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[Will Hawker]

Been away for a while but there used to be a tier system, I can't seem to find it any more or the option to turn it on, but there's still an up/down/same rating after a match, where can I find it?

[martian]

Will Hawker, on 18 September 2023 - 10:18 AM, said:

Been away for a while but there used to be a tier system, I can't seem to find it any more or the option to turn it on, but there's still an up/down/same rating after a match, where can I find it?

A. Forums Tier display

1. Log into the forums and click "Profile" button.




2. Check the "Publicly Display Tier" option.




B. 'Mechlab Tier Display

1. Log into the game and click the "Settings" button.




2. Uncheck the "Hide Tier In The Front End" button.

3. Click "Save".




Also, welcome back!

By the way, yesterday PGI announced their new game: MechWarrior 5: Clans. Since you will play as a Clan Smoke Jaguar Warrior, I thought that this could interest you.

[Will Hawker]

martian, on 18 September 2023 - 10:54 AM, said:

A. Forums Tier display

1. Log into the forums and click "Profile" button.




2. Check the "Publicly Display Tier" option.




B. 'Mechlab Tier Display

1. Log into the game and click the "Settings" button.




2. Uncheck the "Hide Tier In The Front End" button.

3. Click "Save".




Also, welcome back!

By the way, yesterday PGI announced their new game: MechWarrior 5: Clans. Since you will play as a Clan Smoke Jaguar Warrior, I thought that this could interest you.

Thanks! I'm Clan Diamond Shark

[martian]

Will Hawker, on 18 September 2023 - 11:37 AM, said:

Thanks! I'm Clan Diamond Shark

No big difference.

[Void Angel]

One Adjective Animal is much like the rest...

[martian]

Both Clans - the Diamond Sharks and the Smoke Jaguars - are Crusaders anyway.

[Will Hawker]

martian, on 19 September 2023 - 07:43 AM, said:

Both Clans - the Diamond Sharks and the Smoke Jaguars - are Crusaders anyway.

Diamond Sharks only became Crusaders because they thought they could influence it so it wouldn't be so blood thirsty and to also make sweet sweet Inner Sphere money.

Edited by Will Hawker, 19 September 2023 - 01:32 PM.

[martian]

Will Hawker, on 19 September 2023 - 01:22 PM, said:

Diamond Sharks only became Crusaders because they thought they could influence it so it wouldn't be so blood thirsty and to also make sweet sweet Inner Sphere money.

Yep.

But if the new game will lead you to Tukayyid, for example, it really will not matter if you drop into the battle as Smoke Jaguar or Diamond Shark. That is what I meant.

I expect the new game to be focused mostly on combat, not on some details of Clan politics of early 3050s.

[Will Hawker]

I do hope they flesh out the clans, we've seen the Wolves, Falcons, Bears now we're seeing the Jaguars so would be cool if they added a little of the other clans who participated.

[martian]

Will Hawker, on 19 September 2023 - 02:02 PM, said:

I do hope they flesh out the clans, we've seen the Wolves, Falcons, Bears now we're seeing the Jaguars so would be cool if they added a little of the other clans who participated.

I know that you will probably not like it, but I say it anyway: Reserve Clans achieved very little during early Clan invasion and I feel that such effort would be essentially wasted. I would prefer the new MW:5 Clans to concentrate fully on Clan Smoke Jaguar to fully flesh it out.

[VeeOt Dragon]

i honestly would rather they let you choose but then again i was always an IS loyalist (FRR for life, Never Forget). though to be perfectly honest i am a Merc at heart. Kill the Clans for whoever wants to pay me more . if i want Clan tech i will just steal it from them or battlefield salvage. (thats how i play MW:5 with my current mods. i have IS mechs with mixed tech because i took it from destroyed Clan mechs (i am also using mods that have the more classic looks for the Clan mechs)

[Will Hawker]

I just got to tier 2 now I'm never playing again

[martian]

VeeOt Dragon, on 20 September 2023 - 02:25 PM, said:

i honestly would rather they let you choose but then again i was always an IS loyalist (FRR for life, Never Forget). though to be perfectly honest i am a Merc at heart. Kill the Clans for whoever wants to pay me more . if i want Clan tech i will just steal it from them or battlefield salvage. (thats how i play MW:5 with my current mods. i have IS mechs with mixed tech because i took it from destroyed Clan mechs (i am also using mods that have the more classic looks for the Clan mechs)

The problem with the possibility of choosing one faction from many is that the developer must inevitably split its resources dedicated to the "Faction characterization" task among various sub-groups, if you know what I mean.

In MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries you had four factions available, but with the exception of a few details there was no big difference between them.

I would rather see MechWarrior 5: Clans be like MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy, i.e. a game where you really get the feel of being a member of one specific Clan.

Will Hawker, on 20 September 2023 - 02:45 PM, said:

I just got to tier 2 now I'm never playing again

What do you mean? Tier 1 awaits you!

[Will Hawker]

martian, on 20 September 2023 - 10:00 PM, said:

The problem with the possibility of choosing one faction from many is that the developer must inevitably split its resources dedicated to the "Faction characterization" task among various sub-groups, if you know what I mean.

In MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries you had four factions available, but with the exception of a few details there was no big difference between them.

I would rather see MechWarrior 5: Clans be like MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy, i.e. a game where you really get the feel of being a member of one specific Clan.



What do you mean? Tier 1 awaits you!

I'm on a losing streak today I think I'm slipping back into tier 3 I keep getting shot in the ***, theres so many ecm lights.

[martian]

Will Hawker, on 21 September 2023 - 12:28 PM, said:

I'm on a losing streak today I think I'm slipping back into tier 3 I keep getting shot in the ***, theres so many ecm lights.

You can switch the Clan ECM suite on your Hellbringer to the 'Counter' mode to negate the function of the enemy ECM.

[Will Hawker]

martian, on 21 September 2023 - 12:41 PM, said:

You can switch the Clan ECM suite on your Hellbringer to the 'Counter' mode to negate the function of the enemy ECM.

I've been bouncing between mechs today, Ebon Jaguar, Hellbringer, Rifleman IIC. Found more success with Rifleman, but gonna fiddle with my Hellbringer's loadout a bit see if I can be more useful.

[Void Angel]

Will Hawker, on 21 September 2023 - 12:28 PM, said:

I'm on a losing streak today I think I'm slipping back into tier 3 I keep getting shot in the ***, theres so many ecm lights.

It can be hard to deal with Lights if you're not positioning for them. Counter mode ECM won't be terribly helpful because by the time they're that close, you're already getting zorched. It's better to position yourself so that they have to expose themselves to your team to get to you - and call out their grid location to your team. Generally, if you're being harassed, retreat through your team while holding them off with your guns, and use terrain or buildings to limit their sight lines from outside of your field of view.

The way Lights fight is by using their speed to find isolated engagements; if you prevent them from isolating you, it's a frustrating day for the Light pilot.

PS: I don't know what guns you're using on that Hellbringer, but remember: Lights hate lasers.

[martian]

Will Hawker, on 21 September 2023 - 12:49 PM, said:

I've been bouncing between mechs today, Ebon Jaguar, Hellbringer, Rifleman IIC. Found more success with Rifleman, but gonna fiddle with my Hellbringer's loadout a bit see if I can be more useful.

If I could suggest something, do not stay so much behind your team.

[Will Hawker]

Changed it up and staved off dropping, I do use lasers predominantly, but I just started using the Sunspider with two of those new gauss weapons and its quite fun.

[martian]

Happy to hear that something works for you.