Race Bannon, on 27 August 2015 - 12:37 AM, said:
Wow thanks for all the replies guys, interesting reading. I managed to get about 10 games in last night. Verdict: I'm terrible in Heavy and Assault at the moment, and anything slow that required tactical positioning and movement. I somehow always got absolutely swarmed by smaller mechs pecking away at me.
My most successful game in the trial mechs so far was definitely the Spider (Can't remember what version is free currently). I stayed alive, team won, I got seven assists and was a general menace all game. Also had some results in the Stormcrow (I think?). So I'm definitely still favouring starting with a light/medium. When do the trial mechs change? And is there a list of what is due in the next rotation?
you are not the only one who cannot "get" assaults, I my self suffer from that issue, you mention not being able to do well in the Heavies as well, have you tried any of the Clan Heavies? they tend to be significantly faster than most IS Heavies and handle more like most IS Mediums.
You mention enjoying the Spider, it is my personal favorite chassis, there is the "stealth" variant, the 5D which can fit an ECM and upto 3 lasers, but it is less mobile than the others with a max possible speed after you unlock the Elite level skill "speed tweak" of 151KPH,
the 5K is a great harasser, or murderer of lone enemies, find a Mech with an open component and the 4 MGs make short work of its internals, these days a lot of players put 10 points or less of armor on there back, that is excellent in the 5K, the ERLL will remove most of that armor then the MGs and ERLL will put the Mech down fast, even if it is an assault.
the 5V is in my opinion the absolute most fun Mech in the game, but it is also the least heavily armed, it can only carry 2 energy weapons in the CT, meaning 2 small/medium or 1 Large class laser. the max possible DPS would be 2 MPL.
While the Locust and some Commandos can go 2-3 kph faster they cannot jump, The 5V can mount 12 Jump Jets, which combined with its high speed makes it almost impossible to chase down, and able to get to places or take shortcuts no other Mech can. my build uses 2 MPL 11 Jumpjets and an XL280 engine, it moves at about 180kph with speed tweak