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[MrParade]

I just went up against a king crab in division 3?? A 65 ton linebacker vs a 100 ton king crab?? wtf. I thought divisions were supposed to stop this.

It seems that it's better to play div 1 if this is the case.

Edited by MrParade, 18 April 2018 - 02:38 PM.

[K O Z A K]

play anywhere you like, the choice is yours

you can have a commando/spider/piranha face off a king crab in div 3 right now

maybe a little down the line they bring in some sort of separation of the weight classes

[Shadowglade]

From personal experience the Linebacker should have murdered the King Crab (Kings are easy to kill if you know how).


How did the actual match end up playing out?

[RestosIII]

The divisions need a little bit of revising, I'll tentatively agree on that point. I find it weird that the Adder and Cougar are as high up as they are. I'm a bit more for making the division system be a tiny bit more focused on weight class so you have a little bit less of light vs assault or medium vs assault matches, but, there's also the danger of having TOO MANY divisions...

[Pain G0D]

Yay my three king crabs are pawning pugs and clubbing seals .

[oldradagast]

I honestly wonder if having 5 divisions would have worked better. Meta-Mechs, back when that site was active, split mechs into 5 divisions, and it felt right.

But it's a double-edged sword, like so many things. Too few divisions, and you have fewer valid builds as only a handful of good choices rise to the top in each division. Too many divisions, and you have an increasingly fragmented player base and more room for error regarding which division a mech is in.

[Lightfoot]

https://mwomercs.com/s7-mech-divisions

This might help. The Mad Cat gets to face KDK-3s. You can envision how that goes.

[MrParade]

Shadowglade, on 18 April 2018 - 02:42 PM, said:

From personal experience the Linebacker should have murdered the King Crab (Kings are easy to kill if you know how).


How did the actual match end up playing out?

I'm no professional, so not too great as you can imagine. I suppose I should've just stayed behind him

[UnofficialOperator]

MrParade, on 18 April 2018 - 02:50 PM, said:

I'm no professional, so not too great as you can imagine. I suppose I should've just stayed behind him

Like MischiefSC said, div 3 is king crab town.

I've beaten all linebackers in my 40kph kgc.

[Vanguard319]

By any chance you didn't fight this King Crab in Ishiyama did you?

[Monkey Lover]

[Knighthawk26]

I have killed multiple king crabs in my 70 ton IS Cataphract on Solaris 7. A Linebacker built and played well can beat a KGC too.

[fat4eyes]

If you're in a faster less armored mech you have to whittle down their DPS first before going toe to toe. Peek carefully around a corner and hit their side torsos without letting them see you (ie shoot the ST before you see their cockpit, even if it meàns a partial hit) then fade and do it again. Once you've cut their firepower in half then you can go for an all out brawl. Took out an Atlas and a Kodiak in div 2 using a Timberwolf this way. Kiting and JJs also work if you have the patience for it.

[Alexander of Macedon]

I've been using my joke unskilled 2x MRM20, 2x LPLas, 6x LMG KGC-000 in Div3. I'd feel bad for the Stormcrows and Black Knights, but it's nice for the KGC to be relevant in something these days.

[zerosouL]

KGC was obvious top dog for D3 even before S7 launch and for a good reason. If you happen to outplay some KGC potatos then good for you.

[BreakinStuff]

zerosouL, on 19 April 2018 - 03:11 AM, said:

KGC was obvious top dog for D3 even before S7 launch and for a good reason. If you happen to outplay some KGC potatos then good for you.

If a KGC driver doesn't pick his shots and use an extreme level of patience, he's gonna get ripped to pieces. The dual AC/20 or Dual Gauss is nice, it's scary, it gets people's attention. It's absolutely worthless if you just mindlessly fire it and don't surgically pick your shots.

I'm honestly expecting to see more AC5/RAC/MRM/SRM boats than anything else though.

But because of where the KC guns are loaded, cover, even weak cover is a lot more useful.

But odds are if you're facing a KGC-Whatever he's going to be exposing his massive CT to rapid hits whenever he fires.

Whether or not you're going to beat a KGC is largely dependent upon whether or not you're dealing with a Patient assault pilot or not.