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[razenWing]

Cause it cost 6 FREAKING MILLION TO GET A NEW ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I imagine almost everyone is using the XL400 for the laser vomit?

[Gas Guzzler]

razenWing, on 13 December 2016 - 03:28 PM, said:

Cause it cost 6 FREAKING MILLION TO GET A NEW ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I imagine almost everyone is using the XL400 for the laser vomit?

375-380 gives you the optimal number of DHS

Edited by Gas Guzzler, 13 December 2016 - 03:56 PM.

[Snazzy Dragon]

XL 400 is a little too heavy for a Marauder IIC in all honesty. I wouldn't go above a 380.

[Felicitatem Parco]

I still have 1. Why would I need more, it's not like I am taking a 400 Kdk and a 400 MarauderIIC in the same deck.

[NRP]

Got one in my Spirit Bear and KDK-5.

[MOBAjobg]

My KDK-3 runs on xl400 engine with 2x cGauss and 2x cERPPC but is still recuperating in the MechLab sickbay since THE nerf.

[FireStoat]

razenWing, on 13 December 2016 - 03:28 PM, said:

Cause it cost 6 FREAKING MILLION TO GET A NEW ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I imagine almost everyone is using the XL400 for the laser vomit?

I'm using a 375XL on the stock IIC model. Keeping it close to stock with 3 ER PPC's, 6 ER small lasers, endo, standard armor, all heat sinks past that. I'm not doing super great but it's an initial fit for the layout.

[MischiefSC]

Who in their right mind sells engines?

*maybe* when you've got 30+ of some component like MLs? I dunno.

Never sell mechs.

Never sell engines.

Never sell stuff except boxes, which are a tax on the stupid.

Edited by MischiefSC, 13 December 2016 - 05:43 PM.

[Felicitatem Parco]

MischiefSC, on 13 December 2016 - 05:39 PM, said:

Never sell stuff except boxes, which are a tax on the stupid.

... except I am profiting handsomely with the boxes, given that I am raking in MC, GXP, and C-Bills (that I actually need).
Not everyone is swimming in C-Bills with the opportunity to play every day, so please don't think that we're all in the same boat.

[Phra]

Kept one, sold the rest. It is just too heavy to be optimal.

[razenWing]

It's a min/max thing. I like to have the fastest speed, even if the penalty is kinda great.

I installed a 400 on my IIC base variant. Almost max armor except head and feet (my style), 2 lpl 6 erml, filled up every single slot except 2 odd ones with heat sinks.

(Basically, 85 ton EBJ with 100 CT armor)

[MischiefSC]

Prosperity Park, on 13 December 2016 - 05:46 PM, said:

... except I am profiting handsomely with the boxes, given that I am raking in MC, GXP, and C-Bills (that I actually need).
Not everyone is swimming in C-Bills with the opportunity to play every day, so please don't think that we're all in the same boat.

Except with the cost of MC for keys you'd be better off saving it up and buying an actual mech pack. There's a few breakdowns on the inexpensive mech packs you can buy and convert to cbills. Cicada, wasn't it? I admit I don't remember. However there's a number of good ways to effectively translate real money into MC and/or CBills and the boxes are nowhere even close. A gambling mechanic is designed to get people to lose money on the promise of 'winning big'. Statistically it doesn't pay out as well, which is why people do it rather than just create a consistent medium of exchange.

[Xythius]

I still have all the 400xl engines from fhe KDK pack. Slapped one in the energy variant along w/ 3 lpls 4 spls, rest heatsinks & a MK I targeting computer. Fast, but hot. Slapped in a 375, and even with the loss of an in-engine DHS, the weight savings allowed for more external DHS & overall better cooling. Still testing various builds across the variants, but I'm gonna agree w/ Gas Guzzler and say that anything over a 380 is going to be a negative trade for speed over cooling.

[chucklesMuch]

I still have all 6 of mine... think one might have been donated to a battle master.

[Escef]

Heh, I've been running a 400XL in my BLR-1G(P) since open beta. Big engine assaults may not be optimal or practical, but they are fun. I recall a Kintaro popping my BLR in the face with lasers as he dashed past me. Took off after the little s*** and I was gaining on him as I shot up his backside. More than half again his size, and I was faster. Kind of thing that catches people off guard, they don't expect mid range assaults to be able to pace a high end medium.

[627]

wait... did you sell them? why? don't you have enough money?

[Bilbo]

MischiefSC, on 13 December 2016 - 05:39 PM, said:

Who in their right mind sells engines?

*maybe* when you've got 30+ of some component like MLs? I dunno.

Never sell mechs.

Never sell engines.

Never sell stuff except boxes, which are a tax on the stupid.

I sell any engine that isn't a multiple of 25 and even sell those if I actually have more than one of them just sitting there. Never regretted doing it. Mechs, yeah, those should never be sold.

MischiefSC, on 13 December 2016 - 10:02 PM, said:

Except with the cost of MC for keys you'd be better off saving it up and buying an actual mech pack. There's a few breakdowns on the inexpensive mech packs you can buy and convert to cbills. Cicada, wasn't it? I admit I don't remember. However there's a number of good ways to effectively translate real money into MC and/or CBills and the boxes are nowhere even close. A gambling mechanic is designed to get people to lose money on the promise of 'winning big'. Statistically it doesn't pay out as well, which is why people do it rather than just create a consistent medium of exchange.

Never bought a key myself, yet I was able to open 6-7 boxes Sunday night with the keys I've gotten just playing the game. I then just sold the remaining 20-30 boxes while I was there.

[Snazzy Dragon]

I sold 4 of the 6 XL 400s when kodiak dropped to pay for an XL 250 and 275 for my hunchback IICs, XL 350, and an XL 375. When the Marauder IICs dropped and I stripped them all down I had like 8 std 340s piled up so I sold a few of those to pay for some XL engines for them

[Mole]

My KDK still has an XL400.

Everyone, meet OLGA.

Edited by Mole, 14 December 2016 - 07:11 AM.

[Y E O N N E]

XL 395 for me in the MAD-IIC-B and - C variants. Gotta go faaaast.

They actually run quite cold.

Sold some of the STD and XL 340 engines to get the big shinies. None of the IICs is without an engine, either.