Scrotacus 42, on 15 July 2014 - 05:30 AM, said:
Specifically I bought the 8V, I literally have never seen it in a match I don't think, challenge accepted. The Awesomes are the only definitively crappy mechs I don't have elited and I felt it was time to rectify that. The problem is, I'm not an assault pilot at all. The Battlemasters were kinda cool, but I haven't touched any of the other ones. So......what do I do now?
I prefer to stand when I pee so I don't want to be a missile boat if I can avoid it......I also wanted some torso mounted energy hardpoints and to avoid ghost heat. My initial build is a standard 300 engine with 2 PPCs in the left shoulder, three streaks with BAP and 2.5 tons ammo in the right with CASE. A large pulse in the right arm and AMS also. Max armor. Is that a build worthy of an Awesome?
Lastly, since its well known how easy it is to core out an Awesome, is it really that bad of an idea to put an XL engine in it? I almost feel like its sort of like a Dragon in that since the ct hit box is so big you might as well put an XL in it to bring as much pain as possible before you inevitably go down. Is that wrong?
it's not a bad idea but it's not a great one; you really need to make up for it with stupid ammounts of firepower; speed doesn't work for me; i go for ultra heat zapping with mine - when i manage not to shut down and die it's very good
8v you say?
the 8v is a bit like the bard of the awesomes he can do most stuff well but not great - your best bet IMHO is this:
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...9f4a10e68f719f4
get climb module always for the awesome, so you can live and always engine 300, std
take armor off your dead arm
this build i posted here has no ghost heat so you can fire all day long, the build is quite easy to manage and has insane dps -
recommended, but the hardpoints are a bit tricky you need to figure out when each component on your mech is facing where on the battlefield, it can be tough, esp with the 8v you have to do a lot of sidetorso shots, so i would recommend you practice that, how to break with x every few meters, position your guns just so you can hit and retreat and use the head laser like that when you can because it's often free damage, you can pop only your head bit it's like you're a locust with a single ml
and the 8Q is the worst of the bunch btw
oh besides climb module you should get the ams range boost lvl2; no doubt about it. you notice the build i posted also has ams, you will need it. just make sure you learn to brawl with those hardpoints and torso twist like crazy because that's the thing with the awesome, how good you can dance
always turn throttle decay off btw, drive the awesome like a truck, and learn how to manage SEVERAL weapon groups, it's worth it
you need to spam the brakes with the full stop button every few seconds and move like that unless you're repositioning on the map, and learn how to roll with the attacks
dont forget you have a ER Large Laser with that build so you can poke at the enemy from the beginning of the match, it will be useful later on, any damage you can do from a dist.
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