Wartang, on 16 February 2025 - 05:20 PM, said:
can we finally get a nerf to the light mechs, right now they feel like can take hits they are not meant to. in the table top version a Locust has a total of 4 tons of armor or 64 points of armor, an AC-20 if you hit an arm would rip the thing in half. Here it seems like they can tank hits the the medium mechs can't.
Tabletop isn't a balance source for MWO, and Light 'mechs are a great illustration of why. A 7/11 Light with MASC can run at 14MP, covering 11 clear hexes and entering Heavy Woods. That gives a total +6 modifier; this means that a standard pilot (4/5 Gunnery/Piloting) at Medium range will only hit on a 12 - meaning an accuracy of 2.77%. Even if he's standing still at close range, he's still only got 16.56% accuracy. Other classic Lights, like the Stinger and Wasp, can jump, and all of them have an annoying habit of trying to get into the blind side of slower enemies. All of this adds to Lights' survivability in Tabletop Battletech - and they're still overpowered. Which is fine because they're not expected to take on an Atlas; they're part of a combined force, and players typically play a lance of Battlemechs or more during a standard game.
None of that applies to MWO; we aim hitscan weapons, and are perfectly capable of calling shots against enemy 'mech components. There's no massive penalty to hit a moving target, and a competent 'mechwarrior can pretty easily sweep a Flea's legs with his lasers, or land hits with an AC/10. So that's why balance works different here. The speed and terrain-based penalties to hit Lights are vastly less than tabletop's balance, and we're all piloting individual 'mechs, so a Light has to be able to hold its own to a much greater degree (and even then, no Light pilot wants to go toe to toe with an Assault in MWO.)
CFC Conky, on 16 February 2025 - 06:17 PM, said:
Let’s not forget the always popular ‘the new mechs are DOA!’.
Good hunting,
CFC Conky
Man, you're right! I also forgot "Pay to Win," and "New 'Mechs Are Overpowered!"
The Chancelor, on 16 February 2025 - 09:09 PM, said:
In europe this is a well known fact.
Don't be a racist jackass. I've seen plenty of unhinged diatribes - and played games with plenty of Russians. The only reason you knew he was Russian was the Cyrillic - and what's "well known" - here
or in europe - is that you're out of line.
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