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[CFC Conky]

Just kidding, in before the lock...

Good hunting,
CFC Conky

[TheArisen]

Haha obligatory DoA thread.

[EnochsBook]

So, what are the predictions as to how it will perform? I wasn't around when it was announced.

[HGAK47]

It looks like the Locusts big brother. That sits really well with me

[Khobai]

it does seem pretty much dead on arrival

unless you bought the hero with the energy hardpoints, then its okay

the problem is the huge oversized engine forces you to depend heavily on lightweight energy weapons

but the only variant that gets enough energy hardpoints is the hero one

Edited by Khobai, 14 March 2018 - 10:56 AM.

[Grus]

im actually very interested in this mech.... we will see.

[Nightbird]

Can't shield STs and wish more slots in STs but should be a good mech.

[WrathOfDeadguy]

It'll be decent at the bare minimum. It's all high mounts, with better hardpoint options and far more available podspace at the same tonnage and top speed as the Summoner because it has less locked equipment (only the four DHS in the engine) and comes with endo and ferro... works out to ~30-33ish tons of podspace, IIRC, depending on whether you need the arms or not. The only two options it doesn't have are JJs and ultra-high-alpha pure laservomit (Gaussvomit is still on the menu, though). The torso looks pretty compact, so it shouldn't be overly fragile even though it doesn't have shield arms, but how good or bad its hitboxes really are obviously can't be nailed down until we've got a chance to get shot in it.

I'm calling it as "respectably solid, but not cheesy."

[Battlemaster56]

[Variant1]

what does KTOWN mean?
and KTWON?

Edited by Variant1, 14 March 2018 - 11:48 AM.

[Fox the Apprentice]

EnochsBook, on 14 March 2018 - 10:45 AM, said:

So, what are the predictions as to how it will perform? I wasn't around when it was announced.

Some theorycrafting here:
https://mwomercs.com...the-sun-spider/

Free mech's loadout is here. You won't qualify for it if you weren't around last December, but it may be useful to others:
https://mwomercs.com...s-loadout-info/

My recommendation is to go watch Kanajashi's "should you buy" series on YouTube. I find them entertaining, even when I disagree.

[Nema Nabojiv]

WrathOfDeadguy, on 14 March 2018 - 11:03 AM, said:

It's all high mounts

I feel like people call 'high' anything above the waist these days.

Torso mounts are actually not high, they are warhammer level "high" but not battlemaster level high. But anyway, you need either hero or reinforcement pack to get omnipods with really good ballistic or energy arms.

[w4ldO]

CFC Conky, on 14 March 2018 - 10:28 AM, said:

Just kidding, in before the lock...

"in before the lock" makes no sense when you started the topic
see example (a) below, where it actually works


(a) in before the lock

[Khobai]

Variant1, on 14 March 2018 - 11:23 AM, said:

what does KTOWN mean?

Kaetetoa

its where all the best forum posts end up

[Variant1]

Khobai, on 14 March 2018 - 11:50 AM, said:

Kaetetoa

its where all the best forum posts end up

thanks, i checked it out, its a strange place

[Koniving]

The "X mech DOA" thread is starting to become a meme.

[CFC Conky]

w4ldO, on 14 March 2018 - 11:39 AM, said:

"in before the lock" makes no sense when you started the topic
see example (a) below, where it actually works


(a) in before the lock

Touché.

Ok, how about now?

Ibtl!

[BrunoSSace]

Be a while before I can change pods around on the free mech.

[Brain Cancer]

Quote

the problem is the huge oversized engine forces you to depend heavily on lightweight energy weapons

It's no more overengined than the Timber Wolf. In fact given it's lighter the engine to tonnage is slightly better.

[Snowbluff]

Brain Cancer, on 14 March 2018 - 12:45 PM, said:

It's no more overengined than the Timber Wolf. In fact given it's lighter the engine to tonnage is slightly better.

Yep. Also it uses all of the heatsink slots that provides, which is like 8 more slots on a mech with ferro and endo. :3