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[KanKrusha]

Lighter mechs = more fun :-)
(IMnsHO when Invasion gets rebalanced IS tonnageshould go down instead of clan going up)

Just double the points per damage for scouting mode.

[panzer1b]

I dont understand why the clanners cant handle scouting mode, i mean all it takes is either bringing 4 ATM huntsmans and annihilating 2 mechs b4 they even get in SRM range by focused alfa strikes, 4 dedicated mid range laser vomit mechs and go for the legs, or 4 ice fridges (or some other fast mech like viper) with 5-6 ERMLs to kite the enemy and avoid the SRM deathzone. Obviously if you insist upon trying to outbrawl IS ur doomed, no clan mech has both teh armor and firepower to match IS at one of its primary metas.

The last of which is so brutally effective ive had a few games where i was the ONLY one in a ice fridge on the team, my 3 allies got spawn farmed (as in dead within 2 mins), and i went on to kill all 4 enemy players with the combo of speed, agility, and ranged firepower. Yeah, i know many are gonna hate that im one of those players that will drag a game out if i feel there is any hope at all of a win, but ive actually turned absolute fails around on many occasions, so its not like im gonna stop playing my 5ERML fridge any time soon.

That said, i feel that allowing the crow would open some serious options for clan, since the crow can bring just a bit less firepower then a huntsman or hunch2c, while being a good 20kph faster. Its not like 4 crows are gonna club IS all of a sudden, but at least clan would get a mech that can carry both a reasonable amount of firepower, AND move faster then the bushwanker horde can in a straight line at least.

Edited by panzer1b, 05 January 2018 - 02:33 PM.

[Tordin]

ScrapIron Prime, on 22 December 2017 - 12:36 PM, said:

How does the stormcrow make things magically better for the clanners? The Huntsman has exactly the same available tonnage and can mount pretty much the same hardpoints (plus or minus their body locations).

Stormcrow, no problem. Also dont forget the Black Lanner on the horizon...

[Jonathan8883]

My ATM-24 Huntsman regularly does over 600 damage in scouting... didn't have much problem once I got used to the mode and knew how to play.

[InvictusLee]

Jay Leon Hart, on 22 December 2017 - 01:09 PM, said:

So Clans would only get to use the ACH, JR7-IIC, ACW (BM), VPR or IFR?

IS would certainly dominate Scouting

Idk. Ive gotten ALOT BETTER at IFR kiting.

[Asym]

panzer1b, on 05 January 2018 - 02:32 PM, said:

That said, i feel that allowing the crow would open some serious options for clan, since the crow can bring just a bit less firepower then a huntsman or hunch2c, while being a good 20kph faster. Its not like 4 crows are gonna club IS all of a sudden, but at least clan would get a mech that can carry both a reasonable amount of firepower, AND move faster then the bushwanker horde can in a straight line at least.

Panzer1b, yes, the Crow would radically change the Scouting battlespace because of speed alone.... Separation speed is life in a movement to contact. Right now, we can't seperate fast enough and the BSW can close. I am a potato but I'm a Cavalry trained potato; and, with crows, well IS boys, life just got real and the brawling party would become something entirely different....

Seriously, I've taken all of the advice many in this forum have offered; dropped with a few; and, experienced all sorts of weapons mixes... Give me a Crow and those 20 KPH create a new dynamic.....especiallty, with streaks since the BSW will not be able to close and Crow legs are very hard to hit at 275 to 400 meters going away. Right now, HMM/HBK get trapped and then destroyed.... Crows would absolutely change that and the IS guys are going to scream..... You might say well, lights can out run a BSW now and they haven't changed anything..... Apples and Oranges... Lights have speed and no staying power. Crows do and have both: as you've said, slightly less weapons but, those 20 KPH are decisive.... Go ahead PGI, lets make the weights equal..... I have several SCR's that run 104 kph and carry streaks and lasers..... Wow, not this has my interest....

[Jay Leon Hart]

November11th, on 05 January 2018 - 08:52 PM, said:

Idk. Ive gotten ALOT BETTER at IFR kiting.

ERLL Cicadas are the only thing I fear in Scouting, so I guess ERLL/ERML Ice Ferrets or Vipers could be just a bad.

[Clydewinder]

fix stormcrow hitboxes and i'll be all for it