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#1 Tier5 Kerensky

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Posted 06 April 2017 - 01:15 PM

I had this once in 10000 game experience I've been meaning to share. It's a shame I got only few screenshots of it, but specally the comments were something I want to share, because it's very different to what you usually see abour LRMs in the forum.

The first half of the game was rather unmeaninful. I can't remember any of it, or which side we started, but I think it was the side we ended.
If so, I would have possibly went G5 high on the mountain, while many of our team went forward over the saddle. Something like that, because I must have made very little damage on the first half. Then I think I went behind the island and gradually went to the other side of it, about A3 B3. That's the position I remember how things went from there.

So I had a summoner with 2xLRM5 and 3xLRM 10, fairly decent amount of ammo, full torso armor but very limited armor on hands and legs.

We were really taking a beating, the enemy had a very good lead. At that stage the fighting was in platform area, top and below. We had 5 left, me on the left side, Ebon Jaguar on the island, and 3 on the platform.

I noticed the Ebon standing still, and having 100% health, so I figured my optimal position in that situation, would be about 200 meters behind him. I thought it was odd and curious, how he was at full health. He was on the right side of the pilar type rock formation on the island, so he didn't look like he was AFK or hiding, and I'm also fairly sure he wasn't lurming either, as I likely would have noticed it. So yet, managing to stay completely undamaged at that stage was really odd. If he had gauss, which could explain how he had managed to be unhurt for so long, then it's rather curious how he managed to make so much damage. Prior to that, I don't remember where he was.

So as I started to run towards him, as we lost our last 3 mechs on the platform. At that stage I've taken a little bit damage myself but mainly from spray damage of ER-Ls or similiar. And the enemy starts to close in on me and Ebon. We have two left and the enemy had still seven.

While I'm still running in the water, I managed to kill one more, the Ebon killed two. He eventually died fairly fast, about that time I got past of him and started to walk backwards while continuing to LRM and yank my torso left and right and I also use JJs to spread as much damage as possible.

When the Ebon died the enemy had still 4 left. It was very rigourous the last stand, they were rushing in on me and I just tried to squeeze as much damage out as possible.

On of the last enemies was ECM Hellbringer, I remember I saw him from about 300 meters, realized I could not lock him, then started to aim the ground in front of him, trying to blind fire.( not exact ranges) And the missiless flew in nice arc way over his head. It's possible I aimed with my arms instead of torso or it's also possible I think, that the missiles wouln't fly so close without such a huge arch, when fired without a lock.
But few seconds later, he gets close enough that my CAP allows me to target him, and boom he dies fast. After him, only one left and I managed to kill him too.

So, as it turned out, that although the enemy had a huge lead in numbers, they were really badly beat up. And they likely didnt' expect to lose so they just all tried to get the last kill.

It was really exciting I think for all of us, for both sides, and really even without winning, it would have been pretty nice. Only one of the enemies had a slighly discouraging comment in the end.


My end position and condition, the Ebon was and died about E4, for a short time I backed into the buildings or rock in front of me, then I corrected my course more towards south.
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Comments combined from several screenshots. The program I used is not great for this sort of stuff, I've kept the connecting comments from different screenshots so I can see to paste them in righ order. Between killing Atomicleaf and Fantaman there is possible discontinuity, but at least there are no kills missing. All this happened about the last two minutes, or even less.
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#2 Archer Magnus

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Posted 06 April 2017 - 04:34 PM

Mate, those clinch games are what it is all about!!

Awesome work and looks like most people were entertained! Sadly, there will always be haters.

Wish I could have seen a video from it!

Edited by Archer Magnus, 06 April 2017 - 04:34 PM.


#3 G4LV4TR0N

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Posted 06 April 2017 - 05:12 PM

Yep, LRM's are good finishers. Some time ago I was scoring 3-4 kills almost every game with just C-LRM30. Also - pick fights with IS XL mechs.

Edited by G4LV4TR0N, 06 April 2017 - 05:14 PM.


#4 Vellron2005

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Posted 07 April 2017 - 05:29 AM

Good job OP.. From the description, it seems to me that the Ebon Jag did a large chunk of the work, but still.. 6 kills is not easy to pull off..

LRM's are great for finishing people off when they are nice and soft.. and LRM boats are often underestimated..

Seems like a great fun match.. wish I was in it..

#5 Tier5 Kerensky

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Posted 07 April 2017 - 10:35 AM

View PostVellron2005, on 07 April 2017 - 05:29 AM, said:

Good job OP.. From the description, it seems to me that the Ebon Jag did a large chunk of the work, but still.. 6 kills is not easy to pull off..


And not just him, the rest of the team did their part too. My personal result was very unexciting, it was the final showdown that was epic as can be observed from the amazed comments from both teams.

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Posted 07 April 2017 - 10:56 AM

sounds like a great game and glad you had fun, and my issue isn't with LRM's per se, but hiding while never facing an enemy, getting free points, free match score and free Cbills and XP while never even seeing the enemy and relying on others to do the work.

But, it does seem like you brawled some and didn't hide much, but your team was down a bunch of mechs. What is the situation like when your team is up mechs?

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Posted 07 April 2017 - 01:32 PM

im loving thethe salt in txt chat

good work my boy

#8 Koniving

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Posted 07 April 2017 - 01:38 PM

Meanwhile, on the opposite end of that heroic clinch spectrum...

But seriously, excellent work.





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