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[cazidin]

Greetings MechWarriors. Today I have a simple, abridged version of my original Skill Tree for New Players. After some very helpful and constructive criticism I've created a format that should be easier to read and understand for all players but I'll leave a link to my original thread for both archival purposes and for anyone adventurous enough to look through it for more details on how I created these rankings and the rationale behind it.

https://mwomercs.com...or-new-players/

You can also create your own trees with this skill calculator tool. I'd gladly help you with that and offer critique where I can!

https://kitlaan.gitlab.io/mwoskill/

1.Firepower Branch
2.Agility Branch
3.Survival Branch*
4.Operations Branch
5.Sensors Branch
6.Jump Jets Branch**

*Moves up to #2 if you already have durability quirks.
**Obviously, this moves up to #3 or 4 if you have more than 3 JJ.

Firepower Branch
1.Laser Duration/LBX Spread
2.Heat Generation
3.Range
4.Cooldown/velocity
5.Magezine Capacity*
6.Missile Spread
7.High Explosives/Gauss Charge
8.UAC jam chance

*Moves up to #2 if you have Autocannons or Missiles as your primary armament.

Survival Branch
1.Armor Hardening
2.Skeletal Density
3.Shock Absorbance
4.AMS Overload

Agility Branch
1.Speed Tweak
2.Torso Speed/Yaw
3.Kinetic Burst/Handbrake
4.Anchor Turn
5.Torso Pitch

Jump Jets Branch
1.Vent Calibration
2.Lift Speed
3.Vectoring
4.Heat Shielding

Operations Branch
1.Cool Run/Heat Containment
2.Hill Climb
3.Improved Gyros
4.Quick Ignition/Speed Retention*

*They're both mediocre™ but Speed Retention might be useful on Lights. Move it up to #3.

Sensors Branch
1.Seismic Sensors
2.Target Info Gathering
3.Sensor Range
4.Radar Deprivation
5.Advanced Zoom
6.Target Decay
7.Target Retention*
8.Enhanced ECM**

*Move this up to #4 if you're a light mech, Streak Boat, or just want to keep info on those pesky lights!
**Move this up to #1 if you carry ECM but it's so heavily nerfed now. Why would you?

What does everybody think? Is this a bit easier to read? Do you agree with my rankings? If not, please tell me why?

Edited by cazidin, 19 May 2017 - 02:48 PM.

[cazidin]

No comments? I guess that it's perfect then!

[Nicodemus Rosse]

I think Radar Dep might be more useful than Seismic right now, if only because they take a similar number of nodes to reach and there appears to be a profusion of LRM spam?

Still trying to figure my priorities out right now on these, this was an interesting read. Thanks for posting.

[Wattila]

Nicodemus Rosse, on 19 May 2017 - 06:11 PM, said:

I think Radar Dep might be more useful than Seismic right now, if only because they take a similar number of nodes to reach and there appears to be a profusion of LRM spam?

Still trying to figure my priorities out right now on these, this was an interesting read. Thanks for posting.

Radar Derp does nothing for you when you're being actively spotted or sitting under an UAV. The best defense from LRMs is a building, or a solid piece of rock, accept no alternatives. The best thing about Radar Derp is the blip sound it makes when it tells you to do a 180 and nope out of wherever you're thinking of going.

[FullAlchemy]

Thanks for the guide! I did fall for some traps.

[cazidin]

Nicodemus Rosse, on 19 May 2017 - 06:11 PM, said:

I think Radar Dep might be more useful than Seismic right now, if only because they take a similar number of nodes to reach and there appears to be a profusion of LRM spam?

Still trying to figure my priorities out right now on these, this was an interesting read. Thanks for posting.

FullAlchemy, on 19 May 2017 - 06:37 PM, said:

Thanks for the guide! I did fall for some traps.

Glad I could help you both and good matches earlier!

[JediPanther]

This is extremely helpful for all players. My brother lucked out a few days ago when I helped him build a lrm dps C1 with nearly all the missile skills, a full sensor minus ecm, and the one point for uav. you should dual post this in the new player forums too.

[Nicodemus Rosse]

Wattila, on 19 May 2017 - 06:25 PM, said:

Radar Derp does nothing for you when you're being actively spotted or sitting under an UAV. The best defense from LRMs is a building, or a solid piece of rock, accept no alternatives. The best thing about Radar Derp is the blip sound it makes when it tells you to do a 180 and nope out of wherever you're thinking of going.

Yes, and also: my go-to LRM avoidance in open terrain is to move to break LOS then change direction 90 degrees to get clear of the missile rain, and so far that maneuver works much better with radep enabled.

I did not know about the blip sound effect. Thanks for the tip, I think I know the sound you mean but wasn't aware of what it meant in game.

[Belkor]

Cazidin, you might want to repost a copy of your guides to https://mwomercs.com...des-strategies/

These guides will surely help a lot of new players and they might have an easier time finding it over in that section dedicated for new player guides.

[cazidin]

Belkor, on 19 May 2017 - 11:06 PM, said:

Cazidin, you might want to repost a copy of your guides to https://mwomercs.com...des-strategies/

These guides will surely help a lot of new players and they might have an easier time finding it over in that section dedicated for new player guides.

Sure. I can repost it there but Bud is going to probably not like me very much. Lol. Part of this is for the contest (I said that I wouldn't spend money on the game... but spending OTHER people's money is technically OK! )

[cazidin]

Alright. If anybody has any questions, still would like help with their mech skills, or has criticism to offer feel free! I'd like to continue to refine this guide!