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[MeiSooHaityu]

What mechs are you surprised perform as well or as poorly as they do?

Are there mechs in your mechbay that look like they should do well on paper, but just don't perform for you? Are there mechs that should be DOA or seem too weak, yet post good numbers for you? Are there mechs you think you are doing well with, but when you look at the stats you think...ohh ?

Please share. I'd post mechs you have over 20 or 30 matches with (where stats have started to stabilize).

Mech doing better than I thought:
Panther 10K:
56 matches, 1.65 W/L, 2.42 KDR, 257 AVG DMG per match. (Load out: 1 ERPPC, 2 SRM4)

Surprised the heck out of me. I knew I did decent in this mech, but I had no idea I did this well till I checked. I PUG with a 1.45 KDR, so this mech is a good performer for me

Mech doing worse than I thought:
Vindicator 1AA:
84 matches, 1.22 W/L, 1.18 KDR, 247 AVG DMG per match. (Load out: 2 PPC, 1 MLaser)

Close to the Panther in many stats, yet radically different KDR. It is barely above 1. It just surprised me. I think it is the pure fire support nature of the mech more than anything. Its fun because it is fast and jumps well for a medium. It feels like it gets work done, but just isn't much of a finisher I suppose.

Those were mine. Just one of those moments of looking at stats and thinking...huh, weird.

Disclaimer: I know KDR isn't everything and just a stat to go along with other stats. Plus some mechs are fire support, scout, etc... more than hunter/killers.

Still, are there any mechs in your inventory that surprise you one way or the other?

[Metus regem]

MeiSooHaityu, on 06 April 2015 - 06:25 AM, said:

What mechs are you surprised perform as well or as poorly as they do?

Are there mechs in your mechbay that look like they should do well on paper, but just don't perform for you? Are there mechs that should be DOA or seem too weak, yet post good numbers for you? Are there mechs you think you are doing well with, but when you look at the stats you think...ohh ?

Please share. I'd post mechs you have over 20 or 30 matches with (where stats have started to stabilize).

Mech doing better than I thought:
Panther 10K:
56 matches, 1.65 W/L, 2.42 KDR, 257 AVG DMG per match. (Load out: 1 ERPPC, 2 SRM4)

Surprised the heck out of me. I knew I did decent in this mech, but I had no idea I did this well till I checked. I PUG with a 1.45 KDR, so this mech is a good performer for me

Mech doing worse than I thought:
Vindicator 1AA:
84 matches, 1.22 W/L, 1.18 KDR, 247 AVG DMG per match. (Load out: 2 PPC, 1 MLaser)

Close to the Panther in many stats, yet radically different KDR. It is barely above 1. It just surprised me. I think it is the pure fire support nature of the mech more than anything. Its fun because it is fast and jumps well for a medium. It feels like it gets work done, but just isn't much of a finisher I suppose.

Those were mine. Just one of those moments of looking at stats and thinking...huh, weird.

Disclaimer: I know KDR isn't everything and just a stat to go along with other stats. Plus some mechs are fire support, scout, etc... more than hunter/killers.

Still, are there any mechs in your inventory that surprise you one way or the other?

My supriseingly good mech:

LCT-1V

She is surprisingly irritating for the OPFOR, and the mech that taught me to love the Locust. In a good match, I can get upwards of 300 damage with it, and cause much confusion in the way of the Red Team, letting my guys sweap in, and take advantage of the confusion I've unleashed.

My Constant underperformer.

SCR-PRIME

She is my worst performer, I've never gotten along with my Storm Crows, no matter what I did, they always failed me with in 2-5 minets of a match, they are one of my few mechs with a KDR below 0.5... even my Nova's boast a 1.08 KDR......

[ThirtyOughtSix]

TDR5SS. So many had propped this up as amazing. Just don't see it (disclaimer I'm halfway through to elite). When I compare the TDR5SS to TDR9SE...stats don't lie. It's probably my play style though. I don't like to be "handcuffed" to closer range.

I'll admit to does good, but for me not amazing.

[Hobo Dan]

Mech doing better than I thought:

Trebuchet TBT-7k:
113 matches, 1.57 W/L, 2.03 KDR, 300 AVG DMG per match.

Load out:
Pre-Gauss Charge: 1 Gauss, 1 ERPPC
Post-Gauss Charge: 1 ERPPC, 2x AC/5

This is my fast glass cannon. 100+ KPH. I use it to stay back and take shots of opportunity. Some say it’s too tall, but the height coupled with the high torso hard points helps with hill humping. Stay mobile, never shoot from the same location more than twice. I’ve been thinking about going back to the Gauss build as I’ve become better with the charge mechanic lately. Using the AC/5 makes it a little ammo dependent, but since I don’t DPS with them, it’s not as big an issue.

Edited by Hobo Dan, 06 April 2015 - 07:47 AM.

[Kiiyor]

For me, my under performer was the Victor, back when the DS reigned supreme. I just couldn't make it work, back when everyone was killing everything in it.

My surprise performer... The Awesome. After about 800 matches in it, I had a KDR of about 3, 100% pug. For some reason unbeknownst to me, I made it work. We fit. I strode the battlefield like a mobile billboard and smote all who fell under my considerable shadow. One friend commented once that watching me in it was like watching a morbidly obese gorilla flawlessly dance the lead of Swan Lake.

