I really appreciate the game automatically starting my 3 days of premium time without asking or notification. By which I mean I don't appreciate it at all.
So I'm wondering if I should re-buy the Wolverine-6K. What engine do you use on the triple LPL build? Do you strip the left arm to make weight or armor it up to use it as a shield?
So I'm wondering if I should re-buy the Wolverine-6K. What engine do you use on the triple LPL build? Do you strip the left arm to make weight or armor it up to use it as a shield?
Its a fantastic mech now. But run it with 2 LPL, 1ML, a few extra HS and the biggest engine you can fit.
I really appreciate the game automatically starting my 3 days of premium time without asking or notification. By which I mean I don't appreciate it at all.
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS:
This weekends event uses one of the most straightforward formulas for victory so far, but amounts to one of the toughest challenges yet! Can you handle it?
If you can, there is a Victor Champion 'Mech waiting as your reward.
In order to score 1 point you must:
Get 1 or more Kill, Get 1 or more Assist, Survive, and Win the match via either the Primary or Secondary objectives
The first point you get will automatically reward you with 3 days of Premium Time to help sweeten the push toward the 20 points required to achieve the Victor Champion.
The rest is up to you. 1 point - 3 days of Premium Time (activated upon reward)
20 points - Victor VTR-9S(C) Champion 'Mech (Mech Bay included)
So I'm wondering if I should re-buy the Wolverine-6K. What engine do you use on the triple LPL build? Do you strip the left arm to make weight or armor it up to use it as a shield?
Its a fantastic mech now. But run it with 2 LPL, 1ML, a few extra HS and the biggest engine you can fit.
I disagree. I'm running straight 3 LPL (usually chain fired) and it works fantastic. I have an XL300, the three guns, and 6 extra heat sinks- stripped most of the armor on the left arm to do it. It still works ok as a shield.
I really appreciate the game automatically starting my 3 days of premium time without asking or notification. By which I mean I don't appreciate it at all.
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS:
This weekends event uses one of the most straightforward formulas for victory so far, but amounts to one of the toughest challenges yet! Can you handle it?
If you can, there is a Victor Champion 'Mech waiting as your reward.
In order to score 1 point you must:
Get 1 or more Kill, Get 1 or more Assist, Survive, and Win the match via either the Primary or Secondary objectives
The first point you get will automatically reward you with 3 days of Premium Time to help sweeten the push toward the 20 points required to achieve the Victor Champion.
The rest is up to you. 1 point - 3 days of Premium Time (activated upon reward)
20 points - Victor VTR-9S(C) Champion 'Mech (Mech Bay included)
Notification
"Activated upon reward" is ambiguous and I mean in the game. I didn't realize the premium was running until I got a 350,000 CB payout on a match and went WTF.
Either way it sucks that it starts the time automatically with no way to bank it.
I really appreciate the game automatically starting my 3 days of premium time without asking or notification. By which I mean I don't appreciate it at all.
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS:
This weekends event uses one of the most straightforward formulas for victory so far, but amounts to one of the toughest challenges yet! Can you handle it?
If you can, there is a Victor Champion 'Mech waiting as your reward.
In order to score 1 point you must:
Get 1 or more Kill, Get 1 or more Assist, Survive, and Win the match via either the Primary or Secondary objectives
The first point you get will automatically reward you with 3 days of Premium Time to help sweeten the push toward the 20 points required to achieve the Victor Champion.
The rest is up to you. 1 point - 3 days of Premium Time (activated upon reward)
20 points - Victor VTR-9S(C) Champion 'Mech (Mech Bay included)
Notification
"Activated upon reward" is ambiguous and I mean in the game. I didn't realize the premium was running until I got a 350,000 CB payout on a match and went WTF.
Either way it sucks that it starts the time automatically with no way to bank it.
As far as I'm aware, the only time they ever let you bank time is when you get it as part of a mech package. It's not like they're inconsistent with it.
Man every time I get an itch to play again I come look at this thread. And then I back slowly away realizing PGI hasn't changed at all =/
Still probably better than it's ever been.
Maybe when yet another completely fucked up idea of a tournament isn't going on. Short of the obvious meta issues, the best little challenge/tourney they've had is still the team one. Why they aren't running one of those every month is beyond me.
I am at 7 qualifying matches out of 52 played. Writing this one off, I am not able or willing to put in the hundred or so additional matches it would take me to get across the finish line at the present rate before the challenge ends.
Man every time I get an itch to play again I come look at this thread. And then I back slowly away realizing PGI hasn't changed at all =/
I've been as cynical a critic of PGI as anybody (well maybe not Ninja Snarl) and I don't think that's entirely true. The game has been improving little by little. The quirks for IS 'mechs have done quite a bit to give new life to disused types and make using IS fun enough to prevent a total Clan takeover, which is the direction it was heading not that long ago.
