Hey guys! I bought my 1st Orion at 11 sept, the V type. after 17th sept I bought K and VA version. Elite level done, but not Master. After 277 match with my favorite ON1-V, I got the decent fit for me: ( http://www.mechspecs.com/forum/index.php?topic=3765.0 ) I know I am not a great mechpilot yet, but done 700+ damage with my AS7-D. Usually I do 400+ damage with this Orion, but best is about 651. What can you advice to me? Change weapons, or change playstyle for more damage? Or basically CAN DO more than 700 damage with an Orion? What is your best damage? (and with what type of weapons?)
ML is best damage. As for advice, watch other play the game, and learn from them. record your self and watch what you do, and learn from that how to improve.
Too little info to give advice, we don't know if you make any mistakes. Have to tell us more on what you do if you want specifics. General advice on gameplay? Stick with the group, focus fire, get on TS3 and play with a lancemate or more. Use weapons you feel are good for you, that you can do damage with and control. Adjust your mouse pointer speed to fit your twist speed ingame, make the game feel more accurate to IRL hand movements. Game when not tired. Learn how enemies move on the map, predict your moves and theirs on terrain to gain advantages.
Thank you for tips, you gave me some way, where I can go atm. Like mouse pointer speed, accurate. I think I loose lots of dps in brawling, when I have to move out from 90m for fire with PPC.
700+ Damage should be no problem , but to not get cored in the first engagement, that is the challenge with the Orion! You just need to play them like a Skirmisher - Hard Strike and then return to cover/to your mob. And don't forget to permanently torsotwist and use arms to shield your CT. Just don't stay in a 1on1 fight, strike hard and get to another target, while leading the opponent to your mob and let them deal with him. You can return to him later. Just dance around and avoid incoming damage as good as you can. You should have at least 2 Weapons that can shoot over long Range. just played a round, if my whole team was not killed off completely already, maybe i could have done up to 1K Damage.
Your build already runs pretty hot, so I don't think you can add many more weapons. The MLas is has good damage/ton, but it has a refresh of 4 seconds. The V just doesn't have the energy hardpoints to really take advantage of the MLas. If you want crazy damage, SRMs are good too. They don't have the fastest reload speed, but a good SRM volley will ruin someone's day. Here's two ideas that I had. Better brawling damage, runs cooler, but uses an oversized engine. If you only manage to put the XL325 on this puppy, it'll still work, you'll just have more leg armor. Hotter, less of a 1-click solution, more brawl damage and dps I'm going to be honest with you, I've never piloted an Orion, and I don't know their quirks. My second solution is basically a 5-ton heavier version of the Centepede.
Ah so it is not only me who cannot get over 700 dmg with Orion I play in a K version of this mech - average dmg is around 400 dmg...not many with an heavy mech but I get many kills, components destruction and usually end with 80 % of health if the map is won. Orion is a good mech but I notice you cannot go crazy with it - I mean get inside a battle and brawl like a berserk.
Took out my Protector for a ride yesterday and got a pretty good round including several kills and aroun 650ish damage. I will add a screenshot when I am back from work. The main obstacle for me is that I am used to kill opponents as quickly as possible, which means I am aiming for components which are either vital / important (such as a DDC's right torso) or which are already got their armor stripped off.
wow did a new high score with my ON1-K! (1x LRM20+A, 1x LRM10+A, 1x UAC5, 3x MLas, TAG, XL300) -> "Escape from Orion"
ow you mean that classic meme of Vegeta's error translation... haha i'm not a DB-Fan, but yeah i heard of it
SuicidalBaby, i finally could beat your highscore! Yeaaaahoooooooooooo (1x UAC5, 1x AC5, 2x SRM4, 2x MLas Vicious)
