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[HlynkaCG]

Prosperity Park, on 11 November 2014 - 03:18 PM, said:

Remember folks - shooting the Ears off a Catapult won't kill it, but losing your Wolf's Ears is quite fatal. Keep moving; a stationary TimberWolf is a TombStone.

Yup, I caught a stationary TWolf alone while driving my lolcust just a moment ago. I didn't get the kill but did manage to rip off half his weapons and take off running before he even realized I was there. "Go for the ears Boo! Go for the ears!"

[Bill Lumbar]

Bigbacon, on 12 November 2014 - 08:24 AM, said:

i want to use the ferrets but I hate waiting forever and I miss being able ot use some other stuff as well.

I know...like I said, I feel your pain. I still have about 14000 xp left to master my Griffin 3M, about 16000 on my hero cent, and I still have to save up to buy my other two storm crows, and grind out the xp for all of them, my prime still needs around 35,000 xp to master. Simply put.... it just SUCKS!

[TripleEhBeef]

Bill Lumbar, on 12 November 2014 - 08:19 AM, said:

Last night the heavy cue stayed at around 34-38%..... Until they put the Timber in as a trial mech.... or players have the time needed to save up for the Timbers, I don't think it will change very much. I feel your pain... I was trying to master my crows, and the Cent and my Griffins this last week. Wait times are bad if you are dropping mediums...and much worse than a heavy.

I almost miss when the medium queue was 12%.

[Bill Lumbar]

HlynkaCG, on 12 November 2014 - 08:26 AM, said:

Yup, I caught a stationary TWolf alone while driving my lolcust just a moment ago. I didn't get the kill but did manage to rip off half his weapons and take off running before he even realized I was there. "Go for the ears Boo! Go for the ears!"

I have been in my Locust many of times while I was mastering them and went head on at Timbers....well not head on for very long....and have been able to flank them, run around them shaving off arms, legs, and cutting them apart. Sometimes I was able to kill them, many times not, but all in all many times I lived against the BIG BAD OP Timber Wolves and even Dire Whales in my Locust.

[HlynkaCG]

Bill Lumbar, on 12 November 2014 - 08:31 AM, said:

I have been in my Locust many of times while I was mastering them and went head on at Timbers....well not head on for very long....and have been able to flank them, run around them shaving off arms, legs, and cutting them apart. Sometimes I was able to kill them, many times not, but all in all many times I lived against the BIG BAD OP Timber Wolves and even Dire Whales in my Locust.

Likewise. My 1 ML, 4 SPL Locust 3M was a solid performer before but now it's a straight up beast. Find that punk sitting in the back sniping with ERLLs (there's always one). Line up your shot and...

*WubWubWub*

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Edited by HlynkaCG, 12 November 2014 - 08:49 AM.

[Bill Lumbar]

HlynkaCG, on 12 November 2014 - 08:47 AM, said:

Likewise. My 1 ML, 4 SPL Locust 3M was a solid performer before but now it's a straight up beast. Find that punk sitting in the back sniping with ERLLs (there's always one). Line up your shot...

*WubWubWub*

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Ha ha.... that is funny... and yes most of the time there is always one. I had one such match that a player on the enemy team started trash talking Locust's and he was in a LRM boat. He said a few things about how a Locust is a waste of a teams ton's and claimed that anyone taking one into battle was hurting his team. I Begged to differ in chat and told him "we will see".

As I ran around just short of the speed of light in my 3M, I kept hitting the "R" and found him, I was able to kill him within 3 mins. It reminded me of Water Boy...... with the offside kick at the end of the game... " "Yeah.... there's my Bit*h". as I hit the "R" and found him.

He didn't even know what hit him for the first 2, after that it was too late.

Edited by Bill Lumbar, 12 November 2014 - 08:54 AM.

[Mister Blastman]

Prosperity Park, on 11 November 2014 - 03:18 PM, said:

Remember folks - shooting the Ears off a Catapult won't kill it, but losing your Wolf's Ears is quite fatal. Keep moving; a stationary TimberWolf is a TombStone.

The launchers honestly should just be weapon pods like in Mechwarrior 4, not a part of the side torsos. Damn, I actually said something positive about Mechwarrior 4. *sigh*

[operatorZ]

I wish to contribute to this discussion:

"I was piloting (insert a mech considered not OP as TW) the other day and I (shot, damaged, destroyed) a TW. This means that TW not actually OP at all or piloted by n00bs. "

There you go, is there anything else I missed?

[Almond Brown]

TripleEhBeef, on 12 November 2014 - 08:28 AM, said:

I almost miss when the medium queue was 12%.

It does seem weird that the Medium queue has exploded and yet the TW is a Heavy Mech. LOL!

P.S. It was not long ago and the Medium Mechs was seen as a joke. That was before Quirks btw. Wonder what changed everyone's mind all of a sudden?

Do you think that the addition of "3" Clan Mediums could create such a fundamental shift?

