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[OmniFail]

So, with Lurmageddon quickly approaching, I am having a hard time telling what the game will be like in the coming days. Will lurms be all powerful? Will the sky truly be falling on Mercville? Or will the changes to the weapon system and its supplement equipment paint a Lurmageddon that is the death of lurms? Another possibility is that all the changes will just put the weapons system into a state of mediocrity.

In this thread not only do I want to hear your thoughts, I want you to show me your Lurmageddon warface. Show me what builds you will be sporting on the Eve of Lurmageddon. The only restriction is that the build you post must be viable and Lurmageddon themed (No joke or troll builds). Builds posted do not have to be lurmboats but they most fit the theme of the Eve of Lurmageddon. Yes, all missile boats and your Douchstrike sporting its tiny single AMS are welcome.

Share your thoughts and show me you Eve of Lurmageddon Masks.

Heres one of mine.

https://mech.nav-alp...61dd3ede_MCII-4

Edited by OmniFail, 17 March 2019 - 01:22 PM.

[HammerMaster]

Sky is falling again.

[Athom83]

AMS is getting all-round buffs, and LRMs are being made weaker against AMS. Its not going to be as bad as some are making it out to be IF you bring some protection.

Plus I'm going to be running my quad AMS assault for a while.

Edited by Athom83, 17 March 2019 - 01:20 PM.

[Antares102]

I've readied some of my finest ECM mechs to embrace the LURMageddon.
Among them, BAS-A, BAS-B, MAD-IIC-D and last but not least two HBRs of course.
I guess I would actually enjoy the game once more if LRMs [Redacted] for once have to show their faces to do damage.

Edited by draiocht, 17 March 2019 - 06:03 PM.
unconstructive, inappropriate language

[OmniFail]

Athom83, on 17 March 2019 - 01:19 PM, said:

AMS is getting all-round buffs, and LRMs are being made weaker against AMS. Its not going to be as bad as some are making it out to be IF you bring some protection.

Plus I'm going to be running my quad AMS assault for a while.

Yes I have to agree, besides the direct fire functionality, the changes to AMS are going to have a huge impact. It may shift the effective lurm builds back to LRM 5 or 10s. But I am not sure that the increased HSL on these launchers will be enough to make up for the new AMS changes.

[OmniFail]

Antares102, on 17 March 2019 - 01:22 PM, said:

I've readied some of my finest ECM mechs to embrace the LURMageddon.
Among them, BAS-A, BAS-B, MAD-IIC-D and last but not least two HBRs of course.
I guess I would actually enjoy the game once more if LRMs [Redacted] for once have to show their faces to do damage.

Don't just be mad bro post those builds and be careful what you wish for. Lurm [Redacted] may show up and kill you to your face with their improved LOS spread.

Edited by draiocht, 17 March 2019 - 06:08 PM.
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[HammerMaster]

Antares102, on 17 March 2019 - 01:22 PM, said:

I've readied some of my finest ECM mechs to embrace the LURMageddon.
Among them, BAS-A, BAS-B, MAD-IIC-D and last but not least two HBRs of course.
I guess I would actually enjoy the game once more if LRMs [Redacted] for once have to show their faces to do damage.

AntiLRMFascist.

Edited by draiocht, 17 March 2019 - 06:15 PM.
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[Sigmar Sich]

You know, after PGI did a splash damage for LRMs in some early years, resulting in a LRM headshots after volley or two... Kinda not afraid after that experience.

Also i do believe it will not be that bad, and patch changes will essentially nerf the lurm spam, not increase it.

[Antares102]

OmniFail, on 17 March 2019 - 01:29 PM, said:

Don't just be mad bro post those builds and be careful what you wish for. Lurm [Redacted] may show up and kill you to your face with their improved LOS spread.

I am too lazy to click me through smurfys right now:
BAS-A: ECM, 2xLPL, 6xMPL, TC1, 1xJJ
BAS-B: ECM, 5xUAC5 or 2xUAC10/1xUAC20
MAD-IIC-D: ECM, 2xGoose waffles, 2x ERLL
HBR: ECM, 1xHLL, 6xML or 6xMPL

HammerMaster, on 17 March 2019 - 01:29 PM, said:

AntiLRMFascist.

I proudly am.
Nothing comes close to killing a LRM boat from behind without the guy even noticing it.
Makes my day every time.

Edited by draiocht, 17 March 2019 - 06:37 PM.
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[VonBruinwald]

[OmniFail]

Sigmar Sich, on 17 March 2019 - 01:31 PM, said:

You know, after PGI did a splash damage for LRMs in some early years, resulting in a LRM headshots after volley or two... Kinda not afraid after that experience.

Also i do believe it will not be that bad, and patch changes will essentially nerf the lurm spam, not increase it.

Intresting fact. Since the changes from that time, I have not scored one head shot in the millons of lurms I have luanched.

