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[Alienized]

i kinda remain with my -3R and its dual ppc/dual UAC5 loadout.
its a pretty deadly midrange hammer if you can use the PPC well and i absolutely love that weapon.
4 1/2 tons of ammo is plenty for the uac5's and combined with the ppc's you got good alpha, sustained damage and you can just peekaboo.

[Calvyr]

I don't know if I have a real preference, but each of my Marauders has a little different flavour. I run them all pretty much as short to mid range brawlers. I suppose, if I had to rank them in order, it would be:

MAD-5M - 2xLB10s + 4xMLs, STD300
MAD-5D - 5xMPLs + 2xASRM6s, STD300
MAD-3R - 2xUAC/5s + 4xMPLs, STD300

The 5M very slightly edges out the other two, just because I love LBXs. I prefer the 5M and 5D to the 3R mostly for the JJs, but there's very little difference in the amount that I like all the variants. They're all a lot of fun to run and I usually have a great match with any Marauder, barring any really stupid decisions that I make.

Edited by Calvyr, 29 June 2016 - 08:21 AM.

[Tordin]

TercieI, on 27 June 2016 - 06:39 PM, said:

I wanted to love that BH2 build but just too many matches I found it wasn't useful range-wise.

And why not make your 3R asymmetric?

The bounty hunter can be quite deadly. Without those lower arm acutators, lasers can be better handled. I use pulse lasers as far as I know and a AC 20 for some extra "kapow!"

[TercieI]

Tordin, on 29 June 2016 - 08:47 AM, said:

The bounty hunter can be quite deadly. Without those lower arm acutators, lasers can be better handled. I use pulse lasers as far as I know and a AC 20 for some extra "kapow!"

Oh, for sure. I had some great matches in it, it just was the wrong range bracket too often for most PUGs considering its speed. I swapped it to laser vomit and while less characterful and fun, allowed me to contribute a lot more a lot more consistently.

[Void Angel]

The primary difference in your build and mine is the substitution of AMS, not asymmetry. Once you've accounted for that, there's no heat difference and that 1.5 tons of armor swapped into engine size gives you a whole 2.3kph speed boost, at the cost of stripping armor from your legs.

That and eliminating the Marauder's rather narrow arm convergence (at the range the build intends to use those PPCs) is balanced against the benefits of flexibility and ergonomic weapon groups. The difference, if any, is minor.

[Sonork]

Calvyr, on 29 June 2016 - 08:15 AM, said:

MAD-5M - 2xLB10s + 4xMLs, STD300
MAD-5D - 5xMPLs + 2xASRM6s, STD300
MAD-3R - 2xUAC/5s + 4xMPLs, STD300

Pretty much the 3 I run. Each are different enough and fun to play.