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[Bishop Steiner]

I've always decried pure laser vomit as the epitome of boring. Lazy. Vanilla.

And then PGI brought out the Nova Cat. I wanted it for the stupid fun of being the ultimate SpudGun, the thought of flinging 90 LRMs with abandon.

But then I loaded the Prime up, with 2x LPL in the Torsos, and 5x MPL in the Arms, a TC1 and rots and rots of Heatsinks.

And for some reason it was fun in the way that Wubhammer, Black Knights, etc never were.

What black magic have you bewitched me with, PGI??????

[Savage Wolf]

Clantech?

Laser vomit on clan mechs run way cooler because you can have soo many more heatsinks on a clan mech.

[Bishop Steiner]

Savage Wolf, on 23 October 2017 - 08:14 AM, said:

Clantech?

Laser vomit on clan mechs run way cooler because you can have soo many more heatsinks on a clan mech.

I've run plenty of Clan Laser Vomit, from Timbies to Warhawks and Direwhales, Novas, etc. Never found em interesting without mixing in SRMs or MG or an AC. Heck... Nova Cat ain't even an optimal gundam, but it's fun.

[Savage Wolf]

Bishop Steiner, on 23 October 2017 - 08:19 AM, said:

I've run plenty of Clan Laser Vomit, from Timbies to Warhawks and Direwhales, Novas, etc. Never found em interesting without mixing in SRMs or MG or an AC. Heck... Nova Cat ain't even an optimal gundam, but it's fun.

Well then maybe it's not something logical. Like my love for King Crabs. I'm not that good with them, but they are just fun somehow.

[Bishop Steiner]

Savage Wolf, on 23 October 2017 - 08:26 AM, said:

Well then maybe it's not something logical. Like my love for King Crabs. I'm not that good with them, but they are just fun somehow.

pretty much this, I imagine. Always loved the NovaCat in MW4, but ran the 3x UAC5/2xLPL version. Don't have the Charlie yet, so can't do that. But the Prime and Bravo are plenty fun as is. Alpha... eh... JJs on it aren't really that exciting.

[El Bandito]

It was only a matter of time. So, Novakaine is the last one left?

Edited by El Bandito, 23 October 2017 - 09:18 AM.

[Juodas Varnas]

Maybe you just admire it's stupid looking animations?

Ugh, you couldn't pay me enough to pilot that thing.

[Snazzy Dragon]

Juodas Varnas, on 23 October 2017 - 08:44 AM, said:

Maybe you just admire it's stupid looking animations?

Ugh, you couldn't pay me enough to pilot that thing.

Plot twist; when the first quad comes out it'll have 4 nova cat legs with the same exact animation and even smaller foot actuators.

[El Bandito]

Snazzy Dragon, on 23 October 2017 - 08:51 AM, said:

Plot twist; when the first quad comes out it'll have 4 nova cat legs with the same exact animation and even smaller foot actuators.

And it will be a Clan mech.

[Gas Guzzler]

Gauss vomit is more fun.

[xVLFBERHxT]

Snazzy Dragon, on 23 October 2017 - 08:51 AM, said:

Plot twist; when the first quad comes out it'll have 4 nova cat legs with the same exact animation and even smaller foot actuators.

Is that a walking novacat in your sig?

[CK16]

Might be because the Nova Cat was built to be an energy boat? Where the others are bastardized when you do so

TBR with out missile ears still does not feel right......

[Khobai]

laser vomit has nothing to do with it

this game is boring no matter what combination of weapons you use

because every gamemode is skirmish and skirmish is the most dumbed down gamemode there is

[Gas Guzzler]

Khobai, on 23 October 2017 - 09:47 AM, said:

laser vomit has nothing to do with it

this game is boring no matter what combination of weapons you use

because every gamemode is skirmish and skirmish is the most dumbed down gamemode there is

I came to shoot mechs. If I wanted to do something else, I would play Neverwinter Nights.

Oh wait, I do that in between MWO matches.

[Khobai]

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I came to shoot mechs.

sounds like hawken is right up your alley

[The Mysterious Fox]

Gas Guzzler, on 23 October 2017 - 09:48 AM, said:

I came to shoot mechs. If I wanted to do something else, I would play Neverwinter Nights.

Oh wait, I do that in between MWO matches.

skirmish holds this game up like atlas holds up the sky. the quality of the mode declines the further it gets away from this simple premise. but hey, at least MW5 and battletech will be out soon

[Gas Guzzler]

Khobai, on 23 October 2017 - 09:51 AM, said:

sounds like hawken is right up your alley

Hawken isn't MechWarrior so, no.

You don't seem to understand that shooting mechs is the pillar of any PvP MechWarrior game.

You want to blow up factories or defend convoys or attack palaces? That's single player MechWarrior ****.

Edited by Gas Guzzler, 23 October 2017 - 09:54 AM.

[Jay Leon Hart]

CK16, on 23 October 2017 - 09:38 AM, said:

Might be because the Nova Cat was built to be an energy boat? Where the others are bastardized when you do so

TBR with out missile ears still does not feel right......

I keep one TBR loaded with LRM15s just in case, along with a HBR & WHM with arm PPCs...

[Khobai]

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You want to blow up factories or defend convoys or attack palaces? That's single player MechWarrior ****.

obviously youve never even played mechwarrior 4 or mechwarrior living legends in multiplayer

because the most popular multiplayer gamemodes in those games were way more than just deathmatch.

they had strategic objectives that you had to attack/defend/capture. way bigger maps too.

the closest thing in MWO is conquest... which is probably the least bad gamemode. which is why they use conquest for comp play a lot of the time, its the most fair gamemode for all the weight classes, prevents camping, and forces play on the whole map.

even a derisive game like hawken has more depth than MWO in its siege gamemode.

laser vomits fine people need to stop complaining about it like its the games biggest problem. its not. the #1 reason MWO suffers is because every gamemode is skirmish and skirmish is wholly unsatisfying to play.

Edited by Khobai, 23 October 2017 - 10:04 AM.

[Gas Guzzler]

Khobai, on 23 October 2017 - 09:57 AM, said:

obviously youve never even played mechwarrior 4 or mechwarrior living legends in multiplayer

because the most popular multiplayer gamemodes in those games were more than just deathmatch.

Not LL, but I did play MW4, and I remember shooting mechs, with respawns.