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[Raide Six]

The mist Lynx may not be competitive - but it is fun to play. Relatively fast, very agile & responsive - and it is a great jumper. Which is great tactic to use - it can get into some really good locations no other mech (except maybe the Spider) can get into - especially useful on maps like mining collective. Useless with ECM though.

This is my Prime build, decent cooling and ok firepower, quite fun to use:

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...f7b7af3545098c1

[James Wirth]

I bought the Mist Lynx package and am enjoying it.  However, the load-outs of stock variants are not very good, which is not PGI's fault, but FASAs, since these configurations came straight out of Technical Readout 3050.  And it is obvious that what works on the table top does not necessarily work in a free-for-all real-time computer simulation.

Neg, to get the most out of the little surat, one needs to experiment with each configuration's omnipods  and max out the armor.  I chose the 4 energy hard point Omni configuration for my Prime, installed a C-SRM6 with Artemis and 3 ER small lasers on my B-Model, and turned my C-Model into a NARCer with ECM and an ER-ML.

So far so good.

Edited by Mechwarrior James, 20 November 2014 - 03:32 AM.

[Sarlic]

Isn't suppose to be a light hunter?

I mean...a Cent with XL can hunt lights pretty good. But it's risky due his larger chassis.

Edited by Sarlic, 20 November 2014 - 03:21 AM.

[James Wirth]

I was piloting my Mist Lynx-C (with ECM and NARC) last night in the Viridian Bog when some freebirth in an Orion tried to order me to "stop hiding" and "fight."

This level of ignorance within the PUGs is simply astounding....

With that said, I wholly recommend that MechWarriors interested in the Mist Lynx first master the Spider or Commando. They handle very similarly and are good trainers for the more unforgiving Mist Lynx.

[DYSEQTA]

Sarlic, on 20 November 2014 - 03:21 AM, said:

Isn't suppose to be a light hunter?

I mean...a Cent with XL can hunt lights pretty good. But it's risky due his larger chassis.

It's pretty useless as a light hunter. Any other light will have your arms off in seconds in a light v light brawl.

[Reitmeier]

I'am loving this little very agile mech so far. Had a lot of fun with my B-Variant (2SRM4,1Small,2Med) in group and soloqueue.
Of course is it a very fragile mech and every mistake will be your last but you are so quick to get in the enemies back and take them down.

[Sarlic]

DYSEQTA, on 21 November 2014 - 03:32 AM, said:

It's pretty useless as a light hunter. Any other light will have your arms off in seconds in a light v light brawl.

Ah pitty

[Jaegon]

Just picked up a C variant, and have to say I... kind of love it?

I'm typically an assault dude, or running around with a fast Battlemaster D and 4 Large Lasers... but I started playing an Anansi every so often to mix it up. Then I tossed a PPC on the Spider's arm and really started loving the hit and run assist gameplay, so, I grabbed a Lynx C earlier today so I'd have two good lights.

I know I could chalk it up to luck, but I've had like 6-7 matches in a row on winning teams, and survived them all without hiding in terror the whole time or anything.

I have one weapon, the ERPPC on the rt arm, lost the AMS. I bumped up the armor on that arm to max, and bumped the leg armor up fairly high too comparatively. I really enjoy running over to the assault lance, sticking around them so they have ECM, and picked on dudes with the PPC from good distances away with minimal time poking out.

Is it the "GREATEST LIGHT MECH EVAAAR?!" no... but I'm having a great time with it, like it's my lucky ride or something, haha.

Edited by Jaegon, 12 April 2015 - 03:11 PM.

[bad arcade kitty]

i wish she didn't look so ugly
nova is simply adorable, kit fox is cute, timber and dire wolves are pretty too, mist lynx and ice ferret are just so meh

[Deathlike]

I still have regrets... but the quirks have made it better and yet worse at the same time.

I have been experimenting more.

Edited by Deathlike, 12 April 2015 - 03:48 PM.

