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beerandasmoke, on 02 February 2014 - 08:16 AM, said:
My awesome is a pretty good counter too the current meta. 3LRM 15,2ERLL, BAP,ARTEMIS,TAG, crushes highlanders and victors when they jump. I use a target decay module on it so when they hit the ground thinking they are safe I still have them locked and the rain comes down on them. ECM coverage? No problem, lockem up with the TAG then groupfire so they hit all at once. You may lose lock but the missles will continue on the same trajectory and will smack him hard since he wont have time to move out of the way. You gotta be right behind the frontlines though to make it work. Sitting back 1000m from the battle attempting it will get you nothing but wasted ammo and dead railbirds yelling at you. I usually get some comments like "learn how to play lurp noob!" from the metaboys which i find hilarious considering what they are piloting. Also fun to take down those highlanders with my ECM equipped Spider. They definetly dont like it when you get inside that PPC range and have to try to hit you with an ac20 while your circlestrafing them.
So while you're standing out in the open to get lock with your TAG, what is our friendly jumpsniper doing? He's trading damage with you and getting the better end of that bargain. Sure, maybe on a really good shot you'll manage to get 20-25 damage that's spread all over his mech from your ERLL and LRM. Meanwhile he's landing 30-40 precision damage onto a single component every single time he hits.
Forgive me, but this is just not grounded in reality. If LRM/ER LL trading worked in your favor we would all be doing it in our 12-man premades. Despite what you and others may think people who play competitively do experiment. They try new things, new mechs, new builds, new strategies. However, when push comes to shove, precision jump sniping is superior. Hell, Elo naturally sorts out what is best and what is not. So if LRM/ER LL counters jump snipers where are these guys? The people who score well and win are the guys running well established competitive builds. The Jager is probably the only exception to that rule.
