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[Akira Shindeiru]

I am really bad with this mech, too. Dunno why tho.
I wanted to run it completely stock but I ended up removing the mgs because 2 of them feel so bad and I got er peps and my highest damage output was 550ish yet.
But I only have 6 matches or so yet, so we will see...
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...ceb8e74605848b7

[Thunder Child]

Lugh, on 21 January 2016 - 12:49 PM, said:

4 clan srm 6, 4-6 cspl profit.

Tried it. It sploded real good to a Hunchback. I can be in cover, moving towards the front lines, then suddenly blam! Side torso is gone from god knows what.
My Timbers just don't like me.

[Dagorlad13]

Thunder Child, on 21 January 2016 - 05:48 PM, said:

Tried it. It sploded real good to a Hunchback. I can be in cover, moving towards the front lines, then suddenly blam! Side torso is gone from god knows what.
My Timbers just don't like me.

The problem with Timber Wolves is that the missile pods are attached to the torsos rather than the arms (like the Catapult), so it is pretty easy to hit the torsos if you have missiles. Most good Timber pilots use laser-vomit builds because of the lower profile.

[Bishop Steiner]

IronClaws, on 21 January 2016 - 06:28 PM, said:

The problem with Timber Wolves is that the missile pods are attached to the torsos rather than the arms (like the Catapult), so it is pretty easy to hit the torsos if you have missiles. Most good Timber pilots use laser-vomit builds because of the lower profile.

my favorite is 4xSRM4, 2xERPPC.... but I don't exactly claim to be a GOOD timby jock, lol....

[Bishop Steiner]

huh...well, went with the UAC5 nipples someone suggested...still pPCs in arms...280xl...has been working pretty well.

[Chados]

The 3R Marauder. Man...I want to do well in it but I insist on PPCs, MLs, and a UAC5....

[Y E O N N E]

Chados, on 21 January 2016 - 07:39 PM, said:

The 3R Marauder. Man...I want to do well in it but I insist on PPCs, MLs, and a UAC5....

So do I, though I go MPL.

It breaks faces and is generally awesome. Marauders for me are exactly the opposite of what this thread is about. I've never had a 'Mech click with me so fast. Not even my cherished Locusts.

[ShinobiHunter]

Stalkers have always given me trouble. I know they are supposed to be super tanky and have lots of firepower, but I can't seem to get them to work for me. They run to hot and just dissolve when someone focuses me. And if a light shows up, you can hang it up. Shows over folks.

[Bishop Steiner]

Yeonne Greene, on 21 January 2016 - 07:41 PM, said:

So do I, though I go MPL.

It breaks faces and is generally awesome. Marauders for me are exactly the opposite of what this thread is about. I've never had a 'Mech click with me so fast. Not even my cherished Locusts.

Chados, on 21 January 2016 - 07:39 PM, said:

The 3R Marauder. Man...I want to do well in it but I insist on PPCs, MLs, and a UAC5....

I love the Superstock MAD-3R
BUT...if it gets pressed hard, it simply can't dole out enough DPS, especially if you get Light because it just runs too hot with ERPPC but you get screwed with that dead zone with normal ppcs.

If the battle stays drawn out, it's solid though.

[Y E O N N E]

On that note, Bishop, I haven't really played enough since our last chat on the subject, so no video yet. I'm just so burned out right now that playing has become work, and I already have a job. :x

[Lupis Volk]

Mauler, Vindicator, Enforcer, Thunderbolts...generally anything heavy and that isn't fast.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Chados, on 21 January 2016 - 07:39 PM, said:

The 3R Marauder. Man...I want to do well in it but I insist on PPCs, MLs, and a UAC5....

Ultra 5s are just one of those weapons that seem to let you down (jam) when you need it the most. I run this in one of my MAD-3Rs
http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=345&l=2501ac031875d395b00177c8dde8c65cc055972b
It maintains the PPCs and it is good ranged fire.

This of course is my favorite MAD-3R build...
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...b37b862dafd89b2
But sadly no PPCs

[Karl Streiger]

well the main problem is - I want to keep it as original as possible
(for example i can't drop the Machine Guns on my 6R -
WHM-6R

I know we don't have Infantry, a single SRM is senseless, the PPC is unreliable *) and 5 TICS(MG,MLAS,LPPC,RPPC,SRM)+ Alpha won't increase its performance - i can't change it.

