79 replies to this topic

[Mayhem Lewis]

SockSlayer, on 19 June 2025 - 04:18 PM, said:

I agree, stealth does have its downsides too, in most cases, base ecm will do, stealth has an enhanced weakness against flamer mechs or if they have equipped too many lasers.

Lower tiers its the too many lasers 8 times out of 10. I reckon giving up the 14 slots is the biggest downside, especially with them being spread across every section of the mech, really narrows what you can run on them. When it comes to v.s. ECM, with the current sensor set-up I've found Stealth an entirely different game, Clan ECM is partiularly underwhelming.

[KursedVixen]

SockSlayer, on 19 June 2025 - 12:38 PM, said:

Flamers still keep getting ignored despite:
1. You can't score even if you cause the enemy to overheat and die. Only counts as a kill assist.
2. Most new light variants have an absolutely meta amount of mg since no heat penalty.
3. The few that do have quirks for flamers are all lights and the highest is 25% on a firestarter...
4. And yet, its ok to do 65% small laser range for a non-hero charger, or 80% ATM Range on a hero timberwolf?
5. Small lasers on IS don't even have a penalty at all even at 16 lasers, Flamers capped at a low 4?
6. Piranha was a stupid basis to determine overpowered state to begin with, no one considers the mech overheats quickly, and at most will only be a problem for a few seconds for a good flamer pilot.
7. Almost everything can solo flamer mechs, except those who boat large lasers or high heat weapons, and in quick play, who doesn't have a mg light?
8. The field has changed, and so has every other weapon, if the heat damage was too high of a value to set, then why do all the higher players whine its overpowered once the change was made? Why was the heat damage not scaled back and directly resolve the issue, instead they nerfed it with dismal regular damage of 0.1, terrible range, exponential overheat, plus the 4 Limit. I get they were trying to resolve the overpowered issue, except they never really did because the heat damage is still 4.5, but now the weapon just sucks to use in almost every case.
9. So few designs can even properly mount flamers and actually get a benefit, most times its better to just add small lasers.
Conclusion: No weapon has been nerfed more than the flamer, and it was all unnecessary, all they had to do was lessen the heat damage, but no, instead they made a sucky weapon with terrible stats, and players like me have to deal with how awful it actually is, the higher players who don't want it fixed don't actually use the weapon hardly at all, so how can they understand just how awful it is to use? Give the flamer the changes it should have had all the way back then, as they don't even work like the lore anyway.

i honestly see no one using flamers when x pulse was first introduced i started using a single flamer on some mechs to overheat the x pulse boats.

Edited by KursedVixen, 21 June 2025 - 05:26 AM.

[martian]

Mayhem Lewis, on 19 June 2025 - 12:15 PM, said:

Maybe that's the case in the Rarefied air of Tier one mate, but for the rest of us at tier 3 or below, its just fine and has more than a few excellent applications.

The fact, that some inefficient loadout is used by some average and sub-average players, does not make it "excellent application".

Mayhem Lewis, on 19 June 2025 - 12:15 PM, said:

I know its hard to grasp that what the mid-to-low tiers think and like matters just as much as tier one pilots like yourself. Dirty potatoes that you love to talk down to and sneer at, but mate its 80% of the population. We are the majority of the fellas buying mechs, MC, premium time, even Cbills in some cases that you top-end Gents don't have to anymore either because you have such a huge stockpile from all the winning, the comps, or just being given mechs because you are Cauldron members. So save a little thought and a thank you for all us dirty little potatoes, mechdads, noobs, and farm animals for funding the servers, electricity and dev time that makes your super duper elite on elite lives possible eh?

Your block of text about what "mid-to-low tiers" buy is irrelevant for the discussion about the Stealth armor.

Mayhem Lewis, on 19 June 2025 - 12:15 PM, said:

See I can't possibly see how every loadout, mech, tactic, etc... that kicks *** or is the de rigueur at tier one works or why because I don't play there, totally different game. Just as the matchmaker makes it so you can't visit our dirty little matches very often unless its on a seal clubbing account, and see what does and doesn't fly.

