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[Sandpit]

This is still a thing?

[Joseph Mallan]

Sandpit, on 09 December 2013 - 08:48 AM, said:

This is still a thing?

Just like the Chupacabra!

[Cimarb]

ColonelMetus, on 08 December 2013 - 10:37 AM, said:

lrm are too effective against assaults which cant move fast enough to get out of their way and are too tall to use 90% of cover, they should allow all assault mechs to mount double AMS and ECM or they should nerf the lerm

Or maybe you should pilot something other than an assault. Nerfing a weapon because an assault isn't fast or short enough to avoid them is pretty silly logic.

[Sandpit]

Cimarb, on 09 December 2013 - 09:17 AM, said:

Or maybe you should pilot something other than an assault. Nerfing a weapon because an assault isn't fast or short enough to avoid them is pretty silly logic.

This really surprises you?

I've noticed a few things

A good majority of the "nerf" threads come from 12 mans
A good portion of the "c-bill/economy" threads come from new players and a select few "vets"
A good portion of the "remove" threads come from players that got owned by something
A good portion of the "(insert latest bandwagon here)" threads come from trolls and that select few mentioned earlier

Moral of the story? Adapt your tactics. Improvise new tactics. Overcome the enemy.

LRMs aren't "op"
ECM isn't "op"
99.999999% of the game doesn't "need to be" removed for "balance"
The "grind" isn't too much
Poptarting isn't "op"
Energy boats are far from "useless" (Just ask the 3 kills 5 assists, 843 damage Stalker I helped crush a team with a few mins ago)

How do I know all of those above statements to be true? Well because I have personally disproven each and every one of them. Not by typing this all out. Not by moaning and groaning on the forums (please note, there's a huge difference between "waaaaaah, I got killed cuz my 1337 skillz were overcome by some boogey monster" and "Hey PGI, this is a bit unbalanced because when player A shoots an LRM20 they all target me head") but by dropping in games and deliberately going out of my way to beat every single "op" and use every single "up" feature in the game.

Successfully.
That? That's truth. That's data. That's unbiased statistical data.

Do we see the difference people?

[Burke IV]

Sandpit, on 09 December 2013 - 09:56 AM, said:

ECM isn't "op"

Its ok so long as there is an equal amount on both teams, then its one teams fault if they cant counter. You have to admit massed ECM is a bit suspect.

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The "grind" isn't too much

Yes it is. I beleive the idea of the grind is to make you buy mc and convert xp. If there comes a point where the grind makes you stop playing rather than pay more then the grind is too much. Not only this but if you take your half unlocked mech into a game your grind impacts on 11 other players... The grind is real fail imo and needs replacing with sometihng else or even removing. Why do we need to level up 3 chassis anyway? I have said on the forum before that i would have bought a hero mech but for the fact i would also have to buy 2 more bays and then grind those 3 chassis up before i even get the hero i payed for. I kept my money in my pocket on that occasion, the grid is even too much for PGI from that point of view.

[Lyoto Machida]

Orgasmo, on 08 December 2013 - 11:18 AM, said:

The only thing that needs nerfing about LRM is reducing the screen shake it produces. It gets ridiculous.

If only PGI could come out with a module to sell that would fix that...

[Aim64C]

ColonelMetus, on 06 November 2013 - 09:48 PM, said:

4-5 lrm 10's on chain fire that permanantly screen shake you.

everyone has seen them all over the place sense the tuesday before last.
if something isnt done PGI is going to over correct the problem like always and we will be left with useless LRMs again.

please, stop the flooding before you ruin LRM for everyone, or. nerf LRM flooding

LRMs are already useless weapons unless you plan, as a team, to run four chassis with 40-60 missile volleys apiece.

Then they can be somewhat effective if everyone is coordinated and has a decent idea of what they are doing.

[KharnZor]

I'm impressed. 21 pages worth of a horse that's been beaten into hamburger meat.

[Bellum Dominum]

ColonelMetus, on 06 November 2013 - 09:48 PM, said:

4-5 lrm 10's on chain fire that permanantly screen shake you.

everyone has seen them all over the place sense the tuesday before last.
if something isnt done PGI is going to over correct the problem like always and we will be left with useless LRMs again.

please, stop the flooding before you ruin LRM for everyone, or. nerf LRM flooding

wrong, the flood is a Cat A1 with 6 LRM 5'S. 10's and 15's over heat the mech too quickly to adequately 'flood'. So I'm guessing you're a jump sniper and don't care for the only response to the jump sniping that is killing the game rapidly? I had just posted about it this morning but apprently PGI doesn't want to address the issue that players are leaving this game like the flood you are upset about:(I expect this post will disappear as well) [color=#2495F3]http://mwomercs.com/...ayer-base-loss/[/color]

Edited by Death Drow, 10 December 2013 - 03:50 PM.

[Wispsy]

Sandpit, on 09 December 2013 - 09:56 AM, said:

That's unbiased statistical data.

Do we see the difference people?

It looks pretty biased to me...

[Svidro]

Wispsy, on 10 December 2013 - 05:33 PM, said:

It looks pretty biased to me...

Lol was just going to say... and the difference between statistical and anecdotal is... Oh wait, that's right.

[Whatzituyah]

KharnZor, on 09 December 2013 - 06:10 PM, said:

I'm impressed. 21 pages worth of a horse that's been beaten into hamburger meat.

http://www.youtube.c...e&v=9y9QbntoyCA

Edited by Whatzituyah, 10 December 2013 - 06:48 PM.

[Thunder Lips Express]

Joseph Mallan, on 07 November 2013 - 09:32 AM, said:

Although, I could not figure out last night how I was being rained on standing under cover, on river city!

maybe the windows on the buildings were open?

[Burke IV]

If you stand very very close to some structures you take splash dmg... or maybe the LRMs just bug their way thru. Either way a step back fixes it

[Corbon Zackery]

Know issue that will be fixed. Enrique from PGI got plastered during Alpine about a month ago so its on the list of things to fix.

Your going see probably:
Longer reload time
Reduction of the missile curve angle
Reduction of the curve angle when a Light has a target lock on you.
Increased spread pattern during indirect fire
Powering down will only has a 50% percent chance of breaking the missile lock in short the missiles might remember were you are..

This will bring short to medium cover back into play LRM will need more direct line of sight to do any real damage. Powering down will not be a abused way of breaking a LRM lock.


I posted this vid before in LRM post because it gives you a good example of how broken the missile mechanics have gotten.

http://youtu.be/L-sq4u-2AS0

Edited by Corbon Zackery, 10 December 2013 - 07:12 PM.

[ColonelMetus]

not to mention that LRM screen shake is out of control

[El Bandito]

Sandpit, on 09 December 2013 - 09:56 AM, said:

The "grind" isn't too much

A Founder Overlord telling others the grind isn't too much. LOL. I bet you will be singing a different tune if you were someone who just joined this game.

Edited by El Bandito, 15 December 2013 - 02:53 AM.

[Stormyblade]

El Bandito, on 15 December 2013 - 02:52 AM, said:

A Founder Overlord telling others the grind isn't too much. LOL. I bet you will be singing a different tune if you were someone who just joined this game.

I had to chuckle at this response...even though I'm in the same "group"...for the record, though, I don't have millions upon millions of C-bills floating around, nor do I have all my 'mechs kitted out with 3 and 4 modules each. I have 1 target decay and 1 seismic sensor and 1 improved gyro.

[ColonelMetus]

Stormyblade, on 15 December 2013 - 05:36 AM, said:

I had to chuckle at this response...even though I'm in the same "group"...for the record, though, I don't have millions upon millions of C-bills floating around, nor do I have all my 'mechs kitted out with 3 and 4 modules each. I have 1 target decay and 1 seismic sensor and 1 improved gyro.

i also have improved Gyro and guess what, it has no effect on lrms.

[Sandpit]

El Bandito, on 15 December 2013 - 02:52 AM, said:

A Founder Overlord telling others the grind isn't too much. LOL. I bet you will be singing a different tune if you were someone who just joined this game.

Never mind that up until the PP sale I had no extra mechs, hadn't used any of my premium time (still haven't by the way), and played through the exact same way a free player would have. Oh and I still have all my founder MC. So tell me again oh great and powerful Oz, just how does the fact that I'm a founder change the fact that I played as any other free player because I didn't use any of the bonuses I got as a founder? Please tell me more.

I'd expect this kind of response from an ignorant assumption though. LOL I bet you would sing a different tune if you didn't assume you know everyting about another player simply because they have forum badges. Just sayin