Mumuharra, on 21 July 2017 - 07:28 AM, said:
As I said, I need some advices how to play the stealth game.
I equipped a Raven 3LC and a Atlas DDC mit stealth armor but failed completely.
Has anyone used the stealth armor successfully and give me some hints?
(By the way, both mechs are under my best performers over the last 3 years. Just gathering a little dust during the last month).
Thanks
@OP, the most important thing is, with a raven or similar sniper, is to keep moving. As soon as you *think* someone *may* have figured out where your shots came from you have got to move. take a look
here, these tactics are just as valid in this game as they were in real war.
Now, for the DDC it is NOT a stealth mech. There is NO way to be sealthy in that mech. ECM on the DDC is just to provide you a little more freedom from the LRM spam. Using Stealth armor on a DDC would really cripple your firepower -- and on that mech you should be running big-as-you-can-get weapons...it is not stealth.
For the raven, its movement and positioning. You are always trying to figure out where an enemy back is going to be, getting in position to shoot the back then moving to your next position where you can get a clean shot. From the standpoint of effort, successfully playing a raven or similar requires a lot of work. Probably that is why most opt for a jump-jetting gauss or ppc mech to fire from behind your team-mates (its easier to do). Just remember, that the best way to play an ECM sniper mech is to pretend you don't have ECM.
Finally, stealth armor.... I have tried it several times and UNLESS you are already a GREAT stealth-mech player you are going to have a VERY hard time with it... you will lose your little red doritos and if you aren't aware of your position you will find yourself bumping into enemies. It adds heat, which makes it not very good for energy loaded mechs. Stealth armor is one of those additions that works well in about 1% of your engagements and provides no, or negative benefits in the other 99%. One mech where I have used it effectively is in the light gauss phx-1b.
Edited by nehebkau, 21 July 2017 - 10:26 AM.