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[Black Fish]

Hi everyone,
I know I'm late to the party, But I've got the Medusa when it was on sale and plan to get the other 2 variants when I'll have enough C-Bills (or when they are on sale )

• The first thing I've noticed is that they are a lot of fun! sure, 8 JJs are overkill but the 'Mech is just a lot of fun.
  
• The second thing I've noticed (which is most noticeable on the Medusa) is that it's arms tend to soak a lot of damage (surprisingly, way more than the Mist-Lynx btw) and I almost always lose at least one if not both before the match ends or I die... There was an armor quirks pass not long ago and I think it would have been nice to give those arms a little extra armor. It doesn't feel like a competitive 'Mech at all so a little buff wouldn't be too much to ask. that or move some of the shoulder surface to the ST hit box...
  
• Third thing is the set of 8 bonuses, which I realise is personal preference whether it's a good or bad idea - to me it just feel like it turns this omnimech into a battlemech... on the NTG for example, the quirks are not as significant so you can just skip them but on this fragile 'Mech every agility and range quirks helps...

Overall I enjoy riding this 'Mech but it's a little too fragile.. It's speed doesn't make up for it's size as much as smaller 'Mechs and the arms seems to really fall off too easily.

Your thoughts?

[Snazzy Dragon]

Would you rather lose the arms first or the side torso like other clan mediums tend to?

[RestosIII]

Honestly, the Viper is just a fat light mech, and you need to treat it as such. On the subject of the 8/8 quirks, I really wish they had gone back and given it the Linebacker treatment.

[Black Fish]

Snazzy Dragon, on 03 January 2017 - 09:37 PM, said:

Would you rather lose the arms first or the side torso like other clan mediums tend to?

I find myself in many matches running around with no weapons for half a match, trying desperately to draw the attention from my teammates (cuz you know hot PUGs love to munch them zombie mechs)
I don't know... I think with enough torso twisting I can survive with more components for the rest of the match

[Alistair Winter]

It's quite fragile, but keep in mind that you can combine omnipods to have 9 (!) energy weapons. 9 SPLs, for example. You'll sacrifice the 8-set quirks, but you'll have enough weapons that even losing both arms or one ST still leaves you with 5 SPLs.

(5SPL + 2SRM4 is also fun. And if you have the Medusa, you can run 6 or 7 SPL in addition to 2SRM4.)

The Viper is pretty fragile though. But very fast and mobile. So it's all about being a bully, ganging up on targets and not going 1v1 if you can avoid it.

Edited by Alistair Winter, 03 January 2017 - 09:51 PM.

[MeiSooHaityu]

I had a Viper, but it never clicked with me. I sold it and purchased a Shadow Cat instead.

I think I just prefer the Cicada for that sort of close in playstyle.

[Kshahdoo]

Viper is the best to me, have the best k/d out of all my mechs (almost 2.5:1) and I just love it.

Yeah, all Medusa's hardpoints in arms sucks, but otherwise it'd be stupidly overpowered. Its quirks (especially 60% to acceleration and deceleration) make it very mobile. I mean, really mobile. Add to it its jumping, which is the best in the game, and way more firepower, than any light, and you get a superb mech.

You just have to pilot it like a light, not like a medium. Be cautious, and you lose your arms pretty rarely. I use 6 CSPL build, because I love to shoot with full alphas, and can spill 4-5 full alphas before overheating.

Edited by Kshahdoo, 04 January 2017 - 03:09 AM.