/gerg/ - Giant Extreme Robots General

gerg sux

Lao Hu when?

>>169499735
who?

>>169500126
Lao Hu

>>169500408
Lao who?

Is the spirit bear kodiak a good mech?

>>169501245
nah just buy an Atlas S

>>169501245
Kodiak is hot garbage.

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Gimme some Lao-Hu.

>>169499274

Spooky is the better artist, I just wish he wasn't such a massive pig shill like all of them.

>>169501701
He's really good but has he actually drawn any original redesigns of his own?

>>169501892
The tanks, I think. No mechs though.

He mostly uses in-game models from MWO and other sources, renders them in a 3d program with textures and uses photoshop to finish off effecs with.

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>>169501345

>>169501701
>Spooky is the better artist

In what sense?

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>>169501481

>>169503103
what's that loli on the right pls tell me

>>169503413
cephalus

>>169503680
can I have one?

>>169503728
>Production Year: 3072
Don't count on it.

>hey guys here's a new inner sphere light mech
>flea? never heard of it

>>169503103
>Society task force
>Lao Hu
???

>>169504804
Cool Story Sis

2017 guide to painting your robot: Patterns edition.

Tier 1: Universally goes well with everything and can be used in many ways with many colors.
Woodland, Tiger, Digital, Steiner, Wolf

Tier 2: Not as flexible with choice of mech or color but often can look very good.
Sherman, Raider, Polygon, Davion, Liao, Marik, Jade Falcon

Tier 3: Little flexibility in choice of mech or color but can still look good.
Fractal, Buccaneer, Hotrod, Kurita, Ghost Bear

Tier 4: Either too restrictive or just plain ugly.
Mountain Line, Vagabond, Applejack, Snowfall, Rasalhague, Smoke Jaguar

Tier 5: Bottom of the barrel patterns only someone like Dashing would consider buying. People will look at you and think you are a joke.
Dazzle, Urban Block, Phraken, Cobra, Tartan, Virus, Crusader

Tier ??? 2012 time machine special: I want my SRMs back.
PC Gamer

>>169506520
Crusader is topmost apex tier.
Gas yourself autist.

>>169506821
t. Dashing.

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Is the Highlander IIC the thinking man's robot?

>>169507087
Depends on what the man is thinking.
But it would have to be something along the lines of 'come sweet death'.

>>169507087
Yes

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>>169502918

Because when looking at thumbnails of say your artwork Shimsham you can tell it is drawn. When I look at thumbnails of Spook's I cannot tell if it is a photo of a diorama or a screenshot. His art just comes to life in a funny way, its almost self aware in the fact it lends that sense of what the battletech genre used to be.

It is uncanny.

>>169507607
Spoopys art is 3d rendered my mans

>>169507742

It doesn't mean its not art and it doesn't mean its not better than yours.

>>169509113
ok spookster

>>169507607
Looks like shit.
Like slightly souped up MW3 screenshot.

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>>169509421

The centurion in MW3 doesn't look any where that good.

>>169509202

We all know you lurk here shimmy, spooks on the other hand does not.

>>169507087
http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=380&l=7028e5d5dba774dbd9fa84461a406bd147420729

best assault in the game

>>169511531
>ruining a beautiful huelander with meta garbage
kys

>>169501345
That's funny.

>>169506520
If you use anything other than the basic green that each mech comes with you're a tryhard autist.

>>169511727
it hits like a truck™

>>169507607
>>169509843
>that old ass cent
>good

Sure, if you like giant people in carboard box suits pretending they're surrounded by tanks and little soldiers while making retarded sound effects at the sandbox.

Wait a second, Greg, is that you?

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>>169518054
>Implying I'm a cent enthusiast like Rutherford B Darshing

m8 pls. I promote only da Zoose/Onion/Dragon-1N/Spooder/Bushwanker/Vipper/Nova/Cyclopsie/Badjack/Thunderwub/Thor/Jenner-D

have anything else to ask famm?

>>169501245
It's okay, but not the best Kodiak.

>>169518054
Only dashing is dumb enough to like the cent.

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>>169396204

Updated the Roughneck inspired design with some different parts and added the bazooka on the shoulder to better match the layout.

>>169522371
kys

>>169518054

No, but anon was trying to compare Spoopy's centurion to the MW3 one, which is downright crazy.