Thus game has been steadily getting better. I do think it's the one-two combination of getting out from I'm, plus Transverse completely crashing and burning means they have to actually focus on the one successful venture they do have.
I think it's also worth pointing out that while MWO has plenty of problems, it's far and away the most balanced and reasonable real-time Mechwarrior game. For all the issues this game has, MW3 and MW4 were far worse.
Man every time I get an itch to play again I come look at this thread. And then I back slowly away realizing PGI hasn't changed at all =/
Still probably better than it's ever been.
Maybe when yet another completely fucked up idea of a tournament isn't going on. Short of the obvious meta issues, the best little challenge/tourney they've had is still the team one. Why they aren't running one of those every month is beyond me.
Eh, I think the Halloween challenge they did was the best.
Ok, so, just a PSA for everyone because you are all the bomb.com. A lot of mechs have been getting a lot of press post IS quirks (AWS-8Q, DRG-1N, WLV-6K, TDR-5SS, etc.) but I haven't heard many people talking about the CN9-D. They should be. Holy crap. This thing is totally ridiculous with Master status + modules. 57% CD on the space shotgun means a 1 second CD between shots. I've been playing CN9-D exclusively for over an hour and have yet to do less than 700 damage in a game. I took on an AS7-S face to face and won with good torso twisting and shield arm use (admittedly he had LRM's and not SRM's, but I still killed his AC-20). Highly recommend for those with a few Centurions to their name.
It's also a great mech to keep in mind for CW, since the 50 ton slot fits nicely with a fair number of drop decks.
I want to go on record that this weekends tournament is producing the most god awful playstyle in MWO. Long matches of teams poking each other...
I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, but it definitely HAS provided people with the motivation that increases the Time To Kill rate that everyone was complaining about a couple thread pages ago.
Thus game has been steadily getting better. I do think it's the one-two combination of getting out from I'm, plus Transverse completely crashing and burning means they have to actually focus on the one successful venture they do have.
I think it's also worth pointing out that while MWO has plenty of problems, it's far and away the most balanced and reasonable real-time Mechwarrior game. For all the issues this game has, MW3 and MW4 were far worse.
To quote myself: It's easy to look like gold when you're surrounded by shit.
I want to go on record that this weekends tournament is producing the most god awful playstyle in MWO. Long matches of teams poking each other...
I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, but it definitely HAS provided people with the motivation that increases the Time To Kill rate that everyone was complaining about a couple thread pages ago.
Yes, there's more incentive to gun line, but there's the other foot of guys dropping with ridiculous 'long range' builds. Like an assault lance with all LRMS, even the 2x Atlas'. That or guys hiding after they meet criteria instead of helping the push, resulting in a failed push and a team wipe.
Bring back the Halloween tourney!
Also, Ill be space robitsing today. I doubt Ill hit the 20pts before my interest takes me to a different game.
Hrph, since patching this last time, I've had a weird graphical glitch where I get overlays/transparent images of the terrain/cockpit on my screen while in a match. I tried running the repair tool, but that didn't work. I don't have problems in any other programs/games, so I think it's definitely just related to the patch and MWO.
Actually, it's probably your video card driver. You running nVidias in SLI? nVidia recently added an SLI profile for MWO and it doesn't work. You need to disable SLI for MWO in the nVidia control center.
Actually, it's probably your video card driver. You running nVidias in SLI? nVidia recently added an SLI profile for MWO and it doesn't work. You need to disable SLI for MWO in the nVidia control center.
Oh, huh, I do indeed have SLI'd 660Tis. I guess I'll just live without SLI for a while.
Stormcrows are such bullshit, Clan Streaks seem bugged out the ass. Are they supposed to hit 100% CT?
No, they're not. But I haven't noticed that happening. I don't see people use Clan Streaks much at all actually since regular Clan SRMs have such a great damage to weight ratio.
IS Streaks sort of always sought out the CT for a long time after they were introduced, but it's been a year or more since that was fixed.
So, after yesterday, I just want to confirm for everyone that the Wang is, in fact, a total ninja. Would buy again, A+++++
On about three separate occasions I tagged an Ember with an AC20 only to have the smug little bastard come around for another pass and promptly eat a face full of dirt.
Headshot a Hunchback in two hits while he tried to charge me with SRMs.
Got caught out of position and tanked a couple lances while I Zoidberg'd out.
Cleaned up a lost battle with 6 kills hunting down a Timberwolf, Thunderbolt, Kit Fox solo like the goddamn Predator and then lost in a 1v1 duel for the win with a Stormcrow.
