HBS Expansion Thread- its time for II (spoilers)

[Fat Guy]

The BSC's 20% ballistic damage bonus means that it has four headcappers with its AC/10s.

I meant that they seem to hit the head with much greater frequency. Even if you're not aiming at it.

[Wrangler]

Javelin with LRM15?? :o

[Daryk]

It could be done... not sure why you'd want to, but yeah...

[Euphonium]

Javelin with LRM15?? :o

I just ran into one for the first time. I think it's designated as the JVN-10A

[Luciora]

Single lrm15 and a ton of ammo. Mobile light fire support.

Just looked it up, it's a succession wars era refit.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

Turned out that after selling off a bunch of mechs I had in storage that I was never going to use anymore anyway, I had enough C-Bills to get both the Annihilator and the Atlas II together.

I'm working on collecting enough ++ Ultra ACs to fully outfit the Annihilator.  Though I may go with two Ultra 10s and two LB10-Xs.

Sadly, this meant that I can't able to afford the ++ Gauss Rifle on the planet I'm currently on, but I figure that a few more side missions and I'll be able to grab it.

[Empyrus]

You know what's hilarious?
An Annihilator with quad UAC/5++, a lot of ammo, quad medium lasers (+/++dmg), a couple of jump jets, a ballistic targeting system, and a maxed out pilot. It can shred apart anything up to 60 tons in one attack, before medium lasers.
Gotten quite a few headshot kills with that to boot, due to sheer volume of fire.

Not even gonna bother trying to use class-10s, wouldn't add anything and cost range.

Pity i only have one Annihilator, it is quite possibly my most efficient killing machine. Everything else feels sub-par for some reason....
The only thing that came close was my Marauder 3D thanks to its OP headshot ability. I now have a 2R but it doesn't seem to work nearly as well, the heat seems to be an issue despite all the double heat sinks and massive heat bank. Probably need to ditch the ERPPC++s for lesser PPCs and a bigger AC or maybe quad-large laser++.
None of my other Assault 'Mechs seem to work well. The Atlas II carries a lot of powerful ++ weapons, as do my Highlander and dual-Gauss King Crab yet they seem far less effective than the Annihilator.

And i need to resurrect my weird Trebuchet 7K. Snubby++ and LB-5X++ made weirdly powerful combo, though i suppose i could cram the same weapons to some other platform.

[Apocal]

I meant that they seem to hit the head with much greater frequency. Even if you're not aiming at it.

Four times the chances is four times the fun!

[Thantos13]

My current lance consists of
Annihilator: 2 UAC10 , 2 LB10X (2 tons ammo each gun), 2 ML+++, BSC system
Atlas II : AC20 ( 2 tons), 2 Snub PPCs, LRM 20 (2 tons), SRM 6+++ (1 ton)
Highlander II: Gauss Rifle (2 tons), 3 ErMLs, LRM20 (2 tons), SRM 6+++ (1 ton)
Annihilator: 4 UAC5 (12 tons), 3ML+++, 1 X-1 ECM, BCS system

With precision shot, I have taken down a Awesome in one shot with the UCA10 Annihilator.
Victors loose their AC20 and right torso with the UAC5 Annihilator and precision shot. But where it really shines is against Devastators and SRM Carriers. They never get a shot off.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

That's overkill against an SRM Carrier- you can one-shot them with an Awesome.

[Colt Ward]

You know, that is one thing I do like . . . the SRM Carrier is a legitimate threat . . . if you stumble into one thinking its something else, and in range.  It hurts a LOT.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

Yeah, I only made that mistake once.

[Fat Guy]

Three vehicles to always kill on sight:

SRM Carrier
LRM Carrier
AC-20 Demolisher

And always air on the side of caution when deciding what to shoot at them.

[Wrangler]

Is there a AC Carrier?

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

Nope.

[Sharpnel]

Is there a AC Carrier?

Nope.

Actually, there is. It has five AC/2 with 4 tons off ammo. It's in TRO3039u

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

But it's not in the computer game.

[Fat Guy]

I think they added an inferno carrier. I have yet to see one.

[mechnut450]

seen   it several times plus  mechs with rounds

[Luciora]

I kill them on sight, so never seen what they can do to me.

I think they added an inferno carrier. I have yet to see one.

[Euphonium]

I think they added an inferno carrier. I have yet to see one.

I've seen one but assumed it was an SRM carrier and killed it from range before I realised

[Alexander Knight]

I kill them on sight, so never seen what they can do to me.

Heat spike for 2 rounds and minor damage.  Scary, but not pants-browning like a SRM carrier.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

Has anyone tried making a Gauss Annihilator?  How did it work?

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

Okay, just had my first encounter with a Schrek Snub-Nose PPC Carrier.

That was something of an unpleasant surprise.  It was in an Ambush Convoy mission against "The Professional," an elite mechwarrior in a Warhammer.

[Luciora]

4 is scary.  5 is death incarnate.

Has anyone tried making a Gauss Annihilator?  How did it work?

[Apocal]

Has anyone tried making a Gauss Annihilator?  How did it work?

It was totally fine, but some of the goodies (JJ, maxed armor) had to give because quad guass is a LOT of weight. On the plus side, you never really need to move because of the range.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

With quad GRs, do you really need max armor?

[Apocal]

With quad GRs, do you really need max armor?

If you want to share armor for some of the more difficult mission types (attack and defend, in particular), then yes. You want every mech to have max armor. At least max frontal armor. I'm not exactly running especially thick rears, because getting backstabbed happens so rarely in single player.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

I avoid the Attack & Defend missions.  The payoff isn't worth it for how much damage I usually end up taking.

[mechnut450]

not able to play laid my self out  stupid staph infection in my foot and the laptop wont run game and my desktop is not really comfortable  to use with leg propped up