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[Navid A1]

I really enjoy playing in shitboxes and terribad mechs

however the special invasion variant of the IFR we got is a little bit too special... IFR has only 10 tons max for equipment and that CT energy hardpoint means 25% more potential weapon capacity... that's a 25% handicap on a chassis with so little to play with and with very fragile arms. Not even god-mode quirks are gonna save this one.

So... why not IFR-"not prime"(i)?

[El Bandito]

I thought all Prime variants are Invasion model. PGI is being consistent, perhaps?

[Joseph Mallan]

Prime:
Most
Common
Variant

[Mcgral18]

Joseph Mallan, on 03 February 2015 - 04:23 AM, said:

Prime:
Most
Common
Variant

Not in MWO.

[Curccu]

I agree, it's annoying to choose between extra CB or Weapons

edit: typo

Edited by Curccu, 03 February 2015 - 05:43 AM.

[Pale Jackal]

Curccu, on 03 February 2015 - 05:13 AM, said:

I agree, it's annoying to chose between extra CB or Weapons

One of the reasons I resisted buying those packs. On a mech where the difference of 1 hard point matters I wasn't going to give PGI money for a variant I wouldn't want to pilot normally.

[Joseph Mallan]

Mcgral18, on 03 February 2015 - 05:06 AM, said:

Not in MWO.

Point... But is there a most common that is actually considered Common here?

[CDLord HHGD]

Curccu, on 03 February 2015 - 05:13 AM, said:

I agree, it's annoying to choose between extra CB or Weapons

edit: typo

Oh no! Can't have your cake AND eat it too??

I have no issue with PGI's strategy.

[Curccu]

cdlord, on 03 February 2015 - 05:46 AM, said:

Oh no! Can't have your cake AND eat it too??

I have no issue with PGI's strategy.

Do you have invasion pack?

[Alistair Winter]

We must await the Clan Quirkening, I suppose. The lack of hardpoints on the Ice Ferret makes the Prime variant a silly choice for anything but C-bill grinding with TAG and BAP.

[Escef]

Curccu, on 03 February 2015 - 06:10 AM, said:

Do you have invasion pack?

I do, and I don't have an issue with it.

[Mcgral18]

Joseph Mallan, on 03 February 2015 - 05:41 AM, said:

Point... But is there a most common that is actually considered Common here?

Hm...Jenners and StormCrows? Fairly similar, in some cases. If you mean stock or semi stock loadouts.

Edited by Mcgral18, 03 February 2015 - 09:14 AM.

[Mechteric]

prime

adjective
1. of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration:
a prime requisite.

2. of the greatest relevance or significance:
a prime example.

3. of the highest eminence or rank:
the prime authority on Chaucer.

4. of the greatest commercial value:
prime building lots.

5. first-rate:
This ale is prime!

6. (of meat, especially of beef) noting or pertaining to the first grade or best quality:
prime ribs of beef.

7. first in order of time, existence, or development; earliest; primitive.

Edited by CapperDeluxe, 03 February 2015 - 09:01 AM.

[Roadkill]

(I) just denotes the 30% c-bill bonus. In case you hadn't noticed, the pack Mechs with the bonus usually are the worst of the bunch because they have that bonus.

[Deathlike]

The Ice-Ferret with the CT energy hardpoint isn't really much of a game changer... outside of the "look ma, no arms" phenomenon that is the Mist Lynx.

Even the crappy Gargoyle-Prime with the 1E CT hardpoint isn't that much worse than the Gargoyle-D with a 2E CT.