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[juxstapo]

I own 59 mechs, about 2/3rds of which are mastered. Best ones painted in Corsair colors and camo. I have about 20mill sitting in my account.

When PUG'n I frequently get bored in my mechlab.

I started xx xxxxxx xxx xx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx xxxx xx xxxx playing on a new account.

And that has actually been alot of fun. Bought xxx a Spider (xxx favorite so far). And having to scrimp for cbills and carefully plan every upgrade has been a blast. Compared to having whatever mech i want with all the parts I need and money for more. Being stuck with the standard engine until I get the money up for an xl has been interesting as well.

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Anyone else experienced this? Going "back to basics" being more interesting than playing your "finished" account?

Edited by juxstapo, 11 January 2014 - 01:32 PM.

[NRP]

I've thought about doing this a few times, mainly when no new mech releases are on the horizon and I have nothing left to grind.

But I haven't yet. I'm not one who enjoys playing substandard equipment (read: single heat sinks) at all, especially when I know how much better it could be.

[TercieI]

NRP, on 11 January 2014 - 09:52 AM, said:

I've thought about doing this a few times, mainly when no new mech releases are on the horizon and I have nothing left to grind.

But I haven't yet. I'm not one who enjoys playing substandard equipment (read: single heat sinks) at all, especially when I know how much better it could be.

I agree. If I were to start an "alt" (and I don't have any temptation to do so), I'd definitely just use cadet bonus/PT to level on trials (likely the Cicada right now, as I know and love the chassis) and then buy a, hm, let's see...SHD-5M to make the first bit of the nest egg. I'd miss modules, but I sure wouldn't be playing SHS/stock mechs even at the outset.

[NRP]

Yep, I think the new "champion" trial mech designs was a great move by PGI. All the trials nowadays are decent mechs, certainly better than those abysmal stock trial mechs they had back when I started.

[Remarius]

Mmh have to admit I'm filling in some holes with 4 champion mechs atm ... some are superb (Blackjack I'm looking at you). Dragon really doesn't fit my playstyle but I swapped the gauss for a pair of ac 2's and it really works for me now). Centurion was ludicrously overheating so I dropped the 2 MPL to ML and rather like it now. The Catapult .... ummh less said the better and I haven't even looked at what to do with it yet. That's more a limitation of the chassis though as a LRM boat with no energy hardpoint for a tag or artemis seems dubious. In fairness I hate catapults though.

[Buckminster]

I decided to run all of my Phoenix mechs as "super stock" - same basic layout only upgraded. UAC/5 instead of AC/5, ERPPC instead of PPC, SSRMs instead of SRM2, and I've dropped in XL engines, ES and DHS as necessary. The builds are still competitive on a technological standpoint, but using the weird layouts keeps things interesting. Take the Shadow Hawk-2H - it has an AC/5, LRM5, SRM2 and MLas - 4 weapons that just don't group for squat.

[TinyTinSoldier]

Speaking of basics...it is fun to try outrageous builds with what you have already.

I've been running around as a glass cannon with an SDR-5K with 2x AC/2s and no armour. Very fun, I tell ya. I actually survived to use up all 4 tonnes of ammo, did some decent damage, and got a kill or two.