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[AlmightyAeng]

Sandpit, on 09 January 2014 - 11:01 AM, said:

How many "op" weapons, metas, and FotM do we have this month? I'm losing track?

My favorite was the guy who was legitimately concerned about flamers being OP because he was blinded on Tourmaline and melted himself down alpha-striking and missing repeatedly.

Still need to put together a 12-man with 8 NARC lights and 4 missile-boats...at least ONE enemy 'mech will have a terrible day...maybe...we hope...if the NARCs are perfectly timed and...oh screw it.

[ColonelMetus]

happy 500th lrm post everybody!

[Nik Van Rhijn]

Counting closed beta its way more than that.(threads)

[Joseph Mallan]

Nik Van Rhijn, on 09 January 2014 - 11:17 AM, said:

Counting closed beta its way more than that.(threads)

Way more indeed.

[ColonelMetus]

Nik Van Rhijn, on 09 January 2014 - 11:17 AM, said:

Counting closed beta its way more than that.(threads)

its easier to dodge AC 10 and 20 shots than it is LRMs

[Cimarb]

ColonelMetus, on 12 January 2014 - 01:19 AM, said:

its easier to dodge AC 10 and 20 shots than it is LRMs

Then you are doing it wrong...

[wanderer]

ColonelMetus, on 12 January 2014 - 01:19 AM, said:

its easier to dodge AC 10 and 20 shots than it is LRMs

I wish I had a warning when the AC shots were coming in and the time to step behind a hill to utterly negate the shot.

Oh, wait. I DON'T.

[Sandpit]

because a big red message telling you that missiles are incoming isn't enough warning

[z00med]

Yeah its pretty bad if everyone throws out AMS because he needs space/weight for his Jumpsniper/ PPC/ AC40 cheesy meta build.
But next time maybe look for a Jester (with both ears) ingame and hide behind him instead of opening a roflcopter thread?

ColonelMetus, on 12 January 2014 - 01:19 AM, said:

its easier to dodge AC 10 and 20 shots than it is LRMs

me bloody noob has to tell you this was the most perfect, pure essence of "self-pwnage" I encountered since a long time. Thanks to Sandpits picture it will make me smile the next 10 times my Pug gets roflstomped just thinking "Hey, at least I wasn't LRM-spammed to death". thanks for that

Edited by z00med, 12 January 2014 - 05:06 PM.

[Skyfaller]

No AMS no missile warning that's how it should be.

[AlmightyAeng]

Skyfaller, on 12 January 2014 - 05:45 PM, said:

No AMS no missile warning that's how it should be.

That would be interesting...I think it'd be nice to have as an option in the lobby settings.

[Rushin Roulette]

Wow... this thread is still going on?

The only game format where LRMs are truely OP are if you are playing in a 3025 stock mech team practice/tournament (no AMS, no ECM and stock mech armour and speeds)... but lucky enough not many mechs with 3025 tech have LRMs equipped and of those none of them have enough ammunition to last a whole round.

Other than that... Bitchi'n Betty, AMS, ECM, Cover, Ranges under 180m, ranges over 1000m, distracting light mechs and intelligent opponents (however some people are obviously still fighting with this part) make any LRM user have a hard time dealing damage.

[Nik Van Rhijn]

LRMs are great if you have low fps and are willing to follow a blob at about 3-400m until they engage. Then you can do some useful damage as long as you don't attract the attention of a fast flanker on their side.

[Trauglodyte]

Why is this post still going on? IF you boat LRM5s, you are a bad abusing bad game mechanics. The end.

[Cimarb]

Trauglodyte, on 13 January 2014 - 11:58 AM, said:

Why is this post still going on? IF you boat LRM5s, you are a bad abusing bad game mechanics. The end.

This thread is still going because there isn't anything better to talk about, sadly...

[Trauglodyte]

I know. I think that we're stuck in the rut of MM is bad, LRMs are bad in high end game play but abused in low end game play and by tools, ACs are too readily used and abused and AC2s are boated/abused by tools, PPCs need splash, Streaks are for baddies, JJs need to be retooled, and SRMs-Pulses-NARC need help.

Did I miss anything other QQ ECM touched me in a bad spot?

[Rhaythe]

Sandpit, on 12 January 2014 - 04:26 PM, said:

because a big red message telling you that missiles are incoming isn't enough warning

Caught in a freeze-frame like that, those missiles look more like something I've put into orbit in Kerbal Space Program

[Varik Ronain]

I was pugging in a match earlier today on canyon. The enemy blob were pop tarting behind a ridge and using a ddc atlas for an ecm bubble. I walked to my side of the ridge, deployed an improved UAV and the other catapult and I wrecked the ecm atlas. As soon as we did this he and his team were screaming hax, calling me names such as LRMNOOB etc all because we broke the ecm bubble and a few of them because they just STOOD THERE not knowing how they were being hit! I assume today I somehow managed to make more LURMS need nerfed!!!! players.

EDIT: None of them even noticed the UAV apparently....

Edited by Varik Ronain, 13 January 2014 - 01:17 PM.

[Ngamok]

Rhaythe, on 13 January 2014 - 12:45 PM, said:

Caught in a freeze-frame like that, those missiles look more like something I've put into orbit in Kerbal Space Program

Do the ships in space above earth have Incoming Missile message pop up on their screen?

[ColonelMetus]

just saw a stalker with 5 LRM 20 with artemis kill half the enemy team