<t>There's something very magical when you manage to shoot a jumping titan so that it crashes head-on, either ripping the head off or killing the pilot inside.<br/>
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Another very satisfying way to kill someone is.. to NOT have to shoot him at all! This usually requires lots of flamers or napalm ...

<t>Okay, so you have just successfully scanned your opponent, or (s)he has opened fire on you to reveal its weaponry. What is/are the weapon(s) that make you LEAST afraid of things to come?<br/>
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For me it's things like AC4 or SRMs. They just can't inflict damage fast enough for it to make me ...

<r>I didn't dismiss ALL of my energy jocks, I still have one remaining. I just noticed one is enough to take care of all the titans that happen NOT to have shields, the others were rather redundant unless I wanted to keep wasting my PG/LL shots in vain.<br/>
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However, as scoring a shield hit ...

<t>Just looking at the statistics, a CLG should be a good weapon - decent damage with low heat, no toHit penalties, considerably fast reload time and not excessively huge either - compared to larger cannons with ammunition, that is. Range isn't abysmally poor if you compare with other CC weapons ...

<r>I suppose the worst thing about Meson guns is their reliance on luck. By the laws of Murphy, they'll never work quite the way they're supposed to when you're using them, but your enemies will sure as hell score a crit to your heat reg/engine/ammunition in the first three shots. I've had this ...

<t>Titan Name: (Annihilator P) (Assault Close Combat Titan)<br/>
Chassis: Mark MK-A4<br/>
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Weight: 200.0t (200t maximum) Height : 19 [meter]<br/>
Bmt : 34 (35 kph) Reduce Heat: -4.4C/sec.<br/>
Jmt : 14 (85 kph) for 30 secs ...

<t>About heat:<br/>
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I've played a lot of games lately in the Polar terrain, which supposedly helps energy titans. Alas, the advantages are rather slight at best - the enemy titans can pretty much ignore the heat constraints of having their shields up at all times as well. <br/>
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On the ...

<t>On the subject of Jump Jets:<br/>
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Interestingly enough, smaller titans really don't need jump jets for moving around, other than for crossing rivers and such. Their run speed is already in the same league as the jump speed, and adding a Jump Jet 6 only to get a small speed advantage seems ...

<t>Thanks for the input, guys. Here's some actual experiences with those designs.<br/>
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The Nemesis was just a wild idea that I had, but it fails rather miserably at its task. Energy weapons just don't cut it in a purely supportive role, not even in Polar setting. An added problem (with my team ...

<t>OK, OK, I agree with you guys.<br/>
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Other than for range considerations, both meson guns lose very little in their statistics as compared to AC4/AC7. A bit harder to hit, a bit slower reload, a bit more heat, but I suppose it's well balanced when you consider that you'll also SAVE one slot ...

<t>A review on the Machine:<br/>
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I guess it's OK to put the scanner 1 in that design since you're not likely to find anyone skilled enough to make called shots anyway with your team anytime soon. However, that's also why I'd drop the power axes altogether, a light titan does have a rather ...

<r>Titan Name: (Nemesis) (Assault Attack Titan)<br/>
Chassis: Mark MK-A2<br/>
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Weight: 200.0t (200t maximum) Height : 18 [meter]<br/>
Bmt : 36 (33 kph) Reduce Heat: -5.1C/sec.<br/>
Jmt : 12 (100 kph) for 37 secs Cost : 481368 ...

<t>Titan Name: (Lightbolt) (Heavy Close Combat Titan)<br/>
Chassis: Durania H1<br/>
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Weight: 139.9t (140t maximum) Height : 15 [meter]<br/>
Bmt : 32 (37 kph) Reduce Heat: -4.7C/sec.<br/>
No Jump-Ports Cost : 362783 ($)<br ...

<t>Forgot to mention - if you REALLY enjoy the power of calling shots, you can replace Life 6 -> Life 3 and Scanner 5 -> Scanner 6 in that Sadist design. That'll leave a bit of extra tonnage for your free use as well.<br/>
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The Ice Demon's scan time depends on the jock, naturally, but even with ...

<t>Titan Name: (Ice Demon) (Assault Close Combat Titan)<br/>
Chassis: Mark MK-A3<br/>
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Weight: 200.0t (200t maximum) Height : 19 [meter]<br/>
Bmt : 35 (34 kph) Reduce Heat: -4.7C/sec.<br/>
Jmt : 12 (100 kph) for 37 secs Cost ...

<t>Titan Name: (Sadist) (Assault Close Combat Titan)<br/>
Chassis: Mark MK-A4<br/>
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Weight: 199.9t (200t maximum) Height : 19 [meter]<br/>
Bmt : 34 (35 kph) Reduce Heat: -4.6C/sec.<br/>
Jmt : 12 (100 kph) for 37 secs Cost ...

<t>Taren,<br/>
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I agree that it's a bit unrealistic to have an 'invulnerable' team members, but then again, it's rather unrealistic that you can't find a replacement for a dead veteran even if you have the money for it! I know, you could use other teams, but you'd have to develop those as well ...

<t>Ahh, sorry about that LRM/SRM confusion. Of course if I DO have empty slots (and necessary weight allowance) that won't house even the LRM6 rack, then it'd make a rather perfect spot for a SRM4/SRM8 rack instead. I just prefer to use LRMs in Heavies and Assaults, which means that I'll be using 6 ...

<t>Yep, gotta agree here. There's always the option of creating tournament teams if one is unwilling to wait to test that nice Assault special design, but acquiring high skill levels by normal means should be much more an achievement than what it is now.<br/>
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However, if you're going to make ...

<t>This concerns case A (duels) above.<br/>
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Here's where the real skill of a ToS player shows its best merits, except for the rather high luck factor which would be rather hard to get rid of anyway.<br/>
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With the possible exception of pure support designs I don't think there are many ...