>>169522879
That isn't even a word reddit-anon.

>>169522371
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

>>169524236
Announcing your life choice to your fellow shitposters is the first step to self acceptance. Congratulations.

I want to fuck a Dashing!

>>169524893
No you don't. He's a huge faggot.

What mech has the most energy hardpoints?

>>169527568
Dire Wolf probably, but Gargoyle and Stormcrow both fit 12 E. I think Nova too?

>>169527626
Nova can have more than 12, so can Dire Wolf.

>>169528583
What can you realistically do with all those laser hardpoints, though? 4 LPLs and 12 MPLs? Is there even a point?

>>169528689
12 flamers.

>>169528689
>is there even a point?

No, outside of SPL boating clans, particularly assaults, have no use for more than 8~ energy hardpoints (2LPL 6ML).

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>>169528689

>>169528583
What about the Supernova?

>>169529975
Caps at 8

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>>169524893
>>169525147

>>169524893
??? is this an MMO general now??

Next cashgrab mech when?

>>169522371
>when it looks better than the original
really tickles my pickle

dead kong mumble

Quad mechs when?

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Vulture is love

Vulture is life

>>169538640
>tfw you see your name.

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>>169539131
Were you on the team that bul lcharged the saddle, bottle necked your selves, and get fucking slaughtered by LRMs because the assaults keeps trying to back peddle and everyone was on their heels.

Or my team?

>>169534397
Really, you don't.

Best Clam LRM carrier? Preferably heavy or medium. Don't wanna be a potato assault who doesn't move with the team or share armor.

>>169541946
HGN-IIC-A :^)

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>>169541946
>lrms
>heavy
Well, I never!

>>169543313
Why not? If you keep up some mobility, have backup lasers, and play with the team it can work really well in QP.

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Tiger bump.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9ZkimX_Zd8
I felt like insulting Mechwarrior Online, and for some reason I felt like putting some effort into it. Then I went overboard.

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>>169547513
Fat sad kitty.

>>169547513
>>169549104
Is it actually just fat or is it bloated up by some disease?

>>169541946
Anyone have an actual answer for this?

>>169549629
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/viral/cute/Photos-of-Chubby-Tigers-in-Harbin-Go-Viral/shdaily.shtml

>>169549932
Hunchback IIC, Huntsman, Jaguar, Timber Wolf.

>>169549937
I wonder if those tigers are friendly enough to let you hug them. Such a solitary animal usually doesn't have to live with so many other tigers in such a small space.

When is the skill tree going to hit again? I desperately want to buy a pepsi Summoner for something different but can't because lmao3mechs.

>>169550216
I want to hug one so bad. He looks so cute and fluffy. I wonder if it would be soft, like hugging a stuffed animal.

And I dunno, check Russ's twitter.

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BEHOLD

>>169550452
It would probably be like hugging a really big housecat.

>>169551404
4x SRM Griffon. What are you, some kind of autist?

>>169553585
Better than dashing's dumbass warhammer builds.

>>169553585
No, autism would be my 9 SRM4 archer.
What he has is a standard, viable griffin.

>>169553585
>generic griffon build
>"are you some kind of autist"

what did he mean by this

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>mfw mumble

>>169557146
Why aren't you in the Discord?

>>169557294
except I am literally in the discord right now my dude

i want to buy an X5

please talk me out of it

>>169557921
buy an onion instead

>>169558030
gas yourself

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dumping kong memes

When I was younger, MechWarrior 3 and Heavy Gear were just about the only PC games I played. Besides StarCraft and Diablo.. anyways.

I recently installed Mech Commander 2 and MW4 Mercenaries on my PC because I never played those ones back in the day. They installed fine and play fine, except that if I go over 800x600 resolution, the stretch too far off the sides and half my minimal/radar and weapons get cut off. It's like it's stretched too far but I don't know why. All other games I play on this PC fit the screen at that resolution. They fit fine at 800x600 and under, but I don't want to play with lower resolution. I also want to be able to see my damn radar too. Is this a problem anyone can help with?

Where are the quad mechs? I want quad mechs.

Does the skill module for increasing range on cLBX ACs tighten spread as well?

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>>169538640
Somehow this keeps being relevant.

>>169547638

Literally '2013-2014 4chan OC'-the youtube video, but it's on point.

