73 replies to this topic

[shotokan5]

From someone that loves to use LRM's. They should simply bring the speed back to where it was before the last patch.

Its nice to get lots of kills and points but even I say this does not make for better play. Before the change I would sometimes
be fussing that how could my score with a missile boat be so low. I would rather have to fuss than watch the balance off and no
it not the lock time. It is the time it takes to hit the target is to fast and not fair to a balanced game. Just a few thoughts from a LRM lover.

[Sean von Steinike]

ColonelMetus, on 28 March 2014 - 04:47 PM, said:

LRM is still the primary weapon in EVERY match

Ha. Haha. Hahahahh. Hahahhahaahaahhaha.

[Bartholomew bartholomew]

It is funny, They are only popular because people are trying out the changes. Already moving back to the old meta of lots of dakka.

heavy lrm could be a game changer before anyways. Just a little more obvious now. Even before the patch 2 boats and a spotter was lethal.

All this complaining, and everyone is forgetting about the lights actually spotting and using things like narc now. Instead of packing in all weapons and skirmishing only.

Edited by Bartholomew bartholomew, 29 March 2014 - 06:13 PM.

[shotokan5]

[color=#959595]heavy lrm could be a game changer before anyways. Just a little more obvious now. Even before the patch 2 boats and a spotter was lethal.[/color]

Bartholomew bartholomew, on 29 March 2014 - 06:12 PM, said:

It is funny, They are only popular because people are trying out the changes. Already moving back to the old meta of lots of dakka.

heavy lrm could be a game changer before anyways. Just a little more obvious now. Even before the patch 2 boats and a spotter was lethal.

All this complaining, and everyone is forgetting about the lights actually spotting and using things like narc now. Instead of packing in all weapons and skirmishing only.

Sorry Bart but being around from early beta that is not true. Yes, 2 well placed missile boats can be a game changer.

I and others from early beta have seen many weapons changes and please flame those who say that the last patch changed the game so it is not balanced. It could destroy the game itself. Many I know have stopped playing until they bring back in line with before. If you read my post you would understand. I agree adapt or die. Fine let them leave the missiles as they are post patch and I will continue get big points and look good. It is not good for the game and that and foremost is what its all about.

If not, better bring an umbrella!

Great sig by the way.

Edited by shotokan5, 30 March 2014 - 02:16 AM.

[xe N on]

Playing currently with LRMs without and with Artemis on my Victors I think the major problem is the quite good accuracy with artemis and indirect fire.

Even though Artemis should not give any bonus to missle spread without LoS, I have the feeling that Artemis provide the improvement even without LoS.

LRMs are fine beside their high hit chance without LoS. This is the real problem and that should be nerfed.

Edited by xe N on, 30 March 2014 - 03:46 AM.

[That Dawg]

Bishop Steiner, on 23 March 2014 - 08:14 PM, said:

boy.... I wonder what drops you are in. Playing all day every day, and just not seeing it.

Not seeing what? 20-30% of all battles dominated by an LRM fest?
I am, mostly evenings. EST, say 9-11.
four, five of the ten I played last night were just that, teams not leaving the spawn area on assault, making a stand at one cap on conquest, and a mixture of gawd knows what on the rest

Suggesting "using cover intelligently" is exactly whats happening, spawn point camping and timid game play fearing LRM.
PUGS are adapting, I'm seeing more lights (sometimes half the team or more are ECM lights) and more sniper builds...

Intimating that LRM's are fine and this is good is as absurd as saying jumpjets before the shaking wasn't creating a problem with game play

btw, i'm not getting left behind, I grab that rental stalker instead of taking my own and spam LRM's.

[El Bandito]

ThatDawg, on 30 March 2014 - 03:54 AM, said:

Not seeing what? 20-30% of all battles dominated by an LRM fest? I am, mostly evenings. EST, say 9-11. four, five of the ten I played last night were just that, teams not leaving the spawn area on assault, making a stand at one cap on conquest, and a mixture of gawd knows what on the rest

Then that means 70-80% of the matches are dominated by direct fire fest. Also, you mentioned only during evenings LRMs are more prominent, not all day.

When you put it like that, LRMs are not as big of a deal as you claim.

Edited by El Bandito, 30 March 2014 - 04:03 AM.

