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[Requiemking]

As amazing as this post is, you did one very important Assault pilot. The Anti-Light Coalition Bannerman. This guy hates the fact that Lights are the natural predators of the Assault mech and will take every opportunity ingame, on the forums, and on Russ's twitter to complain about Lights, try to get them nerfed, and/or rally others to his cause.

Battlecry: "Lights are such BS"

[Prototelis]

dimachaerus, on 13 April 2018 - 08:21 AM, said:

CANNOT be exposed to enemy fire for more than 0.0003 seconds. He must absolutely, fire at the enemy and immediately slam it into reverse at the first sign that the enemy may think of firing at him...

Thats the proper way to poke.

Contrary to what you may believe, exposing yourself to enemy fire and focus unnecessarily is how you lose at the game. Assaults are always very high priority targets because they carry the most firepower (usually) and the most armor (usually), and also because "**** that guy."

So counterpoint;

The Klingon;

This pilot is good at staying with the team, mostly makes sensible trades, and is decent in hairy brawls.

Their downfall is that they are too good at sticking to the team, to the point that they are constantly hovering around Uranus and preventing you from re-entering cover. Will insist that you should have pushed each and every time you expose yourself, even if you're looking at enough red to melt you in a few seconds.

"U should of pushed we would have won!"

[Nightbird]

The Coach:

Always tells you to push, always rides your a$$, and never pushes himself

[dimachaerus]

Prototelis, on 13 April 2018 - 11:25 AM, said:

Thats the proper way to poke.

Yeah, "poking" is fine once the fights going, but this is the guy who throws on the blinkers and reverses into the entirety of the team at the first sign of red anywhere near the horizon. Losing momentum is also a great way to lose fights, and this guy is the harbinger of the apocalypse.

[Nightbird]

dimachaerus, on 13 April 2018 - 12:23 PM, said:

Yeah, "poking" is fine once the fights going, but this is the guy who throws on the blinkers and reverses into the entirety of the team at the first sign of red anywhere near the horizon. Losing momentum is also a great way to lose fights, and this guy is the harbinger of the apocalypse.

Hi Coach!!

[dimachaerus]

Nightbird, on 13 April 2018 - 12:26 PM, said:

Hi Coach!!

I'm a light and medium guy, of course I'm gonna push. So when I can't push for a flank at the start of the match because some guy in a wide-load decides to jack-knife it in the only even close to relevant path forward because someone may scratch his paint I'm gonna call the guy causing the traffic jam for the whole team, a bit of an idiot.

[Brain Cancer]

Requiemking, on 13 April 2018 - 11:02 AM, said:

As amazing as this post is, you did one very important Assault pilot. The Anti-Light Coalition Bannerman. This guy hates the fact that Lights are the natural predators of the Assault mech and will take every opportunity ingame, on the forums, and on Russ's twitter to complain about Lights, try to get them nerfed, and/or rally others to his cause.

Battlecry: "Lights are such BS"

Bad assault players get salty.

Good assault players just kill the things and smile the satisfied smile of the dragon that ate the yellow bird.

[Nightbird]

dimachaerus, on 13 April 2018 - 12:35 PM, said:

I'm a light and medium guy, of course I'm gonna push. So when I can't push for a flank at the start of the match because some guy in a wide-load decides to jack-knife it in the only even close to relevant path forward because someone may scratch his paint I'm gonna call the guy causing the traffic jam for the whole team, a bit of an idiot.

Can you send me that assault build? Must be something special for it to be at the head of a team of lights, mediums, and heavies.

[Eisenhorne]

Jman5, on 13 April 2018 - 08:41 AM, said:

[b]

Ugh, these can be the most annoying opponents. When an assault is in a place he really should not be. A random spot, by himself, for no real reason other than that he's screwed up somehow. You turn a corner and suddenly a random Heavy Gauss Annihilator is just standing there staring at you. He isn't going to live for much longer, but he's probably going to take you with him.

