190 replies to this topic

[Lukoi Banacek]

Did someone bring a Dragon and I just don't remember? I'd wager a Streaktaro got played before a Dragon...I'm one of the few pilots that seems to love those ********.

[Adiuvo]

The main post has been edited with builds for people who haven't noticed.

[BlackDrakon]

Thx for the 3000 MC offer on the Dragonslayer, I thought it wasn't going to be on sale but it did at last.

[L A guns]

so a meta humping team won.....o golly gee

[Martaigne]

L A guns, on 02 June 2014 - 10:18 AM, said:

so a meta humping team won.....o golly gee

There's no meta. You're on an island.

[Dragunz Pryde]

Martaigne, on 02 June 2014 - 10:27 AM, said:

There's no meta. You're on an island.

LMAO your nuts....no meta...look at the build of ALL of those DS....save one they were 2 AC 5 and 2 PPC builds with JJ. Same goes for the majority of the Shadow Hawks and the Cataphracts. Is what it is, but to say there is no Meta builds in this game is ludicrous.

That being said....buying the Dragon Slayer tonight...i will then own all the hero mechs save the new Raven, and that missile Jenner...just no interest in those two..

On a side note, anyone have a solid build for the Misery....for the life of me i cannot find a build I am happy running. Thnx.

[Dimitry Matveyev]

What? Most builds are AC5 and PPC? But... But I thought LRM was OP!!! Why no winning lurms builds?! Where are all those "LRM is OP and should be NERFED" ppl?

Edited by Dimitry Matveyev, 02 June 2014 - 11:05 AM.

[Willothius]

InnerSphereNews, on 30 May 2014 - 12:37 PM, said:

House of Lords - Winning Mechs Build(s):


P33p3rs | JR7-F | http://mwo.smurfy-ne...a94b99444f3b959
Coburn | SDR-5D | http://mwo.smurfy-ne...db35f27fe95a545

I expect the PPC/AC5/Gauss big guys to have most armor up front, for obvious reasons, but THIS ^ I didn't see coming.. Both builds with only 1 armor in the back? For the Spider, ok maybe, he's facing them most of the time with ERLL, but still.. And the Jenner, anyone know what's going on here..?

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Rickrom | SHD-2D2 | http://mwo.smurfy-ne...f02558a7f44f11b
Celyth | SHD-5M | http://mwo.smurfy-ne...aead278061e1db1

The AC5/PPC one is surprising only because of 5JJ's.. Feels like a lot, but then again, only 0.5 Tons anyway.
The other one is the odd man out here: SSRMS, but no BAP or TAG, and STD with AC20.. Kinda weird, but looks fun to play! Kudos for the ONLY build using both Missiles (of ANY kind), AND having a non-gauss, non-AC5, close-up ballistic gun!

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Eglar | CTF-3D | http://mwo.smurfy-ne...63077fe9510003f
Schopenhauer | CTF-3D | http://mwo.smurfy-ne...0a3c45dab6595c4
Trevelyas | CTF-3D | http://mwo.smurfy-ne...1a35b7e3f4a4847
Proton | VTR-DS | http://mwo.smurfy-ne...307b7b2fc56e2b0
Zul99 | VTR-DS | http://mwo.smurfy-ne...cc2aa437b6d3e5d
Sun Cobra | VTR-DS | http://mwo.smurfy-ne...5814a6c4d5ba731
Heimdelight | VTR-DS | http://mwo.smurfy-ne...a5971e9ff8dc2e1
BananaNutMuffins | VTR-DS | http://mwo.smurfy-ne...7dc586668c7a154
kaffeangst | VTR-DS | http://mwo.smurfy-ne...0b5d64271921469

Well.. Do we really need SIX links to Smurfys to show what they've got? Only thing new I'm getting out of this is varying # of JJ's, some builds still using only 1. Interesting..

Edited by Willothius, 02 June 2014 - 11:09 AM.

[Clit Beastwood]

Dimitry Matveyev, on 02 June 2014 - 11:05 AM, said:

What? Most builds are AC5 and PPC? But... But I thought LRM was OP!!! Why no winning lurms builds?! Where are all those "LRM is OP and should be NERFED" ppl?

Well the tourney was mostly skilled players, so LRMS were not in attendance.
:ducking:

Edited by Fierostetz, 02 June 2014 - 11:07 AM.

[BlackDrakon]

PPC/AC/20 rocks

[P33p3rs]

Willothius, on 02 June 2014 - 11:05 AM, said:

I expect the PPC/AC5/Gauss big guys to have most armor up front, for obvious reasons, but THIS ^ I didn't see coming.. Both builds with only 1 armor in the back? For the Spider, ok maybe, he's facing them most of the time with ERLL, but still.. And the Jenner, anyone know what's going on here..?

