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[juxstapo]

*Two Thumbs Way Way Up*

I'm almost running the exact same thing. Except I stuck in a 300xl, only one JJ, and a little less armor. Very solid performer.

[aelfkins]

Sandro Mc, on 23 December 2013 - 05:05 PM, said:

Others correct me if I am wrong about it... I would strip the head down to say 6-7 and put the extra armour on that left hand since you will be using it as a shield I assume.

The big downside to that is that it leave the possibility of being one shotted by, anyone with an AC10. AC20, PPC, ERPPC, and/or Gauss.

[z00med]

Besides the fact that you've gotten all the advice from far more experienced players already... I would never reduce armor on a SHDs head. You will face experienced players very fast, and a SHDs Head is not sooo difficult to target (also I had the feeling that the missile point increases the chance of gettin hit in the head when equipped).

Instead I recommend that If you start feeling comfortable with torso twisting/ avoiding damage generally you can think about reducing the armour of the shield arm even more,if you need some extra tonnage (it still shields from incoming damage, and loosing it doesnt do you much harm).

For 3xSSRM I'd say one ton of ammo is enough. You will want to save these for taking out lights, most probably, and 16,6 shots with 6 rockets each should deal with two of these little buggers (If you dont develop my talent of firing them into rocks/ hills/275m away/etc).

The Big Shotgun... is your choice The SHawk is perfect for trying out different weapons, imho. And now that I got them mastered, I am still trying new loadouts for the two I kept (try a Gauss once (+1ERPPC)- mean little jumpsniper; On the 2H I really enjoyed 3xAC2, then switched to 2xAC5...And I just read about an AC20 build and started to try in the mechlab how much LRMs you could possibly stuff in a SHD...).


Edit: just noticed youre most probably on the way to your next mech So how you liked your SHawk?^^

Edited by z00med, 30 December 2013 - 05:59 PM.