JC Daxion, on 29 February 2016 - 11:40 AM, said:
I missed the part where i said anything about them not having fun.. I will tell you one thing.. Listening to people preach about why LRM's are deficient in game is NOT fun, which in the OP's post he says.. Tell everyone you meet.. Ya, fun times..
We all know LRM's spread damage, i also know, that many people don't have good aim, so hitting, verse missing is always better. I also know that those players that play in the lower levels, can do well with them. But i'm not going to debate this. I just know, telling people how to run their mechs in a match is Not fun, outside of perhaps a little friendly advice for obvious things.. like shooting out of range, or under range, or other obvious new player mistakes..
It's not JUST about them spreading damage.
Sandblasting the dirt off the enemy mech if you hit at all
Cover
Radar Derp
ECM
Massed AMS
Relying on others to get locks
Being a free kill if/when someone flanks the team and finds you
Expecting others to spend 40k cbills for a UAV
Delayed damage
Not sharing the armor load with the rest of the team
I can go on and on. What it comes down to is that most maps are not LRM friendly. If there were maps that had an effect that made lasers do zero damage, and 90% of all maps had that effect.......I'd be saying the same thing about lasers.