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[Burning2nd]

I WISH had taken a picture of the round that just happen which was 0 damage.. and dead in 20 seconds in to the game...

[Donatello Jones]

I ain't a quitter! I can only go up from here!

Thanks

Hey Burnin2nd, do you have any videos?

Edited by Donatello Jones, 10 March 2017 - 11:24 AM.

[Donatello Jones]

IraqiWalker, on 09 March 2017 - 09:07 PM, said:

Wait, did you think you were going to hop into one after a year long hiatus, and not have a few dozen bad matches?

The locust always was, and will be, a baptism by fire mech.

Yeah i'm one of those people that are hard on themselves but easy on others. Expect too much etc...

[Burning2nd]

i dont have any video's but people have videos of me lol

Ive found my self from the other end of the cockpits view on youtube a few times...

but you see that 3m? that build is 2 hot.. each and every time i come across someone like that they over heat..

granted the fire power is much more... but unless you connect every shot...

I prey on ping, fps, aim, and patients... most people do them self's in

I must admit... i wasnt alway a bane pilot my ansia was a long time fav... cause it was a brawler.. i would tie up a assult of something much bigger...

Ive just fallen for the bane since the resize, Im sure they will mess with it sooner or later.. and when they do... Ill push it to the rear of the hanger and move to something else,.

[Space Putin]

3m OPness


also, Locust got screwed on the PTS, so RIP

[Virlutris]

Space Putin, on 10 March 2017 - 03:35 PM, said:

3m OPness


also, Locust got screwed on the PTS, so RIP

Grind Tree™ OP.

[Athom83]

Burnin2nd, on 10 March 2017 - 10:01 AM, said:

i worry what will happen to my bane after the tree change in a few weeks

You'll have the technology. You can rebuild it. Stronger, faster, better in every way.

[FallenSeraphim]

Thor Sten, on 13 January 2017 - 03:32 PM, said:

Interesting game today. Perhaps, it wasn't exactly a good game, but a damn nice brawl...



Last few seconds was a one legged Locust vs. a cored Marauder2c and the Blackjack I chased. Ok, we lost 11-12 but hey, guess who made Tier 1:


This little guy Next step: Ace of Spades (Hey, one can dream).

Oh it's possible... (admittedly from a while ago)

Edited by FallenSeraphim, 14 March 2017 - 09:54 PM.

[Erronius]

-1V with a Tag laser? Viable build or no?

[IraqiWalker]

Erronius, on 19 March 2017 - 12:05 PM, said:

-1V with a Tag laser? Viable build or no?

1 TAG + 4 MGs?

You'll want to never drop solo, and always have a lancemate that is packing missiles.

[Old-dirty B]

Erronius, on 19 March 2017 - 12:05 PM, said:

-1V with a Tag laser? Viable build or no?

Viable? No..

With tag you need to face the enemy and without ecm you are soon detected. You have nothing for self defense, 4 mgs is not going to save you.

If you per se need to tag (cant imagine actually why at all..) get a pirates bane with 1 tag, 3x spl, 2xmgs and ecm OR 1 tag, 3xml and ecm. With that you are able to sustain much longer on your own, get that red pointer longer on target and have some weaponry that can secure a kill also.

The only build really worth for the 1V is the 1x lpl, thats a poke monster...

Edited by B3R3ND, 19 March 2017 - 02:21 PM.

[Erronius]

I was joking!

[stealthraccoon]

Erronius, on 19 March 2017 - 12:05 PM, said:

-1V with a Tag laser? Viable build or no?

I'm not going to joke about this - this is exactly how I mastered the 1V.

4 MG's and TAG, single heat sinks. Best match I had was 3 kills and there was a headshot. It wasn't a joke build, it was because I needed something with range enough to keep from being shot to death - lots of assists, decent cbills, minimum investment.

They key is patience, patience and more patience. A few teammates with LRMS doesn't hurt either.

Edited by stealthraccoon, 19 March 2017 - 08:29 PM.

[Erronius]

Fair enough. I guess with the quirk and single energy hardpoint I just assumed no one would want a Tag in there.

Not that it will matter when/if offensive quirks are removed and the skill tree goes live? Not even sure what will happen with the -1V.

Has anyone thought about trying stealth armor on the PB when it comes out?

[Old-dirty B]

stealthraccoon, on 19 March 2017 - 08:24 PM, said:

I'm not going to joke about this - this is exactly how I mastered the 1V.

4 MG's and TAG, single heat sinks. Best match I had was 3 kills and there was a headshot. It wasn't a joke build, it was because I needed something with range enough to keep from being shot to death - lots of assists, decent cbills, minimum investment.

They key is patience, patience and more patience. A few teammates with LRMS doesn't hurt either.

This only "really" works in lower tier gameplay where lrm's are all over the place and where you see less synchronised aggressive power play. In higher tier games it may work when you have a friend that brings the missiles, but even then... imo such a setup you essentially bring two mechs into the field that both are barely capable of self defence and thus rely for a big part on the rest of the team to withstand the pressure.

[stealthraccoon]

My Locusts are pining for HMG's, rocket launchers and CT mounted snubnosed PPC's.

[IraqiWalker]

stealthraccoon, on 21 March 2017 - 12:18 PM, said:

My Locusts are pining for HMG's, rocket launchers and CT mounted snubnosed PPC's.

I'm worried, because the Rocket launchers are one use, and I'm not sure they will deal enough damage to justify it on the missile only locusts.

[stealthraccoon]

IraqiWalker, on 21 March 2017 - 07:36 PM, said:

I'm worried, because the Rocket launchers are one use, and I'm not sure they will deal enough damage to justify it on the missile only locusts.

I dunno, I'm really thinking that they have potential. Each rocket will do 1 damage, that is a given. We might even see a crit bonus due to their scattering nature. The range is going to be longer than SRM's but we're either going to get a stream launch (Clan style) or perhaps cluster (LBX). Yes, it's a one off item, so I think in order to compensate the rate of fire is going to be rapid or the spread will be tight. Another option may be to do like a 5 tube limit and you'll get 1, 2 or 3 pops with a trigger pull.



No matter what tho, who doesn't want to run a -3S with an ERMed laser and RL80 at least once?

Edited by stealthraccoon, 21 March 2017 - 08:25 PM.

[Ovion]

IraqiWalker, on 21 March 2017 - 07:36 PM, said:

I'm worried, because the Rocket launchers are one use, and I'm not sure they will deal enough damage to justify it on the missile only locusts.

4RL20, 1ML on a 3S.
Maybe with Stealth Armour depending on what it actually does without ECM and if you can swing it.

That's a one-time 86pt Alpha.
Done right, you just deleted *any* single mech, _{(Even an Atlas without quirks / skills will only have around 75-80 health total rear CT)} and crippled just about anything else.

After that you have 1ML to poke and be a nuisance with, but you've ruined someones day and easily pulled your weight.
On the 1M - SRM's will still be better. Maybe go 1SRM + 1RL of some flavour for a one off kick, but I think straight SRM's will remain superior

[Fox With A Shotgun]

SNPPCs will be a godsend for big-gun ECM PBs.

And LFEs + ERSL will actually let you zombie with a 1E, lol. It might not do terribly high amounts of damage, but the lols when people can't kill you will be totally worth it.

Imagine if the SNPPC was around when the 1V still had GodQuirks for E-range and E-cooldown. >.>

Edited by Fox With A Shotgun, 22 March 2017 - 03:39 AM.