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[Johny Rocket]

As you can guess by my username I'm a fan of hobby rocketry.

Read the patch notes and I gotta say it just looks like they are buffing my play style on lrms and nerfing those lazy backfielders that give lurming a bad name.

With the proliferation of multi ams mechs reading that the new LOS arc will get more missiles past ams is sweet music to my eyes.

40% faster flight time from the shallower arc and then a speed boost shut the fudge up!

The way it favors the smaller launchers just plays right to the mechs I lurm with as I prefer the never ending stream of lrm5s from a Kintaro or Archer to the big splats of the 15s and 20s.

Pair of 10s on an ecm equipped Hellspawn mmmhhmmm.

The only thing I am disappointed about is that LOS doesn't shorten the arming range to say 50m but I get it that would make streaks more obsolete than they are and would probably induce rage quitting the game.

Seriously considering going back to running 8 5s on the Archer split into two groups on chainfire.

Since everyone is going to be trying it out I'll throw out a couple builds here.

This has long been one of my heavy lifters and got a bump from the new module system and the hitbox overhaul and this patch does nothing but make it better

A:3:20l0|2@|NdpX0|i^|2@|2@|[O|[O|0=2qX0|Z<2rT0|2@|2@sT0|]?td0|[O|[Oud0|[O|[Ov@0w<0<0<0

Same concept but with JJs

AM2820`0|OG|OG|IdpP0|OG|2@|[O|[O|[OqP0|OG|i^|2@|jOrN0|2@sN0|2@|]?t\0|[O|[Ou\0|[O|[OvB0w>0>0>0

I call this one All The %#&^*#@ Rockets

A:622081|Nd|i^|i^|X@p`0|[O|[O|2@|2@|f?|aOq`0|GP|GP|2@|1=2r\0|i^|X@|X@s\0|i^|2@|2@tg0|[O|[Oug0|[O|[OvB0w@0<0<0

While as a rule I never lurm with an assault this build is very LOS dependent and is designed specifically for producing the kind of fire and shake that prevents people shooting back in any effective way so yeah why not.

A45820P1|jO|[O|i^|i^|Rdp01|2@|2@|k?q01|2@|2@|k?|cOrl0|b?|FO|FOsl0|b?|FOt51|[O|[Ou51|[O|[OvB0|FOwD0<0<0

Edited by Johny Rocket, 19 March 2019 - 07:50 AM.

[RickySpanish]

I'm looking forward to my Vapor Eagle ATM 36 build becoming even more silly. Thanks to the JJ quirks plus JJ tree, and the LOS advantage, taking aim while in mid flight might be a thing.

[Scout Derek]

Concern

Edited by Scout Derek, 19 March 2019 - 08:55 AM.

[Acersecomic]

I'm personaly thinking of running a trap Archer.

Archer: (launches bait across the map)
Fish: "Oh look a LURMer archer, imma gonna nom nom!"
Archer: (ominous laughing)
Fish: "PREPARE TO BE MY SNACK, YOU ARMING RANGE NOOB!
Archer: LOCK AQUIRED! OPEN FIRE! (rapid-fires four StreakSRM2)
Fish: (screams like a girl)

Archer-5W
x4 LRM5, x1 LRM10, x4 SSRM2, AMS, BAP, 13 DHS, LE300, 69♡km/h, 1440 LRM ammo, 300 SSRM ammo, 2200 AMS ammo
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...429de910cfe4737

[Johny Rocket]

Patching and here is a smurfy mock up of what im running first, not exact but you get the idea.

[smurfy]https://mwo.smurfy-n...43d1b4d85973430[/smurfy]

[Dee Eight]

I'm gonna take out my Archer 5Ws for some fun. I'm sure there's gonna be some suckers who want to follow back the chain fire stream of LRM5 launchers to the source...to learn the hard way there are short range missiles in the arms and I know how to lead properly...

[Johny Rocket]

So 1st match in the Archer only 347 dmg but 3 kills and 3 assists.

[Bowelhacker]

I rolled out for a match in my standard lurmshite LRM80 SNV-A this morning and it basically did what it normally does.