oldradagast, on 01 August 2014 - 06:22 AM, said:
Personal stats don't tell the whole story.
At top levels of play, which is more likely to be seen? A Battlemaster or a Timberwolf? I think we all know the answer to that, and it's not "Battlemaster."
Similarly, I have a higher kill to death ratio in my Awesome 8T (1.38) than in any of my Cataphracts (both at about 0.75), yet nobody with a straight face is going to say the Awesome is better than the Cataphract. For whatever reason, my Awesome has been performing well since the stat wipe, and my Catapracts feel badly out of place these days... but that's just me, and I'm sure the average person would do far better in a Cataphract than an Awesome any day of the week.
Different mechs work for different folks, luck factors in, and then there's hits to stats based on experimenting with new load-outs or trying to level a mech up. I assume your Battlemaster was fully leveled by the time you bought your Timberwolf, right? That makes a difference. Compare stats after they are both fully leveled and see what happens.
Valid argument honestly and one I have made myself. However, a personal comparison takes the skill factor out of the equation. My skill and experience at playing the game remains the same, only the mechs change.
Monkey Lover, on 01 August 2014 - 06:47 AM, said:
try a heavy to heavy . My dire has the same kill ratio as your battlemaster.
This is also somewhat valid except as I outlined about, the Battlemaster and Timber Wolf are similar in loadout, armor and to extent speed. Also you mention that Dire Wolf as only having the same kill ratio as my Battlemaster, well that says something right there doesn't it. You have a supposedly OPed 100 ton Clan mech performing the same as an obsolete 85 ton IS mech.
Individual skill factors in here but comparing as 85 ton Battlemaster to a 100 ton Dire Wolf isn't even in the same ballpark.
Torgun, on 01 August 2014 - 06:54 AM, said:
I think someone is a pretty bad TW pilot, or at least needs way more practice.
I am a founder that has been playing from back in Closed Beta so I am not some inexperienced noob. Also why would my skill be significantly different with the Timber Wolf than it is with the Battle Master? Sure perhaps a little different but it isn't going to be outstandingly different at least not enough to account for that big of difference.
Lastly, both mechs have similar builds. Battlemaster has a PPC paired with an AC/10 which is roughly comparable to the dual ER PPCs on the Timber Wolf. These primary weapons are supported by Medium lasers, 6 standard MLs at 5 damage each for the Battlemaster and Timber Wolf 4 C-ER ML at 7 damage each so 30 vs 28 damage. They are virtualy the same mechs except for shape and weapons range so it really like of boils down to a direct mech vs mech comparison.
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). Unless everyone is wanting the mech nerfed to be sub par in performance, would you still buy one for cbills if it's a terrible mech?
