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[IraqiWalker]

TeeREX, on 25 January 2015 - 10:01 PM, said:

ok this is just something funny i made probly been done befor but 10 er ppc dire wolf haha

You can slap 11 in there if you want.

[Bulletsponge0]

Firestarter FS9-H

2 SPLs
AC2

97 kph


wtf?

[William Slayer]

Saw a ShadowHawk "sniper" the other day with two ERLL ... that's it. Oh, he had jump jets...

[SnagaDance]

Twice last week I encountered a Stalker (unfortunately on my team, spectating after I was dead), that was toting twin LRM20's. And that was it. No back-up weapon whatsoever, no TAG or BAP, only an insane load of ammo.

Both games we were doing well until things started to slide downhill. You start to spectate and you understand why this happened, all of the medium/good players that were working together were dead and your team is left with bottom of the hill humpers like the above and some 'snipers' that are barely within range of their enemies and try to stay at that range and do 'damage'.

[oldradagast]

Hmmm... Atlas DDC with piles of LRM's and 2 machine guns... that was in the past few weeks. Still, the same week brought us the Atlas-S with 4 LRM's of various sizes, no ballistics at all, and maybe 1 medium laser.

Then, there have been the recent King Crab LRM boats with machine guns, which is about as bad as the Atlas LRM boats.

Finally, there was the 9 ERPPC Dire Wolf a month or two back. It really didn't work, though not only was it a bad build, the fear of over-heating and dying horribly made the pilot so trigger-cautious that he missed changes to 1-shot things since, if he missed, he'd be a target.

SnagaDance, on 27 January 2015 - 12:32 AM, said:

Twice last week I encountered a Stalker (unfortunately on my team, spectating after I was dead), that was toting twin LRM20's. And that was it. No back-up weapon whatsoever, no TAG or BAP, only an insane load of ammo.

Both games we were doing well until things started to slide downhill. You start to spectate and you understand why this happened, all of the medium/good players that were working together were dead and your team is left with bottom of the hill humpers like the above and some 'snipers' that are barely within range of their enemies and try to stay at that range and do 'damage'.

Oh, I think I've seen this guy, or some close cousin... a Stalker with nothing but 2 large LRM launchers did show up in a game or two in the past few weeks. Thankfully, he was on the other team.

Edited by oldradagast, 30 January 2015 - 10:26 AM.

[oldradagast]

Revener, on 30 December 2014 - 06:09 AM, said:

Saw a 2 LRM 20 + 1 LRM15 highlander, nothing else.....

That one also sounds familiar, though the variant I saw had the decency to put a TAG laser on it. He still died horribly, of course, but there you go.

[IraqiWalker]

oldradagast, on 30 January 2015 - 10:26 AM, said:

Finally, there was the 9 ERPPC Dire Wolf a month or two back. It really didn't work, though not only was it a bad build, the fear of over-heating and dying horribly made the pilot so trigger-cautious that he missed changes to 1-shot things since, if he missed, he'd be a target.

The pilot was an idiot. I was piloting those things for a looong time, and you know what? I relied on the fact that I kill what I alpha. If I can't get an alpha, I fire one or two ERPPCs, until I have a clear shot for the full barrage. The mech could fire up to 4 shots with 1 second intervals between them without over heating.

[Rear Admiral Tier 6]

Bulletsponge0, on 26 January 2015 - 04:36 PM, said:

Firestarter FS9-H

2 SPLs
AC2

97 kph


wtf?

i sometimes see one bloke using a UAC5 and a small laser in his ember,in one game he broke 700 damage in it,i have no idea how that is possible.

[Bulletsponge0]

Cookiemonter669, on 31 January 2015 - 02:57 AM, said:

i sometimes see one bloke using a UAC5 and a small laser in his ember,in one game he broke 700 damage in it,i have no idea how that is possible.

Yeah, this guy didn't come a.yahere near that....although I think he did manage to scratch someone's paint a little.

[Caleb Brightmore]

So it's funwarrior tourney time and you want that free Cataphract?

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...3995825f00bac41

Trolled my way to the free Cataphract-3D with this uber horrible build, just because....wait for it....

That's right people love body blocking, for that last hit and they can't do that if you bring LRM's on something that shouldn't have them because it's just wrong.

Also because people charge it thinking the build is horrible before they lose an entire lance to LRM 40 fire because charging this head on from 900 Meters is just as bad as the build itself.

You would be amazed at the damage scores I have in this because a bad build trumps bad play every time.

Worst build ever simply because LRM Atlas should be like a Unicorn pure fairytale. lolz

Edited by Caleb Brightmore, 01 February 2015 - 04:02 AM.

[NeoAres]

My first mech was a QKD-5K with 2 ERPPCs, a BAP, and a 350XL engine. I was so proud of it at the time, but that was a dumb build. Still, nowadays I wish I hadn't sold it so I could try it out again with the quirks.

