Mechwarrior Online

[Shannow]

Mercs and Lonewolfs actually count as a faction as well (according to the tournament page) so it looks like you'll be fine?

[Falconeer]

VLog #10 is out.

It doesn't add much but shows the new map in great detail and most importantly tells us about the next two hero 'mechs, Grayson Death's Shadow Hawk and Lori Kalmar's Locust (with ECM), and shows the Mist Lynx. Just jump to 6:40.

[Shannow]

Win a free Victor this weekend. Or at least 3 days premium time.

Ran my Wubcada last weekend for shits and giggles. CDA-2A with 6 MLs, quirked up + ML cooldown module. So much pewpewpew but it also went to my head and I sucked for a lot of matches cause I forget the CDA has all the survivability of a wet paper bag. Fun taking off a light legs in about 4 seconds though. 

[Sir T]

I figured out why I don't like running tag on my Raven. It changes the way I play. I'm Always trying to use it rather than sneak back into cover. I see Missiles coming in and I just feel I have to stay out and exposed a little longer to get some credits with it. So it puls me into areas and doing things I really should not be doing. If I use it I really have to almost forget I have it which kind of defeats the point.

[Shannow]

That's not a bad line of thought cause I realise I do the same thing. Gonna drop the TAG off my 3L and just run NARC to see how it goes.

[Sir T]

Well, the challenge seems to have improved peoples play a bit. People are actually behaving like they want to live!! Sadly after playing a few hours I only managed to fulfill the conditions of the challenge three times... :(

[Lantyssa]

When I realized it was get a kill + assist + survive + win for 20 matches I gave up.

[Sir T]

Yeah its REALLY hard, especially if you like playing a raven that is running support. You get lots of assists but actual kills? You are about helping other Mechs so THEY can get kills. Plus you are a big fat target.

On the plus side Playing all these games let me finally get enough cash for a seismic sensor for the Raven. Actually VERY useful, was pretty surprised.

[Ironwood]

Seriously ?  The Seismic Sensor wasn't the VERY FIRST module you bought ?

It's the dogs baws.

[satael]

Seriously ?  The Seismic Sensor wasn't the VERY FIRST module you bought ?

It's the dogs baws.

The module that removes missile lock the moment you're out of LOS was pretty great on lights the last time I checked (though that is a while ago so it probably has gotten nerfed)

[Shannow]

Due to some shitty PUG luck and rage issues on my part I topped out at 11 points this weekend. I did make good use of the premium time to elite out a cpl of sets though.

[Sir T]

Seriously ?  The Seismic Sensor wasn't the VERY FIRST module you bought ?

It's the dogs baws.

Its 6 million c-bills. dude.

[Ironwood]

Yes, I know.

And one of the few that I have.  It's worth every penny.

All the modules are money sinks.  May as well pick up this one and Zoom straight off the bat.  For modules, you only ever need one anyway.

[Shannow]

Seriously the amount of bitching that this community does about the weekend challenges is fucking ridiculous.

You got three days free premium and the chance of a FREE mech if you did a bit of grinding.  Shut the fuck up.

[Shannow]

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[Zetleft]

I only played last night and was on a damn roll, got up to 16 points before I decided to sleep.  Must have been alot of scrubs on last night, I even neared 1000 damage a few times in my cicada.  They should do more of those, people actually cared about winning instead of just having a great k/d ratio. 

[Falconeer]

You got three days free premium and the chance of a FREE mech if you did a bit of grinding played some MWO.  Shut the fuck up.

Fixed that for you.

[Lantyssa]

An impossible grind for some of us.  A kill + survive + win is a 1-in-20 occurrence for me.  As it was, the kill 20 quest I gave up after two days and not a lot of kills.  Not everyone has the 'mech stable for annihilation.

[Samprimary]

The point of this latest experiment is to see what happens when the game puts any emphasis at all on survival. Does it change behavior for the better? or make the game worse. Usually, in games, it makes it worse. I can admit when I got a shot at it last night I would peel in for my KS and then lurk uselessly.

