MA: New magic mech

Not loving this. Seems like it will work for a variety of weapons but my guess is everyone will use run EMR12s or maybe HR12s.

Yeah I saw Scape's vid but I think his prediction is wrong. EMRs are tough for a lot of folks to run well, unless they are using keyboard/mouse controls. Being able to freeze a target and then line up the shot properly - that's going to be very popular. And you can just sacrifice the EMR range implant and be able to equip both cooldown and duration.

Eclipse does best with DL12s and is really strong with RG12s and Arc12s. You don't need a freeze/slow ability for RG12 (in fact it means unnecessary double exposure) so it is a better fit on stealth mechs anyway. I mean I liked his idea and I'd be excited to try Nade12, but I don't think that's going to be the meta.

From what I hear, the new weapon is like Gauss but it applies Overheat and Stasis effects. So we're getting a new freeze mech and a slowdown weapon, great. 🙄

I was thinking of maxing another 24EN mech to replace my Killshot. My Stalker was supposed to do that but for now, I'm only using the Stlaker for RM duty in TTDM. I'm thinking of doing Redeemer or Orion. But, I have Redeemer and I don't have Orion. My Redeemer is just waiting for 2825 to go to R5. I have 296 blueprints for it...how far will that take me? Hmm...I'm not worried about weapons cause I'm basically gonna swap it with KS and use it as a HR12 mech. Run in, launch and back track if I get into trouble. It being a counter for debuffs makes it really appealing. That would mean I would have 3 mechs that can counter new magic OP stuff.

Redeemer is an epic mech, so assuming you're at 4.7 now, it is 456 bps to max it (96 bps for R-6 + 360 bps for 6-max) so you need 160 more. Now if you have tons of crates saved up you're sitting pretty. But if not, then you're looking at 7,680 in A-Coin costs on top of the 5,650 in rank upgrade fees. (I love that I made myself a little cheat sheet to speed up these calculations 😁). Overall the blueprint costs are pretty reasonable and I think Redeemer is likely to make a real comeback if this new mech ends up dominating. But you have time to assess Hemlock and see if Redeemer will be worth it. FYI, I am definitely among the folks that feel bps are dropping slower for epic mechs than they should be. So I wouldn't get a new Orion and that might affect any crate haul in Redeemer.

I actually have been playing Redeemer a lot since I got my 2xRG12s. They're good with the RGs, though I can tell Eclipse will be better as right now I like them on Surge more. But when I am running sniper Surge I've found I like having Redeemer as my initial beacon runner more than Killshot. With the health and backtrack it lasts longer and it is really effective with DL12s. Also with Arc12s, where you can spawn to defend a beacon and then use the ability to avoid damage/unfreeze. The nicest thing about Redeemer as first beacon mech is that you can just go to center, turn it, and then backtrack out when the all the bots show up.

Your Eclipse is maxed right? Do you know if activating stealth nullifies any effects you've been tagged with, like Overheat/Stasis/Hunter's Mark? Just being in stealth will make it a big counter for Hemlock, but if it can also do that, you might already be all set.

Unfortunately, from what I've seen, Eclipse has to be under cloak in order for it to be immune to debuffs. Still, I love the Eclipse with RG12s and it's quickly become my ATF mech/build.

I went ahead and ranked my Redeemer to 5.6. Yeah, I'm nowhere near enough bps to max it, so I'm gonna wait on ranking it to R6. My plan for the Redeemer would be to switch it between HR12 and MR12 depending on map/mode. Right now, my KS is pretty much useless in FFA and many TDM maps. The only TDM maps it's good for are ones that have lots of open space. So, my hangar, as it is now, is basically short one mech on some maps/modes.

I retired my Redox and moved the DL16s over to Guardian. That also means that I've pretty much retired my RG16s since I only had the one legendary sniper pilot and one set of RG implants. I have tried the RG16 on Panther but it's weird, I just don't like it for some reason and prefer GB16 on Panther.

Anyway, really need a different mech other than KS to round off my hangar. I would really prefer a fast mech so Bastion and Gatecrasher are out. Redeemer is appealing to me because of the speed and its ability to avoid debuffs. With MR12, I can unload and backtrack and then rinse and repeat. I really really need another purple Ability Cooldown though. I only have 1 and it's on Eclipse and it works in tandem with the Ability Duration implant. I know at the end of this Season, we'll get a gold Ability Cooldown implant but that's going on Guardian.

