out the Commandos.

Don't finish Commies until I whip out my Shawk, m'kay?

[Deathlike]

FupDup, on 31 October 2013 - 08:39 PM, said:

Don't finish Commies until I whip out my Shawk, m'kay?

NO. I WILL PAINT THE LOLCUSTS RED AND YOU WILL LIKE IT!

Seriously, I just need to get the double XP bonus for all of the Commandos tomorrow and it's done!

[FupDup]

Deathlike, on 31 October 2013 - 09:03 PM, said:

NO. I WILL PAINT THE LOLCUSTS RED AND YOU WILL LIKE IT!

RED ONES GO FASTA!

Deathlike, on 31 October 2013 - 09:03 PM, said:

Seriously, I just need to get the double XP bonus for all of the Commandos tomorrow and it's done!

Well, maybe you can stick around for a while after unlocking the bonus module slot? Shawk is hungry...

Edited by FupDup, 31 October 2013 - 09:44 PM.

[Deathlike]

FupDup, on 31 October 2013 - 09:41 PM, said:

RED ONES GO FASTA!

WELL MY RED COMMANDO IS AS FAST AS A LOCUST!

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Well, maybe you can stick around for a while after unlocking the bonus module slot? Shawk is hungry...

No. Maybe you'll get a visit from the Com-2D though.

Edited by Deathlike, 31 October 2013 - 09:53 PM.

[FupDup]

Deathlike, on 31 October 2013 - 09:53 PM, said:

No. Maybe you'll get a visit from the Com-2D though.

I hope so. I've got my magic missiles and probe freshly installed.

[Deathlike]

FupDup, on 31 October 2013 - 10:06 PM, said:

I hope so. I've got my magic missiles and probe freshly installed.

The Gingerbread Man Commando is still faster than the Shaqhawk.

Edited by Deathlike, 31 October 2013 - 10:10 PM.

[FupDup]

Deathlike, on 31 October 2013 - 10:10 PM, said:

The Gingerbread Man Commando is still faster than the Shaqhawk.

I don't need to outrun ya, I just jump outta the bushes like a crazy man.

[Deathlike]

FupDup, on 31 October 2013 - 10:12 PM, said:

I don't need to outrun ya, I just jump outta the bushes like a crazy man.

I don't think the SH can hide in a bush.... perhaps a tree.

[meteorol]

zombie ninja, on 29 October 2013 - 10:16 AM, said:

Good for returning to base rapidly to chase away cappers in assault.

Really good for cleaning up weakened enemy mechs that have run astray and harassing slow-moving assault mechs.

Wait, what?

If i was on the enemy base, and i could choose a mech which would try to chase me away, i would pick the locust every single time. Why? Because i'm sure i'll be able to vaporise a locust.

All alone in my totally banged up HGN, no armor on any section left, my seismic sensor showing me a fast target coming close? I'm freaking praying for a locust, because i know this is probably the only mech i can get down in this condition.

Fact is: The other light mechs are far more dangerous in every situation.
While a locust can cause confusion among the enemy team, this can be done by any other lightmech aswell. Whenever ANY lightmech turns up, you can count on atleast 5 PUGs to follow him without thinking for 1 second. The other lightmechs bring enough speed with more firepower and armor. There is simply no need for the locust. It's a nice mech to kid around with, but nothing more.

Edited by meteorol, 01 November 2013 - 02:09 AM.

[Stormtempter]

Locusts are too powerful, they can do every role way better than any other light. No one is going to bring any other light mechs to a fight when they can have the OP Locust with them.

Nerf pls.