[Sir T]

Yeah. I have to admit people were huddling together and working together much more than they used to. There was a few very close tactical games where people were moving around very carefully, rather than the usual BONZAI!!! games I could remember.

Still, I found it virtually impossible to get a kill and survive while winning the match. Kudos to those who did it.

[Shannow]

Dear god the Wubderbolt (aka 7mpl on a 5SS with a standard 300).
I'd post the screenshot of my score if I could be arsed figuring out how...
Bragging time: 6 kills, 4 assists, 1200 damage and a 158 game score. (12k xp due to 2.5x weekend and 2x first victory :D)

One of those times where you go 'I do love this game' (and forgetting the night before where you lost 10 pug matches in a row and almost tossed the PC out the window)

[Falconeer]

Yeah that Thunderbolt is insane. But enjoy it while you can, I heard they are nerfing it soon. Well done with the score!

[Shannow]

Further play confirms the insanity. They are so going to nerf this.
I'm going to enjoy every second until they do 

[Sir T]

Sounds liks fun. 

[Falconeer]

>> King Crab demo video.


Cool beast.

[Shannow]

Pretty but those arms are coming off real quick.

[climbjtree]

I think I read somewhere that the arms have a huge armor bonus...

[Hoax]

The bigger your arms are the better. Arms have massive amounts of armor compared to side torsos so any shot that hits your arm is a blessing.

No decent pilot will ever actually attack an arm directly, that fact is what led to a month or so of only targeting legs being en vogue up on Mt.Tryhard. Not sure what its like these days I haven't been playing for a couple of weeks due to burnout and frustration with the playerbase.

[Sir T]

Looks gorgeous. The Atlas S is gathering dust in my bay, but I can defo see myself taking that out for a spin or 10. And yeah, the fact that armour on the sides is split over the front and back makes sides more vulnerable than arms generally.

Incidentally, that ECM equipped Hellbringer they have brought out is making me feel all sad and useless in my Raven. A heavy Clan Mech with ECM = sad Ecm light pilots. DAMN YOOOOUUUU. I have no idea how good it is to fit but they seem to be everywhere at the moment.

[Shannow]

The bigger your arms are the better. Arms have massive amounts of armor compared to side torsos so any shot that hits your arm is a blessing.

No decent pilot will ever actually attack an arm directly, that fact is what led to a month or so of only targeting legs being en vogue up on Mt.Tryhard. Not sure what its like these days I haven't been playing for a couple of weeks due to burnout and frustration with the playerbase.

I was gonna make a big post about neutering a mech by shooting its arm off but you could say that about any mech really. It's an assault is the problem so it'll be targetted. I guess at least you'll have two ac20s or gauss to fight with instead of one. And damn its looks puuurdy.  

edit: I will shoot the RA of a centurion to neuter its ac20. Then move onto a less zombie like mech.

[Falconeer]

Those snapping claws give me the nerdiest chills.

[Falconeer]

ANNOUNCING THE EARLY ARRIVAL OF THE KING CRAB AND GARGOYLE! by Alexander Garden in [ Announcements ] on, Dec 9, 2014 1:00 AM UTC

Greetings, MechWarriors!
We are very happy to announce the early arrival of the King Crab and Gargoyle Assault ‘Mechs, along with all remaining Wave Two Reward Content and the latest of the IS Quirks!
Starting tomorrow, December 9th, these two formidable beasts will be scuttling and lurching onto the battlefield along with all the rest of the Clan Invasion Wave Two content, Inner Sphere Quirk adjustments, and general fixes, that were originally planned for a December 16th release. As normal, the maintenance period for this patch will begin at 6PM UTC.

Tonight.

[Sir T]

I wonder are they doing it tonight to compete with Eve Online's Rhea update that is also today. Pure baseless sepculation on my part but I wonder why they pushed this Patch forward.

[Falconeer]

So, the Crab. 2 Gauss and 2 PPC, Direwolf style. Lots and lots of fun, as long as it's blowing up Clanners. Then again, I'd still buff up armor across the board and make TimeToKill much longer than it is.

[Falconeer]

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