A Tale Of Two Builds, (Kintaro Pilots)
#1
Posted 09 September 2014 - 04:32 AM
I can hit 500 damage pretty easily if I pay attention, and just walked out of a carry harder loss with almost 800 damage. I can also get flattened in 90 seconds with less than 200, welcome to puglife. Lots of ammo, back up ML's
Now, enter Artemis, and SRM hit points....they keep screwing with it...whats the skinny now?
I was looking at this It runs a negligible amount cooler, I LOSE a ton of ammo, AND an SRM6 to get artemis...
pity its not an updgrade like..armor...heatsinks...endo..its an add on, PER SRM,
Anyhow, anyone having experience with these two builds? If only 9 on each salvo 9x5 hit thats 45 impacts with standard, if all 12 hit with the arte thats 12x4 48? with a loss of ammo.
If I'm less than (how many) meters all will hit anyhow?
My gut says keep the ammo tonnage and the extra SRM...but my brain says run the ARTE...my wallet says think about this........HOW many times over the last year have you tossed a couple of million at something ONLY to realize you have to toss another couple million to FIX it?
#2
Posted 09 September 2014 - 04:57 AM
KTO-18 - with 300XL a little hotter than 280XL but faster.
KTO-18 - or with 280XL
With 650-700 ammo and 2.15 damage per missile it's potentially 1398-1505 damage. 4-5 Alphas to overheating.
Artemis make your missiles hit more accurate instead of splash damage between components. Good that you can do alpha and hide, shoot and forget, not standing on line of fire. Goups of fire: first - 2xASRM6, second - 2xASRM6+ASRM4, to avoid ghost heat.
Edit: Modules - Seismic Sensor, Radar Deprevation, UAV, ARTA, SRM6 range T5, SRM4 range T5
Edited by Asterios, 09 September 2014 - 05:13 AM.
#3
Posted 09 September 2014 - 05:14 AM
might try it, but dang...thats paper down there, with ammo? I always aim for the legs on mediums thinking thin armor and ammo when I run my lights.
interesting build
maybe this cause I'm a chicken
wait, maybe this one
#4
Posted 09 September 2014 - 05:30 AM
Edit: KTO is a good mech and still good despite on clans.
Edited by Asterios, 09 September 2014 - 05:34 AM.
#5
Posted 09 September 2014 - 05:42 AM
SRM only builds can be fun but I like having lasers as backups and for poking out to get easy assists. Since I really prefer SRM4s to SRM6s this is how I built my KTO-18. The alpha isn't as intense but its still quite a punch and the grouping is really tight
#6
Posted 09 September 2014 - 05:47 AM
Grinded all three, had a hard time figuring which one to keep...then...realized those missile ports were dam near like my old splat cat...in a medium?
I'm also in the school about having back up lasers, lose ammo, run out etc. I hate..running around at the end of a match and the little box on the right is all red and the chat bar notices....
#7
Posted 09 September 2014 - 10:06 AM
Edited by Spheroid, 09 September 2014 - 10:07 AM.
#8
Posted 10 September 2014 - 12:53 AM
Spheroid, on 09 September 2014 - 10:06 AM, said:
Yes, if you prefer mobility. Cooling efficiency is 131% on firing 2xASRM6 on elite chassis and give 26 dmg. Switching 4xASRM6 to 4xASRM4 will give you 4 extra tons only. In this case you can fit 320XL with one extra DHS and it will give you 6kph additional speed and a little buf to cooling, but alpha will be 43 against 60.2. What does mean alpha 60? With 60 alpha plus artemis you can destroy left\right torso of DW from the rear in 1 shot( cos many guys set rear torso armor <18) or at least 2 alphas in front.
KTO-18 - with standard SRMs and 350XL it can be very fun hunter.
#10
Posted 10 September 2014 - 06:17 AM
#13
Posted 11 September 2014 - 04:05 AM
#15
Posted 12 September 2014 - 05:49 PM
300xl engine 12dhs all in engine
endo near max armor trimmed a little
#16
Posted 20 September 2014 - 06:08 AM
after running this 'new' build (4ASRM) a couple of dozen times, I am thinking of going back to the standard 5 SRM's sans arty.
I haven't broken 700 with the new build since I started, breaking 500 has only happened a few times- used to be not that big a deal.
The arti srm's are flying tighter group- visually it does seem all hit the target, lasers still working the same, I haven't run out of ammo as I'm conscious about having less.
that said, it surely seems that losing that SRM 6 hindered my play style
edit: Just checked stats, they've dropped a bit, and I think its about 32 battles with the new build.
#17
Posted 20 September 2014 - 02:42 PM
#18
Posted 22 September 2014 - 06:02 AM
P.S. I'm ending match out of ammo sometimes (all 700) with 800-1000 damage, but i never play conquest
#19
Posted 22 September 2014 - 02:15 PM
splat taro 18 is doing just find
#20
Posted 22 September 2014 - 09:53 PM
Edited by Asterios, 22 September 2014 - 09:58 PM.
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