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Post by reconnecting on Oct 12, 2022 15:08:06 GMT -5
I picked up the Newmar pilot today and decided to wait on leveling him. I want to see how other players use him, if they use him. I'm tempted to put him on Ares for the 80 million Carbine damage achievement 🤔. Then I may put him on Surge because I have missile racks on him. I'd like to hear what everyone here will do with Newmar or if he will be on the shelf.  |
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Post by deviant on Oct 12, 2022 16:51:33 GMT -5
I hadn't picked up Nova, so will use him on Killshot when running MR 12s in CPC or on tournament maps that don't suit RM 12s.
Will probably take Neymar to 4 stars and see how that goes for a while.
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Post by S1E1 on Oct 12, 2022 17:52:24 GMT -5
I have Nova but not Major, so ultimately I am going to make him my Carbines pilot and switch the red-head to Pulse Cannon implants.
But I am holding off on levelling him for now too as neither is a priority. I figure I'll equip him when I need to accomplish Upgrade Pilot Level/Rank tasks for events. That's easy and cheap to do with a low-level pilot.
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Post by salvia on Oct 13, 2022 3:33:22 GMT -5
Ultimately he'll be replacing Nova. Missiles aren't my most used weapons, so I figured I won't need to sink my hard won A-coins in a full-fledged Legendary missiles pilot (Helmut). Epic-tier HP and Legendary-tier DMG will be more than enough. In the meantime, I'll be using him sparingly, to get the 4000 pilot XP daily. I've run out of basic pilots for this task, so it's a boon 👌 I figure I'll equip him when I need to accomplish Upgrade Pilot Level/Rank tasks for events. That's easy and cheap to do with a low-level pilot. Good point, hadn't thought of that additional perk. |
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Post by Koalabear on Oct 13, 2022 10:31:54 GMT -5
I got excited at first cause he appeared in my Pilot list in both Assault and Missile and I thought cool, I got two of him! lol, silly me...
Anyway, I ran him on Shadow for a bit yesterday with MR8. My MR8 is only R4 still (not R5 as I thought) and my itty bitty Shadow kept getting wasted. I was also reminded of why I abandoned the MR series. At the range that it needs to be at to land most of it's hits, you will get wiped by SG8 and ATs. Back up even a little bit and your hit chance goes to hell. So, he's going on the shelf for now until I figure out what to do with him. Maybe when Voltaic RPG16 becomes available... but I'm not sure I want it since I'm already doing ok with DL16. IDK enough about the Voltaic RPG weapon, like splash radius and such. Not many human players at my level use it so that says a lot.
The sprint bonus is nice though. But not enough for me to use him regularly. I may level him up bit by bit and eventually replace Major with him though. My Major is only at R4, so it's not a huge loss.
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Post by S1E1 on Oct 13, 2022 22:03:49 GMT -5
My MR8s are maxed and I have a level 4 gold splash radius implant on my Nova and I didn't wasn't impressed with it on my Shadow either. I'll try it again at some point but so far the only mech it works for me on is my Orion. Trying out a MR8+MR12 on my R6 Stalker now. Seems middling at best but I am going to mess around with it more. Tengu might work but really for the Missile Racks I think only the 12EN can cope with endgame and really that's more a CPC fun-build accessory.
My VRPG16 is underlevelled but the R6+ ones I've run into pack a real punch and seem to have a big splash radius. Still it is like the MR12 - only for CPC and just for fun.
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Post by salvia on Oct 13, 2022 23:42:10 GMT -5
I'm only mid game and MR8 is still very much viable at this stage.
I imagined that a max out dual MR12 setup would do some serious damage, even at end game.
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Post by S1E1 on Oct 14, 2022 0:59:25 GMT -5
I'm only mid game and MR8 is still very much viable at this stage. I imagined that a max out dual MR12 setup would do some serious damage, even at end game. MR12 does damage (although I am not maxed so I don't know how much). But between the targeting, and the reload time, they can't really compete with DL12s and AT12s on kill counts. Those earn so much better in tourney that they're just the priority to get. Folks run 2xMR12 or MR8+12 on their Killshots to good effect until they reach that point though. Personally I really enjoy playing MRs, especially on Killshot. Always takes a few games to adjust, but they can be really fun in CPC. Not endgame meta but definitely fun IMO. |
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Post by reconnecting on Oct 14, 2022 11:05:14 GMT -5
I do pretty well with mr8/12 on Surge with Nova. He takes down Ares with shield up. Arc wielding reds get him sometimes, unless I freeze them first. ;-) He's a very effective build. On non-tournament days I also put the same build on Killshot but with a rare pilot.   |
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