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[Mechteric]

Not quite November, but hey at least they did kinda fix some of the extra missile arm geometry problems recently (I think?)

Edited by CapperDeluxe, 13 August 2015 - 05:40 AM.

[John Mechlane]

CapperDeluxe, on 13 August 2015 - 05:40 AM, said:

Not quite November, but hey at least they did kinda fix some of the extra missile arm geometry problems recently (I think?)

Did they? I have played very little in the last 5-6 months, and haven't really touched the poor A1 since the devs ***** it.

Edited by JaniTheWeedman, 13 August 2015 - 06:36 AM.

[MikeBend]

JaniTheWeedman, on 13 August 2015 - 06:34 AM, said:

Did they?

No.

[BigJimJack]

One for me.... and one for my homey....

[Hades Trooper]

Vassago Rain, on 03 November 2014 - 09:24 AM, said:

They killed my best friend.

What the hell are those?

I gotta admitt old Betsy been collecting a lot of dust but she's never looked like that to me? i'm shocked.

[GonaDie]

Vassago Rain, on 03 November 2014 - 09:24 AM, said:

.LOOK AT IT PGI!LOOK AT IT TILL YOU FEEL THE PAIN I FELT!

Edited by GonaDie, 13 August 2015 - 09:37 AM.

[Mechteric]

MikeBend, on 13 August 2015 - 06:40 AM, said:

No.

Ah, I guess maybe I had heard they were going to but didn't realize it's not in game yet.

[Chados]

I've added the 11/5 signature image to my signature too.

Catapults forever. I have all five variants and it's the first mech I've had that I won't sell. I keep them and I run them even though there are many better mechs, and I love them all, even the Jester (in which I'm a joke...ironic, is it not?) and my cursed K2 whose only kill is an accidental team kill.

[Novakaine]

Still rockin my C1.

[Yellonet]

I'm getting the urge to get myself my first Catapult... I'm thinking C4, good choice?

[Chados]

The C4 is in some ways the weakest of the three missile Catapults, and in others it's very good. You have insane LRM20 quirks. You get 4 missile hardpoints and two energy points, and that means you can carry a TAG if you like. You can carry SRMs and lasers, though 2xMPL is the best you can do. I pack 2xSSRM2 and 2xSL on mine, and I've managed to go toe to toe with a Shadowcat bent on backstabbing and lived to tell the tale. You need endo and DHS for sure, and an XL-I use a 255 and with speed tweak it can do right at 70kph.

I like the A1C best of the three because I like SRMs better than lasers. But that just me. The stock A1 is awful and needs to be massively pimped before it is useable. The C1 is a very good choice because of the four energy slots.

Edited for weird double post.

Edited by Chados, 23 August 2015 - 10:41 AM.

[Yellonet]

Chados, on 23 August 2015 - 10:39 AM, said:

The C4 is in some ways the weakest of the three missile Catapults, and in others it's very good. You have insane LRM20 quirks. You get 4 missile hardpoints and two energy points, and that means you can carry a TAG if you like. You can carry SRMs and lasers, though 2xMPL is the best you can do. I pack 2xSSRM2 and 2xSL on mine, and I've managed to go toe to toe with a Shadowcat bent on backstabbing and lived to tell the tale. You need endo and DHS for sure, and an XL-I use a 255 and with speed tweak it can do right at 70kph.

I like the A1C best of the three because I like SRMs better than lasers. But that just me. The stock A1 is awful and needs to be massively pimped before it is useable. The C1 is a very good choice because of the four energy slots.

Edited for weird double post.

Thank you. I figured that I'd use the C4 with only 2xLRM20 to keep the mech looking good

[RedlineHunter]

I tend to like the C1 better than the C4 because of the energy points. You should never just bring LRMs. As with the K2, I seem to do well with it fitted out with ACs and MLs.

[Chados]

May I suggest the C1 if that is your goal? You get 4 energy hardpoints, one in each ST and two in the CT, and you get quirks across the board to all LRM types, though not as good as the C4's specific LRM20 quirks. But with 2xMPL the C4 can defend itself too, and you can carry nearly max armor. It's just a trade off.

[Yellonet]

OK, C1 it is.
Let the grind for c-bills begin!

[C E Dwyer]

most of the catapult hate is because you can't run lrm5 x6 or srm6x6 and not have the side pods grow twice the size.

stick with canon builds and there is practically no change in the look of them with the bad system

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Why the hell were the VCRs added anyways

[C E Dwyer]

each weapon has to have its own 'pod' barrel, which is reasonable, just its another thing that PGI have done rather poorly in.

stunted cataphrct/ jagermster weapons, pods tacked on the sides of the catapults 'ears' etc..

[Chados]

Something else...

Why is it that a large laser and med laser on the K 2 and Jester look the same in the torso hard points...but the arms are these huge spotlights ? I'd like a large laser in the torso points to, well, look like a large laser!

[LordMelvin]

Chados, on 28 August 2015 - 09:20 AM, said:

Something else...

Why is it that a large laser and med laser on the K 2 and Jester look the same in the torso hard points...but the arms are these huge spotlights ? I'd like a large laser in the torso points to, well, look like a large laser!

Well the K2 classically has PPCs in those hardpoints, although virtually no one runs PPCs on the K2 after the emasculation of the barrels. The Jester was just given the same arm geometry.

I don't really know what you mean by "looking like a large laser". Lasers across the board look identical unless the hardpoint has special geometry on it.