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[Blackcanni]

Since lot of ppl want to know what ppl in the top 10s were using i hope the ppl from the top 10s are willing to post it in this topic.

FRR rank 3

HGN733

XL285 engine doing 56.4 kph
1 Jumpjet
1 Beagle active probe
2 LRM 15 + Aremis in Right arm
2 LRM 10 * Artemis in Left arm
3 Doube heatsinks extra, 1 in engine 2 in Righ arm
2 Medium lasers to scare away the lighs if possible..
15 LRM ammo
Modules: Advanced target decay and 2 improved strikes. just for the opportunities.

Armor: Head, 18 / Righ arm, 60 / Right torso 56.20 / Center torso, 82.34 /
Left torso, 56.20 / Left arm, 60 / both legs 36


Statistics: This is from reset till now, so not all but most during competition weekend.
Games played: 100
Wins: 48
Losses: 52
Win / loss ratio 0.92
Kills: 137
Deaths: 61
Kill / death ratio: 2.25
Damage done: 61.689
Xp earned: 91.336
Time played : 11:28:41

Friday i couldnt play due to a wedding
Saturday i sucked due to hangover and bad drops
Sunday i had a very good period with lots of 1k+ damage runs, unfortunately only a few with some good kills.. lots where i did top damage by far but no kills.. thats the risk using LRM.


Place your setup and stats along with your rank from last tournament below plz, it will help and inspire the community!!

Edited by Blackcanni, 24 March 2014 - 10:56 AM.

[Malieus]

Merc Corps Rank 9

80% of matches on a JR7-F with 6 medium lasers and 1 JJ
20% of matches on a Cicada X-5 with 2erll's, 2 medium lasers

Curious to see how many lights or mediums made top ten

[Flyby215]

Davion Rank 5

Misery - 1xAC20 1xPPC 2xLL AMS STD300

Matches 118, Wins 69, Losses 49, W/L 1.4, Kills 162, Deaths 64, K/D 2.53, Damage 50850

It was extremely challenging because nearly every match I played would have at least 2-3 of the #1 or #2 players from each faction (one of whom kept calling me fat!). It was also thoroughly enjoyable to play with the best of the best. Even more enjoyable each time I shoved my AC20 up their butt! (though more often I was the one dead)

Edited by Flyby215, 24 March 2014 - 12:16 PM.

[Dymanite]

Kurita rank 10


Hunchback 4G (main)

AC20 2ML SL, imp arti.

Atlas AS7-RS

AC20 4ML LRMs


best game;

[heimdelight]

Flyby215, on 24 March 2014 - 12:16 PM, said:

It was extremely challenging because nearly every match I played would have at least 2-3 of the #1 or #2 players from each faction (one of whom kept calling me fat!). It was also thoroughly enjoyable to play with the best of the best. Even more enjoyable each time I shoved my AC20 up their butt! (though more often I was the one dead)

Playing against those good players so often makes you really appreciate the rare good games that happen for any single individual. When these tournaments occur, my matches feel, "properly" matched by the matchmaker and I love it. I play against many other players of similar skill and the matches are close and very punishing for those who make a mistake.

And who would dare call you fat Flyby? Such a shame, give me his name and I'll beat him up for you!

Anyways, My builds and match scores:

I'll update it after I double check through my smurfy's builds and include links to them, but for the time being I'll just summarize.

Ranked #1 Merc Corps Faction, #3 Overall - Score: 2,573

HGN-733C - STD300, 2xPPC 2xUAC5, 1JJ, 4 tons of Ammo. 1.49 Heat Efficiency
Best Game: 5 kills 7 assists 989 dmg on HPG Manifold

VTR-9B - XL325, 2xPPC 2xUAC5, 1JJ, 5 tons of Ammo. 1.45 Heat Efficiency
Best Game: 5 kills 7 assists 1500 dmg on HPG Manifold

VTR-DS - XL350, 2xPPC 2xAC5, 1JJ, 4 tons of Ammo, 1.49 Heat Efficiency
Best Game: 6 kills 6 assists 1289 dmg on Terra Therma

CTF-3D - XL280, 2xPPC 2xAC5, 1JJ, 4 tons of Ammo, 1.42 Heat Efficiency
Best Game: 5 kills 7 assists 1282 dmg on Forest Colony

CTF-IM - XL295, 3xML 3xUAC5s, 7 tons of Ammo, 1.37 Heat Efficiency
Best Game: 5 kills 7 assists 1282 dmg on Tourmaline Desert

JR7-F - XL300, 6xML, 1JJ, 1.29 Heat Efficiency
Best Game: 7 kills 4 assists 1144 dmg on Canyon Network

These are from memory (I have videos saved). The numbers are mostly accurate, and I'll link my twitch highlight videos for the, "best game" category.

[Bodzan]

heimdelight - 3 in the list was actualy 7 kills 5 assists, you broke my record attempt that time - it was so cruel

[Eldan]

Hello everyone

I only played with an STK-M in this tournament, score 2225 and 10th for Marik.i was actually 6th and went to sleep. luckily i was still in top10.wanted to see how well this misery build can do.. I did play 3-4 games with an lrm stalker to test lrms.

games in tournament around 160. during the tournament W/L ratio about 1.45, k/d ratio around 2.2 (can't be 100% sure, played a lot before and after too but it's as close as it can get.)
ok.. so my build was, 2LL,3ML,ac20,lrm10 std255 but after a while in the tournament i changed it to 2LL,3ML,AC20,lrm5. STD275, 18DHS. (needed that extra little speed, plus a bit of extra heat diss.)

