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[Hit the Deck]

Didn't even see any of them lately both in QP and FP. Hell, even the other Maulers but I saw a 1R just once in FP.

Have they become too shy now to come out?

Honestly, I have several Maulers (including the MX90) but I feel that I prefer the BLR-2C because it's point and click Wubs is easier to play for FP ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Snowbluff]

I think after the nerf, fewer people would be playing them. However, I never thought it was popular. I found it scarce before the quirk change.

[Vashramire]

I wouldn't mind playing mine but I'm busy with my Phoenix Hawks. I've seen a couple but I think most people who liked that style of play switched over to the Kodiak.

[DovisKhan]

Well they were nerfed and you have the Bear to replace them even if they weren't nerfed, now it's a no brainer


Yeah, balancing team here is pure morons

[meteorol]

KDK-3 is better in the vast majority of situations in solo queue because you can't really control the range of engagement in pug drops. For CW, drop tonnage got reduced a bit a while ago and the top 35t lights were influenced by the rescale. I feel like there are less assaults in CW in general, seems like quite a few people went back to using a deck of mostly heavys. But i played a few games of CW this weekend, and if there were any assaults, there was always atleast one MX90.

Edited by meteorol, 03 July 2016 - 10:43 PM.

[SuomiWarder]

My maulers are so slowwww....especially compared to a Kodiak.

[Black Ivan]

In Solo que KDK-3 Kodiak has replaced the Mauler, for CW it is the reduced drop tonnage and that Heavies are more utalitarian than the assaults in most cases.

[Hit the Deck]

Some said that MX90 and BNC-3M can beat KDK-3 but I don't see the Banshee too often either. Maybe they only exist in elite IS group drops? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Macster16]

The MX90 is still strong, it's just be "obsoleted" by the KDK-3 (along with most other assaults).

[PhoenixFire55]

The king is dead. Long live the king.

Hit the Deck, on 03 July 2016 - 11:29 PM, said:

Some said that MX90 and BNC-3M can beat KDK-3 but I don't see the Banshee too often either. Maybe they only exist in elite IS group drops? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I know with 100% certanty (because we tested it) that pre-nerf MX90 beats the KDK-3 at 600-650m+ ranges. Inside of that range, not. Post nerf MX90 is simply worse than KDK-3. And Banshee is simply a joke in comparison.

There is no reason to use dakka-Mauler compared to KDK-3, coz its much slower, has less armor and lower hardpoints, and coz KDK-3 has enough range for most of your PUG engagements.

[Dogstar]

I like my LRM60 Mauler, but I don't play assaults very much and I'm not so good with the dakka Mauler builds

[Hit the Deck]

PhoenixFire55, on 04 July 2016 - 02:09 AM, said:

I know with 100% certanty (because we tested it) that pre-nerf MX90 beats the KDK-3 at 600-650m+ ranges. Inside of that range, not. Post nerf MX90 is simply worse than KDK-3. And Banshee is simply a joke in comparison.

Cool, thanks!

[Aerei]

An apprentice named the Kodiak. He was a pupil of mine before he turned clanner. He helped hunt down and destroy the assault mechs. The Kodiak was seduced by the dark side of the Inner Sphere.