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[Moldur]

This is a thread to ask what's good, run ideas by and see if you can talk someone out of a bad purchase, and generally point people in the right direction for the sale. Also feel free to show off whatever you snagged. I already got the Blood Asp and Corsair pack and I need to be talked out of going full whale mode.

[Escef]

The Solaris 7 pack is a lot of bang for your buck even at non-sale price. Seven hero mechs w/bays, some cockpit doodads, a month of premium time... Notably, the Kraken Atlas is more or less equal to any non-hero Atlas, and the S7 pack costs a little less than the Boar's Head Atlas does by itself. Most of the other hero mechs in the pack are at least serviceable, and the Revenant Mad Dog is the only Mad Dog with CT hardpoints (allowing it to mount an impressive 8 energy weapons when combined with the B right and H left arm pods).

That said, the CN9-YLW is still a fun mech, the Warhammer Black Widow and Marauder Bounty Hunter are both solid, the Marauder IIC Scorch is also a strong mech, and the Archer Tempest is a nasty combination of energy weapons, missiles, and ECM.

[w0qj]

OK, noted that discussion scope limited to 30% Off Premium Mech Packages...
https://mwomercs.com/store

Will highlight only the notable Special Variant and/or Hero mech within the Premium Mech Packages, which comes with active Premium Time too!

Full Whale Mode /on

Light
Flea
FLE-17(S): MASC + 7xEnergy hardpoints

Piranha
PIR-1(S): machine gun goodness
PIR-CI: Hero mech, lots of machine guns + energy (read: Micro Pulse Laser)


Medium
Bushwacker
BSW-X1(S): need we say more?

Vapor Eagle
VGL-1(S): need we say more?


Heavy
Warhammer
WHM-6R(S): 2x ballistic LT/RT, flexible 6x energy hardpoints, missile pod above shoulder, 10% Cooldown!
WHM-BW: Hero mech. -10% ballistic heat. flexible 4x ballistic LT/RT, missile pod above shoulder.

Also: New Player Pack (IS) with 1 month Premium Time.
Warhammer Black Widow: New Player Pack: Limited time bundle offer. Not on sale, US$20's.
WHM-BW: Hero mech. 4x ballistic LT/RT. Bundle gifts total +10% CBills bonus cockpit hanging/standing items.
https://mwomercs.com/store/bundles

Rifleman IIC
RFL-IIC(S): +10% range. Can fire 4x LPL at once (+2 LPL HSL)!

Resistance II: One of the best packs for the buck IMHO
~Mauler MAL-1R( R): 4x ballistic LT/RT Assault, also good at missiles
~Crab: CRB-27( R): very maneuverable medium, laser vomit + 2xAMS
~Black Knight: BL-6-KNT( R): very maneuverable heavy, laser vomit + 2xAMS
~Wolfhound: WLF-2( R): the common variant deployed, laser vomit


Assault
Fafnir
FNR-5(S): ECM, very strong/flexible at ballistic builds. Regularly observed in deployment.

Also: New Player Pack (IS) with 1 month Premium Time.
Cyclops: New Player Pack (IS): Limited time bundle offer. Not on sale, in US$20's.
CP-S: Hero mech. 4x ballistic LT/RT. Bundle gifts total +10% CBills bonus cockpit hanging/standing items.
https://mwomercs.com/store/bundles

Marauder IIC
MAD-IIC(S): amazing laser vomit
MAD-IIC-SC: Hero mech, very strong 2x ballistic arms + 4x SRM missile LT/RT

Edited by w0qj, 20 October 2021 - 04:53 AM.

[Angus McFife VI]

I got the Solaris 7 pack and I'm having a hell of a time in this Atlas

[martian]

Buying one or two 275-, 300- or 325-rated Light and Extralight engines could be a good idea, if you have some spare C-Bills.

[Escef]

martian, on 18 October 2021 - 12:52 AM, said:

Buying one or two 275-, 300- or 325-rated Light and Extralight engines could be a good idea, if you have some spare C-Bills.

