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[RestosIII]

Requiemking, on 19 September 2016 - 07:48 AM, said:

I'd take the legend in the mist over the cheeto any day.

[Requiemking]

RestosIII, on 19 September 2016 - 07:54 AM, said:

Very funny.

Seriously, I prefer the Mist Lynx, often regarded as the worst Clan mech in the game, over the Cheeto.

[RestosIII]

Requiemking, on 19 September 2016 - 07:56 AM, said:

Very funny.

Seriously, I prefer the Mist Lynx, often regarded as the worst Clan mech in the game, over the Cheeto.

And that's what scares me. I love the Mist Lynx in looks and feel, but it is REALLY bad compared to the ACH. So, so bad compared to it. You have to be a masochist of some sort.

[JC Daxion]

you know it is funny.. ARC's give me the least trouble of light mechs i see in game. that is not to say they are not good.. or others need some buffs.. But IMO, the arc is not all that.. I know i do much better with other lights. Ravens, and commandos work far better for me. I've wanted to do well in them, but for me, i just can't figure um out. take away the ECM and it is an average mech at best. I'd take a firestarter pulse boat over it for sure..

[Requiemking]

RestosIII, on 19 September 2016 - 07:58 AM, said:

And that's what scares me. I love the Mist Lynx in looks and feel, but it is REALLY bad compared to the ACH. So, so bad compared to it. You have to be a masochist of some sort.

Nope. I just dislike being a "Cookie-cutter" player, and currently, all the "cookie-cutter" Light pilots are driving Cheetos and Jenny IICs. I like how the Mist Lynx looks and plays, so it is my clan Light of choice.

[MerryIguana]

Livebait, on 19 September 2016 - 07:48 AM, said:

LOL, rodger that...any light is workable. But gravy is cheater. I'm a Commando freak. that should let you know how dumb I am.

Nah man, ferret is more than workable. And almost all its competitors as midrange "light" are gone. Like the cheetah its another case of the best of whats left.

[3xnihilo]

If enough people complain, maybe we can get PGI to make Arctic Cheetahs and Locusts as bad as the other lights. Then maybe we could achieve the Golden Age of MWO where you no longer have to worry about the 1 or at most 2 light mechs on each team.

Honestly, I think most light pilots are in Cicadas and Vipers now. The other day in a conquest match I was one of the "fast" mechs on my team at 97 kph in a crab.

[Mole]

When I was playing my Panther exclusively for about a week I was regularly soloing Arctic Cheetah pilots. I own all the light 'mech chassis in the game and have mastered my favorite variants of each one. If you watch me beg PGI for more lights on this forum you will know that I am a light pilot at heart. I love lights. Even the lowly Mist Lynx can perform wonderfully if you build and play it correctly. But this isn't a thread about the Mist Lynx. This thread is about Arctic Cheetahs. As a light pilot with extensive experience in all light 'mechs currently in this game I can say that the Arctic Cheetah is definitely the best light 'mech in the game. I'm not going to sit here and have the "Is it OP or not" argument though since I regularly make a habit of engaging Arctic Cheetahs solo in 'mechs that are largely considered inferior to the Arctic Cheetah and winning. I guess it's a skill barrier for me, but I am not going to try and kid you all and say that life does not feel easier when I am piloting an Arctic Cheetah over my other light 'mechs. The trick to taking down Arctic Cheetahs though is the same trick to taking out pretty much all light 'mechs. Aim for the legs. I see SO MANY people trying to shoot for the Arctic Cheetah's torso and just getting nowhere. Its arms come off pretty easy but everything else? Nah. Arctic Cheetahs go down pretty easy when you shoot their legs though. That's how I would kill them in my Panther. They'd get all sure of themselves because they're in an ACH and I'm in a PNT and then I'd chew their legs off with my 4 medium pulse lasers. Only time you go for the torso on a cheetah is if its CT is already open and ready to blow and it shuts down in front of you.

Edited by Mole, 19 September 2016 - 10:16 AM.

[FupDup]

Vxheous Kerensky, on 18 September 2016 - 10:52 PM, said:

Here's the link (forum won't let me just post the pic). It's an awesome build, has +20% ballistic cooldown prior to using gauss cooldown module. It's 1CERML short of the Gauss Hellbringer build

http://imgur.com/qdU3ofs

You stripped leg armor on a light mech...and also the majority of your head. :\

[Mole]

FupDup, on 19 September 2016 - 11:19 AM, said:

You stripped leg armor on a light mech...and also the majority of your head. :\

Nothing wrong with stripping head armor on any chassis now that artillery strikes don't instagib your head anymore. My Commando has only 1 point of head armor because I desprately needed an extra .5 tons to fit in a decent SRM launcher and ammo for it. I apparently almost never take even a single point of damage to my cockpit in my Commando 'cause whenever I play it, my head pretty much never gets opened up. But stripping down legs on a light 'mech... eeewww...