Ok that's it

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>>169560840
A well timed segue.

Will we get the Lao Hu?

>>169561261
Only after we get quad mechs.

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>>169561442
Tarantula will be the first for MW2 easter egg spacebucks. But it'll probably be as part of a nostalgia 3-pack with the BattleMaster IIC and Elemental also first appearing the same way.

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Bryan then.

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>>169562727

Bryan two years after he made that post.

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>>169562727
>>169562849

Bryan now, in the year of our lord 2017. Maybe he's trying to cosplay as Sonic?

>>169561261
Who?

so i just bought a fucking mech game for 60 fucking dollars.

apparently i'll get a key for battletech's Beta...

march 15 cannot wait.

>>169567429
good luck with that.

>>169568120
i just want the game so getting the gog code is really all i care about, but apparently the beta is steam ONLY.

what kind of merc outfit do you think you'll build in hbs's battletech, guys?

i'm thinking nothing heavier than a heavy for maintenance and costs issues... it looks like they're gonna make the big assaults cost like a mofo like the lore

>>169569850
star league medium shitmech deathball rush over the frozen city hill only

>>169569850
Medium shitmechs, medium shitmechs everywhere. Maybe a Warhammer or Marauder for the designated "leader" merc.

I'm sure that medium teams will be a common thing because this weight class has the most amount of variety besides ballistic heavy designs, and even then there are numerous mediums with a big gun arm.

>>169569850
Cicadas.

>>169569579
Kekkatini Kekkajo

I never realized until now that some Clan mechs don't have AMS.

>>169570685
yeah, i'm thinking lots of enforcers / griffins, 55t meds and yeah, i gotta put my MC in a whammer of something... iconic and sweet.

I'll probably put the shitty mercs in the team in crapmechs.

So you all believe the pig has listeneth? TOO BAD, NOT PTS FOR YOU, YOU LOOSE, GOOD BYE!

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i want a medium or heavy mech that has ECM (yes im stuck at tier 4 where i can never 1v1 anyone without having a trillion missiles land on me instantly)
what should i get?
there is the hero archer that has ecm and several energy hardpoints, do you think it can be viable as energy boat with backup SRMs?

its either that or a Hellbringer but i really dont have any ideas on how to build a Hellbringer

>>169574354
I happen to be a Hellbringer expert, as i'm constantly trying various non-obvious-not-meta builds.

R u sure you need that clan heavy? May be you just want and ECM Cicada for pepsi, or Phoenix hawk for sticking to fastest assault and supporting it with 6 medlasers?

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>>169574646
>R u sure you need that clan heavy?
why are you afraid im gonna steal your mechfu, kakos?
well if you dont want me to get that you have to talk me into buying a Tempest with some good builds to back that up

>>169574354
positioning is the best defense against lurms
ecm is a nice to have

>>169574901
>kakos
>running anything non-meta
hah

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why cant i make the same exact build fit on the OXP and the Tempest?

on the OXP i end up perfect with 0 tons and 0 slots left and can fit the last heatsink

http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=311&l=869853ad1c8d577befafb07664cf8e595450b139

while on the Tempest im one slot short and end up with 1 free ton i dont know what the fuck to do with

http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=395&l=2d4207b7db6cc4b7b6c07c8152a59d0edd7ed3d3

they both have same armor and structure, same tonnage and same engine

>>169574901
You got me wrong. I'm ready to tell you anything and everything, question is - DO YOU WANT IT?

I mean - you can do lots of thing while having ECM, who knows, may be you can't live without JJ.

>>169575295
The Tempest right arm has a hand actuator, while the Cataphract does not

>>169575295
OXP have no hand actuator on the right arm, what's your problem?

>>169499735
Hold the fuck up. Isn't is possible to run a Clan OmniMech with a lower arm actuator in one arm but not the other, effectively giving you what a Lao Hu or a Dragon would be?

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>>169575427
>>169575394
oh i see

well my problem is that on the Tempest i dont know what the fuck to do with that last free ton since i end up with only 2 free slots and cant fit the last heatsink

should i just put a medium laser in the CT?
or a flamer in case i get in a brawl?

