Metus regem, on 10 April 2017 - 07:22 AM, said:
Hence my earlier comment about not being able to fix stupid... Point in case is the leading Black Lanner.... Or the currently slotted Annihilator and Uziel....
That's not to say that the Uziel is going to be bad, just not as good as I think a lot of people are thinking it's going to be... As for the Annihilator.... I just don't see things going well for that mech, it is not going to be the IS answer to the Kodaik 3.
Yet solid to good mechs, like the Devastator, Nightstar, Argus, Chimera or Star Slayer were ignored for what ever reason, are going to leave the IS behind until we can get through some of the questionable designs that people are wanting... Now don't get me wrong I am not dissing people's nostalgia, far from it, I just hope they can take a moment to look at it objectively and think about how it would likely perform in the current game play environment of MWO. Till we are passed that point of questionable designs, those that want them, don't complain that they may not be living up to their expectations, if they didn't do their home work...
I got my Bushwacker, and she acts just as I expected, generally a rather average mech that fights like a slightly heavier Centurion, in terms of weapons load out. But that was because I went into it, knowing full well what she would likely work like, I was right on the likely hit boxes, knew that she would have a very narrow front profile, with long ST's. Now what did surprise me, was the hit box issue that allows for the rear CT to be able to be hit from the front, from time to time. All it took on my part was to take that into account when playing it, keep playing it like a flanker / skirmisher / support unit, and do okay with it.
You're right of course. I don't exactly agree with your choices if we're talking about strong mechs, the Chimera would be mediocre at best.
Maybe the only way is for everyone that cares at least somewhat about a mechs performance needs to come to an agreement as to what mechs to support. Is there a youtuber that focuses more on performance?