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[TexAce]

Hi,

working on some statistics, but since I can't make a bloody vote here in the forum, I'll have to ask "by hand".

Question is: How many of your IS mechs use XL engines?

Just answer with a percentage like 40% or in this format "15/24" (means 15 out of my 24 IS mechs use XLs).

Please, only answer to the poll if you have equipped all your mechs the way you want to.
This is to prevent people from answering which are yet new to the game or can't yet afford to equip all the desired mechs with XLs, since this would skew the poll.

Thanks!

PS: You can also send it to me via PM if you want.

Edited by TexAce, 15 March 2016 - 07:40 AM.

[Metus regem]

My lights are at 6/9 for XL
My Mediums are at 5/9 for XL
My heavies are at 3/12 for XL
My Assualts are at 3/11 for XL

[Lugh]

Metus regem, on 15 March 2016 - 07:15 AM, said:

My lights are at 6/9 for XL
My Mediums are at 5/9 for XL
My heavies are at 3/12 for XL
My Assualts are at 3/11 for XL

My numbers are similar but closer to 9/9 for XL on Lights. There are two I vacillate on...

[Metus regem]

Lugh, on 15 March 2016 - 07:26 AM, said:

My numbers are similar but closer to 9/9 for XL on Lights. There are two I vacillate on...

It's my Urbanmechs, I keep them stock for LOLz... That's what brings me down to 6/9 on lights. Everything else, it depends on the Mech...

[Quicksilver Aberration]

Lights: 39/39
Mediums: 53/60
Heavies: 33/40
Assaults: 18.5/39 (.5 because on the Zeus' I can't make up my mind whether I like XLs or not).

I would run more IS assaults with XL if I could fit more ACs and an XL in the torso.

Edited by Quicksilver Kalasa, 15 March 2016 - 07:33 AM.

[Wintersdark]

TexAce, on 15 March 2016 - 07:10 AM, said:

Hi,

working on some statistics, but since I can't make a bloody vote here in the forum, I'll have to ask "by hand".

Question is: How many of your IS mechs use XL engines?

Just answer with a percentage like 40% or in this format "15/24" (means 15 out of my 24 IS mechs use XLs).

Please, only answer to the poll if you have equipped all your mechs the way you want to.
This is to prevent people from answering which are yet new to the game or can't yet afford to equip all the desired mechs with XLs, since this would skew the poll.

Thanks!

PS: You can also send it to me via PM if you want.

Well, I've got a hell of a lot of mechs, however:

100% of lights. All my lights have XL's.
~50% of mediums - Varies a lot. Mediums I want to be particularly fast have XL's, others don't. Pretty even mix, and always directly as a result of tradeoffs for loadout vs. staying power.
~80% of heavies - Almost all my heavies have XL engines. Firepower trumps durability in the solo queue; get a couple early kills and the match is yours, even if you're certain to die.
~10% of assaults - very few. A couple super-speedy assaults, but almost all my assaults pack standard engines.

[mogs01gt]

TexAce, on 15 March 2016 - 07:10 AM, said:

Hi,
working on some statistics, but since I can't make a bloody vote here in the forum, I'll have to ask "by hand".Question is: How many of your IS mechs use XL engines?
Just answer with a percentage like 40% or in this format "15/24" (means 15 out of my 24 IS mechs use XLs).
Please, only answer to the poll if you have equipped all your mechs the way you want to.
This is to prevent people from answering which are yet new to the game or can't yet afford to equip all the desired mechs with XLs, since this would skew the poll.
Thanks!
PS: You can also send it to me via PM if you want.

11 out of 12. I may missing a few but all of them run an XL except for the Stalker.

[Wintersdark]

Quicksilver Kalasa, on 15 March 2016 - 07:32 AM, said:

I would run more IS assaults with XL if I could fit more ACs and an XL in the torso.

Yeah, there's this too: I'd run more IS assaults with XL's if that didn't break loadouts for space concerns. My Banshee 3E for example? If I could run 3 AC5+XL, damn rights I would.

[Metus regem]

Wintersdark, on 15 March 2016 - 07:48 AM, said:

Well, I've got a hell of a lot of mechs, however:

100% of lights. All my lights have XL's.
~50% of mediums - Varies a lot. Mediums I want to be particularly fast have XL's, others don't. Pretty even mix, and always directly as a result of tradeoffs for loadout vs. staying power.
~80% of heavies - Almost all my heavies have XL engines. Firepower trumps durability in the solo queue; get a couple early kills and the match is yours, even if you're certain to die.
~10% of assaults - very few. A couple super-speedy assaults, but almost all my assaults pack standard engines.

