played the last 2h and am really pissed off. Before the patch mechs with 40-50 mph had some chance in battle. Now i dont even see the battlefield. Sry guys but what u did with this settings, there is no point in controlling a mech that has less then 70 mph or Atlas or LRM boats.
Before the last 2 patches i enjoyed playing a dual ac20 cat. Now, i see a commando that runs around me and a bunch of lrms coming my way with impossible angle changes (no more hiding behind the buildings and rocks) and i die within 20 sec of the contact with the commando. The only thing i can hope to kill are hunchs and awesomes if they get into my (max) range and usually i don't have a chance because of lrms. Then i tried to use my brain, and got an idea that maybe i need to adapt a little. Tried dual ppc, quad (or just dual) large lasers, dual gauss, faster engine and not much has improved. The precision and timing i need to hit something to do the equivalent amount of dmg that lrms are doing (especially now with Artemis) cannot be compared. Now add the lag of weapons and the improper hit boxes (especially vs the light mechs).
Not to mention that i even don't understand you reasoning with the ballistic weapons balance.
Gauss rifle = 1 heat, 10 ammo per ton, 15 dmg, 15 tons max dmg range 650
AC20 = 6 heat (now), 7 ammo per ton, 20 dmg, 14 tons max dmg range 270 (and 3 slots more)
So is the 30% more dmg = 600% more heat, more then 50% less range, and 30% less ammo per tone + more slots?
And with the same price!?!
Imo its not good that an Atlas who is supposed to be an ultra slow moving fortress (lots of armor) with a considerable amount of weapons actually uses gauss rifle to improve his dmg while reducing the generated heat at the speed of 65 mph. With the upgrades you made, now it is possible.
STREAKs are broken in the way they are now, the amount of dmg they do with the skill needed to do it... well if it wasn't sad it would be funny. It should be good if they weren't possible to implement into a 70 mph (or similar) cat that can fire 6 at a time doing 30 dmg of almost autoaim to torso. But for some unknown reason this seems to be less troubling with the last 2 patches (guess u managed to make some larger issues).
And for the love of god, implement the option to buy a mech chassis without the weapons and engines. Am sick of farming for a mech just to sell half of its components the moment i get it.
The whole experience from the last 2 patches is like MWO is shooting at my knee. U know what happens if i get tired of dodging.
P.S. If i can add, you did a really gj with solving the exit game (task manager) issue, and on my machine the game works better now
edit : it is possible that my rant was caused with the patch that has turned slow(er) heavies into non-viable options (or it hit them the most)
Edited by ZliDiabetichar, 06 November 2012 - 06:12 PM.
2
Smudge504, on 06 November 2012 - 04:23 PM, said:
