MA - My Hangar Thoughts

Thanks for the tip, but I just need to achieve stasis for the task, not make a kill (although I am getting a decent amount of those too). I'm not going to spend A-Coins on a 4 energy weapon.

Oops, probably should have included my Ares in the pic!

Yeah, I hate how the light mechs cost so much to level up. It's so weird. They are so much more fun to play! Or, maybe that's why they cost so much?

Start a thread here, post your mechs and gear and lets see if we can collectively point you in the right direction.

   I agree with Koala, start a thread titled 10,000 Acoins Decision or something and a summary of your current hangar. We will give you some ideas.

      I agree Cheetah is fun to play, with the mine boost and ability damage pilot thing.  Plus hes pretty quick.  I may use him more early in the week.  

So, finally did it! All my mechs in my hangar are now maxed!  Next up, to focus on cloning the DL16 and hope that by the time I do, there is a Legendary Guided pilot!  That maxed Ares is a beast! But, still have to play it smart cause even though the shield is 31k, it doesn't stand up to concentrated fire and it has no elevation as I previously thought.

Congratulations!! That's a nice hangar there.
Now people will say: there is a whale in my bracket 🐨🐳

So, despite my resolve to not spend much anymore, I decided to pick up both the AT10 and AT12 deals. If I'd known yesterday that the AT12 would come out today, I would not have picked up the AT10! Oh well...

Well, my Zep is currently at 6.3. I have just over 200 blueprints for it and over 900k credits, but I doubt that will take me far enough to max to get the 24EN. Still, I think I'll max it before I'm able to max the AT12, so I guess when I max it, I'll run AT10/AT12 and just leave it like that until I get more blueprints or more A-coins to level up the At12. I suppose I could throw some resources at the AT10 just to increase it's power and range, but I feel like it's a waste to throw resources at a weapon that I have no intention of using in the long term. I don't plan on running more than one CQ build.

I would love to get my hands on the gold Zep implant that increases it's EMP range, but I doubt that will ever happen. Too bad. Seems all the AI Zeps and some human ones too, are zapping me at 40m, which is crazy. Sigh...

Yeah, the inability to not get that Zep implant almost makes me want to get the Surge. That was always the Zep's weakness, than it had to wait for targets to come in 30m. Oh well, my Zep is close to max so I'm not going to invest in a brand new mech at this time. Gonna do the Zep as best I can and then go back to GR10 Stalker.

Just made another change....

Since my Ares in now on the shelf, I took Major and the CB12s and put it on my KS. I gotta say, I really really like this build. It's a lot like PC8 KS back in the day but way more powerful. So, it's not a bad thing I guess if I don't get the Zep implant. It just makes my builds a bit more fluid and I can move weapons and pilots around at will. Like for instance, once I get the AT12 and it's implants leveled decently, I can slap them on my Ares if I feel like running a tank, or back on the Zep for those small claustrophobic maps in TDM or 2v2.


One complaint I do have though, is that my JR8 Shadow is getting less and less use. Maybe I'm finally outgrowing it? I've tried it with DL8 and just didn't like it. If I could get my hands on SG8, I'll definitely try that. I've been thinking of RM8 on the Shadow, but if my memory serves, the RM8 can't really hit anything. But, with the Shadow, I'll likely be able to engage at the minimum range more, and I have the gold implant for RM splash radius...so hmm....something to think about. 

Do you remember the Beta MM? Where sometimes AI were just stupid strong compared to you, especially during the period of grinding mechs/weapons beyond R4 for the first time?

That's the kinda balls to the wall action light mechs enable.

Pilots make them viable, but only super whales and AI have access to the good stuff at sufficient levels.

A purple pilot with the purple damage weapon mod, makes light mech damage the equivalent DPS of pre-pilot dual copy removal 24EN mechs.

Modern light weapon sets, are the 16 EN weapons we used for over a year at that point, along with new additions like Arc 10+6, Gauss 10+6, pilots giving Pulse cannons LONG ARM RANGE, and more aggravating Javelins, with options that aren't worthless to level up when playing with low rank, low EN mechs.

I want to get to a point where I can try goofy crap, like Carb 10+ Plasma 6, because plasmas are basically Carbine 6 now. Their new fire rate makes their unload time stupid fast. Major+ Plasma Reload+Carbine Reload, then either general ability mods (cooldown at any higher rank is always good) or more damage mods.

Gauss rifles are cool, but everyone is kitted out with the epic sniper with epic longarm reload/damage mods, and they are still the biggest long term investment, especially with the 12 being a thing.

It's aggravating that we can only get these things when they want to put it "on sale".
As in, if they don't want us to have it. Well *expletive deleted*

Their Rank up bonus was changed to "Score+", which does nothing, to "Projectile speed+" I messed up the previous comment. They still take the same time to unload. Projectile speed is only a hair slower than RPGs at R5.

Ok, so I think I'm reaching a turning point. I LOVE my Shadow, but it's just not cutting it anymore. It used to be a great clutch mech to cap a few beacons mid to late match. The JR8s are powerful, but just not powerful enough. Good human pilots will hunt me down, and stealth is useless in a world where people can manually aim at you or throw a hail of DL16 discs at the area around you. The HP is so low that a simple touch of AT12 by a Stalker with it's ability on will kill my Shadow.

I splurged and got my hands on the GB16 and am upgrading that as fast as I can without going overboard. I will run that on my Panther. I'm thinking of working on my Paragon next since it's the only other 32EN mech I have that is close to maxing. I do have the Arachnos, but it's nowhere near maxing and I never picked up the Redox and at this point, I most likely will never get the Redox. I'm thinking that when I'm ready to work on the Paragon, I'll take Johanna off the Shadow and put her on the Paragon. I do have Crow decently leveled with DL implants decently leveled so this will be a tough decision as I will lose a lot of implants or A-coins in this transition process.

Thoughts?

Yeah, I too am finding my Shadow to be pretty limited. It's fun in CPC, but DL splash damage is a real problem. Mainly I just have it to take out RM builds in tourney before it quickly dies off. I have Arc10+6 on mine though which is good for damage.

Arachnos is pure trash, don't bother with it. Redox is better but not that good either so I think the Paragon plan is generally ok. I know you've been interested in maxing it and are pretty close. If I had the resources I would too. It's not the best mech but it is fun to play with.

Mainly I think the big thing is that either to they are going to start dropping new 32EN mechs soon or there is going to be some big power paradigm shift, like the introduction of pilots. They have been flooding the game with 16EN weapons but there are very few mechs to put them on. And the new EM Rifle is crazy OP. I am watching vids where a single shot from a single rifle is just killing entire mechs. Granted it is with maxed pilots/implants but still that's just the 10EN version and it comes in 16 and I think maybe 12 too. If they are introducing that kind of firepower, something heavier has to be coming. So I wouldn't invest too much in other 32EN mechs right now. Might as well go with the one you have been wanting to upgrade (Paragon), even if it is just for fun.