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[Gyrok]

Tarogato, on 20 May 2017 - 06:44 PM, said:

Yes, lol.

I don't play sax, organ, oboe, harps, trombone, 'cello, bass, dulcimer, guitar and guitar-like instruments, or drum kit. But pretty much everything else, you name it and I can probably play to about a college level. Main instrument is piano, but it's also the one I find the least interesting, and I've spent an ungodly amount of hours as an accompanist. A favourite of mine is contrabass clarinet, and the recorder family (proper baroque lit, none of the piddly kiddy squeaky stuff, lol)

Impressive you can play that many instruments, that is awesome.

I played Sax and Guitar years ago, and then spent a few years time spinning records as a Club DJ...though that was many moons ago, when electronic music was mostly underground, and the best stuff you could get on vinyl came out of shops in Europe.

[Tarogato]

Gyrok, on 28 May 2017 - 05:34 PM, said:

Impressive you can play that many instruments, that is awesome.

I played Sax and Guitar years ago, and then spent a few years time spinning records as a Club DJ...though that was many moons ago, when electronic music was mostly underground, and the best stuff you could get on vinyl came out of shops in Europe.

That reminds me... a lot of electronic music commissioned for games in the mid 90's... good stuff.





I wish that guy did more stuff like these. You don't hear much music like that anymore. Also... nostalgia.

[Gyrok]

Tarogato, on 28 May 2017 - 06:13 PM, said:

That reminds me... a lot of electronic music commissioned for games in the mid 90's... good stuff.





I wish that guy did more stuff like these. You don't hear much music like that anymore. Also... nostalgia.

Yeah, some of the 90s music was awesome...in fact...MW2/MW3 had some amazing electronic tracks as well.

[cazidin]

If the Night Gyr is heavily nerfed then the Timber Wolf shall rise once more from the ashes, like a Phoenix with negative quirks.

[Angel of Annihilation]

JohnnyWayne, on 18 May 2017 - 04:00 AM, said:

It rather feels like that all the agility skills are not working. I fully skilled that tree and pretty much nothing changed. Not to forget the bugged champion timberwolf.

PGI please get your **** together and fix this. When I go full agile I expect at least the same agility as before.



Piloting it feels like piloting a brick. Thats a huge disadvantage from my point of view. The NIght Gyr is now more than ever clearly the better 75 ton mech.

Not even remotely true. The Night Gyr has about half the agility profile of a Timberwolf, in fact it has the 2nd worst movement profile in this game excluding the 100 ton Assault mechs. Many if not most Assault mechs have better Acceleration, Deceleration and turn rates than a Night Gyr which is why people at so upset it might get nerfed further.

As far as the Timberwolf, it is still a decent mech but compared to the mech it used to be, they are junk. I would rate it as average at best now that the mobility has been scaled back so dramatically. It is pretty sad if you ask me that one of the few mechs labled as good, now just sits at a meh status.

[Lucifaust]

I bought a timberwolf back when they were still considered somewhat competent, and sold it immediately. It sucked. That's what you get when you get acknowledged as the 'best clan heavy' by devs who play IS.....the squeaky wheel gets the grease eh

[Johnny Z]

Blame the Ebon Jaguar more than anything else. Nerfs incoming.

[Reza Malin]

I dont understand this thread......

How is this new or relevant?

Engine desync reduced its agility, like many other good mechs. Its still a good mech. Its just not borderline OP anymore and some people don't like to use anything that isn't perceived to be borderline OP.

End of story.

[Lykaon]

ingramli, on 18 May 2017 - 04:05 AM, said:

The real problem is it is unable to get rid of its oversized useless xl375 now, it really hurts

How is it useless?

Maybe the issue is players have become reliant on the static hidey pokey style and fail to see the advantage of having a 75 ton mech that can blitz weak points or rapidly redeploy to a superior possition.

75 tons
460 armor
81+ top speed
27.5 ton weapon payload

This looks pretty dangerous to me.

An I.S. Marauder would not be capable of this performance it would give up something. Speed,armor, staying power (I.S. suicide box XL engine and 3 crit heat sinks) or payload it won't get it all.

[CaptainTeem0]

Khobai, on 18 May 2017 - 03:46 AM, said:

the timberwolf era has been over for a while

Timber still GodTier. If EXE would have unlocked MASC and Engine, yes Glad would be a new GodMech. But atm TimberGod still have alphas of 76-78 damage and can fire that 4 times before going to shutdown. So... stop your evny cause...

TIMBERGOD ERA CONTINUES

Edited by CaptainTeem0, 24 August 2017 - 01:51 AM.

[CaptainTeem0]

Tarogato, on 28 May 2017 - 06:13 PM, said:

That reminds me... a lot of electronic music commissioned for games in the mid 90's... good stuff.





I wish that guy did more stuff like these. You don't hear much music like that anymore. Also... nostalgia.

Gabba on UKF

Edited by CaptainTeem0, 24 August 2017 - 03:01 AM.

