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[Elegant and Sophisticated]

NimoStar, on 16 October 2017 - 07:47 AM, said:

...The problem with lasers is that their "heat" is spread out in time, so THEY COOL DOWN EVEN WHILE YOU FIRE THEM.

The solution is either to make laser heat instant (meaning laser vomit build will overheat immediately) OR disable cooling WHILE you are actually firing the weapon....

How about increasing the heat rate exponentially? The more lasers you fire, heat rises faster. Also, the more damage a laser does, the heat rate increases accordingly too if more than one laser is fired.

[Jay Leon Hart]

suffocater, on 16 October 2017 - 01:43 PM, said:

Did this arrive here yet?
https://mwomercs.com...n-patch-update/

Dammit! I knew I was missing a thread

[suffocater]

The changes made their way in the official patch notes I see without any mentioning. Sneaky move there.

Edited by suffocater, 16 October 2017 - 02:59 PM.

[Jay Leon Hart]

The arms are fixed!

[kilgor]

All PGI had to do was implement the heat scale with shutdown chances at certain heat levels and ammo explosions. Of course, they would need to reduce ammo quantities back down too so people don't just boat ACs or missiles. As I've said before, Alphas were meant as finishing moves, not do it every chance you get.

Edited by kilgor, 16 October 2017 - 03:34 PM.

[Gas Guzzler]

kilgor, on 16 October 2017 - 03:31 PM, said:

Alphas were meant as finishing moves

That's weird, alphas have been a huge part of every MechWarrior game. This isn't table top BattleTech or the books..

[Jasrion Blastlehoffer]

I'm super sad to see the ARTEMIS shot group spread nerfed. The mech design investment of 1 slot and 1 ton for every launcher just to tighten the missile focus is substantial, and if it's not gonig to be as effective anymore, it's hard to justify as a viable option.

[Rhialto]

suffocater, on 16 October 2017 - 01:43 PM, said:

Did this arrive here yet?
https://mwomercs.com...n-patch-update/

Thanks for posting this, I would have missed it. I wonder why nobody from PGI have replied here to tell us.

[Stitchedup]

Thank you PGI at last you gave lights at little bit of a buff. You have just took the nerf bat to any lock on wepons . good luck assaults and maybe even heavys with streaks (the bane of lights), hope you have a good torso twist when trying to lock on with LRMs or ATMs at mid range. Iam going to needed that extra time to core you with these laser nerfs in bound

[reQu1em]

Medium laser nerf...are you mental! There is nothing worng with the laser balance.

Edited by reQu1em, 17 October 2017 - 12:57 AM.

[VaudeVillain]

Since I only use Level 1 tech, the Medium laser is the core weapon of many of my builds, so this will definitely hurt my ability to effectively damage 'Mechs as I can't go Pulse because it isn't Level 1 or heavier weaponry due to the Single Heat Sink allocation. And as I frequently mention, while ER LL and ER PPC got range boosts, the LL and PPC never did.

[DAEDALOS513]

This is a nerf to brawling ultimately promoting sniping, trading and lurming at long range. Huge step backward.

Edited by DAEDALOS513, 17 October 2017 - 07:42 AM.

[Rat of the Legion Vega]

Jay Leon Hart, on 16 October 2017 - 03:28 PM, said:

The arms are fixed!

Nice, though I think we may need to rename this mech "Thanksgiving Turkey".

[MrEdweird]

Well, this sucks. Play time went from dinner to after midnight for me. Can't play my NightStars much today.

EDIT: Oh great, it's not even coming out today. Well, that's a disappointment. It's a shame that we find out so late that there will be problems - it's fine if it takes another day but for those of us who have been waiting for it, it's a real unpleasant thing to find out at the last moment.

Edited by MrEdweird, 17 October 2017 - 01:20 PM.

[SuperFunkTron]

So it's after 2 PM Pacific and the servers haven't been shut down for the update yet. Does anyone know what's going on?

[MrEdweird]

SuperFunkTron, on 17 October 2017 - 01:20 PM, said:

So it's after 2 PM Pacific and the servers haven't been shut down for the update yet. Does anyone know what's going on?

Read my post. They just announced it isnt even coming out today...2PM tomorrow. Which is still midnight, so essentially, I'll be playing it on Thursday instead of today.

[Rhialto]

SuperFunkTron, on 17 October 2017 - 01:20 PM, said:

So it's after 2 PM Pacific and the servers haven't been shut down for the update yet. Does anyone know what's going on?

https://mwomercs.com...-to-18th-at-2pm

[Liveish]

Wow, that is a first, PGI missing a delivery date for a mech pack.

[A Hobo with a Shotgun]

PFC Carsten, on 16 October 2017 - 03:20 AM, said:

Hint for PGI: Do try and actually play your game from time to time.

Matt Newman is Tier 4 (no Joke)

[blackcatf]

Rhialto, on 17 October 2017 - 01:23 PM, said:

https://mwomercs.com...-to-18th-at-2pm

Tomorrow is the 18th, right? So, tomorrow at 2.

I missed that the first couple times I read the update, too...

Edited by blackcatf, 17 October 2017 - 05:09 PM.