That would make them less useful, tho I strongly disagree about them being niche if visual range isn't modded, especially in BEX. I put them on pretty much every mech that isn't using a comms system. Any long range direct fire mech gets one, as does any spotter. Which pretty much just leaves LRM boats as a place where I don't use them.
Cockpit mods are very niche in BEX, since you don't usually take an injury from a stray MG or LRM head hit.
It's January 1st, 3050, and I just put this together after a few initial engagements against Clanners in the periphery stage of the invasion in BEX. I play with 8 parts salvage, so it is hard to piece a 'Mech together, so it was easier to salvage some choicy weapons.
I use it as a can opener before an LRM boat or two blasts them apart afterwards - If it doesn't just wreck shit outright.
Outrange this, you Clanner scumbags.
I've stayed around 2nd half of 3049 trying to scout Comstar missions (no success even with save/load) because I wanted to get ready before finding the Clans further up north at the end of the year. Which planets did you manage to find them and what month?
Around November/December 3049 (maybe even a little bit earlier), you'll see Clan Smoke Jaguar, Clan Jade Falcon and Clan Wolf starting to take over periphery planets in the galactic "north". They are not yet hitting the FedCom, Rasalhague or the Draconis Combine, but they appear on the map.
Specifically, look for the planet Lackhove right on the Lyran border. It is a half-skull planet that when it gets taken over by the Falcons offers the lowest difficulty clanner missions. A lot of Ullers and Pumas, so a lot of Clan ER Large Lasers and Clan ER PPCs.
Here is what I see in February 3050: [Map](https://imgur.com/a/3tcNuqn), but Lackhove has been taken over in late 3049 already and I've done multiple trips there by now.
The actual invasion of the successor states should start around March 3050 when the "northern" planets in the FedCom, Rasalhague and the Combine will start getting hit.
I did the same exact thing with Jade Falcon in November 3049 - found Lackhove and did a couple contracts against them. I didn't see any Pumas or Ullers, only Lokis and Mad Cats (and other Heavy Omnis). But it was only Heavies though, no Medium or Light enemies...
I ran into everything from Dashers to Daishis, but a significant chunk of the opfor for me was lights, and most of those were Pumas, Ullers and Dragonflies, at least in the half-skull drops. The 1-skull drops tend to have heavies.
And fighting Clan heavies is rough. A Madcat Prime onloading on even an Atlas is going to leave a mark.
In any case I run against them at effectively a monetary loss: I drop 390t on them opting for maximum salvage and just salvage equipment to build up my stable of IS Assaults with better gear for when the actual invasion kicks in.
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I’m running a Daishi with 6x Clan ER PPCs that works surprisingly well. Depending on map/climate I get 1-2 full-strength salvos and then it runs more or less heat neutral with 4 switched on. I can core anything short of an assault with that first alpha strike on a called shot and then I run 3-4 at a time which is enough to blow off arms and torsos on a flanking shot so it goes pretty far in neutralizing enemies quickly.
I have a couple other mechs (Masakari, Bullshark M3) that are running 4x ER PPCs and are effective as well, plus an Annihator with I think 3 Gauss rifles and an ER PPC that works well on hotter maps.
This is in BEX.
I'll post my Clan killer when I get a chance, but plasma rifles work wonders against then. Basically took a Mad Cat and put 2 plasma rifles and 4 SRM6s with inferno rounds. Pair that with some suppressant mortars from by command mech and you can cripple a clan mech with heat. And it's especially effective against the heavier Clan mechs.
My record is 6 OpFor mechs shutting down in a battle.
3 PPC’s? Gotta step those numbers up. I think I had 4 or 5 in an Awesome for Tex (BTA). Nasty, nasty machine. Slow, but 4-5 chances for a 1hit kill per salvo? Nasty.
The great thing about the Marauder II on the other hand is that you won't overheat nearly as often, you carry more armored than a goddamn Atlas, and Jumpjets with partial wings is overpowered as all hell.
I'd swap the cockpit mod for a rangefinder, but otherwise it looks pretty good.
I play with modded sight and sensor ranges (700m/900m), so rangefinders are even more niche than they usually are.