I play a mostly poking style, staying on the outside of the fight and trying to do as much damage as I can from near max optimal range. I tend to let the embers and their more favorable hit boxes do most of the brawling. If a full blown brawl breaks out then I should be able to enter the fight without too much risk of being a high priority target. The Jenner front CT hitbox is so huge that it needs as much armor as possible to give it any survivability, and it would sacrifice far too much front armor to make the Jenner able to survive any reasonable high damage pinpoint alpha from the rear anyways.

PS: I don't think I've ever been rear cored in a comp match. Maybe by an arty strike, but that would be my own dumb ass fault for being in an arty strike in a light.

Edited by P33p3rs, 02 June 2014 - 12:00 PM.

[Cimarb]

P33p3rs, on 02 June 2014 - 11:56 AM, said:

I play a mostly poking style, staying on the outside of the fight and trying to do as much damage as I can from near max optimal range. I tend to let the embers and their more favorable hit boxes do most of the brawling. If a full blown brawl breaks out then I should be able to enter the fight without too much risk of being a high priority target. The Jenner front CT hitbox is so huge that it needs as much armor as possible to give it any survivability, and it would sacrifice far too much front armor to make the Jenner able to survive any reasonable high damage pinpoint alpha from the rear anyways.

PS: I don't think I've ever been rear cored in a comp match.

Willothius, you should be honored - P33p3rs very first post and it's to answer your question!

[Iqfish]

Koniving, on 30 May 2014 - 12:58 PM, said:

So winning mechs.
Anything with an autocannon.
Poptarts.
Possibly an LRM boat.
More poptarts.

....and how did a commando get in here?

Oh Koniving, may you never get banned to K-Town for saying the truth, like I was.

[ArchSight]

Seeing so many builds with low rear armor makes me wonder why their isn't teams doing strategies and tactics for popping player's rear armor?

FacePalms*

[P33p3rs]

Cimarb, on 02 June 2014 - 12:00 PM, said:

Willothius, you should be honored - P33p3rs very first post and it's to answer your question!

The lurk is strong with me, and honestly so much that gets posted on these forums is mindless drivel I tend to just stay out of it. I don't mind answering a genuine question that specifically relates to me though.

[Cimarb]

ArchSight, on 02 June 2014 - 12:10 PM, said:

Seeing so many builds with low rear armor makes me wonder why their isn't teams doing strategies and tactics for popping player's rear armor?

FacePalms*

Even with standard armor layouts, that should be the strategy. I am honestly surprised that more don't die from Air/Arty strikes, though...

[New Breed]

Would people quit the game if they just disabled firing while you are in air, I'm curious.

[Aquavolt]

Ghost Bear, on 02 June 2014 - 01:30 PM, said:

Would people quit the game if they just disabled firing while you are in air, I'm curious.

Let's just say if weapons were disabled while using JJs then we wouldn't be playing mechwarrior anymore.

[Koniving]

Iqfish, on 02 June 2014 - 12:05 PM, said:

Oh Koniving, may you never get banned to K-Town for saying the truth, like I was.

It's a matter of who you tell the truth to and what kind of truth. I'm only delving in truths that are proven and anyone can see. At least I try to stay in that realm. The shovel for digging and the flashlight for exploring closets are always left at home.

I'd like to think that everything I do is positive, even the cynical things that point out flaws and fallacies in PGI's vision that are leading to problems.

If you need help filming, Zhizhu's members who haven't given up completely on MWO are limited, but we'll help you out in the name of Battletech. Besides, you seen what Lordred's had to do to make the game look even remotely 'modern' compared to other games. His video quality is pretty fantastic too.

Edited by Koniving, 02 June 2014 - 01:54 PM.

[Coburn]

Willothius, on 02 June 2014 - 11:05 AM, said:

I expect the PPC/AC5/Gauss big guys to have most armor up front, for obvious reasons, but THIS ^ I didn't see coming.. Both builds with only 1 armor in the back? For the Spider, ok maybe, he's facing them most of the time with ERLL, but still.. And the Jenner, anyone know what's going on here..?

Hey Willothius;

To answer your question I simply do not get killed through the rear armour enough in a spider to warrant putting any armour there. I realize this will not work for everyone, I just would rather have my armour up front to roll damage. If you find yourself dying to rear shots, feel free to bump it up to your liking.

In a light mech you are king of positioning. If you kill me through the rear armour I go out positioned, but if I play my cards right you should never have an easy shot at my rear.

Also with loading the front of my mech so heavily I feel more confident squaring up to my target since I will be able to absorb at least one high damage pinpoint alpha.

You will notice we all have personal flare in our builds. This is just fine tuning to suit our different play styles after 1000's of match's.

I know some things look a little crazy, but we are light mech pilots after all