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[Mechwarrior1441491]

NOt sure who makes these decisions. The mechs with those nerfs aren`t seen all that often. Now they won`t be seen at all.

[PocketYoda]

Can anyone explain why pgi did this blanket IS nerf on mechs no one really uses?

[Angel of Annihilation]

RickySpanish, on 23 May 2018 - 04:44 PM, said:

Yeah, rather lose a side torso than an arm!

Wait...

It doesn't quite work like that though. Prior to the change you didn't lose a Side Torso just to a glancing shot but with 14 armor on the arms, you will lose an arm to that same glancing shot. Basically it is better having a good balance on armor in my opinion, at least on a mech that has the majority of its firepower in its arms cause lets face it, if the mech has no weapons, it might as well be dead anyway.

[Luminis]

Samial, on 24 May 2018 - 05:52 AM, said:

Can anyone explain why pgi did this blanket IS nerf on mechs no one really uses?

I think they probably thought they were buffing them... Why they didn't just slap some armour quirks on the Mechs in question is utterly beyond me.

[JediPanther]

The only way to understand pgi's 'balance and logic' is get so drunk you'd die from alcohol poisoning if you drank any more and you'd make barney gumble look sober. When I get off work i'm going to run and record all my IS jenners and send a very lengthy email to support about them. i'll be posting the results in a thread here. It should be quite amusing at least and at best a few of my jenners will see a massive 'buff' of points for the skill tree.

[Iron Buccaneer]

Most of these mechs they chose to "balance" with this change have been in the game a very long time. I can't for the life of me why they wasted time on this change. Just how much did those armor points unbalance the game?

[Xetelian]

So instead of giving the mech more armor, they moved it off of critical areas?


Classic PGI.

[ocular tb]

Definitely notice a difference with my Jenner. The arms are too fragile now. I think a Jenner ST buff could be justified but not at the expense of the arms. Given the choice I would rather put that armor back on the arms. I'm in favor of reverting this change.