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[SovietArmada]

Just had to share and sadly only a picture to go on, but I've never seen this before in all my years playing MWO. I launched 1 volley of Rocket Launcher 15 and killed 2 mechs, just so many things had to go right for that too happen.

(Note on the picture, the first Rocket Launcher I wasted on start of drop because didn't map it right)

Edited by SovietArmada, 25 July 2018 - 07:33 PM.

[Dragonporn]

Can't believe someone picks Rocket Launchers for QP. Still, congrats on scoring double, that's some feat!

[Jman5]

Dragonporn, on 25 July 2018 - 09:22 PM, said:

Can't believe someone picks Rocket Launchers for QP. Still, congrats on scoring double, that's some feat!

Rocket Launchers are fantastic for builds like the one he has.

[N a p e s]

I had a similar Centurion build with a UAC20 instead of the RACs.

The fun part is choosing when to fire the rockets. It's like its own mini game where you try to find the easiest target to maximize damage and impact on the match. I do remember specifically sneaking up on a fresh Marauder IIC, loosing the volley of rockets and double tapping the UAC for an insta-kill.

Still, never seen that sort of double kill! Pretty sweet!

[Mole]

I love rocket launchers. They make those odd missile hardpoints that you don't have tonnage for a real missile system useful. Got a random missile hardpoint you don't know what to do with? Got half a ton and one slot? Well then, shove an RL10 in there for an extra 20 damage when you need it.

[WarGanisM]

Yea I love Rocket launchers, I have a Laser vomit build on my Stalker, but have multiple Missile hardpoints and space and weight to spare. Shove in a bunch of Rocket launcher 20's Instant game changer right there.

[Brizna]

A real missile launcher would be an SRM4 with half ton of ammo. 2.5 tons and it offers a tightly knit missile volley instead of that spread feast rocket launchers provide.

[IIXxXII]

SovietArmada, on 25 July 2018 - 07:32 PM, said:

I launched 1 volley of Rocket Launcher 15 and killed 2 mechs

IMPOSSIBRU!!

I suspect russian collusion.

The name SovietArmada is a dead giveaway. Obviously funded by RT.com and pravda.ru.

[Tarogato]

Did you hit two mechs because of the missile spread? I can't imagine they were lined up and the RLs passed through to hit the second mech.


The most impressive feat I've seen was I was killed once by a dual-gauss Jager and he took out the teamate directly behind me in the same volley. One gauss slug impacted my mech first, scoring the first kill, and the other slug passed through my instantly-dead mech and hit the teammate behind me scoring kill number two. I'm pretty sure this is the only time poor-convergence was actually a boon. I doubt you could even recreate this if you tried, lol. xD

[B L O O D W I T C H]

Tarogato, on 27 July 2018 - 08:55 AM, said:

The most impressive feat I've seen was I was killed once by a dual-gauss Jager and he took out the teamate directly behind me in the same volley. One gauss slug impacted my mech first, scoring the first kill, and the other slug passed through my instantly-dead mech and hit the teammate behind me scoring kill number two. I'm pretty sure this is the only time poor-convergence was actually a boon. I doubt you could even recreate this if you tried, lol. xD

Managed that once on a fp match, boreal with my jager. Was a bit confused how i got 2 kill tags at first.

[Xetelian]

Jman5, on 26 July 2018 - 05:54 AM, said:

Rocket Launchers are fantastic for builds like the one he has.

Sarcasm?

I certainly hope so.


That poor CN9 could be made so much better.

[Jman5]

Xetelian, on 27 July 2018 - 09:42 PM, said:

Sarcasm?

I certainly hope so.


That poor CN9 could be made so much better.

No sarcasm. Those Rocket Launchers are a legitimately good choice for the weapons he wanted to use (RAC 2s).

He doesn't have the heat capacity or tonnage for anything else really. The range of those RACs also mean a lot of fighting out of SRM range. That's where Rocket launchers shine. They're low tonnage and low heat/damage.

A lot of IS builds could be improved with more liberal use of Rocket Launchers.

Edited by Jman5, 28 July 2018 - 10:02 AM.

[Jackal Noble]

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