65 replies to this topic

[Ngamok]

Verkhne, on 12 August 2014 - 10:08 AM, said:

Well, as they say in High School: "Friends don't let friends play football". Be very careful if you want to buy this mech. It has severe hard point limitations which have been exacerbated by the recent nerfs to clan erLL and er PPC (old builds for prime cerPPC and Lbx20, D could take up to 4 cerLL, much less effective now). I think leveling the prime and D version now would be a huge pain. Likely skill in GAUSS would be required and then boat 4-5 erML. The B with multiple missile hardpoints will be OK but still "less good" than the Stormcrow!

True story, I bought my son the clan summoner pack for his birthday..(Kit, Nova and Summoner). He still prefers to play his Jaegers or Highlanders than those clan mechs...

Summoner-D 4x ERML 1x UAC/20 kill stuff. Only 3 tons ammo though so 140 rounds (28 volleys).

[OznerpaG]

the Summoner has 35 free slots so it's pretty hard to fill even half of them. all my Summoner builds have plenty of room for IS endo - if it were possible to use IS endo, which it ain't of course

[Mcgral18]

Stevie Ray Vaughan, on 12 August 2014 - 11:49 AM, said:

Especially horrible once PGI eventually nerfs all Clan things to IS levels, but continues to charge stupid high prices for Clan gear.

I predict by after November, the real crying will commence.

Cataphract is already better than the Summoner.


Besides, why don't go and build your IS 70 tonner and Smurfy and tell me how much it costs. Generally around 12 Mil, or more if you need an XL engine. Costs aren't unreasonable.

[Willothius]

Matt Newman, on 12 August 2014 - 10:11 AM, said:

Yes there was a issue with the sale we put up today and the Summoner was made available for C-bills for a short time.
We have addressed the issue and this won't happen moving forward!

Damnit PGI, you're not moving forward yet, first fix the entire user interface, man!

Right now, I'm trying to choose which KitFox to buy first, so I select one, check it out, click 'back', but then i need to select "purchaseable" from the drop-down menu (again?), select "lights", scroll to the KitFoxes (again??), then figure out which one I had just selected (wait, again?! It's still bloody showin' in my sidescreen?!)..

Also, does it have to take full 10 seconds to save every little change we make in our MechLab? (In RoboCraft for example there's tons more customization data to be handled, but it works within mere tenths of a second!)

So PGI, get your **** together, man, it's about time.

Mcgral18, on 12 August 2014 - 01:12 PM, said:

Besides, why don't go and build your IS 70 tonner and Smurfy and tell me how much it costs. Generally around 12 Mil, or more if you need an XL engine. Costs aren't unreasonable.

Add up the costs for DHS upgrade, FF and Endo upgrades, and you're already almost there..

[BigFatGator]

Is this really a sale? I think each clan mech pack with 3 variants and 3 mechbays was $55, wasn't it? You'll spend more than that on the MC to buy all three variants, no?

[Nemesis Duck]

The Summoner's one of my surprise favs. I have fun brawling with 4x SRM6 + 2x MG.

[Axex]

What's the difference with the Prime variant?

Have the Clan Pack but Shop says I don't have this Prime variant.

[Bishop Steiner]

Jody Von Jedi, on 12 August 2014 - 09:03 AM, said:

OMG, must resist. Of all the Clan mechs, this is the one I want the most.

Fight it. Will be available for CBills in a month or so. Or buy it a la carte, and get all 3 for less. 13000 MC or so for all 3.

BSK, on 12 August 2014 - 09:48 AM, said:

The Summoner is my secound least favorite invasion mech, after the Nova. It is pure luck if you fit into the match or not. Either you succeed or you suck eggs. There is no in between. Too few hardpoints for too few tons to equip. And you need full armor because of fall damage ..

I been running my prime stock for the last week. Oddly enough.....I have been doing ok. Not fantastic, but a lot less problems than I anticipated.

[HlynkaCG]

Would have grabbed the Summoner Prime while it was accidentally available for CBill's if I hadn't bought a pair of Banshees this weekend while they were on sale.

