Repasy, on 22 February 2016 - 04:14 AM, said:
It takes discipline. That's all, not really rocket science.
Maybe if the MLX runs straight at you or does the typical nascar circle around one enemy assault. The MLX takes discipline, you have to choose your battles wisely. It's not a frontman, it's the janitor that cleans up the mess left in the wake of a Dire Wolf and the like. Your laser config works too, it's just playing a different style from the stock loadout.
The other two examples were weak. Switching the orientation of two weapons on a mech is up to personal taste and does not affect the damage/heat output in the slightest.
While personal taste does play a role, weapon placement does make a build objectively better.
Here's a 3 common situations:
1) Team push, with weapons on both arms you either fire separately or risk painting you buddies back red with that laser
2) Peek a boom - you are forced either to do half you damage or expose all torso - worse case is that you can get dropped instantly, because you exposed your fulll torso, while with weapons in 1 arm you'd lose a single side torso
3) Brawl - losing 1 side torso cuts your damage in half
^ In all cases the stock build is clearly inferior and drastically at that.
Widowmaker1981, on 22 February 2016 - 04:19 AM, said:
Why are you going on about stock mechs? Who cares? All stock mechs in this game are terrible, largely because they were designed for a different game where things like different weapon firing profiles and individual weapon locations didnt matter at all, the heat system was FAR less punishing (because rates of fire were much lower), ammo required was much lower (again, due to rates of fire), etc.
If you don't want your face kicked in, customise your mech. I don't see what thats got to do with Clan/IS balance.
Because that guy made his argument about stocks
His claim - IS and Clan is balanced, because him playing stock clan mechs results in even matches
My claim - he is having even matches even with gimped stock builds, that in itself is proof that clan tech is better
The rest were examples from his and from my side