One thing I like about this tournament is it has given easily mine-able data. My tournament results so far: 43-26 W/L 61-45 K/D (living is not my strong suite as I LOVE to push the action in a match) Keeping in mind I used this time almost 100% to level mechs with my rewarded premium time, here are some mech results. Highlights: BJ-1X (2xLPLas, 2xMLas, 2xSLas, XL280) - 9-3, 13/6 K/D Great showing for this mech. I sold my BJ-3 to reacquire this mech and can't be happier with how it performs with those crazy high-mounted LPLas. CDA-2(Beast) (5xMPLas, XL300) - 5-5 14/7 K/D Slightly weak tourney showing. This mech has about a 4-1 K/D for me since the quirkening. COM-1D (2xMPLas, 2xSSRM2s, XL230) 14-9, 15/14 K/D Carry harder, little one! This mech represented quite well once I got into the groove with it and actually ended on a 6 game win streak with it. Can definitely deliver some DPS into the back and can make the enemy make terrible life choices. Lowlight: SDR-5D (1xLLas, 2xMLas, XL255) 4-3, 2/6 K/D. This mech is easily my strongest mech with a robust winning percentage and a K/D above 3 (comparable to my chainsaw Jager). It was just not meant to be with the tourney, though. Yikes! I love these new quirks out there, especially for the mechs focused on pulse lasers. Those were definitely doing great things for me this tourney.
Yeah I've noticed that certain mechs I now prioritise for putting damage on and as a primary medium and light pilot its no longer the assaults. Who would have thought the Wolverine (6K) and Dragons would be my take down priorities..... Firestarters I sort of guess. Centurions seem to cause me hell as there are so many heavy hitters now with dual LB10X. Need to study those more.... Will check my stats and post.
Yep, I think high tiers assaults and heavy now are really sub-par, they can be out DPSed and out speeded by about anything quirked.
Quirked and modded that is. I run the BJ-1X as a pure ML boat. Quirks + Range Mod + Recycle Mod = 8 very dangerous rays of green light 18 Wins in 34 Matches 49 Kills and 20 Deaths 13 Points in 34 Matches Oh and 194 assists Am too lazy to stat the mechs I used less (switched mechs when the BJ had been shot to pieces). Also due to the lower and less representative number of drops on each. But I think the above shows the choice for the 1X wasn't all that shabby.
Ok, first thing this includes my doubling attempts Sunday night. With 1 exception (DRG-1N) the other mechs all needed XP (MLX had no xp on before comp and PB mechs were doubled). I levelled each mech till I hit a target - all basics on the MLX, daily double on the PB's - except for the DRG-1N that I deployed once the other targets were hit. MLX-PRIME (quad ERML+2 DHS, Modules: Radar, ML Range/Cooldown, -5% heat & +20% LT/RT armour) 6 matches with 5 wins, 7 Kills, 1 death (on the loss), 4 qualified. Actually worked well. Balanced firepower and can use repeatedly. The first 5 matches got me 15k xp. MLX-B (started as 2 SRM 4 2 ML then changed after a few matches to a single ER PPC & ECM) MLX-C (single ER PPC & ECM, Modules: Radar, ML Range/Cooldown, -5% heat & +20% LT/RT armour) B - 17 matches with 10 wins, 11 kills, 8 deaths (6 of which were on losses), 5 qualified. C - 15 matches with 6 wins, 16 kills, 9 deaths (9 of which were on losses), 4 qualified. Only word to use is .. grim. Had one good and one brilliant match which accounted for 7 kills. A fun mech until they take your arm and its an incredible pop tarter if you have shock absorption then its glorified ECM. A critical weakness is that it can only do 2 shots before having to cool down due to the 7 engine / 3 external setup, and it cools down slowly if you're at max heat. LCT-PB (4 ML, AMS, Modules: Radar, Shock Absorption, ML Range/Cooldown, AMS Overload) 2 matches with 2 wins, 4 Kills, 0 deaths, 1 qualified The damning comment here relative to the MLX's is that all 4 kills were in 1 match and the second match I legged 2 people for others to kill... and avoided getting kills as I'd finished my 20 qualifying matches so just wanted a double. Three critical advantages over the ML - 170 KPH, much better quirks and 2 extra module slots. Heres the quirk list.... - Acceleration Rate +25% - Deceleration Rate +50% - Armor Strength (LA) +50% - Armor Strength (RA) +50% - Additional Structure (LL) +8 - Additional Structure (RL) +8 - Ballistic Range +10% - Energy Range +10% - Energy Cooldown +10% - Machine Gun Range +10% - Small Laser Range +10% - Small Laser Cooldown +10% Now bear in mind this is the alleged ugly duckling of the Locusts. Only advantage the MLX has is JJ and clan range weapons. SHD-GD (2 LL, 2 ML 2 SRM4, Modules: Radar, Shock Absorption, LL Range, SRM4 Cooldown) 5 matches with 2 wins, 10 kills, 3 deaths (all on losses), 2 qualified Solid mech. Only 40% were wins and still averaged 2 kills per match. DRG-1N (1 ERLL and 2 AC5, Modules: Radar, Improved Gyro's, ERLL Range, AC5 Range/Cooldown) 9 matches with 8 wins, 26 kills, 3 deaths (1 on a loss), 6 qualified What can I say its my go to mech. I can literally face down a DWF Dakka build, ride out the shake and walk away victorious at least two thirds of the time. It costs me my CT but at times its worthwhile. If you can engage outside SRM/MPL range it rips Timberwolves apart. Yes, I am somewhat in love with this mech and utterly biased.
