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[Indoorsman]

Nobody else has crazy Alpha builds to share?

MKII Large Laserback

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...03e57af47377aa8

50/50 Tons
69 Firepower <----- sexy alpha
0.77 Heat Efficiency
64/338 Standard Armor
Endo-Steel Structure
Double Heatsinks
12 Total DHS
Standard 155 Engine
6x Large Laser
3x Medium Laser

[LordDante]

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...5ba82c57bd02110

[MustrumRidcully]

LordDante, on 22 January 2013 - 04:11 AM, said:

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...5ba82c57bd02110

A Stalker 5M with 5 Medium Lasers, 5 SRM6? That's 5 * (6 * 2.5) + 5 * 5 = 100 damage. Not bad.

[twibs]

Here's alphastrike for you

http://mechromancer....7EC,7EC,1,0,1,0

[LordDante]

MustrumRidcully, on 22 January 2013 - 04:34 AM, said:

A Stalker 5M with 5 Medium Lasers, 5 SRM6? That's 5 * (6 * 2.5) + 5 * 5 = 100 damage. Not bad.

kicks like a mule !
and doesnt shut off !

Edited by LordDante, 22 January 2013 - 07:09 AM.

[MustrumRidcully]

Anyone else with crazy ideas. I wonder if anyone has a good idea for the Atlas, for example. It seems most people rely on "boating" 1-2 weapons, and the Atlas is really bad at this..

[Indoorsman]

MustrumRidcully, on 24 January 2013 - 11:45 PM, said:

Anyone else with crazy ideas. I wonder if anyone has a good idea for the Atlas, for example. It seems most people rely on "boating" 1-2 weapons, and the Atlas is really bad at this..

hmmmm...

[twibs]

MustrumRidcully, on 24 January 2013 - 11:45 PM, said:

Anyone else with crazy ideas. I wonder if anyone has a good idea for the Atlas, for example. It seems most people rely on "boating" 1-2 weapons, and the Atlas is really bad at this..

Alpha is alpha, unless you have trouble firing three different weapon groups simultaneously.

[Indoorsman]

Well, you mention that most people rely on "boating", I assume you mean for Alpha strike builds. That's true because the more different weapons types you have the harder it is to "Alpha" with them. Because of that, you kind of have to not overheat so that you can continue aiming your various weapons groups. Basically the Atlas is too good to make a build suitable for this thread, . This is the best I could come up with:
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...5e70dc3cd8eed15

[El Death Smurf]

Catapult K2 with 2 Ac20 and 4 Mlasers --60 damage--
Catapult A1 with 6 SRM 6 --90 damage--
Stalker 5m 5LL 4 Srm 6 (260 engine 15DHS) --105 damage--

Edited by El Death Smurf, 25 January 2013 - 01:08 AM.

[Indoorsman]

El Death Smurf, on 25 January 2013 - 01:07 AM, said:

Stalker 5m 5LL 4 Srm 6 (260 engine 15DHS) --105 damage--

Take off 1LL and it's good, and can fit on all but 1 variant:

[Corrado]

MustrumRidcully, on 18 January 2013 - 02:34 AM, said:

Some people just like to see the world burn. And if they can't have that, at least alpha strike like mad, no matter the consequences.

So, here's one variant that's actually almost workable:

These 2 are designed more or less for pin-point alpha damage - if you can manage to lag shoot and beat down convergence issues at least:

A cataphract 3D with 2 Gauss Rifles and 1 PPC:
CTF-3D - Alpha-Catastrophe

The build originaly stems from the time before the last projectile speed increase. Back then, combinging PPC and Gauss was optimal, since the yhad the same flight speed. Now I am not so sure.

The mech can be made worse, e,g. even more alpha, even less heat efficient, and also brittle like hell - an exemplary glass cannon:

CTF-3D - Omega-Catastrophe

I used this one a bit, PUGging. You die quickly, and I wouldn't say you get a lot of chances of killing something with it. But it maybe the biggest (long range) alpha you can get on a 70-ton mech currently (and not explode when shooting. You just explode quickly when you getting shot at.)



EDIT:

My current Stalker Build is more a short-range alpha build, and it's not optimized really for alphas, but also for a reasonable sustainability. It should be easy to make it much, much hotter and increase its alpha potential . It even has useless stuff like a Beagle Active Probe...
STK-3F - ArchChancellor-SRM1
The drawback is that you'll spread your damage more, and you have no range at all.


So, what crazy alpha strike builds did you make?
And what non-crazy builds did you make?

crazy alpha strikes:

- A1 cat with 6 SRM6
- K2 cat with dual AC20
- 3F stalker with 6 ML + 4 SRM4
- 3 AC10 muromets. good alpha and the excellent DPS.
- Atlas DC with AC20 and 3 SRM6
- Awesome 9Q with 6-7 PPC

[SniperCzar]

I'm just gonna leave this here. 2.5 Alpha/ton ratio. http://mwo.smurfy-ne...74eb6da13a8a7aa

Bonus perk - fires everything in a single volley. Bring a friend with a TAG and a NARC, and you'll strip an Atlas's chest in one volley.

Next up is my trusty old Glassapult, built before the 6 PPC Stalker days when everybody ran Gaussapults and Misslepults. Scored more than its fair share of 1000 meter headshot kills. No convergence issues and can survive with half its weapons shot off. http://mwo.smurfy-ne...cf60e7ef5f2805c

One of my friends made a video a while back -