ReemusX, on 24 March 2016 - 10:59 PM, said:
That Archer hotfix has made quite a difference in survivability. Been able to take quite a beating and practically missing everything before I drop. First image I was still running around at 11% total health trying to get targets and attention on me since weapons were gone.
On the other side of it... Been running head on into other SRM Archers and those fights have ended up a lot longer. All in all, I don't feel like I pop nearly as fast even when I am twisting like a madman to spread damage.
Dropping the XL engines was also a must when I first got the Archer.... those torsos were gone so fast. Now it feels a lot more like I was expecting. However, still shocked that the 5W 9 missile only variant didn't get any missile heat quirks....
Yup. Night and day. Sure, some Spread love would have been nice for the larger launchers, which are still far from optimal, but it is what it is.
As for the heat quirks for the 5W? Make perfect sense not to, to me. Already see plenty of lame SplatBoats and such, boating all of one size launcher. WOuld see a heck of a lot more of it if it had any noteworthy heat quirks.
As it is now, it works pretty spectacularly running a 5x5/4x4 build (5x LRM5/4x SRM4) which allows it some nice balanced combat at all ranges, and a pretty mean spot if you can catch someone about 200m off.
Tempy still moves like a Pig, but just means one milks the ECM and Terrain.
Not realyl a fan of XLs in them still, but it's not the ultra glass cannon it was before with them. Still. You get in a drop against some good tier 1s, they'll pop a torso pretty fast if you slip up.
Haven't found the happy spot yet on the 5S and 2R, but am totally loving my Tempest and 5Wolfy now. Still might play with Tempy just to come up with some "different" feeling builds, as I truly hate it if my variants start feeling "samey".
QuantumButler, on 24 March 2016 - 11:16 PM, said:
I still don't think the Archer is very good, but it can at least take a beating now.
Disclaimer: this is just from shooting a bunch of Archers today, do not own any.
I can definitely think if mechs I would use first for a splat boat. Preferably ones without bunny ears. Still, the only real knock I have on the ARC now is just the overall lameness of large LRM racks, themselves. Still juggling whether to use 3x LRM10s or 2x LRM15 on my 2R. My Spare 2R might be splatter just for giggles, since I can fit a 340 std in it, lol.