The number has fallen significantly since the Clans dropped. Clan laser vomit and incredibly fat mechs do not mix.

[Crotch RockIt]

Surprise over performer:

Panther 9R with 4xMPL, 1xSRM4. 30 matches, 1.50 W/L, 3.00 KDR, 347 AVG DMG

[Macksheen]

AWS-8T did surprisingly well for me.

I suck in Cataphracts. Can't explain it.

[Jackofallpots]

I have a 3.00 ratio in my Enforcer 5P

and a .84 in my Zeus 6S

:[

[Tarogato]

Surprisingly good performer:

TDR-9SE with an XL engine. Three large pulse and two medium lasers.
100 matches
1.8 W/L
2.6 K/D
519.99 dmg/match

Let's compare that with my...

TDR-5SS, meta build. Seven medium pulse.
156 matches
1.0 W/L
1.9 K/D
448.87 dmg/match

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Surprisingly bad performer:

BNC-3E, traditional meta build. Three AC/5 and two large lasers.
172 matches
1.2 W/L
1.1 K/D
390.11 dmg/match

Let's compare that to my...

BNC-3M with an XL engine. Four large pulses and four medium lasers.
368 matches
1.3 W/L
2.0 K/D
508.61 dmg/match

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XL engines in assaults and heavies is OP, apparently.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Macksheen, on 06 April 2015 - 08:53 AM, said:

AWS-8T did surprisingly well for me.

I suck in Cataphracts. Can't explain it.

I don't tend to do well in them either. The Ilya is a good mech, but my numbers in it are ehhh. I like the Cata 3D, but it I'd a task for me to use too.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Jackofallpots, on 06 April 2015 - 09:00 AM, said:

I have a 3.00 ratio in my Enforcer 5P

and a .84 in my Zeus 6S

:[

I like the Enforcer 5D (with an A/C10 and 3 MPLasers). As for the 5P, I do pretty poor in it. The 5P (0.87 KDR), the 5D (1.73 KDR). The 4R is in between somewhere.

[blood4blood]

Misery, Ilya, Cata 3D would be my worst culprits for mechs that are supposed to do well but I suck in them. I just can't stand slow mechs, and the longer I play, the worse it gets.

Panther 10K surprised me in a good way as well. I'm hoping the Urbie will be in the "good surprises" category too.

[STEF_]

Looing at stats:

better than I thought: ZEUS ZEU-9S 34 W23 L7 w/l= 3.29 K37 D20 k/d 1.85

lost forever into oblivion: THE ARROW 38 W12 L26 w/l=0.46 6k 34D k/d 0.18

of course the first, it is not my higher performing mech.... and YES, the Arrow is my worst performing mech...because it's impossible to do worse than that !!!
Really I cannot do anything good with it..... disappointing...

Edited by Stefka Kerensky, 06 April 2015 - 09:23 AM.

[Burktross]

I bought the locust as a joke.
It's anything but!

[MeiSooHaityu]

Stefka Kerensky, on 06 April 2015 - 09:20 AM, said:

Looing at stats:

better than I thought: ZEUS ZEU-9S 34 W23 L7 w/l= 3.29 K37 D20 k/d 1.85

lost forever into oblivion: THE ARROW 38 W12 L26 w/l=0.46 6k 34D k/d 0.18

of course the first, it is not my higher performing mech.... and YES, the Arrow is my worst performing mech...because it's impossible to do worse than that !!!
Really I cannot do anything good with it..... disappointing...

I ALMOST got the Zeus. I've learned that I'm garbage in assaults, so I only bought up to the Grasshopper. Honestly, the Grasshopper feels a bit slow for my taste.

I never tried the Arrow, but your performance in it reminds me of my performance in the Misery (0.13 KDR) :/

[FupDup]

2 LPL Puma.

[LordBraxton]

all my IS giant XL assaults that are supposed to suck

[MeiSooHaityu]

LordBraxton, on 06 April 2015 - 09:32 AM, said:

all my IS giant XL assaults that are supposed to suck

Haven't you heard? You're not supposed to XL an assault .

[STEF_]

MeiSooHaityu, on 06 April 2015 - 09:28 AM, said:

I ALMOST got the Zeus. I've learned that I'm garbage in assaults, so I only bought up to the Grasshopper. Honestly, the Grasshopper feels a bit slow for my taste.

I never tried the Arrow, but your performance in it reminds me of my performance in the Misery (0.13 KDR) :/

I'm not good in assault too, that's why it was a surprise; I run that Zeus like a "heavy" medium (or a "medium" heavy), and it's been a surprise to see that PGI did a great work with hitboxes, letting me to spread dmg well and letting me to use a big XL in it.
So, 3LPL and 3MPL have a nice pinpoint dmg, not so hot when mastered, and with 87kph you can poke well.

About the BJ, being a medium pilot, it's a shame not doing well with it..... Cents with only 5 tons more are all other business and joy....

[Joseph Mallan]

Most Mechs in this game are on my less than stellar list.

Don't get me wrong, they have character but many were in fact crap on TT. But then again many Mechs were. mostly to inspire players to want to do something to fix them and to give them flaws.