Posted 11 January 2019 - 09:52 AM
Just found the site the other day and so far I am loving it.
I haven't used it enough to say it is better or worse than Smurfy but a couple of things that I like about it that stands out to me over Smurfy are:
First is that as soon as a new mech is announced they make it available to be tinkered with on the site. I have already worked up a bunch of possible configs for my upcoming Warhmmer IICs, Corsair and Maraduer II. Smurfy, on the other hand, doesn't include pre-order mechs until release so there is no way to theorycraft there.
Second, I actually like that I can over-ton the mech. What I mean is you can load the mechs out past the allotted tonnage. For example, I was goofing around with some Marauder II loadouts I thought would be cool and just slapped on the weapons loadout I was considering only to find out when it was all said and done, I was at a whopping 106 tons. What was nice about it was that I could now work backwards and try to figure out how to cut 6 tons from places like the engine or armor to get the build to work. Same thing for critical slots. You can over-slot the mech then work backwards removing things to try to get your builds to work. It is very handy.