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[Capt Yetti]

Where are yall looking to see which mech is on sale? Just checking the mech pages? Or is there a specific spot in the store that you can look?

[Koniving]

Corison, on 24 February 2014 - 07:51 AM, said:

Why the split SPL & SL? With the point blank of those weapons you have to be sitting on them to be effective Picking up ML's generates a bit more heat but gives you triple the range for similar damage. The sorter duration loses most of it benefit outside of 90.

Weight, and desynched weapon firing times. Desynching firing times makes them harder to dodge, makes no moment safe to face me (if you're wounded, people with the 4 second delay know that if you look away during the firing you got 3 seconds after it to shoot someone to kingdom come. No second is safe to look at me, you will always receive damage).

Outside of 90 meters, I don't fire them. I got PPCs for that. It also means I'm not overlapping heat sources for greater heat efficiency. The SRMs and lasers are backup weapons, not primary weapons. Up close, AC/5 + 2 SL + SPL + SRM-4. Beyond 90 meters, 2 PPCs + AC/5.

Modo44, on 24 February 2014 - 07:49 AM, said:

Dear sir, if you miss at 90m with an AC20, you will miss a whole lot more with multiple different weapons...

True, but I can shoot a LOT faster than the AC/20 can. My misses won't matter as much.

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If it says anything, the far less efficient predecessor of this design lasted over a minute long in a 1 versus 2 fight, at less than 200 meters, against an Atlas RS with 4 ER PPCs + Gauss and a Stalker with 4 PPCs, back when ER PPCs did 12 heat, PPCs did 8 heat, PPCs did damage at less than 90 meters, and no ghost heat.

Not only did it last over a minute, it stripped both side torsos off of the stalker, and was a single shot from killing the Atlas.

The thread is locked, but... That fight in detail.

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Koniving, on 11 June 2013 - 08:30 AM, said:

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Yesterday me and another guy were piloting Miseries on voice comms. We've been brawling enemies in two on one battles when they are isolated. Finally it boils down to two enemies left. Both of them had 4 ER PPC rigs (one a stalker, one an Atlas RS with a Gauss Rifle on the side). They had just killed the 6th player, leaving only the two of us.

My teammate had been soaking most of the damage up to this point. When we charge them, he dies in the first volley of 8 ER PPCs. The enemy stalker shuts down. The Atlas is still moving. Since the enemy stalker was the weakest of the two in terms of armor, I went for him. With both of them pelting me from different angles at every opportunity that they could, I had my twin standard PPCs, 3 Medium Lasers, UAC/5, and Streak SRM-2 loaded up. I tore through the side of the stalker. He began to panic and move behind the Atlas.

I whirl around to give chase -- all of us repeatedly powering down because every single one of us are running hot on Tourmaline. With the Atlas between me and the other stalker while it cooled down, I began using only the streak and the UAC/5 to help facilitate my own cooldown while still doing damage but the damn thing keeps jamming! I cut to just the cannon as I push past the Atlas; I was going to disable that stalker altogether. When the stalker peeked to shoot at me from behind the Atlas, I let off an alpha strike. PPCs at 89 meters, 3 ML, streak and a UAC/5 into his surviving shoulder. Cherry red but I shut down. The Atlas just did another alpha strike into my side and powered down. I hear sparks. I've lost my side. It's now or never. I power up prematurely. "Override shutdown." Another alpha! Power down immediately. The stalker lost his other side torso. He's effectively weaponless.

The Atlas is panicking, powers up to give off another alpha just to shut right back down. Since I lost a laser, a PPC, and a streak, I now had better heat efficiency. Though I lost a few heatsinks as well. Still I was able to power right back up. My CT armor is gone thanks to that last strike. I whirl around counter-clockwise, not giving him any more chances to hit the weakened side. If he's gonna hit me he's gonna hit armor. I go for the gauss rifle. He's within 60 meters, so that PPC won't do jack here. Twin ML, UAC/5 barrage (when the thing doesn't jam), his armor shreds on the right torso. The Gauss Rifle explodes on him. His internals go to dark orange immediately. His last alpha with the gauss and 4 ER PPCs went into my arm and armored side torso; both went red in armor only. I'm still pumping UAC/5s into it and follow up with a PPC though I've been circling and not backing away (staying this close makes his ER PPCs imprecise and spreads the damage). His arm falls off, his shoulder is gone. My heat's doing so much better now. He's down to two ER PPCs.

But now I have a problem. His good arm is on the same side as my weak torso. There's no getting around this, he's got me pegged. By this time he'd been stripped of armor all along his back and on his center torso, but it's still bright yellow. My CT's become dark orange. We tussel a bit more. Ramming each other even though knockdowns are gone. Targeting each other's weak spots. We still occasionally get shut down but nowhere near as often now. The enemy stalker, now just a walking phallus on legs, attempts to interject by ramming me and getting between me and my enemy in seemingly coordinated attempts to soak up my fire and then hit me when my weapons are recycling.

Ultimately he becomes cherry red. A shot or two would kill him. I've lost my other side torso leaving me with only a medium laser in the center torso. I line up my shot. He lines up his. I fire and cutting into the beam is that damn stalker! The stalker dies. As he falls over I'm stuck waiting for the laser to recharge. The Atlas fires two ER PPCs into my center torso. From my perspective it may as well have been to my cockpit.

Defeat.

The enemy Stalker: "OMFG why won't you just die!?!?!?!?!?" came his response over the chat. "Holy ****!"
The Atlas: "You were one pain in the *** to put down."
Koniving: "Good fight."

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My partner said if I went with an AC/5 instead, I never would have jammed and I would have won that since I spent most of the fight with the thing jammed. I have to agree.

