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[Sharfen]

I'm reading lots of comments about the patch and about the devs. They are all over the place so I thought I would make my own summation on how how I feel about what I've read.

I've got tons of hours played but I bounce from tier 5 to tier 3, depending how seriously I have been playing. So I'm not a top tier player but I have been playing for over 7 years. Just wanted to put that out so you can weigh my comments accordingly.

I feel the devs didn't take or have the time to redirect their efforts to correspond with what I'm reading is called the Gulag. They haven't sent out any real update in 1.5 years. I feel they took things that could be easily accomplished and were probably already in the works and made them into an update. As a software dev it makes sense to me. To get the ball rolling you kick out some of the low hanging fruit.

In regards to the actual changes, I was really unhappy with them... at first. My first few matches in PPC based builds I have had reasonable success with were trash. A friend of mine that is also a very skilled player, and much better at analyzing the situational use of weapons then me, helped me work out some of the kinks. My last 5 matches in a PPC based build were all good matches with me gaining PSR. I adjusted my mech and play style to fit within the new parameters. This really helped me see that the devs DO have a goal behind the changes.

Do I love the changes? Not really. Do I think they were the changes people wanted to see? Not really. But I think it's forward momentum on the game and I'm more then willing to give the devs some breathing room so they can show that this is just the first step, even if it's perceived by many to be a wobbly one in the wrong direction.

Edited by Sharfen, 16 March 2021 - 07:28 PM.

[LordBraxton]

They ruined MASC.

I never liked PPCs and I like brawling so im fine with the PPC changes lol

[Sharfen]

Well I very very seldom use MASC so I'm not an expert on it but from what they posted they are bringing it in line with it's original intent, "...sprint speed boost, rather than a global mobility boost,". Makes sense to me. Did it change the game? Sure. Did it break the game, nope.

[PocketYoda]

Well i've had a test ran a lot of PPC builds yes the damage is higher but the cons imo out weigh the pros.. I had a few games with light mechs and mediums running HPPC and i tried snubs.. both of which do far poorly over old better laser boating and srms..

Yes they do more up front damage but the range and the cooldowns just make them imo unreliable. I am hearing MRMs are a little bit better.. i've not seen to many AC builds in tier 4 or 5.. its either Racs or UACs mostly and they never got touched..

MASC i never used anyway so for me that's a non factor.

On a sad note i'm seeing a lot of dead Cadets very fast but thats pretty much what i expected from those new builds. Cadets are not tier 1 players.

Edited by Samial, 17 March 2021 - 06:38 AM.

[LordNothing]

so far they have unfunned my clan ppc boats and really buffed my 9x mrm10 infinite missile archer. exes got relegated to trash tier because their only redeeming quality was nerfed, which is a shame because that was a really fun mech, so unfunned as well. currently switched my snowball's uac10 for an lgauss, i kind of like it. need to spend more time with the is ppcs.

Edited by LordNothing, 17 March 2021 - 06:43 AM.

[The pessimistic optimist]

Nice score my man with that CDA-3M PPC build https://steamcommuni.../?id=2427397560