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[JediPanther]

Not a bad build but bad map awreness for the other team:


and for worst build noob of the night that was defiantly not me:

[xengk]

A Kintaro with 5 MRM10, it was interesting.

[Escef]

Just play during the mid-morning hours for the US east coast. I've seen such horrible jank it isn't even funny.

[RestosIII]

I ran the Mist Lynx A lore build. For multiple matches. My soul is forfeit.

[Zergling]

You guys should probably edit the screenshots to remove any visible player names.

[RestosIII]

Zergling, on 15 August 2017 - 02:57 AM, said:

You guys should probably edit the screenshots to remove any visible player names.

Normally I don't bother when showing a glitch, a good score, or anything else really, but yeah, if we're talking bad builds people have used you should probably censor the person's name to be polite.

[Davegt27]

what would help people is here is a bad build and here is my build with the same Mech

we need more this is my build
stats to back up your build would also help

[Satan n stuff]

DAYLEET, on 15 August 2017 - 12:25 AM, said:

Is killing a mech by stripping all its armor on all its component all at once a good thing now? Im sure you could make a lrm mauler look good too if thats your thing. i don't see the point. MRM are the worse weapon system right now in the game. They dont have a niche place. They dont do anything average enough. They suck on all points. They stream fire, making them terrible at damaging a component. They have an insane spread making them doubly terrible at damaging components. Anything under 60 tubes isnt going to do any good since you need to first strip a mech of all its armor first.

I've been doing just fine with an MRM60 IV-Four and I hadn't played in months before yesterday.

[Baba Yogi]

Atlas with 3 lrm 5s, and AMS. That is it! Although i didnt see it recently it has been a while.

[Battlemaster56]

I remember seeing one Atlas DDC build with 2x ac2's, 3x lrm 10's, and a small laser, sad part was I beat it fairly fresh with a Timberwolf with only 40% hp left and barely any ammo for a 2x uac5's XD.

[Asym]

Atlas with LRM's and flamers.

[Bud Crue]

Satan n stuff, on 15 August 2017 - 03:25 AM, said:

I've been doing just fine with an MRM60 IV-Four and I hadn't played in months before yesterday.

Serious question:
Why just 2 30s instead of 40s?

I converted one of mine to an LFE 250 (or 255 I don't recall atm exactly), 2 MRM40s 6 tons of ammo and a JJ. I tried the 2 30s build on the basis that I wanted to avoid ghost heat and to better take advantage of the missile cool down quirk. But after realizing that the ghost heat on 2 40s is like 2 points. I went back up to 2 40s. I also tried the 2 30s with 2ML or 2ERML back up, and didn't find them to be worth it.

As to the OP. Really bad builds? Any of my 0XPs will probably work. I am fixated on trying HG on one and an LBX20 on another, and that means standard engines. An AC20 or UAC20 with an LFE is so amazingly superior to these options, but I kept the HG and LBX20 builds nonetheless (hey those weapons were expensive).

Edited by Bud Crue, 15 August 2017 - 04:56 AM.

[Xorkrath]

I'll volunteer a really bad build of my own.

In another thread, I spoke about how I tried to make LBX work for me. Part of that attempt was boating the heck out of them. Back then, I was much newer of a player and my selection of mechs was very small. So I slapped a bunch of LBX onto the only mech I had with a bunch of ballistic hardpoints.

So, I had a Kodiak with two LBX-5's and two LBX-2's. On paper, the DPS wasn't bad per se, there's lots of ammo, good range, rapid fire, and naturally chain firing from the different firing speeds of the two weapons. In reality, well, I'm sure I don't have to explain how disastrous that was.

I also toyed with an configuration of LBX-5 and LBX-10. Not nearly as much ammo, but still pretty much the same result.

Now, I did see a build that I know was a troll build but still worth sharing. While spectating, I saw a dire wolf with what appeared to be 14 flamers.

[Bigbacon]

Escef, on 15 August 2017 - 02:37 AM, said:

Just play during the mid-morning hours for the US east coast. I've seen such horrible jank it isn't even funny.

probably me... I love playing silly *** builds. One of the only ways to really enjoy the game.

Nothing like a RAC2 spider.

[Wildstreak]

Oh I've been saving these.

This is kinda a bad build, just should have used lasers instead of MGs and boat one LRM type.

[Marquis De Lafayette]

Not the absolute worst builds, but I continually see IS heavies and assaults boating weapons with a minimum range and no or limited ( 2ml's at most) backup weapons... when an light can just face-hug you and laugh off your weapons, you aren't a support mech...you are "dinner".

Edited by Marquis De Lafayette, 15 August 2017 - 07:45 AM.

[Bud Crue]

Marquis De Lafayette, on 15 August 2017 - 07:44 AM, said:

Not the absolute worst builds, but I continually see IS heavies and assaults boating weapons with a minimum range and no or limited ( 2ml's at most) backup weapons... when an light can just face-hug you and laugh off your weapons, you aren't a support mech...you are "dinner".

4 PPC, 1AC5 Boars Head. No idea if it is the same one, but I have seen it a few times over the last several months in group queue prime time NA. Once had the opportunity to crotch hug it in a Cheetah, actually overheat (because I am an idiot) , and then finish it off taking only 1 hit from the stupid AC5.

[Suko]

A Jenner running (I think) and LRM 60. Maybe it was an LRM 40. That's all it had.

Its top speed was 35kph. >.>


A close runner up? Atlas with 2 AC-5's. Not 2 UAC-5's..... Nope, two REGULAR AC-5's and NOTHING else. I honestly don't know what he was doing with all that wasted tonnage, because he sure as hell wasn't moving at 150kph.

Edited by Suko, 15 August 2017 - 08:09 AM.

[Tordin]

El Bandito, on 14 August 2017 - 08:44 PM, said:

Direwolf with HMGs. How do people come to the conclusion that slapping the shortest ranged MG on the slowest mech is gonna work?

Yeah. Simple rule. The slower you are the longer range your MG's need to have. And no, I dont think max range buffs for the HMG on a DW is enough.. Go for LMG, at LEAST stnadard mg if you have to.

Havent seen anything special as far as I can remember.. Well maybe that one catapult which had 2 x MRM 40. At least he wasnt as helpless as the stock 2 x lrm 15 cats walking around, so kudos for that.

Edited by Tordin, 15 August 2017 - 08:12 AM.

[Jackal Noble]

razenWing, on 14 August 2017 - 11:34 PM, said:

like this?

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...65b27d58f1ed7b4

No, close but not quite.

DARK Ping! Rock chip in the window... Dammit

50 rounds with ST gives you like 60 rounds and with speed tweak, goes 121 kph. Have had very meager success with it, a lot has to do with how bad the Lgauss is as a weapon. Only really need one jj in the assassin to skirt around with.

Alternatively drop it down to a 270 and use that extra .5 to add another JJ. Assassin is very XL friendly and IMO necessary to run with. Can be run with a LTE245 tho, but then that slows you down to 99-103 ish.