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[3xnihilo]

Rip Snorgan, on 25 April 2016 - 09:48 AM, said:

ShinVector = OP.

Nerfpl0x...



P.S. That made me all sorts of itchy for Locusting...

Have you tried the 1 LPL locust 1v yet? It is kinda awesome.

[Neutron IX]

Not yet...but, now I suppose I have to. That sounds like it's begging to be tried out in a 1V1 Locust match!

[Fox With A Shotgun]

Rip Snorgan, on 25 April 2016 - 11:03 PM, said:

Not yet...but, now I suppose I have to. That sounds like it's begging to be tried out in a 1V1 Locust match!

Not only in a 1v1. It works amazingly well on field; 1.88s refire time, 11 damage a shot. Burn time is negligible.

[Tim East]

Fox With A Shotgun, on 26 April 2016 - 02:08 AM, said:

Not only in a 1v1. It works amazingly well on field; 1.88s refire time, 11 damage a shot. Burn time is negligible.

And it got better mobility and heat dissipation in the last quirk pass. It's probably my current fave.

[Neutron IX]

Fox With A Shotgun, on 26 April 2016 - 02:08 AM, said:

Not only in a 1v1. It works amazingly well on field; 1.88s refire time, 11 damage a shot. Burn time is negligible.

Oh, I'm sure that's the case, but 1V1 Locust matches were in the forefront of my mind last night, having been on the losing end of 5-6 of them at the hands of one of our fellow Locust enthusiasts.

He knows who he is *cough* Tarogato *cough*.

Best part of it all is, win or lose, Locusts are always a great time!

Locusts...we might not do it right, or even well, but we always do it quickly...

P.S. Can I also add...it's great to be back on this forum...I really missed you crazy cats! *sniffle*

[Ovion]

Been dropping tonight, and while I'm attempting to overcome my irrational awfulness with medium mechs, and leveling blackjacks, I've seen some very fine Lousting going on.
Nice to see.

[Fox With A Shotgun]

Been dropping with loads of LCT-1V recently, and I gotta say the latest quirk pass may be too much.

It's virtually impossible to hit in a 1v1 with ballistics at >200m, and it's virtually impossible to keep a full burn on it at <200m. 90% accel/90% decel really is a bit much; if they were going to do that, then at least they should have removed ALL of its structure quirks. That agility in itself makes it speedtank much, much harder.

Edited by Fox With A Shotgun, 28 April 2016 - 04:30 PM.

[3xnihilo]

Fox With A Shotgun, on 28 April 2016 - 04:29 PM, said:

Been dropping with loads of LCT-1V recently, and I gotta say the latest quirk pass may be too much.

It's virtually impossible to hit in a 1v1 with ballistics at &gt;200m, and it's virtually impossible to keep a full burn on it at &lt;200m. 90% accel/90% decel really is a bit much; if they were going to do that, then at least they should have removed ALL of its structure quirks. That agility in itself makes it speedtank much, much harder.

Uh oh, I need to get back to the 1v for awhile then before they take away its accel/decel quirks and cool down and structure quirks just for good measure (since that seems to be their policy on locusts...make it really good then nerf it until it can't be used)

[Tim East]

3xnihilo, on 29 April 2016 - 08:31 AM, said:

Uh oh, I need to get back to the 1v for awhile then before they take away its accel/decel quirks and cool down and structure quirks just for good measure (since that seems to be their policy on locusts...make it really good then nerf it until it can't be used)

Oh yeah, I remember the super-3M. That was neat because it was the Locust I drove before the quirks.

[3xnihilo]

Tim East, on 29 April 2016 - 01:28 PM, said:

Oh yeah, I remember the super-3M. That was neat because it was the Locust I drove before the quirks.

'xactly

[Fang01]

3xnihilo, on 25 April 2016 - 12:23 PM, said:

Have you tried the 1 LPL locust 1v yet? It is kinda awesome.

Now that the quirks are generalized theres no need to hamstring it with a ridiculously overlarge for the chassis weapon...

[3xnihilo]

Fang01, on 30 April 2016 - 11:47 PM, said:

Now that the quirks are generalized theres no need to hamstring it with a ridiculously overlarge for the chassis weapon...

I don't know, locust has 7 tons of available space, LPL weighs 7 tons, seems like a match made in heaven

Nice round though!

[DarthHias]

Hey everyone!

After a longer break from MWO I´m back and I wanna get back to Locusting ^^
So could one of you gents be so nice and tell me the situation of the Locust? So to say give the State of the Locust Address

[3xnihilo]

DarthHias, on 01 May 2016 - 11:28 PM, said:

Hey everyone!

After a longer break from MWO I´m back and I wanna get back to Locusting ^^
So could one of you gents be so nice and tell me the situation of the Locust? So to say give the State of the Locust Address

Hmmm... Depends on how long the break was, but:

Locusts all have structure quirks so they are "tankier" than they used to be (should not entice you to actuall tank damage though)
Agility quirks have made them super mobile and they recently received heat dissipation quirks to make up for the lack of "true dubs" in the external heatsinks.

Power ranking (very subjective:

1e-6spl build
1v-1 lpl build
PB-usually sl or spl builds with various combinations of ml or mpl thrown in for good measure
3m- 5ml or 3 mpl or 3 mpl 2 sl. (Or mix and match lasers to taste)
1m- 2srm2, 2ml or 2 mpl (depends on ammo needs)
3S- 4srm2 (with the option of reducing the engine to a 180 for more ammo)
3v - 2mpl, 2mg (but really, no, don't take this one, all the rest are fun and useful, the 3v is not)

Edited by 3xnihilo, 02 May 2016 - 04:18 AM.

[DarthHias]

Well not that long, only since January. Just did a test run in my trusted 6 spl 1E and it felt pretty much the same though my Locust-fu has certainly suffered severly ^^

[3xnihilo]

Oh ok, the biggest difference you will probably see then is in the agility quirks on the 1v

[Tim East]

Heh. I still use the 5 SPL + BAP build for my 3M. It's my longest-running Locust, and actually almost competitive with the 1E now that the latter lost its heat gen quirkage.

[Virlutris]

This is below the radar, and not one of it's primary challenges, but 3S got some benefit from the dissipation quirk too.

The thing fires so fast that it is perfectly capable of overheating itself if one gets a bit too "enthusiastic" with one's SRM2x4 spam.

It dumps heat better now, meaning you don't have to wait quite as long before your next volley if you're stuck in a furball. 'Snice

That goes for a couple other Locusts that had low-to-no heatgen quirks. They got help from the dissipation buff whether it was the most pressing issue or not.

[ShinVector]

Just recently learnt the actual rules of Escape which was to be in the box when you hit the 0 second mark when enemy mechs are still alive.

Save your armour and get those intel points and the Locust can win it, without firing a shot.

Trick is not be in the box too early (In case of a hot LZ) waste time dodging and time the 0 second dive, just right !

Edited by ShinVector, 02 May 2016 - 09:57 AM.

[PFC Carsten]

Exaclty. Spider 5V also works great for this, because you can basically drop from above into the zone, giving you an additional time windows of about a second while being in the air above the evac zone.

Edited by PFC Carsten, 03 May 2016 - 05:58 AM.