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[Maclaren210]

I've been playing this for 2-3 years, but I want to know what you all think the best drop deck for a new player would be. Currently I'm thinking SDR-RVN-QKD-BNC for IS and KFX-IFR-SCR-DWF for clan.

Please share any thoughts and improvements

[Mad Ox]

Well knowing how painful trying a drop with non-skilled Mechs is.., I cant imagine the pain of using all Trial mechs especially with ammo weapons as stock are very ammo limited and Heat Sinks are less efficient then stock.

But as new player is new and very limited in resources can see your point be interesting to see what people theory craft for it. Find for friends that I have gotten to join they seem to do better with Medium/Heavy enough armor and weapons but still some ability to move well, but not to overwhelming like alot of uber fast lights and forget it on a low FPS PC.

Actually that might be another avenue to explore Drop deck VS PC (Low end and High End) both situations could see going entirely different routes.

[Spheroid]

Needs more hard hitting laser vomit. Hunchback-4P, Wolverine-6K or Thunderbolt-9SE.

The Spider and Raven are not going to contribute much in a brawl.

[The Flying Gecko]

May I be frank? The best drop deck for new players is to avoid CW. Use the standard queue until you can afford more competitive mechs. It's one thing to have *A* trial mech in your drop ship, and even that I frown upon, but four is going to make it hard for you to be an asset for your team.

[bad arcade kitty]

i played the liao mini-event with these trials:

trebuchet (the only trial lrm mech... lrm sucks but when you play unknown unbasiced inner sphere mechs... i did successfully with my trebuchet too)
thunderbolt (slow and clumsy to my taste, no arm lasers, but nice and cool firepower)
banshee (an amazing power but sooo slow and clumsy)
spider (didn't manage to test)

and

trebuchet
thunderbolt
gryphon (my fastest brawler, guarded omega vs their desperate light rush with it)
quickdraw (didn't manage to test, should be a brawler similar to gryphon)

Spheroid, on 03 September 2015 - 07:48 AM, said:

Needs more hard hitting laser vomit. Hunchback-4P, Wolverine-6K

not in the trials

Maclaren210, on 02 September 2015 - 06:17 PM, said:

KFX-IFR-SCR-DWF for clan.

the clan trials are so bad

i would pick kit fox (bad loadout but still 1ll, 3 ams and ecm), stormcrow (meh loadout but still lpl+2mpl vomit and lbx), hellbringer (terrible load out, but still 2 ppc, 3 ml and ecm) and mad dog (way too low lrm ammo but still 2 lpl 2mpl)

Edited by bad arcade kitty, 04 September 2015 - 03:27 AM.

[Maclaren210]

Spheroid, on 03 September 2015 - 07:48 AM, said:

Needs more hard hitting laser vomit. Hunchback-4P, Wolverine-6K or Thunderbolt-9SE.

The Spider and Raven are not going to contribute much in a brawl.

I know the SDR and RVN wouldn't be good in a brawl, the so I guess it would be a good idea to replace the raven with a griffin.

[Chocowolf Sradac]

bad arcade kitty, on 03 September 2015 - 07:18 PM, said:

the clan trials are so bad

i would pick kit fox (bad loadout but still 1ll, 3 ams and ecm), stormcrow (meh loadout but still lpl+2mpl vomit and lbx), hellbringer (terrible load out, but still 2 ppc, 3 ml and ecm) and mad dog (way too low lrm ammo but still 2 lpl 2mpl)

Yes they are indeed terrible as the champions have been made by the old metas and customized from their stock loadouts. Clans are still using mostly tabletop loadouts which most don't transfer very well in this game

I'd avoid the dire as much as possible unless your whole team is bringing one they just are too situational on their own

Edited by Chocowolf, 05 September 2015 - 02:47 PM.

[ApolloKaras]

Chocowolf, on 05 September 2015 - 02:47 PM, said:

Yes they are indeed terrible as the champions have been made by the old metas and customized from their stock loadouts. Clans are still using mostly tabletop loadouts which most don't transfer very well in this game

I'd avoid the dire as much as possible unless your whole team is bringing one they just are too situational on their own

The Crow trial is really the only viable trial. The Hellbringer is actually fun but there's no armor on it lol.

[Chocowolf Sradac]

Saxie, on 05 September 2015 - 02:48 PM, said:

The Crow trial is really the only viable trial. The Hellbringer is actually fun but there's no armor on it lol.

I would agree with you the crow is really one of the best trials we have that's viable.

[Elizander]

Chocowolf, on 05 September 2015 - 02:51 PM, said:

I would agree with you the crow is really one of the best trials we have that's viable.

Maybe they should allow you to bring 4 of the same trial mech.

[Appogee]

Please don't bring trial Mechs to CW. It's not fair to your team.

These are 30-minute matches - not a trivial investment of time.

[Chocowolf Sradac]

Appogee, on 06 September 2015 - 05:15 AM, said:

Please don't bring trial Mechs to CW. It's not fair to your team.

These are 30-minute matches - not a trivial investment of time.

couldn't agree more with this the less trials on the field the better. Preferably no trials is best people really need to realize how much of a hindrance trial mechs are especially on the clan side. The mechs are not optimized to their potential

[Elizander]

Appogee, on 06 September 2015 - 05:15 AM, said:

Please don't bring trial Mechs to CW. It's not fair to your team.

These are 30-minute matches - not a trivial investment of time.

I brought a few trial decks for fun in the past but I was carried by an 11 man team :3

[Jalthibuster]

One does simply not drop in Trial Mechs in CW!

Edited by Jalthibuster, 06 September 2015 - 04:21 PM.