What Non-Top-Tier Mech Are You Looking Forward To Trying In Solaris?
#1
Posted 26 March 2018 - 10:25 AM
Mine,
HBK-4G Can't wait to try this mech!
Death's Kneel This little guy just feels like it should be in an arena.
#2
Posted 26 March 2018 - 10:33 AM
#3
Posted 26 March 2018 - 10:42 AM
The Spider-5V is a joy for just taking your piddling amount of firepower and having to make the shot over and over again maintaining focus on your movement and kiting.
The Urbanmechs are already quite good in 1v1, but I know they beat much heavier mechs which makes me want to use them.
#4
Posted 26 March 2018 - 10:55 AM
Second caveat: I have no intention of playing Solaris, except during occasional bouts of insomnia or during a bender where I am playing at odd hours with none of my unit mates, then I might consider playing it, and if I do it will be with those aforementioned Quickdraws or really stupid alcohol inspired troll builds like a 6LPL Kodiak 2 or maybe a 2RAC5 2RAC2 Cataphract or something equally stupid.
Third caveat: I suspect that when Solaris drops, which also will occur at about the same time HBS’s Battletech is released, the population around here is going to be so low that Solaris will be the only game in town. Group queue and FP will be for perhaps a month or more made essentially non-viable due to lack of players. If that turns out to be the case then I may play Solaris in a variety of mechs, including the aforementioned Quickdraws, but also will probably work through my entire stable of 197 mechs because wtf, I’ll have nothing better to do until the group population recovers enough to play as a team again.
#5
Posted 26 March 2018 - 11:23 AM
#6
Posted 26 March 2018 - 12:14 PM
Still hoping for an Urbie only division.
#7
Posted 26 March 2018 - 12:30 PM
Gauss ERL "snipers", MRM boat Stalkers, 12 light pulse Nova, 4xUAC20 Dire, hell even some LRM boat.
There's absolutely nothing I wouldn't want to try out. Heck if I'd have Ultraviolet pods 8 LMG Dire would be on the list, too.
#8
Posted 26 March 2018 - 01:42 PM
Will bring out a Shadow Hawk in the medium IS category though. Not that Shawks are bad at all, but its a medium I really should start piloting more again. Like the HUnchys taller lefty cousin.
Still kinda baffled by the flamer ban.... they really should unban them if they could SOMEHOW make em useful but not also devastating by stunlocking in S7.. Hmm.
#9
Posted 26 March 2018 - 01:44 PM
KodiakGW, on 26 March 2018 - 12:14 PM, said:
Still hoping for an Urbie only division.
PPFLD isn't strong in 1v1 and 2v2. The name of the game there is Sustained DPS and HP. PPFLD ends up getting out-DPSed. PPFLD is only good if you can have downtime that prevents the opponent from retaliating and/or you have enough of it that an opponent is instantly killed. This generally is not the case in a 1v1.
The Urbanmech is very strong in 1v1, to the point where it takes on certain Assault mechs in an open fight without even taking cover into consideration.
Teer Kerensky, on 26 March 2018 - 12:30 PM, said:
The 8xLBX2 Dire Wolf is an absolute terror in 1v1. You have to treat it like a 1000m range Machine Gun.
Edited by Krivvan, 26 March 2018 - 01:50 PM.
#10
Posted 26 March 2018 - 03:05 PM
#11
Posted 26 March 2018 - 03:07 PM
Cato Phoenix, on 26 March 2018 - 03:05 PM, said:
Divided up depending on how good the variant is, and moving up and down depending on performance each season.
#12
Posted 26 March 2018 - 03:09 PM
Cato Phoenix, on 26 March 2018 - 03:05 PM, said:
Not really well explained, but lumped based on a PGI determined brackets (7 total I think) based on how good they are. You could have heavies and lights in the same tier potentially.
#13
Posted 26 March 2018 - 06:44 PM
#14
Posted 26 March 2018 - 07:06 PM
#15
Posted 26 March 2018 - 09:13 PM
Yes one can dream...
#16
Posted 27 March 2018 - 04:36 AM
I expect there to be a lot of mismatches in the first iteration though since PGI doesn't really have a lot of data or experience on 1v1 strength, so we might see some very dominant chassis especially in the lower divisions as well as some really trolltastic strategies.
#17
Posted 27 March 2018 - 01:01 PM
#19
Posted 27 March 2018 - 01:14 PM
Which I have no idea how PGI will do those ratings for season 1, it’s likely to be a disaster out of the box with mechs getting over-rated and under-rated.
#20
Posted 27 March 2018 - 01:21 PM
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