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[TheMightyWashburn]

AWS-8Q (Awesome)

4 PPCs. Simple as that. I always alpha with it. It can do 3 Alphas, overheating on the third. But usually I just stand back from the font and take my time hitting the same place.

[Daggett]

Stalker 3F with 3xPPCs and 4xSRM6.

No one dares to underrun the ppc's minimum range on this baby...

[Capt Jester]

Anudiz, on 11 February 2013 - 11:24 AM, said:

Stalker 3F
4PPCs, 2 SRM4, 2 SRM2 and 2 or 3 tons SRM ammo

Heat is manageable and the SRMs are sufficient to kill damaged mechs at close range
(usually you can nflict some damage to them before they close in)
Best damage so far ~1200

Cicada 3M
2 ERPPCs mit ECM

Fun build, pretty hot.
Best damage so far ~500

Why 2xSRM4 and 2xSRM6? Does it save crit slots in favor of tonnage? I'm pretty sure that opting for 2xSRM6 instead would be better both for tonnage and space.

[Kolaghan]

i decided to put ppcs on a jenner. What i ended up with is a jenner with 2 ppc, 2 small laser, 11 double heat sinks and ams with 1 ton of ammo. i use 170 xl engine, endo-steel. rest on standard armor. Its a very effective support mech and definity better than a ac20 raven. you can do the same with a raven too.

[Shade4x]

Slash, on 11 February 2013 - 07:13 AM, said:

Just curious as to what some of your favorite PPC builds are since the patch? I've been running the centurion AL with 2xPPC 2ML and a fairly fast STD engine and HS, but it isnt as fulfilling as I'd hoped.

What do you like?

I run a centurion with 2 PPC's, 2 LRM 5's and 2 small lasers, with the fastest XL. Centurion's are more or less made for XL's because of there tiny shoulder's and big arms that block the shoulders. It's like a dragon with a better CT hitbox.

[DrnkJawa]

got 2 regular PPCs strapped to my Centurion 9 AL. Damage is fairly nice but the heat...really the heat is....low. Yes the heat is really low(probably thanks to 16double heatsinks), i mean seriously back with medium lasers i feel like im fighting in an oven, now i feel like an eskimo with a fridge. but yea this new PPC update is really great and the EMP effect will ruin some peoples days aswell XD

[Anudiz]

Capt Jester, on 12 February 2013 - 04:55 PM, said:

Anudiz, on 11 February 2013 - 11:24 AM, said:

Stalker 3F
4PPCs, 2 SRM4, 2 SRM2 and 2 or 3 tons SRM ammo

Heat is manageable and the SRMs are sufficient to kill damaged mechs at close range
(usually you can nflict some damage to them before they close in)
Best damage so far ~1200

Cicada 3M
2 ERPPCs mit ECM

Fun build, pretty hot.
Best damage so far ~500

Why 2xSRM4 and 2xSRM6? Does it save crit slots in favor of tonnage? I'm pretty sure that opting for 2xSRM6 instead would be better both for tonnage and space.

First of all its 2xSRM4 and 2xSRM2 not 6. But i guess it was just a typo.
This is my exact build:
STK-3F

As you can see i have 0 crits to spare and 0 tons to spare.
Now the comparison:
2xSRM4 and 2xSRM2 take up 4crits and weigh 6tons
2xSRM6 .....................take up 4crits and weigh 6tons

-> Its the same size and crits, but SRM6 are spreading much worse than SRM4s or pinpointy SRM2s
And they even fire a tad faster.

Thats why i take the SRM2 and 4 combination instead of SRM6s.

Edited by Anudiz, 13 February 2013 - 07:19 AM.

[Vagabond HT]

People might call me crazy for running a XL in a stalker but this build does me well
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...3f2e3989c9fb7b4
XL295
4 PPCs
4 SRM4 with 2 tons of ammo
Full armour

If every things hits thats about the same damage as 4 AC20's

[Raso]

Anudiz, on 13 February 2013 - 07:17 AM, said:

First of all its 2xSRM4 and 2xSRM2 not 6. But i guess it was just a typo.
This is my exact build:
STK-3F

As you can see i have 0 crits to spare and 0 tons to spare.
Now the comparison:
2xSRM4 and 2xSRM2 take up 4crits and weigh 6tons
2xSRM6 .....................take up 4crits and weigh 6tons

-> Its the same size and crits, but SRM6 are spreading much worse than SRM4s or pinpointy SRM2s
And they even fire a tad faster.

Thats why i take the SRM2 and 4 combination instead of SRM6s.

That's actually a pretty solid build. If anything I would put the SRM4s in the torso in case you lost an arm you don't lose as much firepower (though with the arms being so narrow I honestly don't know how often that comes up in a Stalker). I know you would also lose some vertical movement but maybe also move one of the PPCs in each arm to the side torsos for tighter grouping and redundancy (again, in case you lose an arm).

IDK, I just really like redundancy, it's still a solid build as is, though.

[TELEFORCE]

I have an Awesome with 4 PPCs that I love to run a lot.

But what I now find myself driving a lot is a Catapult K2 with 2 PPCs and 2 Large Lasers. I like to pretend it's an upgraded Marauder 3D with double heat sinks and endo-steel. It can send a lot of PPC and large laser fire downrange before overheating. It's probably the biggest damage dealer in my hangar, next to my Hunchback 4SP.

