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[XX Sulla XX]

Since the balance is about the best its ever been I would love to see the next balance pass only adjusting the worst mechs. Lets go back and look at the worst 25% of mechs and give them a boost. Narrowing the gap a little bit more between the best and worse mechs would make even more mechs viable.

As part of that what do you guys think are the worst mechs in the game. Mechs that really need help?

Edited by XX Sulla XX, 22 December 2015 - 03:20 AM.

[norus]

trebuchet, vindicator, kintaro, ice ferret, mist lynx, orion, summoner, victor. Possibly catapult, although I feel it's in a better spot than these others. Too lazy to look through them more.

[Wolfways]

Clan mechs.

[Yosharian]

XX Sulla XX, on 22 December 2015 - 03:18 AM, said:

Since the balance is about the best its ever been I would love to see the next balance pass only adjusting the worst mechs. Lets go back and look at the worst 25% of mechs and give them a boost. Narrowing the gap a little bit more between the best and worse mechs would make even more mechs viable.

As part of that what do you guys think are the worst mechs in the game. Mechs that really need help?

In the past PGI have shown that they are unwilling to do what's necessary to bring weaker mechs in line. Things have improved recently but I'm not holding my breath.

[Antares102]

Warhawk anybody?
With its bad weapon slot positions, fragility, lots of fixed equipment and bad hit boxes it also needs something to work with.

[jaxjace]

Antares102, on 22 December 2015 - 04:11 AM, said:

Warhawk anybody?
With its bad weapon slot positions, fragility, lots of fixed equipment and bad hit boxes it also needs something to work with.

PLEASE give my warhawk some ******* structure quirks already. NOT MUCH not blackjack levels but give me a handful man


also we need to think about going back and looking at the initial quirks for the holy original TBR SCR DWF

[Prof RJ Gumby]

norus, on 22 December 2015 - 03:25 AM, said:

trebuchet, vindicator, kintaro, ice ferret, mist lynx, orion, summoner, victor. Possibly catapult, although I feel it's in a better spot than these others. Too lazy to look through them more.

Trebuchet isn't that bad, but I wouldn't mind some buffs. Ice ferret works fine if played like a big light. It can do what other lights do, plus it usually wins duels with them. When lights piss me off, I jump in a spl ferret and go hunting

I would LOVE to FINALLY see some machinegun and flamer buffs though.

Edited by Prof RJ Gumby, 22 December 2015 - 05:14 AM.

[Rumble Chicken]

Dragon = dra Gone
With its size " wider than a KING CRAB" to armor ratio to hit box ratio per size / "death holes" and reduced maneuverability quirks, and btw that is what was a help to the Dragon a slight ability to maneuver. Let alone is non ability to traverse terrain as it once was...
Reduced module slots on Hero Drags "way back" and...
... and apparently its weakness to miss an ecm tweaker or plain jane , Drag being loaded any combinations with BAP or CCONS and every combo +/- of Deprivation or seismic and I stress with or without ..
the most lousy AMS system in the whole inner sphere... "breath stupid breath...
Did I mention the hate that LRMS have on a Dragon..
In that, a Heat spike from loaded dice...
Common Santa ..

[JohnnyWayne]

I wish the big units would go IS for a CW event and win with 90%, maybe clan op cryers then shut up and clans might get a chance for balance.

[Dawnstealer]

Even as an IS loyalist who's never bought a Clan mech, yeah - the Warhawk needs some help.

[Koruthaiolos]

They can start by bringing the scale of all mechs in line with canon, which I don't know why they didn't from the start. For 15 less tons the Warhawk stands almost as tall and as bulky.

[Quaamik]

Fix all the PPC family (fix hit registry & buff)
Fix Machine Guns (buff)
Fix Flamers (buff)

Look at the single least used / least seen mech from each weight class (both IS and Clan), figure out what makes it bad, and give it buffs that will bring it about on par with the mechs in the middle range of useage.

Then put those 8 out as trials so people will get exposure.

Repeat every 2 months.

[BigBenn]

Seriously... the Victor and Dragon need some serious lovin'.

The Victor needs a resize and the shoulder and arms need to be brought in.

The Dragon has some of the fugliest modeling in all of MWO. That right arm is atrocious and the CT missile visuals... blech!

There are a number of other mechs that have issues with lackluster weaponry and quirks would maybe help them along.

[Aiden Skye]

I would like to se clan mechs balanced against each other. Most clan mechs outside of tier 1 have some pretty damning traits.