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[Parappaman]

Best. MWO. Video. Ever.

[Amsro]

Its a Triple Gauss Slow Giant Locust.

Epic fun, and here I thought DONTOR was insane!

[Victor Morson]

Rabid Monkey, on 12 February 2014 - 09:39 PM, said:

Omg....I think this might be the ultimate troll build....

Yep, one of the ONLY 'mechs in the whole game that actually benefits from single heatsinks, too, if you decide to run an even smaller engine to beef the armor. Which is pretty common.

Terrible 'mech in serious drops, but I agree, they are hilarious puggers.

Edited by Victor Morson, 14 February 2014 - 10:19 AM.

[Denolven]

o0Marduk0o, on 14 February 2014 - 12:32 AM, said:

Is this (troll-, fun-)build new?

No, it has been around for a few months, advocated by Koniving every now and then. He also has a youtube channel, you might want to check it out. He is probably the player that experiments most and tries all kinds of weird things. You ever heard of the 7 ERPPC Battlemaster? Yeah that's him, and it actually doesn't explode by heat. Or the 6xLRM15 Roflpult, another one of his children. Probably the funniest thing I saw was a Highlander that was riding on a Spider at 150 kph, straight into the enemy base...

Oh yeah, nice video B33f, you certainly know how to sell that stuff

Edited by Denolven, 14 February 2014 - 10:21 AM.

[TimePeriod]

I've encountered this mech quite a few times and as expected it is very fragile. Not exactly afraid of it in my K2 cat since its long range and I am not anywhere near it.

[Tschekal]

Really nice Vid, made my d d day fu weekend.

[DONTOR]

Amsro, on 14 February 2014 - 08:41 AM, said:

Its a Triple Gauss Slow Giant Locust.

Epic fun, and here I thought DONTOR was insane!

LOL I still am! but Im not ever crazy enough to run a mech with less armor than a locust. BEEF takes that cake! Although I dont think he gets off all 60 rounds with that little armor very often.

Denolven, on 14 February 2014 - 10:20 AM, said:

No, it has been around for a few months, advocated by Koniving every now and then. He also has a youtube channel, you might want to check it out. He is probably the player that experiments most and tries all kinds of weird things. You ever heard of the 7 ERPPC Battlemaster? Yeah that's him, and it actually doesn't explode by heat. Or the 6xLRM15 Roflpult, another one of his children. Probably the funniest thing I saw was a Highlander that was riding on a Spider at 150 kph, straight into the enemy base...

Oh yeah, nice video B33f, you certainly know how to sell that stuff

The week the Illya came out I, and others had this build in battle, so its been around for more than a year.

Edited by DONTOR, 14 February 2014 - 10:52 AM.

[Unleashed3k]

real nice vid =)

[ho1mes]

I rarely log in, but I just couldn't stop laughing watching this. You sir, have won the internetz.

Respect.

Edited by ho1mes, 14 February 2014 - 12:49 PM.

[xMintaka]

This and your dual AMS LCT video have had me giggling like a schoolgirl for quite some time.

You sir, are all kinds of awesome. I thought this was going to be a video for the 3x AC10 Ilya looking at the title, since the Guass doesn't go boom (unless it gets shot).

Your commentary is the best. Subbed.


Edit: I ran your exact build in a premade on the Comstar TS for a while... Got killed with 0 damage by a savvy Jenner, then the next 5 games I didn't score less than 2 kills, 300 damage. This build is awful(ly good!). It might not be the best, bu *** certainly is amusing hanging back behind the second line and nailing any enemy dumb enough to turn their back. One shotted three Atlas' tonight, and that makes me happy.

Overall I did better in this build that I did in the 2x UAC/5, 2x PPC VTR I run occasionally, much to the amusement of the guys on Comstar.

Danke schon!

Edited by Lunatech, 14 February 2014 - 09:17 PM.

[The Great Unwashed]

Now I'll never get my lance mate out of his triple Gauss Ilya. I warned him that if he didn't stop being so effective I'd buy one too

(Still, on average the damage/kills do not differ too much with the twin-Gauss variants due to survivability but every so now and then... the kills per minute... )

Edited by The Great Unwashed, 20 February 2014 - 02:14 AM.

[RushOutlaw]

Ran this mech on and off since the dawn of time, very very impressive with the right lance. Very weak in a bad one!

It one shots mechs from miles away which never fails to have me howling down TS to my team.

2X Gauss with 3X ML is better all-round but it's not regarded as such a potent build.

3X Gauss is just BADASS.

[Redshift2k5]

Deal with it

[Thorn Hallis]

Thats probably the reason why we'll never see the Thunder Hawk ingame.

[MysteryNotes]

Awesome video, loved the commentary!
Hilarious!

[DarkonFullPower]

Paul Inouye, on 07 June 2014 - 08:31 PM, said:

Weapon Updates and News

Gauss Rifles

The Gauss Rifle will operate as is but only 2 Gauss Rifles can be charged at one time. For example, the Dire Wolf 'Mech can theoretically equip 4 Gauss Rifles. This would be VERY nasty on the battlefield since Gauss Rifles do not generate heat and can sync their charges all at the same time. Due to the amount of energy it takes to charge a Gauss Rifle, any given 'Mech can only charge and sustain 2 Guass Rifles at any one time. If you put all 4 Gauss Rifles on the same weapon group and hit and hold the key, you will see that only 2 of them will charge. If you do not fire them, the two charged weapons will discharge and the other two Gauss Rifles will instantly start charging. If you do fire the first two Gauss Rifles, you can start charging the other two immediately. Basically this translates to only being able to fire 2 Gauss Rifles at the same time. This mechanic will also be carried over to the Inner Sphere version of the Gauss Rifle.

RIP sweet prince.

[Rear Admiral Tier 6]

DarkonFullPower, on 08 June 2014 - 02:24 PM, said:

RIP sweet prince.

Chainfire-macro anyone?

Or 2 GR + ERPPC?

[DarkonFullPower]

Cookiemonter669, on 10 June 2014 - 11:27 PM, said:

Chainfire-macro anyone?

Or 2 GR + ERPPC?

IT'S NOT THE SAMEEEEEEEEEEEEEE~!

[Jabilo]

Hilarious video