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[Zodie]

nice patch pgi
cant stop waiting I can kill this hated grasshopper with my fast litle ACs on my mobile assault mech

[Racerxintegra2k]

..... With all due respect, balance has been getting ALOT worse not better. This next patch ... whats the purpose wait warrior online ... everyone ducking behind cover to cool down or wait to fire again.

[Skull Rucker]

I'll have to play it before I complain about it.

... Not sure how it will go, but it seems to encourage mixed builds and heavier individual energy weapon choices over boating light, single slot lasers;

Should medium and lighter lasers be king? On face value It seems this pass will encourage more tactical pokes. But the result remains to be seen.

I don't have a dog in the race, so the change will be interesting, at least, as the meta readapts.

<O

[Y E O N N E]

DGTLDaemon, on 13 October 2017 - 10:10 PM, said:

Not even funny. That's a good loadout for the Highlander IIC, not for a 100-tonner. 2xUAC10+2xHLL+2xERML should work, though, now that HLLs and ERMLs have a similar cooldown

If you just want a potent burst, by all means keep the cHLL. If you want to push, then take the cLPL.

[Delta1262 Scorch]

Rhialto, on 14 October 2017 - 09:08 AM, said:

Where is the audio of the new Gravestone Warhorn?

Oh that's what it is for! Now i get it, it looks like that the new Gravestone Warhorn is dedicated to MWO in the light of these patch notes.

Edited by Delta1262 Scorch, 14 October 2017 - 10:13 AM.

[Exhall]

I'm trying so hard to find a reason to keep playing. So far, no good. I'd list the reasons but the community have already listed them.

[clan hope]

im sorry i feel you need to to take all range quirks from all is mechs and take away alot of there armor and structure quirks .. and give them more heat for firing that many lasers at the same time .. just want im seeing.. the only reason in fp clans are winning is we work together

Edited by clan hope, 14 October 2017 - 10:45 AM.

[vonJerg]

Is it 1st of April in Canada?

[CainenEX]

Gas Guzzler, on 13 October 2017 - 07:18 PM, said:

LOL

Grasshopper nerfs

And yeah, UAC5s weren't hot enough, totally need to increase their heat None of the barely viable PPC/UAC5 IS heavies/assaults can be permitted I guess.

And laser cooldown nerfs.... okay I guess? That's kind of odd but okay...

This patch is just mediocre...

Can we have Paul back please?

[CK16]

Few minor nerfs, oh well. Nothing to bad really...

Free roam camera in testing grounds?! Yea!!!

[ShooteyMcShooterson]

What cracks me up is I sensed this nerf coming to mediums and was already adjusting. Turns out the energy builds I do now tend to have ERLLs, MPLs, the Clan HMLs, or the new clan vomit using HLLs and ERMLs.

Luckily, the way I'm using those builds won't be seriously affected.

[H I A S]

Oure playerbase is only shrinking by 5000 Players over the last 5 months.
PGI: Hold my beer.

[CK16]

H I A S, on 14 October 2017 - 11:11 AM, said:

Oure playerbase is only shrinking by 5000 Players over the last 5 months.
PGI: Hold my beer.

Jeeez, let's think here....what season was in the past 5 months for the majority of the player base? Also I really hope you don't base this off steam -.-

Edited by CK16, 14 October 2017 - 11:18 AM.

[Trenchbird]

They always do. But honestly, you can still glean info off of Steam, just not a lot.

[MustrumRidcully]

Well,it seems this might help close range ballistic builds a bit. Might also help a bit when pushing if the laser vomit barrage takes a bit longer to launch its second salvo and third salvo...

Missiles get a bit weaker with more spread, which hurts particular LRMs and ATMs.
Lasers deliver less DPS, and at close range, enemies can't so easily rely just on alpha strike damage, since they are more easily pursued and have a harder time retreating to cover.

[WildeKarde]

Having seen someones mention hunchback 4g am I right in thinking the backup medium lasers have a longer cool down than the ac20 now?
Seems an excessive change for them but my only thought is it is to make firing be less about the whole alpha than split large numbers of lasers to smaller groups.

Not sure I agree with large lasers having better cooldowns. Last thing the game needs is everyone sniping 1km away for a whole match.

[Johnathan Tanner]

clan hope, on 14 October 2017 - 10:30 AM, said:

im sorry i feel you need to to take all range quirks from all is mechs and take away alot of there armor and structure quirks .. and give them more heat for firing that many lasers at the same time .. just want im seeing.. the only reason in fp clans are winning is we work together

Ha! No you don"t. Clans don't win at FP anymore than IS does. You only think your winning because actually good merc crews carry your worthless faction loyalists every single day. When balance shifts back to IS Clans wont even be able to get off there home worlds. lol remember phase 2? Still have nighmares about black knights that could solo 2 ebjs at once? Lol.

[Johnathan Tanner]

CainenEX, on 14 October 2017 - 10:52 AM, said:

This patch is just mediocre...

Can we have Paul back please?

Damn... You know its bad when the fellas want Paul back.....

[FallingAce]

I'm sure nerfing the Grasshoppers and Annihilators while not touching the Deathstrike will improve Clan/I.S. balance.

[Bud Crue]

So I just logged into the game to rebuild my hot map drop deck. Ya see, two of my mechs were Illyas running 3UAC5s and 3ERML and given the patch those mechs now belong in a cold map deck I guess. Anyway, while changing one of my Illya's back to 3AC10s a mental itch began. In turning my inner eye toward this irritation and realized its source: a recollection.

A discussion from back in March regarding the skills tree and its impact on the game. It was my view at the time that the new economy replacing the old three mech model would be one that included non-stop monthly changes to various mechs and weapons values that would force players to rebuild their mechs and reskill them in order to act as a cbill sink among other things.

Huh. Seems to me that is exactly what we are now experiencing. These up coming changes are no more about balance than last month's. These changes are nothing more that a mechanism to force us to do things like what I was just doing: spending some xp and sp points to modify a mech from one build to another, spending some cbills replacing weapons and (and a slightly smaller engine damn it) so as to not suffer the consequences of the latest nerf to what I had been having decent results in. So stay tuned for next months totally predictable and inevitable changes when other of your favorite mechs and weapons get hit, so you can continue to participate in PGI's new economy of constant change.