>>169575882
since you hate LRMs so much why not throw in AMS and half a ton of ammo :^)

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>>169575347
well i have to choose between 0XP, Tempest and Hellbringer
the worst of the Hellbringer is that it doesnt have endo which is a real shame because it has very nice hardpoints

what builds can it run?
i already know of the gauss+med lasers and the twin ERPPC

>>169575919
>>169575882
or a full ton of ammo rather, strip some leg armor

>>169575984
Seems like you dont like weird fun at all.
Like
http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=36&l=a5a947bf0f7644616c0e76021253d309f7a0c4ab

_______

So, HBR.

FTW - 4CerLL with ECM
Brawl - HUEG CANNON and smalls/smallpulses
Metacheese/teamplay - 6cermeds and srm12 in case of heat (2 tonnes of ammo)
Mad fun - 2 CERpepsi and quad MG with one ton of ammo.

And lots of other builds, but no fun there.

>>169576250
(L) pods are not available yet buddy

>>169576323
You don't really need lolpods for any of theese, what would you like see in smurfy?

>>169576524
a hellbringer build that isn't shit like the ones you posted lmao

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>>169559219
There's a HD mod for Mechcommander 2 that could possibly help you out. The menu is tiny but the missions themselves look great.

The only issues I have with it is that you can't alttab out of it without freezing it. Anyway, give it a shot.

>>169574354
Don't buy a tempest, it's a trap!
I know because I have one.

Hellbringer is easy. Put 6 lasers on it, a bunch of heatsinks, a tiny targeting computer, and go to town. Feel free to leave the right arm empty.

If you don't like pure laservomit, you can always do 4erml + goose, 5erml + 12asrms, or 6ersl and 2uac5s. You can do one last interesting memebuild with it, but that requires the loyalty version.

>>169575649
Some clan omnipods come with hand and lower arm actuators as an option, and some by default don't have them and can't put them on.

>>169576561
Shit is subjective. If you believe me - then proceed.

CW-master - http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=230&l=fd9dcc916b37ef3bc2211aaa84c392744cd222bd

The HOT one - http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=230&l=b09f7fbc30e976826213fd41259798bbaecdb811

The stupid but surprising one - http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=230&l=82c2d6b3a82dc1e8e19dbc71a69b995b27750242

Variable (change to UAC or smalls if you want) - http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=230&l=555b0d0113188db76bc5d4870cc4a28ebf3e9af5

>>169577112
Oh and the armor front/rear values are just paceholders, i'm running 5-7 rear anyways.

>>169576627
>shitty teammate keep shooting my shield arm at the start of every match

>>169577398
kys

>>169575295

http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=395&l=a2a65d2ac58cf7b6b5f1d5b4188196302cd8acb9


this is more what you want. a fast front loaded tempest with plenty of ammo to spam as fast as you can cycle as you close, but keep the doors closed.
lrms are NOT 800m+ herpaderp weapons.

they work FINE as 150m-600m support weapons for closing distance. use your 80 kph to zoom around team assaults and heavies and support them against what ever is shooting at them. wait for the fight to develop then close in to delete this damaged mechs with your lasers whilst still lrm ing shit not shooting at you.

(missile doors fuck your armour)

ecm is your 'cloak of skill' that adds a shitton of survivabilty due to potatos you'll be playing, whilst the bap is really their to kill enemy ecm of lights trying to butt rape your team.

the tempest is a
>actually 4 mooks
mech. sooo many times in MY tempest i'll have lights or hvy's etc try and 'hunt the lurmer' on me, only to walk face first into the heavy / assault lance i happen to be standing amongst / next to.

>totally by accident, obviously, no planning, just coincidence.

tempest is a great bait mech. work WITH your team and you will happily farm dmg and kills like a futhermucker

>>169577581
>they work FINE as 150m-

>>169577501
lawl whu?

>>169577581
jesus fucking christ the everything

>>169576250


http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=36&l=b7e7290b3226dac85b7c3b4f63fdab36de119e48

super harrasser bug.

las vomit at shit and RUN like a mother fucker, reposition and do it again. ad infinitum

literal tier 4 hour

>>169577615

>t. a shitter who's never assfucked a mech trying to kill his buddies in a brawl from just over 150 m away

you know if you're IN range you CAN pull the fucking trigger.

>>169577682

whine some more

lrm's are fine so long as you don't herpaderp out and go lrm 500000 huehuehue and expect to do top everything in a match.

