Most important point in the MWO: you must fine-tune your Mech' as sport car, until every possible uint of weaith are used and there is no more free space.
My advices:
1. Always take full armor tree, no exceptions.
2. Start with medium-long range builds, before you learn the game and maps. It's easer this way.
3. Be wary of LRM treats. Heavy is most profitable target for them. Always think about LRM cover. Stick with ECM carriers. "Radar deprivation" is too costly to afford.
4. Think about engines. Catapult have fairly modest side torsos and long-ranged inclination, XL engine may be very good idea (if you can afford it).
As strategy goes, many heavies - especially XL risky ones - can rival assaults in firepower, but generally lacking power to stay on the line of fire. Compared to mediums, heavies lacking mobility for fast rushes and flanking, they are more about "give as much damage as possible, share some armor and pull back". You can drop enigne in power to achieve some more dakka.
Consider your preferable fire range and think about weapons - projectile builds can be harder for a newbie, LRM need means to counteract ECM, and so on. Easest build right now is "laser womit", especially one of clan origin.
As example, this is my current version of K2 (not like i'm pro or anything):
https://mwo.smurfy-n...7b36134871c43a5
This build have several reasons to exist:
1. XL Engine 300 is one of the best weight\quality engines, and have two additional internal heatsinks. It will be useful for many Mech's around if you decide to switch.
2. ER PPC is here for pinpoint damage. Yes, they are much less heat-efficient than PPC or Heavy PPC. But very high projectile speed, combined with non-exitant minimal range making tracking and close combat much easer.
3. Heavy Laser is effective against fast targets, and can supplement PPC' alpha strike on the mid range. They are preferable to ML.
4. Machineguns is here to supplement close combat. ER PPC are too hot for chain-firing, so zero heat weapon can help in pinch. They also bring some crit-seeking in the mix.
5. Leg armor is reduced because i've never been legged.
It's not most effiecient build. You can ditch machineguns, downgrade engine to 265 and switch to Heavy PPC, like this:
https://mwo.smurfy-n...2290fd2b9a1c722
Or play some torso-centered mixed AC+Energy build like this:
https://mwo.smurfy-n...2d47c8d758fce72
Or simply become PPC:
https://mwo.smurfy-n...5c6fcae2a46699b
The ultimate point of Heavy is become so specialised that even assaults start to shake in their boots from your short-term damage potential:
https://mwo.smurfy-n...cee5c56e46009bb
Edited by letir, 08 February 2020 - 09:58 AM.
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NecessaryWeevil, on 25 February 2019 - 12:38 PM, said:
