How Does The Awesome Compare To The Other Assaults?
#1
Posted 01 February 2013 - 12:43 PM
#2
Posted 01 February 2013 - 12:49 PM
Edited by Jacmac, 01 February 2013 - 12:50 PM.
#3
Posted 01 February 2013 - 12:53 PM
- current match maker drops based on weight class (ie, an Awesome gives them an Atlas)
- easy to hit torso locations
- poor weapon placement versus the Stalker (STK can use defelade and stlil fire)
- not enough armor vs Atlas (see point #1)
- the 9M is the only fast one of the 5 currently available and speed means nothing in shoe box sized maps
- it doesn't brawl well like the Stalker/Atlas and LRMs in missile spots are bad for PUGs
#4
Posted 01 February 2013 - 12:56 PM
#5
Posted 01 February 2013 - 01:03 PM
Really, if you like long range you can try it but close range its a death sentence.
Maybe with the upcoming changes to PPCs it becomes a formidable PPC boat but then the Stalker too...with big maps the 9M could be viable for its speed.
#6
Posted 01 February 2013 - 01:57 PM
#7
Posted 01 February 2013 - 01:59 PM
#8
Posted 01 February 2013 - 02:01 PM
#9
Posted 01 February 2013 - 02:02 PM
When I can confidently engage an assault with a 4SP while smoking and laughing at the pink paint job of the Atlas 400 meters behind him, there's a problem.
It's the commando's of Assaults right now. Look at the bright side, it's not the spider.
#10
Posted 01 February 2013 - 02:06 PM
An Awesome is a fat Atlas for poor people.
#11
Posted 01 February 2013 - 02:11 PM
It just seems everything is against the Awesome. If the maps were larger and didnt have so much cover for brawling. If PPCs were heat efficient for the damage they do. If all the torsos werent a mile wide. If it could stand up to other assaults.
It just seems like Pretty Baby isnt going to be worth buying for the money.
Edited by Zolaz, 01 February 2013 - 02:12 PM.
#12
Posted 01 February 2013 - 02:17 PM
Stalker will get better with that too, but it will at least put the Awesome on par. Then you just have to decide between raw firepower or speed and torso twist.
#13
Posted 01 February 2013 - 02:28 PM
#14
Posted 01 February 2013 - 02:33 PM
Edited by FerretGR, 01 February 2013 - 02:34 PM.
#15
Posted 01 February 2013 - 02:50 PM
Having said that, I actually think the Awesome is a fair match for a stalker, as it is possible to out maneuver it if you've got the skills. The Atlas is best engaged from a bit of range, otherwise it will rip you up if you get close (unless you're in an 8R). Regardless though, an Awesome really isn't a mech you take into a 1v1 fight and you can help it. If you stay with teammates and gang up on enemies, it's not a bad ride at all. Just realize it can't do what your stalker or atlas can do because it can't take the pounding. But in its role as a support fire/skirmisher mech, it's quite effective in spite of its handicaps.
#16
Posted 01 February 2013 - 02:55 PM
#17
Posted 01 February 2013 - 02:58 PM
#18
Posted 01 February 2013 - 03:00 PM
#19
Posted 01 February 2013 - 03:03 PM
#20
Posted 01 February 2013 - 03:06 PM
In general I didn't like the AWS8. It seems to have most of the disadvantages of a heavy mech, i.e. slower than most, can have problems with heat generation and doesn't carry sufficient armour. It also enjoys few of the advantages of an assault mech - the wall of armour and ability to mount many heavy weapons.
The AWS8 is perhaps best thought of as a heavier "heavy" chassis rather than a true assault mech. Other things I disliked about it were that it's torso hit boxes are, or at least appeared to be, absolutely H-U-G-E. I certainly don't fear an Awesome when I encounter one in any of my Atlas variants.
I suppose the M variant, being rather fast for an assault mech, is more of a viable proposition as a fast attacker with decent armour, but then suffers serious compromises in terms of critical slots and heat generation.
Unless you really enjoy the Awesome I'd personally stick with the Atlas or Stalker.
PS: Something I didn't think of is that with the forthcoming adjustments to the PPC it's possible that the 3 or 4 x PPC carrying Awesome could enjoy a rennaissance, though even then I can't think of an Awesome build that doesn't do better on an Atlas or Stalker.
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