The quirks really make it a performer. You can twist so fast, get AC20 hits out to 600m all at 106kph. The cooldown on the AC20 just feels so right, and I still need to get modules for it. You don't feel like you need to save your shot for a guaranteed hit which allows some magical snapshots I never would have taken in the past.
I think the big thing the Wang has over the AH is the energy hardpoints, so it can carry a ton more AC20 ammo vs the AH which has to mount multiple SRMs AND SRM ammo, instead of just two 1 ton MLs.
Honestly if it ever went on sale where I could get it for whatever fake money you can buy for the lowest tier I'd probably get it.
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Its a fantastic mech now. But run it with 2 LPL, 1ML, a few extra HS and the biggest engine you can fit.
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I disagree. I'm running straight 3 LPL (usually chain fired) and it works fantastic. I have an XL300, the three guns, and 6 extra heat sinks- stripped most of the armor on the left arm to do it. It still works ok as a shield.
"Activated upon reward" is ambiguous and I mean in the game. I didn't realize the premium was running until I got a 350,000 CB payout on a match and went WTF.
Either way it sucks that it starts the time automatically with no way to bank it.
MWO: Adamski
As far as I'm aware, the only time they ever let you bank time is when you get it as part of a mech package. It's not like they're inconsistent with it.
Still probably better than it's ever been.
Maybe when yet another completely fucked up idea of a tournament isn't going on. Short of the obvious meta issues, the best little challenge/tourney they've had is still the team one. Why they aren't running one of those every month is beyond me.
I've been as cynical a critic of PGI as anybody (well maybe not Ninja Snarl) and I don't think that's entirely true. The game has been improving little by little. The quirks for IS 'mechs have done quite a bit to give new life to disused types and make using IS fun enough to prevent a total Clan takeover, which is the direction it was heading not that long ago.
I think it's also worth pointing out that while MWO has plenty of problems, it's far and away the most balanced and reasonable real-time Mechwarrior game. For all the issues this game has, MW3 and MW4 were far worse.
Eh, I think the Halloween challenge they did was the best.
It's also a great mech to keep in mind for CW, since the 50 ton slot fits nicely with a fair number of drop decks.
I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, but it definitely HAS provided people with the motivation that increases the Time To Kill rate that everyone was complaining about a couple thread pages ago.
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Stats:
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4 - Games I survived but didn't get the kill
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EDIT: Also confirmed, Champion Victor gives XP bonus not CBill bonus.
MWO: Adamski
Yes, there's more incentive to gun line, but there's the other foot of guys dropping with ridiculous 'long range' builds. Like an assault lance with all LRMS, even the 2x Atlas'. That or guys hiding after they meet criteria instead of helping the push, resulting in a failed push and a team wipe.
Bring back the Halloween tourney!
Also, Ill be space robitsing today. I doubt Ill hit the 20pts before my interest takes me to a different game.
edit: oh cool, the server is dropped me, just 4 to go, sanity...can't...take...much more
Actually, it's probably your video card driver. You running nVidias in SLI? nVidia recently added an SLI profile for MWO and it doesn't work. You need to disable SLI for MWO in the nVidia control center.
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Oh, huh, I do indeed have SLI'd 660Tis. I guess I'll just live without SLI for a while.
first point took: 8 games
longest dry spell: 10 games
57 kills
33 deaths
234 assists
9,098,232 Cbills (165,422 avg)
58,643 Unspent Wang XP
I'd estimate it took about 12 hours. Played conquest, queued as soon as I died, 32 games in the Wang, Raven 3L and Shadowhawk 2K fallbacks.
No, they're not. But I haven't noticed that happening. I don't see people use Clan Streaks much at all actually since regular Clan SRMs have such a great damage to weight ratio.
IS Streaks sort of always sought out the CT for a long time after they were introduced, but it's been a year or more since that was fixed.
MWO: Adamski
MWO: Adamski
On about three separate occasions I tagged an Ember with an AC20 only to have the smug little bastard come around for another pass and promptly eat a face full of dirt.
Headshot a Hunchback in two hits while he tried to charge me with SRMs.
Got caught out of position and tanked a couple lances while I Zoidberg'd out.
Cleaned up a lost battle with 6 kills hunting down a Timberwolf, Thunderbolt, Kit Fox solo like the goddamn Predator and then lost in a 1v1 duel for the win with a Stormcrow.
The quirks really make it a performer. You can twist so fast, get AC20 hits out to 600m all at 106kph. The cooldown on the AC20 just feels so right, and I still need to get modules for it. You don't feel like you need to save your shot for a guaranteed hit which allows some magical snapshots I never would have taken in the past.
Honestly if it ever went on sale where I could get it for whatever fake money you can buy for the lowest tier I'd probably get it.