11 replies to this topic

[Gas Guzzler]

So yes I'm aware the Blood Asp has iconic shoulder cannons you don't need to point out the obvious, but these are just comically large. I just started playing again and the mech looks cool and all but the shoulder cannons just look dumb.

Not only is there a spot for an extra weapon up there that I'm not using (one weapon, smaller shoulder cannon), but its even stretched and deformed to be EVEN taller.

And that's just the aesthetic side. The sheer size of these things just make them damage magnets, and this mech is glass-cannony enough.

TLDR - Can we spend a modicum of modeling energy on fixing those and lopping off the top half of them when only one weapon is used? Modeling team shouldn't be too busy since I haven't seen a new mech in years. In fact, you can send me a .STEP file and I'll do it for you.

[General Solo]

Does not stop it from being a meta assualt doh
Asking PGI for polish is a lost cause
Just saying

Edited by OZHomerOZ, 13 December 2020 - 06:06 PM.

[LordNothing]

i remember when people complained because pgi made the guns smaller. paging dr freud.

Edited by LordNothing, 13 December 2020 - 08:25 PM.

[Nightbird]

The blood asp is still one of the best if not THE BEST assault for farming in QP and FP. It's not great in comp or solaris.

[Meep Meep]

I love farming blood asp in quick play. All you have to do is keep some low cover between you and keep targeting those ginormous shoulder pads. Absolutely nothing they can do in return if they can't get around it fast enough. I avoid them like the plague though if they are out in the open.

[K O Z A K]

Nightbird, on 13 December 2020 - 10:55 PM, said:

The blood asp is still one of the best if not THE BEST assault for farming in QP and FP. It's not great in comp or solaris.

I was surprised but you could see it used by top teams in comp too this year

It's super strong, the side cannon profile is probably the only thing keeping it from being totally OP with those high mounts

[Heavy Money]

Blood Asp seems to be in a good place compared to Madcat and Marauder IIC. They can all run similar loadouts but with slightly different pros/cons. Big hitboxes seems like a fair tradeoff for high mounts and ECM.

Edited by Heavy Money, 14 December 2020 - 11:31 AM.

[w0qj]

Yeah, saw the BAS-A in the 2020 comp also, along with HBR-VI in a game...

Have you watched Baradul mwo videos?
These guys can make *any* mech work well

That said, Blood Asp (BAS) is amongst my favorite mech...
As long as you stay in the cockpit view (and not the [F3] external view), then you don't notice your own bus-on-your-shoulder syndrome... (this does not bother me).

[MechWarrior414712]

A saw quite a bit of use but there was only one that used shoulder pods. Makes you think.

[PocketYoda]

Nightbird, on 13 December 2020 - 10:55 PM, said:

The blood asp is still one of the best if not THE BEST assault for farming in QP and FP. It's not great in comp or solaris.

I think it is its speed coupled with its sheer damage capabilities. That always pumps out high damage outputs even when you do poorly.

[ilKhan_OrHan]

They need to fix the walking animation. Timberwolf has chicken legs too and had a similar animation that was fixed. They never did anything for Blood Asp. Rancor not having ECM is criminal!

[JediPanther]

Complain for about two years daily and you might get your wish. It worked when pgi screwed up all the catapults' models with the dreaded vcrs.