>>169578161
LRMs have a minimum range of 180m boyo

>>169578249
Yeah well you have a 70 tonner with the loadout of a 50 tonner.

>>169578256
you know what i fucking meant.

>>169578370

>without sacrificing speed or armour.

you have to make a design choice when building out mechs, either you start with the engine or you leave it to last.

biggest engine means best twist and pitch. v. important for the 297m medlas primary weapons.

>>169578485
glad you're having fun in tier 5

>>169578553

>t. I'll just call him t5 hahaha, never mind that that design philosophy is recommended in all reputable build guides for MWO, ever.

I'm sure your super special snowflake OC DONUT STILL method of building out mechs is obviously so superior to everyone else ever and super sekrit that no one else has ever thought of ever.

>>169578725
there is no need to get upset

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>>169577581
>leaving 1.5 tons on the table
Anon pls we can only take so much bait

>>169579823
didn't you know being lighter makes u faster? :)

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hmm

>>169577581
http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=395&l=c08f7f07634aba3d9983adda36bc6acf5ffba6ce

>>169547638
Damn m8 you were really butthurt about those IS quirk nerfs and the rescale, weren't you?

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>>169569850
The only merc outfit you can build in the game is whatever the Rogue One wannabe poster MechWarriors would pilot. Obviously though
Hardcase would get the Hunchback and be the first one destroyed in combat.

kys

>>169581342
What did he mean by this?

>>169585754
really makes you think

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

>>169586176
h-he's fast!

>>169586176
I miss the old "ptchoo" goose

>>169586176
Wow, so different, is it closed alpha?

No, but serious question - what engine do you need to make Hunchie run 121 Kph?

>>169586662
An XL375 my man

>>169586739
Oh my... From this point i think founders actually had solid benefits on participation this fun, it even could be worth it, considering what MWO is now.

>>169586886
Back then mechs didn't have engine caps. Everything could run an XL400.

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>>169585179
Is that the new Kerbal mech game?

>>169586886
>everyone knocks each other over constantly
>everyone just runs small laserboats
>have to aim way in front of mechs to account for lagshield
>everyone just legs
>fun

>>169587542
WOW, who knew the alpha/beta could have issues?

Tell me what can you do in MWO now to achieve fun?

>that Huch-multi-pepsi gif

>>169588141
I do whatever the fuck I want and have fun constantly, deal with it retard.

>>169588315
>t. tier 5

>>169588456
>t. cuck to the meta

>>169588456
>t. tier 6

>>169588582
>>169588643

Kek, core meldown imminent. You guys sure can use that crotch fan in Huntsman.

>>169583406
>m-muh race mixing

fucking every single one of them is either a sandnigger or a gook inbred infested cancer

>>169589858
gotta cash in on those good goy points

>>169589858
this

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>>169577581

what does the BEAGLE actually do?
is it worth taking for just two lrm10s?
i know it auto counters one (1) enemy ECM but what does it do about the lrms?

does it give bonuses that stack with artemis?
does the target need to be in direct line of sight like for artemis to take advantage of the BEAGLE?

>>169591038
The BAP doesn't speed up missile lock times like in MW4, it speeds up targeting info gathering time. It looks like only the artemis/narc/tag speeds up missile locks. Also an apparent sensor range increase that is hard to quantify since there is no radar range indicator and the map grids are all different sizes to even tell what the benefit is. And detecting shut down Mechs which is basically accomplished by the dead enemy team ratting out their last player anyway.

>>169591038
Active probes don't actually do anything for lrms. They give you a longer sensor range, so you can lrm over 800m, but you shouldn't be doing that shit anyway.

You also get faster paperdolls of the enemy, and can lock on people who are shut down near you, which can be useful but has nothing to do with lrms.

>>169591623
Your radar range increases to 1000m from 800m.

>>169591721
So the LRM benefit is you can see the contacts on the minimap for the last 200 meters of missile range when you are already seeing them on the HUD in line of sight or from shared teammate targeting at whatever range they are anyway.

>>169591864
But even that isn't much help since the locked target isn't indicated on the minimap. Are little brackets LosTech?

>>169591864
Scouting enemies first, gives you scouting rewards, which is free xp and cbills so it's not useless, just not particularly important in actually killing enemies.

