What Is The Best Heavy Mech?
#21
Posted 22 November 2013 - 03:05 AM
#22
Posted 22 November 2013 - 03:59 AM
Cataphract, JagerMech, Orion and Catapult are all very strong chassis in the hands of an expert.
EDIT: I'm having a blast with my Orion-K, after the reworked hitboxes.
Edited by Odanan, 22 November 2013 - 04:11 AM.
#23
Posted 22 November 2013 - 04:06 AM
Ok, not really. I like the Catapults, and still use them frequently, but I think it is a toss up between the Jager and Cataphract.
I like the Jager a BIT better for ballistics for its higher mounted arms (Cataphracts low slung "knuckle dragging" arms makes for many buried shots into a hillside).
Looks wise though, the Jager was hit with the ugly stick, so I prefer the Cataphract anyway . I do have an Ilya Muromets, and I still use it frequently as well. I do not currently own any Jager platform.
#24
Posted 22 November 2013 - 04:24 AM
Edited by SgtMagor, 22 November 2013 - 04:25 AM.
#25
Posted 22 November 2013 - 04:58 AM
Going against Jaegers I find that since they have a 120 degree (at least) arc in which you can hit their side torso easily that they die to me a lot since it seems many run XL engines. Those that don't lose half their firepower once I take said side torso off.
Phracts are nice, but the weapons are fairly low and I'm not a big fan of the design. Works well for some folks, I've just never wanted one. Good if you love ballistics and do not like the jaegers arms.
Tbolt is nice, but the positions of the hardpoints is kinda meh for me. Ballistic 5S has it all in one arm, the 5SS has a nice laser torso up high but no ballistics and the 9SE with JJs doesn't seem to have enough punch though all are really durable.
Dragon is like a heavy medium, fast and can have some good weapons, but doesn't have the staying power. Great for flanking.
Quickdraw is like the dragon, slightly better because of JJs but doesn't have ballistics and you can't stand toe to toe with any other heavies.
Catapult is great if you love LRMs (tbolt 5S is like this too) and with the JJs it can get around to where it needs to. The new jester hero I think is really fun and plays somewhat like a mix of dragon/quickdraw.
#26
Posted 22 November 2013 - 05:35 AM
I'll wade right into brawls with my Cataphracts. My two favorite mechs are my CTF-3D and my Ilya.
#27
Posted 22 November 2013 - 08:35 AM
well
#28
Posted 22 November 2013 - 10:50 AM
As everyone has said though its between the jaeger and cataphract just depends on your play style.
#29
Posted 22 November 2013 - 10:53 AM
Future meta may change to lasers/ppcs, if so, others might be best.
My current prefrence is the ON1-K Orion and TDR-5S(P) Thunderbolt as I like a more varied loadout instead of just packing lots of dakka. Though, i really like dakka. My top dog right now is the K Orion, with 4 mlas, ac20 and LRM. Good at all ranges and really, really brings pain up close.
#30
Posted 22 November 2013 - 10:56 AM
#31
Posted 22 November 2013 - 11:11 AM
#32
Posted 23 November 2013 - 12:35 AM
LRM - Orion, V or VA depending on prefrence.
Dakka - Jager pick how you wanna roll
Great all arounder- Quickdraw (would take the Shadowhalk my self)
Sniper - Cataphract 3D is the low ton standard.
My take of heavies in a post!
#33
Posted 23 November 2013 - 04:46 AM
However they can't fit missiles, so if you don't like ballistics, you're not gonna like them. Also, the 3D is by far the best of them and you need to master it and JJs to get the true potential out of the cataphract.
If that does not sound appealing, the Jager is good too, as is Orion (abeit, the Orion shines with STD engines and brawling setups now). The Catapult is good as well, but it has quite a few sub-standard variants.
#34
Posted 23 November 2013 - 04:59 AM
SgtMagor, on 22 November 2013 - 04:24 AM, said:
It's so much fun coring mechs with 7 lasers, half the time I forget about my SRMs. Use it properly and you can take an assault from 100% to dead in a very short time, but it is prone to shutting down and overheating.
#35
Posted 23 November 2013 - 06:14 AM
The Jagers have those nice high mounted arms... So many maps in MWO favor peeking over rises in one form or another that those arms make it pure sweetness.
Phracts have the advantage of 5 extra tons of space over a Jager and also ballistics in multiple limbs. It gives them the ability to run builds like 3xLB10X/3xAC10/3xGauss. Though those builds need a Ilya. The 3D also combines ballistics & JJs.
I can't say much about the Orion, low mounted weapons and fairly low speeds make it a highly variable threat depending on terrain...
#36
Posted 23 November 2013 - 07:19 AM
But Thunderbolts, Catapults are good too. . .
#37
Posted 23 November 2013 - 08:28 AM
4 streaks + LBX+,beagle probe death to lights/medium
2 PPC - long range firepower...
all in one 70kph package..
Edited by deanon, 23 November 2013 - 08:34 AM.
#38
Posted 23 November 2013 - 10:42 PM
#39
Posted 23 November 2013 - 10:54 PM
Oh, you meant Inner Sphere mechs
In that case, the Rakshasa.
Oh... you meant CURRENTLY available...
Uh... Jagermech?
If you want to suffer horribly while at the same time making terribads cry, pick the non-K2 catapults.
#40
Posted 23 November 2013 - 11:19 PM
Around 100 match score, a few kills, and about 1000 damage are normal for the Jager.
I die a little inside when i see a Jager with more lasers than AC's
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