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[LT. HARDCASE]

Does that missile rack disappear if it's unused?

[Gas Guzzler]

LT. HARDCASE, on 22 January 2017 - 04:51 PM, said:

Does that missile rack disappear if it's unused?

Probably, based on the fact that the RT one appears on the variant that has RT missiles.

[AnHell86]

Willothius, on 22 January 2017 - 07:44 AM, said:

Cicada is a box in legs.. It could be humanoid underneath for all we know!

But indeed, quad-walkers would be awesome!

MWO Priorities for 2017:
1) Urbanmech IIC
2) Quadrupeds
3) New Tech / weapons
4) Urbanmech Hero

Fifty (50) percent of the priorities that PGI should have for 2017 are related to Urbanmechs... \m/

[CK16]

Bump cause update!

[BrunoSSace]

I was really looking forward to this mech. But all the dislike for this mech before it has even been released has really dampened my excitement.

[5th Fedcom Rat]

I'd be more excited if they got the look right (closer to the one in the cartoon which is the same as the one on the cover of Tech Readout 3058). This still looks good, mind you, but not quite amazing. The bushwacker is my favourite mech in Battletech generally, but I don't think this will be my favourite mech in MWO unfortunately.

Gameplay wise, it looks a bit too large and again, the right arm ballistic mount is way too low. It's going to get gutted by side torso destruction as easily as the Warhawk or Vulture used to, and so needs major armor quirks there to be at all competitive.

[goatreich]

The Mech can have a whole lot of different loadouts! From srm brawler to triple AC5! I'm definately going to have fun with this one!

[Dee Eight]

Limited weapon quirks certainly make for a wide mix of builds on my six wackers.

[Anunknownlurker]

Well, I got exactly what I paid for; tough, undergunned, a little odd and tons of fun to play. Thanks PGI!

[suffocater]

I like the mech, and I think I start to love it, but I hate the warhorn.

[Morggo]

Okay fellow Bushy Pilots.

Lil help here, please!

I too am loving the little guy and the huge spread of hardpoint types is really sweet.
Herein lies my issue. So far I am simply not finding the "it" builds for these various varients.

Trust me, I've already cranked through a good number of attempts, theory crafted a ton more and so far can't seem to do better than the odd kill and 200-400 damage (tier 3 solo). I KNOW it's capable of a lot more than that.

Also, I LOVE the tankiness of the STD engine, but the speed is killing me. The XL is giving me the speed but have you guys found the ST 'boxes a tad more open than we expected? I expected a very CRB type performance but so far I'd say my XL crabs are 2 to 3 times more survivable at this point.

I'm thinking this is one of those mechs that will really improve more than usual with the leveling up (already kinetic and hard brake have done wonders) and look forward to it.

SO, tl;dr
Folks want to share some Smurfy builds or just ideas what is working reliably so far?

Cheers!

[goatreich]

I us XL because speed and payload will tank me further than having fewer weapons and losing them all.. It's not such a great zombie mech. Just stay on the second row and help the team.

[Mechsniper]

Is there a feedback thread on the mech. 2 issues: 1) the ac 10 sometimes doesn't sound when fired the 2nd time in row. 2) the hardpoint mount on the x1s only allows the MG to go high screwing up the entire reason for it. (again your pushing the main gun of an abrams tank up onto the mg pintle to add another mg??? It looks and plays terrible that way. Please fix to allow the 2nd ballistic point to push an AC up top. Otherwise the 2nd point on the right tors is worthless to me.

[MechaBattler]

Does the banked premium time only become available when the mech is available or can we use it right away?