It's like when you play poker with someone who doesn't understand the game, but they beat you every once in a while through extraordinary blind luck. Then they give you that smug f*cking smile like they're so clever.

lol I did this last night on FP, siege defense on Emerald Taiga... we pushed out after crushing the enemy wave 1, and instead of sticking with the team (they were too fast, and I needed to die to get a new mech) I walked my ANH through the narrow pass between gates. Caught an Ebon Jag running towards me. He was probably like... wtf.... but it's very unfortunate to meet an HGR Annihilator in close quarters like that Had to eject after he died though, because I really needed to get a new mech.

[dimachaerus]

Nightbird, on 13 April 2018 - 12:43 PM, said:

Can you send me that assault build? Must be something special for it to be at the head of a team of lights, mediums, and heavies.

Welcome to MWO where not everyone drops in the same place and there are a lot of different maps with different areas people fight over.

[Athom83]

Nightbird, on 13 April 2018 - 12:43 PM, said:

Can you send me that assault build? Must be something special for it to be at the head of a team of lights, mediums, and heavies.

Its probably an Atlas with a 360 engine, maxed mobility tree, with MRM60 + Ultra 20.

[Brain Cancer]

Nightbird, on 13 April 2018 - 12:43 PM, said:

Can you send me that assault build? Must be something special for it to be at the head of a team of lights, mediums, and heavies.

Funny is watching a Zeus-is-loose assault pilot actually outrunning some of the mediums while revving dat MASC.

https://mwo.smurfy-n...fbcaa94f8df7e67

(Note: just because you can get over 110kph in an 80-tonner doesn't mean you should, but some light pilots just don't feel comfortable in anything less.)

Or worse:

https://mwo.smurfy-n...f9360d59415b4bf

(I'm a Raven in a Zeus Hero's body!)

This is also a class of assault pilots, the "Transpeedered". Having been traumatized once too many times as the back-end buddy of a light lance, these pilots insist on stuffing the biggest engine possible into their designs, but are too cheap to sometimes even snag a light engine, much less the XL (that will at least mercifully get them executed).

Watching a standard 385-engine Awesome trotting along armed with a single ERPPC and a few small lasers, you'll understand he was a medium pilot born into the wrong chassis.

[Requiemking]

Brain Cancer, on 13 April 2018 - 12:43 PM, said:

Bad assault players get salty.

Good assault players just kill the things and smile the satisfied smile of the dragon that ate the yellow bird.

Still, they are quite annoying to deal with on all fronts. Hell, some of the biggest forum meme players fall into this category.

[Spare Parts Bin]

Requiemking, on 13 April 2018 - 05:27 PM, said:

Still, they are quite annoying to deal with on all fronts. Hell, some of the biggest forum meme players fall into this category.

I try to be happy go lucky most of the time sometimes after a match where I have tried to rally my teammates and they had other ideas or even decided to not communicate ever then we lose badly I become Sodium Chloride with a Mic. Does not matter what weight my Clan Mech or Omnimech is.

[Requiemking]

Spare Parts Bin, on 13 April 2018 - 06:34 PM, said:

I try to be happy go lucky most of the time sometimes after a match where I have tried to rally my teammates and they had other ideas or even decided to not communicate ever then we lose badly I become Sodium Chloride with a Mic. Does not matter what weight my Clan Mech or Omnimech is.

Yeah well, these guys go instant salt mode the moment they hit the field and stay that way the rest of the match. They whine and complain in game about virtually everything related to Lights, from speed to agility to light-weight weapons to their own team's Lights not being meat shields. Then they go on the forums and Russ's twitter and demand nerfs and reworks to ensure Lights suck.

[Brain Cancer]

And you'll generally notice, not a one of the salted is piloting a streakboat.

Really, assaults are naturally preyed on by lights that can out-mobility their guns...which is why any assault pilot with a shot at one should be killing it first. The less that can ride your backside and crit out those heavy gauss/redsmoke you/force you to go to ground while their buddies shoot you, the more confident you can feel doing your thing.

Salt is the natural byproduct of stupidity being proven on the field.

