Howto Do Well In Gargoyle?
#1
Posted 09 January 2016 - 01:23 PM
it feels like i die quicker than in my stormcrow with the same build.
so far i played mostly lights and mediums and cant really get used to that gargoyle to do well in any game.
some tips for it could help me
#2
Posted 09 January 2016 - 01:27 PM
The Gargoyle is a kind of terrible mech. It's got it's fans, but ultimately, it's a very large mech with no more firepower than many mediums. It just makes it a target.
Poor Gargles.
#3
Posted 09 January 2016 - 01:31 PM
#4
Posted 09 January 2016 - 01:34 PM
p4ul, on 09 January 2016 - 01:23 PM, said:
it feels like i die quicker than in my stormcrow with the same build.
so far i played mostly lights and mediums and cant really get used to that gargoyle to do well in any game.
some tips for it could help me
This, admittedly, is a tall order. Being one of the canonically tallest mechs in BattleTech, they naturally gave it a larger than life stature which didn't help it. (It's 14-ish meters canonically, but this Gargoyle is definitely much taller as the Centurion is 14.6 meters in MWO [not BT] and in MWO the Gargoyle towers over it by a landslide).
....Pun aside.
This Omnimech is designed to hunt down lighter targets with its high speed. You're using a short range medium-class laser, which probably helps the hit-and-run but that's about it. Some long range weapons like ER Large Lasers should do wonders, provided you keep moving while shooting as a long range harassment mech, the high speed + range would make you fairly hard to hit. Alternatively lighter ballistics and Streak-6s will help you hunt down pests.
All in all, I haven't truly found a niche for this but if you can manage twin LPLs + Streak 6 and uh... I guess machine gun or UAC/5... that'd be about the best thing I can possibly think of.
#5
Posted 09 January 2016 - 01:55 PM
NRP, on 09 January 2016 - 01:31 PM, said:
#6
Posted 09 January 2016 - 02:12 PM
#7
Posted 09 January 2016 - 03:51 PM
#8
Posted 09 January 2016 - 04:14 PM
John1352, on 09 January 2016 - 03:51 PM, said:
ye making use of the very fast torso yaw is one thing it is strong in.
#9
Posted 09 January 2016 - 04:17 PM
It suffers from all the issues K mentioned plus it has low mounted weapons - often a death sentence in this game. Before the clan laser nerf it could (somewhat) overcome its shortcomings being an energy boat, but it's much harder now.
I'd recommend giving it a midrange, energy build, with an alpha in the range of 45 - 60. Play it like a heavy. Don't try to tank damage, but use your maneuverability to unload the hurt once the fight is engaged.
Edited by Khereg, 09 January 2016 - 04:27 PM.
#10
Posted 09 January 2016 - 04:38 PM
You want range, like medium lasers or Uac5s, then yeah, this may not be the mech for you, but, If you wanna brawl inna folk there's nothing as fast, or as heavily armoured. Sure the tonnage is a bit light, but that just means you gotta go with the close range weaponry to take advantage of their heat/damage ratio.
~Leone.
Edited by Leone, 09 January 2016 - 05:47 PM.
#11
Posted 12 January 2016 - 05:13 AM
but still it feels not very reliable in alot of matches.
#12
Posted 12 January 2016 - 11:20 AM
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