[Rise or Die]

PauloBR, on 11 November 2014 - 03:22 PM, said:

Easy kill with any light/medium.
Let them stay in the open. =)

Bring the light/ medium mech of your choice, im gonna rip you appart in 2 minutes with every timberwolf I own. I even challenge your lights in my direwolfes.

I love puny light or medium mechs playing peek a boo.

Edited by Rise or Die, 12 November 2014 - 09:42 AM.

[Satan n stuff]

Rise or Die, on 12 November 2014 - 09:38 AM, said:

Bring the light/ medium mech of your choice, im gonna rip you appart in 2 minutes with every timberwolf I own. I even challenge your lights in my direwolfes.

I love puny light or medium mechs playing peek a boo.

^^^ Promptly gets pecked to death by an ERLL Raven.

[Bill Lumbar]

Rise or Die, on 12 November 2014 - 09:38 AM, said:

Bring the light/ medium mech of your choice, im gonna rip you appart in 2 minutes with every timberwolf I own. I even challenge your lights in my direwolfes.

I love puny light or medium mechs playing peek a boo.

Funny you should go there..... I believe I have fraps coverage in the last 6 months that will show me taking you out in your Timber or Dire....BTW.... I was in a light, most likely a Locust.

[Rise or Die]

Bill Lumbar, on 12 November 2014 - 10:29 AM, said:

Funny you should go there..... I believe I have fraps coverage in the last 6 months that will show me taking you out in your Timber or Dire....BTW.... I was in a light, most likely a Locust.

You must be very proud running around picking up already deep red cored mechs and shouting "I killed a DW in my light mech"

Proof it Send me a PM

[Bill Lumbar]

Rise or Die, on 12 November 2014 - 10:34 AM, said:

You must be very proud running around picking up already deep red cored mechs and shouting "I killed a DW in my light mech"

Proof it Send me a PM

Ummmm Yeah.... surly a pilot claiming such things to all light and medium pilots would never have a chewed up red core timber or dire for us to just one shot you for the kill.

I am pretty sure I have it on fraps.... I will have to go back through 6 months of games I have recorded. I will see what I can find....

Do I look for red core mechs when playing the game.... sure I do.. as everyone who is aware of their surroundings should be doing. However, I am one of those crazy a$$ Locust pilots that will charge your timber and two Dire whales if I believe my team will back me up. I will come over a sand dune, with 8 of you there on the other side of it, and I will fly through your line, fire off 3 alpha's of my massive 6 small laser pay load... all the while you guys are shooting each other trying to hit a 20 ton object that is flying just short of the speed of light through your line.

If my team backs me up, and you failed to kill my little locust, I will fly back through your line while you focus on my team mates moving up and ripping you apart because you all decided to focus on me and then felt my team rip you apart. Guess what... there is another 3 alphas at 18 damage each. By the time you know what is going down, I am already back to the other side of my teams line, and you all have once again focused fired on me, and most likely if I have planned my route right, I have used your teammates as shields and you all have shot the living hell out of your own team.

I will now make my third pass through your lines.... and help my team clean up whats left of your 75-100 ton smoking whale.... and still lived to tell the story.

*** the events depicted and described in the above paragraphs have in fact taken place, are true, and was one of the craziest matches I have played in one of my Locusts ***

Edited by Bill Lumbar, 12 November 2014 - 10:56 AM.

[Felio]

Prosperity Park, on 11 November 2014 - 03:18 PM, said:

Remember folks - shooting the Ears off a Catapult won't kill it, but losing your Wolf's Ears is quite fatal. Keep moving; a stationary TimberWolf is a TombStone.

Yeah, I've kind of not been taking missiles on my Twolf lately. People target them, either to disarm or kill you, and an SRM2 is just as large as an LRM20.

As a result, I've been running a wubwolf.

[Rise or Die]

Bill Lumbar, on 12 November 2014 - 10:44 AM, said:

Ummmm Yeah.... surly a pilot claiming such things to all light and medium pilots would never have a chewed up red core timber or dire for us to just one shot you for the kill.

I am pretty sure I have it on fraps.... I will have to go back through 6 months of games I have recorded. I will see what I can find....

Who cares Ive fought 5k matches and I died a lot. I play aggressive and Im easy to bait. Im not hiding and protecting my KD

Edited by Rise or Die, 12 November 2014 - 10:58 AM.

[operatorZ]

Bill Lumbar, on 12 November 2014 - 10:44 AM, said:

Ummmm Yeah.... surly a pilot claiming such things to all light and medium pilots would never have a chewed up red core timber or dire for us to just one shot you for the kill.

I am pretty sure I have it on fraps.... I will have to go back through 6 months of games I have recorded. I will see what I can find....

