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[loopala]

i just run it super stock (basically add DHS and move the ammo around) as a berserker. lrms are there to rain while i close. i find the run and gun style with the mpls in the arms much to my liking with the ac10 for targets that pass by while twisting between mpl cool down. also the ac10 can be a good range weapon while closing to mpl range

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...dfd39a9fd6e3ce3

to each there own...

[Jayce Haebdun]

Excalibur

I'm thinking of getting a Boar's Head for my hero mech, and the above is what I was looking at. Stock weaponry, added AMS and maxxed the armor, moved ammo into legs, and changed out the engine to a 340 STD. Use the LRM10 & AC10 on approach (and for assist XP) then lean heavily on the MPLs once I'm up close.

[Motörhead]

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...f9f921151623019

Fast with STD engine, quirks used at its best for MPLs and best ballistic to run on its own.

Edited by Motörhead, 27 July 2015 - 11:26 AM.

[Amsro]

Boars Head Mega Wub
I have no regrets with this build.

[xWiredx]

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...45ed2c982092608

This is my build. During the hero mech event not too long ago where the Boar's Head was one of the tournament mechs, I was as high as 8th place and ended at 21st place. It's fairly balanced and is pretty good for punching holes in enemies.

[Coro Ner]

XL390, 3 LPL, 3 MPL

[notcoffeetable]

STD 350, 6xMPL, AC20, 2xAC20 Ammo, fill it up with DHS.

No heat issues, wrecks in pug play.

[Mad Ox]

Forget exactly what I settled on but if i remember right was

6 MPL, AC20, LRM10, 350ish STD engine. AC20 3 tons ammo LRM 10 2 tons. AMS think I squeaked it in too as big as atlas is anything removing incoming missiles is worth it.

Brutal up close and LRM10 could go with SRM6 (same cooldown as AC20 so they tie together real well) but I find the extra range of LRM10 to be to handy, especially on this close in mech. To many times some fast little schmuck zipping all over staying at range met its end with the LRM10.

Atlas is a mighty big target so tends to get pounded, Boar drove me nuts for awhile too but once got skills up and settled into build I liked things started to click. Torso Twist is real important need to spread that damage out everyone fears that right torso and what ever big cannon is there. So when on cooldown twist like your dancing.

[ApolloKaras]

This is how I would run it personally.

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...e1bf042ba52659b

[Afuldan McKronik]

Std 325, ac20 w 3 tons ammo, x3 mpl on ac 20 side, x1 mpl x2 lpl on off side, ams offside. Twist hard right between cooldowns just like other atlai, youll find most pilots still get the ac side first. Then open up with x2 lpl and the one mpl. Confuses people when the dps goes UP after loosing the 20. Oh and a smattering of dhs to fill crits/tons.

Edit; put the dhs on left side only, ammo right side or whereever you feel, just not left side.

Edited by Afuldan McKronik, 20 August 2015 - 08:15 AM.

[Dennma]

I run mine with 2LL, then 2 MPL in each arm, plus an AC/2 to be annoying. Heavy standard engine. Cram as many double heat sinks as you can into it after that. Surprisingly heat efficient, and an alpha-then-back-off tactic brings the pain to the other team. AC/2 was an afterthought, but it's pretty fun.

[sycocys]

Quick look at it, and I'd go XL400, 6 LPL, 5 DHS

or 6 LL, ac5, 5 DHS

[Yosharian]

From Gman's website:

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...233b4d541791bc3

AC20 w/3.5 tons of ammo
6MPL
STD355
18DHS

Edit: what the **** is with the thread resurrections today?

Edited by Yosharian, 25 October 2015 - 08:04 AM.

[sycocys]

Amsro, on 27 July 2015 - 12:43 PM, said:

Boars Head Mega Wub
I have no regrets with this build.

Ha, that's exactly what I suggested and didn't even see you posted.

[Roughneck45]

I'm still baffled as to why players think its okay to put an XL on an atlas. Is it because it has 6 energy hardpoints or something? Cause last I checked this guy has the same hit boxes as every other Atlas, which mean using an XL means 100tons wasted/instadead

[xWiredx]

Roughneck45, on 26 October 2015 - 11:16 AM, said:

I'm still baffled as to why players think its okay to put an XL on an atlas. Is it because it has 6 energy hardpoints or something? Cause last I checked this guy has the same hit boxes as every other Atlas, which mean using an XL means 100tons wasted/instadead

Yeah, if you're not good at torso twisting, positioning, and watching your minimap.

I run the stock XL400 on mine and as mentioned above it was good enough to put me in the top 25 during their hero mech event. I still take it out sometimes when I'm feeling frisky and don't have any trouble posting a 600+ dmg match. Somehow I only have a 2.02 KD with it, but I did keep it bone stock from release day right up until that event, so that's probably why.

(to get into 21st for that event, I had to post consistent 850+ dmg rounds with multiple kills in winning matches, so it can't be that bad of a mech with the right pilot)

[Roughneck45]

xWiredx, on 26 October 2015 - 11:54 AM, said:

Yeah, if you're not good at torso twisting, positioning, and watching your minimap.

These things don't save you from another pilot who can do the same with an accurate shot. All those skills become doubly effective when you use a STD engine too, rather than just basic necessities to survive more than 5 seconds with an XL in an Atlas.

That competition was solo Q right? That would certainly lessen the vulnerability of it I suppose.

If you like it, hats off to you, but any time I see an atlas with an XL I either cringe cause its on my team or pick up an easy kill.

Edited by Roughneck45, 26 October 2015 - 12:41 PM.

[Amsro]

Roughneck45, on 26 October 2015 - 12:34 PM, said:

Any time I see an atlas with an XL I either cringe cause its on my team or pick up an easy kill.

I have STD engines in all my other Atlas' but in the Boars Head I removed the big torso ballistic. This shrinks the RT making XL "easier" to manage. The unnatural speed (for an atlas) makes this variant a Hero for me.

[Elizander]

I'd just try to get used to this - BOAR'S HEAD

Somewhat future-proofed laservomiter with max engine, Command Console, BAP and ideally a Target Info Gathering module to help counter what they intend for lasers in the PTR. 51 laser alpha and 39% heat efficiency. Just slap on a 9x9 Coolshot and you should be a happy camper.

BOAR'S HEAD

Here's something more long-range. Can't have fun if you keep losing. Has the standard 3 LL + Gauss for meta and an extra 3 ML for close-range punch and still 400XL.

[Ialdabaoth]

I've had LOTS of fun with a build very similar to yours, but with a 400XL:

BOAR'S HEAD

These days I'm trying an all-energy build, with ridiculous heat sinks:

BOAR'S HEAD