MA - Juggs vs Ares - another interesting point

I've had my shield up on my Ares when a Killshot melees me and I still get damage. Lag or maybe someone shooting me in the back that I didn't notice?

I run both Ares and Jugg and like them both.








Jugg has his PC8s newly upgraded to 4 star and is shredding like a good 'un

Saving 1,250 A-coin to take Guardian to rank 4 next.

So, my next plan is to get the SB12 whenever I can and put that on my Guardian since it's my only mech with 20 EN right now. I would prefer to put it with TL6 on my Ares, but my Ares is currently a long way from 20 EN.

Anyway, where should I put my MR8? It's currently on my Guardian, but if I put the SB12/TL6 combo there, then my choices for the MR8 are Panther, Jugg and Ares. My KS isn't ranked up yet and I enjoy Jav6 on it too much.

My Panther is currently rocking R4 RPG6 and this is a good build. My Jugg is currently rocking the R4 PC8, and my Ares R3 LA8. The weapon I enjoy the least is the LA8, which is why it's still sitting at R3 when I have the resources to bring it to R4. So, I'm thinking, that the easiest swap would be to put the MR8 on the Ares. As an ambush mech, it should do alright but probably not as good as the Guardian. But, unlike the Guardian, I can use the Ares's shield for retreating into cover when my MR8's run dry, whereas if I use the Guardian's System Crash defensively, it only buys me at most 5s of no return fire. Of course, if I use the System Crash offensively, I can usually take out most mechs, but healthy high level tanks are troublesome.

I've played RPG6 on the KS so I get where you're coming from ⓣⓡⓘⓒⓚⓨ48. In fact, I was very tempted to buy the MR6 just to put them on the KS. The problem I have with the KS with direct confrontation types of builds is that the KS is truly a fragile glass cannon. In CPC games, I have a tough time keeping my KS alive because I'm also trying to balance getting CPs, and often my teammates are quite useless for capping beacons.  I get killed a lot by PC8 KS's, so I know KS with direct confrontation types of weapons are powerful, but I also don't see them last long in CPC games. On the other hand, in tough CPC games, NO mech lasts long...so...I'll have to think about it.

The other issue I have is resources. I've been trying to curb my RL spending on this game, so if I rank up my KS, that means I have to start all over again in order to save the A-coins for the SB12. And lastly, all the other mechs in my hangar are R4 and I'm trying to keep my hangar strength below 2000 if possible and I'm already pushing 1800. But, I definitely will try it one day!

So Juggy with TL6’s .... I had pretty much poo-poo’d TL’s the first time I used them, but I’ve been getting roasted by them with increasing frequency lately, so I thought I’d give them another go. Juggy seemed like the most logical place to put them since he can stand there taking fire while overheat kicks in, snd damm if it didn’t take second best mech first time out. Of course I had to dump the rest of my credits into upgrading them a bit, but I think they’ll be worth leveling a bit more just for backup to whatever gets a stasis beam when I eventually get around to getting one. Meanwhile, Juggy is next on the rank-up list.

I've been using RPG6 instead of plasma 6 on jugg lately, and i think I like them a bit more than plasma

Still the default rank I think. Haven't taken them out for a while. I think they can work on mechs that can get in close and either be able to tank damage or avoid damage. When you're up close, there's less chance of missing. Of course, anyone with Shotguns might out DPS you though, but I don't see many Shotgun builds out there, even after the buff.

Only the Rank 2 Juggies actually run them. Outside of the first couple of weeks playing the game, they'll only spawn in tournament levels under Master, and only if the AI is still throwing softballs at you.

Don't worry, the cheese forever guide is coming back, new and improved with the specific bot/weapon setups to cheese those points out with as little effort as possible 😂🤣

I'm no-lifing this weeks tournament, which is what brought me to re-writing the guides.
Some of these dudes really can't take the L. You'd think they'd give it a rest when someone has a 3K advantage on their ranking card, but no, some of these guys will chase it to the bitter end o_e

The official response is that they have no intention of capping tournament.
That being said,the people that can't, or for sanity reasons, won't, brain drain on a mobile game, are why the bracket juggling portions of the old and upcoming tourney guide exist.
When the population was scarce, even if someone went full potato to 10K points, 3rd-7th place prizes were still easy enough to pick up some coins.
In the past couple of weeks, I've seen cards recently where everyone from 10th place up had 5k fecking points(thanks Pixo, even the crazy troglodytes from War Robots are jumping ship -_-)