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[William Pryde]

If you are in fear of the dreaded LRM rain, try these two tips to increase your survivability!

Thanks to the wonderful Pot of Gold event, an influx of C-Bills to our accounts on Tuesday should provide most of us with the needed funds to purchase that much loved, most useful module called Radar Deprivation. Buy and equip yours on Tuesday to combat the supposed incoming Archer-induced LRM storm!

Oh, and UAVs are killer. Watch the skies!

[veedubfreak]

I fully admit to being bad at aiming, but at least I still have the ability to listen and follow directions and keep my positioning. Some of the people that roll lrms are complete window lickers.

[occusoj]

Great, they are easy targets. Just walk in their faces and watch them panic. Or snipe them with direct fire weapons from good cover.

Maps like polar probably wont be the best ones to drop on though.

[FupDup]

The proper name is Radar Derp.

[Col Jaime Wolf]

seismic is a better module to buy. you only need 1-2 radar deps anyway and you wont be using them very much against organized groups where as seismic pays you back in spades all day long.

[FupDup]

Col Jaime Wolf, on 11 March 2016 - 10:36 AM, said:

seismic is a better module to buy. you only need 1-2 radar deps anyway and you wont be using them very much against organized groups where as seismic pays you back in spades all day long.

I combine both Radar Derp and Seismic Wallhack on every mech I own.

[Lostdragon]

FupDup, on 11 March 2016 - 10:39 AM, said:

I combine both Radar Derp and Seismic Wallhack on every mech I own.

That's my standard mech module loadout. On ECM mechs I might use Target Info Gathering instead of RD.

[Chuck Jager]

Col Jaime Wolf, on 11 March 2016 - 10:36 AM, said:

seismic is a better module to buy. you only need 1-2 radar deps anyway and you wont be using them very much against organized groups where as seismic pays you back in spades all day long.

Most of the time yes,

ON EVENT WEEKENDS OR NEW MECH DAYS
the rain falls hard and Derp plus AMS with overload module can make it real bad for the other team. Even though I am at T2 I still see folks that will hide at the back of the map instead of cover hopping towards the fat kids throwing snot balls from 2 squares away.

Seismic and Derp are better than many 6mill mechs

[Felicitatem Parco]

veedubfreak, on 11 March 2016 - 10:16 AM, said:

I'm just going to take a few weeks off come Tuesday. As if there aren't already enough mouth breathing ******* doing nothing but boating LRMs, the Archer is going to cause it to go Full ****** on lrms.

Heh, tard is censored.

So, you admit that LRMs are fearsome enough to drive you away from.the game?

LRMs are OP, apparently.

[Narcissistic Martyr]

William Pryde, on 11 March 2016 - 10:14 AM, said:

If you are in fear of the dreaded LRM rain, try these two tips to increase your survivability!

Thanks to the wonderful Pot of Gold event, an influx of C-Bills to our accounts on Tuesday should provide most of us with the needed funds to purchase that much loved, most useful module called Radar Deprivation. Buy and equip yours on Tuesday to combat the supposed incoming Archer-induced LRM storm!

Oh, and UAVs are killer. Watch the skies!

Yeah... my Jenner IIC is getting me mad bank this week. Still, I don't tend to use radar derp on my lights. I like people knowing which direction I was going so I can lead them into my little trap.

[WrathOfDeadguy]

Anything that can reach 80kph+ should have little to fear from LRMs even without modules. You should never be far enough from cover that you can't break a lock before taking major damage; if you are, then the module wouldn't have saved you anyway, or you've been surrounded and it's a minor miracle that you've survived the direct fire long enough to get LRMed to death. Radar Dep is nice to have, but it isn't a necessity.

PSA: It is just as easy to break locks on Polar as it is on any other map. Possibly easier, because the ranges tend to be longer and you therefore have more time to break contact and evade before the missiles arrive- drive into a trench and make a sharp turn; problem solved. The only time you need to soil yourself is when you get NARCed... then you're pretty much boned. Still, LRMs being almost mediocre if and only if you're spending too much time in the open on one map out of the entire lineup is hardly a reason to ragequit. Just imagine if the weapon system was actually viable on every map.

[Aresye]

Col Jaime Wolf, on 11 March 2016 - 10:36 AM, said:

seismic is a better module to buy. you only need 1-2 radar deps anyway and you wont be using them very much against organized groups where as seismic pays you back in spades all day long.

I'd argue radar dep is just as important against organized groups as seismic.

It's benefits extend far beyond just merely breaking LRM locks.

[Triordinant]

FupDup, on 11 March 2016 - 10:30 AM, said:

The proper name is Radar Derp.

LOL, Rader Dep. Related to Johnny Dep?

[FupDup]

Triordinant, on 11 March 2016 - 11:43 AM, said:

LOL, Rader Dep. Related to Johnny Dep?

It's Derp, not Dep. Get it right!

[Triordinant]

FupDup, on 11 March 2016 - 11:44 AM, said:

It's Derp, not Dep. Get it right!

...and don't forget it's Radar, not Rader.

[Trauglodyte]

OR you could just not drive like an idiot and laugh your way to the bank as you watch swarms of LRMs hit absolutely nothing. That's what I do. The only time that LRMs are ever a problem is when I make a mistake on an LRM friendly map and I put myself between multiple LRM users that have the brains the gods gave goats so that they stagger their positioning.

[demoyn]

veedubfreak, on 11 March 2016 - 10:28 AM, said:

I fully admit to being bad at aiming, but at least I still have the ability to listen and follow directions and keep my positioning. Some of the people that roll lrms are complete window lickers.

Some?

[demoyn]

Prosperity Park, on 11 March 2016 - 10:45 AM, said:

So, you admit that LRMs are fearsome enough to drive you away from.the game?

LRMs are OP, apparently.

People that get driven away from the game due to LRMs aren't doing because the enemy is using them; they're doing because THEIR team is using them. So yes... LRMs ARE OP... to the enemy who gets a free win.

[Eider]

Radar derp is a must in this game. As for the lrm argument i will just say this. Everyone tries to say lrms are not good.. event comes around.. everyone using lrms.