[C E Dwyer]

Trollfeed, on 18 September 2016 - 09:32 PM, said:

The funny thing is that even with sad state lights are at the moment there's this crowd around clamoring how OP they are and how they should be all nerfed.

My favourite complaint was that because locust costs only 1/10th of kodiak, it should be able to only do 1/10th of kodiaks average damage in a match. He didn't see anything weird about how he thought that average damage for kodiak should be 1000 per match. Same guy kept claiming that how lights are easiest weight class to play and more combat effective than any other.

That would be why hardy anyone plays them, because they are so O.P

People that say they are, had best go out in them every drop, and own the servers maybe.

[Deathlike]

FupDup, on 19 September 2016 - 11:19 AM, said:

You stripped leg armor on a light mech...and also the majority of your head. :\

Dem quirks yo'.

[dario03]

Livebait, on 19 September 2016 - 01:54 AM, said:

Big woop. I can cherry pick too. THERE IS NO REASON TO PLAY ANYTHING OTHER THEN an ARCTIC CHEATER. Its the min /max mech FOMonths. Its not about light piloting. Its about light mech capability. IS has none. Clan ACH yes. Capiche?

ACH is good...for a light mech. Which isn't saying much. But if we are going to compare IS light mechs to just the ACH then the IS does have some good mechs. The Oxide, some Locusts, one of the Spiders can be good for close to mid range, and the Raven is good for a light sniper.

[Revis Volek]

MrMadguy, on 19 September 2016 - 01:23 AM, said:

As I've already said, this is "Shaman syndrome". Light pilots will always be crying, that their class is hardest to play, requires tremendous skill, gimped and need buffs, while completely noobish Light pilots, like me, will do well in Lights - even better, than in Assaults.





My average match is Assault 'Mech for reference:



Yeah, 132MS, but it's not far from truth:

These screenshots prove nothing, mediocre scores and a few stolen kills doesnt show anyone how GOOD you are. Just an FYI...

[Requiemking]

Revis Volek, on 19 September 2016 - 01:23 PM, said:

These screenshots prove nothing, mediocre scores and a few stolen kills doesnt show anyone how GOOD you are. Just an FYI...

Don't even bother with this guy. He listens to nothing anyone says, even when they evidence proves him wrong. ACH is good, for a Light mech, but compare it to any other weight class, and reality kicks in. It's not OP, not in the slightest. It just happens to be the best of the worst.

[Revis Volek]

Requiemking, on 19 September 2016 - 01:31 PM, said:

Don't even bother with this guy. He listens to nothing anyone says, even when they evidence proves him wrong. ACH is good, for a Light mech, but compare it to any other weight class, and reality kicks in. It's not OP, not in the slightest. It just happens to be the best of the worst.

OH i know all about Mrmadguy, me and him go way back.


I enjoy trolling him, he should get salty in about 3....2.....1.....

[Nightmare1]

Livebait, on 18 September 2016 - 08:23 PM, said:

Thanks PGI,

All light mechs suck compared to the Arctic Cheater. IS lights mechs...stink.

Okay, locus is okay because of you crappy refresh rates on your servers and bad hit boxes. But, not what most players have in mind when playing lights.

Not sure what you were going for but the past few months have been a joke. 35 tone mechs the same size of Heavys or Assualts...really.

Put down the crack pipe and please rethink the game mechanics. I know I'm being mean but when I see "Purchase MC," first thing I think of is..@#$@# you.

Oh yeah, thanks for the crashing to desktop now.

Okay...back to Indar for me.

Somebody doesn't know how to MechWarrior, lol.

Cheetahs aren't that tough since they lost their leg quirks and got their hitboxes fixed. It's ridiculously easy to leg them and kill them.

[Deathlike]

Revis Volek, on 19 September 2016 - 01:23 PM, said:

These screenshots prove nothing, mediocre scores and a few stolen kills doesnt show anyone how GOOD you are. Just an FYI...

I've played like literally 2 matches this mouth, and it's all statistically insignificant.. and yet that's magically better (scrub level after not playing that much, I know, gotta git gud).

[Airu]

Ach is not even that good, to me it feels sluggish. All other lights have situational combat viability at best. You rely on potatoes in enemy team to do good damage, and that your team does not roll them too fast. Even so, my favorite light mech generates more heat from its jump jets than from its pathetic maximum alpha

[Vxheous]

FupDup, on 19 September 2016 - 11:19 AM, said:

You stripped leg armor on a light mech...and also the majority of your head. :\

It works very well since it's not a CQB light, so your legs are rarely exposed (like I said, you tag along with a heavy/assault mech and shoot what they shoot)

Edited by Vxheous Kerensky, 19 September 2016 - 07:00 PM.