[Rear Admiral Tier 6]

I like to troll people with 4 LPL QKD-4G,280XL,12 DHS,endo + ferro,2 JJ:s

Its a good light zapper and assist farmer,runs a "bit" hot tho.

[oldradagast]

IraqiWalker, on 30 January 2015 - 08:38 PM, said:

The pilot was an idiot. I was piloting those things for a looong time, and you know what? I relied on the fact that I kill what I alpha. If I can't get an alpha, I fire one or two ERPPCs, until I have a clear shot for the full barrage. The mech could fire up to 4 shots with 1 second intervals between them without over heating.

He never fired anything but all his weapons... another member of the "1-click mech" club, I guess.

Just saw an Atlas-DDC today with 3 LRM 15's and 2 mediums lasers. You can put more firepower on an Awesome, and at least there, it makes some sense. He died horribly, of course... a mercy killing, really.

[SnagaDance]

SnagaDance, on 27 January 2015 - 12:32 AM, said:

Twice last week I encountered a Stalker (unfortunately on my team, spectating after I was dead), that was toting twin LRM20's. And that was it. No back-up weapon whatsoever, no TAG or BAP, only an insane load of ammo.

Both games we were doing well until things started to slide downhill. You start to spectate and you understand why this happened, all of the medium/good players that were working together were dead and your team is left with bottom of the hill humpers like the above and some 'snipers' that are barely within range of their enemies and try to stay at that range and do 'damage'.

oldradagast, on 30 January 2015 - 10:26 AM, said:

Oh, I think I've seen this guy, or some close cousin... a Stalker with nothing but 2 large LRM launchers did show up in a game or two in the past few weeks. Thankfully, he was on the other team.

You know, I actually believe I saw you on the other team, was it the game on Alpine perhaps? I just hoped he would be able to take down 1 or 2 of your heavily damaged guys but he seemed unable to grasp that heavily smoking mech might make a good target, cycling through targets with 'R', or the minimum range of Lrm's, he even slid down the ridge he was on. I assume it was on purpose and he actually wanted to engage at short range. Couldn't say really as all of a sudden that made 6 or 7 mechs have a clear shot at short to medium range. I don't believe he felt any pain, it was over quick.

Edited by SnagaDance, 02 February 2015 - 12:15 AM.

[Sarlic]

oldradagast, on 01 February 2015 - 01:39 PM, said:

He never fired anything but all his weapons... another member of the "1-click mech" club, I guess.

Just saw an Atlas-DDC today with 3 LRM 15's and 2 mediums lasers. You can put more firepower on an Awesome, and at least there, it makes some sense. He died horribly, of course... a mercy killing, really.

Really depends what build. But as the sound of it its not too good. The 15 just takes up too many slots. I like to have one 'boater' as well. But with the 10x3 tubes. The Atlas can only launch 10 tubes a time anyway. I dont share builds, but mines carried two ballistic as well and 2 energy weapons.

It's a good supressor / walk with the team mech under ECM.

Edited by Sarlic, 02 February 2015 - 12:35 AM.

[Zergling]

Letsee... once I saw a Raven -4X with a max speed of 81 kph (so 175 rated engine, probably standard stock) armed with a total of 2x MG and 1x LRM5.
He only had 1 ton of MG ammo, 1 ton of LRM ammo. Even with jump jets and an active probe, that is still 3 tons unaccounted for; I figure he mounted 3 extra single heat sinks, which are a total waste given it simply can't overheat with a single LRM5 and twin MGs.

The setup would probably look like this: http://mwo.smurfy-ne...3364bbc4dc3006f


Then there was a Warhawk armed with 1x Large Pulse Laser and 3x Medium Pulse Laser. I was baffled at seeing this, as that is horribly underarmed.
Near as I can tell, he packed the mech full of heat sinks, maybe with a targetting computer, and had a bunch of weight left over.
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...57f081f7760bf4f

[zeta44]

Light mechs with 0 armour especially on the legs

[Zergling]

Saw a CTF-4X Cataphract armed with just 2x AC5 and a single LRM5.

On closer inspection, it appeared to be a stock CTF-4X that had removed the Large Laser. I don't know what it used the 5 tons on, but most likely on additional AC5 ammo.
Not as terrible as other configs I've seen, but it did strike me as terribly underarmed for a Cataphract.

[kosmos1214]

Zergling, on 12 February 2015 - 03:59 AM, said:

Saw a CTF-4X Cataphract armed with just 2x AC5 and a single LRM5.

On closer inspection, it appeared to be a stock CTF-4X that had removed the Large Laser. I don't know what it used the 5 tons on, but most likely on additional AC5 ammo.
Not as terrible as other configs I've seen, but it did strike me as terribly underarmed for a Cataphract.

lol yah the x4 imho is a fire power mech at its best thats what i think any way

[Alaskan Nobody]

Just saw a CPLT-A1 with 4LRM5

Nothing. Else.