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[theta123]

you dont understand, i have this FRIKKING ENERGY inside me to build so many builds of the King crab, i need to do it NOW but its not on smurfy's mech lab yet. WHEN will it be on zhe mechlab?

[Ulketulke]

As soon as it is in the game files.
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Edited by Ulketulke, 07 December 2014 - 03:36 AM.

[Greenjulius]

Likely not until the 16th. It uses the game's files for data.

You can theory build using various Atlas models. Just use same-tonnage weapons (2xPPCs are the same weight as an AC20) and crit slots to approximate your build. I created around 6 or so in the King Crab preview thread.

[theta123]

Well i got already one going!

AS7-D

2 LB10 4 ML 4 SRM 4's. Iz gonna be shizzle for real man!

[Greenjulius]

Ulketulke, on 07 December 2014 - 03:27 AM, said:

As soon as it is in the game files.
No one knows for sure about the hardpoints yet afaik.

Hardpoints are listed in the preview thread.

KGC-000(L): 6x Ballistic, 2x Energy, 2x Missile
KGC-000B: 4x Ballistic, 3x Energy, 3x Missile
KGC-0000: 2x Ballistic, 4x Energy, 4x Missile

Edited by Greenjulius, 07 December 2014 - 03:33 AM.

[151st Light Horse Regiment]

It's a poor mans DWF basically.

[P5YCO]

151st Light Horse Regiment, on 07 December 2014 - 06:01 AM, said:

It's a poor mans DWF basically.

Have you seen it ripping the DWF apart? Poor by no means!

[STEF_]

151st Light Horse Regiment, on 07 December 2014 - 06:01 AM, said:

It's a poor mans DWF basically.

Aaaaaand .... this is another wonderful post by [REDACTED].

Edited by Stefka Kerensky, 08 December 2014 - 12:18 AM.

[Walluh]

It's the short range Dire.

[Onmyoudo]

P5YCO, on 07 December 2014 - 06:07 AM, said:

Have you seen it ripping the DWF apart? Poor by no means!

Those DWF builds were terrible and played deliberately badly and the KGC still lost a lot of armour so you can't compare with what will happen on live servers. However it won't be a "poor man's" DWF because it's an IS mech and the Sphere is way better than Clanner scum. So KGC automatically wins. ggclose

Edited by Onmyoudo, 07 December 2014 - 06:20 AM.

[Yosharian]

Onmyoudo, on 07 December 2014 - 06:19 AM, said:

Those DWF builds were terrible and played deliberately badly and the KGC still lost a lot of armour so you can't compare with what will happen on live servers. However it won't be a "poor man's" DWF because it's an IS mech and the Sphere is way better than Clanner scum. So KGC automatically wins. ggclose

I have to agree that those DWF builds were pretty 'dire'... get it? Get it? Ha ha. Ha.


Ha.

[Rhent]

151st Light Horse Regiment, on 07 December 2014 - 06:01 AM, said:

It's a poor mans DWF basically.

4 AC/5's on an assault mech all hitting you for 20 pts of damage every 1 1/2 secs not counting any energy weapon back ups. The ability to have pin point damage for AC's is a huge advantage over clan AC's.

[Joe Mallad]

Walluh, on 07 December 2014 - 06:10 AM, said:

It's the short range Dire.

how is it a short ranged Dire? With the hard points it has, you'll see just as many ranged builds on this thing as close ranged builds.

UAC-5s and AC-2s everywhere lol. Not to mention Duel Gauss very easily. And that's just the ballistics. With the Missile and energy hard point numbers, they will be decent ranged builds with those as well. And with the torso twist quirks, they will be able to out twist any Dire on the field. Not saying they will for sure be better, at least not in a head on fight. But they for sure will out maneuver a Dire for sure.

Rhent, on 07 December 2014 - 02:58 PM, said:

4 AC/5's on an assault mech all hitting you for 20 pts of damage every 1 1/2 secs not counting any energy weapon back ups. The ability to have pin point damage for AC's is a huge advantage over clan AC's.

how about 4 UAC 5s? Or possibly 6X AC 2s

Edited by Yoseful Mallad, 08 December 2014 - 10:38 AM.

[LordLosh]

Range should and mostly likely go to Dire wolf IE weapons all have longer range then IS.
Again the video is a show case so they want to show off what it can do not get chewed up in less then a min VS. ad 5 uc5 5 medium laser dire wolf.
At the end of the day it will come down to pilot skill and map situation on what would win Dire VS. Crab.
ATM I still give the nod to Dire wolf because it can pack more punch, better range and is XL friendly
Having said that I will love to prove myself wrong and create a dire wolf hunter out of it just not likely.

[LordKnightFandragon]

151st Light Horse Regiment, on 07 December 2014 - 06:01 AM, said:

It's a poor mans DWF basically.

Its going to em-bare-ass the Whale and all Clan Assaults.

[Alistair Winter]

Stefka Kerensky, on 07 December 2014 - 06:09 AM, said:

Aaaaaand .... this is another wonderful post by [REDACTED]

You may want to edit this post before the mods get here.

I almost got in trouble for making a very, very similar post.

[kosmos1214]

Rhent, on 07 December 2014 - 02:58 PM, said:

4 AC/5's on an assault mech all hitting you for 20 pts of damage every 1 1/2 secs not counting any energy weapon back ups. The ability to have pin point damage for AC's is a huge advantage over clan AC's.

pssst dire wolfs can do that to

[LT. HARDCASE]

kosmos1214, on 07 December 2014 - 03:32 PM, said:

pssst dire wolfs can do that to

Pssst Dire Wolf is not firing 4 slugs at 5 damage each, per cycle. The Crab will be able to spread the Dire's slugs way more easily.

Edited by Kevjack, 07 December 2014 - 03:41 PM.

[Joe Mallad]

Kevjack, on 07 December 2014 - 03:40 PM, said:

Pssst Dire Wolf is not firing 4 slugs at 5 damage each, per cycle. The Crab will be able to spread the Dire's slugs way more easily.

what about a 4X UAC5 Crab? That's going to hurt lol.

[kosmos1214]

Yoseful Mallad, on 07 December 2014 - 03:43 PM, said:

what about a 4X UAC5 Crab? That's going to hurt lol.

now that is the 1 thing that the dire cant do