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[bad arcade kitty]

honestly i don't get it/ what's so special that so many people are excited or complaining about heat quirks? you can already buy those omnipods, can't you? well, except whk-c central torso

i definitely know you can buy kfx-c right arm because i (like almost any kfx pilot in the existence) already did it and i am 99% sure you can buy kfx-c left freezing arm too because i saw it available for purchasing in the mechlab as well. well 90%, 9% off in the case if i am mistaken

[FupDup]

bad arcade kitty, on 13 April 2015 - 05:30 PM, said:

honestly i don't get it/ what's so special that so many people are excited or complaining about heat quirks? you can already buy those omnipods, can't you? well, except whk-c central torso

i definitely know you can buy kfx-c right arm because i (like almost any kfx pilot in the existence) already did it and i am 99% sure you can buy kfx-c left freezing arm too because i saw it available for purchasing in the mechlab as well. well 90%, 9% off in the case if i am mistaken

The reduced heat pods aren't currently available without buying from the store. Even when they do get released for free soon, they'll still be better than most of the other choices for those mechs.

[TercieI]

bad arcade kitty, on 13 April 2015 - 05:30 PM, said:

honestly i don't get it/ what's so special that so many people are excited or complaining about heat quirks? you can already buy those omnipods, can't you? well, except whk-c central torso

i definitely know you can buy kfx-c right arm because i (like almost any kfx pilot in the existence) already did it and i am 99% sure you can buy kfx-c left freezing arm too because i saw it available for purchasing in the mechlab as well. well 90%, 9% off in the case if i am mistaken

You can't buy the pods yet. The KFX-C arm has been available for a long time, the rest of the mech just became available.

[bad arcade kitty]

well, when i am home i will check about kfx-c left arm and other pods because i am almost sure you can buy them as well

[Levi Porphyrogenitus]

Tristan Winter, on 13 April 2015 - 03:14 PM, said:

What build? UAC5s with SRM torsos? Or you gonna ride it stock, like an original gangster?

Right now I'm thinking quad cSRM4s with a pair of cLPLs. Depending on how the heat works out I may throw a cMPL or cERML in the CT.

[Sigilum Sanctum]

WubHawk MK2

Want me a Warhawk C.

EDIT: I've decided I want a DireWolf S too.
WubWhale

Edited by Sigilum Sanctum, 13 April 2015 - 06:28 PM.

[Roadkill]

Tristan Winter, on 13 April 2015 - 02:56 PM, said:

April 21st we're getting the Clan reinforcement mechs for C-bills. Which new variants or omnipods will you be buying?

ADR-B aka the B-ADR: Second ballistic arm.
KFX-C. Left arm with 2B and 2E. You can now have KFX with ECM, 3 energy weapons and 4MGs. Noice.
MLX-A. 2 AMS arm, I guess?
NVA-A. AMS side torso, opens up for triple AMS Nova. Pretty noice, I guess.
SCR-A. 4 E left arm. gglaservomit.
IFR-D. 2E right arm. The Ice Ferret desperately needs energy hardpoints, so that's good.
SMN-C. Same as stock Summoner with some different quirks.
TBR-D. Probably the most popular reinforcement mech. 2M side torsos without jump jets.
MDD-C. Another ballistic arm for the MDD.
DWF-S. Flying Daishi!
WHK-C. CT with energy hardpoint! Desperately needed for the WHK.
GAR-C. 6E right arm. gglaservomitz

I won't be buying any Mechs, just a few pods.

KFX-C for ECM, 3 x MPL, 4 x MG. Sounds fun even if it isn't great.
IFR-D... maybe. I'll have to play on Smurfy, but 2 more E-points might make it interesting.
SCR-A so I can upgrade my money farming ride. 4 LRM-5 + 2 CERLL becomes 4 LRM-5 + 4 CMPL.
TBR-D so I can ditch the jump jets I never use.
GAR-C for 6 CSPL + 4 CMPL. Won't be great, but will be an improvement.

That's probably it for me. I only use the Prime variants because for most purposes you can build anything on them and that ensures that I'm always getting the 30% c-bill bonus. Generally, 30% c-bill bonus > random weapon hardpoint for me.

[Mcgral18]

bad arcade kitty, on 13 April 2015 - 05:33 PM, said:

well, when i am home i will check about kfx-c left arm and other pods because i am almost sure you can buy them as well

Nope.

Just the right arm, for the Jesus Box.

[Juodas Varnas]

I'm not buying clan mechs ever.

[Tremendous Upside]

Sigilum Sanctum, on 13 April 2015 - 05:52 PM, said:

EDIT: I've decided I want a DireWolf S too.
[url=http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=173&l=ac9f92cf42894e65fb595cd19b8c07814b36670a]WubWhale

Needs MORE wub... Go full DireStar!

