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[Ted Wayz]

Which sucks for me because I am awful with Blackjacks.

Seriously the SCAT handles much like a BJ. And yes, in MWO you can use SCAT and BJ in the same sentence and not risk a ban.

It also hits like a BJ too. Did I mention it stole the BJs CT and head?

Not sure how much playtime it will get once basics mastered.

[One Medic Army]

Blackjack/Cicada

[Mcgral18]

Blackjack is far superior; it can actually take more lasers than a Light Mech.


******* Scat can't kill ****.

[Scout Derek]

Mcgral18, on 21 July 2015 - 08:34 PM, said:

Blackjack is far superior; it can actually take more lasers than a Light Mech.


******* Scat can't kill ****.

But it can sure as hell can jump.

I play it like a bigger mist lynx. Jump and shoot, or poke via masc out masc in.

[Tundara]

I've had my best matches in the stock Prime load-out just slightly modified to sport an ECM. Snipe, reposition, snipe, and so on. The Skittie can really fly! Going to try some 3x SRM6 builds tonight, see how that fairs.

[Moomtazz]

Scout Derek, on 21 July 2015 - 08:37 PM, said:

But it can sure as hell can jump.

I play it like a bigger mist lynx. Jump and shoot, or poke via masc out masc in.

If the Mist Lynx is crap, the Scat is a bigger piece of Scat?

[Scandinavian Jawbreaker]

Where Bj packs the fire-power of an assault the scat can fit... Scat. Wth am I supposed to do with it Oh well, I'll figure out something.

[Scout Derek]

Moomtazz, on 21 July 2015 - 08:47 PM, said:

If the Mist Lynx is crap, the Scat is a bigger piece of Scat?

You guessed it. No nerfs for it being undergunned as a 45 tonner clan mech.

[Glaive-]

As someone who runs a Gauss+2ML on his Blackjack, I'm really not sure I can agree with you, OP.
The Shadowcat is so much more nimble than the Blackjack. They really do not play the same at all.
The Blackjack is more guns than speed, while the Shadowcat is the exact opposite.


Hard to say where the Shadowcat will stand in the long run. It certainly feels undergunned to me, but I think the crazy jumping capability and the MASC could make up for it. I have a suspicion the Arctic Cheetah will end up "obsoleting" the Shadowcat eventually. Hopefully I am wrong.

[Greenjulius]

Mcgral18, on 21 July 2015 - 08:34 PM, said:

Blackjack is far superior; it can actually take more lasers than a Light Mech.

******* Scat can't kill ****.

We don't always agree on everything, but I definitely agree with you on this.

BJ-1X with XL295 (no 2 wasted tons on ****** 45 tonner masc) with 5xML, 2xML and 8 DHS. Sure, it can't jump, but it can kill as well as mechs twice its size.. Really well. And it dodges damage as well as a Firestarter once you learn to flip it wildly.

It saddens me to see the SCat so fragile. I suppose it really does live up to the "Kitfox' big brother" label, even in terms of fragility.