Jaeger Gonzo, on 07 April 2015 - 03:14 PM, said:
E Rommel you are still comparing tech 1 with tech 2 and even clans? FFS cant you google it out already in sarna?
When I will have more time maybe I will take a walk on all your examples. But I will tell you already, all those meks are common view in our games and are doing fine.
But I will give you one thing on that Banshee, its not as weak as you think about it, but indeed is handicapped a little, its be cause in MWO we don`t have melee. And that particular Banshee is designed as melee mek. Same as Charger for example. This one would show you laugh I suppose as it is 80t assault with only 5 SL. But I seen those BNC on the field and where doing decent enough I would say, never drive them though. All others meks you mentioned are very good in stock settings and most of them I drive with good to very good results. Damn, some of them like KTO or AWS, sometimes I take accidentally to public drop and still do decent enough. But you can ask Tesuni about it, this crazy sotb is taking stock even to CW and he claim that hes doing good enough.
If you would read the posts, I was comparing basic IS (single heatsinks, standard engines in all cases) to basic IS, and Clans to Clans. So you can take your whining about tech levels and different factions and shove it: they are not even balanced against themselves.
MLX-A vs SCR-PRIME. Both Clans. No contest. Hell, even MLX-A vs ADR-PRIME, still no contest. Both Clans, same weight class, ADR completely trounces the MLX-A because the MLX-A has a garbage stock loadout.
BNC-3E vs AS7-D. Both IS mechs. Both pre-3025. Atlas trounces the Banshee hands down, even with how schizophrenic its loadout is.
Don't believe me? Just look at their BVs. Tech 1 Cicada vs Tech 1 Hunchback, Hunchback wins.
What do you want, a spreadsheet of every single mech every made sorted by tech level and BV? An essay? A powerpoint presentation? A thesis paper? This isn't rocket science, these imbalances are glaringly obvious to anyone who takes a half second to look at it objectively.
You say you never see any balance issues, I say you're either lying, have the thickest rose-colored glasses I've ever seen, or have a severe case of confirmation bias because everyone is dropping in the same mech, so you never see the weak mechs on the field.
And those examples are only scratching the surface, a small peek at the most glaring, undeniably underpowered mechs. What are you going to whine about now, that I should only compare a mech to itself? Well gee whiz, I guess if everyone drops in the exact same mech with the exact same loadout you would have "balance", of a sort.