I had so much trouble getting kills.everyone was going like crazy after them! I had the highest dmg in team in more than half of my games but few kills. I had so many games with dmg over 800-900 and zero kills.lots of 1000+ with 1 or 2 kills. it was so frustrating (slow mech,low range) pre-tournament i was getting many 5-kills 800-1000+ dmg. in tournament almost nothing!
best game kill-wise was one with 8kills. the very first game(and the last one) i literaly waited for my pugs to die before i went out shooting. talk about luck,it worked, but only did like 500-600 dmg and no assists i think, so it was still a not that good score.but it was an epic game. i was so excited with 8kills that i forgot to take a screenshot though lol.

Anyway,in my experience a faster medium-long range mech had a much higher chance to score real good scores.both in terms of kills and dmg. others used short range KS lights. My cicada-3M for example has a much higher average dmg than the Misery with just 2ER LL..(no wonder ppc/ac5 does that well). And my personal opinion is that if -for tournament purposes- a good pilot wanted to take his time using those last minutes to take the enemy down one by one long range, he would get top5 easily. I btw never did that, i always brawl and die if i'm last with a fast mech. I did not play a fast mech in the tournament on the other hand. if i did play one i would do that. Just to get the games i need(dead guys can hate you for that.)

I know it may sound weird, like how can a light or medium do better than an assault. but trust me it's the truth. It's not teamplay,it's solo play but it can get serious results. Another option would be to get a meta build like dragonslayer ppc/ac5 and just keep shooting. serious dmg, good kills.

Lastly i would like to add what many of us know. Sometimes it's more about the pilot than the mech.

Edited by Eldan, 26 March 2014 - 04:07 AM.

[Eldan]

Flyby215, on 24 March 2014 - 12:16 PM, said:

Davion Rank 5

Misery - 1xAC20 1xPPC 2xLL AMS STD300

Matches 118, Wins 69, Losses 49, W/L 1.4, Kills 162, Deaths 64, K/D 2.53, Damage 50850

It was extremely challenging because nearly every match I played would have at least 2-3 of the #1 or #2 players from each faction (one of whom kept calling me fat!). It was also thoroughly enjoyable to play with the best of the best. Even more enjoyable each time I shoved my AC20 up their butt! (though more often I was the one dead)

Oh man happy to see a fellow misery in the top rankings. I saw you in many games and i completely share your feelings!

I must say, those top ranking pug games are on a totally different level. was so much enjoyed.

Edited by Eldan, 26 March 2014 - 04:22 AM.

[Solahma]

Davion 3rd

Banshee 3E "Howling Banshee" (2x UAC5, 2x AC2, 4x MLas, STD300)
-Mech ran pretty hot, but heat management was not very difficult. After the tournament I started running a STD325 and regular AC5s. This change runs much cooler and is a lot more consistent. I believe that 2 AC5 and 2 AC2 is a superior load-out for this mech.

Firebrand "Light Eater" (1x AC20, 1x LB10X, 4x MLas, XL300)
-Fragile brawler well suited for taking out lights and mediums, but can still hold it's own against heavies and even assaults. Keep moving and torso twisting. Always shoot the AC20 first followed by 1-2 shots with the LB10X. The build only has 2 tons of LB10X ammo and 3 tons of AC20. I have found this to be a perfectly adequate amount of ammo to last a match with well-placed shots. You can still clean up a match since you have 4 MLas to fall back on when ammo runs dry.

Raven "Super Chicken" (2x ERLLas, ECM, XL255)
-Personal preference to sacrifice a little speed for a couple more Double Heat Sinks. The success of this build depends on how long you can keep firing from range until you get close to over-heat. The extra DHS keeps the mech firing longer which means more damage potential. Most people know this mech and see it frequently so there is not much else to say.

Congrats to all the others!

[Dracol]

Congrats to all of you. Really interesting to see the different mechs used. Was surprised to see a LRM based mech as the first post

and a ac/20 hunchie? who would have thunk it.

[Cimarb]

8th for Davion. (Was at 2nd as of midnight Friday, but the rest of the weekend was rough...)

STK-5M 2xALRM10, 2xALRM15, 4xMLAS, BAP, TAG, XL300. 1440 ammo.
BLR-1S. 2xALRM10, 2xALRM15, 3xMLAS, BAP, TAG, STD275, AMS, 1260 ammo.
AS7-D-DC. 2xALRM10, ALRM15, ML, 2xMG, BAP, TAG, ECM, AMS. 1800 ammo.

Edited by Cimarb, 26 March 2014 - 06:37 PM.

[Joseph Mallan]

Dymanite, on 24 March 2014 - 12:26 PM, said:

Kurita rank 10


Hunchback 4G (main)

AC20 2ML SL, imp arti.

Atlas AS7-RS

AC20 4ML LRMs


best game;

Odd man out, Basically a stock player in top 10! I think he is the best player out of the bunch on page 1... This guy is scarier than the Metamen. Sorry guys.

[Sug]

Highest I got was 31st : / I'd love to see some Top 10 Twitch vids if they're out there.