[AEgg]

Compared to the KFX, the MLX is amazing, simply because it is (almost) fast enough to be a "normal" light mech. Also, it can jump better than probably any mech in the game except maybe the spider.

I still wouldn't call it good, but at least it can do something other than be ECM and AMS on a stick.

[bad arcade kitty]

AEgg, on 12 April 2015 - 04:14 PM, said:

Compared to the KFX, the MLX is amazing, simply because it is (almost) fast enough to be a "normal" light mech. Also, it can jump better than probably any mech in the game except maybe the spider.

I still wouldn't call it good, but at least it can do something other than be ECM and AMS on a stick.

phew, less than 6.5 tonnes for weapon and equipment with maxed armor and also very meh hardpoints, 1e + 2m(10) or 2e or 2b + 1e or 2b + 1m(10), all on 1 arm, if you pick ecm (and you obviously do)

hitboxes seem meh too

Edited by bad arcade kitty, 12 April 2015 - 04:26 PM.

[AEgg]

bad arcade kitty, on 12 April 2015 - 04:21 PM, said:

phew, less than 6.5 tonnes for weapon and equipment with maxed armor and also very meh hardpoints, 1e + 2m(10) or 2e or 2b + 1e or 2b + 1m(10), all on 1 arm, if you pick ecm (and you obviously do)

hitboxes seem meh too

I wouldn't even consider ECM on a MLX. It doesn't have enough tonnage or hardpoints to support it. If I want to use ECM and nothing else, I'd take a KFX, which was basically my point.

With 4 laser hardpoints the MLX isn't terrible, and you can try to make an SRM build work as well, although ammo is pretty limiting.

[Ralgas]

The only real crying that should be made over the MLX is those bulky arm weps and the fact it's very likely to be superseded allround by the arctic cheetah (ofc that's still months away) barring shocking hitboxes/sizing.

As was mentioned above, Op's issue appears to be he cant wait till he's actually mastered a chassis, combined with a rethink of playstyle/ his hit and run tactics

Edited by Ralgas, 12 April 2015 - 04:52 PM.

[Jaegon]

GamerGirlGundam, on 12 April 2015 - 03:43 PM, said:

way to necro old thread made before all the lynx changes and buffs.. lol

Haha, true. My bad. I've only been playing about 4 months, didn't know there were buffs after the original post.

[Dirus Nigh]

I really like my mist lynx. It is rather fun to run and jump around in it. I think of it as my Commando IIC.

[Kristian Radoulov]

I submit to you two of my videos as evidence that this is a L2P issue:

Recent Quirk Testing: https://youtu.be/MrbbaeQ9_9s

Old no quirk, not even x2 skill multiplier 1v1 with King Crab: https://youtu.be/msp0ozhLOac

Edited by Kristian Radoulov, 12 April 2015 - 11:13 PM.

[Zolaz]

You have to play the Mist Lynx like the Spider 5D, stick around heavy/assaults and jump snipe with PPCs. Try and stay moving while you shoot. You can be a little more fast and loose than the Panther but the magic jesus box can only do so much. If you see it getting countered ... get to where the heavy/assaults are the target and not you.

Playing a slow or small light means you have to lean on your team. PUGs are always good for sucking up your damage if you are in a light or medium. Once you have the number advantage it is happy fun time. Get on the backs of guys and core them from behind.

Edited by Zolaz, 12 April 2015 - 11:27 PM.

[bad arcade kitty]

Kristian Radoulov, on 12 April 2015 - 11:12 PM, said:

Old no quirk, not even x2 skill multiplier 1v1 with King Crab: https://youtu.be/msp0ozhLOac

pretty funny vid, especially the part when your linxie slided down the snow hill

the poor king crab had 546 ping though

[The Mech behind you]

I like the Mist Lynx more than the Kit Fox or the Adder. For me it's the only real light mech the clans have because of it's speed and maneuverability. But then the Commando is my all time favorit light mech and piloting the Mist Lynx feels so close to a Commando.