

Coring Mechs
#1
Posted 19 September 2018 - 02:33 PM
Please send instructions.
#2
Posted 19 September 2018 - 02:42 PM
Edited by Tonberry Knife, 19 September 2018 - 04:21 PM.
#3
Posted 19 September 2018 - 02:47 PM
As to how you can reciprocate, the first thing to do is to not use Advanced Targeting/Zoom on targets that are within Machine Gun Range, and to probably lower your ingame mouse sensitivity so it's easier to hold a target.
To survive fish attacks, the Number One trick is to never be alone. Always be in an area with someone else, and if a fish has you by the butt, get your friendly mech to help out, either through VOIP or just walking in front of him so he can see whats happening. You'd be surprised how ineffective lights are when they have to dodge more than one mech.
#4
Posted 19 September 2018 - 02:59 PM
Usagi Sakura, on 19 September 2018 - 02:33 PM, said:
Please send instructions.
It is easy if you know how. As a light you need find an enemy so unobservent and afflicted by tunnel vision that you can sneak up on them and chew away at their back armour for a good while before they even notice. As a heavier class you just need them to face tank and not torso twist while you dump a big alpha strike into their CT. So.... basically your looking for less skilled pilots. If you can catch them off by themselves all the better.
Edited by SeventhSL, 19 September 2018 - 03:01 PM.
#5
Posted 19 September 2018 - 03:05 PM
#6
Posted 19 September 2018 - 03:35 PM
I have a screen shot of me getting two kills doing only 190 damage with 110m spl osr. in a loosing 3-12 domination match. then again you could just be the 13th enemy mech and wait out the match until 4-11 score.

#7
Posted 19 September 2018 - 03:43 PM
#8
Posted 19 September 2018 - 04:11 PM
#9
Posted 19 September 2018 - 05:59 PM
JediPanther, on 19 September 2018 - 03:35 PM, said:
I have a screen shot of me getting two kills doing only 190 damage with 110m spl osr. in a loosing 3-12 domination match. then again you could just be the 13th enemy mech and wait out the match until 4-11 score.

anything over 10 rear armor is complete overkill. if you feel that you need more than that then you probably need to work on your situational awareness and positioning.
#10
Posted 20 September 2018 - 01:49 AM
cougurt, on 19 September 2018 - 05:59 PM, said:
I have no problem with that, 10 armor means my build will one shot your back if I get an opening, about 18 armor in rear CT means it takes 2 volleys. If you can't see the value in that or wanna call me a noob or whatever, go ahead, I have no problem with oneshotting assaults due to their own poor decision making.
Edited by Shifty McSwift, 20 September 2018 - 01:49 AM.
#11
Posted 20 September 2018 - 03:21 AM
Shifty McSwift, on 20 September 2018 - 01:49 AM, said:
I have no problem with that, 10 armor means my build will one shot your back if I get an opening, about 18 armor in rear CT means it takes 2 volleys. If you can't see the value in that or wanna call me a noob or whatever, go ahead, I have no problem with oneshotting assaults due to their own poor decision making.
in my thousands of matches played, i've probably only been one shot from behind a couple dozen times. i can't even remember the last time it happened. go ahead and run more back armor if it helps you, but i think you'd be better served examining what you're doing to end up in situations that warrant it.
#12
Posted 20 September 2018 - 03:27 AM

#14
Posted 20 September 2018 - 04:08 AM
cougurt, on 20 September 2018 - 03:21 AM, said:
I sort of doubt it unless you can prenaturally tell when someone is approaching from behind. I've been back shot several times this week alone by aggressive teams swamping me as last player or when my team faded away and I was in an assault so couldn't follow as I was fighting. Also once by an dual er ppc from a mech we'd not at all seen and one from a piranha when I had a choice of kill the assault in front of me with my dual HGR and ignore the light for a moment or turn my back to the same assault and his two friends...... hey I got a kill at least...

Edit: I don't have much back armour but the statement was about being backshot at all.

Edited by Aramuside, 20 September 2018 - 04:11 AM.
#15
Posted 20 September 2018 - 04:23 AM
Aramuside, on 20 September 2018 - 04:08 AM, said:
I sort of doubt it unless you can prenaturally tell when someone is approaching from behind. I've been back shot several times this week alone by aggressive teams swamping me as last player or when my team faded away and I was in an assault so couldn't follow as I was fighting. Also once by an dual er ppc from a mech we'd not at all seen and one from a piranha when I had a choice of kill the assault in front of me with my dual HGR and ignore the light for a moment or turn my back to the same assault and his two friends...... hey I got a kill at least...

Edit: I don't have much back armour but the statement was about being backshot at all.

i'm not saying i never get shot in the back, just that i rarely die from it.
#16
Posted 20 September 2018 - 04:37 AM
I’ve managed to do that-in fact, I did it last night in a brawl in Frozen City during a domination match. I was in a heavy mech that happened to have jump jets and I was running something like 12-16 in the rear torsos because it was the day after the Incubus and I thought there’d be a lot of them out...odd, didn’t see many at all, frankly. I was facetanking an EBJ and managed to nail him; in the process of that fight I had some sort of lightweight (I don’t know what) start working on me from behind. I happened to have enough rear torso armor to let that go while dealing with the greater threat, then jump-jet turned and let the little backstabbing ******* have it to the face with a 45-point alpha strike. He lived because he ran while my lasers were in mid burn and there was a corner right there, but he turned that corner right into the guns of my teammate’s Timberwolf.
#17
Posted 20 September 2018 - 04:47 AM
Aramuside, on 20 September 2018 - 04:08 AM, said:
I sort of doubt it unless you can prenaturally tell when someone is approaching from behind. I've been back shot several times this week alone by aggressive teams swamping me as last player or when my team faded away and I was in an assault so couldn't follow as I was fighting.
The post, you are replying to was about one-shots from behind. Dual ERPPC is only able to one-shot (some) lights. To kill an assault you need to hit the same spot with this tiny 20 damage alpha 3-4 times in a row.
In case you are surrounded by multiple enemies, you're screwed rear armor or not.
Shifty McSwift, on 20 September 2018 - 03:27 AM, said:

#18
Posted 20 September 2018 - 04:51 AM
Like everyone else, I have my own preferences which (SUPRISE) is different than yours. It works for me, but not for you an that's OK as I am pretty sure you are happy with your setup regardless.
#19
Posted 20 September 2018 - 05:03 AM
tutzdes, on 20 September 2018 - 04:47 AM, said:
It just doesn't have a lot to do with the counterpoint I made, and I called it before he did it, so it was funny to me, again if you want to save the extra few ct points and risk more oneshots its fine by me.
#20
Posted 20 September 2018 - 05:18 AM
Shifty McSwift, on 20 September 2018 - 05:03 AM, said:
It just doesn't have a lot to do with the counterpoint I made, and I called it before he did it, so it was funny to me, again if you want to save the extra few ct points and risk more oneshots its fine by me.
how so? i explained that i don't run a lot of rear armor because the risk of a one shot is effectively nonexistent with proper positioning and some attentiveness. i'm not trying to call you or anyone else a noob, i'm just giving advice.
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