[FEEDBACK] St Ives Blue

Very hard to tell currently as I'm levelling mine up. Can't really say till I have the doubling bonus so its running at "full performance".

Interesting comparison btw as I quite enjoyed trebuchet's but then by preference I pilot mediums.

 

Im gonna be more detailed this time:

I honestly think this mech lacks speed for the amount of armour it can carry, and at a time lacks speed for a good tagger. The blackjack is slow, yeah, but have a distinct advantage in the arms placement up its head. I cant really see the advantage traded for the speed in this hero.

Also, u named other chassises. Trouble is that this one have 3 different engine ranges... and the diff its noticeable, 235-250-295, and annoying, cause at 300 u get one more slot for internal Heatsinks, at 255 u get a slightly better XL for the same weight, etc..... I have some with 2 ranges in the garage, namely the Spider, but 3....u are guaranteed to NEED TO BUY no less than 2 engines for it, if XL we are speaking of 8million CBills.

Conclusion: i dont need clan weapons in this mech, at all, i just want a mech that has something that worth the pain to grind the 10-18 millions CBills that gonna cost to grind three of them to Elite. Nothing more, nothing less. Im tempted to try it, yes, but this hero lacks anything that makes me drop 3300 MCs in it. Its quite overprized and the full chassis was not a meditated release. It lacks speed for its intended role, and armour/other-advantage for others. Currently is slower that a Centurion/Hunchie/etc.... can be. The Vindicator should have had a top speed of 120kph. And dont forget it comes completely stock, so add 1.5million CBills for the DHS as base. Its too expensive.

As a side note im gonna place the build that really is tempting to go through the pain of the 235 guys of this chassis:
http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=207&l=ccdcee36730ca3d63d3e1ce57a4304d6e61f76c8
This is the Vindi that i find sexy

 

So far I've not had less than 2 kills a match in an un-basiced medium inner sphere mech so I'm actually quite happy. The size I've gotten used to but there is one irritation I find in a few other mechs too ... the arms fire low as you mentioned.... really low. Not sure if that's just the LPL I'm using but its distinctly irritating as the first volley in a battle I often fire into a ledge or whatever. On the good side the firing position on the arms isn't anywhere near as wide as on the Blackjack though the playstyle is similar with my weaponload. I really feel I have to work positioning to the max to survive in this mech. Its definitely not easy mode.

PS: As referenced before the engine size being mixed is irrelevant to me as all my mechs stay equipped so I never would share the engines anyway. Never had a problem earning c-bills and I have almost every mech in game sitting in my hanger. My problem is more that I deliberately hold myself back to pace myself.

PPS: 235 max in a 45 ton mech is a heresy though....

 

Single heatsinks? SINGLE? And they expect us to pay money for this turkey?

 

To this day I have no idea why some people struggle to make isk as its so easy. :whacko:

That said I agree on the upgrades though its just the overblown comments just amuse me slightly.

 

Ilya Muromets was SHS... pretty damn good Hero IMO


Also, there is currently a pretty bad hitbox issue with the Vindicator. You can hit the dome from any direction, even directly behind, and you will hit the front CT.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cApze3Wva4

 

About to be patched by reducing the CT size by 5%.

Though strangely I've not died to a CT yet ... :unsure:

 

More like, you have to buy a Hero with MC, aka real cash. Obviously you are entitled to bitch when your deal does not include simple stuff like DHS upgrades and an XL.

 

Yeah I meant to post that as well. They are aiming for those locations to hit side torso instead.

 

I rather like it.

 

I played it on the PTS and it wasn't bad considering you can't elite it yet. The new map played heavily in it's favor since you could ambush and get close with all the buildings to help screen you, plus there is a lot of vertical movement allowed to make use of the JJ.

 

Yeah I'll echo those comments. Of course since my comment about hit locations every death has been to a CT so..... must learn not to jinx myself.