Is It Time To Sell My Timberwolves?
#21
Posted 11 October 2019 - 07:41 AM
#22
Posted 11 October 2019 - 08:06 AM
Sable, on 11 October 2019 - 07:41 AM, said:
lol, they should nerf it some more, this guy had A 800dmg game with one!
to OP, they're pretty bad. I mean still barely playable, but why would you. I play one about once a month out of nostalgia because it used to be my favorite mech in this game, and because I forget how bad they are and want to give it another go, it's meh at best, outclassed in every playstyle by another mech, very painful to play
#23
Posted 11 October 2019 - 09:08 AM
Being outperformed by other chasis does not equal "bad", it simply means not-optimal.
I still have great fun in mine. Who the **** cares if its not THE BEST. Believe it or not, you can still enjoy the game (and do well!) while playing mechs that are not meta or optimal.
#24
Posted 11 October 2019 - 09:34 AM
Sable, on 11 October 2019 - 07:41 AM, said:
Watch out noobs, this guy is going to teach you about being good with his 800 damage heavy mech
#25
Posted 11 October 2019 - 10:24 AM
thievingmagpi, on 11 October 2019 - 09:34 AM, said:
I don't even know how that's possible!
#27
Posted 11 October 2019 - 11:06 AM
#28
Posted 11 October 2019 - 01:48 PM
My thoughts after a dozen games: It's a fast, 75 ton clan mech with lots of free tonnage and hardpoints. It has a bit of a glass jaw, but so do a lot of clan mechs. Just make a reasonable build, and you can do fine. It has the tools to succeed, the rest is up to you.
#29
Posted 11 October 2019 - 01:55 PM
FLG 01, on 11 October 2019 - 11:03 AM, said:
Less good ≠ bad
Bad implies that it can't perform at all. And there are definitely are chasis in the game that fall into that category, but I don't think the TBR is one of them.
#30
Posted 11 October 2019 - 02:04 PM
It basically should be as agile as a clan 60-65 tonner, in exchange for low mounts and no survival quirks.
#31
Posted 11 October 2019 - 02:32 PM
Its bad.
#32
Posted 11 October 2019 - 02:42 PM
Nightbird, on 11 October 2019 - 02:04 PM, said:
It basically should be as agile as a clan 60-65 tonner, in exchange for low mounts and no survival quirks.
basically what it used to be: good firepower, bad mounts, bad survivability, good agility
then they gave it bad agility, nerfed clan lvomit, ppc/gauss, spl/csrm6 and changed the ClanXL side torso destruction mechanic
so now it's: meh firepower, bad mounts, bad survivability and bad agility
#33
Posted 11 October 2019 - 02:43 PM
Prototelis, on 11 October 2019 - 02:32 PM, said:
This thread is getting me all nostalgic...
Hey Chris, I know we are in EOL mode, but for old time's sake, could you step in here and give us a post about how your data shows that the Timber [edit] is a top mech and out performs the Ebon and Hellbringer even at the competitive level of the the game? Oh those were the days.
Edited by Bud Crue, 11 October 2019 - 03:11 PM.
#34
Posted 11 October 2019 - 05:21 PM
Unless you're SRMs your mounts are almost all low.
If you're going to run a splat build, run a LBK, go faster, way more maneuverable and have survival quirks.
It's not that a TBR is unable to kill something. It's not like a Spider with 2 MLs or the like but for a 75 ton Clan mech it's pretty terrible. Everything else even vaguely in the weight class does what it does better.
#35
Posted 11 October 2019 - 05:39 PM
The real issue is past experience, since the devs have proven tthey refuse to give ANY mech crazy good quirks (which made mechs unique, gave them flavor, and made them fit into lore better not to mention compensated for glaring issues). Now that they wont buff the quirks, wont change the hitboxes, and wont do squat about mobility, its a dead mech that is purely nostalgic at this point. The ebon does all the timby's energy loadout better, the hellbringer can bring almost equal firepower (with ecm and far superior hitboxes), the orion renders the SRM timby pointless, and LRM/ATM can be done on like any mech better (sunspider LRM-80 with ECM is beyond superior, even a vapin eagle can do a sorta similar LRM setup to a timby).
Finally, now that its mediocre or even terrible depending on who you ask, its core weakness end up dominating the chassis, and its very unlikely it will ever be changed (especially since many many many vastly superior mechs have been released in the meantime. Honestly, with the omnipods released over the years, the ebon and hellbringer beat is in every way (HBR got that broken OP 2 energy RT, ebon was always king of energy spam, just squish but better then timby survival wise).
#37
Posted 12 October 2019 - 04:14 PM
Even when I'm jumping on for a few matches I just go a repaint them every now and then and play better mechs.
Edited by Battlemaster56, 13 October 2019 - 03:28 AM.
#38
Posted 12 October 2019 - 09:41 PM
#39
Posted 13 October 2019 - 07:46 AM
Edited by JediPanther, 13 October 2019 - 07:47 AM.
#40
Posted 13 October 2019 - 08:21 AM
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