Tesunie, on 03 September 2014 - 10:58 AM, said:
What would really help bring the Nova some love would have been the Nova D (If I have the correct one). This would open up missile hardpoints, which could compliment the energy aspects of the mech.
Personally, I've been finding the Nova Prime (trial) to be a very nice mech, depending upon how you field it. It isn't a straight up "melt them" mech, as if you use it too bluntly, you are the one likely to melt yourself first. I requires a lot of skill to use a Nova Prime well, and a lot of fire control and heat management.
Can't say anything about the Ryoken as of yet... as I haven't exactly been able to do much (besides a few matches on the test server) with it. And, to be honest, I found I had better results with the Puma and Nova than I did with the Ryoken. (AKA: To each their own?)
wait for thr Stormcrow, and you Nova will catch dust if you choose a mech by its Battle efficency.
DarthRevis, on 03 September 2014 - 11:15 AM, said:
How about Jump Jet up onto a building? Don't see the Stormcrow doing that do you?
Trying to compare the SCR and the NVA is silly, they are different mechs made to do different things also saying the NVA is the worse clan mech shows me you either one have not played the adder (lol, i like them but most do not) or two dont know what you are talking about.
They are not as fast as the Stormcrows or Adders and are not gonna fill the same role that other faster more diverse mechs can. Its not going to get FF or Endo and that is fine. I dont want VANILLA warrior where all mechs are the same, can do the same jobs and just cosmetically are different. Nova is laser boat and does a damn good job at it too!
Also, why cant you put ER Large Lasers or Pulse Lasers or a Nova? Because my Prime does it just fine also see the occasional PPC and 4 ER or 3 Pulse Build.
yes put your superhuge nova on the roof! Oh yeah, put some toplights on it and a sirene in case the oldest and blindets mechwarrior has not noticed your 2 alpha strikes and the nova is gone papermech. JJ's do not equal out the +7t and more speed the ryoken has.
And yes I still consider the nova one of the worst clanmechs. So in which way does the nova differ to the stormcrow? the Nova profile is horrible compared to the SC, has a lot less podspace, it onyl can mount more lasers, which only counts for CERML or CERSL/CERSPL. So when you put Pulse lasers on the nove, you can do the same on the stormcrow. Because nova podspace now is too small for puting more firepower into them compared to the stromcrow. And then why using any loadout on a Nova that the stormcrow can too? YOu would be in any case better in a SC, because higher arm points, more armor, more podspace fr whatever you like.
so what job can the Nova do, that the SC can not do? I cna still baot up to 7 lasers on the SC, so nova's only advantage is more lasers. But the firepower isn't higher because both laser boatings would reach heatcap very soon, and only the SC because of more podspace can way more efficiently cool down.
The Adder is not that pointless as people say, 4 CERML work fine, or CERLL. or 4x6 CSRM6 are a hell of a fun. Especially when you are playing an an assault mechs wingmen. Also mainly to keep other lights on distance who start to run quite fats when they eat a volley of 24 SRMS
So you don't want vanilla Warrior, but you accept that the SC can totally replace the roles of the nova + forfill much more other purposes.
Nova is the most inferior mech by the mechanics it has.
JagdFlanker, on 03 September 2014 - 04:02 PM, said:
the Nova is a good - but not great - solid mech. i'l take it every time over the Summoner though - now THATS a horrible mech
unfortunately for me i can't trust myself with the stock Prime since i happen to have a habit of triggering a full alpha when i get a perfect shot - which never ends well for me as well as the target lol. best loadout for *me* is 7 ERMLas
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so i get just a little ghost heat on an alpha, but not a stupid amount. plus since there's so much room i fill up on DHS and can get a decent amount of volleys in before i have to pull back to cool down. the torso mount is GOLD when you lose your arms on occasion
try to make this build with a stormcrow, play both mechs with the same skills, and you know how "useless" the Nova actually is. Why not to put this loadout on a Nova? Because you put it on a stormcrow and laugh your ass of how much more it works on a SC. SC can do this way better, way cooler. and oh more HP, better hardpoints. Well no JJ's but that is nothing to worry about by the benefits theSC has over the Nova.
ThatDawg, on 04 September 2014 - 05:13 AM, said:
Oh, that first alpha of the morning before the really heated battle starts...if you can catch someone sitting there not realizing you just waddled into range....and can get that whole 2 second cook into their armor..............*POOF*
you don't need a nova for this result. and in 2 seconds you can only deal 12x7 damage, thats not enough for the most medium+ mechs, unless you shoot the head. So you need some lights/low mediums being totally unaware to make this happen. And this is something nearly any clanmech can do.
And those people who put 10t in AC's + lasers, sry I doubt these builds do a such a job at all, because you don't even have much ammo to sustain a proper firepower.
Especially an AC 10, put it and + 4CERML on SC, and see how you perform. It will be far better than the Nova.
The Nova does work, but so much inferior to a SC. And anyone that can be decent ina Nova can be far better in a SC.
I still use my Nova most, because I like how it look, but evertime in the SC is like: Why is this mech so easy mode compared to the Nova. Wait until the SC comes out, and see how many Novas are left on the battlefield.
Edited by Lily from animove, 04 September 2014 - 06:12 AM.