Tier 1 players do not need "a seal clubbing account" to see how your "mid-to-low tier" games go. Any time we can check some low Tier player's Twitch page or visit Youtube.

Mayhem Lewis, on 19 June 2025 - 12:15 PM, said:

Honestly I feel a bit bad for you fellas stuck in Meta-hell where you are expected to run X, Y and Z or get crap from your team and unit.

You are wrong.

You can be successful in MechWarrior Online without running so-called meta 'Mechs. Even in .

Check this screenshot. I deployed in my favorite Centurion. I had the highest number of kills and achieved the highest Match Score:

Even when my 'Mech's armour failed in the end, I had fun and we won the game.

My vintage Centurion is anything but meta.


As you can see:

• You do not have to use meta 'Mechs
  
• You do not even have to use Assault-class 'Mechs
  
• You do not even have to use ClanTech

You can be successful in the game, even if you are piloting a lowly non-meta medium-weight IS BattleMech.

Mayhem Lewis, on 19 June 2025 - 12:15 PM, said:

Who knows? maybe there are some great applications for Stealth armor on bigger stuff in Tier one matches that will never be known because everyone has already decided what is good and what is potatoe.

If a quick Mechlab check - or a common sense - tells you that a Stealth armor 'Mech is going to have a significantly worse firepower, DPS, etc. in comparison with a 'Mech that is equipped just with a standard ECM suite ... well, miracles do not happen. An inferior loadout will not turn into a better loadout in the live game just because you want it to.

Mayhem Lewis, on 19 June 2025 - 12:15 PM, said:

God speed son, we will be thinking of you while we have wacky, insane, unpredictable, unique and above all friggen FUN matches where you can't be sure what everyone is going to drop or what's gonna happen.

I have no clue why you think that Tier 1 games can not be fun, unique, etc.
As a player, I have fun in my games.

[Void Angel]

martian, on 20 June 2025 - 09:26 PM, said:

I have no clue why you think that Tier 1 games can not be fun, unique, etc.
As a player, I have fun in my games.

It's because he knows how Tier 1 plays, since he's the Voice of the People; but no Tier 1 can "have a clue, mate" about his terrible struggles because we're all a bunch of out-of-touch tryhards who only play meta mechs, and we're always at our jobs, and we just don't know have fun any more!

This is literally like arguing with an angry teenager. He knows everything, and the grownups just don't understand what life is really like for him.

Edited by Void Angel, 20 June 2025 - 09:52 PM.

[FRAGTAST1C]

KursedVixen, on 20 June 2025 - 10:44 AM, said:

it's an omni it's gotta have quirks that are lower than that of a battlmech to compensate for the ability to swap the hardpoints... (even though I fully believe omnis are totally customizable)

Take a closer look at those hardpoints and tell me that this mech is good for MWO. This isn't TT.

What's the selling point here? That this mech uses a name belonging to another and we pretend that it is THAT mech? Or is it the fact that it's a LFE omni with speed boost and lacks the punch of its clan counterpart? How many 2 HLL Mad Dogs do you see? Do you honestly think that the Gauntlet has any value in MWO?

[w0qj]

It would be brilliant if this Gaunlet Booster Pack come with ballistic LT/RT body parts (similar to Sovereign when it came out)!
Please please please!

Edited by w0qj, 21 June 2025 - 05:38 PM.

[simon1812]

Hmmm not a fan of this "reusing of old mechs models" trend Im seeing, do more to change it appearance, because it looks like the old bushwhacker to me...and everyone else Im sure...

the GTL10B is the only one interesting imo.

Ps

Are any of you guys willing to dish cash for the same old mech with different hard points, and a different name?

Edited by simon1812, 21 June 2025 - 06:19 PM.

