deviant
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Post by deviant on Aug 11, 2022 6:26:32 GMT -5
My current hangar is: - Brickhouse [Rank 6.5]: Missile Rack 12 / Missile Rack 8
- Guardian [Rank 6.7]: Railgun x 2
- Panther [Rank 6.7]: Disc Launcher 16 x 2
- Zephyr [Rank 6.5]: Arc Torrent 10 x 2
- Killshot [Rank 6.7]: Carbine 12 x 2 or Rocket Mortar 12 x 2 (depending on the map)
Other notable items that I have in my inventory are Arc Torrent 12 [Rank 2.7] and Stalker [Rank 3.7]. My Zephyr is doing pretty ok with Arc Torrent 10s and it feels like this would be a lower priority (particularly since I'd need to level up my Arc Torrent 12s in parallel to use the max energy capacity). I'm debating whether it is worth maxing Brickhouse first as a temporary measure while waiting for blueprints and saving more A Coins for Stalker (to eventually replace Brickhouse), Zephyr and Arc Torrent 12. Any thoughts or opinions?
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Post by OU812? on Aug 11, 2022 13:05:58 GMT -5
What would you run on the Stalker? Does it necessitate or benefit from a 24EN build compared to other mechs you have? Are there other builds you’d like to run on the Stalker but can’t effectively on the other considerations? Or conversely, would you rather keep cost low(er)and run the brickhouse?
Other considerations are what implants do you have to take advantage of what you are debating on upgrading.
I voted Stalker. It’s not my fave Mech, but I appreciate the flexibility it gives me when I wish to change my hanger up and run something new or different. Most of my pilots aren’t turning out to be bot specific so I’ll be able pop a pilot in, change the weaps and away I go.
Variety is the spice of life.
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Post by reconnecting on Aug 11, 2022 13:57:10 GMT -5
I voted Zephyr as it has the freeze ability and I have Missile Racks on mine. I also have Brickhouse in my hangar at the moment as yesterday's map wasn't great for Mortars. He has Disc Launchers and did well with them. I mostly use Panther with railguns, Ares with Arcs or Guardian with the aforementioned Mortars in deathmatch.
P.S.: Surge has taken over some from Zephyr.
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Post by deviant on Aug 12, 2022 1:47:26 GMT -5
Thanks for those thoughts.
If I went with Brickhouse, I think I'd run dual Carbine 12s or dual RM 12s on it depending on the map, with dual MR 12s on my Killshot.
If I was more patient and went with Stalker, I'd run dual RM 12s or Arc Torrents on it. I could run the Arc Torrent 10s from my Zephyr on it while waiting to max it and levelling Arc Torrents 12s to 6 star. This would mean probably running missile racks on my Zephyr, which I'm not a huge fan of. Once I save a few thousand more a coins, I've got just enough blueprints to take the Stalker to 6 star.
My pilots are not mech specific at all so I move them around based on weapons on each mech.
I've got an epic predator drive damage reduction implant in storage for the Stalker but nothing else all that helpful from a mech specific implant viewpoint.
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Post by reconnecting on Aug 12, 2022 12:57:21 GMT -5
I used Carbine 12s on Brickhouse too. It was a blast. 😅 I really like the DLs on him though.
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Post by Koalabear on Aug 13, 2022 14:43:15 GMT -5
Stalkers are freaking powerful these days. Even the under leveled AI mechs while using Predator Drive cannot be one shot killed with RG16 anymore. That should indicate how tough they will be maxed.
For me, it was a toss up between leveling my Tengu or Stalker next. Zep was not in the running as I already maxed my Surge.
But...
Since I didn't really get myself anything while on vacation, I thought I owed myself something nice and got the GR16. Am running it with SB16 on Panther. It's like only R4 vs my R6 SB16 and it's already on par in damage...crazy.
As for the original question, I would likely go Stalker out of those choices. A maxed Stalker is so tough now, plus there's that damage reduction implant you can get to mitigate the Predator Drive's increased damage.
As for weapons, maxed Stalker with AT12 will erase things faster than dual RG16.
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Post by salvia on Aug 15, 2022 13:49:14 GMT -5
Voted Stalker ; I don't have it but it appears to be such a versatile mech.
Zephyr would be worth running with MR12+8, zo.
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Post by reconnecting on Aug 16, 2022 16:33:43 GMT -5
Voted Stalker ; I don't have it but it appears to be such a versatile mech. Zephyr would be worth running with MR12+8, zo. Zephyr with MRs is one of my favorite builds. At the moment I have them on Surge. 😀
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Post by salvia on Aug 17, 2022 1:20:48 GMT -5
Voted Stalker ; I don't have it but it appears to be such a versatile mech. Zephyr would be worth running with MR12+8, zo. Zephyr with MRs is one of my favorite builds. At the moment I have them on Surge. 😀 Ah yeah, the more I deal with the dilemma of upgrading either Zephyr or KS, the more I understand that Surge is an interesting middle way (freezing power + speed).
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