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#3281 Ovion

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Posted 02 November 2015 - 08:47 AM

View PostTim East, on 02 November 2015 - 08:37 AM, said:

Because it has no guns. I run mine with a single LPL, and it is hilarious.
I favour twin MPL, twin MGs myself.

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Posted 02 November 2015 - 09:25 AM

View PostOvion, on 02 November 2015 - 08:47 AM, said:

I favour twin MPL, twin MGs myself.


Yeah I run mine like this. I love the armor quirks, I feel invincible :)

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Posted 02 November 2015 - 02:20 PM

If only that IS PPCs were small enough to fit on CTs, I would totally put an ERPPC on that locust and just laugh xD

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Posted 02 November 2015 - 02:28 PM

View PostArcturusWolf, on 02 November 2015 - 02:20 PM, said:

If only that IS PPCs were small enough to fit on CTs, I would totally put an ERPPC on that locust and just laugh xD


I think every locust pilot on this thread has had the same thought :D

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Posted 02 November 2015 - 02:34 PM

View PostArcturusWolf, on 02 November 2015 - 02:20 PM, said:

If only that IS PPCs were small enough to fit on CTs, I would totally put an ERPPC on that locust and just laugh xD


This would be pretty funny. :D

I've got mine loaded out with the LPL, though it's been a while since I've run it last.

#3286 Ovion

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Posted 02 November 2015 - 03:47 PM

View Post3xnihilo, on 02 November 2015 - 02:28 PM, said:

I think every locust pilot on this thread has had the same thought :D
I just can't PPC, so apart from for other people via 'build guides', no... but that makes it yes.... damn.

Love the LPL though.

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Posted 03 November 2015 - 12:46 AM

Playing the 1M is actually way more fun than I remembered. I usually play knife fighting ******** but the 2ml 2srm2 1m is capale of short duration knife fights and crit hunting as well as proper long range harassment.

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Posted 05 November 2015 - 09:12 AM

View PostArcturusWolf, on 02 November 2015 - 02:20 PM, said:

If only that IS PPCs were small enough to fit on CTs, I would totally put an ERPPC on that locust and just laugh xD


but it would also have to have the quirk "when locust fires ERPPC from CT the locust is flung backwards 100m at the same time"

#3289 Tim East

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Posted 05 November 2015 - 09:49 AM

View PostTanar, on 05 November 2015 - 09:12 AM, said:

but it would also have to have the quirk "when locust fires ERPPC from CT the locust is flung backwards 100m at the same time"

AC2 Locusts should totally do that. That would be pretty funny. It would even give you a reason to put rear armor on a Locust, since you could charge-launch toward the enemy even faster by facing backwards and holding down the trigger.

#3290 Fox With A Shotgun

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Posted 05 November 2015 - 03:02 PM

View PostTim East, on 05 November 2015 - 09:49 AM, said:

AC2 Locusts should totally do that. That would be pretty funny. It would even give you a reason to put rear armor on a Locust, since you could charge-launch toward the enemy even faster by facing backwards and holding down the trigger.


LCT-1V AC10

AC2 is still too light. Man up and put on an AC10 on a locust! Sure, you only get half a ton of ammo, you're slower than an Urbanmech, and you have literally no armor - but the entertainment value is through the roof!

(okay, just for real. I tried THIS one in game: LCT-1V AC5)

Edited by ArcturusWolf, 05 November 2015 - 03:04 PM.


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Posted 05 November 2015 - 03:15 PM

fixed that for you
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...6223fbfaf10aada

#3292 stealthraccoon

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Posted 05 November 2015 - 04:08 PM

I don't see why I can't use my Urbanmech cast-off engines in Locusts, would still be able to keep up with Assaults!

I face tanked a Treb while in my 3V and I won (lost a leg, but I did walk away!)

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Posted 05 November 2015 - 05:57 PM

View Poststealthraccoon, on 05 November 2015 - 04:08 PM, said:

I don't see why I can't use my Urbanmech cast-off engines in Locusts, would still be able to keep up with Assaults!

I face tanked a Treb while in my 3V and I won (lost a leg, but I did walk away!)
I think they should readjust lower engine limits to allow any that could feasibly take a 60 by the rules to do so.

I would use it to have a twin AC2 PB. :)
Or maybe an LBX10 Locust if I can pull it off. :P

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Posted 05 November 2015 - 06:07 PM

View PostOvion, on 05 November 2015 - 05:57 PM, said:

Or maybe an LBX10 Locust if I can pull it off. :P


LBX10 is actually possible right now if you have a XL100 engine and no armor at all. You can have 1.5 tons of ammo in there (in a mech that really only has 10 hitpoints max on any part). Good failure fun!

Unfortunately, unless we can have the UrbanMech's STD 60 engine on a locust, a GaussCust cannot happen just yet :C

Oh. AC2x2 locust? challenge accepted. LCT-3V 2xAC2

Definition of FUN

Edited by ArcturusWolf, 05 November 2015 - 06:24 PM.


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Posted 05 November 2015 - 06:14 PM

View PostOvion, on 05 November 2015 - 05:57 PM, said:

I think they should readjust lower engine limits to allow any that could feasibly take a 60 by the rules to do so.

I would use it to have a twin AC2 PB. :)
Or maybe an LBX10 Locust if I can pull it off. :P


You mean...

Edit: ninja'd!!!

[smurfy]http://mwo.smurfy-ne...258aeac62cae99f[/smurfy]

Edited by stealthraccoon, 05 November 2015 - 06:16 PM.


#3296 Tim East

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Posted 06 November 2015 - 07:29 PM

I'm so furious I could scream right now. I just had a 1300+ damage game with my 1E, which is a new record, and either I hit the wrong button or it glitched because it isn't in my screenies. Still only had 7 kills though. Stupid Ace of Spades yet eludes my grasp.

#3297 Fox With A Shotgun

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Posted 06 November 2015 - 08:09 PM

Actually, now that I think about it.

If Locusts were allowed a STD 60 engine (-2.5 tons):

Endo Steel structure makes the locust chassis exactly 1 ton.
SHS x 8 + STD 60 = 5.5 tons
Locust total max weight = 20 tons.
Unfortunately that leaves only 13.5 tons to play with :C no AC20 locust...

But if the Locust IIC comes in (25 tons), we can definitely have the AC20 locust! :D

Edited by ArcturusWolf, 06 November 2015 - 10:08 PM.


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Posted 06 November 2015 - 08:54 PM

Ok, to update, I confirmed on another almost 1k damage loss that the printscreen button is doing nothing for me. :\
Super.

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Posted 06 November 2015 - 10:42 PM

View PostTim East, on 06 November 2015 - 08:54 PM, said:

Ok, to update, I confirmed on another almost 1k damage loss that the printscreen button is doing nothing for me. :\
Super.

Use F12

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Posted 07 November 2015 - 10:05 AM

View PostTim East, on 06 November 2015 - 07:29 PM, said:

I'm so furious I could scream right now. I just had a 1300+ damage game with my 1E, which is a new record, and either I hit the wrong button or it glitched because it isn't in my screenies. Still only had 7 kills though. Stupid Ace of Spades yet eludes my grasp.


The way screenshots are saved was recently changed so that the date is part of the name. This means newer screenshots get saved at the beginning of your screenshots folder now not he end. I had the same issue a couple weeks ago until I went through my whole folder and realized what happened.





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