I would say go for a different weight class. That way if you roll with friends(feel free to friend me) you can help the group meet drop requirements!!!!!!!!!!
Heavy would be the best choice, imo.
You get more firepower and armor for similar speed. Heavies can push and brawl but get out if things go bad.
Jager or Cataphracts, you get nice IS pinpoint fl damage.
Clan, buy a timberwolf. The only option...until it gets the nerf bat treatment.
After that go assault or light. Assaults and lights are *****WAY***** less forgiving for piloting mistakes.
IS lights lack firepower and due to lack of Role Warfare, have the least relevancy(and im a light pilot!)
Lights have to use their mobility to solve problems. Now they have to be really sneaky, they can no longer run around with invincibility frames.
(lag shields)
They would be more like a thief in a rpg. Backstab and get out. Flank, harass, get out. Dont sit still unless you know you are safe. IS lights would be Jenner, Firestarter, Spider. Commandos are kinda outdated, Locusts are for the brave and suicidal- Charles Bronson Deathwish. Clan? Only the Kitfox. Kitfox is flexible, fun, and strong as most IS mediums. Adder is very limited.
Assaults carry lots of beef- firepower and armor, but once you commit to a spot, if it goes bad, you aint getting out of it anytime soon.
You are the pivot of a push, you cant do it alone, you need the group. But you are the heavy straight right punch- straight to the face! You WILL be targeted first, but hey, you can take it. As long as your team shoots down whatever you target, enemies will fall. Dont hang in the back of the map unless you really know what you are doing.
As far as heavy or assault, might as well wh*re out and do the meta thing.
2ppc+ac or 2ac+pps or combo of gauss/ppc/ac
Dont mess around with that lrm business, its for underhivers.
Koniving, on 02 August 2014 - 01:05 PM, said:
And I didn't think to list it because of its history, but I'd actually like to add the Awesome to that list.
Despite all the guff Awesomes have gotten over the history of the game, the recent quirks have helped the Awesome a fair bit. Still among the worst hitboxes in the game, but that 17% protection to CT and reduced heat generation and increased dissipation has made it interesting.
I've made some semi-heat neutral PPC boats that can fire triple PPCs on Terra Therma 5 times back to back before slowing down, YAY STANDARD HEATSINKS OF AWESOMENESS! (Seriously. Sure the build I used has got less armor than the typical maxed out Cicada, but they don't know that... Everyone aims for the center torso).
Glee.
So if you like having a great view, the Awesome is actually a not-as-terrible-as-the-negative-hype-may-imply choice for energy boating, too.
Especially if you wanna get away with laughing in the face of ghost heat. The 5 ER LL build is great too!
Dude, im gonna have to try the Awesome in stock matches. After i get my meta Victors for regular play.