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[BabyCakes666]

so i never did torso twisting till after my pug life and buy god torso twist makes you last longer

so i will demonstrate twisting in my B.H witch i called andy

my face tanking will live on




i find biggest XL is the way to go with twisting

[El Bandito]

One reason some people had been advocating big XL Marauders and Krabs, against popular conceptions.

[BabyCakes666]

El Bandito, on 02 September 2016 - 05:30 PM, said:

One reason some people had been advocating big XL Marauders and Krabs, against popular conceptions.

XL king crab is best crab

[Glaive-]

>XL Atlas

[BabyCakes666]

armyunit, on 02 September 2016 - 05:56 PM, said:

>XL Atlas

i run them

the only problem is no AC20

[Glaive-]

BabyCakes666, on 02 September 2016 - 06:16 PM, said:

i run them

the only problem is no AC20

y u do dis

[GreenHell]

Good twisting can win games. Good on you for making the Boars Head work for ya!

On a side note, I've been running more dps "face time" builds lately and it can be a bit more difficult to tell when you should twist. Generaly, I find that if I'm taking hits from 2 or more mechs at once, it's time to turn.

[BabyCakes666]

GreenHell, on 02 September 2016 - 06:24 PM, said:

Good twisting can win games. Good on you for making the Boars Head work for ya!

On a side note, I've been running more dps "face time" builds lately and it can be a bit more difficult to tell when you should twist. Generaly, I find that if I'm taking hits from 2 or more mechs at once, it's time to turn.

iv twisted my way throw a lot

it can help you squeeze in a few more kills and save the day

[BabyCakes666]

so much for torso twist talk :/

[Maker L106]

Wait... so running an XL on a larger IS mech isn't strait up suicide. Don't get me wrong I twist on incoming. Started playing the game with a panther learning to shield side then moved on to mediums and heavys (clan / is) because i suck at lights and currently feel like i suck with assaults as well.

XL Marauder tests here I come!

[BabyCakes666]

Maker L106, on 03 September 2016 - 03:59 PM, said:

Wait... so running an XL on a larger IS mech isn't strait up suicide. Don't get me wrong I twist on incoming. Started playing the game with a panther learning to shield side then moved on to mediums and heavys (clan / is) because i suck at lights and currently feel like i suck with assaults as well.

XL Marauder tests here I come!

i run an XL Marauder go stick to 350 in it so you go 80kph ;D

[Kubernetes]

GreenHell, on 02 September 2016 - 06:24 PM, said:

Good twisting can win games. Good on you for making the Boars Head work for ya!

On a side note, I've been running more dps "face time" builds lately and it can be a bit more difficult to tell when you should twist.

This is why I hate machine guns. Apart from the obvious point that they do little damage, they often lure me into facetiming the enemy way too long. Your loadout can dictate your play, and MGs can make you do dumb things.

And yeah, XLs on Marauders all day long. Anyone who tells you different likes gimped mechs.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

It never seems to work for me because ppl can always seem to fin\d SOME part of my mech that somehow still counts as a facing that was already getting hurt. Like the diaper on the Atlas

[El Bandito]

Mechwarrior Buddah, on 03 September 2016 - 05:19 PM, said:

It never seems to work for me because ppl can always seem to fin\d SOME part of my mech that somehow still counts as a facing that was already getting hurt. Like the diaper on the Atlas

Ride a mech long enough and you will learn all its hitbox quirks. Learning how to actually twist damage away from select torso effectively with my Battlemasters took months due to its stupid backpack and other weird hitboxes.

[BabyCakes666]

El Bandito, on 03 September 2016 - 07:38 PM, said:

Ride a mech long enough and you will learn all its hitbox quirks. Learning how to actually twist damage away from select torso effectively with my Battlemasters took months due to its stupid backpack and other weird hitboxes.

big back hit boxes are bad for twisting

i twist and my back armor gets striped :/

[Drunken Skull]

Real Mechwarriors Face-Tank...

But seriously, XL engines are fine as long as you pad out the side torso's critical's with equipment that has hitpoints.

[BabyCakes666]

Drunken Skull, on 03 September 2016 - 08:20 PM, said:

Real Mechwarriors Face-Tank...

But seriously, XL engines are fine as long as you pad out the side torso's critical's with equipment that has hitpoints.

i dont get crit padding

if a crit lands on nothing it dose nothing?

or dose it

[adamts01]

BabyCakes666, on 04 September 2016 - 01:19 AM, said:

i dont get crit padding

if a crit lands on nothing it dose nothing?

or dose it

From what I understand a shot has a chance to crit, then it rolls to determine what it's going to crit in that body part, be it internal structure, hand actuator, or lower arm actuator. But, who knows, PGI doesn't tell us anything. After all, we're not developers, what would we understand about any of this.

[Yosharian]

(or take out the side torsos - they have no structure quirks!)

Edited by Yosharian, 04 September 2016 - 01:44 AM.

[BabyCakes666]

Yosharian, on 04 September 2016 - 01:39 AM, said:

(or take out the side torsos - they have no structure quirks!)

dont think sweepings gonna work