[crazytimes]

simon1812, on 21 June 2025 - 06:05 PM, said:

Hmmm not a fan of this "reusing of old mechs models" trend Im seeing, do more to change it appearance, because it looks like the old bushwhacker to me...and everyone else Im sure...

the GTL10B is the only one interesting imo.

Ps

Are any of you guys willing to dish cash for the same old mech with different hard points, and a different name?

Imagine being so salty and depressed to crap all over an IS omni being introduced into a game this old.

I am definitely interested in not just this mech, but that we're getting another IS omni, and one without XL. It means progress, and it means things like the Avatar and Sunder are possible.

I am willing to put cash on the line to support progress in a game I enjoy.

[Will9761]

crazytimes, on 21 June 2025 - 08:19 PM, said:

Imagine being so salty and depressed to crap all over an IS omni being introduced into a game this old.

I am definitely interested in not just this mech, but that we're getting another IS omni, and one without XL. It means progress, and it means things like the Avatar and Sunder are possible.

I am willing to put cash on the line to support progress in a game I enjoy.

This is exactly what I'm saying. The game has been stagnant for years and it needs some new content pumped in. People would whine and complain even if we got the Avatar, Blackjack Omni and Firestarter Omni.

As for the Gauntlet their are two variants I find to be worth it. The GTL-1O, is going to be a very fast runner with the Supercharger and MASC Combo, and the GTL-1OB is an ECM Jumper with MASC and serves as an answer to the Clan's Black Lanner. If you mix the Prime with the B, then you get a jack-of-all trades with this mech. An ECM MASC, Jumper with a Supercharger. Sure I would have loved to see a Men Shen, but given PGI's limited resources, I'd rather have something than nothing.

Edited by Will9761, 21 June 2025 - 08:50 PM.

[LordNothing]

i dont buy everything they sell. frankly its more permutations of features were already bored with. i had my is omni fix with the blackhawk. but many will buy it.

Edited by LordNothing, 21 June 2025 - 08:55 PM.

[Will9761]

simon1812, on 21 June 2025 - 06:05 PM, said:

Hmmm not a fan of this "reusing of old mechs models" trend Im seeing, do more to change it appearance, because it looks like the old bushwhacker to me...and everyone else Im sure...

the GTL10B is the only one interesting imo.

Ps

Are any of you guys willing to dish cash for the same old mech with different hard points, and a different name?

From an art perspective I can see where you are coming from, as it should look different from a Bushwhacker. It would be nice if there was some way to differentiate the mech like adding little doo-dads and stuff, like the Grand Summoner and Black Hawk KU. But given the limited resources at PGI, who knows if they can do something like that again? Still I wouldn't mind spending money on IS Omnis regardless of looks.

Edited by Will9761, 21 June 2025 - 09:51 PM.

[LordNothing]

the best omnis are the ones with diverse pods. omnibush just doesn't have interesting pods.

[simon1812]

crazytimes, on 21 June 2025 - 08:19 PM, said:

Imagine being so salty and depressed to crap all over an IS omni being introduced into a game this old.

I am definitely interested in not just this mech, but that we're getting another IS omni, and one without XL. It means progress, and it means things like the Avatar and Sunder are possible.

I am willing to put cash on the line to support progress in a game I enjoy.

First, I like the idea, I am not questioning introduction of IS Omnis, I question the execution.
Second, the avatar and the sunder? I would have loved that instead of the gauntlet.

Edited by simon1812, 21 June 2025 - 09:11 PM.

[martian]

simon1812, on 21 June 2025 - 06:05 PM, said:

Hmmm not a fan of this "reusing of old mechs models" trend Im seeing, do more to change it appearance, because it looks like the old bushwhacker to me...and everyone else Im sure..

Reusing the existing assets is unavoidable, because PGI laid off the majority of MWO staff in December 2024.

All-new 'Mechs are going to be months and months between, and that only as a by-product of the MechWarrior 5: Clans game development.

simon1812, on 21 June 2025 - 06:05 PM, said:

Are any of you guys willing to dish cash for the same old mech with different hard points, and a different name?

