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[VitriolicViolet]

King Crab, 4x MGs, 3x Flamers, 3x SRM4s. I killed it head on in a wolverine all i had to do was stay 300m away it was joke.

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Violet Vitriol Price, on 18 February 2016 - 06:07 PM, said:

King Crab, 4x MGs, 3x Flamers, 3x SRM4s. I killed it head on in a wolverine all i had to do was stay 300m away it was joke.

It possibly was actually built as a joke.

Also, Ive seen a lot of people running strange crap like that after getting locked down by Flamers since the big patch.
It will be interesting to see how that changes post-hot fix.

[IraqiWalker]

Boogie138, on 18 February 2016 - 06:19 PM, said:

It possibly was actually built as a joke.

Also, Ive seen a lot of people running strange crap like that after getting locked down by Flamers since the big patch.
It will be interesting to see how that changes post-hot fix.

Flamers still need a buff, or a complete re-design, tbh. However, I ran an Ember with 4 Flamers, and 4 MGs. I got something in the low 90s in terms of damage, but it was quite satisfying.

[Tim East]

IraqiWalker, on 18 February 2016 - 06:37 PM, said:

Flamers still a complete re-design,

This. All of this. Also, was stuck on a team with an XL Misery tonight.

[Bulletsponge0]

Tim East, on 18 February 2016 - 08:30 PM, said:

This. All of this. Also, was stuck on a team with an XL Misery tonight.

Always makes my day when I'm off to the side of a Stalker, take a random pot shot at it as I'm moving around to its rear...and it drops dead from its ST being blown off..

[SnagaDance]

Dan Baxter, on 18 February 2016 - 09:44 AM, said:

I once saw an Atlas DDC with 2x LRM 20 with Artemis.

That may not sound too bad. After all, at least the player remembered to use Artemis to make their missiles more concentrated.

Except this Atlas had no other weapons. And he definitely could not fit ECM since those missile launchers took up his entire Left torso.

This is my best guess as to how the 'mech was built.

I don't think such a genius at mech building would move away from the stock engine, so probably more like this: http://mwo.smurfy-ne...0f85b485634cf68

At least enough ammo to shoot into terrain.

[Wraithlord77]

Was in a group match a while back and a guy on my team had a 14 flamer DWF, was the funniest thing ive seen in ages.

[Takashi Uchida]

I am an LRM Atlas enthusiast (Atlas-S with LRM10x4, 4ML). Funny to play, even more funny to announce "LRM Atlas here" multiple times during the match. I went up against the same light mech enthusiast 2 games in a row. I killed him with missiles in the first one. He made it his goal to kill me in the second one, basically barrelling his mech into me. Managed to leg me too (and announce "LRM Atlas is legged") before I killed him with my arm-mounted MLs lol.

The LRM Atlas is actually kinda fun to play, but I've tried LRM Victors. Lemme tell you, I put a LRM10 in the 2 tube slot. The results are stupidly amusing. Reminded me of when I tried sticking an LRM20 in the Raven Narc-beacon slot that used to only have one tube.

[IraqiWalker]

Bulletsponge0, on 19 February 2016 - 08:34 AM, said:

Always makes my day when I'm off to the side of a Stalker, take a random pot shot at it as I'm moving around to its rear...and it drops dead from its ST being blown off..

There are like 3 builds on the Stalker that could warrant an XL engine, and all of them can be done with a STD 275 instead.

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just saw this jem of a build.
King Crab with
1x AC2
1x AC5
2x Large Lasers...

not sure what he did with all the extra tons..

[Sean Mirrsen]

I had a fair share of ridiculous builds, at least theoretically entertained if not fielded. Most ridiculous thing I ever thought up was putting an LRM20 on a Locust, I think.

As for things I fielded... does a "battlefield annoyance" Raven with 1xML, 1xTAG, and 2xAC/2 count? The idea was having AC/2s chain-firing at double fire rate, a continuous barrage at three shots per second to annoy the hell out of anyone who would come into view, and throw off their aim. It was very fun to play, but I ended up changing to something a bit more suited to actual combat.

[Tim East]

Sean Mirrsen, on 25 February 2016 - 09:00 AM, said:

As for things I fielded... does a "battlefield annoyance" Raven with 1xML, 1xTAG, and 2xAC/2 count? The idea was having AC/2s chain-firing at double fire rate, a continuous barrage at three shots per second to annoy the hell out of anyone who would come into view, and throw off their aim. It was very fun to play, but I ended up changing to something a bit more suited to actual combat.

HAH! That was more or less my anti-gausskat build back during the dual-gauss K2 meta. I think I took more ammo and SLs instead of ML+TAG though.

[Fox With A Shotgun]

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[Barkem Squirrel]

Am I evil for running four Artemis LRM 10 Atlas with a standard engine, Command console, BAP, TAG, 3 ML's and tons upon tons of LRM ammo. Sure it is maximized for cockpit shake with reduced lock on time, but it is worth it.

[oldradagast]

Barkem Squirrel, on 25 February 2016 - 03:56 PM, said:

Am I evil for running four Artemis LRM 10 Atlas with a standard engine, Command console, BAP, TAG, 3 ML's and tons upon tons of LRM ammo. Sure it is maximized for cockpit shake with reduced lock on time, but it is worth it.

Nah, you need to take the medium laser off it first. Right now, you can still deal damage under 180, so I'm not sure it qualifies for this thread.

[Barkem Squirrel]

oldradagast, on 25 February 2016 - 06:36 PM, said:

Nah, you need to take the medium laser off it first. Right now, you can still deal damage under 180, so I'm not sure it qualifies for this thread.

Nice idea, maybe change the engine and remove the artemis. Then I can speed around in an Atlas with a 360XL with 23 tons of ammo.

[Madrummer]

Flamin' Moron
This is what I imagine it had to be built as. Ran across them on my team in Canyon Network. It ran slower than our DWF, and after I got picked apart in my WVR, I jumped into his cockpit only to sadface over his set-up. He still hadn't caught up to the main force (I think he spent most of his time trying to scale a wall that he was still trying to scale when I started spectating), and still had 1800 AMS rounds that were ticking away. I think he did about 30 damage before a spider 5V shot through his left torso in like 5 LPL blasts, murdering him and turning him into an only slightly-less-useful pile of smoking mech.

It was a terrible, terrible build...and I love him for it.

[Dar1ng One]

So, after getting comments from Charger saying my Founders Atlas is coded to be OP.

I decided just to take a trial Atlas (the RS - head shake - face palm) to see if it was any good and to prove a point to Valiant.

Once I remembered that the secret of mech steel, is only as strong, as the hand that wields it, I was ready.

This was a 12 - 7 victory with 1 suicide and disconnect on my team. So needless to say I got my carry on.

This is 8th time I have hit 8 kills and was quite possibly the most satisfying.

Mmmmmmm..... yes

Mech-Cellent!

Edited by Dar1ng One, 06 March 2016 - 04:44 AM.

[DevlinCognito]

2 LRM 5 on an Arctic Cheetah, Ecm and he tried to brawl me. I think he may have been the same guy who was running a Scat with nothing but an LRM20 who tried to brawl my Black Widow on Grim Portico.

[Fox With A Shotgun]

I present to you...the GaussChicken. Now with 33% more titanium alloy composite slugs, not reinforced by photonic resonance barriers! Bonus props if you change the gauss for an AC20 and 5 tons ammo.

Edited by Fox With A Shotgun, 06 March 2016 - 05:06 PM.