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It's ability to spread damage across its 330 hit boxes from every shot, to its blistering 538kph speed, to its amazing ability to carry as many or more medium lasers than some heavy mechs, even though it's a fraction of the size and power output. We all learn to fear the name, Pirates Bane. (this is sarcasm btw)
Any pilot who has faced one has felt the pain of the cheese they present and the rage at dying to it because of out of bounds game mechanics. Even the Dire Star cannot stop it. So instead of waiting for a dev fix that will never come I turn to the forums and ask for your best loadouts and success stories for defeating the bane of MWO. The new skill tree system should allow for some unique combinations to help swat this annoying menace.
I for one, LOVE the new skill tree system. It has allowed for quick and easy customizations of mechs and to give them quirks they never had. My current favorite is the mad dog. Dusting off this old bird, putting on a fresh coat of paint, and a boat load of sensor and missile skills has put the fun back into LRM boating. With a blistering +bonus to velocity / cooldown on the mech already plus the additional skill boost, and a beagle probe its almost like firing UAC. Max sensor skill + beagle probe combo shrugs off the most aggressive ECM campaign.
And so I shall begin with MY locust kill story. In comes a pirates bane all painted white, machine guns blazing, looking for easy structure kills. He lag blitzes in and jumps in front of me, attacking a guy that was smoking and hurt real bad. At about 300meters I let loose a barrage of 40 artemis clan missiles into his backside. Doesn't kill him but strips him of his armor and putting some structure points into the red (Again I call BS on a mech that size). Making him mad enough to stop his attack, rage up and come after me, machine guns blazing, on my fresh mech hehe. I back into the wall and get ready for a fight. The guy he was attacking turns around and pops him. I never laughed so hard in my life. Purchased and hung up the golden pirate doubloon as a memento for the kill.
Post your best locust kills. Would love to know the best mechs and loadouts to hunt them. My Viper is pretty close but even with max skills I can only get him to 140kph, but his jump jets really help out, especially when skilled out.
