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[Neutron IX]

Ooooh...looky here, IW!

https://mwo.smurfy-n...a0d8dbbcba528eb

[Jon Gotham]

For those of us possessed of the mindset to pilot the Locust and now the Flea, there are glorious times ahead.

[DarkFhoenix]

Jon Gotham, on 21 June 2018 - 11:32 AM, said:

For those of us possessed of the mindset to pilot the Locust and now the Flea, there are glorious times ahead.

How dare you compare the wretched Flea to the majestic Locust .

[Ovion]

OK, so I'm planning on updating my Locust Guide with newtech, skilltree, loadout saves and all kinds of goodies over the next few weeks.

So what I would like from all of you, to confirm/expand/adjust my personal feelings is builds you love, what you feel to be the current 'locust meta', what are must avoids and must haves, tactics and tricks, etc.

Then I will make a locust soup.

[Virlutris]

Ovion, on 29 June 2018 - 08:02 AM, said:

OK, so I'm planning on updating my Locust Guide with newtech, skilltree, loadout saves and all kinds of goodies over the next few weeks.

So what I would like from all of you, to confirm/expand/adjust my personal feelings is builds you love, what you feel to be the current 'locust meta', what are must avoids and must haves, tactics and tricks, etc.

Then I will make a locust soup.

Captain Obvious reporting in:

MPL and ERSL sync ranges really nicely.

5ERML on the 5-energy Lolcust is nice. 6ML on the 1E is nice. Do not go 6 ERML on the 1E. Too much jalapeno laser sauce.

SPLs are ded[/melodrama] a pale imitation of what they once were. Run them for fun if you want, but don't expect great things.

HMG+Something LCT-1V is for for trollololz. <<Cleanup, F3 corner please. Cleanup on F3 corner.>>

Stealth-smoke-dive PB isn't kind, but it's effective in its own way.

Rocket Launchers are amusingly situational. They will vary in the degree to which they manage to be very amusing, mind you. But it's fair to say they're very situational.

Edited by Virlutris, 29 June 2018 - 10:48 AM.

[loopala]

New Year
Time to discuss the state of the Locust. with the Flea out there and some very tanky lights, the Locust, to me anyway, is still a good mech that sees game play. i must admit there is a flea that is a blast to run around in but is even more fragile then Locust.

what's the thoughts out there, if anyone is still here....

BTW troll time with the littlest LRM dingy is the flavor of this evening

Edited by loopala, 05 January 2019 - 04:31 PM.

[Maddermax]

Pirates Bane is still a top level stealth squirrel and back stabber. Locusts in general have lost some of their niche to the Flea and Piranha, with one offering Masc and the other massive fire power, making the 1V a harder choice to take over the competition, though it hasn’t actually gotten worse itself and remains viable, if tricky to use.

Other locust variants are hard to recommend over their various competitors, mostly just there for troll builds and fun randomness.

Edited by Maddermax, 05 January 2019 - 05:44 PM.

[IraqiWalker]

Ovion, on 29 June 2018 - 08:02 AM, said:

OK, so I'm planning on updating my Locust Guide with newtech, skilltree, loadout saves and all kinds of goodies over the next few weeks.

So what I would like from all of you, to confirm/expand/adjust my personal feelings is builds you love, what you feel to be the current 'locust meta', what are must avoids and must haves, tactics and tricks, etc.

Then I will make a locust soup.

Hey Ovion, can I get a linkity link to your guide? I just got back into the game tonight, and will need all the help I can get.

[mad kat]

What no one playing locusts anymore??? This thread looks as sorry as the servers will soon be.

Glad i pulled the dust sheets off my locusts last night. Nothing like a 20t terror to fix repeated **** matches and teams.

[Prototelis]

Meh, fle is currently doing it better IMO.

Locust has faster twist speed, nice on a light, but largely irrelevant because 20 tonners don't have HP to soak with and you're better served just trying not to be hit. The Fle has a built in juke box.

[Burning2nd]

honestly, i feel like you guys made this thread for me lol

14 days 13:44:47 cockpit time in the PB

[loopala]

time to pull out the littlest LRM dingy....

[Burning2nd]

I will tk you if i see you lrm'n in my mech, And challenge any other locust pilot

should be a "locust Olympics"

[loopala]

Burning2nd, on 14 August 2019 - 11:55 AM, said:

I will tk you if i see you lrm'n in my mech, And challenge any other locust pilot

should be a "locust Olympics"

LOL you really should try out the LRM dingy before you dismiss it out of hand.

https://mwo.smurfy-n...7d83b000f002ad3

it can be a fun troll build. back a bit ago the 1m had huge range bonuses that allowed tagging at 1250m. now not so much. it is a great harasser mech. get behind the reds. launch a few LRMS to get their attention fade away. with any luck you can get 1/2 their firing line to turn around looking for the missile boat in their back field.

[Brizna]

If you are going to LURM in a 169 kph speed mech you don't need armor... just saying

Besides, it's not like you, your team or the enemy team will notice any difference whatsoever whether you are alive or dead, so....

[Burning2nd]

that is not a great harasser mech.... that is a waste of 20 ton on your team,

difference is my 19.9 ton Pb actual does 500 damage at a time *im actual worth something to the team lol

dont lrm with a 1m

[loopala]

yous guys have no sense of adventure. lol

get outside your comfort zone and embrace the LRM dingy

nice 200 damage/200 plus match score games are doable

anybody can rock a peanutbutter, but to do well with a couple of LRM 5s and counting coup with a tag is a challenge.

also the new flatter LOS LRMs make a nice hit and run 200~300m harasser.

the point of the LRN dingy is not high damage but to make the red firing line move out of position. and to troll both teams

[loopala]

BTW way back from march 2015



so believe it or not i do know my way around a locust...

Edited by loopala, 17 August 2019 - 09:23 AM.

[Neutron IX]

Where is everyone? I miss all our Mighty Locust Pilots!

We ride again at dawn!

Current Locust of choice, go...

[3xnihilo]

Rip Snorgan, on 18 March 2021 - 03:51 PM, said:

Where is everyone? I miss all our Mighty Locust Pilots!

We ride again at dawn!

Current Locust of choice, go...

PB and 1e my perennial go to’s!