Coincidentally don't go out and try the face to face DWF fight unless you're really confident in your AC5 use, aren't more than lightly damaged and are willing to literally face down 5-6 UAC 5's hammering into you. On the good side, its an adrenaline rush and humiliating for the big doggie when they die painfully secure in the confidence of their cheese build. Bye bitch!
Here's mine for the week: Raven-3L 35 games total 20 points achieved 15 no point games (12 losses, 3 wins without a point) KDR: 62 kills to 12 deaths (5.17) WLR: 2.92 Assists: 217 Probably the best I've ever done in one of these tournies. Edit: forgot to add, all PUG
Ill copy paste my stats here once I finish the challenge. 1 more point to go! Game ID Mech' Win Kills Deaths Kill Assists Qualified Time 486416283323056629 WVR-6K 0 1 0 2014-11-21 22:58:38 486697895738721224 SCR-C 0 1 2 2014-11-21 23:04:04 486416519546259104 CN9-AH 2 1 1 2014-11-21 23:15:22 486979452319810797 FS9-E 0 1 6 2014-11-21 23:17:53 486413431464757439 CN9-AH 1 0 5 2014-11-21 23:25:42 486698277990812438 CN9-AH 3 0 4 2014-11-21 23:34:44 486416927568154262 CN9-AH 1 1 1 2014-11-21 23:50:06 486698587228459373 CN9-AH 1 0 10 2014-11-22 00:03:01 487261635966129004 CN9-AH 0 1 0 2014-11-22 00:12:35 486698810566759944 CN9-AH 2 1 5 2014-11-22 00:22:18 486698917940942904 CN9-AH 1 1 8 2014-11-22 00:31:35 486980534651574954 SCR-C 0 1 4 2014-11-22 00:43:05 487268550863519557 CN9-AH 0 1 1 2014-11-22 12:24:27 486424186062930520 WVR-6K 1 1 6 2014-11-22 12:43:53 486422807378416446 WVR-6K 0 1 7 2014-11-22 12:55:25 486424379336460496 WVR-6K 3 1 3 2014-11-22 13:04:37 487268924525677330 WVR-6K 1 1 8 2014-11-22 13:23:07 486994381626217673 SHD-GD 0 1 5 2014-11-22 23:03:50 486431504687241067 CN9-AH 0 1 2 2014-11-22 23:11:37 486431603471489283 WVR-6K 1 0 9 2014-11-22 23:23:28 486713271721728941 WVR-6K 0 1 7 2014-11-22 23:33:22 487276384883908236 WVR-6K 0 1 2 2014-11-22 23:43:16 486713559484539087 TDR-5SS 2 0 7 2014-11-22 23:51:08 486995189080072973 TDR-5SS 3 0 5 2014-11-23 00:01:29 486432282076325130 TDR-5SS 0 1 3 2014-11-23 00:09:48 487276831560509125 TDR-5SS 1 0 10 2014-11-23 00:21:31 486714053405780438 TDR-5SS 1 1 1 2014-11-23 00:31:47 486714225204473030 TDR-5SS 1 1 5 2014-11-23 00:43:40 486432831832141576 TDR-5SS 3 0 7 2014-11-23 00:52:58 486445587885084288 TDR-5SS 2 0 6 2014-11-23 21:19:29 487290171729006727 TDR-5SS 0 1 0 2014-11-23 21:29:41 487008877140923013 TDR-5SS 3 1 1 2014-11-23 21:38:15 487009040349680921 TDR-5SS 0 1 5 2014-11-23 21:46:49 487290562571032238 TDR-5SS 1 0 7 2014-11-23 21:58:22 487009315227588955 TDR-5SS 0 1 0 2014-11-23 22:06:50 486727943330094045 TDR-5SS 4 0 7 2014-11-23 22:20:12 487009658824974113 TDR-5SS 0 1 3 2014-11-23 22:31:55 486728226797936760 TDR-5SS 1 1 2 2014-11-23 22:40:46 487009937997849612 TDR-5SS 2 0 5 2014-11-23 22:53:17 487291494578939495 TDR-5SS 3 0 9 2014-11-23 23:03:18 