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[Navy Sixes]

WELCOME BACK!

[aniviron]

That celebration might be a little premature.

[Narcissistic Martyr]

Welp, I just had a splat cat flash back.

Then I remembered clan tech is a thing now and I didn't care anymore.

[Navy Sixes]

aniviron, on 15 July 2015 - 09:24 PM, said:

That celebration might be a little premature.

I can't see how the cats can suffer from any of this...

[aniviron]

Tycho von Gagern, on 15 July 2015 - 09:26 PM, said:

I can't see how the cats can suffer from any of this...

It won't suffer, most likely, but it probably won't be that much benefit. What makes LRMs bad isn't ECM, and 6xSSRM2 is... not scary, especially on a 65 ton mech. SRM brawling can be fun, but it's not really good. Even if it's a bit smaller, the CPLT still does not have a great figure for brawling, the CT is too big, and the dynamic geo makes the arms gigantic.

[bad arcade kitty]

Narcissistic Martyr, on 15 July 2015 - 09:24 PM, said:

Welp, I just had a splat cat flash back.

Then I remembered clan tech is a thing now and I didn't care anymore.

splatcat shouldn't be bad right now

i only wish they hid all 3 launchers per side in those boxes, not outside of them

[Juodas Varnas]

Well, from what i've seen the ECM changes won't change much.

We'll just probably see MORE ECM mechs to compensate for smaller range.

[bad arcade kitty]

aniviron, on 15 July 2015 - 09:30 PM, said:

What makes LRMs bad isn't ECM

at least not the bubble part... rather that 1/4 of the radar range part and it's not changed

Edited by bad arcade kitty, 15 July 2015 - 09:31 PM.

[El Bandito]

Tycho von Gagern, on 15 July 2015 - 09:26 PM, said:

I can't see how the cats can suffer from any of this...

Stop jinxing it, lol.






I'm serious.

Edited by El Bandito, 15 July 2015 - 09:32 PM.

[Navy Sixes]

aniviron, on 15 July 2015 - 09:30 PM, said:

It won't suffer, most likely, but it probably won't be that much benefit. What makes LRMs bad isn't ECM...

I can't even see how your "most likely" is necessary. As is, the Cat's got the smallest side torsos on any IS heavy. It's always come at the expense of a fat head and CT. But with a scale reduction, the cats can only be made more viable. Excellent news for all the Catapults, including the Jesters and Ks.

As for LRMs, I'm not concerned about what goes on in CW or competitive play. In the PUGs, a 90m limit (That's for starters; in his announcement, Paul suggested that it could go down to 60m!) on ECM range can only make LRMs more dangerous. Mechs like the Catapult and the Awesome (which also made the rescale cut, by the way) that have dedicated missile variants can only benefit.

[Ace Selin]

Fro mthe Top5 Rescale list - Catapult gets rescaled to be bigger

[Narcissistic Martyr]

bad arcade kitty, on 15 July 2015 - 09:30 PM, said:

splatcat shouldn't be bad right now

i only wish they hid all 3 launchers per side in those boxes, not outside of them

Oh it isn't bad, it just isn't pants crappingly terrifying like it once was.

Well... how's that for power creep...

Edited by Narcissistic Martyr, 16 July 2015 - 12:59 AM.

[Corviness]

For all, who think, the rescale was implemented, it wasnt yet....
Any information, on which date they implement the rescale patch?

[Juodas Varnas]

Corviness, on 18 July 2015 - 09:23 AM, said:

For all, who think, the rescale was implemented, it wasnt yet....
Any information, on which date they implement the rescale patch?

They still haven't completed the voting process. They said there will be a phase 3, which will include us voting whether to make the mechs bigger or smaller (individually).

Even though, every single mech in the top 5 is in need of a down-scale.

Edited by Juodas Varnas, 18 July 2015 - 09:28 AM.

[Tennex]

This is what i want to see back

[Elizander]

Tennex, on 18 July 2015 - 09:30 AM, said:

This is what i want to see back

I don't know what they were thinking when they put the missiles outside of the... well... missile boxes.

[Tennex]

Elizander, on 18 July 2015 - 09:33 AM, said:

I don't know what they were thinking when they put the missiles outside of the... well... missile boxes.

Put the missiles INSIDE the missile boxes? Crazytalk

[Mcgral18]

Narcissistic Martyr, on 16 July 2015 - 12:55 AM, said:

Oh it isn't bad, it just isn't pants crappingly terrifying like it once was.

Well... how's that for power creep...

Actually, that's mainly due to balance.


SplatCat era actually dealt multiple times more damage, because the "Splash" damage was just another 2.5 to every hitbox in the radius.


Against a Commando, a single SRM6 could deal 90 damage (as opposed to 15) because of that. Both legs, CT, both STs, an arm. 6 hitboxes.

So, that SplatCat dealt enormous amounts of inflated damage (at one point Splash also hit the head) so it could one shot Atlai if you aimed at their face.


You may call power creep...but we don't presently have a 3 ton 90 damage weapon, that could pinpoint damage with Artemis (they flew in and out? or was that another Era?)

Edited by Mcgral18, 18 July 2015 - 09:51 AM.

[Bishop Steiner]

Community managed to get it right, in spite of itself.

A pity the Trebuchet was left out, but hopefully we can cut through the idiocy and get it added in the next (hoping here, not a guarantee) batch?

[Moment Killer]

The missile slots outside of the missile box, I like. You put a streak in each box. Now you put two srm6's in each box. Now you have full arm armor, plus you can shoot your srm's without opening the box.