I'll just point out that the 275XL is generally inferior to the 280XL. There are a few mechs with an engine cap of 275 where it's a viable option; but for those with higher caps, at the same tonnage and comparable c-bill cost the 280XL packs a tiny bit more oomph. Same goes for the 275 and 280 LFEs.

[martian]

Escef, on 18 October 2021 - 05:27 AM, said:

I'll just point out that the 275XL is generally inferior to the 280XL. There are a few mechs with an engine cap of 275 where it's a viable option; but for those with higher caps, at the same tonnage and comparable c-bill cost the 280XL packs a tiny bit more oomph. Same goes for the 275 and 280 LFEs.

I mentioned them because they are the less expensive option while doing essentially the same job of hiding additional heat sinks in engine. If somebody wants to pay more C-Bills, he can.

[1453 R]

The cost difference between 275 and 280 is negligible, especially during an engine sale. The performance difference is negligible too, but given the extra performance comes at a zero cost in weight, it's almost always worth it if you can spring for the 280.

The Incubus pack is also worth bringing up for Collector folks. The INC-1 is an adept little harasser with the best machine gun quirks on the chassis, plenty of energy to open holes for the machine guns, and enough durability to get on with. It's not ZE ABSOLUTE BEST at any one given Incubus build, but it's got enough flexibility in its loadout to do lots of work and manage at least eighty percent of any other Incubus build.

Most of the OmniMech packs, for Collector-inclined folks, are going to be solid choices simply because you can do ninety percent of any build for an OmniMech on the C-bill boosted Collector variant and (literally) profit. Huntsmen, Linebackers, Black Lanners, any of the various tiers of Invasion nonsense - all solid choices.

In terms of regular packs? Three 'Mechs, three 'Mech bays, thirty days of Premium, and a handful of cockpit doodads for fourteen dollars (or basically ten, for light 'Mechs) isn't a terrible buy. Frankly, anything you've been curious on and want a solid sampling of is a decent choice for that price, especially if you don't qualify for a Loyalty reward yet. Whatever that "Ehhh...I wanna try it, but I don't really have the space/cash/space cash..." 'Mech is, now's as good a time as will ever come to pull the trigger if you want it.

Edited by 1453 R, 18 October 2021 - 06:27 AM.

[Johny Rocket]

No sense in buying an engine of a lower rating that weighs the same.

[martian]

Johny Rocket, on 18 October 2021 - 06:32 AM, said:

No sense in buying an engine of a lower rating that weighs the same.

For some novice cash-strapped player going with the cheaper engine can make sense.

Currently I am sitting on a pile of C-Bills, but I still remember my beginnings when I counted every C-Bill.

[Escef]

martian, on 18 October 2021 - 07:13 AM, said:

For some novice cash-strapped player going with the cheaper engine can make sense.

Currently I am sitting on a pile of C-Bills, but I still remember my beginnings when I counted every C-Bill.

We're talking about a price difference of under 100k c-bills, less than the cost of a single MPL. I highly doubt the price difference is going to make or break the bank for anyone. Especially when you just play a match and earn the difference and then some.

[Tarl Cabot]

The bad thing about purchasing ANY engine will be if it is for isXL instead of LFE. New players may not be aware of the deathtrap isXL are, in that unlink cXL for Clan battlemechs (not omnis) and is LFE, player mech dies immediately when a ST is blown off, whereas that only happens on a cXL or LFE is the player is riding the Heatscale red line....

[Moldur]

Tarl Cabot, on 18 October 2021 - 03:50 PM, said:

The bad thing about purchasing ANY engine will be if it is for isXL instead of LFE. New players may not be aware of the deathtrap isXL are, in that unlink cXL for Clan battlemechs (not omnis) and is LFE, player mech dies immediately when a ST is blown off, whereas that only happens on a cXL or LFE is the player is riding the Heatscale red line....

Yeah, All my old isXL engines stare at me now.

[caravann]

Extra large engine
- when the comstar- bills are low buy a XL engine
Life is too short

[Curccu]

Well people in this months patch note thread are saying that commando is gonna be OP because it gets some more quirks....

[caravann]

Heat is always the limit. Hardpoints simulate the cooldown increase because when cooldown goes down the heat goes up