>>169591965
>since the locked target isn't indicated on the minimap

wut

but that's wrong

>>169591864
For Clans the Active Probe is nice to have in addition to a Mk1 Targeting Computer since they both only weigh one ton and take up one slot but overall increase your target information gathering speed by ~50%. Something that IS extremely crucial for taking out specific components of weakened targets.

http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=303&l=f1b26bccafe271b9aba5844e151b25dc431b6c49

Memes

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>>169577581
what if i just avoid the BEAGLE sleepy probe and do this instead?

http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=395&l=c7c52dc1abf4a5089702d7f019325bb9555ab701

>>169593736
how about you dont buy a piece of shit mech

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>>169594070
b-but i like how it looks..

>>169594438
get better taste

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>>169594748
what about this

http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=311&l=4a540549a4adb073013f3c53a24396387f4e0672

and this

http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=311&l=869853ad1c8d577befafb07664cf8e595450b139

>>169595012
>ammo in the gun side torso AND center torso
stop

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>>169595284
waaaah

Timberwolf Two when?

>>169595689
You only ever put ammo in the arms/sides/center if you know it will be used up before you encounter any real danger AND only if there is no more room for the ammo in your head or legs.

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>>169595950
o-okay..
but apart from that the build is solid, r-right?!?

>>169596768
http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=311&l=e186e942dd2ca2845a8e8dd48431efeb114334ec

>>169597009
isnt that a little too slow and with little ammo?
also what do you think about this?
can it work?

http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=311&l=869853ad1c8d577befafb07664cf8e595450b139

>>169597832
69.7 is standard speed for a Heavy. 3 tons of AC20 is potentially 420 damage and when synced up with your 4 medium pulse lasers that's 924 damage before you run out of ammo and when you do you will still have 4 medium pulse lasers left.
You could run it with one less heatsink and one more ton of ammo, but I don't know how hot that would be.

4 large pulse is very powerful but a Cataphract with an XL engine is also very fragile.

>>169598240
>69.7 is standard speed for a Heavy

laughingclanmechs.gif

>>169598440
The most meta Clan heavy in the game currently runs at 69.7 kph?

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>>169598240
>69.7 is standard speed for a Heavy

LOL

>>169598572
see
>>169598538

>>169598538
Do not confuse people wanting variety because they're tired of playing the best mech constantly since it came out, with suddenly being more meta. They do slightly different things, but one isn't better than the other.

>>169599494
It is better.

>>169599640
Wow, you sure convinced me with your hot opinions fuccboi.

>>169598572
You're really spoiled if you think they need to go 80+ to be viable.

>>169601079
Thanks for the Nascar

>>169601462
>"don't nascar"
>t. first place of nascar

If you own a Mauler and it isn't bright fucking red you're doing it wrong.

>>169598240
what IS heavy is not fragile with an XL?

>>169603046
Catapult. Has small hitboxes in general so can spread damage well, and even smaller side torsos, and jjs can help spread damage.

Grasshopper to a lesser degree due to good shield arms and jjs.

>>169603046
Any Inner Sphere mech with an XL engine is fragile, but most of them compensate for it by having obscene amount of burst damage and enough speed to run the hell away before they take any return fire.

Whether or not a mech should run an XL engine is a very thin line and as a new player you should probably avoid doing so. Not only because you don't understand the limitations of mechs with XL engines but also because XL engines are stupid expensive.

>>169603391
Actually they changed the hitboxes of the Catapult when they remodeled it. I haven't played any Catapults so I don't know how much it has effected them but when testing on the dummies in Training it looks pretty bad.

>>169603391
>shitterpult
>small side torso

LAMAO

>>169603734
>t. tier 5

>>169603808
>t. 2012

I wish I could play IS Mechs without either having no tonnage, or having instant explosion side torsos.

>>169603046

dragons because their giant jew nose takes all shots and blackknights with big engines can torsotwist and shield with arms easy

>>169603616
>when testing on the dummies in Training it looks pretty bad.

hitboxes don't matter when you're standing still and they're standing still, you can headshot a locust if you so desire

>>169604239
Ok try to understand what this is about before posting.

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Are there any robots that basically work like this drawing?

>>169606335
uhhhhhhh banshee?

>>169606335
Literally the Griffin 3M

Guys, when are we gonna get quad mechs?

>>169607546
Any others? I already have a Griff with 4ASRM6 and a standard engine

>>169608637
Lao Hu?

