Mechwarrior Online

[Ironwood]

It's the texture bug that annoys me.  You try targeting an enemy mech when they're grey and the background is....grey.

[Ironwood]

Anyone want to see an awful looking Highlander ?

Here you Go.

[Zaljerem]

Lots of folks online last night. We could probably put an 8-man together (assuming we're feeling masochistic) ...

[Merusk]

Bah must have been ultra late. I was on around 9:30EDT and didn't see another soul.

Anyone know what the fuck is up with the LBX-10?  I was dinking around last night in mechlab and saw it has only does 1 damage but weighs 11 tons.  I'm clearly missing something.

[Slayerik]

That sounds fun...I really need to buy another 20 dollar headset for me and my kids to destroy. Sorry about last night Hoax, so many times I just wanted to call out some advice or targets...or a plan. Still had some nice runs with you, Zet, Rak

Each LBX bullet does 1. I wanted to find a way to like it but havent had much luck. I think it might be great in a role, such as laser guys to chew up armor, fast LBXer (or double LBX atlas) to come in and crit exposed areas.

[Lantyssa]

My 'Phract 3D is set up with dual LBXs.  It's pretty brutal in close, and if there is weak armor anywhere it will shred the target.  I prefer it over say dual AC/10s, but do find an AC/20 will generally give more consistent results.

[Goreschach]

Would have joined it, but apparently I've still got some waiting to do before the game will make nice with my computer.

As for LBX, don't bother. Due to the way they implemented equipment hp and damage spread, the scatter weapons like lbx, small ac's, lasers, and machinegun have the opposite of the intended effect. They're actually far less likely to cause internal criticals. Instead, the best way to pop someone's equipment is to use large, 10+ damage weapons, preferably the AC20.

[Pennilenko]

So i put dual ac/20 on my jager this morning. Right off an atlas got all up in my face and i started alternating fire on him. Ive never seen a brawler try so hard to get away. I think I've found my new favorite gimmick.

[Slayerik]

Run Atlas, run!

[Merusk]

Ahh, it's a shotgun.  The interface is terrible and should call it as 10x1 but instead says 1 and I was lost.  Thanks.

[Shannow]

So i put dual ac/20 on my jager this morning. Right off an atlas got all up in my face and i started alternating fire on him. Ive never seen a brawler try so hard to get away. I think I've found my new favorite gimmick.

I believe that's an order of double meat on rye.

[Ironwood]

This is what I was talking about earlier tho - I watched a Jager with 2xAC10 and SRMS totally fucking shred someone in one alternating shot.  It was fucking brutal.

[Zaljerem]

Bah must have been ultra late. I was on around 9:30EDT and didn't see another soul.

You must have just missed us, a lot of us logged right around then. I did see a few more people pop on the Mumble though shortly after that.

[satael]

This weekend's mwo tournament actually makes sense (the scoring is based on 10 best games) 

[Ironwood]

Played a game last night where a chap belonged to PGI and had a wee hornskull icon.  It took me a good minute or so to figure out what the hell.

And then our team focused fire on the dev.  It was rather awesome.

[Njal]

Another question or two.

Does FF help with the armour value or just use up slots and lower the weight?

I loved LBXs in MW4 I know they don't knock people down but do they do reasonable damage? I'm mostly thinking against hard to target fast movers here.

[Arthur_Parker]

FF provides more Armour per ton, so it just saves you weight and costs you slots, it offers identical protection to non FF armour as a ton is still a ton.

[Ironwood]

I loved LBXs in MW4 I know they don't knock people down but do they do reasonable damage? I'm mostly thinking against hard to target fast movers here.

No.

[Njal]

Thanks for the info.

I'm starting to come up with signs of doom at the start of a match.

1. Mechs start firing missiles into the walls.
2. They shoot there own team when testing weapons.
3. Someone asks for a plan and there is no response.
4. Your HUD is screwed up so that you can't tell which way you're pointing.

[Ironwood]

I had some asshole try to jump jet over me at the start and smacked the shit out my rear torso.  That was fun.

But yeah, those signs are mostly bad.  I'd kill at this stage for an 'afk' sign on the social tools.

Have they put out a new timeline for development ?  They seem to be almost finished.

[Der Helm]

But yeah, those signs are mostly bad.  I'd kill at this stage for an 'afk' sign on the social tools.

Did you guys get the "chat" messages I sent to you ?

[Ironwood]

No.

[Njal]

Nope

[Ironwood]

 

CODE SOME FUCKING SOCIAL TOOLS FOR YOUR MULTI-PLAYER GAME YOU CUNTS.

Seriously, at this rate, we'd be better using Skype, Lync, Messenger or FUCKING SMOKE SIGNALS.

[Arthur_Parker]

ASK THE DEVS 34 - ANSWERS

Community Consolidated Question 2: The recent tournaments have been solo. Will there be tournaments in the future where we can play in a group? Will there ever be an ability to challenge other player(s) directly?

A: Yes we plan to add official team tournaments. The functionality is currently not ready and will most likely come online with our upcoming lobby functionality.

...

Community Consolidated Question 6: What point in the timeline will CW be implemented? Will time be rolled back?

A: CW will begin rolling out in May and through to the fall. We do not plan to roll back the timeline.

It's a long Q/A so not quoting everything.

[Njal]

Contemplating this JM build.  2UAC5 4SSRM2 2ML

http://mechromancer.wordoflowtax.com/?mech=JM6-A&name=unnamed&build=v01-CB2,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,408,408,7ED,7ED,401,7DC,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,6,3E9,7DC,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,28,A,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,6,3E9,7DC,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,408,408,7ED,7ED,401,7DC,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,0,0,20,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0

Is it too crazy?

[Slayerik]

Since the streaks are so essential, I'd prolly swap a medium laser for a tag...else ECM ruin your day. Your main damage will come from UACs and streaks anyway.

[Goreschach]

Since you aren't going to do much with 1 medium, just drop it. Your arm and leg armor is really weak, buff them. After that, move some ammo to the legs. Also, a ton of ac ammo is safe in the head, since it's the first location you'll empty.

Actually, all your armor is too low. Like crazy low.

[Goreschach]

IMO, this would work out better. You could actually squeeze out another ton by going FF, but I wouldn't recommend it. It costs money to switch back, and most builds won't work with it.

[Llyse]

IMO, this would work out better. You could actually squeeze out another ton by going FF, but I wouldn't recommend it. It costs money to switch back, and most builds won't work with it.

Had an amazing time with Schpain, Satael and Stray. We had some good teamwork going on with Catapults raining fire from afar and Centurions to bring the biff back. Looking forward to dropping with y'all soon!

Also, What Hunchie should I get next for my Elite mastery? I have a HBK-4G, and HBK-4SP both cleared mastered. The logical choice for the final Hunchback seems to be the Swayback HBK-4P but I don't know if that's still effective anymore... Enquiring minds need to know! 

[Njal]

IMO, this would work out better. You could actually squeeze out another ton by going FF, but I wouldn't recommend it. It costs money to switch back, and most builds won't work with it.

Thanks Gore. I'll probably go something very close to that.

[Njal]

For my next question, modules. I assume you can only have 1 unless you master the mech. Is the zoom module worth it? what about the sensor range bonus? Any recommended module?

[Goreschach]

Advanced zoom is terribad. Don't even bother. Sensor range is always moderately useful, although the best right now might be 360 target decay, at least for brawling. Either that or the new coolant module, but I haven't even played around with coolant yet.

[Llyse]

Thoughts on this build:

HBK-4P

[Zetleft]

My thought is why bother with just one MPL and if you want just one MPL why not put it in the head where you can zombie at least with it.