93 replies to this topic

[CycKath]

No, I had the Highlander IIC-C CCCCCCC but hadn't played it yet because I have 90+ 'Mechs to grind to 91/91 (I am serious). All the other variants on offer I had at 91/91 so was easy choice to select the Highlander IIC-C(C) CCCCCCCCC

[Timuroslav]

I got the bushwacker. The name is fitting.. I'm the one getting wacked...
I though it would be a smaller version of a direct fire sniper like the Marauder. Guess again.
Should have got the Grasshopper or Zeus. What a bummer.

Already have the Resistance Mauler, so getting that Mauler really gives me nothing.
No interest in the clan mechs as I can't use them in Community Warfare.
Although the Orion IIC and Jenner IIC were tempting.

Edited by Timuroslav, 31 December 2018 - 05:20 AM.

[Darian DelFord]

I have not decided yet, I have all the lights, and I am thinking of getting an assault mech or even a heavy, but honestly I do not know which one to choose as I am primarily a light pilot.

[Timuroslav]

Darian DelFord, on 31 December 2018 - 05:20 AM, said:

I have not decided yet, I have all the lights, and I am thinking of getting an assault mech or even a heavy, but honestly I do not know which one to choose as I am primarily a light pilot.

Grasshopper I would recommend. Even though it's almost strictly a Draconis Combine mech. It's pretty nimble. Think of a more agile Black Knight. Most people are pleasantly surprised with the Zeus. There's a couple fun things you can build on the Mauler, but honestly I consider that Mauler variant more of an oddity than the an actual okay Mauler.

[Pain G0D]

Darian DelFord, on 31 December 2018 - 05:20 AM, said:

I have not decided yet, I have all the lights, and I am thinking of getting an assault mech or even a heavy, but honestly I do not know which one to choose as I am primarily a light pilot.

How about a medium mech ?

[KodiakGW]

FRAGTAST1C, on 30 December 2018 - 07:23 PM, said:

I do. I picked the Mauler and the dakka build is garbage.

Did you try AC2 and RAC2 combo? Here is a hint, use a MG to take up one of the lower slots. It doesn’t rearrange your weapons like the Sleipnir does (and the reason why I don’t bother with it). Got 14 skill points unlocked in one game.

Never going to replace the meta, but still kinda fun.

[tutzdes]

Pain G0D, on 31 December 2018 - 05:37 AM, said:

How about a medium mech ?

Hunchback IIC. It received a HSL quirk therapy recently and was pretty strong glass cannon even before.

For anything cheaper than that, you'd better buy Kodiak, sell it for the slot and buy an actual c-bill variant of the mech you want. This way you well get the mech and save some extra c-bills.

On-topic: Got a Warhammer (bc I own Grasshopper, Hellbringer and Roughneck already). It is exactly what I expected it to be: classic lasvomit, no better than I can run on my Grasshopper or Top Dog. Leveled it by doing the res of the event, it works. I'm now able field a full long range heavy drop deck for FP if needed. I'd rather prefer to have Ebon Jag champion or Dragon one, yet I'm satisfied, can't say a single bad thing about the mech I got.

[Darian DelFord]

Yeah I have all the hunchbacks, maulers, the only medium mech there I do not own are the bushwhackers. Might be interesting to take it and try it out, but I do not know to much about that version.

[Xeno Phalcon]

*Regards the 7.4m C-bills and empty mech bay that used to be a Kodiak.* I regret nothing.

[Darian DelFord]

I have over 600+ million C-Bills, I do not need them )

[tutzdes]

Darian DelFord, on 31 December 2018 - 06:19 AM, said:

Yeah I have all the hunchbacks, maulers, the only medium mech there I do not own are the bushwhackers. Might be interesting to take it and try it out, but I do not know to much about that version.

I consider it to be the worst wacker, honestly. It is hardpoint starved and unable to strip arms for the most builds. In essence it is just a worse P1.

[NRP]

The Crab 27B is pretty good. I swapped the LPLs for 6 MPLs and added a big LFE. Tanky and mobile.

[John Bronco]

Nope, got a 2nd Hellbringer and it's as boring as it is effective.

[panzer1b]

Im happy with my desision to get KDK-3 with the intent to sell it when i need a mechbay. I currently own every mech i actually have a real interest in owning, but mechbays are never a bad thing and none of the choices when i looked at them really stood out as something both good and not a mech i already have some variant of.

That and many of the old champion mechs arent really good these days with the sheer changes to how the game is played. So yeah, im happy i just went with the most expensive mech (and one that has weapons on it i can actually use on other mechs and not just sell too) just to get rid of it down the line when i need a slot. Its sad how far the kodiak (and many others) has fallen in terms of viability and the fact that the one truly scary kdk-3 build has been replaced by the MCII and blood arss, but it is what it is and we may as well just to what is viable today.

[R Valentine]

Kinda. The KDK-3 is an unpilotable pig that PGI loves to keep nerfing long after they introduced the Mad Cat Mk II - B, which does every the KDK-3 does only better and with jump jets. Quad gauss is fun in some situations, but the KDK is obnoxiously easy to hit and isolate components on. They really need to un-nerf it.

[- World Eater -]

Told you to get the Hellbringer

6xAC2 on the Mauler is a blast, though. Just takes some practice.

[Mister Maf]

FRAGTAST1C, on 30 December 2018 - 09:10 PM, said:

Cool choices there, guys. I wanted to get the HeIllbringer but since I realized how omnimechs works, I just bought a regular one for C-bills and modified it. I'm loving that so far. But the Mauler....*sigh*

For those of you wondering what my dakka Mauler is, well, I tried a bunch of different ones.... stock 4 UAC5, didn't like it. 6 AC2, meh. 2 AC2 and 3 RAC2, ugh! The problem is that it needs so much face time and I can barely dish out reasonable damage. To give an e.g., I started firing on a Kodiak while he wasn't looking. I had 3 RAC2 and 2 AC2 on full throttle for about 3 seconds. He turned, fired something and I was nearly cored in the centre. That's basically what's happening with the dakka builds.

I then switched the loadout to include 2 LRM 15, Tag and 4 AC2. It was so underwhelming. And I died in all the matches that I've played. It seems like having range has done nothing for the survivability since just a couple of shots removes almost all of my maxed out FCT and both FST armour.

Again, try this:

Mister Maf, on 30 December 2018 - 08:08 PM, said:

MAL-MX90

It's what I've got on mine and it works very well.

[Ilfi]

Picked the Kodiak, stripped out the UAC10s and engine and sold the chassis for 4 million and change. No regrets.

[Pain G0D]

tutzdes, on 31 December 2018 - 06:53 AM, said:

I consider it to be the worst wacker, honestly. It is hardpoint starved and unable to strip arms for the most builds. In essence it is just a worse P1.

Umm yeah there is no such thing as a bad bushwhacker . I scored that from a previous event . I found it no better or worse than my other bushies .

Edited by Pain G0D, 31 December 2018 - 09:15 AM.

[admiralbenbow123]

I got the Hellbringer-F and I don't regret it. I'm currently running Gauss+4 C-ER mediums, which works really well for me.