[So who took Pilot Name as a name]

The only build I have:
4xER PPC Hunchback 4P

4 ER PPCs in the hunch,
Keep 272 armor points,
go Endo-Steel,
shove an STD 125 in there,
pack the thing with double heatsinks

Now go. Enjoy brutal Assault-type sniper training at 44.something kph (w/ speedtweak) >:D

Could barely run an alpha without overheating prior to the patch... now it's a little more manageable (heat efficiency climbed from 0.75 to a STARTLING 0.82)

[Anudiz]

Raso, on 13 February 2013 - 10:00 AM, said:

That's actually a pretty solid build. If anything I would put the SRM4s in the torso in case you lost an arm you don't lose as much firepower (though with the arms being so narrow I honestly don't know how often that comes up in a Stalker). I know you would also lose some vertical movement but maybe also move one of the PPCs in each arm to the side torsos for tighter grouping and redundancy (again, in case you lose an arm).

IDK, I just really like redundancy, it's still a solid build as is, though.

It is a pretty solid build, indeed and i get very stable results with it.
Thank you for your feedback.

The only reason why i would ever put any weapon in my side Torso instead of the arms
is for aesthetics and thats it. In a Stalker the arm gets nearly never shot down.
Its the side Torso, every single time.

Because ya know, Stalker SideTorsos are made of the latest fancy super-bullet-magnet material
AND are less armored as a result of this new material <.<

No, seriously i would love to pack 10pts armor from my CT, 5pts from each arm and 10pts from each
leg in those huge SideTorsos.
Would improve weapon reliability and survivability by 25% without exaggeration


TLDR:
SideTorsos go down first, nearly always. -> Weapon in Arms are better than torso

[Volt Corsair]

Vincent Lynch, on 11 February 2013 - 07:43 AM, said:

Catapult-2K with 2 PPC, 2 AC/2, 2 ML, 265XL, 13 DHS, AMS.
Sniper + a little Dakka = very comfortable build.

@Volt Opt Construct: If you have pulsers for short range anyway and don't have the sinks for using them with the ERPPC at the same time, then why not a standard PPC?
Ì would use ERPPCs only if all my other armament would consist of Gauss and/or LRM.

Took me forever and a day to reply to this, mainly due to putting together a liquid cooling system, but I prefer ER PPCs to standard PPCs due to the minimum range being reduced drastically. I can shoot an annoying Jenner if it decides it's tough **** with it and go back to suppressing a Catapult from firing more LRM salvos.

[XSerjo]

Nobody loves 5PPC Phract =( . But I like it: CTF-1X PentaPPC

Can't wait for "Arm Lock" option - it's hard to aim all PPCs in one point.

[Ewigan]

AS-7D
Standard 300 Engine,
2 ER PPC
1 Gauss
2 Med lasers.

[Etrius1022]

Hunchy 4P
2 PPC
4 ML
XL260
15 DHS
Endo

It's good at circling while taking snipes and when the need arises, go light hunting (those 4 ML can be fired near to non stop).
Don't get into prolonged brawls!!

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

Edited by Etrius1022, 13 March 2013 - 02:21 AM.

[Buckminster]

Firesteel, on 12 February 2013 - 03:03 PM, said:

I enjoy my Catapult CPLT-K3:

mine is 2 less heatsinks, no machine guns, endo-steel, STD engine 305 and speed tweak.
You play like a normal k2 except that in brawl range you can still do considerable damage.

I run similar, except with an XL300, no endo steel, and add the MGs. It has 20 DHS on it, and runs fairly cool. I can still overheat it on hotter maps, but it takes awhile. The MGs are a nice touch - they don't do much damage but they do get crits, and the fact that they add no heat is a bonus.

I also have been running PPCs on my Ravens. I like the PPC over lasers, and I usually slap an SRM6 on there to cover the closer ranges. It's not great against other lights, but does fantastically against slower mechs.

[MuonNeutrino]

My own PPC boat is a stalker 5M, with 2 regular PPC, 2 ERPPC, and 5 streaks. It's not as absurdly scary as the 6 PPC monsters, but it also doesn't need to run an XL engine to fit all that and so is less fragile. I only end up being able to jam 17 DHS onto it, but honestly it's all about the alpha strikes with this build, and I can still get off three in a row starting from zero heat. And the 5 streaks make a *wonderful* antidote to those annoying anklebiting lights, since I've got a very good chance to disrupt them with 4 chainfiring PPCs. You have to strip some leg and arm armor to fit it all, but honestly when was the last time you saw a stalker lose either of those components?

[StalaggtIKE]

Anudiz, on 13 February 2013 - 07:17 AM, said:

First of all its 2xSRM4 and 2xSRM2 not 6. But i guess it was just a typo.
This is my exact build:
STK-3F

As you can see i have 0 crits to spare and 0 tons to spare.
Now the comparison:
2xSRM4 and 2xSRM2 take up 4crits and weigh 6tons
2xSRM6 .....................take up 4crits and weigh 6tons

-> Its the same size and crits, but SRM6 are spreading much worse than SRM4s or pinpointy SRM2s
And they even fire a tad faster.

Thats why i take the SRM2 and 4 combination instead of SRM6s.

I've seen this build in action and can vouch for its lethality.

[Benyamin]

I like my 4 ERPPC K2. Runs hot as hell, but my god a 40 alpha pinpoint strike can make people cry hacks when it hits them in the head.