Lily from animove, on 29 July 2015 - 01:25 AM, said:
completely disagree's with everything i said..
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We all have opinions does not make one right or wrong.. but that's just the way i see it, after reading tons of complaints, and seeing tons of questions on the forums.. But you did make a few points i would like to address..
an HBK is about 5m + 1 engine, an SCR is 11m, So half way to your next SCR, you will have 3 fully outfitted and upgraded HBK's.. and that price is just over what you get with cadet bonus. That's about equal too 1 and 1/3 SCR's, and a few million more will give you lots of weapons to play around with. Now it is different if you factor in modules, then they come out close as they have extra slots, but we are talking newbie builds. And with the sale going on, you can get um for 2.5m each, that is a killer deal for a new player starting right now, especially with the free premium time.
You also said it, SCR's are fast, nimble, and have good hit-boxes.. that means that you can rely on that, verse making good choices, using good twist tactics. Those mechs will cover up bad play, there is no doubt about it. Also one of the more popular are the laser vomit set up, (the typical SCR you see all the time), that you basically only need to manage heat, Not learn to use/conserve ammo, making every shot count. they also do a lot of damage spread and people with not so hot aim are at a disadvantage in that regard. I know i fair much better using heavier shorter duration weapons. Like Medium pulse.. something i have been using for almost 2 years, before they become in style, as they fit my play style. So a long duration of the typical SCR build can be hard for new players to use.
How new players die first even in an SCR? They are new players, that is not to hard to see. Heck i have been known to make a bad choice and die first, it happens. But I don't like putting a bullseye on their head on top of it.
Lastly, i don't always play Top teir one mechs.. In fact many mechs i play in the 50 i own, many unlocking elites helped a ton, and made it feel like an entire new mech.
To me the HBK teaches you way more about the game, because you can't rely on speed or favorable hit-boxes and the weapons are not over powered but certainly can dish it out. HBK's actually dish really well, they just run hot, so Plus 1 to learning about heat management and weapon grouping
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. There is also an HBK flavor for every single weapon set up. You can use AC5's, 10's, 20's large lasers, medium, pulse, PPC's gauss, SRM's and LRMs, even machine guns, so you can really get a feel for every weapon in the game and not using a chasis that isn't optimized for them. You have to protect your hunch which means learn the twist, and now with the armor bonuses, they really stand up pretty darn well when using arms to tank. But even after at times i will use that bonus armor to tank damage, now the hunch can be an asset.
No JJ's means you need to really learn the maps, though that can be a minus in some ways. But what i like best is most people underestimate them, and when you underestimate a good HBK pilot, you are dead.. period. You don't say look at that SCR and think is that a threat? You kill it, and then think.. ohh must of been a newbie, cause that was really easy,, as they sit there and face time you or over estimate the ability to get away.
It was the exact advice i got from tons of people when i started playing, and i don't regret it at all, It taught me tons about the game, and i don't see why that would be any different now. But then you are talking to the guy that played his first 100 matches in a dragon 5N, with a pair of Large lasers, and a gauss with an XL...
If you are the kinda player that can sit down and play 100 games in a weekend and a die hard clanner.. sure go for the Scr if you want.. But it is a big grind, and then will add a huge grind to try other play styles, with other weapons down the road.
OP: good luck, I hope you can stick with it, and enjoy it in the end.. And lets hope the august re-balance doesn't through you for to big of a loop
Edited by JC Daxion, 29 July 2015 - 10:53 PM.