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[SquattinDawg]

If you are currently stealthed and have a tag on an enemy, does your team get the benefit of that tag?

[Aidan Crenshaw]

Yes, they can lock onto any enemy you paint with TAG and get the LOS treatment even when using IDF.

[SquattinDawg]

cool thanks, im wanting to try a stealth tag/narc Raven with a couple light ppc's.

[crazytimes]

"You can't see me... unless you follow the giant red laser beam back to me. In which case you can see me and shoot me."

If you plan on staying out of obvious danger range then stealth vs ECM only doesn't make much difference. If you're going to TAG and give a literal laser pointer to where you are, you may as well just go with ECM.

TAG and NARC is really hoping you get a LRM heavy team on an open map to achieve anything, which is fairly rare. PPC is all the meta at the moment.

[SquattinDawg]

I understand that, I mostly want the tag for when I miss the narcs. I may eventually switch it out once I get better with the narc.

[Teenage Mutant Ninja Urbie]

SquattinDawg, on 14 April 2021 - 12:42 AM, said:

I understand that, I mostly want the tag for when I miss the narcs. I may eventually switch it out once I get better with the narc.

I'd highly suggest to drop BOTH the tag and the narc. mount some weapons instead.
doing damage by yourself is way more consistent and effective.

also fun
give the stealth-commando a try; slap some srms on it, it's such a joy to pilot.

Edited by Teenage Mutant Ninja Urbie, 14 April 2021 - 04:58 AM.

[Curccu]

Stealth-Narc-CMD-2D is super fun, with LRM lance... well opponent might not appreciate.
Only problem you cannot see if your narcs have hit or not in hud cause stealth armor.

[Wolfos31]

Curccu, on 14 April 2021 - 06:24 AM, said:

Stealth-Narc-CMD-2D is super fun, with LRM lance... well opponent might not appreciate.
Only problem you cannot see if your narcs have hit or not in hud cause stealth armor.

If you want to make the most of Narc I highly recommend the Raven with its Narc duration quirk. I think along with skill points you can get narcs that last almost a minute. That's an eternity in quickplay matches. Raven also has the tonnage to do stealth armor and some backup weapons.

[Curccu]

Wolfos31, on 14 April 2021 - 07:26 AM, said:

If you want to make the most of Narc I highly recommend the Raven with its Narc duration quirk. I think along with skill points you can get narcs that last almost a minute. That's an eternity in quickplay matches. Raven also has the tonnage to do stealth armor and some backup weapons.

Thanks but no thanks I'd rather take small and agile 25 tonner than huge clumsy 35 tonner, narc duration doesn't matter much if there are 3 awesomes darkening the sky with lrms.
narc to enemys face and call your friends to shoot that one is best back up weapon in the game.

[Gagis]

But Curccu-senpai. You know real men carry 2 NARC launchers to get trough the AMS Corsair.

[SquattinDawg]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Urbie, on 14 April 2021 - 04:56 AM, said:

I'd highly suggest to drop BOTH the tag and the narc. mount some weapons instead.
doing damage by yourself is way more consistent and effective.

also fun
give the stealth-commando a try; slap some srms on it, it's such a joy to pilot.

I've found the beauty of the narc to be mostly that you have constant intel on the enemy position. And sometimes it forces them into cover while your team bashes their friends. I've been having a lot of fun with it.

[LordNothing]

i kinda wish tag worked like it did in mwll. its invisible unless you have thermal vision on. that and being able to steer missiles to your target.

[Teenage Mutant Ninja Urbie]

SquattinDawg, on 14 April 2021 - 02:11 PM, said:

I've found the beauty of the narc to be mostly that you have constant intel on the enemy position. And sometimes it forces them into cover while your team bashes their friends. I've been having a lot of fun with it.

while you -do- have a point, it's more of a team-thing; fine if you drop with mates, often useless though when you go to quickplay.
I lost enough matches where the ENTIRE enemy team was narced - because nobody bothered to actually use the information given to them. in the end, a narc on its own doesn't kill anybody.


enough damage to the right spot OTOH always does.

[Curccu]

Gagis, on 14 April 2021 - 01:15 PM, said:

But Curccu-senpai. You know real men carry 2 NARC launchers to get trough the AMS Corsair.

Just run into literally point blank range and no way that ams battery is shooting that narc down within 5 meters
that's why the stealth armor be ninja!

[ScrapIron Prime]

SquattinDawg, on 14 April 2021 - 02:11 PM, said:

I've found the beauty of the narc to be mostly that you have constant intel on the enemy position. And sometimes it forces them into cover while your team bashes their friends. I've been having a lot of fun with it.

That's the beauty of running a single LRM-5 with spare tonnage on your mech. People get that "incoming missile" warning and crouch behind a rock, not knowing its only 5 missiles.