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[Makenzie71]

Banky, on 27 April 2014 - 02:45 PM, said:

Nothing says useless better than having to hug a rock and wait in cover while the rest of your team is playing 500m peek-a-boo. Sometimes what looks great on paper just doesn't pan out that way in live games.

I hate getting stuck like that. I learned early on that, no matter what I build, I will have at least one ER PPC or ER Large Laser on board...that way if it's a brawler I can do some of that sniper damage or if I'm in a dedicated sniper I can still hit the red boxes if we get flanked.

I am playing with different configurations. After getting enough lasers loaded on this 5SS I'm having a better time of it than I am in my freebie. I might sell the freebie after I'm done grinding now. So far I have sorted out that neither chassis does anything worth a damn with LRM's...

[Joseph Mallan]

Mystere, on 26 April 2014 - 10:02 AM, said:

Up grade to Crome. It works better.

[TexAce]

Banky, on 27 April 2014 - 02:45 PM, said:

I definitely get where OP is coming from on this. It really does seem that some mechs are cursed... But I find a lot more often you tend to have a case where it's just a crap build and you have too much pride or are simply too stubborn to admit it. "Brawler" builds are a perfect example. Nothing says useless better than having to hug a rock and wait in cover while the rest of your team is playing 500m peek-a-boo. Sometimes what looks great on paper just doesn't pan out that way in live games.

hmm not sure about that. My Banshee M, named Martha, was one of those trouble mechs but after I changed it to an 1ERLL+7MPL Build (yes you read right) its kickin ass. Just wait, have patience, as soon as an enemy is in your range it gets a side torso blown off pretty fast (with 23 doubles I can alpha 3 times before overheating, thats over 150 damage). But I rather tend to shuffle them 3MPL/4MPL and the ERLL on top of that. Damage is always in the 500-600 range, not much for a banshee but damage is not scattered that much and kills fast.

Edited by TexAss, 28 April 2014 - 08:02 AM.