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[DAEDALOS513]

Fenrisulvyn, on 27 August 2015 - 09:59 AM, said:

Yes, cheetahs can be killed. Eventually. That's the issue. You have to put 2-3 times the normal firepower on them to kill them. This skews games because your team is essentially facing 13-14 mechs instead of 12. And that's only if there is ONE cheetah running through its nine lives.

Too many of my matches end with 6 heavies/assaults encircling a crit cheetah and firing off enough alphas to turn River City into a parking lot.

At first you are like "wth?"

Then its "wow this is borked"

Then its maniacal laughter at how ridiculous it is. If you added a Benny Hill theme you could charge admission just for the lolz

This is exactly how I feel. People are taking out this mech and getting 6 kills and they actually feel proud of themselves.. who needs hacks when you have the ach? It's so silly I don't even

Lugh, on 27 August 2015 - 11:05 AM, said:

I think the number of whine threads about cheetahs is over 9000....

Thanks for your non-input.

[Lugh]

DAEDALOS513, on 27 August 2015 - 03:24 PM, said:

This is exactly how I feel. People are taking out this mech and getting 6 kills and they actually feel proud of themselves.. who needs hacks when you have the ach? It's so silly I don't even


Thanks for your non-input.

First two kills tonight in an unmastered summoner were ACHs with SRMs and ML I legged and killed them both, they were at 80% when I engaged them there had been 2-3 people chasing them. That shows you how bad most peoples aim is...

[Spazamataz]

agree with most posts.. I am one of those dodgy ***** out there in a ACH and even I can admit they need some structure point balance...

It should NEVER take a heavy to kill a light.. which is what it takes half the time... asslts are too slow and mediums often don't have the fire power.. except maybe the streak crows/cats

Edited by Spazamataz, 27 August 2015 - 03:45 PM.

[DAEDALOS513]

Lugh, on 27 August 2015 - 03:28 PM, said:

First two kills tonight in an unmastered summoner were ACHs with SRMs and ML I legged and killed them both, they were at 80% when I engaged them there had been 2-3 people chasing them. That shows you how bad most peoples aim is...

We bow down to your greatness oh mighty one

[MechWarrior3671771]

Lugh: "That shows you how bad most peoples aim is..."

Oh please. I was an LAV-25 gunner in real life, my aim is just fine thanks.

[Triordinant]

Fenrisulvyn, on 27 August 2015 - 05:01 PM, said:

Oh please. I was an LAV-25 gunner in real life, my aim is just fine thanks.

You must be good with AC2s then...

[o0Marduk0o]

Fenrisulvyn, on 27 August 2015 - 05:01 PM, said:

Lugh: "That shows you how bad most peoples aim is..."

Oh please. I was an LAV-25 gunner in real life, my aim is just fine thanks.

#thelifeisavideogame

[Seelenlos]

Fenrisulvyn, on 27 August 2015 - 09:59 AM, said:

Then its maniacal laughter at how ridiculous it is. If you added a Benny Hill theme you could charge admission just for the lolz

LOL Benny Hill, a great man. You describe the situation precisely

I my thought like Benny Hill music and the game changes to slow-mo and then you see little funny balls-looking mechs running through the houses (river city and get bounced by a AHC running through them

[Wronka]

I rarely (never) post complaining about hitbox reg, but what happened last night I just have to post. I wish I had it on video to show I am not making any of it up. Was playing on new River City last night in my STK-4N. Fully mastered with all the goodies and the typical 6x LL build. My team was rolling and we were up good but then I saw the "Low Signal" on my radar, so I knew a mech was near. Sure enough an ACH pops out shooting at my back. I manage to turn around and like a beautifully wrapped gift the ACH had overheated and was just sitting there facing me dead on when I turned around. My eyes widened and heart starting racing with excitement when I saw this amazing opportunity for an easy kill, so I took a half second to compose myself. I took extremely careful aim, as dead center as I have ever aimed at a mech, and not giving a damn fired all 6 of my lasers at once. All 6 lasers, dead spot on, for the entire duration of the beam. He didn't move (overheated) and I didn't touch my mouse. 54 alpha is more than enough to finish a ACH even at full health (this one was not). When the lasers finished burning, I see an explosion from the ACH, like when you strip someones armor... but that was it. I suicide from the overheat (forgot I had heat override on), and he just ran away. I was blown away. I then quickly switch to a teammate that was targeting that mech and he still had yellow internal structure and a dark red side torso. Somehow my shots registered as what I am assuming was side torso. And all of this to a stationary target... I cannot even imagine what happens when they are moving.

Maybe my issue was that my shots didn't even register, so it could be that. But either way I think the ACH merits to, at the very least, be monitored for a little while. I am starting to think everyone complaining about the ACH hitbox isn't just noobs complaining for no reason.

[Luscious Dan]

The torso on the Cheetah is pretty small, so it's hard to focus damage on them. The arms soak up a lot of damage from various angles. I've had similar situations where I overheated in front of a big mech or two, they blew off a side torso or an arm but I was able to restart and get away.

They might have been damaged, low on ammo, high on heat, bad aim or whatever. But I seem to get away with it sometimes when I shouldn't. My Ravens never get away with any mistakes like that (granted that's IS XL tech for you).

Edited by Luscious Dan, 28 August 2015 - 08:06 AM.