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[BATTLETECH/MechWarrior] Old thread, like the carcass of a cored-out Locust.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    Okay, so in MWO the success of me with my Timber Wolf hinges entirely upon my teammates. I can't outright brawl like my Bushwacker can, so I need backup. My ranged attacks are sparse so for them to be meaningful I need to be careful about what I'm targeting, making sure I'm supporting targets my team is going after - and that becomes moot if my team abandons a target.

  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    Henroid wrote: »
    Okay, so in MWO the success of me with my Timber Wolf hinges entirely upon my teammates. I can't outright brawl like my Bushwacker can, so I need backup. My ranged attacks are sparse so for them to be meaningful I need to be careful about what I'm targeting, making sure I'm supporting targets my team is going after - and that becomes moot if my team abandons a target.

    Honestly the Timberwolf isnt that great of a mech, it has very limited space kind of shoehorning you into a few builds.

    My personal preference is LRMs with a bandolier of small lasers, considering clan SLs are basically IS MLs.

  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    Buttcleft wrote: »
    Henroid wrote: »
    Okay, so in MWO the success of me with my Timber Wolf hinges entirely upon my teammates. I can't outright brawl like my Bushwacker can, so I need backup. My ranged attacks are sparse so for them to be meaningful I need to be careful about what I'm targeting, making sure I'm supporting targets my team is going after - and that becomes moot if my team abandons a target.

    Honestly the Timberwolf isnt that great of a mech, it has very limited space kind of shoehorning you into a few builds.

    My personal preference is LRMs with a bandolier of small lasers, considering clan SLs are basically IS MLs.
    Right now I'm working with the LRM20s and a bunch of small pulse lasers & MGs. I think if I up my torso turn speed I should be okay against those annoying small runners.

  • ErlkönigErlkönig Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited May 2018
    Henroid wrote: »
    Buttcleft wrote: »
    Henroid wrote: »
    Okay, so in MWO the success of me with my Timber Wolf hinges entirely upon my teammates. I can't outright brawl like my Bushwacker can, so I need backup. My ranged attacks are sparse so for them to be meaningful I need to be careful about what I'm targeting, making sure I'm supporting targets my team is going after - and that becomes moot if my team abandons a target.

    Honestly the Timberwolf isnt that great of a mech, it has very limited space kind of shoehorning you into a few builds.

    My personal preference is LRMs with a bandolier of small lasers, considering clan SLs are basically IS MLs.
    Right now I'm working with the LRM20s and a bunch of small pulse lasers & MGs. I think if I up my torso turn speed I should be okay against those annoying small runners.

    Alternatively, here's my brawling Timber Wolf build that works the best for me:

    4xSRM6+Artemis, 4xMPL, and a pile of DHS.

    EDIT - the alternative, if you want jump jets, is to take on the -S left torso, drop the MPLs to ERML, and pick up a TarComp Mk2 to eat up the remaining 2t and 2 crit slots.

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  • CroakerBCCroakerBC TorontoRegistered User regular
    Guys. I went on an assassinate mission, and ran into a Quickdraw and an Orion. My lance started taking a pounding.
    And then freaking Glitch, in a feat which will keep her in prime rib all year, punched AC/20 rounds through both of their heads, on successive turns.
    Then the RNG gave me all of their parts.
    So now I have a Quickdraw and an Orion. Ho, ho, ho.

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  • SutibunRiSutibunRi Montreal, Quebec, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2018
    One thing that make me reload saves:
    Travelling to another system, deploying for a mission.. and seeing I didn't tell Yang to repair my freaking mech while we were travelling.
    Damn it Yang, you asked for those burgers! It's not my fault you and your entire team are crap at burger flipping! Do your damn jobs!

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    Erlkönig wrote: »
    Alternatively, here's my brawling Timber Wolf build that works the best for me:

    4xSRM6+Artemis, 4xMPL, and a pile of DHS.

    EDIT - the alternative, if you want jump jets, is to take on the -S left torso, drop the MPLs to ERML, and pick up a TarComp Mk2 to eat up the remaining 2t and 2 crit slots.
    What does Artemis do for SRMs, practically speaking?

  • MortiousMortious The Nightmare Begins Move to New ZealandRegistered User regular
    Henroid wrote: »
    Erlkönig wrote: »
    Alternatively, here's my brawling Timber Wolf build that works the best for me:

    4xSRM6+Artemis, 4xMPL, and a pile of DHS.

    EDIT - the alternative, if you want jump jets, is to take on the -S left torso, drop the MPLs to ERML, and pick up a TarComp Mk2 to eat up the remaining 2t and 2 crit slots.
    What does Artemis do for SRMs, practically speaking?

    Better spread, so you can do more concentrated damage at longer ranges.

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  • MortiousMortious The Nightmare Begins Move to New ZealandRegistered User regular
    Mortious wrote: »
    Henroid wrote: »
    Erlkönig wrote: »
    Alternatively, here's my brawling Timber Wolf build that works the best for me:

    4xSRM6+Artemis, 4xMPL, and a pile of DHS.

    EDIT - the alternative, if you want jump jets, is to take on the -S left torso, drop the MPLs to ERML, and pick up a TarComp Mk2 to eat up the remaining 2t and 2 crit slots.
    What does Artemis do for SRMs, practically speaking?

    Better spread, so you can do more concentrated damage at longer ranges.

    edit:
    as an aside, Artemis also works on SSRMs, gibing you better lock times at no extra weight. That is a bug, but one they've been unwilling or unable to fix since the game's inception.

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  • MortiousMortious The Nightmare Begins Move to New ZealandRegistered User regular
    That wasn't an edit...

    Move to New Zealand
    It’s not a very important country most of the time
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  • dporowskidporowski Registered User regular
    I think I know the answer here, but I should probably find a way to max the armor on everything I got by like, stripping a couple of the less-useful weapons off, huh? Like the AC/2s on my Blackjack?

  • ErlkönigErlkönig Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    Mortious wrote: »
    Mortious wrote: »
    Henroid wrote: »
    Erlkönig wrote: »
    Alternatively, here's my brawling Timber Wolf build that works the best for me:

    4xSRM6+Artemis, 4xMPL, and a pile of DHS.

    EDIT - the alternative, if you want jump jets, is to take on the -S left torso, drop the MPLs to ERML, and pick up a TarComp Mk2 to eat up the remaining 2t and 2 crit slots.
    What does Artemis do for SRMs, practically speaking?

    Better spread, so you can do more concentrated damage at longer ranges.

    edit:
    as an aside, Artemis also works on SSRMs, gibing you better lock times at no extra weight. That is a bug, but one they've been unwilling or unable to fix since the game's inception.

    I haven't tested it yet, but I like to think that this applies to ATMs, too. I mean, I know it likely doesn't...but dammit, let me dream!

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  • Gnome-InterruptusGnome-Interruptus Registered User regular
    dporowski wrote: »
    I think I know the answer here, but I should probably find a way to max the armor on everything I got by like, stripping a couple of the less-useful weapons off, huh? Like the AC/2s on my Blackjack?

    For my Blackjack I went with 1 AC5 and 1 PPC.. it ran hot as hell, but I liked it.

    Better load out with be 1 AC5 with 1 or 2 tons ammo, then all the armor, medium lasers, and heatsinks and jumpjets you can fit.

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  • Forbe!Forbe! Registered User regular
    Anyone up for some cinco de mwo tonight?

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  • KiTAKiTA Registered User regular
    Any word on when they're gonna fix the memory leak in Battletech? It's supremely annoying.

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  • MortiousMortious The Nightmare Begins Move to New ZealandRegistered User regular
    Erlkönig wrote: »
    Mortious wrote: »
    Mortious wrote: »
    Henroid wrote: »
    Erlkönig wrote: »
    Alternatively, here's my brawling Timber Wolf build that works the best for me:

    4xSRM6+Artemis, 4xMPL, and a pile of DHS.

    EDIT - the alternative, if you want jump jets, is to take on the -S left torso, drop the MPLs to ERML, and pick up a TarComp Mk2 to eat up the remaining 2t and 2 crit slots.
    What does Artemis do for SRMs, practically speaking?

    Better spread, so you can do more concentrated damage at longer ranges.

    edit:
    as an aside, Artemis also works on SSRMs, gibing you better lock times at no extra weight. That is a bug, but one they've been unwilling or unable to fix since the game's inception.

    I haven't tested it yet, but I like to think that this applies to ATMs, too. I mean, I know it likely doesn't...but dammit, let me dream!

    Honestly I can see them reusing the same locking code, so it probably does.

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  • KayKay What we need... Is a little bit of PANIC.Registered User regular
    So after a particular story mission there were NO Mercenary contracts available, so I flew out to New Vandenburg an recruited Mockingbird.

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  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    has anyone compiled a list of where to pick up all the Oosik in game mercs?

  • InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    I'm taking my nice sweet time going through the campaign (I'm a busy boy with too many hobbies is what it really comes down to) and just finished up Weldry.

    Looks like the game is really going to open up now, I'm excited.

    Nips
  • ValiantheartValiantheart Registered User regular
    Game beated.

    I enjoyed it, but have some issues with it. The UI is pretty atrocious. Its really poorly optimized.