Do I look for red core mechs when playing the game.... sure I do.. as everyone who is aware of their surroundings should be doing. However, I am one of those crazy a$$ Locust pilots that will charge your timber and two Dire whales if I believe my team will back me up. I will come over a sand dune, with 8 of you there on the other side of it, and I will fly through your line, fire off 3 alpha's of my massive 6 small laser pay load... all the while you guys are shooting each other trying to hit a 20 ton object that is flying just short of the speed of light through your line.

If my team backs me up, and you failed to kill my little locust, I will fly back through your line while you focus on my team mates moving up and ripping you apart because you all decided to focus on me and then felt my team rip you apart. Guess what... there is another 3 alphas at 18 damage each. By the time you know what is going down, I am already back to the other side of my teams line, and you all have once again focused fired on me, and most likely if I have planned my route right, I have used your teammates as shields and you all have shot the living hell out of your own team.

I will now make my third pass through your lines.... and help my team clean up whats left of your 75-100 ton smoking whale.... and still lived to tell the story.

*** the events depicted and described in the above paragraphs have in fact taken place, are true, and was one of the craziest matches I have played in one of my Locusts ***

These are the people the rest of us have to live with on these forums...."I totally trolled your OP P2Win Clan mechs in my light mech"

My question is: in what universe can a light mech freely attack a star of heavies with near impunity?

Awnser: we all see this every day.

The very simple fact of the matter is that light mechs enjoy such a overwhelming advantage in hitbox/lagshield/void/whatever that this kind of behavior happens all the time. But these same characters are always whining about how light mechs are under represented and so "nerfed" . The hypocrisy of these people is monumental.

EZ mode in this game is almost any light mech....there I said it....and like all truths it can't be unsaid. And go ahead and argue it isn't but there are legions of posts proving my point....from the same people claiming the TW is OP

You are all dreaming ����

Edited by operatorZ, 12 November 2014 - 09:56 PM.

[Lily from animove]

Mr Beefy, on 11 November 2014 - 04:37 PM, said:

"Welfare Timbers"??? So let me get this right.... you believe that grinding out for the 15 million x3 to obtain these mechs, or any in this game makes the ones who purchase them with C-bills and not pre-order or with MC Welfare pilots/players?

It is no wonder that this player base is what it is at present. Toxic.... and so new player unfriendly. Given the amount of time even a Veteran pilot would have to spend to grind out for 3 timbers is a joke with earnings and progression so low in this game. Add the crack prices on most Items/mechs in this game, and things start to become very clear.

I am not sure where you get off claiming those that buy mechs for C-bills are "Welfare Players", or at least that is what you are implying. Anyone who can afford a Timber with C-bills is not a Welfare player..... They have sat their happy asses down for days on end, grinding away, and provided all you that have made a choice to pay what some would consider a insane amount of cash for nothing but a digital toy that you are leasing ATM, with targets and teammates to play with.

God....some of you players in this player base....just wow!

The Irony of this is that I believe I have seen more package bought and MC Timber Pilots that thought they was gods.... and got pawned in game than I have seen C-bill bought pilots so far get pawned or have bad tactics in them.

toxic playerbase? wow you should take a break and play something else. Then come again and tell us somethign about toxicity

[DYSEQTA]

Mr Beefy, on 11 November 2014 - 04:37 PM, said:

"Welfare Timbers"??? So let me get this right.... you believe that grinding out for the 15 million x3 to obtain these mechs, or any in this game makes the ones who purchase them with C-bills and not pre-order or with MC Welfare pilots/players?

It is no wonder that this player base is what it is at present. Toxic.... and so new player unfriendly. Given the amount of time even a Veteran pilot would have to spend to grind out for 3 timbers is a joke with earnings and progression so low in this game. Add the crack prices on most Items/mechs in this game, and things start to become very clear.

I am not sure where you get off claiming those that buy mechs for C-bills are "Welfare Players", or at least that is what you are implying. Anyone who can afford a Timber with C-bills is not a Welfare player..... They have sat their happy asses down for days on end, grinding away, and provided all you that have made a choice to pay what some would consider a insane amount of cash for nothing but a digital toy that you are leasing ATM, with targets and teammates to play with.

God....some of you players in this player base....just wow!

The Irony of this is that I believe I have seen more package bought and MC Timber Pilots that thought they was gods.... and got pawned in game than I have seen C-bill bought pilots so far get pawned or have bad tactics in them.

I believe the reference to welfare is drawing a parallel. The parallel being that in the real world tax payers fund people who are, for whatever reason, in receipt of welfare benefits. In MWO those that don't buy MC or packages are having their game play funded by those that do. It's an apt parallel really.

[Ace Selin]

Roadbuster, on 11 November 2014 - 11:42 PM, said:

Care to explain what's better about any mech bought with $$ compared to the ones available for MC/CB (aside from some cosmetic differences and the CB bonus)?

It's always the same with new mechs.
Learn how to play them, master them, find a loadout that suits your playstyle, have fun, move on to the next mech.

I was tempted to say its because the $$ paid Timberwolves werent nerfed like the Cbill ones, but heck, it was actually a facetious remark.