[AssaultPig]

a nerf to big engines hurts mechs that are locked into big engines? I for one am shocked

that said it's still a pretty good platform; invest an extra 10 or so SP into the movement tree and you can get pretty close to prior performance.

[C4NC3R]

AssaultPig, on 24 August 2017 - 03:47 AM, said:

a nerf to big engines hurts mechs that are locked into big engines? I for one am shocked

that said it's still a pretty good platform; invest an extra 10 or so SP into the movement tree and you can get pretty close to prior performance.

I"d rather invest in a sustain and heat)))

[Angel of Annihilation]

Khobai, on 18 May 2017 - 03:46 AM, said:

the timberwolf era has been over for a while

Make that a long while. They are still good mechs but they aren't anywhere near the top anymore, not after all the nerfs they have suffered.

[Bigbacon]

you have to skill tree now.....would be PGIs answer

[Jackal Noble]

Johnny Z, on 23 August 2017 - 11:05 PM, said:

Blame the Ebon Jaguar more than anything else. Nerfs incoming.

LOL wot. The mech that was quirkless for almost 2 years and you've now deduced that has nerfs incoming. Wonders will never cease from you Johnny. What's that? Can't hear you... oh that's right you have your mic turned off.

[Jackal Noble]

CaptainTeem0, on 24 August 2017 - 01:49 AM, said:

Timber still GodTier. If EXE would have unlocked MASC and Engine, yes Glad would be a new GodMech. But atm TimberGod still have alphas of 76-78 damage and can fire that 4 times before going to shutdown. So... stop your evny cause...

TIMBERGOD ERA CONTINUES

Haha that's funny as I have almost no issue taking on a timber with any mech in my roster, IS or Clan (~196 atm). It's hitboxes are just as easy to isolate if not easier than the EBJ. I have one TBR-Prime that I picked up for Cbills, just to. All the hubub it's gotten over the time it's been in game just does not appeal to me. Haven't taken it out a whole lot since ST dropped. TBH I'm not a fan of the MWO aesthetics treatment it received, that crazy flat back.. bleh.

Further, it moves like it got stuck in molasses. Mobility is a prime investment for this mech. Torso twist not as bad, but accel, decel and turn rate are hard lame.

Edited by JackalBeast, 24 August 2017 - 08:10 AM.

[MagicIndex]

JackalBeast, on 24 August 2017 - 08:07 AM, said:

Haha that's funny as I have almost no issue taking on a timber with any mech in my roster, IS or Clan (~196 atm). It's hitboxes are just as easy to isolate if not easier than the EBJ. I have one TBR-Prime that I picked up for Cbills, just to. All the hubub it's gotten over the time it's been in game just does not appeal to me. Haven't taken it out a whole lot since ST dropped. TBH I'm not a fan of the MWO aesthetics treatment it received, that crazy flat back.. bleh.

Further, it moves like it got stuck in molasses. Mobility is a prime investment for this mech. Torso twist not as bad, but accel, decel and turn rate are hard lame.

Mobility of 81kmph mech and invest into mobility...... lolwut. Sustain, Cooling, Firepower. Enought to brake 4-6 faces in a row and die with 5-6 kills, and 1,5k damage. Any way you not gonna live forever.

Khobai, on 21 May 2017 - 01:11 AM, said:

The Executioner is too agile as well. Not sure what your point is.

Just unlock MASC and engine.... EXE-D with XL400 would sink that forum in a SALT

Edited by MagicIndex, 24 August 2017 - 08:53 AM.

[ingramli]

An old topic started by me, but i have to say....the more i played, the more i find that, with the exception of lights, spending the tonnage on firepower usually is usually more rewarding than on speed, usually ~30% of tonnage (for instance, ~25 ton engine for a 85 tonner) is the maximum amount i feel comfortable to fit on the mech, anything more than that is pretty much a waste....

Edited by ingramli, 24 August 2017 - 09:36 AM.

[Jackal Noble]

MagicIndex, on 24 August 2017 - 08:50 AM, said:

Mobility of 81kmph mech and invest into mobility...... lolwut. Sustain, Cooling, Firepower. Enought to brake 4-6 faces in a row and die with 5-6 kills, and 1,5k damage. Any way you not gonna live forever.


Just unlock MASC and engine.... EXE-D with XL400 would sink that forum in a SALT

Lol wot. It's all down to preference. Sure, I have a basic template that I use on a lot of my mechs, as well as unique experiments. I have a number of 81 KPH Clan mechs that I haven't even touched mobility with. I tend to do just fine with however I orient my builds. 1500 in a T5 match huh? I mean, that alone would instantly boost ya at least to T4, weird. But the way you are talking, that's a regular occurence. Odd. Unless you are one of the few that strictly drops Faction. In that case, I could fart and get 1500 damage on a single mech of various weights. but ok.
Also, in the event that you are talking faction (and if you hypothetically do not pug, which I do about 85% of mucho playtime), I value mobility as it's not oft that I can rely on my teammates, so it's good to be able to skirmish. Not their fault or mine, just kind of the wet mess of pugs and the game modes.

Edited by JackalBeast, 24 August 2017 - 10:00 AM.