/gerg/ - Giant Extreme Robots General

DEAD
FUCKING
GENERAL

DEAD

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DEEEEEAAAAAAAAD!
https://mwomercs.com/news/2016/08/1611-machinima-video-creation-contest-at-mechcon

So I just started playing MWO yesterday and I think its pretty cool. I did the tutorial and played some matches and looked at the guide. I have about 24 million cbills and could use some advice about what mech to buy first.

Time for robots.

>>151561263
4 PPCs on a king crab? why?

>>151566152
The render just has weapons in every hardpoint for modelling purposes.

>>151565590
Urbanmech UM-R60
http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=276&l=7cc84231819531f6d693e27b7ff996fb8662751b

>>151565590
Just buy a BLR 1G, 2C, and 3S. They're all on sale.

>stopped grinding for today like 8 hours ago or something
>was at third place at that point
>tfw seeing how many places I've dropped after that

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>>151567640
>filename says bouncyAPCs
>APCs don't actually bounce
why would lie to us

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>>151568312

Because I got both games to work 100% without cutting corners.

>>151571039
Expectations, though.

If you're gonna call something bouncy APCs in regards to MW3, you have obligations to fulfill.

So it is possible, to spend hundreds or even thousand of dollars and still not qualify for top tier rewards, to do that you have to buy useless collector editions (yes these which give extra warhorns and c-bills boost version of worst variant).

So instead apprectiating customer support PGI tries to squeze these few extra 20$ from people, and when confronted about they refuse to change it saying they do it in certain spirit.

Damn it, while I always thought that some folks were over zealous with their hate of PGI I am starting to sympathize with Vass and other whales.

>>151575316
I just bought a kodiak and feel like I got the top tier reward already.

It's like I'm really reading Outreach.

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>doing math on the loyalty hellbringer
>realize you could take 4 machine guns with 6 energy with the new arm omnipods
memes just got dank my man

>>151579250
>4 machine guns with 6 energy with
WOW
IT'S A WORSE NOVA! HEY, AT LEAST IT'S NOT A GARGOYLE, RIGHT GUYS?

https://mwomercs.com/news/2016/08/1611-machinima-video-creation-contest-at-mechcon

>>151573084

rused.

>>151579250
Oh boy a totally pointless build that deprives you of the new powerful RT energy!

>>151580192
that's exactly the point numnuts

it's the perfect meme build for the hellbringer

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>when 5 on your team suddenly disconnect at the same time in a little cluster in the basement on HPG

rip

>>151565590
Battlemasters, banshees and maulers are decent and on sale. Otherwise you can just start with an ebon jaguar or timber wolf for a flexible and strong mech.

Which Cataphracts are the best to go for? I'm going to be receiving the loyalty award so I might as well master it.

The 3L is identical to the 1X with the caveat that it may have different quirks and is missing a right lower arm, so that will probably replace it. 3D and 0XP? Or 2X for big laser + SRMs?

Am I right in thinking that the 3L and 1X are best used as laser vomit rather than making use of the ballistic?

>>151589042
0xp isn't completely terrible as a fat ecm hunchback. Don't know about the others.

>>151589042

They're all kind of trash.

>dead general.

Press F to pay respects.

F

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How much shame should I be feeling?

>>151593290

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rliykQDsmls

Eternal.

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>Spud talks up his dragon shapeshifting once he hits the right level
>Hes the size of a football

R E K T
E
K
T

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>>151595620

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Boo

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>>151594804

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Make MWO great again!

wew

Do you like the newest loyalty robots?

>>151606942
No they're fucking ugly as shit all of them

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why do i have to buy 3 robots of the same chassis to progress in the skill tree if im interested in one robot only?

>>151607747
Because outdated terrible game design

>>151609480
well im unistalling this garbage right now
>f2p game
i should have known better yet i downloaded it anyway
serves me as a lesson

Why are there so many shitty assaults?

>>151610702
>didnt read the manual first

>are you murikan?

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>>151613709
>assaults

Just answered your own question.

>>151613709
Both people playing their new assaults bought from the discount and everyone trying to farm luckergames for the leaderboards are happening at the same time.

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Ripped crab robot, get on and rank up your cyborg assassin,

>>151614050
>>151614179
Why do assaults keep shooting teammates in the back?

>>151618528
There's many possible reasons
>they don't know what they're doing and just bought their first assault mech
>careless teammates are walking in front of assaults while they're shooting
>you need to speedrun ten gorillion damage for good leaderboard rankings so they're desperate to do as much damage as possible and get careless
>assaults are walking in front of eachother to secure more of the score for themselves
Additionally, in some of the shittier assaults it's pretty easy to kill a motherfucker old style if you're zoomed in, because the arm hardpoints are so far away from your cockpit that you can't see if a shorter mech has placed the back of their head against your gun barrel when you weren't looking.

>>151589042
There will be heavy sale and leaderboard at begining of september and you won't get loyality cataphract unill october so you may hold up with buying rest of phracts

>>151618528
Assaults take a bit more skill and self awareness to play than other classes and if someone isn't used to it they will do stupid shit.

>>151620093
But when you do learn the awareness requirement, your assaults suddenly become a "fuck EVERYTHING" tool.

I even get good work out of the Pretty Baby and La Malinche thanks to that requirement.

>>151620687
Does this also applies for LRM assaults?

>>151621847
Well, yes?

You won't get to pump out your missiles if you're being a bitch boy and expecting everyone else to hold those locks, and LRMs are considerably more effective as a mid range supplementary weapon.

If you just lob sticks at near maximum range while a friendly fights your target, you're essentially being an 80+ ton supplementary weapon to them that gets a kill because the game takes pity on you.

>>151621974
>not getting killed by friendly lrms

>>151621974
What assault is good for long range missiles?

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Give me one reason why MWO is a better game than mutant epoch.

>>151626238
yes

>>151624172
>>What assault is good for long range missiles?

Awesome 8R is pretty good and the mauler is alright.

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Mech Inverse relationships of aesthetics and quality

>>151624172
If you're being serious, and not trying to be le ebin maymay master that is common for these threads, then none do LRM boating well. Direct, instantaneous damage is considerably more efficient for an assault than delayed suppressing damage, and no assault so far has the required 6+ missile hardpoints to spam LRM5's.

10's, 15's and 20's are a waste of tonnage. 10's only efficiently hit big targets and even then most of it's splash to useless components. 15's and 20's miss a large number of their missiles and have the same splash as 10's, so you're wasting ammo and tonnage to shoot the ground.

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>>151626238
It's pretty magical.

>>151627942
Why do people keep launching lrms when they keep hitting buildings and hills?

>>151619839
I thought it was sooner, but you're right it is in October. I was asking for what two other Cataphracts to go for in addition to the 3L, not intending to buy three to master it right now.

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>>151630145
Most people don't know this but there's actually quite a sizeable cat population in the playerbase, and they have difficulty holding back their attacks when they see a red tag laser.

>>151630831
The elmo and 0xp aren't bad but I wouldn't do cataphracts unless you're out of good mechs to try.

Why do people keep voting for shitty canyon network?

>>151633538
It's a really good map

>>151633758
4you

>>151633538
Compared to most other maps it's good.

The bog of eternal shit and forest colonoscopy are the "I'm voting for these maps because I've got a hack that disables foliage" can't see shit entree, polar memelands and alpine piss are the main course of pure cancer, and river shitty and molten core are the eyerape and broken geometry dessert. Every FP map is the "just let me die f.a.m." sampling plate.
The majority of maps in this game are so terrible that they deserve a food analogy.

>>151633758
>>151635574

>best map

>>151633758
all the maps are great except for therma
I do miss old frozen city though

>>151635574
Viridian Bog is good now

As is River City

>>151640880
>Viridian Bog is good now
Maybe if they delete all the visual clutter shit and random roots that giant death robots can't step over, and fix some of the fucking steps up to the platforms that are still broken.

>As is River City
Maybe they should make the textures not a fucking mess, you couldn't tell the mechs from the rest of the visual vomit even if they were in bright pink and green camos during daytime. And it gets exponentially worse when the map darkens. And the map geometry is complete fucking shit across the entire map, and the buildings have fucked up hitboxes so you're never sure what the fuck you're doing unless the fight is out in the open or at point blank. River shitty is just "shooting at doritos in total darkness while praying your shots don't clip into buildings": The Map.

>>151642413
git fucking gud

>>151642413
stop using a tiny old monitor

>>151643462
Mine is 24 inch

How big is yours?

>>151646504
27 inch 1440p g-synced
Everything is crystal clear

>>151647449
curved?

>>151643462
No other map has the same kind of problem as river city. It's just murky, dirty shit.

Reminding people that we have a match tonight at 9:30 eastern

>>151649132
WHO?