S1E1 "we are constantly working to make the AI more like real players!" With the release delay for everything being an entire year, that's all that's going to be playing eventually.

For context, their effect activation isn't bad when they're doubled, but the levels at which these weapons would be run at 18, 24, or 32 en are already in AI EM territory.

Takes 1.6 seconds to get off 4 double shots. The 6 is just Stasis 8 and Thermal6 as one cohesive weapon set. The 12 and 16 have the same problems as Gauss rifles and Stasis beams at high level play. Grav 12 and 16 are better in every way and don't compete for sniper pilot slots.

Disruptors feel like they were made more for AI as well.

A lot of the new weapons are undertuned to push pilot implants. None of the weapons released recently are any good without a dedicated pilot, and the AI gets full legendary implants and new pilots for free.

Thanks to this tip, I did get another purple ability cooldown, so thanks! That one is slated for my Redeemer...just don't know if I'll put it on Stefania for HR12 build or Neymar for MR12 build. I'll likely use the HR12 build more, but would probably need it on the MR12 build more since that's a more aggressive build. Hmm... I'll have to think this one out. Right now, I'm leaning on Stefania, but since I only have one slot left for her, I also want that slot for my gold KS dash damage implant. Plus, as long as I stay in cover, shaving a couple of seconds off my ability is not as important as it would be on a MR12 build.

Has legendary implants for it's overheat at and Stasis. One for each status effect. They cut the amount of shots required to 2 shots, or one double.
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But, fully maxed legendary implants.
Just to be remotely viable.
Unless they plan on doubling mech health in the immediate future, it's shovelware when everything else still just kills or hits around corners with splash.

This weapon is literally made for the AI to make even the end game feel like 「bum-bum」 in Bot lobbies.

Mayer says their DPS with the OH implant is comparable to Arc torrents and Carbines, but with all the range you'll need for 90% of maps.

Double the base damage per shot, it fires 2 bullets at a time, one of each status effect(still base 8 shots to activate either status). So it's got 12 shots a mag instead of 24.
Still, legendary implants where the other snipers just DB on their own.

It's like they're doing everything in their power to avoid making Assault class weapons any kind of good.

As a powerful single shot weapon, the Railguns are the only "snipers" that have an optimal range starting at 0. Their optimal range is 0-120, while EMs are 75m+ and LAs are 85m+.

They don't seem to know how guns are classified.

Miniguns and Chain guns should be assault weapons. They should have made a new category for "Rifle" weapons as the "in between" containing Gauss, and now Quantum guns. What really bothers me is that they seriously seem to be avoiding filling out any more EN slots on existing weapon sets.

At this point, all of the 2 en early teir weapons should be removed so their entire weapon series moves up an EN slot:
Thermal lance, RPG, Plasma cannons, Autocannons, Shotguns" 4,6,8 instead of 2,4,6. With the shift in power, and R1 lancer being the only mech with 4 en the 2en variants may as well not exist.

But this is all just imagination for things that won't happen. This game will never be balanced, nor will it's progression ever break away from "just buy new stuff".

It always sucks when the MAJORITY of older assets and items just turns into useless junk.

I remember when epic/Legendary weapons didn't list stats for their lower ranks. I feel like they may as well level cap low teir items with how their current "progression" works. There's no reason for Paragon to be able to make it to 6.7 for the same credits and coins needed as any other mech. The discord banned me because I was ranting about how imbalanced the game is, and how dumb the prices are.

The status effect mods are legendary only.
Rare mods: Damage, Reload
Epic mods: Damage, Reload,  Range
It's reload mod got the EM rifle treatment of topping off at epic.
It's a mid weapon that needs 4 mod slots and a dedicated pilot from the weapon category that has already has 4 meta weapon sets (Railgun, EMR 12 & 16) but only 3 legendary (1 paywalled, 1 unreleased) pilots.

Humans getting either status mod(outside of just buying them as a sale) will be even less common than humans with Guardian ability  Range

Sooooo jealous 😱