I like strategical Combat and LRM.
I like the Support fire and the option to assist Teammates and getting the Job done.
But also i am a quite good Brawler and Close Support Scout, thanks to my Qualities of Strategic knowledge
i know how to avoid Missles, i know how go into close Combat and know when i should brake up a fight and draw
the Enemy to my Team.
BOTH Aspects are important to Battletech, the Brawlers hold the Line while the Fire Support Mechs support their Brawlers. Light Harrasser Mechs like the Jenner sneak or dash between the Fire Support Mechs etc etc..
So we have several Aspects of the Game in whole.
So now the big Problem why we complain about the Brawlers... because they complained about the "lazy" Firesupport Mechs, as they only needed to Press a Button for LRM bombardment, that a Firesupport Mech costs in the Upkeep about 50% more then a Brawler never came to their sighting.
Thanks to ECM the Firesupport role is dimished... and now everybody Brawlz... especially the People which had been the Bad Firesupport people. I still can do a Firesupport in my LRM 15 Cat, and can still kill plenty others even in PUG. But the Bad players are now out there in the SixsixCats, don't even know that they can open the Missle pods or WHEN to open them..
Sneak in into the Close range fire 3-4 times get one Mech shotted down, then they die..
THIS are the Gamer which complained most about the LRM boats, and this are the Brawlerz (notion on the z at the end) most players complain.
Thanks to this peoples one extrem important role of BT has been dimished and is for the inexpierenced player extremly hard to make.
And to say this: i am only good at LRM support because i know how to use my 3 Meds and i have killed several harrassers and Streakcats etc in Closecombat which thought that the lame "LRM press Button" player would be an easy prey...
And in one Case, i saw even 15 Minutes later a Posting: LRM OP reduce LRM effectivness..
I killed him at 190 Meters when he sneaked up at me and i saw him at 250, opened his right torso and fired my 3 M-Lasers at 100 Meters in the opened breach, and disarmed him, then he made scared a run, and i opened fire at 160 Meters and he exploded at 190 meters.. when the Missles reached him..
15 Minutes later there was a Answer in one of the "Anti lockon Weapon" Threads we had.
Yes this is totally lame and no skill fighting...
And guess what, with Tag i still kill such Idiots... and they have learned... and this was Tag with 450 Meters.
Thats Behavior makes lot of "Brawlerz" hateable as the whined an essential Part of Battletech into ****.
But i admire every good close combat Fighter, which knows what to do
and how to help the Team without shooting friends.
Btw firing LRM needs lot of skill and Terrain knowledge well, i started with 250Damage per game and ended at 1300 Damage, thanks to experience and knowledge how to move how to avoid Missle obstacles etc.
In my LRM Cat with Ecm i was still good for 400-750 Damage per Game.
Edited by Elkarlo, 18 December 2012 - 11:47 AM.