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[Nerokar]

Hey guys.

I took a break of ~ 3/4 year now and start missing the giant robot action my Scorch, PB and other beautiful weapons of mass destruction. Thanks to the impressive download performance of avg 1.5mbit (germany is truely a digital infrastructure overperformer...) I have time for some questions:

• Any gameplay changes? I heared something about matchmaking is changed to 8v8. Is it true?
  
• Any new top mechs out there? Piranha sounds really tempting to me. Is it worth the money? (love my PB)
  
• What is the current meta? I allways loved my brawler, especialy my 16xASRM+2x20LBX Scorch and will stick to this playstyle. But thanks to his speed and short range, it would be nice to know what kind of encounter to expect.

[Vellron2005]

1) Lots of gameplay changes... Many things were nerfed, then buffed, then nerfed.. Latest good change is LRM velocity buff, making people actually use LRMs a bit more..

Also there is a whole new game mode - Solaris 7 - 1 vs 1 and 2 vs 2 action on special arena maps, Duncan Fisher included.

2) Annihilators reign supreme in Solaris, and Piranhas have died down a bit, but are still common and feared.

3) Current meta seems to be 2 x HGR for QP and as much AC2's or LBX10s you can stuff on a mech in Solaris..

Edited by Vellron2005, 10 May 2018 - 11:39 PM.

[Nerokar]

Thanks for the answer.

Solaris is not for me. I play less competative. The changes to QP is what interests me the most.
Well 2xHGR sounds like more brawling focus. Not bad at all...
Is the current teamsize in QP 12 or 8? Found the answer. NM.
As for balance.. well so much happened, I'll start to read patchnotes. Hope my SRM/ACX Scorch is still vaible in face of HGR competition.

Edited by Nerokar, 11 May 2018 - 12:15 AM.

[MW Waldorf Statler]

8vs8 is canceled ...Russ seeing no Room and Interest for it ...