I have a very amusing Battlemaster I run, it tanks on fire power, but gets a lot of strange looks when it doesn't die on ST loss.

BLR-1G

Yes I know it's bad, but it's funny when they turn away from you after blowing off a ST, only to get shot in the back side again.

[TexAce]

Metus regem, on 15 March 2016 - 07:56 AM, said:

I have a very amusing Battlemaster I run, it tanks on fire power, but gets a lot of strange looks when it doesn't die on ST loss.

BLR-1G

Yes I know it's bad, but it's funny when they turn away from you after blowing off a ST, only to get shot in the back side again.

lol
taking away an assault slot for this abomination...why? You can do this much better with a black knight or a rifleman....? Faster, more agile, more DPS and DPH. Just because of the 50-100 more armor the assault class provides you?

Edited by TexAce, 15 March 2016 - 08:11 AM.

[Metus regem]

TexAce, on 15 March 2016 - 08:10 AM, said:

lol
taking away an assault slot for this abomination...why? You can do this much better with a black knight or a rifleman....? Faster, more agile, more DPS and DPH. Just because of the 50-100 more armor the assault class provides you?

Amusement, that is what it provides. You would be surprised the amount of times, I have taken the kill, because people assumed it had an XL engine based on the speed it was clipping along at.

[CDLord HHGD]

Following Metus regem's fine format..

My Lights are at 100% for XL
My Mediums are at 30% for XL
My Heavies are at 50% for XL
My Assaults are at <10% for XL

[Rhaythe]

I run mostly lights. I do NOT run XLs in these lights, however:

• Panthers
  
• Wolfhounds
  
• A few Locusts
  
• Spiders
  
• Some Firestarters

Why? Because I run around on the front lines a lot, and I know people target me exclusively for "easy kills". And frak that. Earn it.

[BabyCakes666]

all my lights are XL hands down

but every other is STD engine lights need the speed but medium-assault need to live with parts missing

maby an XL in a med but i haven't tried that yet

[Empyrus]

5/12 of my IS 'Mechs have XL Engine. (This number would be 6/12 if i had my Raven equipped properly but i've never gotten around doing that, i can afford this though.)

Breakdown by class:
1/2 Light (2/2 with Raven), 1/2 Medium, 1/5 Heavy, 2/3 Assaults.


Given the low number of 'Mechs i have, i assume i'm going to be an outlier at least in weight class breakdown.

[sycocys]

Tex - I've got most of the IS mechs including 3/4ths of the heroes and both resistance packs - so some of this is just an estimation.

Lights - 100%
Mediums - 95% (only that don't run ac20)
Heavies - 80% (rough guess, there's only a handful that don't run xl)
Assaults - 60-70% (only ones that don't support max engine and armament with std, or are named Atlas)

Basically I carry the same approach as I did early on in the game - speed = armor = additional DHS = additional DPS. Everything about the game moving towards bare minimum facetime + pulse lasers actually makes running xls more viable if they fit into your mech.

[Gyrok]

Lights: 15/15

Mediums: 18/22

Heavies: 19/22

Assaults: 10/21 (Atlas, BNC-3E, STKs, KGCs all STD engines...)

[Chados]

Out of 22 IS heavies I own, I run XL on: five Dragons, three Catapults (and the Summoner and TBR that have it locked). 8/22 (10/24 including the two Clanners). I run heavies most, and only run XLs on mechs that are all CT. I only own two Clan mechs.

Of my four Assaults, I run XL on three. Two Victors and a Zeus. 3/4. Need the weight more than the survivability.

All my mediums run XL. Three Cicadas and four Wolverines. 7/7. Need the speed at weights under 60 tons.

All four Urbanmechs run STD. 0/4.

Edited by Chados, 15 March 2016 - 03:56 PM.

[ScarecrowES]

IS Lights: 6 of 6 with XL (Raven and Jenner)
IS Mediums: 1 of 4 with XL (Hunchback and Centurion)
IS Heavies: 5 of 7 with XL (Catapult and Jagermech)
IS Assaults: 0 of 3 with XL (Atlas)

[jss78]

- Light: 0/6 (PNT/WLF, which I run as "light mediums", would run XL on virtually any other light mech)
- Medium: 14/24
- Heavy: 3/3 (Jagers)
- Assault: 0/3 (Zeus)