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[Rattler85]

Good work Batman2213.

[Sjoerd]

I find the Nova to be a very good mech. I usually do between 300 - 600 damage. I run it with two ERLPL and two ERMPL. Simple but effective build.

[Lily from animove]

Batman2213, on 06 January 2016 - 11:46 AM, said:

There's nothing wrong with the Nova.

I'll just leave this here...

now play vs some skilled T1's and try to pull that off. In scrubland every mech works.

[Nightshade24]

Audacious Aubergine, on 02 December 2015 - 08:57 PM, said:

Bear in mind that Clan heavies are all pretty fast, and while certain IS mediums are faster, several Nova variants can carry more weapons than a typical heavy. Though I don't have much experience with them myself, so I could be wrong

Well it's also good to mention the clan doctrine really likes having things all destroy enemy mechs instead of fiddle around with LRM'ing or scouting or what ever.

The Kitfox (30 ton light) all the way to the Gargoyle (80 ton assault) have the same speed more or less. Vast majority of Clan omnimechs have the exact same speed...
So this explains why a nova and gargoyle goes the same speed, it also helps keep the clan omnimechs all grouped up together as they all have the same speed.

[Nightshade24]

Lily from animove, on 19 April 2016 - 05:58 AM, said:

now play vs some skilled T1's and try to pull that off. In scrubland every mech works.

Well I have never hit 1500 damage in a very long time. Only had a few 1000+'s (and not usually in clan mechs) however I must say that i had some very decent (500-600 damage) games before in my Nova up against tier 1 players.

[DeathEagle]

The Nova is a damn good mech. Im running 6 C-ER MDPLSRS, and 4 C MG's.

I stripped out a AMS system and added extra ammo for the machine guns. The crits are real.

I usually finish on 3-4 kills and 400-500 dmg avg. She lacks speed but Assault mechs get butchered. I regard the Nova as 'Lite' Heavy Mech. Small, fast light mechs will give this mech a hard time.