486447168433055864 TDR-5SS 1 0 9 2014-11-23 23:12:29 486447653764362690 TDR-5SS 2 1 2 2014-11-23 23:51:58 487292302032794958 TDR-5SS 0 1 2 2014-11-24 00:05:27 487292375047239450 TDR-5SS 1 0 5 2014-11-24 00:13:57 486448048901355934 TDR-5SS 4 0 4 2014-11-24 00:26:47 486448186340310108 TDR-5SS 1 0 9 2014-11-24 00:33:55 487011329567260343 TDR-5SS 3 1 1 2014-11-24 00:48:31 486448444038349216 TDR-5SS 3 1 5 2014-11-24 01:00:00 487293019292337227 TDR-5SS 0 1 5 2014-11-24 01:19:32 486448839175342585 TDR-5SS 1 1 3 2014-11-24 01:35:56 486449096873381681 TDR-5SS 1 1 3 2014-11-24 01:56:45 487293654947500278 TDR-5SS 0 1 3 2014-11-24 02:06:11 487016530772695392 TDR-5SS 2 0 6 2014-11-24 11:43:40 487016573722368746 TDR-5SS 4 0 5 2014-11-24 11:56:16 487016625261976944 TDR-5SS 0 0 7 2014-11-24 12:03:26 486735158875201348 TDR-5SS 0 1 2 2014-11-24 12:12:28 486735193234940311 TDR-5SS 3 0 2 2014-11-24 12:20:44 Enjoy the stats and data
I tried the 3L in PUG drops, it was pretty amazing. In group drops, not so much. Maybe because of bad teams, but me and Viper were always te last 2 left against at least 6 enemies (one time in alpine peaks, which was fun except for the fact that they had 4 DWFs vs our team with 5 lights. Finally a very good 2xerppc+2xgauss shot killed us.) and thus couldn't really do much. Probably would go better if we had another birdie. In the end I've just multitasked, leveled my stormcrows/CN9-AH/warhawks while getting points. played around 10 hours total inc. downtime searching and stuff.
My full stats: Spoiler Mech K D A W/L JR7-FC 0 1 0 0 JR7-FC 1 1 3 1 JR7-FC 1 0 8 1 JR7-FC 0 1 6 1 JR7-FC 0 1 6 1 JR7-FC 1 0 3 1 JR7-FC 1 0 2 1 JR7-FC 0 1 4 1 JR7-FC 0 1 5 0 JR7-FC 1 1 1 0 JR7-FC 0 1 6 1 JR7-FC 1 0 7 1 JR7-FC 0 1 6 0 JR7-FC 0 1 4 1 JR7-FC 1 0 3 1 JR7-FC 0 0 1 1 JR7-FC 1 1 5 1 JR7-FC 1 1 1 0 SDR-5D 1 1 9 1 SDR-5D 1 0 1 1 SDR-5D 1 1 1 0 SDR-5D 0 1 9 1 JR7-FC 0 1 6 1 JR7-FC 0 0 6 1 JR7-FC 0 1 4 0 JR7-FC 0 1 2 0 JR7-FC 1 0 4 1 JR7-FC 0 1 2 0 JR7-FC 0 0 6 1 JR7-FC 0 1 2 0 JR7-FC 4 0 5 1 JR7-FC 2 0 6 1 JR7-FC 0 1 4 1 JR7-FC 2 0 4 1 JR7-FC 0 1 2 0 JR7-FC 0 1 3 1 JR7-FC 0 1 2 0 JR7-FC 0 1 6 1 JR7-FC 0 1 7 1 JR7-FC 0 1 3 1 JR7-FC 2 0 8 1 JR7-FC 0 1 5 1 JR7-FC 0 1 1 1 JR7-FC 1 0 6 1 JR7-FC 1 0 7 1 JR7-FC 0 1 0 0 JR7-FC 1 1 3 0 JR7-FC 0 1 8 1 JR7-FC 0 1 3 0 JR7-FC 0 1 5 0 JR7-FC 1 0 5 1 JR7-FC 1 1 2 0 JR7-FC 1 0 3 1 JR7-FC 0 1 5 0 JR7-FC 0 1 7 1 JR7-FC 2 0 7 1 JR7-FC 1 1 0 0 JR7-FC 1 0 3 1 JR7-FC 3 0 3 1 JR7-FC 1 1 6 0 JR7-FC 0 1 6 1 JR7-FC 0 1 1 0 JM6-DD 1 1 2 0 JR7-FC 0 1 7 0 JR7-FC 0 1 1 0 JR7-FC 3 0 4 1 JR7-FC 2 0 3 1 67 matches, 43 wins, 43 kills, 44 deaths, 276 assists. My "Leg 'em and leave 'em" playstyle had to change a bit, since I needed kills, but it's part of why I have a negative K/D and a positive W/L. Legging people and letting the LRM spammers finish them off is very demoralizing. It also splits the enemy team, which is always nice.
