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[mogs01gt]

I've been playing Cents for a while, never had an issue getting cored. Now everything hits the core. 7 matches in a row, all deaths from core getting shot out. All other armor is yellow. Had a few volleys of LRMs only hit the CT even with Torso twisting.

Its not ME! If that was true then my XL engined Hawk would be getting CT'd and it's not. My cent is running a std260. Again, 7 matches in a row! In one match my CT went to red from ONE LRM volley.

Cents are unplayable right now! Im running 44 front and 20 armor rear on my Cent. Im going to switch it to 50 front and 14 rear..

[Durant Carlyle]

The Super-Zombie-Cent is gone from the game?

Woohoo!

Now it can act like any other 'Mech, like it was supposed to from the beginning.

[senaiboy]

Hard to substantiate anecdotal claims. However, the last time Cent was tweaked was months ago, nothing in the last patch (according to patch notes).

That one LRM volley could be mixed with PPC/AC in as well, with the screen-shake by LRMs it's sometimes hard to notice other damages.

I personally run 56 front and 8 rear armour in CT, if you play it right you shouldn't get hit in the back much at all (eg torso twist when running away from enemy)

[Strum Wealh]

mogs01gt, on 10 May 2014 - 08:41 AM, said:

I've been playing Cents for a while, never had an issue getting cored. Now everything hits the core. 7 matches in a row, all deaths from core getting shot out. All other armor is yellow. Had a few volleys of LRMs only hit the CT even with Torso twisting.

Its not ME! If that was true then my XL engined Hawk would be getting CT'd and it's not. My cent is running a std260. Again, 7 matches in a row! In one match my CT went to red from ONE LRM volley.

Cents are unplayable right now! Im running 44 front and 20 armor rear on my Cent. Im going to switch it to 50 front and 14 rear..

Firstly: the Centurion is hardly "unplayable" in the commonly-(over)used sense of "unviable for everyone"; if you can't make it work for you, then that is another story.

Secondly: The hitboxes of the Centurion were modified some time ago (specifically, in the December 03, 2013 patch).

• "There were 2 sections on the side of the Centurion's head that were applying damage to the Left and Right Arm. These have been corrected and now apply damage to Center Torso."
  
• "The Front Center Torso of the Centurion was very narrow. The upper section of the Front Center Torso (hips and above), has been widened by approximately 10%."
  
• "Pelvis has been adjusted so that a much smaller section of it applies damage to Center Torso with the rest of it going to Left and Right Leg."

I suspect that it is the results of the second point (and, perhaps, the first) that you are experiencing.

Though, as noted above, it has been five months since the change; it should come as no surprise, unless one has been either or both 1.) ignoring the patch notes or 2.) ignoring the Centurions until now.

[mogs01gt]

Durant Carlyle, on 10 May 2014 - 09:12 AM, said:

The Super-Zombie-Cent is gone from the game?

Woohoo!

Now it can act like any other 'Mech, like it was supposed to from the beginning.

You mean havingno ability to even play through a match without the first damage you take stripping your CT armor??? Yea like this game needs more mechs that arent viable.

Just got into another match where LRMs volleys were only hitting the CT. The cents feel like a totally different mech! This issued started after the 3x4 patch.

Ppl stop posting useless crap that I already know. LMAO at the PPC/AC remark, soo now they can shoot through walls? I've been playing nothing but cents for like a year now...

Edited by mogs01gt, 10 May 2014 - 02:50 PM.

[Durant Carlyle]

It's probably due to more people rocking NARC and Artemis than anything else. NARC now disables ECM, so it's actually worth taking, and I've seen quite a few PUGgers running advertising their NARC ability in matches.

Artemis also helps by tightening the spread of missiles.

So, increased LRM use plus increased accuracy from NARC plus tighter spreads equals your Cents appearing to be broken.

I know for a fact that Cents aren't broken, as I face them on a daily basis. I've faced some more since your first post. They are still very difficult to bring down. It's still easier to leg them than it is to CT-core them.