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[D34K]

Stand off sniping and lurm'ing require a degree of situational awareness, but no real tactics. This is why both are often popular for solo players in pug games. Risk/reward is fairly well balanced.

However...

Brawling is by far the most tactical type of engagement in MWO, huge pay off / huge risk. It requires actual teamwork. Look back at the superb timing, flanking, and push rotations from last season's RHoD and MRBC leagues. The chemistry, timing, damage rolling, focus fire, target identification, and so on that the good teams employ is the nearest this game has to actual tactics.

Edited by D34K, 18 July 2014 - 07:54 AM.

[Wolfways]

What's combat between brawling and sniping ranges? I call it tactical play.

[Trauglodyte]

Invictus51, on 17 July 2014 - 02:00 PM, said:

I know a lot of you players love your LRMs. I understand that. They take the least amount of skill and can rack up great damage totals and assists which = cbills. I don't mean that as an insult either. I also know thats not the reason some people play them. I guess people like hitting targets they can't even see and that's fine.
But it is again time to take a break due to the fact that I rarely get into a game since the "pinpoint" on missiles was added, that does not have a ridiculous amount of missile boats or mainly missile mechs.
Lets face it LRM pilots. People do not play mechs in great numbers if they are difficult to play or if you have to be a great pilot or need great strateegery ( hey a president said it so I can as well).
The last few games I was in with a friend we were spectating a clan mech that had 2 LRMs as part of his makeup. The amazing thing was the time required to lock on was nearly non-existent. So we spectated another together and the same was true. Also, in the last game , early on at just over 900 meters an LRM boat from opposing team fired on me as I just peeked out from tall cover and he just got a visual as he ascended a ramp. I immediately went back (my mech travels at 72.4kph top end) the missiles actually bent around the mountain and traveled 25-30 yards to hit me(not all hit me though). Literally I was exposed for maybe a second as was he. And no, there were no other enemy mechs in that area yet.
My point is, that's just a little to much flexibility and intelligence for a weapon to have. Yes I could get lock deteriorate thing and I do have ecm on my Cicada but as you know most mechs don't have ecm available. I was on a mission to get 500 assists in each weight class I have 72 more to go in assault and then just Lights to finish. Don't ask me why I just decided to do it.
Anyway that's my point.

So, you're quitting because you can't pilot correctly. And, you made a topic with awful spacing (fix your paragraphs, jeez) only to complain about a patch note that you COMPLETELY took the wrong way.

Do us a favor and don't come back. This game needs less people of your level.

[Sephlock]

Johnny Reb, on 17 July 2014 - 11:17 PM, said:

The lrms touched me in a bad place! However, the Arty/air strike, touched me an all my bad places! Multiple times!

They only do that because they love you.

[El Bandito]

D34K, on 18 July 2014 - 07:53 AM, said:

Stand off sniping and lurm'ing require a degree of situational awareness, but no real tactics. This is why both are often popular for solo players in pug games. Risk/reward is fairly well balanced. However... Brawling is by far the most tactical type of engagement in MWO, huge pay off / huge risk. It requires actual teamwork. Look back at the superb timing, flanking, and push rotations from last season's RHoD and MRBC leagues. The chemistry, timing, damage rolling, focus fire, target identification, and so on that the good teams employ is the nearest this game has to actual tactics.

I frequently solo brawl in pugs and do well with it. Brawling does not necessarily require teamwork, especially during an ambush. I am sure those who got their legs cut off by my SRM A1 will agree.

Edited by El Bandito, 18 July 2014 - 10:05 AM.