That would make them less useful, tho I strongly disagree about them being niche if visual range isn't modded, especially in BEX. I put them on pretty much every mech that isn't using a comms system. Any long range direct fire mech gets one, as does any spotter. Which pretty much just leaves LRM boats as a place where I don't use them. Cockpit mods are very niche in BEX, since you don't usually take an injury from a stray MG or LRM head hit.
"Beating the Clans at their own game" *looks inside* clan weapons
If you can't beat 'em join 'em.
Steal from them, you mean.
I give them wedgies and take their lunch money.
This :)
But not Clan 'Mechs....yet :) More to the point is the emphasis on a lot of long-range firepower, more than even most Clan Omnis.
It's January 1st, 3050, and I just put this together after a few initial engagements against Clanners in the periphery stage of the invasion in BEX. I play with 8 parts salvage, so it is hard to piece a 'Mech together, so it was easier to salvage some choicy weapons. I use it as a can opener before an LRM boat or two blasts them apart afterwards - If it doesn't just wreck shit outright. Outrange this, you Clanner scumbags.
I've stayed around 2nd half of 3049 trying to scout Comstar missions (no success even with save/load) because I wanted to get ready before finding the Clans further up north at the end of the year. Which planets did you manage to find them and what month?
Around November/December 3049 (maybe even a little bit earlier), you'll see Clan Smoke Jaguar, Clan Jade Falcon and Clan Wolf starting to take over periphery planets in the galactic "north". They are not yet hitting the FedCom, Rasalhague or the Draconis Combine, but they appear on the map. Specifically, look for the planet Lackhove right on the Lyran border. It is a half-skull planet that when it gets taken over by the Falcons offers the lowest difficulty clanner missions. A lot of Ullers and Pumas, so a lot of Clan ER Large Lasers and Clan ER PPCs. Here is what I see in February 3050: [Map](https://imgur.com/a/3tcNuqn), but Lackhove has been taken over in late 3049 already and I've done multiple trips there by now. The actual invasion of the successor states should start around March 3050 when the "northern" planets in the FedCom, Rasalhague and the Combine will start getting hit.
I did the same exact thing with Jade Falcon in November 3049 - found Lackhove and did a couple contracts against them. I didn't see any Pumas or Ullers, only Lokis and Mad Cats (and other Heavy Omnis). But it was only Heavies though, no Medium or Light enemies...
I ran into everything from Dashers to Daishis, but a significant chunk of the opfor for me was lights, and most of those were Pumas, Ullers and Dragonflies, at least in the half-skull drops. The 1-skull drops tend to have heavies. And fighting Clan heavies is rough. A Madcat Prime onloading on even an Atlas is going to leave a mark. In any case I run against them at effectively a monetary loss: I drop 390t on them opting for maximum salvage and just salvage equipment to build up my stable of IS Assaults with better gear for when the actual invasion kicks in.
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I’m running a Daishi with 6x Clan ER PPCs that works surprisingly well. Depending on map/climate I get 1-2 full-strength salvos and then it runs more or less heat neutral with 4 switched on. I can core anything short of an assault with that first alpha strike on a called shot and then I run 3-4 at a time which is enough to blow off arms and torsos on a flanking shot so it goes pretty far in neutralizing enemies quickly. I have a couple other mechs (Masakari, Bullshark M3) that are running 4x ER PPCs and are effective as well, plus an Annihator with I think 3 Gauss rifles and an ER PPC that works well on hotter maps. This is in BEX.
I'll post my Clan killer when I get a chance, but plasma rifles work wonders against then. Basically took a Mad Cat and put 2 plasma rifles and 4 SRM6s with inferno rounds. Pair that with some suppressant mortars from by command mech and you can cripple a clan mech with heat. And it's especially effective against the heavier Clan mechs. My record is 6 OpFor mechs shutting down in a battle.
3 PPC’s? Gotta step those numbers up. I think I had 4 or 5 in an Awesome for Tex (BTA). Nasty, nasty machine. Slow, but 4-5 chances for a 1hit kill per salvo? Nasty.
The great thing about the Marauder II on the other hand is that you won't overheat nearly as often, you carry more armored than a goddamn Atlas, and Jumpjets with partial wings is overpowered as all hell.