>8 mechs stuck on basics waiting for March 21st update
March 21st when?

>>169609381
I think you'll be waiting until March 21st.

>>169609523
Damn.

who let the MAD DOG out?!?

>>169610238
Who, who, who, who?

>>169611713
lao?

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>>169606335

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>>169611713
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkuu0Lwb5EM

>>169610238
Vulture Mk II when?

>when the map selection is so bad you vote for river shitty

>>169613135
>tfw your group leader always votes for river city or crimson strait

Resistance Hero Mechs??

I want the King Crab, just for the paint job.

>wonder what build I should run to maximize my chances to get a superdoa kmdd
>next game superdoa disconnects into the open right in front of my direwhale and I override and kill myself mashing alpha
Problem solved

>paint my mech blue
>it's green in game
nice

Is it okay to mix one LPL into an MPL boat? I don't really know what else to do with all the extra tonnage.

>paint my mech red
>it's brown in game
nice

>paint my mech white
>it's yellow in game
nice

>>169615238
>>169615429
>>169615708
>paint my mech the colors I want
>mech looks that way in game
Feels good. Don't know what you all are having a problem with.

>>169617398
depends on the map because PGI are smart

How can a bunch of shitty uac2s do so much damage in so little time, holy shit this is awesome

>>169618214
simple math

>just noticed TDog 3E LT has negative quirks even when 1/8
Why
Should I remove it for MPL boating?

>escort still included in almost every voting
>good maps never

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>tfw 1v2 King Crab and Jenner and win

That was fun.

>all three showmaps and plexus
>escort is one of the gamemode options
I wonder who's behind this map selection

I can't believe none of the MWO "celebs" or forumwarriors have called them out on the fucking escort bullshit and how they're fucking up the map pool by picking gamemodes before maps and forcing escort at a higher probability.

https://mwomercs.com/resistance-heroes

Hmm. Really makes me think.

>>169623869
The Urbie light bar better flash.

Also these Heroes hit literally everything on my wish list except for the Black Knight.
Consider this deal grabbed next pay day.

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>>169623869
>mini king crab for a medium hero mech
>reverse king crab for an assault hero mech

Well that's real fuckin' neato and I have enough poverty MC for when it inevitably goes on sale 50% off

>>169623869
>dual wielding PPC panther
[excited haruko noises]

>>169624552
I know the feeling. I wants them, they are precious to me.

>>169625289
I can't wait to see Haruko's reaction.
Harabec's too, though I predicted like half these with him so shouldn't be too big a surprise.

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>>169623869
>ZOOSE
>WITH
>MASC
あああああああああああああああああああああああああああああああああああああああああああああああ

>>169626256
THE ZOOSE
IS
LOOSE

>>169626256
>and a 400 engine cap

>>169626256
>>169626352
>>169627940
You could say it's going to be...

Lightning fast.

>>169628115
Get out.

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>>169626352
>>169627940
>>169628115
http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=315&l=b04cfc9258041f8e56af36ee5ced4f6dc126fe4b

add an additional SRM4 and the MASC MkIV and there you have it

you are now an assault disguised as a medium

ded

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/gerg/, Just got into MWO, how to deal with Artemis LRM in quickplay? I cant tag people without about 6 volleys coming and splitting me down the middle half the time.

>>169641087
quickplay is not that LRM friendly ecsept on certain maps. LRM boating is best done in small groups so you have a buddy to be your spotter.

>>169641087
AMS/ECM/Being a hill humping retard like everyone else

>>169586176

>Legs and feet conform with ground
>Actual locomotion
>Centurion hips sway as its leg explodes along with ammo

I miss you.

welp. looks like i'm gonna be running big xl and masc on the zoose come June.

>xl assault WAT

how the fuck you gonna fit any weapons worth a damn on it with a big STD and masc?

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>>169623869

>The knock out
>Ballistic arms

Eh, I guess but the arms look like PPC's...

>Piloted by Zachary Miles Hawkins
>Miles Hawkins
>Federated common wealth

The color scheme needs work, but my penis is erect all the same.