>>151649132
thanks

Once again, pizzadog the cuck can't handle their duties

They are not and never have been a klord

>>151652370

Klord a shit, Warboss a best.

>>151653762
There is no place for a warboss anymore

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>>151654282

Good night Mork,
Good night Bork,
Good night warboss but also dork.

Good night mech,
Good night rek,
Good night time before drop deck.

Good night surms,
Good night lurms,
Good night buff elemental herms.

Good night loss,
Good night gauss,
Good night forever our strong warboss.

>>151656626
keep me posted

Epoch Time

Whispers and Greg, please get on.

>>151660117

Keep me bumped.

>>151660907
That's the idea

>>151662613

here is your U

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>>151665127

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Straight form the forums:

>THAT MEANS EVEN TWO YEARS AGO PGI CONSIDERED THE $40 URBANMECH COLLECTORS PACK AS BEING EQUAL TO THE $240 CLAN WAVE I PACK TO QUALIFY FOR THE TOP TIER PACKAGE REWARDS !!!
>THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT FOR THIS YEAR THREE LOYALTY REWARDS.
>SO STOP COMPLAINING BEFORE THEY DECIDE TO TAKE IT AWAY AND PUNISH THE WHOLE COMMUNITY BECAUSE A FEW SELF-IMPORTANT PRIVILEGED SOULS ON THE FORUMS DECIDED TO BE CRY BABIES.

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>two main melee fighters fail their will saves

>>151668336
lol golds

Also am I reading this page right, am I going to get a free mechbay and free cbills without doing anything?

>>151668336

Wait, what, what is the logic in this sentence?

I'm having difficulty understanding what this faggot was trying to convey.

http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=239&l=310bdbbb4f22213ef5773adb26fa0f2bd3d25e2a

good idea or great idea?

>>151676384
mediocre

>>151676384
Its an MWO build, so a bad idea by default.

>>151676384
Very standard as far as these things go.

>tfw you have to break into a stone fortress in the post apocalyptic future.

>>151676384
King Crabs really aren't that good at the range game but it does work

The patch is tuesday right?

>>151686731
Yes, cyclops comes out.

>>151686731
The 23rd, so not this upcoming, but the one after.

>>151668336

What did he mean by this?

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>giant bear

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>Skarr1et dumps her water and curls up the corner

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What have -you- done for your planet today?

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>>151698318
>This is what he plays instead of continuing our NWN campaign
You're just asking to get bullied

>>151684063
I don't remember there being a grey mech with digitgrade legs. What is that supposed to be?

>>151700787

Looks like a blackjack.

>>151700787
Probably a razorback.

>>151701827
Blackjacks are humanoid plantigrades.

>>151702574
You're right, that's definitely the Razorback. Wonder what it's doing in an MC1 sprite sheet.

Seriously, I miss those good old sprites. By far some of the best depictions of battlemechs in videogames even though they are so tiny.

Boo

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I can only carry so hard.

Also Warhammer best mech ever

>>151707237
>Carry
>Only 3 kills and 4 assist
>Git Gud

>>151707970
>5 most damage
>3 solo

Not carrying

>>151708168
Mediocre performance

>>151707237
You got a team stats screencap from that match?

>>151710950
ofc not he just looked at his shit and just said to his own dick "I'm the BEST"

>>151711078
>His
It might be a transgender

>>151712561
"He" is still a faggot.

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>tfw want robots to be awesome, but they refuse to change.

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>started reading about the year 3025 on Sarna
So wait, we won't have XL's, double heatsinks, endo, ferro, gauss rifles, LBX's, UAC's, streaks, artemis, ECM or BAP, and not even NARCs? Jesus tapdancing Christ, how the hell are we supposed to play this game?

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>>151714671

Welcome to the 80s.

>>151715027
Half of the customization is gone from the game. Battletech would be bland as fuck.

>>151714671
Half of those things exist in 3025, they're just rare as hell star league stuff.

>>151715381
But isnt battletech not the whole package (tanks,hovercrafts, fighterplanes etc) and not just the battlemechs

>>151715381
You customize your vast armies of various shitmechs, not your own personal ultra-optimized snowflake.

>>151715584
Sure, mechs, tanks, hovercrafts, infantry, jump troopers, apcs, helis, airplanes, spacefighters, dropships, artillery. There's a ton of stuff.

>>151715027
Why the skeleton?

>>151717889
I think it's their mercenary logo or something.

>>151715381
>Half of the customization is gone from the game. Battletech would be bland as fuck.

