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[B0oN]

You guys might really wanna stay away from the quad Gauss Kodiak … yesterday I longrange out-traded one with a SMN with 2 measly ERPPCs .
My opponent wasn´t a bad shot, but he was about 1100m out, so I hurt him faster (my 927m effective range against his what ? maybe 700m eff.rng?) than he did me due to agility and being the ERPPC fetishist I am

If you are well versed in how to use Assault class mechs … FRAG YESSSSSS, then try it … it can be such a beast with those nicely placed shouldermounts .

[Mechwarrior 37]

It still works, I just got my 5 x 500 games.

Edited by Mechwarrior 37, 09 May 2019 - 06:43 AM.

[Mechwarrior 37]

I have gotten 19 X 500 score games with 4 KDK-3s on 4 accounts

2 are tier 4 and 2 are tier 2.

Edited by Mechwarrior 37, 09 May 2019 - 07:13 AM.

[GamerPro4000]

justcallme A S H, on 06 September 2018 - 04:05 AM, said:

For anyone inexperienced or doesn't feel confident - The KDK3 is dead.

Simple as that.

Ouch, is the Kodiak really been nerfed that badly? It's my favorite assault mech right now because it's the most consistent assault mech for me to score pretty high. Kind of sad I never really piloted the Kodiak in its golden days earlier. I remember I had my KDK 3 going against your MC MK II. My team lost but I still manage to do the same amount of damage as you did. The difference of 10 tons between the mechs is huge game changer for me.

Edited by GamerPro4000, 09 May 2019 - 08:18 AM.

[Mechwarrior 37]

I'm glad I found out that it is worthless, i've been wasting my time

[Horseman]

GamerPro4000, on 09 May 2019 - 08:10 AM, said:

Ouch, is the Kodiak really been nerfed that badly?

Least agile Assault currently in the game. Acceleration, deceleration, turn rate, twist speed and torso pitch range worse than on a Direwolf, with climb angle and torso yaw range just equal with one.

[Mechwarrior 37]

it sucks!

[Grus]

Horseman, on 09 May 2019 - 12:22 PM, said:

Least agile Assault currently in the game. Acceleration, deceleration, turn rate, twist speed and torso pitch range worse than on a Direwolf, with climb angle and torso yaw range just equal with one.

Quad lbx10, xl400. Almost 70kph. Done.

[justcallme A S H]

Mechwarrior 37, on 09 May 2019 - 01:08 PM, said:

it sucks!

It does.

A screenshot here/there when you are playing against T4/T5 players on an Alt is nothing really something to be purporting to be accuracy of viable or not.

I'm yet to see a KDK3 output anything close to that in T1/T2 matches. Why? Because it is mediocre.

Edited by justcallme A S H, 10 May 2019 - 05:06 AM.

[mack brawler]

I made 1000+ damage back to back in two tier 2 matches with 2lb10x and 2 ultra 10s, its got quite a tight fire pattern despite its chunky looking facade but an awfully large CT requires the enemy to be slightly less than awesome, then again good enemies seem to hit anything. If Ash had his way the whole game would be poptarting atm vapour eagles. However, i think the mad cat 2 b is better at exactly the same job because of the arm mobility.

The kodiak is now a mech for someone who literally wants to outshoot the enemy at medium to short, but not point blank range since the engine desync its as bad or worse than a lot of other assaults, though some IS assaults* are also bad mobility the KDK doesn't get the armour bonuses, makes life difficult for the poor bear.

* having said that i haven't got the figures right here, i gather most got a small burst and we should ignore a few exceptions, eg cyclops.

Edited by mack brawler, 10 May 2019 - 05:32 AM.

[Horseman]

Grus, on 10 May 2019 - 04:42 AM, said:

Quad lbx10, xl400. Almost 70kph. Done.

You're missing the point. Top speed and agility are two different things, and engine size has not affected your mobility parameters since engine desync in 2017. The low twist speed and turn rate - as well as restrictive range of torso mobility - limit how quickly you can bring your guns to bear on target. Compare to Mad Cat Mk II B, which can fire on target as quickly as you can move the mouse.

Edited by Horseman, 10 May 2019 - 09:20 AM.

[Pfuscher1]

Bigger engines should bring faster acceleration. At least abit.

Hello physics? Also improves gameplay and tuning.

[Horseman]

Pfuscher1, on 10 May 2019 - 08:41 AM, said:

Bigger engines should bring faster acceleration. At least abit.

They do not. What they do is change the rate at which your acceleration and deceleration decays from the base value towards the minimum value (which you hit at around 60% of your top speed). Refer to https://mwomercs.com...atch-notes/1821 for the patch notes where that change was implemented.

[Nix Axer]

[Saved By The Bell]

My KDK-3 with 4 10lbx + 2 flamers for close surprise was very good in Tier 4, so so in Tier 3 and very bad in Tier 2. Team dont support me and I am slow. They just nascar and Kodiak very easy prey.

Now I am trying 2 gauss + 4 small heavy lasers + some mobile upgrade for torso. Not best but at least I can do long damage and try to defend myself in close.

P.s. I am using all mechs, not popular. ALL.

Edited by Saved By The Bell, 28 January 2021 - 03:59 PM.

[Gas Guzzler]

justcallme A S H, on 06 September 2018 - 04:05 AM, said:

For anyone inexperienced or doesn't feel confident - The KDK3 is dead.

Simple as that.

I mean there are a lot of assaults that are much worse off....

[Saved By The Bell]

LBX10 was better...
Ok... poor bear.

[Doriam]

Cyclop with 4xLBX10 is better due to less profile. But KDK-3 still valid.

[w0qj]

Kodiak KDK-3(P) with +30% CBills bonus now available!
Thank you MWO for listening!!

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[Wulvar]

I run kodiak 3 with 4x clan ac 10 it never gets hot and can shoot all match