    Wish some LostTech showed up a little bit more often. I think there was only a single Gauss Rifle in the whole game.

    Bring on the DLC.

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  • FiendishrabbitFiendishrabbit Registered User regular
    3clipse wrote: »
    Iolo wrote: »
    Is there a better high end LRM boat than the Stalker? All the heavier builds I've played with are constrained by hard points or torso space.

    Not until and unless the Longbow is added, no.

    The Highlander-733 is a better missileboat IMHO. It has 4 missile slots and can pack in 4 LRM20s. Or more realisticly 2 LRM20s and 2 LRM15s (or 3 LRM20s I guess).
    The Highlander-733 is also a craaaazy midranger. I've decked mine out with 1xAC/20, 1xML,1xSRM6, 3xSRM4, 3xJump jets, 1xCockpit++, 1xGyro (-30 stab damage), 2xAC/20 ammo, 2xSRM ammo, fill out with heatsinks and 1460 tons of armor.
    If I'd skipped the jump jets I could have packed in more weapons (like 4xSRM6s and another laser, giving me an insane 468 points of alphastrike), but I like jump jets I guess. Regardless, with Called Shot mastery and a little bit of luck you can punch holes through the CT of a Banshee.

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  • ErlkönigErlkönig Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    MWO talk!

    Hmm...so it seems there's a light mech event going on (deal 250 damage, get 1 kill or KMDD, and get 5 assists...redeem for 100MC and a decal). Went out with the Urbie-K9, 312 damage, 6 assists, 3 KMDD, and brought down a trial Catapult. Guess it's time to bring out my light-hunting Streak-Stormcrow...

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  • GONG-00GONG-00 Registered User regular
    Game beated.

    I enjoyed it, but have some issues with it. The UI is pretty atrocious. Its really poorly optimized.

    Wish some LostTech showed up a little bit more often. I think there was only a single Gauss Rifle in the whole game.

    Bring on the DLC.

    I was not really expecting lostech given the game's setting so its rarity is fine to me. Hopefully this game sells well enough so that a sequel campaign can give us the endorphin high from legging Clan mechs for that sweet sweet salvage.

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  • KayKay What we need... Is a little bit of PANIC.Registered User regular
    So I finished that Grave Robbing mission everyone was talking about.

    Went looking for some Hard Hard Contracts outside of the Periphery and found a couple of 4.5-5 skulls. Gave them a go.

    While I CAN handle two lances of assaults... my god is it ever a SLOG.

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  • BetsuniBetsuni UM-R60L Talisker IVRegistered User regular
    edited May 2018
    Erlkönig wrote: »
    MWO talk!

    Hmm...so it seems there's a light mech event going on (deal 250 damage, get 1 kill or KMDD, and get 5 assists...redeem for 100MC and a decal). Went out with the Urbie-K9, 312 damage, 6 assists, 3 KMDD, and brought down a trial Catapult. Guess it's time to bring out my light-hunting Streak-Stormcrow...

    Aw man... a Light Event?!?!?! I need to log in!!!

    Edit: But I'm away from my desktop...

    Double Edit: Woo, logging in for a few.

    Triple Edit: Done in 2 games. Thanks for the head's up and free MC.

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  • Mr.SunshineMr.Sunshine Registered User regular
    GONG-00 wrote: »
    Game beated.

    I enjoyed it, but have some issues with it. The UI is pretty atrocious. Its really poorly optimized.

    Wish some LostTech showed up a little bit more often. I think there was only a single Gauss Rifle in the whole game.

    Bring on the DLC.

    I was not really expecting lostech given the game's setting so its rarity is fine to me. Hopefully this game sells well enough so that a sequel campaign can give us the endorphin high from legging Clan mechs for that sweet sweet salvage.

    In the inevitable and obvious Clan Invasion DLC I hope they keep you in the ass end of the Inner Sphere and you have earn your way to area where the Clans are. Finding some Lostech along the way and then getting that Clan Tech.

  • SpectrumSpectrum Archer of Inferno Chaldea Rec RoomRegistered User regular
    Iolo wrote: »
    Is there a better high end LRM boat than the Stalker? All the heavier builds I've played with are constrained by hard points or torso space.

    The Atlas.

    Ohohohohohoho

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  • nonoffensivenonoffensive Registered User regular
    I pounded another Thunderbolt down to 3 wounds and then took a single called AC5 shot to take out its side torso for a final wound. Two ammo explosions, CT destroyed. FUUUUUUUUUUUCK~

  • SproutSprout Registered User regular
    I pounded another Thunderbolt down to 3 wounds and then took a single called AC5 shot to take out its side torso for a final wound. Two ammo explosions, CT destroyed. FUUUUUUUUUUUCK~

    I largely gave up on trying to take mechs with ammo in their CTs intact eventually.