Context source.

Reading the story again, evidently they both had 4 ER PPCs, no regular PPCs.

Edited by Koniving, 24 February 2014 - 08:13 AM.

[Mike McSullivan]

Capt Yetti, on 24 February 2014 - 07:55 AM, said:

Where are yall looking to see which mech is on sale? Just checking the mech pages? Or is there a specific spot in the store that you can look?

How about the Store button ingame?
if you just go in the Store you should see the mech which is on sale, directly. It takes a few seconds to load sometimes

[Capt Yetti]

Mike McSullivan, on 24 February 2014 - 08:06 AM, said:

How about the Store button ingame?
if you just go in the Store you should see the mech which is on sale, directly. It takes a few seconds to load sometimes

Makes sense. Thanks.

[Stingray Productions]

Terciel1976, on 20 February 2014 - 12:49 PM, said:

Guys:

With the hot fix a couple days ago, PGI has the capability to do sales without downtime. More to the point, they have done a couple without any splash announcement on the site. Last night, Golden Boy was on sale, the night before, it was one of the Dragon heroes.

So if there's something you want, it's worth peeking in the store regularly, you might be pleasantly surprised!

good thing to know.

[TercieI]

So, question...this thread has gained some traction...should I keep the first post updated with a "CURRENT SALE: X" line?

[KnowBuddy]

AssaultPig, on 23 February 2014 - 12:22 PM, said:

It'd be nice if there were at least an icon in the store that marked the discounted mechs.

There is... it's a little banner running from the left side to the top which says "SALE" on the 'Mech icon.
Although... when you load up the store, it shows you only what's on sale on the first screen anyway.



Thanks for this thread though, it's very useful to know what is on sale outside of the game, since I keep forgetting to open the store!
I did get the X-5, Firebrand, and Jester for 50% off, which I'm quite pleased with, but I missed the Boar's Head and Misery, which I'm not too disappointed over. What's today's sale (work work work)?

[TercieI]

We'll know in 80 minutes, KnowBuddy.

[Arkadash]

Terciel1976, on 24 February 2014 - 08:31 AM, said:

So, question...this thread has gained some traction...should I keep the first post updated with a "CURRENT SALE: X" line?

I think that's a capital idea.

[CSHubert]

Terciel1976, on 24 February 2014 - 08:31 AM, said:

So, question...this thread has gained some traction...should I keep the first post updated with a "CURRENT SALE: X" line?

Yeah that would be a nice feat. Ill keep posting here too as Im terribly hooked at the game for now... please HELP

KnowBuddy, on 24 February 2014 - 08:32 AM, said:

There is... it's a little banner running from the left side to the top which says "SALE" on the 'Mech icon.
Although... when you load up the store, it shows you only what's on sale on the first screen anyway.



Thanks for this thread though, it's very useful to know what is on sale outside of the game, since I keep forgetting to open the store!
I did get the X-5, Firebrand, and Jester for 50% off, which I'm quite pleased with, but I missed the Boar's Head and Misery, which I'm not too disappointed over. What's today's sale (work work work)?

Misery is still up for an hour or so mate...

[TercieI]

Two votes is enough, at least when one is Arkadash.

[CSHubert]

I think the next Hero on sale will be Golden Boy. What do you think ?

[KnowBuddy]

CSHubert, on 24 February 2014 - 08:55 AM, said:

Misery is still up for an hour or so mate...

Yeah, I decided to pass on Misery yesterday, I haven't tried any STK yet and I'm not sure if I can handle the sluggishness... and I'm at work, so this is as close as I get to the game for another 8 hours.

Terciel1976, on 24 February 2014 - 08:38 AM, said:

We'll know in 80 minutes, KnowBuddy.

Waiting... Thanks again for the thread!

[TercieI]

CSHubert, on 24 February 2014 - 09:00 AM, said:

I think the next Hero on sale will be Golden Boy. What do you think ?

Seems unlikely, as it was on sale Thursday. I'm betting...hm...Death's Knell.

[CSHubert]

Terciel1976, on 24 February 2014 - 09:29 AM, said:

Seems unlikely, as it was on sale Thursday. I'm betting...hm...Death's Knell.

Damn.. gotta get my memory straight

[KnowBuddy]

Terciel1976, on 24 February 2014 - 08:31 AM, said:

So, question...this thread has gained some traction...should I keep the first post updated with a "CURRENT SALE: X" line?

Hey Terciel, here's a thought: Could you also keep the previous sales below the current one, so we have a running list of the sale history?

[TercieI]

KnowBuddy, on 24 February 2014 - 09:41 AM, said:

Hey Terciel, here's a thought: Could you also keep the previous sales below the current one, so we have a running list of the sale history?

I suppose so. What have we had (backwards order)... Misery, Boar's Head, Jester, Pretty Baby, Golden Boy and...Fang? Flame?

[CSHubert]

Flame... or... damn !

Edited by CSHubert, 24 February 2014 - 09:49 AM.

[KnowBuddy]

Terciel1976, on 24 February 2014 - 09:46 AM, said:

I suppose so. What have we had (backwards order)... Misery, Boar's Head, Jester, Pretty Baby, Golden Boy and...Fang? Flame?

Flame not Fang there.

Before that was the Fang + Firebrand + Ilya Muromets + Dragon Slayer together. Before that was Protector after Yen Lo Wang after X-5.

(Granted those weren't stealth sales, but they were the start of the 50% off sales)

Edited by KnowBuddy, 24 February 2014 - 09:55 AM.

[CSHubert]

Soooo...Ember or TDK

TDK- all for you Shellashock

Edited by CSHubert, 24 February 2014 - 09:59 AM.