Like, you shouldn't even be able to customize the shitmechs in the first place.

Honestly, if it's customization you're after, you should be playing Armored Core instead.
Chrome Hounds gets a mention if it didn't go ded because lol-MP only!

I need one more Mauler to complete the skillset. Got the 2P and MX90, should I get the 1R or 1P next? Thinking of doing a meme PPC + AC2 + 320XL build on the 1P, but the 1R would add variety with its missile slots. LRMs or SRMs for a fat oversized Griffin, looks like.

Boo

>>151721996
Go to bed Kit.

>>151722293
Literally who?

CONGRATULATIONS

OUT OF A C-GAUSS RIFLE, XL330, THREE KEYS AND THREE DAYS OF PREMIUM TIME

YOU GOT

MEDIUM LASER

>>151723260
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyFQVZ2h0V8

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???

>>151724210
the bottom ones are jumpjets

>>151724210
They never bothered to make proper 4-tubes for Shads. At least they look nice.

>>151724727
How come only certain mechs got missle doors?

>>151724727
The funny thing is they made 2-tubed ones and even 5 and 10 tube ones for the LRM but not 4 or 20 tubes

>>151726234
That's normal and just an aesthetic choice with the original designs. They obviously have gameplay implications in a real time game and so PGI had to invent some stats for them.

>>151727743
>PGI invent

>>151707237
This guy

Only 3 kills

Tier 5 confirmed

Double Digit assaults everywhere

>>151714671
yeah 3025 sucks ass, fuck knows how anyone can like it

>>151726234
It's a lot of work

>>151737098
For PGI

I cannot believe that it is really that much extra work

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which IS robot has the comfiest cockpit?

clan scum need not apply

>>151738452
Vindicator

>>151739082
Kek

>>151739082
I don't understand what the bombs are supposed to be though.

>>151740580
Only one dickal slot left, so I decided to bomb everything from my dick.

>>151741617
Should have used something to make a fake red armband.

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>>151741670
Not very similar.

>>151742183
Eh, better than nothing. The limits prevent you from really making anything striking. Since it's a Hitlerhead though, removing the SS in favor of a swastika (are there enough parts?) would also work.

I just thought that the orange bombs look out of place, is all.

>>151742473
Swastika requires too many decals, but I can make hitlerface and dick/pussy of face+ss+armband.

>>151741617
>>151740580
It looks like a furnace door.

Can pig ban me for playing hitlerbot?

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>>151738452

Griffin.

>>151744293
Yes

If enough people report you

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>>151744026
Better furnace variant.

>>151744472
Shit. But hitlerface is so cute...

>>151744485
Now it just needs a warhorn that sounds like a roaring flame with a faint "oy veyyyy" scream in the mix.

>>151744659
>cute

I think the Germans would be extremely butthurt about it

>>151744293
Nah, they might give you a warning though.
Even all the people with ridiculous names that are typically blocked in mmos just got renamed.

>>151751538
If you are lucky they warn you

>>151744293
The only people who get banned are those who constantly call people niggers and faggots in chat or teamkill regularly. If you don't do that you're safe because piggy is pretty easygoing.

>>151744457
Is that really a griffin?

How do we destroy toxic neoliberalism?

>>151759667
yes we can

>>151759886
Why does ECM has such a shitty short range?

>>151759524
the original form of it yes

>>151761517
180m diameter is fine. When it was double that people complained because you could hide more than half the team. It's also better now for ecm lights who want to sneak up on an enemy without ecm giving them away.

>>151762865
>flicker strike
>damage aura
>resists everything so penetration is mandatory
This is like fucking everything wrong with Path of Dogshit in one picture. I hate that game so much after spending all the time grinding characters and thinking it'll get better at some point.

>>151763504
>not giving rare/unique invasion monsters resists to make them more deadly.

Shit, PoE is too EZ already, events with +40% mob life, att speed, att dmg, move speed almost bring it up to being fun.

>>151765403
>not giving rare/unique invasion monsters resists to make them more deadly.
The problem with that is that everything is generic "resists everything" overcapped as fuck so you just slap penetration on your main(only) skill and keep rightclicking. They could've atleast made enemies have immunities but no overcapped resist all, so there's a reason to use curses or backup skills instead of having 100% mandatory support gem tax on penetration that just makes the resists irrelevant anyway.

>>151762865
Rancor was a mistake

>>151761517
Not seeing doritos is considered too OP by the steering wheel underhive.