Antares102, on 17 March 2019 - 01:36 PM, said:

I am too lazy to click me through smurfys right now:
BAS-A: ECM, 2xLPL, 6xMPL, TC1, 1xJJ
BAS-B: ECM, 5xUAC5 or 2xUAC10/1xUAC20
MAD-IIC-D: ECM, 2xGoose waffles, 2x ERLL
HBR: 1xHLL, 6xML or 6xMPL



I proudly am.
Nothing comes close to killing a LRM boat from behind without the guy even noticing it.
Makes my day every time.

You forgot your EMC on your HBR. Litterly every other mech is a emc mech in PGIs vision of the Mechwarrior battlefield. Its like a high school safe sex program. Dont drop without it.

Edited by OmniFail, 17 March 2019 - 01:44 PM.

[HammerMaster]

OmniFail, on 17 March 2019 - 01:42 PM, said:

You forgot your EMC on your HBR. Litterly every other mech is a emc mech in PGIs vision of the Mechwarrior battlefield. Its like a high school safe sex program. Dont drop without it.

I think you may be right.

[Monkey Lover]

Athom83, on 17 March 2019 - 01:19 PM, said:

AMS is getting all-round buffs, and LRMs are being made weaker against AMS. Its not going to be as bad as some are making it out to be IF you bring some protection.

Plus I'm going to be running my quad AMS assault for a while.

They didn't give any numbers for ams. Im guessing its going to be very small change. Just look at the lockon time change. Its almost nothing.

ATM pop tarts will be everywhere soon.

[Zephrym]

This week, I will mostly be equipping AMS.

Credit: Jethro.

[OmniFail]

Monkey Lover, on 17 March 2019 - 01:55 PM, said:

They didn't give any numbers for ams. Im guessing its going to be very small change. Just look at the lockon time change. Its almost nothing.

ATM pop tarts will be everywhere soon.

We will have to see. The range increase alone will have an impact. Coupled with the sliding LRM health based on luancher size who knows. I wonder how the system would handle mixed luanchers firing at once?

[Burning2nd]

all praise kerensky.. and the old new maps...

by the power of lrm we will fufill our rightful right to fill the skys with rockets of glooooooooory


best get your umbrella out *******

(old school mech warrior vs new steam warrior online talk/lingo)

[Xeno Phalcon]

[JediPanther]

Jester: Hey bro!
Kfox: Dude?
Jester: What are lrms?
Kfox: It's like srms and mrms but it comes from the sky.
Jester: UHH...
Kfox: Missile rain you dumb ***!
Jester: OH! So that's what its called.

Kfox: Hey Catapult! I'm gona find you and them I'm gona censored!
Catapult: Dude I ain't even on the map and I can tag ya and lrm ya! Orbital Nuke away!

Single lrm hits Kfox! It's super ineffective! Kfox's paint got scratched!

Kfox uses Kfox forum lrm nerf spam! It's super effective! Lrms do .05 damage per lrm! Lrm velocity reduced by 75%!

Catapult user has quit mwo!

FATALITY!
KFOX WINS!

[OmniFail]

JediPanther, on 17 March 2019 - 02:48 PM, said:

Jester: Hey bro!
Kfox: Dude?
Jester: What are lrms?
Kfox: It's like srms and mrms but it comes from the sky.
Jester: UHH...
Kfox: Missile rain you dumb ***!
Jester: OH! So that's what its called.

Kfox: Hey Catapult! I'm gona find you and them I'm gona censored!
Catapult: Dude I ain't even on the map and I can tag ya and lrm ya! Orbital Nuke away!

Single lrm hits Kfox! It's super ineffective! Kfox's paint got scratched!

Kfox uses Kfox forum lrm nerf spam! It's super effective! Lrms do .05 damage per lrm! Lrm velocity reduced by 75%!

Catapult user has quit mwo!

FATALITY!
KFOX WINS!

This might PGIs desired outcome. They might be afriad that their average player lacks the brian power to deal with somthing as complex as lrms on the battlefield. They might be dumbing down the effectiveness of the weapons system to save their simpleton player base.

The funny thing about this is that LRMs have been very ineffective for a very long time. And yet the whiners continue to cry. Gotta keep dumbing it down.

[HammerMaster]

JediPanther, on 17 March 2019 - 02:48 PM, said:

Jester: Hey bro!
Kfox: Dude?
Jester: What are lrms?
Kfox: It's like srms and mrms but it comes from the sky.
Jester: UHH...
Kfox: Missile rain you dumb ***!
Jester: OH! So that's what its called.

Kfox: Hey Catapult! I'm gona find you and them I'm gona censored!
Catapult: Dude I ain't even on the map and I can tag ya and lrm ya! Orbital Nuke away!

Single lrm hits Kfox! It's super ineffective! Kfox's paint got scratched!

Kfox uses Kfox forum lrm nerf spam! It's super effective! Lrms do .05 damage per lrm! Lrm velocity reduced by 75%!

Catapult user has quit mwo!

FATALITY!
KFOX WINS!