Worse enough that i failed my Zeus in running it with 3 LPL and a LBX - but i won't violate the WHM nor the MAD nor the Archer


*) during a test with the WHM-6D (large laser and a ppc in each arm) i had the strange feeling that the laser was able to hit a target when the PPC did not as well as the PPC was not able to clear an obstacle while the laser also hit the target.... i know they have different locations on the arm, but i wouln't expect that the difference is that huge.

Maybe have to test it with torso weapons like the Battlemaster

Edited by Karl Streiger, 22 January 2016 - 03:22 AM.

[Radbane]

Weapons in those low-hung arm-hardpoints should have a small damage buff quirk to promote the arms being used for weapons...


My alltime favourite Mech I had big hopes for, but that I suck in though it's commonly called op?
The Timberwolf o.O

Yup, I do bad in it. To be honest I do bad in most Clanmechs, and MWO is the first game where I rather go for IS mechs.

[Steinar Bergstol]

Atlases. I want to do well in them, I really do, but they feel so sluggish and unresponsive, even compared to King Crabs which I like and do well in. Hell, even with upgraded engines the Atlas _feels_ slower and more like wading through molasses than anything else to me, and as a result I do horribly in them. And then I see good Atlas pilots unleash unholy terror on the opposing team and I conclude that yeah, the problem isn't the mech. The problem is me.

[STEF_]

Bishop Steiner, on 21 January 2016 - 11:33 AM, said:

sad panda stuff

I'm very sad in reading this Bish.

I very like my Whammies. I don't have the MAD so untill now I can say it's the best IS heavy.
Enough tanky, enough speed even with STD, good torso hardpoints, good number of hardpoints
Yes, I tried ppc in the arms, but..... since ppc is a long range, it's better to peek using highmounted one.
Anyway those arm hardpoints are very usefull in brawl situation.


aaaaaaaaaaaaand now it's my sad panda turn: the Victor.
After years, still haven't figured out that thing......
And I'm a brawler.....

[-Vompo-]

King crab and any light... Well I guess I don't love them but I don't dislike them. There are few others like Victors but with that mech it is more the mech than me sadly.

Actually I do love the locust but I very rarely do anything worthwhile with them so I guess that it my final answer.

[patataman]

Oh, you guys are going to laugh at me so hard... firestarters and thunderbolts.

The FS, it's good on paper, it's "meta", everyone loves them... well, it's taking me ages to master them. Seriously, i die horribly any time i play with them, lots of sub 100 damage matches and early deaths... a bloody disaster. Last match, half an hour ago, 25 dmg before exploding. Fortunately, i had some exp from scouting and finally mastered the S variant, empty mech bays: +1, switching to the K (last one! the nightmare is almost over!). Mastering the 4 commandos, or 7 locusts was far far far easier for me.

The thunderbolt is the only IS heavy i was unable to master. Basically same story as the FS. At one point, i had all the variants, from the phoenix pack and a free one from an event. I managed somehow to get the basic efficiencies for 2, before selling all of them but the phoenix variant. It was pre-quirks, and i should try again... but the love turned into intense hate... i'm not touching them again lol

The funny thing is, i can do well in crappy mechs like vindies or panthers . I can get several kills, contribute to the team, stay alive, etc... but i can't make these two "meta" mechs work for me.

[Templar Dane]

The EBJ. Bought it so I could pretend it's a bushwacker. It's shape makes it so easy to hit CT from every angle.......

edit

Oh god how can I forget the vulture? It wasn't spectacular anywhere else, but in this game it feels even worse. I can get more done in a medium mech.

Edited by lordtzar, 22 January 2016 - 06:47 AM.

[Bishop Steiner]

MeiSooHaityu, on 22 January 2016 - 03:07 AM, said:

Ultra 5s are just one of those weapons that seem to let you down (jam) when you need it the most. I run this in one of my MAD-3Rs
http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=345&l=2501ac031875d395b00177c8dde8c65cc055972b
It maintains the PPCs and it is good ranged fire.

This of course is my favorite MAD-3R build...
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...b37b862dafd89b2
But sadly no PPCs

I brawl too much to like Gauss, especially in my torso. And I'm that weird person that get's WAY better results with UACs than std 5s.

lordtzar, on 22 January 2016 - 06:46 AM, said:

The EBJ. Bought it so I could pretend it's a bushwacker. It's shape makes it so easy to hit CT from every angle.......

which is exactly what'll probably happen to the Bushwacker, too, sadly...sans the immortal C-XL engine, and amazing hardpoints.....