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...1aac8c60e1cbc2a

[Ultimax]

FupDup, on 13 April 2015 - 02:58 PM, said:

Warhawk: Even though I like this mech, I might actually skip the CT on this one because the arms are more useful for aiming up/down and the torso hardpoint is still just as low mounted. The left arm, however, gives reduced energy heat, which as said before, is the best quirk you can have.

How can you skip the asymmetric Wubhawk!?





Honestly though, the WHK-C is easily the best CT of all of them, it opens up a few solid new options.

[FupDup]

Ultimatum X, on 13 April 2015 - 08:57 PM, said:

How can you skip the asymmetric Wubhawk!?





Honestly though, the WHK-C is easily the best CT of all of them, it opens up a few solid new options.

A few reasons:

1. I like to have some guns on my left side so that I can assign them to left click, and vice-versa for right click. The asymmetric Wubhawk has 3 energy in the right arm and 1 in the CT...messes up muh style.


2. Having the left-right punch weapon grouping is just more intuitive in general, and just so happens to avoid paranormal heat.


Having 3 LPL in the RA could make weapon grouping not as intuitive, and would invoke the wrath of paranormal heat if all 3 were used in 1 group...


3. I think the mech just looks kewler when it's not outright sword-and-board. Its visual style was built around having at least some minor options on each side.

Edited by FupDup, 13 April 2015 - 09:07 PM.

[Deathlike]

FupDup, on 13 April 2015 - 09:05 PM, said:

2. Having the left-right punch weapon grouping is just more intuitive in general, and just so happens to avoid paranormal heat.


Having 3 LPL in the RA could make weapon grouping not as intuitive, and would invoke the wrath of paranormal heat if all 3 were used in 1 group...

I do like the left-right weapon grouping idea. It's nice.

While I've been kinda disillusioned to the Wubhawk... this will eventually surface...

WHK-C

A slightly better Gausshawk is good.

Edited by Deathlike, 13 April 2015 - 10:59 PM.

[Deathlike]

I might actually consider getting the Wubfridge or Fridgewub variant. Hmmm....

[MonkeyCheese]

Tristan Winter, on 13 April 2015 - 02:56 PM, said:

April 21st we're getting the Clan reinforcement mechs for C-bills. Which new variants or omnipods will you be buying?


KFX-C. Left arm with 2B and 2E. You can now have KFX with ECM, 3 energy weapons and 4MGs. Noice.

NVA-A. AMS side torso, opens up for triple AMS Nova. Pretty noice, I guess.

IFR-D. 2E right arm. The Ice Ferret desperately needs energy hardpoints, so that's good.

GAR-C. 6E right arm. gglaservomitz

These things.

makes me happy!

[Deathlike]

IFR-D

WubFridge approved... I hope. The reinforced missile side is "the trap" as I'm just using it as a shield and ammo dump.

The right side is where the real firepower is at.

[STEF_]

ADR with another ballistic. NO
Kitty 4mg + lazoers. Interesting. YES
Lynx needs another kind of arm: the F; we had the A. BIG NO, here.
Nova. "Poor nova", "Nova needs love"..... NO.
ScrA may be interesting; another kind of laservomit, more hardpoints, so a higher dps one. YES
Ferret, I like it in its meh-ity, with this arm prolly I'd like more. YES.
Summoner: did pgi really think SMN would need this? NO.
TDR-D. Indecided. Crow works better, 'cause it can close faster and spam its streaks and srms.
MDD ballistic. LOL NO.
The big flying pig. With JJ can be interesting, with HJ NO.
Warhawk with ct energy. Hell YES!
Garg with even more energy. I didn't buy the garg with wave 2, because I knew it was going to suck.... I don't know if I would give it a try. Indecided.


o7

Edited by Stefka Kerensky, 14 April 2015 - 12:06 AM.

[STEF_]

Deathlike, on 13 April 2015 - 11:39 PM, said:

IFR-D

WubFridge approved... I hope. The reinforced missile side is "the trap" as I'm just using it as a shield and ammo dump.

The right side is where the real firepower is at.

Although this one http://mwo.smurfy-ne...83401d179a5985b
has more firepower, the same heat, but higher "pinpoint", less spread.

[Bloody]

well the reinforcements is pretty much p2win with superior quirks for multiple clan mechs. Yet another cash grab from PGI.

i am ashamed to admit i have have the Dire Wolf S as i like assault mechs.

[Widowmaker1981]

I already have a DWF-S and TBR-D, will be buying more TBR-D left arms (probs 3 more so i can have one on every Timby). Will also be buying 3 of the SCR RA omnipods. Will probs give the IFR RA a try to but suspect ill still hate it, same with the Gargles RA, WHK-C LA might be a slight upgrade to my build so ill get that too.
Basically any clan mech i play that gets an upgrade of any kind from these pods will obviously be getting them, but i doubt ill buy any of the base chassis, with the possible exception of the WHK-C.