>>169644725
yeah, i kinda want a LOT of them. but so far i only FED THE PIG GRABDEELNAO'd the zoose and the Hugehound

>>169644725
>https://mwomercs.com/resistance-heroes


yeah the mauler deff looks like

5,5 and 5,5 lrm so either x2 lrm10, or 4x lrm5?

x4 ac2?

and prob straight ppc's. because heat.
actually that doesn't sound so horribad actually... maybe throw out the lrm for x2 srm6+a or x4 srm4

>>169645490


This seems more like what he carried in the cartoon.

http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=325&l=b7829b633fdbe1c29693589395dfba85d52bd7db

i still don't get how that picture could even work. isn't x4 ac2 and x2 ppc too heavy anyway with enough ammo and engine etc to even fit them lrm's on with enough ammo?

>>169644454
Zeus have always run XLs unless you're a retard, same as all 80 tonners that aren't the slow Awesomes.

>>169647461
but they're soooo xl unfriendly. those big fat wide side torso's make xl a big 'oh god kill me now ' suicide choice.

http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=451&l=ecb776bcf6e5333a2d25b57528595f117482411f

as good as the 'meta' zoose looks (my guesstimation)

those side t's only have 62 armour with minimum back scratch protection which is pitiful and means you're going to die really fast...

robots?

>>169647734
Not really, not with their decent agility and +17 structure per ST.

Back when I played MechWarrior 3, I always just loaded my mech down with about 8-12 ER medium lasers and just pewpewed everything to death.

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>>169612383

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>>169648147
why the beagle active probe?

>>169650762
because potato teams are all over almost all the tiers system and you will be stuck on retarded teams that will repeatedly ignore 'LIGHT behind me / us at (grid reference)' etc because it's not on their minimap. and they're retarded. a bap cancels one ecm

>>169650762

i forgot to add
>and they will ignore you and refuse to help against the buttfuckery unless you can make the lighttard stay on the minimap long enough for the retard potatoes to go 'oh dere b a red fingy right dere next to us'

because half these fucking potatoes are still on default FoV and cannot even SEE 45 degrees left or right

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>>169623869

>megahound hero is the only one with ECM.
>burgerking position changed away from ballistics to missiles.

>>169652172
new skill tree
>SOON (TM)(C)(R) Pty. Ltd.
plus this HEUGhound means i might have FUN playing a super sized light

>>169653048

The new grind tree is gonna chase off all the faggots that the pig rely on for monthly dollar injections. If it even shows signs of hurting their business, PGI's #3 man, Bradley-whatever his name is, will veto the fuck out of it, and it won't make it into the game.

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>>169627940
http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=315&l=d9e8638597c931f9abc5e380679167d37222d835

>yfw 400XL Masc Surm-bomb Zoose comes hurdling toward you at 100 KPH

>>169653303
would the game state really be so fucking bad if all the fucking retard potatoes died and fucked right off???

with randumb play no longer full of potatoes who refuse to play as ateam or co-operate, or do anything useful ever, wouldn't the game be FAR less stressful and FAR more FUN for everyone left? would that not make us spend MORE money on the game than the fucking potatoes?

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>Cicada with open ST and XL engine
>Marauder with open CT

>implying they can trade with 4 machine guns

LMAO

>>169647734
If your initial strategy and approach to winning a fight is to survive more damage than the enemy, you've already fucked up.

There are a few mechs that can really abuse the damage transfer system and standard engines to take more than their fair share but for the rest of them you should prioritize speed and weapons first. Even if you still go slow with an XL those mechs usually have enough health to trade shots and they better use that XL so that they place more damage into the trade.

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>when you melt rear CT armor and structure cause they don't want to turn around

easy pickings :^)

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Kongdrops™ happening

guys

>>169589858
>muh autistic aryan space future is being soiled by niggers
again with this fucking guy

>>169670997
Who cares about brown people in space mexico? The issue is including human countries of origin in the year 3000 when these countries don't exist. Everyone on terra is terran. There are no terrans in space mexico because they're all rare as fuck.

It's stupid as hell, and pandering to sjw's about being so inclusive, when those assholes don't even play robots.

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>>169671694
>noone pointed out how hawaiian was specified twice instead of just being called american like the other countries

>>169623869
I told you guys this would happen. First Clan wave 1 heroes, then Resistance wave 1 heroes and so on.

>>169674242
>let me tell about this this totally obvious thing
>told you

k

>>169674297
Many here thought Clan wave 2 heroes would happen first so kys.

>>169674431
>let me make up something completely out of my ass to not sound retarded

k