[barnmaddo]

The Light Mech Hunter
He's got 4 PPC's, and is going to spend the better part of the match trying to land a hit on the light mech harassing your back line. After all he's only got 5 points of armor in back and will die in less than 3 seconds to anything behind him.

The Sniper
The first enemy he saw might be at 1600m but his weapons are effective out to 1620m, which is technically within range, and he's determined to kill that guy no matter how long it takes.

The Quickshot
Minimum range? Aiming? Heat management? These are all secondary concerns, this guy knows that the most important thing is to shoot early and shoot often.

The Camper
Only fools think Assault mechs are for Assaulting things. The best way to play an Assault mech is to stand in the back and wait for the enemy to suicide into your line one by one. Of course sometimes it's your team that suicides into them 3-6 mechs at a time, but there's literally nothing you can do about that.

The Undergunned
Somehow this Assault mech has managed to fit less DPS than most medium mechs, but he doesn't seem to realize this. No, he's 80+ tons of murder machine, and he's going to show the other team the terror of someone who brings 6 tons of ammo for every hardpoint.

[BTGbullseye]

This one really applies to all mech classes...

The Meta
Runs nothing but the mechs currently regarded as "meta", and derides anyone who even thinks about mentioning that anything else could ever hope to be effective. Rarely is as effective as they claim, usually dies fast just so they can complain about everyone else's build, and that the team is why they died, even if the team is winning.

Battlecry: "mumble mumble something META something something YOU GUYS SUCK mumble GET A BETTER MECH!!!"

[Anjian]

This is from another game, but I find that the mentioned species also exist in MWO, and even on other games. For example, I have encountered the *** Shooter in War Thunder.

Edited by Anjian, 15 April 2018 - 04:08 AM.

[Jay Leon Hart]

Cnaiur, on 10 April 2018 - 05:50 PM, said:

The Solo Yolo

Spoiler

A fearless, selfless warrior, this pilot will unflinchingly hurl his battlemech into the very teeth of the enemy lines. What he won’t do is tell his teammates when or where he’s doing it. He also won’t bother to see if any friendlies are around him to exploit his heroic acts of derring do.

Battle Cry: “I pushed, where the **** were you guys?”

The Boy Scout

Spoiler

Like his namesake, this pilot is prepared. For anything. A single LRM 10 and a Large ER laser for long range engagements. An LBX10 and a ML for medium range. And an SSRM 4 and two machine guns for up close work. Although useless on the battlefield, the Boy Scout is known for his cheery demeanor and upbeat temperament.

Battle Cry: “Something something LORE.” or “GLHF!”

Prototelis, on 13 April 2018 - 11:25 AM, said:

The Klingon;

Spoiler

This pilot is good at staying with the team, mostly makes sensible trades, and is decent in hairy brawls.

Their downfall is that they are too good at sticking to the team, to the point that they are constantly hovering around Uranus and preventing you from re-entering cover. Will insist that you should have pushed each and every time you expose yourself, even if you're looking at enough red to melt you in a few seconds.

"U should of pushed we would have won!"

I'm probably a mixture of these three.

Prototelis, on 12 April 2018 - 05:07 PM, said:

Solid but Silent

Spoiler

This pilot is a solid addition to any team with one exception. They don't have a mic. Will suddenly appear in your moment of need.

Battle cry: "gg"

Keyboard Commander

Spoiler

Much like Solid but Silent this mechwarrior lacks a microphone. This however doesn't prevent them from filling teamchat with a copious amount of relevant information. A rare and majestic beast, no one has studied them long enough to figure out how they type and play well at the same time.

Battle cry; "Assault with two heavy escorts moving e6 to f6, eta to main group 40 seconds. Left side!"

Kiiyor, on 13 April 2018 - 01:54 AM, said:

The charismatic caller.

Spoiler

Someone who attempts to call a fight, and is likable or sensible enough to encourage that most rare of PUG phenomena; people actually following their instructions, and usually winning.

They're never on your team.

I wish I was a mixture of these three instead