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[Captain Stiffy]

It's been quite a while now since the VCR changes to the Catapult were added and removed.

Please remember Catapult Day as a day to discuss art changes and opinions for the year!

...AND TO PLAY CATAPULTS!

How do you all feel about the new Catapult art?

Edited by Captain Stiffy, 17 October 2016 - 05:34 PM.

[Y E O N N E]

Catapult is stellar at the moment. There is nothing I feel is wrong about its geometry from either an artistic or gameplay perspective.

[Bud Crue]

Yeonne Greene, on 17 October 2016 - 05:21 PM, said:

Catapult is stellar at the moment. There is nothing I feel is wrong about its geometry from either an artistic or gameplay perspective.

For the love of all that is left in the IS that doesn't suck, would you just stop talking!
What if a dev sees this!!?

[Bombast]

Aw, I thought we were going to have a day where everyone used nothing but Catapults.

I'm disappointed. I was ready to roll.

[Captain Stiffy]

Bombast, on 17 October 2016 - 05:30 PM, said:

Aw, I thought we were going to have a day where everyone used nothing but Catapults.

I'm disappointed. I was ready to roll.

We could certainly do that. There aren't any bylaws for Catapult Day

[Deathlike]

Bud Crue, on 17 October 2016 - 05:23 PM, said:

For the love of all that is left in the IS that doesn't suck, would you just stop talking!
What if a dev sees this!!?

Book of Paul said:

I see dead quirks.

Edited by Deathlike, 17 October 2016 - 05:35 PM.

[Y E O N N E]

Bud Crue, on 17 October 2016 - 05:23 PM, said:

For the love of all that is left in the IS that doesn't suck, would you just stop talking!
What if a dev sees this!!?

:x

[Felicitatem Parco]

Quick! Use the forum moderation tools to manage the topic thread and delete it! Quick!

[Mycrus]

Captain Stiffy, on 17 October 2016 - 05:18 PM, said:

It's been quite a while now since the VCR changes to the Catapult were added and removed.

Please remember Catapult Day as a day to discuss art changes and opinions for the year!

...AND TO PLAY CATAPULTS!

How do you all feel about the new Catapult art?

Been exclusively playing the jester for like months

[Captain Stiffy]

Prosperity Park, on 17 October 2016 - 05:41 PM, said:

Quick! Use the forum moderation tools to manage the topic thread and delete it! Quick!

I could just go reply to the Catapult Day topic from last year. Or the year before. Or any of the extremely numerous and exceptionally negative posts about art choices.

But instead I decided to do what I always felt should be done about it: try to get the community discussing it.

[Deathlike]

I haven't had a reason to use Catapults due to powercreep and mostly due to other stuff being better.

[CycKath]

I'll roll my Founder Catapult out tonight and exhort people to play them (after I wish everybody Peace of Blake)

[Bud Crue]

Deathlike, on 17 October 2016 - 06:10 PM, said:

I haven't had a reason to use Catapults due to powercreep and mostly due to other stuff being better.

But....

...yeah.

[Y E O N N E]

Deathlike, on 17 October 2016 - 06:10 PM, said:

I haven't had a reason to use Catapults due to powercreep and mostly due to other stuff being better.

The Jester is the only one solid enough to be worth bringing out, IMO. The SRM carriers just don't survive the crossing and the K2 has insufficient DPS.

[Mawai]

The Catapult was one of my first mastered mechs and I still like it.

Coincidentally, I took out my Jester (4 ML, 2ERLL, AMS, JJ, XL350) and my CPT-C1(F) (2 ASRM6, 3LL, AMS, JJ XL300) out for a spin today and good times were had ... though due to the quirks the Thunderbolt is probably a better LL boat than the C1.

How is the CPT-BB? I haven't seen too many ... how does it play compared to the others?

Edited by Mawai, 17 October 2016 - 07:00 PM.

[S 0 L E N Y A]

They are horrible!!!!!

They are way too big! I mean for crying out loud, they are barely taller than a Firestarter!

They could all use some major buffs to structure and mobility, and need at least 4 extra hard points on each model in order to be viable.

Everybody please tweet this to Russ.

[JediPanther]

My Cat's need more xp. I agree 11/5 should be Catapult Day. Bring out the A1 splat cats and lrm5 spam hammers! It took that 90+ page thread and two years. My cat's are coming back with urbie's wearing hats.

Edit: I added all that xp up: 2,623,012xp in my cats and I still don't have the Butter Bee yet. 2017 that cat will be mine.

Edited by JediPanther, 17 October 2016 - 07:14 PM.

[Bombast]

Mawai, on 17 October 2016 - 06:59 PM, said:

How is the CPT-BB? I haven't seen too many ... how does it play compared to the others?

It's basically a C4 that trades quirks for two extra energy hard points, which gives you a better back up Medium Laser battery. I've had a lot of fun with it - the SRM24A is both good for stripping mechs heavier then you, and bullying mechs that are lighter. And Quad- or Tri- Medium Lasers work really well for finishing people off at the end of the match once you've popped your load.

People tend to focus it when it shows up, though. And I can't really say how it compares to the other heavy SRM boats.

[Gaden Phoenix]

Are the Cats good again? I thought they sucked? Except for Jester.

I should dust off my old Cats and try to see how I do in them.

[Captain Stiffy]

Bombast, on 17 October 2016 - 07:10 PM, said:

It's basically a C4 that trades quirks for two extra energy hard points, which gives you a better back up Medium Laser battery. I've had a lot of fun with it - the SRM24A is both good for stripping mechs heavier then you, and bullying mechs that are lighter. And Quad- or Tri- Medium Lasers work really well for finishing people off at the end of the match once you've popped your load.

People tend to focus it when it shows up, though. And I can't really say how it compares to the other heavy SRM boats.

Personally whenever I see a cat I target the ears... because I know how much it utterly sucks to lose one (before your death blaze of glory) and that if it happens twice that's basically a kill. Same thing with PHX arms.

Edited by Captain Stiffy, 17 October 2016 - 07:51 PM.