My stats: All but 2 games were played in a HBK-4J Total Games 60 Wins 31 Losses or Ties 29 W/L Ratio 1.07 Kills 69 Deaths 33 KDR 2.09 Assists 345 match points 5,744 Match pt. Avg. 95.73 Damage 32,299 Damage Avg. 538.32 I built a spread sheet and would copy my stats out of the results screen after every match.
Hmmm... Well, it is not hard, but you feel more like going against your own team than the enemy. This really brings out the evil of all players. You get wonderful things like: 1) kill stealers 2) super turtle that won't leave the base area 3) kill once and run away types 4) people using team to meat shield so they can be safe. I am actually using high tier mech rather than relying on quirks. Going for mostly mechs with linked-LRM to ensure less kill stolen, and ERLL cause I am tired of just hanging back. Winning is not the problem, staying alive withoutout getting kill steal is the thing. PS: How you post stats without those stupid image of cross and ticks.
SDR-5D 1 1 1 SDR-5D 2 1 9 SDR-5D 2 1 4 SDR-5D 1 0 10 SDR-5D 1 1 2 SDR-5D 2 0 8 SDR-5D 3 1 2 SDR-5D 1 0 4 SDR-5D 1 0 4 SDR-5D 0 0 6 SDR-5D 1 0 9 SDR-5D 2 1 5 SDR-5D 1 0 10 SDR-5D 4 1 5 SDR-5D 1 1 5 SDR-5D 1 0 10 SDR-5D 1 1 0 SDR-5D 1 0 7 SDR-5D 2 1 4 SDR-5D 1 0 6 SDR-5D 2 1 4 SDR-5D 1 0 3 SDR-5D 0 1 8 SDR-5D 3 1 2 SDR-5D 1 0 9 SDR-5D 2 0 8 SDR-5D 0 1 11 SDR-5D 1 1 6 SDR-5KC 1 0 9 SDR-5D 1 0 3 SDR-5D 2 0 3 SDR-5D 2 0 6 SDR-5D 1 0 6 SDR-5D 0 1 7 SDR-5D 0 1 1 SDR-5D 2 0 5 SDR-5D 3 0 6 SDR-5D 0 1 4 SDR-5D 2 0 7 SDR-5D 1 0 9 SDR-5D 4 1 6 SDR-5D 1 1 6 SDR-5D 1 0 6
Yes to all of these things. Although, I will freely admit to doing #3 a lot over the tourney. When I get a kill in my COM-1D it is a thing of gold and that mech is so fragile I would definitely back off and just provide some flanking harrassment and long-range MPLas support. I would kick it in if the battle needed it, but if the battle was definitely in our favor I became very risk averse! One match on HPG I was running my CDA-2B with an open CT. We were up 9-6 and they had an Atlas, a legged TBolt, and a Nova hiding under the center. We won that game on time since NOBODY was going to lead the charge in there. Outside the tourney I would have been all in, but I needs me those points. As for the stats, I just copied mine into Excel and did some very basic sorting and processing to give my data. Ain't nobody got time to read through all these data dumps some people are giving us. P.S. - I *really* wish there was some way to easily process data like this more often. Like, some way to reset stats ourselves. I find data trends and averages to be much more valuable for rating a build than screen shots of epic matches.
Same...that's why I used the 3L I'm gonna play it as a sniper regardless, so it's the perfect choice for a competition. Plus, it's just a brutal mech anyway