First, it is not the same 'Mech. The Bushwacker is BattleMech, the Gauntlet is OmniMech with all that it entails.

Second, the Gauntlet offers some loadout possibilities that are impossible on the Bushwacker.

[simon1812]

martian, on 21 June 2025 - 09:36 PM, said:

Reusing the existing assets is unavoidable, because PGI laid off the majority of MWO staff in December 2024.

All-new 'Mechs are going to be months and months between, and that only as a by-product of the MechWarrior 5: Clans game development.

First, it is not the same 'Mech. The Bushwacker is BattleMech, the Gauntlet is OmniMech with all that it entails.

Second, the Gauntlet offers some loadout possibilities that are impossible on the Bushwacker.

-acknowledged, still think they could've modified the general appearance of the mech here and there. kind of like how the IS commando differs in looks from the Clan version.

it happens a lot in the real world, think about how the M60 battle tank look's differ from the M60A3 or the Abram M1A1 and the M1E3, something like that is what I'm talking about here, if!!! if... I'm not asking for the moon that is of course.

but yeah overall I'm happy that the devs are still adding content to the game, it makes think the whole "game is dead" might keep going on for another decade.

Edited by simon1812, Yesterday, 06:37 AM.

[martian]

simon1812, on 22 June 2025 - 06:35 AM, said:

-acknowledged, still think they could've modified the general appearance of the mech here and there. kind of like how the IS commando differs in looks from the Clan version.

Yes, I would be happier if they added some minor detailes to differentiate the Gauntlet from the Bushwacker, just like they did when they used the Black Hawk model with some addons to create the Black Hawk-KU.

Well, it did not happen. The cost reasons, probably.

The second reason is probably related to the requirement to ensure that model textures and factional liveries of the Bushwacker will fit on the Gauntlet.

simon1812, on 22 June 2025 - 06:35 AM, said:

it happens a lot in the real world, think about how the M60 battle tank look's differ from the M60A3 or the Abram M1A1 and the M1E3, something like that is what I'm talking about here, if!!! if... I'm not asking for the moon that is of course.

The in-universe difference between the Bushwacker and the Gauntlet is more like the difference between M60 and M60A2, if not greater.

simon1812, on 22 June 2025 - 06:35 AM, said:

but yeah overall I'm happy that the devs are still adding content to the game, it makes think the whole "game is dead" might keep going on for another decade.

Well, it is better than nothing.

[KursedVixen]

FRAGTAST1C, on 21 June 2025 - 09:00 AM, said:

Take a closer look at those hardpoints and tell me that this mech is good for MWO. This isn't TT.

What's the selling point here? That this mech uses a name belonging to another and we pretend that it is THAT mech? Or is it the fact that it's a LFE omni with speed boost and lacks the punch of its clan counterpart? How many 2 HLL Mad Dogs do you see? Do you honestly think that the Gauntlet has any value in MWO?

No, because I don't care and I'm not purchasing it so I don't really care, eveything after your first sentence here is a YOU problem....

(Also i can't see the details in the pictures because they are too small)
At least this omni has an LFE and not a IS XL like the Blackhawk KU.

Edited by KursedVixen, Yesterday, 09:35 AM.

[Clan Star Adder Khan Zappy]

What do you mean by streamer hunt? You're looking for people to stream?

[BlueDevilspawn]

Clan Star Adder Khan Zappy, on 22 June 2025 - 01:29 PM, said:

What do you mean by streamer hunt? You're looking for people to stream?

Supposedly around the end of the month there will be an event for players to hunt Twitch streamers. If you kill them, you get goodies injected into your account.

[KursedVixen]

Clan Star Adder Khan Zappy, on 22 June 2025 - 01:29 PM, said:

What do you mean by streamer hunt? You're looking for people to stream?

alot of people already stream this game when they play Baradul TTB Etc.