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[Ted Wayz]

Looking for advice on which one of each to set as a goal. Need to grind some c-bills and want to make sure that it is time well spent.

So which Nova Cat and which Nightstar are worth the grind? If any.

Thanks in advance.

[Jackal Noble]

Well if you want to go with lots o missiles go with NCT-B I believe,
The C if you want to run trip UAC5 with some back up lasers ( can then take the D left arm and and make a dual gauss/lasers walking gorilla)

The A stock has decent jumps, and laser quirks for 4 ERLL and more heatsinks than should be necesarry (and they don't really work lol)

but you can just avoid that chassis entirely as it has some pretty bad/easily isolated hitboxes that make the Night Gyr look like an Atlas.

For the nightstar, off top of my head can't recall, but there is one variant that has armor quirks instead of structure. That would probably suit you best Ted.

[El Bandito]

Nightstar Hero with MRM100/120 can work well. For other configurations, buy MCII instead.

Edited by El Bandito, 05 April 2018 - 05:31 PM.

[CFC Conky]

The Nightstar -9P does pretty good dakka.

[Vellron2005]

LRM Nova cat is one of the rare mechs in this game that you can buy, and just slap on some paint, and play it as-is, stock build.

Great LRM boat off the line..

It's as if PGI asked me "hey Vellron, how do we make a good LRM boat?"

Edited by Vellron2005, 05 April 2018 - 11:45 PM.

[TheArisen]

Nightstar 9P does good with dual Hvy gauss or x3 Ac10 & x2 erMlas
9FC is good for being a faster striker type
9J can do ERLLas spam quite well

[eminus]

my advise is to avoid the EBOLA ridden mech called Nightstar, as other people have said it is better to buy your hard earned cbills with Mad Cat MKII.

[The Basilisk]

Ted Wayz, on 05 April 2018 - 04:33 PM, said:

Looking for advice on which one of each to set as a goal. Need to grind some c-bills and want to make sure that it is time well spent.

So which Nova Cat and which Nightstar are worth the grind? If any.

Thanks in advance.

Do not buy the Nightstar until you are a die hard assault fan in search for a challange.
The mech is too cumbersome to be of any good and has so terrible quirks and hitboxes that the only reason it doesn't stink to high heaven is that your nose gave up to register it 10miles before you could see it.

Otherwise the 10P and 9P do suck a bit less than the others. (10P>9P>9S rest is just hot steamy garbage)

[NeoCodex]

The Basilisk, on 06 April 2018 - 01:08 AM, said:

Do not buy the Nightstar until you are a die hard assault fan in search for a challange.
The mech is too cumbersome to be of any good and has so terrible quirks and hitboxes that the only reason it doesn't stink to high heaven is that your nose gave up to register it 10miles before you could see it.

Otherwise the 10P and 9P do suck a bit less than the others. (10P>9P>9S rest is just hot steamy garbage)

Maybe, but I'm doing pretty well with mine so far. Haven't lost a game with my 10P yet and I only ran it half skilled just to test it out (correction: 6W:1L). Doesn't seem as bad as everyone makes it out to be.

I think they're an interesting chassis. Challenging? Probably, but not as DOA as the Sunspider side torsos that's for sure. If you like the concept, I say go for it.

Edited by NeoCodex, 06 April 2018 - 01:59 AM.

[UnofficialOperator]

Ted Wayz, on 05 April 2018 - 04:33 PM, said:

Looking for advice on which one of each to set as a goal. Need to grind some c-bills and want to make sure that it is time well spent.

So which Nova Cat and which Nightstar are worth the grind? If any.

Thanks in advance.

Well if you are looking for a new heavy or assault to play, you can always buy the Pir. I heard its good.

[PocketYoda]

If you really want a good Nightstar, Buy a marauder 3R

[Ted Wayz]

Good responses. Already have the alternative mechs mentioned, looking for something new.

Looks like the missile Nova Cat is my first target. How does it compare to the SNV-A?

Thanks for the responses so far.

[Jackal Noble]

Ted Wayz, on 06 April 2018 - 03:42 PM, said:

Good responses. Already have the alternative mechs mentioned, looking for something new.

Looks like the missile Nova Cat is my first target. How does it compare to the SNV-A?

Thanks for the responses so far.

It's not nearly as durable.
It has 2 more missile points which allows for 6 lrm15. Problem is being non-Artemis clan missiles really suck at hitting things unless you are up against diehard potatoes.

Can also do something like 6ATM6, or 2ATM12/2ATM 9

Just be sure to throw on C-AP and a TC.

And do not by any means try to brawl with it with srms. Is too slow for how fragile it is.