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  • PowerpuppiesPowerpuppies Registered User regular
    Sprout wrote: »
    I pounded another Thunderbolt down to 3 wounds and then took a single called AC5 shot to take out its side torso for a final wound. Two ammo explosions, CT destroyed. FUUUUUUUUUUUCK~

    I largely gave up on trying to take mechs with ammo in their CTs intact eventually.

    I either peashoot with autocannons and core it if I miss or sandpaper out with LRMs and MGs and hit the legs if I don't get some head hits. One knockdown from LRMs, one from leg destruction, one side torso destroyed... you need a head hit to get somebody via injuries :(

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  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    Sprout wrote: »
    I pounded another Thunderbolt down to 3 wounds and then took a single called AC5 shot to take out its side torso for a final wound. Two ammo explosions, CT destroyed. FUUUUUUUUUUUCK~

    I largely gave up on trying to take mechs with ammo in their CTs intact eventually.

    its why i just blow the legs.

    Much safer, less headache, and easier.

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  • PowerpuppiesPowerpuppies Registered User regular
    Half the time I have way too much good salvage for my priority slots anyway, even when there aren't triple plus weapons I want more than mech parts.

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  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    I have amassed an armory of + & ++ weapons.

    but I'm still afraid of using them. They are the elixers of this game, I horde them, and end up beating the game having not used one.

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  • SutibunRiSutibunRi Montreal, Quebec, CanadaRegistered User regular
    Oh god, mistakes were made.
    I jumped to a system with a Martian climate.. and had to do two missions to be able to afford to jump back out.
    all of the overheating damage!

    ...and of course, the first mission, Negotiated for max Cash had me run into my first Grasshopper, killed the pilot but the RNG gave me an LRM and a heatsink.

    Next mission I (almost) maxed out salvage, and got an Orion-K, it is not quite the LRM boat of it's brother the Orion-V, but it'll find a place in the squad.

    and now I'm selling a bunch of stuff to afford that last bit of the payment, because whoops, repair bills were a bit higher than anticipated. turns out an 80 ton Vehicle with dual AC/20s is not a good thing to let get the drop on you.

  • dporowskidporowski Registered User regular
    My kingdom for an iPad port of this thing.

    It's Unity! IT'LL WORK.

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  • PowerpuppiesPowerpuppies Registered User regular
    dporowski wrote: »
    My kingdom for an iPad port of this thing.

    It's Unity! IT'LL WORK.

    My computer is way better than an iPad and I'm dissatisfied with how it struggled with this game though

    I think I would find an iPad version unplayable unless they made a whole new game with a lot less stuff

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  • dporowskidporowski Registered User regular
    edited May 2018
    dporowski wrote: »
    My kingdom for an iPad port of this thing.

    It's Unity! IT'LL WORK.

    My computer is way better than an iPad and I'm dissatisfied with how it struggled with this game though

    I think I would find an iPad version unplayable unless they made a whole new game with a lot less stuff

    I figure if Civ VI is fine, this would be.

    Edit: Mostly I just wanna play at not a computer 'cause ow my wrists and shoulder and ow.

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  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    dporowski wrote: »
    dporowski wrote: »
    My kingdom for an iPad port of this thing.

    It's Unity! IT'LL WORK.

    My computer is way better than an iPad and I'm dissatisfied with how it struggled with this game though

    I think I would find an iPad version unplayable unless they made a whole new game with a lot less stuff

    I figure if Civ VI is fine, this would be.

    Edit: Mostly I just wanna play at not a computer 'cause ow my wrists and shoulder and ow.

    can you install steam on the tablet and just use in home streaming?

  • ValiantheartValiantheart Registered User regular
    Buttcleft wrote: »
    I have amassed an armory of + & ++ weapons.

    but I'm still afraid of using them. They are the elixers of this game, I horde them, and end up beating the game having not used one.

    Keep them for your big assaults. Assaults with Bulwark practically never go down.

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  • HydroSqueegeeHydroSqueegee ULTRACAT!!!™®© Registered User regular
    Buttcleft wrote: »
    dporowski wrote: »
    dporowski wrote: »
    My kingdom for an iPad port of this thing.

    It's Unity! IT'LL WORK.

    My computer is way better than an iPad and I'm dissatisfied with how it struggled with this game though

    I think I would find an iPad version unplayable unless they made a whole new game with a lot less stuff

    I figure if Civ VI is fine, this would be.

    Edit: Mostly I just wanna play at not a computer 'cause ow my wrists and shoulder and ow.

    can you install steam on the tablet and just use in home streaming?

    Surface pro...

    Why u so expensive? :(

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