IraqiWalker, on 03 September 2014 - 03:35 PM, said:
Sorry energy, but until he/she goes into competitive play. Your mode of thought is actually flawed (not 100% wrong, or right).
Those "fun" builds as you mentioned, actually work in casual play, and non 12v12.
If OP wants to get competitive from the get go:
1- They don't have the skill set for it yet, anyways.(mech building is a requirement for that one as well)
2- then, and only then, does your advice become 100% right.
My only recommendation for that build is changing the ERLL for a regular LL. The range increase does not justify the heat cost, especially considering what weapons you have in there.
Well, he didn't specify whether he was a competitive player or casual dude, so I defaulted into competitive type builds and advice, assuming he wants to play to "win" and not some other absurd motive.
IraqiWalker, on 03 September 2014 - 03:40 PM, said:
Why the XL on the last brawler?
The Orion has to protect it's low-hanging ballistic side torso, that one gets focused down all the time. Sure, in the sniper builds it's fine, but a brawler should probably stick to a STD engine.
Then again, I guess the increased torso twist speed could compensate for that. Is that what you were going for?
Because, the XL is great for the speed to close the distance. Most competitive players run the XL on the griffin for example, it's fragile but if you can't "close the gap" against a mech, you will be useless. IMO being atleast 80-100kph is huge to getting in range and closing the gap. Don't get me wrong, the XL is very soft and you will ABSOLUTELY need to unlock the arms and spin around to shield/spread damage or you will die fast.
You can also unlock the arms and bait the arms to shield, although I am well aware the orions arms are small and may not do that effectively. It's just a starting point, you could modify anything on those 3 builds and customize it to your own. You could totally take out the XL and put a standard and lose some weapons.
Edited by E N E R G Y, 03 September 2014 - 07:02 PM.