Am I the only one who likes the fact that light mechs are so good? People can take the biggest mech they want, but how many people are posting about how OP the 100ton Atlas is?

Infernal_dream

United States2359 Posts

January 15 2013 07:02 GMT

#562

The issue is that light mechs are good for the wrong reason. With nothing that can actively or passively counter ECM other than running right up to it. On top of that you have massive lag shields 9 times out of 10, of course they are good. They should introduce a scanner of some sort you can put on your mech to get locks on ECM mechs without having to stand on top of the thing. Obviously it wouldn't instant lock like you can now but the more people you have on your team the less time it takes or something. Having LRM's completely nullified by one passive ability is just dumb.

daemir

Finland8662 Posts

January 16 2013 03:15 GMT

#563

I played some with semi coordinated group of 4 (as in, we were on teamspeak) and won nearly all matches and it was all good even if the communication level was like absolutely basic. It was ok fun and I found it nice that I would rival in damage done in my tiny Raven with their pimped out assaults and heavies.

New patch came, no ECM changes, but they introduce another fast light mech with ECM lol. I think I'm just going to leave this game sitting here and check back in few months to see if anything changed.

CuLane

United States160 Posts

January 18 2013 13:15 GMT

#564

On January 14 2013 21:17 Godwrath wrote:
How is the matchmaking in this game ? Hawken turned out to be a low arcade for me and i am thinking about trying MWO, but i always like to know if the matchmaking is atleast somewhat decent so i can play on my own.

Matchmaking is probably not where you want it to be at the moment. Expect it to be in the next month or two. Solo-pug dropping WILL get you matched against other solo pugs and groups of up to 4 players, that won't change, but the basics of ELO and maybe a tonnage limit will be in soon.

Samsung it's great to hear a group of friends playing together, are you part of a larger in-game unit?

SamsungStar

United States912 Posts

January 18 2013 15:46 GMT

#565

On January 18 2013 22:15 CuLane wrote:

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Not atm, it's just me and a few friends

. Would be happy to join another group if you guys got one running!

CuLane

United States160 Posts

January 20 2013 01:07 GMT

#566

www.house-marik.net
We're a large community representing about a dozen Marik affiliated units.
Respectful, friendly, and the units run the range from competitive to laid back, almost all of them run 8-player groups as well. Hope to see you there! My in-game handle is Aym!

SamsungStar

United States912 Posts

January 23 2013 03:37 GMT

#567

On January 20 2013 10:07 CuLane wrote:
www.house-marik.net
We're a large community representing about a dozen Marik affiliated units.
Respectful, friendly, and the units run the range from competitive to laid back, almost all of them run 8-player groups as well. Hope to see you there! My in-game handle is Aym!

ahaha I'd be down to join but I'm House Liao XD. Is that ok?

CuLane

United States160 Posts

January 23 2013 15:21 GMT

#568

Lol weeeeeeeeeeeeell it's PROBABLY an issue for playing on our team speak and hanging around our forums lol. Liao especially lol. We're well into setting up relationships with the largest groups for each house though so if you're involved with the large Liao umbrella group (or the goons) we may see each other in friendly scrimmages/tournaments/practices. Out of curiosity why are you and your friends affiliated with Liao?

SamsungStar

United States912 Posts

January 25 2013 05:39 GMT

#569

hahah my friends aren't Liao. Most of them stopped playing too -_-. Said the whole loadout thing was too complicated and went back to WoT. Sigh... now it's jsut me. I'm Liao coz I like their fluff XD. Mech types etc. Catapult is my favorite mech :D

CuLane

United States160 Posts

January 25 2013 23:09 GMT

#570

Catapult is a beast of versatility in this game, really just an awesome ride! Sorry to hear about your friends finding the loadouts too complicated.

SamsungStar

United States912 Posts

January 25 2013 23:20 GMT

#571

On January 26 2013 08:09 CuLane wrote:
Catapult is a beast of versatility in this game, really just an awesome ride! Sorry to hear about your friends finding the loadouts too complicated.

Yeah, that's what i love about them! Enough speed and twist to be a good brawler, great armor values, and I can put all kinds of weapon combos on them. The K2 and the C4 are awesome. Although the Fang and Flame are really great too. I'm a big fan of the brawler playstyle. LRM boating's just kind of meh to me. It puts up flashy numbers but it's zzzZ for gameplay. Although I like turning my K2 into a gauss sniper now and then :D

CuLane

United States160 Posts

January 28 2013 01:14 GMT

#572

Oh man K2's with gauss or AC/20's, especially if there are 2 of you doing it, melts face!

Parnage

United States7414 Posts

January 28 2013 01:59 GMT

#573

On January 25 2013 14:39 SamsungStar wrote:
hahah my friends aren't Liao. Most of them stopped playing too -_-. Said the whole loadout thing was too complicated and went back to WoT. Sigh... now it's jsut me. I'm Liao coz I like their fluff XD. Mech types etc. Catapult is my favorite mech :D

Did someone say Liao?! While I am a merc at heart I rather enjoy the Liao mechs and choices. Catapults, cataphracts are awesome rides and yeah. I have no idea who or what kind of TL people are playing but I'd be more then willing to play with some folks around here. As you might of guessed my MWO name is the same here.

Liao, Marik, Steiner, Davion, hell even Centrella I'll work with anyone.

CuLane

United States160 Posts

February 07 2013 15:47 GMT

#574

Feb 5th patch is the second in a row with great FPS and bug fixes. New Camo schemes, improved weapon balances, this game keeps getting bettter!

EiBmoZ

Canada235 Posts

February 17 2013 19:05 GMT

#575

ya i just found out about mechwarrior online earlier this week, what a fun game. not your avg FPS, very heavy on teamwork an tactics. if they could make this game more spectator friendly it'd be a great esport.

Vagabond

Scotland149 Posts

February 17 2013 19:45 GMT

#576

On tuesday they are releasing the 50 ton Medium mech the Trebuchet which is the sister mech to the Centurion. It is a lrm support mech usualy 2 LRM15's and 3 medium lasers.

Redox

Germany24794 Posts

February 17 2013 19:53 GMT

#577

The most important thing will be the change of matchmaking, with the introduction of Elo. People still have not realized how huge this will be. It will change how the game is played. I see some problems with this though, as they dont do a ladder at the same time or even show your Elo. So their is no incentive to try to rise in Elo which kills a lot of teh motivation for me. I made a thread about it on the MWO forums.

www.mwomercs.com/forums/topic/98584-the-problems-arising-with-the-upcoming-matchmaking-system-phase-3/

Btw, imo MWO is a totally underrated game. The amount of customisation you can do and the tactical possibilities are amazing.

xsnac

Barbados1365 Posts

February 17 2013 20:27 GMT

#578

try hawken . 10 times better graphics and gameplay .

SamsungStar

United States912 Posts

February 17 2013 20:46 GMT

#579

Hawken looked really cool but I have mild epileptic seizures so I can't play fast paced FPS games. MWO is already my outer limit in terms of FP gameplay. A shame, really

I've stopped playing MWO though. I'm getting really damned bored of it. Just nothing to look forward to. The battles are alright, but there is no real progress beyond getting to elite xp and whoring MC to buy more of the same.

Redox

Germany24794 Posts

February 17 2013 20:51 GMT

#580

On February 18 2013 05:27 xsnac wrote:
try hawken . 10 times better graphics and gameplay .

Completely different game. Competitors to MWO are WOT or War Thunder.