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[N a p e s]

TamCoan, on 21 August 2014 - 09:00 AM, said:

My worst has been the nova-b. Always seemed to have not enough hard-points and always lost the UAC arm first. The heavy weapons in the arms means it loses the actuators and really limits the field of fire. Plus the short range torso weapons just seemed odd.

I finally tried something drastically different with it. I stripped it down and put a UAC5 in the RT and an ERPPC in the LT and as much UAC ammo as it could hold. The thing became a hard-to-kill beast.Those huge arms are now huge shields, I lose nothing by getting one shot off. Many opponents will stop focusing you if they see you armless and you are in the middle of a team brawl. "Oh an armless nova, he has no weapons so I can focus fire on the madcat." My success with that mech has gone up tremendously.

This makes a lot of sense. Will have to try when it comes out for c-bills.

[DaZur]

cdlord, on 21 August 2014 - 08:23 AM, said:

But it's not and never will be....

Why can't my Chevy be built Ford Tough?
Why can't my Ford be "Like a Rock"?

And that sentiment parallels another discussion I'm involved in regarding middling mechs being decisively unpopular.

Everyone wants mech "A" to be equal or greater-than mech "B"... Never mind the forwarded premise encourages cookie-cutter game mechanics...

The reality is not every mech is going to be equal or greater than another. As a pilot it is a fundamental expectation when piloting a certain mech that one learns it's advantages and limitations... Not grouse because it doesn't work like another mech.

[Bhael Fire]

Nova is my favorite medium mech; I consistently get good results with it.

[Sephlock]

Bhael Fire, on 21 August 2014 - 09:30 AM, said:

Nova is my favorite medium mech; I consistently get good results with it.

Share your builds!

[CDLord HHGD]

Here's my Nova, rode it all the way to the Master slot finish line and this is the loadout she'll be stayin with.

[Jon Gotham]

I built mine kinda like a cent. I have a sacrificial whole left hand side:) That seems to work for me better.

[Budor]

cdlord, on 27 August 2014 - 01:50 PM, said:

Here's my Nova, rode it all the way to the Master slot finish line and this is the loadout she'll be stayin with.

If you do not have the Invasion Prime, take Prime side torsos for 20% yaw bonus and S center torso for ams.

[CDLord HHGD]

Budor, on 27 August 2014 - 01:54 PM, said:

If you do not have the Invasion Prime, take Prime side torsos for 20% yaw bonus and S center torso for ams.

I only kept my Prime(I) chassis for the bonus. But yeah, if you aren't beholden to the cbill bonus, then mix and match to what's best.