[littlebruiser]

Can someone tell me how long the C-bill "Flash sale" lasted?

[RiotHero]

Verkhne, on 12 August 2014 - 10:08 AM, said:

True story, I bought my son the clan summoner pack for his birthday..(Kit, Nova and Summoner). He still prefers to play his Jaegers or Highlanders than those clan mechs...

I was all about them until they started releasing specs and more info, each relase got me less excited. At this point I don't have a desire to buy any clan mech. I'm leveling blackjacks right now and still doing well in my old Orions and still don't see the appeal of clan mechs.

Maybe as an end game thing when I have all my IS mechs and modules I will get some, unless of course a real compelling model comes along. I do love seeing diversity and having more mechs to kill though.

[Terradj]

Axex, on 12 August 2014 - 02:47 PM, said:

What's the difference with the Prime variant?

Have the Clan Pack but Shop says I don't have this Prime variant.

If you have the Clan pakc, then you have the Prime (I) variant, which is basically the prime, but because you preoredered you get the I and a 30% cbill boost when running the mech. Also the nifty invasion camo.

[Mister Blastman]

littlebruiser, on 12 August 2014 - 05:36 PM, said:

Can someone tell me how long the C-bill "Flash sale" lasted?

Minutes.

I imagine in PGI's offices it was like...

"Dude, where's the sale?"

"Hold ON man! I'm watching Dragonball!"

*Boss stares at employee with glaring eyes*

"OKAY already! Sheesh! He's power level 9000 man!"
*tap tap tap tap tap on the keys*
"Done. Sale's up, bro. Now can I get back to my toons?"

*five minutes later*

"Hey, dude. Did you hear? Some dumbass put Summoners on sale for c-bills?"
"QUIET MAN! This is the part where Vegeta... Oh. ****."

"What was that?"

"**** **** **** **** **** **** ****!"
*frantically bangs on keys*

*Please stand by while the store updates prices*

"Whew. My bad. We're cool, bros!"

Edited by Mister Blastman, 12 August 2014 - 10:06 PM.

[Slow and Decrepit]

LOL! He should have went and watched the new movie!

[DirtyDrifter]

I'm not a huge fan of any of the builds I've seen for it but I love watching that mech run

[Ryvucz]

It's alright, especially if you run in groups that all mechs utilize AMS, you can cram two on it.

A summoner with two AMS next to a Kit Fox with three, Clanner missiles will have a hard time getting to anyone.

[Reza Malin]

People keep banging on about it, how they can 'make it work', or somehow they 'get good scores'. In all honesty, its a bad mech. You can grey area the crap out of it talking about those ROFLstomp matches that you got 1000 damage in one, or just be in straight up denial and keep blindly convincing yourself that its decent.

The bottom line is, when compared to a lot of other mechs of similar weight, it is terrible. It looks great, and has decent hitboxes, but thats it.

Mine was sold and is currently used as a decoration, gathering rust, and waving at people outside a truck stop.

[Xavier]

Discarius, on 12 August 2014 - 09:32 AM, said:

why? 5xSSRM6s Summoner is so much fun, high risk and high reward too

SSRM's long recycle time sucks

Its better to run an 6xSRM6 A-1 Catapult

[Ren Kurogane]

Xavier, on 13 August 2014 - 10:02 AM, said:

SSRM's long recycle time sucks

Its better to run an 6xSRM6 A-1 Catapult

while mostly(?) says 5xSSRM6s Summoner sucks...i find it fun nontheless

[MayGay]

well...better than a Loki I guess... but not a Vulture or a Mad Cat

oh and because someone has to say it

can we have a (insert favourite heavy unseen 'mech IIC here), or even a Jenner IIC?
please?

and an Urbanmech too, you are already releasing the next most useless IS 'mech in existence with the Vindicator, honestly don't know why you don't give FWL some live with a Hermes, it's like their only not-unseen light, an Assassin would be a pretty cool addition for a medium as well, for some reason I like that one, and lastly the Zeus please getting bored of ad-hocking one with a Victor, it just isn't the same