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[Oldbob10025]

Here is the first part of three videos I will make for the Kodiak Bear of the KDK-1,KDK-2 and the KDK-3.. The hit boxes should be fixed, the overall design is sound and liked playing it in the 5 matches I got to play in three hours (the wait time was horrible)...

I never did try a lbx-20 but I like it and the spread is far better than the IS version.. I did find that if you place 6-8 med lasers or pulse lasers you will overheat like mad.. I tried plenty of builds but this one is sound in firepower and overall not going to heat to death....

I give you the Kodiak KDK-1 "The Badger"

Check out in the next couple of days as I will have the KDK-2 and KDK-3 made by sunday I hope if all goes well and time permits...

[Zarock]

Lrms? Just no.

[C E Dwyer]

I'm seeing Kodiak pilots get 1200 damage with these 'broken' hitboxes

[ImperialKnight]

GIGA!! DRILLLLL.... BREEEEAAAAKKK!!!!!

[PeeWrinkle]

Zarock, on 22 May 2016 - 05:56 AM, said:

Lrms? Just no.

LRMs must be making a come back. My Kodiaks can't avoid them with there center torso. I think 99% of the missiles hit me in my CT no matter how much I twist. It was so bad I put an AMS on one of them and it helped marginally. I think 90% must have gotten through to my CT.

Odd thing is I run all my Kodiaks with Radar Dep. module too.

Personally I hate using LRMs, never have liked them. Too easy to avoid, but not in the Kodaik. Got so bad I actually made an LRM build with my Spirit Bear. And I have to say LRMs work way better than I remember. Heat - No Problem, Kills - 2-4 per match, Kills most damage - 2 per match (sometimes more), total damage - always above 8.

I can tell you what I won't use on any of my Kodiaks anymore. UACs. Maybe I just have bad luck, but the jam rate on them is just wacked out. I usually don't fire them repeatedly until I am in close range, which is when they should have a jam chance. I jam almost every time on my first shot. I noticed that because I usually delay a second to decrease jam change. So I fire and release, and it seems like 9 out of 10 times it jams at that point. LOL, but not funny.

[Raso]

My KDK-1 uses 8 SPL, 1 LPL and a UAC20. I find it to be useful. At close range it makes short work of things and the heat is manageable.

Now my KDK2..... I don't know what the heck to do with it.

[Moebius Pi]

5 LPL on the KD2 was working well for me with consistency, though no truly show-stopping matches going past the 1200 mark. Mind you I don't always use the Max engine; I've been using 375s and stripped Endo at times for extra crit space on some loadouts to cram in more goodies. 1 Gauss, 2 LPL, 4 ER Meds seems alright on the 2 as well.

The KDK-1 I just found going full ham-fisted "moar firepower!" was the most fun given the lack of quirks and bevy of energy slots. Either a UAC20 or something similar, 4 mpl or 8 spl and 2 SRM 6 with art for an overhwelming "I really should not have rounded that corner" moment as you blast then move to cool down or followup with a smaller volley.

If you hit them once, they're mangled. If you get a chance to followup with 2 out of the 3 weapon groups, they're still hurting or likely outright dead. If I twist so much slower, I figure I may as well make it painful to look at it. Definitely crippled with range but... meh. Sometimes you want to feel like a would-be Atlas-buster for variety (even though it isn't). Really need heat management competence to make that work though.

On the Hitboxes:

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I cranked out over 1600 with the Kodiak (had to screenshot that one, 10 tons of ammo all gone and last mech on team standing, first world problems) in quickplay one match... but I won't remotely pretend that the CT is fine. The CT definitely has issues regardless. I'm not going to mask problems with "it does a lot of damage, it's fine"... nobody wants another Dragon-like problem going on, and it reminds me of how easy it is to isolate the CT on the Highlander IIC despite lacking such a jutting head.

Unless you're at near full 90 degrees twisted, your CT is a super conductor magnet, flat out. The mobility quirks definitely help it out in this regard, but honestly, I'm not finding its "but it has shield arms!"being quite as impact as one would first assume.

Reminds me of the EXE and Blackknight pre-hitbox fixing though more tolerable being the firepower you get to compensate and overall armor values. Just pivoting them in the mechlab you can watch (assuming the opponent can aim) just at what point your CT/Head CT/Groin CT are no longer easily exposed when twisting... it's pretty far before the pot belly/head are shielded well, assuming it doesn't have any model bugs going on (registering rear damage from front shots? Seen that, though nowhere near as bad as on the Orion IIC).

Edited by Moebius Pi, 22 May 2016 - 08:24 AM.

[PeeWrinkle]

Moebius Pi, on 22 May 2016 - 08:20 AM, said:

5 LPL on the KD2 was working well for me with consistency.

I tried a similar build, but I could not get it to work. I was lucky to get off two full weapon rotations before my CT was cored.

A good example is the first match I ran with this. I turned the corner to face another Kodiak. We were one on one. That one was running a dual UAC10 build with ML lasers for backup. I started chain firing (2LPL RA, 2LPL LA, 1LPL CT) I was dead before I got off my 2nd shot with my CT LPL.

The only way I can see this working is if you are able to pick apart enemies focused on someone else and you are not actually taking any fire.

I did try it again, and still had no luck. I have to say that all the Kodiak variant's are actually making me gun shy. They are my most fragile mech with zero ability to spread damage. Sadly, I was most excited about this mech and its possibilities. It thought it would be a game changer. I'd rather take out my Atlas or Direwolf.

It could just be bad luck, but no matter what build I run my CT is pretty much cored by the second hit on my mech. If I run UACs they constantly jam (ironically on any other mech I hardly ever get jams - even on mechs that are not quirked for it). No matter how much I twist, damage goes to the CT.

All I want to do is run an hide in this thing. I have more guts running my mediums, well at least I'd feel safer going face to face with a 100 ton mech in one of my 50 ton mechs that I would in this thing.

Edited by PeeWrinkle, 22 May 2016 - 10:52 AM.

[Steel Raven]

knightsljx, on 22 May 2016 - 06:48 AM, said:

GIGA!! DRILLLLL.... BREEEEAAAAKKK!!!!!

Deal with it!

[ImperialKnight]

Raso, on 22 May 2016 - 08:06 AM, said:

My KDK-1 uses 8 SPL, 1 LPL and a UAC20. I find it to be useful. At close range it makes short work of things and the heat is manageable.

Now my KDK2..... I don't know what the heck to do with it.

MEGAAAA....DRILLLLL BREAAAAAAKK!!!!