[Blue Drache]

El Bandito, on 30 March 2014 - 04:01 AM, said:

Then that means 70-80% of the matches are dominated by direct fire fest. Also, you mentioned only during evenings LRMs are more prominent, not all day.

When you put it like that, LRMs are not as big of a deal as you claim.

Ok ... peek your nose out of cover during prime time ... I'll laugh when it gets melted off by the spam.

[CheeseThief]

As someone who has been attempting to play with a NARC all night, please point me towards the games that have this spam.

I mean bloody hell, there is supposed to be an LRM apocalypse in progress and I'm lucky to get a trial stalker and an LRM equipped stock mech to leach points off.

[BLOOD WOLF]

KharnZor, on 28 March 2014 - 07:11 PM, said:

Maybe if the mods did their job properly it wouldn't be a problem.

That statement tells me, you understand how to play the game, but you don't know how it work

Edited by BLOOD WOLF, 30 March 2014 - 05:32 AM.

[Lyoto Machida]

wanderer, on 29 March 2014 - 01:45 PM, said:

I don't even think K-town has enough room for all this whine from OP.

Come to think of it, has OP checked for his earlier threads there? I think there might be a few. Take a hint.

Are you kidding me??? He's the author of the biggest, longest running and most embarrassing thread on LRMs in this game. If anyone is the definitive expert on why we should only have ACs and lasers in this game, it's him:

http://mwomercs.com/...g-the-new-fotm/

Sean von Steinike, on 29 March 2014 - 06:03 PM, said:

Ha. Haha. Hahahahh. Hahahhahaahaahhaha.

In his eyes, LRMs are packed on 39 of the 24 mechs in each game.

[Kaijin]

Appogee, on 29 March 2014 - 09:54 AM, said:

Really? You believe it's okay for them to break the game for a while til they get around to introducing the other feature that you believe might address the breakage...?

Can't break it if it's already broken. Pray tell, when was the game not broken?

[Corwin Vickers]

CheeseThief, on 30 March 2014 - 05:17 AM, said:

As someone who has been attempting to play with a NARC all night, please point me towards the games that have this spam.

I mean bloody hell, there is supposed to be an LRM apocalypse in progress and I'm lucky to get a trial stalker and an LRM equipped stock mech to leach points off.

You're not in the beginning Elo bracket is the problem. The one where people have to regularly replace their keyboards from all the drool.

I jumped on my "teach a newbie" account to get the free mechbay the other day and you would be surprised how many people I recognized from these LRM QQ threads.

[Stunner]

Yeah I logged onto my second account as well to earn my free mechbay and I was suprised how many veteran players were in that bracket. It looks like the LRM spam is starting to slow down.

[Bishop Steiner]

Blue Drache, on 30 March 2014 - 04:32 AM, said:

Ok ... peek your nose out of cover during prime time ... I'll laugh when it gets melted off by the spam.

I do, every night. Am doing fine. So, hmmmmm..... what does that say? (no ECM or AMS either).

Tells me one of us has learned to adapt, the other, apparently not. LRMs are pretty easy to defeat, 90% of the time. Those other 10%? Means they are actually viable.

[Angels Bane]

direct fire beats lrms every time. u just cant be a sissy about it. ya got to go out and get em. the only thing that bothers me about lrms is the lrm turrents. no reason for them to be hitting u while ur still in the center of the durn map.

[o0Marduk0o]

Great, another ColonelMetus thread, go and get popcorn and be ready.

[N E R E V A R]

My poptarting meta skillz > your lrms

But i do worry that the current state of lrms might chase away new players. Even with all its flaws i do like this game alot and I really hope that it wont die out.

Edited by Itheseus, 30 March 2014 - 09:48 AM.

[KharnZor]

BLOOD WOLF, on 30 March 2014 - 05:32 AM, said:

That statement tells me, you understand how to play the game, but you don't know how it work

This statement tells me you have 0 reading comprehension skills.

[Bishop Steiner]

Itheseus, on 30 March 2014 - 09:46 AM, said:

My poptarting meta skillz > your lrms

But i do worry that the current state of lrms might chase away new players. Even with all its flaws i do like this game alot and I really hope that it wont die out.

and the absurd poptart meta wasn't already chasing players away in droves?

just sayin'