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[MrMadguy]

Also I have earned about 7.5M CB during this event. And actually had fun in this game. Why can't I play such a way every day? Why playing LRM boat - is the only way to have fun it this game? Something really terribly wrong with this game...

[Lyoto Machida]

habu86, on 15 January 2016 - 04:51 AM, said:

All events start out as LRMaggedons, before people wise up that.

Lol...no they don't.

[Felicitatem Parco]

I have been doing fine in all Mechs so far, and have seen no sudden explosion in LRM usage.

I, personally, will run with LRMs if I want a change of pace. But my emphasis is on "Run." I do quite well in my Founder's Catapukt with XL300, TAG, 2 LRM15 and 3 ML. Haven't died yet this weekend in that build, but have plenty of points from my aggressive front-line LRM Boating. LRMs work great up close when the firing line has cover between me and the enemy, as any brawling teammate of mine with a target lock gets instant support.

LRMs are tricky to use well, and give a good feeling of satisfaction when they generate good results. However, this "no-skill weapon" requires skill to use effectively against decent opponents.

[Lightfoot]

Nah, my LRM kills are always stolen from me by somebody with a couple of medium lasers. I'll lay off and do the most damage, get the mech cored by taking direct fire from it and somebody shoots a laser at it and gets the kill credit even when I simultaneously hit with 40 LRM missiles. It's the reverse of what you think. Anybody can score the killing blow, but that is highly unlikely to be from an LRM salvo.

[wanderer]

You don't have to get the killshot for the challenge. You have to have the 'Mech killed, period while having inflicted the most damage on the target.

I've had people laser poke a target I dumped ammo on exclusively. It dies, I get the assist + KMDD bonus and the challenge point.

LRMs are generally lousy for kill efficiency but excellent for bludgeoning something.

[DivineEvil]

4xALRM15 + 12t LRM ammo, nuff said.

Everyone knows LRMs and SRMs are all about raw bulk damage. I rarely every run LRMs, so I thought why the f*** not?

[Mcgral18]

MrMadguy, on 15 January 2016 - 07:26 AM, said:

I'm done. 31 match and event is over for me.

10 matches in, 24 KMDDs.

Not a single LRM

MrMadguy, on 15 January 2016 - 07:49 AM, said:

Also I have earned about 7.5M CB during this event. And actually had fun in this game. Why can't I play such a way every day? Why playing LRM boat - is the only way to have fun it this game? Something really terribly wrong with this game...

I don't know about you, but staring at a Red, shooting at a Dorito, and not being able to damage him because he isn't incompetent?

******* annoying.
Direct fire plz, it actually gets results.

Hunch poptart is pretty fun.

[cSand]

MrMadguy, on 15 January 2016 - 07:49 AM, said:

Also I have earned about 7.5M CB during this event. And actually had fun in this game. Why can't I play such a way every day? Why playing LRM boat - is the only way to have fun it this game? Something really terribly wrong with this game...

maybe you can complain them to death

Edited by cSand, 15 January 2016 - 09:56 AM.

[Lorian Sunrider]

Eh, I was running my Firebrand for the tail end of last night if memory serves, with Dual AC 10's and 4 ML. Wasn't having that hard a time getting KMD once I started running that.

Think I got 8 KMD in my first ten matches where I was playing with my Marauder's and Stormcrows (eliting my last few variants) and then I switched over to the Firebrand for 4-5 matches and got 9.

Different playstyles, different results. With my Stormcrows and my Marauders its all about the pinpoint on the CT. With my Firebrand it was using the high mounted dual AC 10's to blast them as much as possible.

Edited by Lorian Sunrider, 15 January 2016 - 10:51 AM.

[Big Tin Man]

Was getting screwed at the beginning of the challenge in the 4xuac5 king crab. Was laying down 600+ damage/match over and over, but I was getting focused and killed because my team was sniper/lurm heavy. I was usually one of the first on my side to go down and due to the bug in the scoring not counting KMDD after death, I've been shorted probably 10-15 points after 20 matches. Also got screwed in a couple awful pug 12-3 stomps.

Currently at 18 points after 20 pug matches, should be around 30 points :/

[ScoutMaster]

You know what really grinds my gears? LRM boats that don't use the target decay module. It's a must.

[MrMadguy]

Also, it looks like scoring system was bugged, so about 1/3 of my matches haven't been counted. I remember only 2-3 matches (as I was playing only one 'Mech - I was always watching every game till the end), when I got 0 KMDD due to stupid NASCAR teams, but event page shows, that I got 0 KMDD in 11 matches. 31 - 11 + 3 = it should have taken 23 matches to complete this event.

[Rorvik]

Kilo 40, on 15 January 2016 - 02:10 AM, said:

and when an event requires kills, everyone comes out of the woodwork to complain how LRMs are kill stealers.

Well, they can be. The thing is, in this event, it doesn't matter if your LRMs kill the Mech or not, just that you do more than, what, 50% of the damage?

Bottom line, every time PGI does an event that says, "**** teamwork, get points for being selfish", half the playerbase show up in LRM boats and the entire game revolves around hiding in cover because, god forbid you try to brawl * Warning: Incoming Missiles* oh **** it.