Machine Guns Vs Assaults
#1
Posted 21 April 2018 - 09:08 PM
I am not arguing about a lights maneuverability or ability to hit them. Simply the ease of mgs to destroy a 2/3 or 4 times heavier mech in seconds (like 10)
Seems incredibly unrealistic and spoils the game imo.
#2
Posted 21 April 2018 - 09:51 PM
You know what actually spoils the game? People who complain about tactics that aren't even meta. If you have such a problem with freaking pirahnas, a SINGLE STREAK SRM LAUNCHER is all you need to deal with them.
Why are you just complaining about this now by the way? Shadowcats, Blackjacks and King Crabs have all been capable of doing 9 DPS proper with similar loadouts to Pirahnas. Is it just because it's 3 more DPS than before that it's suddenly a problem?
#3
Posted 21 April 2018 - 10:26 PM
#4
Posted 04 May 2018 - 07:31 PM
#5
Posted 04 May 2018 - 11:30 PM
Why exactly where you staring at the Piranha without twisting, allowing it to core your CT?
And why weren't you able to kill such a fragile mech in the 10 seconds it is staring at you, with your far stronger firepower?
#6
Posted 30 May 2018 - 04:11 PM
Zergling, on 04 May 2018 - 11:30 PM, said:
Why exactly where you staring at the Piranha without twisting, allowing it to core your CT?
And why weren't you able to kill such a fragile mech in the 10 seconds it is staring at you, with your far stronger firepower?
Or they just charge you hug your crotch and kill you because you cant depress your guns far enough.
#7
Posted 30 May 2018 - 06:22 PM
Bolter01, on 21 April 2018 - 10:26 PM, said:
Having a wingman also works like a charm, although it does not always happen in QP.
Good hunting,
CFC Conky
#9
Posted 31 May 2018 - 04:20 PM
#10
Posted 31 May 2018 - 07:32 PM
Zergling, on 04 May 2018 - 11:30 PM, said:
Why exactly where you staring at the Piranha without twisting, allowing it to core your CT?
And why weren't you able to kill such a fragile mech in the 10 seconds it is staring at you, with your far stronger firepower?
HAHAHAHAHA. Yeah, pull the other one, it has bells on it. You spend 10 seconds twisting and turning, trying to put your back against a wall while they run circles around you and hide under you. On the rare chance they do run straight at you and you hit them with dual AC/20s you stare in amazement as their their damage counter drops a whopping 2%. Or you hit them with everything (I've alpha striked a machine gun light with 3 med pulse and dual LBX10) for a zero percent damage drop. Both were close range (less than 200 meters) and yes, the cursor turned red signifying a hit.
I just power down now and let them have their kill. Not worth the frustration.
Edited by The 4th Amigo, 31 May 2018 - 07:33 PM.
#11
Posted 31 May 2018 - 11:04 PM
stripped already...
Edited by Thrudvangar, 31 May 2018 - 11:05 PM.
#12
Posted 01 June 2018 - 05:14 AM
#13
Posted 01 June 2018 - 05:48 AM
That is why you want to attack a mech that is already damaged. MGs are really good at tearing the insides out.
#14
Posted 01 June 2018 - 06:53 AM
1. Call for help.
2. Back yourself to a wall, so he has to face your front.
3. Aim & shoot.
#15
Posted 01 June 2018 - 07:21 AM
The 4th Amigo, on 31 May 2018 - 07:32 PM, said:
HAHAHAHAHA. Yeah, pull the other one, it has bells on it. You spend 10 seconds twisting and turning, trying to put your back against a wall while they run circles around you and hide under you. On the rare chance they do run straight at you and you hit them with dual AC/20s you stare in amazement as their their damage counter drops a whopping 2%. Or you hit them with everything (I've alpha striked a machine gun light with 3 med pulse and dual LBX10) for a zero percent damage drop. Both were close range (less than 200 meters) and yes, the cursor turned red signifying a hit.
I just power down now and let them have their kill. Not worth the frustration.
This is a key disadvantage of playing an assault or a bigger heavy. If you have an issue, consider either improving your aim or playing different classes of mechs as all mechs will have some sort of disadvantage like this. For example, the lights the thread was created to complain about are incredibly fragile and are crippled by a single well-aimed alpha from anything bigger than a Hellbringer. Mediums are stuck in the middle- they can't chase lights yet they get out-alpha'd by assaults. Heavies are big and clunky- prime targets for LRMs and gauss.
What I hear from this thread is "I don't want the game to have variety in builds because everything should fight everything else with no advantages or disadvantages" and that's just wrong.
#16
Posted 01 June 2018 - 08:30 AM
#17
Posted 01 June 2018 - 10:24 AM
#18
Posted 01 June 2018 - 05:44 PM
Tranderas, on 01 June 2018 - 07:21 AM, said:
This is a key disadvantage of playing an assault or a bigger heavy. If you have an issue, consider either improving your aim or playing different classes of mechs as all mechs will have some sort of disadvantage like this. For example, the lights the thread was created to complain about are incredibly fragile and are crippled by a single well-aimed alpha from anything bigger than a Hellbringer. Mediums are stuck in the middle- they can't chase lights yet they get out-alpha'd by assaults. Heavies are big and clunky- prime targets for LRMs and gauss.
What I hear from this thread is "I don't want the game to have variety in builds because everything should fight everything else with no advantages or disadvantages" and that's just wrong.
I understand that, however if I hit something I expect to damage it. If the alpha doesn't work then what? A light shouldn't shrug off dual AC20 or LBX-10 hits and then take me from 98% armor to dead in a few seconds.
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