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[Black Fish]

[Mystere]

Sometimes, a picture is worth less than a thousand words.

[kesmai]

Probably Not, on 14 February 2017 - 09:44 AM, said:

I feel like there's some missing context here. What am I supposed to be seeing, exactly?

a screenshot?

[kesmai]

Probably Not, on 14 February 2017 - 09:54 AM, said:

Yes, but why the hell are we being shown this screenshot?

that there are black fish and they need to do 600+ dmg to kill a mech?

[Monkey Lover]

So what happen?
I will guess

Low tier players with a short range had a hard time pushing up to get into range because its polar.

The ppc and er laser mechs sat in the back and didn't realy help them.

Pugs lol

[Napoleon_Blownapart]

i give up, where's Waldo?
or is it what color dress do you see?

Edited by Gorantir, 14 February 2017 - 11:03 AM.

[Juodas Varnas]

[KodiakGW]

So I guess nobody else was able to pick up the fact that a CDA and ADR individually did more damage than any single Assault or Heavy in the game. Including the K2 pilot saying it was easy with the whopping 196 damage. Not "easy", CARRIED.

Kudos fellow CDA pilot. Unfortunately, you'll need to get used to games like that while the current MM is still active.

Edited by KodiakGW, 14 February 2017 - 11:13 AM.

[Amsro]

KodiakGW, on 14 February 2017 - 11:11 AM, said:

So I guess nobody else was able to pick up the fact that a CDA and ADR individually did more damage than any single Assault or Heavy in the game. Including the K2 pilot saying it was easy with the whopping 196 damage. Not "easy", CARRIED.

Kudos fellow CDA pilot. Unfortunately, you'll need to get used to games like that while the current MM is still active.

And the cicada should be thanking them.

611 damage for cicada and on his team;

Mad IIC - 530
Zues - 368
Kodiak - 594

Edited by Amsro, 14 February 2017 - 11:28 AM.

[Snazzy Dragon]

All these mechs on the winning side for the most part have either really strong PPC quirks or are good choices for PPCs, or very heavily quirked for LRMs, on Polar Highlands. The losing team had a lot more mechs you generally see in the mid to short range role. At least, that is what I am seeing.

[Mcgral18]

KodiakGW, on 14 February 2017 - 11:11 AM, said:

Including the K2 pilot saying it was easy with the whopping 196 damage. Not "easy", CARRIED.

Seeing as he specifically kept the first letter in chat, and in the scoreboard, I think this is the logical conclusion


GGez, says the Terribad

[MeiSooHaityu]

Cicada's can be pretty nice to pilot. It can definitely do some work.

I think the CDA-2A(C) is my favorite setup (as it stands now with the current quirks). Just such a nice poker. I just do well with it.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Probably Not, on 14 February 2017 - 11:58 AM, said:

The 6ML Cicada runs a little toasty in my experience. You CAN alpha with it a couple times on most maps, more with coolshots, but I find I do better setting it to chainfire and reserving alpha strikes for either "valiant last stands" or "oh ****" moments.

I generally like grouping them as such... Weap1: the left 3 MLasers, Weap2: the 3 right MLasers, Weap3: 2 CT Lasers, and Weap4: chain fire all.

Like you mentioned, you can alpha a few times, but I do often go to 3 and then 3 when need be. Especially when I poke, I use only the 3 from the side that clears my cover. Also, when hot, I use the 2 CT lasers, and if my heat will allow, follow up with the right or left set (which only fires 2 lasers due to one of the CT lasers being still on cool down).

Basically, I try to manage the heat the best I can, and if I can use that 148kph to safely withdraw, I will back out and wait for it to cool and then go back at it.

Being a Cicada (essentially a oversized light), I do have my bad matches, but overall I seem to do well with it.

[The Unstoppable Puggernaut]

KodiakGW, on 14 February 2017 - 11:11 AM, said:

So I guess nobody else was able to pick up the fact that a CDA and ADR individually did more damage than any single Assault or Heavy in the game. Including the K2 pilot saying it was easy with the whopping 196 damage. Not "easy", CARRIED.

Kudos fellow CDA pilot. Unfortunately, you'll need to get used to games like that while the current MM is still active.

I am not trying to knock anyones performances but you have to realize, smart players/teams will target the biggest/nastiest threats. I've almost always seen this in puggville.

This leaves certain mechs, almost free to roam around and that's certainly what they gotta do (unless it's a death ball).

First thing I try to do is highlight assault mechs or nasty heavies. Cause it's rude not to.

[Alistair Winter]

The other team had only 2 players in units and only 2 players with badges. Also note the presence of champion mechs. Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and assume this was a tier 4-5 match that you somehow ended up in, because matchmaker had already given up.

I guess this thread is really about silly people who say "easy" when they're not really very good and may not even have contributed very much to the victory. Yeah, I agree. Those guys are silly.

[Black Fish]

Hmmm, well I guess it wasnt as obvious as I thought... sorry about that - but yeah that guy saying easy when he contributed so little to the fight...
And also yes the game was very stale, and I only did well because I was pop tarting non-stop..

Edited by Black Fish, 14 February 2017 - 01:24 PM.

[KodiakGW]

Black Fish, on 14 February 2017 - 01:24 PM, said:

Hmmm, well I guess it wasnt as obvious as I thought... sorry about that - but yeah that guy saying easy when he contributed so little to the fight...
And also yes the game was very stale, and I only did well because I was pop tarting non-stop..

Any chance you captured the personal performance screen, the one with Kill Most Damage Dealt? Got somebody thinking you should thank your Assault pilots with 3 kills and less damage than you with one kill. Something tells me that 2 or more of their kills were your KMDD. They just had the firepower to get that last alpha shot in on what you started.