77 replies to this topic

[Trauglodyte]

Just a thought, if you're down with it, you can put an AC2 w/ 1 ton of ammo, 2 JJs, 5 Md Lasers, and a 235xl if you want to play as a baby Blackjack.

[Clownwarlord]

I love the looks of it.

[DONTOR]

Ewigan, on 04 February 2014 - 01:14 AM, said:

It looks like the mean big brother of my Commies.
I will LOVE hunting Jenners with that thing

SO MUCH YES!

[C E Dwyer]

Sephlock, on 04 February 2014 - 05:35 AM, said:

If only we could say that for certain other mechs...

to be honnest after the battlemaster I don't want to see either the Warhammer or Marauder

I suppose in some ways we can be thankful to harmony gold

[Silentium]

Where have you been all my life?

[Hillslam]

FIRESTARTAH!

Edited by Hillslam, 04 February 2014 - 12:27 PM.

[Drunk Canuck]

Pretty sweet, just don't set your mouse sensititivy to 0.1

Edited by Drunk Canuck, 04 February 2014 - 12:30 PM.

[Lightfoot]

When does the Pretty Baby get fixed? Firestarter looks like the best Light mech ever.

[Carrioncrows]

New Variants are:

A - 8 energy hardpoints
H - Prime - 6 energy 2 ballistic
K - 1 Large, 2 smalls, 2 flamers....not sure what it brings to the table
S - Could have ECM as the S1 has ECM and this is the Electronic 3049 version

[FupDup]

Carrioncrows, on 04 February 2014 - 02:33 PM, said:

New Variants are:

A - 8 energy hardpoints
H - Prime - 6 energy 2 ballistic
K - 1 Large, 2 smalls, 2 flamers....not sure what it brings to the table
S - Could have ECM as the S1 has ECM and this is the Electronic 3049 version

Check Smurfy. None of the Firestarters have ECM. Although, one of them does have 2 AMS.

[Tahribator]

Carrioncrows, on 04 February 2014 - 02:33 PM, said:

New Variants are:

A - 8 energy hardpoints
H - Prime - 6 energy 2 ballistic
K - 1 Large, 2 smalls, 2 flamers....not sure what it brings to the table
S - Could have ECM as the S1 has ECM and this is the Electronic 3049 version

No ECM on S. Check smurfy.

[627]

Variants are up in smurfy
no ECM firestarter


damn, double ninja'd

Edited by 627, 04 February 2014 - 02:34 PM.

[Carrioncrows]

Tahribator, on 04 February 2014 - 02:34 PM, said:

No ECM on S. Check smurfy.

lol

I doubt we will ever see a ECM mech released again.

Also thanks for pointing that out. Interesting loadouts. The Twin AMS is kinda nice.

Edited by Carrioncrows, 04 February 2014 - 02:45 PM.

[Dashwood Fox]

I'd love to buy one but MWO hasn't given me the MC I purchased 30 minutes ago.

[Hans Von Lohman]

Just bought my new Firestarter.

Was surprised by the placement of the external cargo rack to strap your personal belongings to....in the groin area!?!

[Carrioncrows]

So favorite Ember loadout is:

XL170
AC5 (x3 tons of ammo)
x3 Mg's (x1 ton of ammo)
x2 Medium lasers
x2 small lasers
1 jumpjet

But until elite's come out I had to back it down to an AC2 to upgrade the engine to a 200 XL until I get speed tweak.

I see people running around with 280XL + engines and laugh. The firestarter is one mech where there is absolutely no need to push the engine rating.

It responds far better with more weapons than speed.

[zagibu]

Hans Von Lohman, on 04 February 2014 - 03:38 PM, said:

Just bought my new Firestarter.

Was surprised by the placement of the external cargo rack to strap your personal belongings to....in the groin area!?!

That's the rails for the external coupling module.

[Lindonius]

This is a very clever little mech. Noob builders will go "WOAH! I can fit EIGHT med lasers on a LIGHT!" and snap them up without realising that you can only really pack 13 (14 at most) heat sinks in it. Four meds that can be fired almost indefinately do more damage than 8 in an alpha which you then have to wait to cooldown before you can fire again.

I can't get my DPS on smurfy's up past 3.0 with 8 meds.

The Ember is a beast however with 4MLs and 4MGs you can get a DPS of over 7!

EMBER

Edited by Lindonius, 04 February 2014 - 04:02 PM.

[ExplodedZombie]

I really wanted the Hero. Really. But it seems PGI wants to burn (lolz) us again. The best Firestarter will most likely be the ECM variant. Why can't the Hero have ECM, as well. Because a non-pay variant will have it, it would not be P2W. I very much want to contribute to the development of this game, but I don't want to buy a hero mech I'm not going to play once the ECM variant comes out

[FupDup]

Carrioncrows, on 04 February 2014 - 03:51 PM, said:

So favorite Ember loadout is:

XL170
AC5 (x3 tons of ammo)
x3 Mg's (x1 ton of ammo)
x2 Medium lasers
x2 small lasers
1 jumpjet

But until elite's come out I had to back it down to an AC2 to upgrade the engine to a 200 XL until I get speed tweak.

I see people running around with 280XL + engines and laugh. The firestarter is one mech where there is absolutely no need to push the engine rating.

It responds far better with more weapons than speed.

XL170? You do realize that gives you a top speed of 86.6 kph after speed tweak, right? With a medium mech you could go the same speed or faster, with a lot more armor, and more firepower. Or you could even grab a heavy and go at a similar speed with exponentially greater armor and weapons. Or you could even grab a fast assault like a Victor or Battlemaster. Going 86 with a light is absolutely pointless. You gain nothing over a medium, heavy, or some assaults. It is a direct downgrade in every possible criteria.

Edited by FupDup, 04 February 2014 - 04:12 PM.