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[hargneux]

Anarcho, on 04 October 2015 - 11:03 PM, said:

Looks like Caustic Therma now :/

Regarding the crab, it seems it can take a lot of damage for a 50 toner

My impression here is that they are all running stock mechs with single heat sinks, you don't see many alphas happening, and lots of mechs shutting down constantly. This isn't at all what happens in pug land. I don't think it will hold up to 40 and 50 point alphas.

That being said, I am looking forward to piloting mine

[DaZur]

I saw:

a.) A very tanky medium
b.) Synergistic weapon placement
c.) A beautiful and artistic re-imaging of Caustic

Lastly... I saw a perfect example as to why a "same-class" battle mode would be extremely enjoyable and rewarding.

[Thorqemada]

Wonder-Hitboxes but hopefully weak legs - or it will be Crabsageddon!

The Crab with its Speed and Size may fill a weird role in a world were you need Ultra-High DPS or Alphas of ~50 if you are not piloting a Light - but the Crab can do well with 36-40 Points Alphastrikes is my guess.
I would go for 3xML + 2xLPL (but i wont buy a Crab - i need the fun of Weapondiversity).

Maybe the Heavy-Q will go down and i can run my Thunderbolt 5S(P) more often...


PS: Like the "orange" Causitc - the yellow-green Causitc looks tame...

Edited by Thorqemada, 05 October 2015 - 04:02 AM.

[Eboli]

Hitreg looked a bit suspect throughout the video considering how many of the crabs were running with 2LPLs and how they were really tanking it.

Look forward to playing mine when back from holidays and reading the forums about what happens throughout the week i am away when they get released.

Cheers!
Eboli

[Yellonet]

Seems just as great as I imagined. But I don't get why PGI are so cruel and punish me for getting late to the party (not getting the JJ version, which is likely the best version).

[Speedy Plysitkos]

DaZur, on 05 October 2015 - 03:33 AM, said:

Lastly... I saw a perfect example as to why a "same-class" battle mode would be extremely enjoyable and rewarding.

Why isnt this alrdy ingame ? i mean... 3 yrs....

Yellonet, on 05 October 2015 - 04:12 AM, said:

Seems just as great as I imagined. But I don't get why PGI are so cruel and punish me for getting late to the party (not getting the JJ version, which is likely the best version).

same here. still preordered.

[CDLord HHGD]

Ok, so from the exterior it looks like the Crab only has one forward facing window while in the cockpit there are side windows as well. Am I just not seeing the other windows on the exterior model?

If I am not mistaken and there is only the one visible window, then that's pretty darn cool, means the other windows are electronically generated and opens all new options (like a rear view).

[Otto Cannon]

I would comment on this, but I'm touch typing since I'm blind from all the lasers.

[Speedy Plysitkos]

Otto Cannon, on 05 October 2015 - 04:54 AM, said:

I would comment on this, but I'm touch typing since I'm blind from all the lasers.

We have now PURPLE lasors ? (hyper version....) uuuuuuu

[Fate 6]

Bows3r, on 04 October 2015 - 11:38 PM, said:

Compared to existing offerings, the Crab looks weak. Only decent quirks and not enough high mounts. But, it could be good tanky 50T 'mech if the hitbox's are good. (aka Stalker)

Going to be real hard to be tankier than an Enforcer though.

[Ex Atlas Overlord]

New map looks full of terrain and layout designs that will make playing an assault a chore.

More catering to fast and jump jet mechs as usual.

[SolCrusher]

Sarlic, on 05 October 2015 - 01:26 AM, said:

You mean the map?

I have my thoughts about that as well.

I am not sure, but it feels like the Atlas or a non-jump jetting mech is heavily in the min.

If i look at at the crater that one atleast on the edges with more rocks/small dense hills is a heaven for jump jetters. Which is not bad, but i would love to have seen more around the map. Are Assaults being keep in mind when designing a map as well?

For example on our current Caustic Valley i can barely move over the pipelines. Ocasionally i get stuck on these pipes and cant move over, (first matches on the map have thought me that, now i just go around, but it shows how rediculous it is) i have always to go around it. I don't have that in my Orion, a heavy which has more speed.


Also the current crater egdes which makes you go slower is a pain in the arse. The Assaults are taking far more hit in speeds then mediums or heavies who have far less problematic bumps in their speed to go over the same object.

If they do the agility pass on all Mechs like there were doing on the test server then most of the assaults issues with pebbles making them get stuck should go away. I played on the test server for a bit with those quirks and did notice I didn't get stuck as much on random crap.

Titannium, on 05 October 2015 - 02:05 AM, said:

I dunno, I hate maps where I cant use daily light to fight on.
hate night map. and blurry/fog map as well. and somehow i have a feeling new caustic is going that way..

Everyone will have to use advance zoom to see stuff.

[Lightfoot]

Looks better than the Shadow Cat. I notice the Crab got nice Quirks already even though it has lots of hard points and goes faster than the Shadow Cat. Yes, it's a balancing critique.

[Speedy Plysitkos]

SolCrusher, on 05 October 2015 - 06:43 AM, said:

. Everyone will have to use advance zoom to see stuff.

ye but also that green shitview, which looks like from 1980...

[Davers]

My thoughts:

1. So they redid Caustic Valley and used it to show off the Crab. However all the action happened at the crater (as is usual) and we barely got to see the rest of the map in the background. So the new map hasn't seemed to change gameplay at all.

2. The Crab looks pretty amazing.

3. It's hard to judge how tanky it really is with everyone using stock loadouts and zero gauss, ACs, or ERMLs to be found.

4. I suspect the large engine sizes will go to waste as it looks very XL Suicidal.

5. The Rebalance needs to happen faster.

[lshtaria]

Crab doesn't have enough hardpoints or quirks to make it anything other than a waste of 50T on the battlefield. I'm not comp or meta, I'm 100% PUG but this thing will get rekt by almost any other mech out there.

Caustic now looks like a mini Terrible Therma. Caustic used to be one of my favourite maps and it wasn't as bad as people made it out to be. Now I'm pretty sure I'm going to hate it.

Really wish I hadn't spent money on the R2 pack. Oh well, free robots tomorrow as well, yay.

[Tyler Valentine]

I'm guessing it has less quirks because after the re-quirkening, everything will have less weapon quirks. Shouldn't seem so UP compared to Hunchies and Blackjacks then.

[Bishop Steiner]

yawn

[CygnusX7]

Bishop Steiner, on 05 October 2015 - 10:17 AM, said:

yawn

At first I was hoping for a bit more information as to why this mech creates yawns and napping... But after thinking about its HP layout I have to agree.

[MischiefSC]

Mediocrity is the new black. It looks neat. Nice visual design. Otherwise it's a mech bay decoration. Good for a giggle and such.

At least with an atypical visual design that's something. At a distance the BK/grasshopper look a lot alike.

Meh. It's okay for a medium. At least it looks different. There are numerous other options that out perform it but whatever. Looking different is as good as you can ask for anymore.

Edited by MischiefSC, 05 October 2015 - 10:25 AM.