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[Buckminster]

Turist0AT, on 23 December 2013 - 12:19 PM, said:

Ac-20, 3xSRM6,1xSRM4, 2ML. 74 Alpha, just saying.

Exactly what 55 ton mech are you fitting all of that on? Or are you forgoing armor, engine and ammo?

Edited by Buckminster, 23 December 2013 - 12:45 PM.

[Kai Harper]

DarthPeanut, on 23 December 2013 - 11:52 AM, said:

I discovered this the hard way yesterday. I configured it on smurfys but neglected to pay attention to the warning in the upper right hand area of the window that stipulated the heat sink requirement was not met. Ugh. So I am now carrying an extra DHS in my loadout.

Not sure about the 3x SSRM I have currently on it with the 3x AC2's. Might change that up for something else. It goes through ammo like crazy as you can imagine. Think I have 4 tons of AC2 on it right now and it will run out on a long match.

I think I must've missed it, but what loadout are you using? And, more specifically, what backup weapons? I ask because on my BJ-1DC I run out of ammo most matches with AC/5s, but by then the damage is *basically* done, and my two ML can carry me over the line - or I die trying to make that happen.

[DarthPeanut]

Kai Harper, on 23 December 2013 - 01:24 PM, said:

I think I must've missed it, but what loadout are you using? And, more specifically, what backup weapons? I ask because on my BJ-1DC I run out of ammo most matches with AC/5s, but by then the damage is *basically* done, and my two ML can carry me over the line - or I die trying to make that happen.

I just picked up a Shadowhawk 2H as well and put triple ac2's on it to mix it up from my first build. It is 3x ac2's and 3x ssrm's for weapons, full armor besides arms which have nothing, ams, dhs, endo, xl245 (should have gone bigger for the heat sink reasons), etc.

Carry about 4 tons of ac2 ammo on it. Seems like a lot until you get in a longer battle or against a good number of heavy/ assaults. Trying to get better with my shot placement now that I have advanced zoom but yea those things eat up some ammo.

Thinking of ditching the ssrms for maybe a laser or something not ammo limited instead.

[Kai Harper]

Maybe go MLx1/LLx1? Or MLx2 and the bigger engine? They won't deal as much damage up close as SSRM6, but you'll have more medium range power.

[Turist0AT]

Buckminster, on 23 December 2013 - 12:43 PM, said:

Exactly what 55 ton mech are you fitting all of that on? Or are you forgoing armor, engine and ammo?

Yeah it becomes a slow glass cannon. But you can and its good. Just dont exchange fire and catch em in the courners.

[Buckminster]

Turist0AT, on 23 December 2013 - 02:20 PM, said:

Yeah it becomes a slow glass cannon. But you can and its good. Just dont exchange fire and catch em in the courners.

Lol, fair enough. Not sure that I recommend it to a new player, but there certainly is fun in builds like that. Although with my luck I always seem to end up on Alpine or Tourmaline when I do something extreme.

[Victor Morson]

Mike Getsome, on 21 December 2013 - 12:53 PM, said:

On a serious note, you people are stupid to advise OP to buy a medium mech when the game is rotting with everyone using heavy assaults mechs, LRM spam, Streaks LOCK-ON cancer and PPCs alphas.

I had 9 kills, 1000 damage Yen-Long-Wang last man standing match and 8 kills 4SP 900 damage uber comeback match and lots of PWNAGEs in 9A and I'm saying playing medium mech right now is hard and certainly not for the novice player.

#REKT

It's hard because you are in a crappy Yen-Lo-Wang. The Shadow Hawk easily holds it's own.

Mike Getsome, on 21 December 2013 - 03:36 PM, said:

Matches I described were 8+ months ago. Haven't played the game in these months because it was getting worse and worse. 2 days ago I played 20 matches in Jenner and mediums at american time. It was a total nightmare of LRM spam all over the map, streak lock-on cancer and everyone running heavies and assaults. Go figure.

"I haven't played with the Shadow Hawk, but I'll tell newbies to flee the Shadow Hawk." What? Stop giving advice if you aren't playing the CURRENT game, it will benefit everyone.

Turist0AT, on 23 December 2013 - 12:19 PM, said:

Ac-20, 3xSRM6,1xSRM4, 2ML. 74 Alpha, just saying.

Creates 4x SRM6 ghost Heat, just saying! heh

Easy fix though - Swap that SRM4 to an SRM2. you lose 2 missiles, and with it, a lot of Ghost Heat.