lordtzar, on 04 June 2015 - 09:19 AM, said:
Well, as a spider pilot I can say the first thing I do is find the enemy team and target all of them for the scouting bonus and then rake a laser across the entire enemy team for an easy 10-12 assists. Damage isn't usually going to be high, so you gotta get the cbills where you can. I then focus on shooting them in the back until I get chased off.
You'd be surprised how effective the harassment can be. Once you've stripped the back armor off they aren't going to risk getting shot in the back again and they'll more often than not back up into a corner and are useless right up until my team finds them and 8v1s the guy. Sometimes they'll chase the squirrel. At the very least it'll maintain parity by having to send a mech to chase you off.
I gotta agree with lordtzar even though it's not popular opinion here. LL ravens can be very effective at finding and annoying the enemy. When that whale turns around to see who's shooting him in the back I pop around the corner and alpha strike that same section of armor, and if a couple guys from the other team decide to run off and chase that Raven at the beginning of the match, we're up 2 nothing. It's all about the pilot, like every other 'mech. Tell me you're not equally annoyed (if not more so because of the wasted tonnage) by the Atlas/Dire pilot that tries to stand behind other 'mechs and play peek-a-boo instead of pushing around the corner and starting the rush.
However, to answer your original question... no, nothing takes less skill. it's firing a single weapon system, that has no lead time, with [usually] no return fire. I don't see how it can be easier than that. Just keep moving and, thanks to AWESOME hit detection, they can't even hit you for full damage
