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[Big Tin Man]

Really. I'm looking for one. Currently holding ~160 mechs in the stable

Atlas - It's tankier than my Atlas S (L), but lacking hardpoints. I have a D as well
Griffin - Sword and board MRM 50 + lasers, sure. I have a 2N, 3N and 5M(L) that can do it too.
Rifleman - 5 energy + 3 ballistic? I have a legend killer
Urbie with only arm mounted weapons and is worse than the R60L..... D:
Mad Dog - I somehow don't own a mad dog, and omnipods...
Firestarter - I have an ember and it's been crap for 18+ months. If you invert crap, it's still crap
Banshee - I can't figure out a build that works here. Heavy Gauss + 2xHPPC? 2 LBX10 + LL's? Seems weak on firepower for 95 tons for a chassis that is the size of a barn.

I really like the idea of 7 heroes for $30, but I just can't get over how most of these mechs just don't work or are flat out worse than a c-bill variant. Help me see a way here...

[Eisenhorne]

I'd just buy the Fafnir pack if you wanna give PGI some money, the Solaris Heroes are really not great.

[The Lighthouse]

They are basically ultra-cheap. Look at the price of other heroes and real money -> MC transaction value. 7 hero mechs (30% cbill boost) for 30 bucks are incredible.

Mad Dog hero alone is worth it for that CT energy hardpoints, and Banshee has jumpjets.

[Zergling]

The Urbanmech has a 210 engine cap, versus 180 for all the other Urbie variants.

Mad Dog has 2 energy hardpoints in the CT

Banshee has jumpjets

[Dogstar]

It doesn't matter how cheap a mech is if it's hindered by poor hardpoints.

and if you were thinking of buying them to farm c-bills - will they really do enough damage _consistently_ to be worth buying?

Honestly they should have sold a potato farming LRM boating hero pack - that would be a winner!

[JediPanther]

i'm like the OP in that I already have mechs that can do the same thing but better. Buy them if you want. Personally I'm not interested in them or sorlaris at all.

[KodiakGW]

No reason not to wait until all info is out about them before making any decision. By end of business Monday, they should be finished with the countdown.

[Big Tin Man]

Eisenhorne, on 11 April 2018 - 08:48 AM, said:

I'd just buy the Fafnir pack if you wanna give PGI some money, the Solaris Heroes are really not great.

I won the Fafnir in the piranha meme contest.

Zergling, on 11 April 2018 - 09:03 AM, said:

The Urbanmech has a 210 engine cap, versus 180 for all the other Urbie variants.

Mad Dog has 2 energy hardpoints in the CT

Banshee has jumpjets

I missed the turbocharged urbie note, 121 kph urbie (speedtweaked) with jj's may be a useful thing in fw...

Mad Dog is the biggest selling point of the whole pack, because it has the best CT of all MD's and omnipods fix everything else.

Class I JJ's are absolutely awful and need massive buffs. Just ask my executioners. No use on a Banshee.

[Jackal Noble]

Sweet dekkels!

[Mystere]

Big Tin Man, on 11 April 2018 - 08:45 AM, said:

Firestarter - I have an ember and it's been crap for 18+ months. If you invert crap, it's still crap

Here is something to consider. If you're planning to use the Firestarter stock, well, you just cannot. Flamers will be banned from Solaris.

[sycocys]

The only reason you need - Russ's liquor cabinet is nearly empty.

[vettie]

Only thing that comes to mind right away is the prem. time, c-bill boost and accolade boost...

Its your money

[Lily from animove]

No nova, :/

[Khobai]

Quote

Give Me A Reason To Buy The Solaris Heroes

so I can laugh at you

[InspectorG]

Solaris Pack: solid buy for new players.

Veteran with 2 mechs per weights class? Pass.

[MechaBattler]

They're a cheap value. That's about it. Other than a few of them have different loadouts/unique equipment. Like JJs on the Banshee, Mad Dog has unique CT points, etc. But it's like InspectorG says, best value for new players. They get several heroes which will net the more C-bills, 30 days premium time for even more. Definitely a good deal for new players.

[Sniper09121986]

Ever had a mech nerfed before it even fully dropped in the game? Because many people just had. With these heroes you are getting KNOWN chassis that are unlikely to get balanced any time soon, and for good value. Even though I play Clan mechs almost exclusively I had zero doubt about buying this, which is more than I can say about buying Hellfire in view of some loadouts that I theorycrafted for it and the Pirahna precedent.

[frumpylumps]

People who complain that new cash items aren't stronger than what you can earn are basically being powercreep pay2win advocates.

A reason to buy them is flavor and to earn credits/xp at a faster rate than standard mechs, and to support the game of course.

Edited by frumpylumps, 11 April 2018 - 11:30 AM.

[CFC Conky]

A new player will still have to spend some c-bills to upgrade the heat sinks and structure on those mechs. The Cadet bonus will just about cover it and the 30% c-bill boost will help with the rest.

Good hunting,
CFC Conky

[Racerxintegra2k]

Big Tin Man, on 11 April 2018 - 08:45 AM, said:

Really. I'm looking for one. Currently holding ~160 mechs in the stable

Atlas - It's tankier than my Atlas S (L), but lacking hardpoints. I have a D as well
Griffin - Sword and board MRM 50 + lasers, sure. I have a 2N, 3N and 5M(L) that can do it too.
Rifleman - 5 energy + 3 ballistic? I have a legend killer
Urbie with only arm mounted weapons and is worse than the R60L..... D:
Mad Dog - I somehow don't own a mad dog, and omnipods...
Firestarter - I have an ember and it's been crap for 18+ months. If you invert crap, it's still crap
Banshee - I can't figure out a build that works here. Heavy Gauss + 2xHPPC? 2 LBX10 + LL's? Seems weak on firepower for 95 tons for a chassis that is the size of a barn.

I really like the idea of 7 heroes for $30, but I just can't get over how most of these mechs just don't work or are flat out worse than a c-bill variant. Help me see a way here...

I was already feeling some serious remorse for pre-ordering this. You just convinced me to cancel.