Cathy, on 21 February 2014 - 09:30 AM, said:
Define better.
There is a big gulf between theory and practice.
In theory anyone that does well in a medium should do better in a heavy or an assault.
But if in practice a person does better in a medium, doesn't that by default make the medium a better mech.
Its like in theory all Mechwarrior matches should be close games, but how many are in practice
No, it doesn't. It just means the person is unwilling to adjust. Bishop could be a great assault pilot. He doesn't want to be.
He's limiting himself in the game.
I do it too. It's a conscious decision on my part. I've done the same thing by playing LRM's even when they were their worst. I CHOSE THAT.
It doesn't mean anything that I did well at it.
Voivode, on 21 February 2014 - 09:31 AM, said:
Killing the other team is a goal, not a role. Your role is the method you take to ensuring your team does just that.
For example, the role of poptart sniper. Take a Victor and a Shadowhawk and place them opposite each other and say "1,2,3 poptartgo!". Victor wins.
Flip it to conquest game mode, the enemy has many light mechs that are both capping and swarming. Moving from pop tarting to chasing down and killing those lights. Take a Victor and a Shadowhawk and place them opposite each other and say "1,2,3 lightkillgo!". Victor loses.
Being the spearhead of a coordinated push? Assault wins.
A quick flanking lance with the right combo of speed and firepower to make it worth it? Medium wins.
You just discussed 4 different scenarios involving killing people. Killing is all we have. It is our role in this game.
As for 2 and 4...Light hunting...I disagree. You are making a ton of assumptions to say the Victor loses there. My dual AMS Firestarter basically gives Bishop's Shadow Hawk an AC5 and 2 Medium Lasers to kill me with. And I'll leg him before he kills me. I mean you can bend the scenario and say it's a Shadow Hawk with 2 AC 5's and a LL, but then you might as well be in a Victor. But I'm sure you'll change the scenario to fit your point.
As for point 4...it's not the Victor and Shadow Hawk vying for that role. It's a Shadow Hawk and Jenner/Firestarter. And I'd much rather have 150kph and 6 Medium Lasers in my quick flanking lance.