I saw on a video some months ago, a guy was complaining about the introduction time on the videos. I think its great, and I think each mech deserves its own timeframe depending on all the different factors in play on each mech. Youre explaining really well, I dont feel dumbed down and yet as a player on my 4th year it still happenes that I learn something from your explanations. TLDR: Keep your style, Im digging it.
I think it's too long and I skip all of it, as I believe I know how to set up my mech the way I like it. And after awhile the setups are really not that different that it would require so detailed an analysis.
@David Alan Bates Ya, I understand. You are right, its all quite similar and not hard. I like it anyway, I think I feel a bit like Baradul on his stream, we have a community thing going, its not just pure Mech Porn. I think its super cozy to listen to him talk about the mech :D
Bottleflask With the daily doses you can almost use it as a tutorial into mech design. Why certain things are done. He has an aggressive playstyle that isn't my cup of tea but I still learn something watching.
I was looking more closely at this a few weeks ago; The heat difference between ER and Large Lasers is just one point. The cooldown is 3.4 vs 3.1 seconds. ER's are effective up to a kilometer vs the Large Laser's 500m. I've exchanged LL's with ER's on all of my IS mechs that formerly used them.
"The top is clear..." and DEAD from full structure less than three seconds later. I feel really bad in one sense but in another that was absolute comedy gold. "Me being killed was unfortunate..." ....but absolutely hilarious in context. LOL!
I think your intros are about the right length, overall; you explain what you like about the mech, you explain the skill selections, and then you get into the game. Your in-game commentary is spot-on; timely, appropriate, and always sportsmanlike. On those occasions when you show yourself getting destroyed, you are never salty or denigrating, and you keep right on with the show, using other viewpoints. I wouldn't change anything in terms of format or subject handling.
I think it's good too, but I think it's better at the end of the video versus the beginning. That said given Baradul is an engineer, it makes complete sense why he puts it first.
As a newer player, I really appreciate the greater detail in why you build the way you build. A “basics” series of roles, builds, and the reasoning behind them would be awesome (if rather involved to produce, I’m sure).
Having a slightly longer intro with the thought process you use behind the build is a good thing in my opinion. Even having played MWO for over 2 years now, it's still nice to get insight on why you pick the skills you pick and why you use the weapons you use.
Sorry but I have to write it down in my native language: Ich hab 2013 mit dem Game angefangen, weil ich mich waage daran erinnern konnte mit dem Atlas über das Brettspiel gehüpft zu sein. Den ersten Mech den ich mir (noch zu Beta-Zeiten) gekauft habe war also ein Atlas AS7 K und ich war grausam. Ich hatte zu viele verschiedene Waffensysteme, kein Heatmanagement und zu wenig Panzerung in den Beinen. Folglich wurde ich ständig auseinander genommen & wusste nicht warum. Dann kam ich irgendwie auf deinen Kanal und deine Tipps, die Erklärungen warum du wie spielst haben mir ungemein viel geholfen, dass ich jetzt Tier1 bin und eine (finde ich) gute Stütze für mein Team. Ich wäre nie so weit gekommen, wenn ich nicht deine großartigen Daily Doses & "7 Things new Mech pilots probably don't know - Mechwarrior Online Beginner Tutorial" geguckt hätte. Also wenn du fragst, ob du zu viel erklärst - Nein ich will mehr davon :D Der Flaschenhals als auch die "Death Valley" die du in Tourmaline Desert beschrieben hast hilft Noobies wie mir länger zu überleben. Und alle die das nicht interessiert die sollen doch einfach zum Gefecht skippen ;) Weiter so (y)
I love the explanation of the builds you pick. They are informative and the more info the better. That is the main reason i subscribe to you and watch all the videos. So many people show gamelay but you dont know there skills and why they picked that mech as well as explaining pros and cons . Well done. Keep it up
I liked the longer intro. As long as you've got new information then I don't see it as filler or a waste of time. Today you told us about your optimal range compared to other builds so it was clearly worthwhile.
Regarding the explanations: I think they are perfectly justified and fine how they are, if ppl don't want to listen to them they can just skip ahead. To make this a little bit easier you could include one of these yellow markers on the timeline for each major part of the video, like for example: 0 - (video start, talking about the mech loadout) 1 - skill build 2 - first match 3 - first match results 4 - second match 5 - second match results
Intro time is awesome, especially for new players. Learning different builds and why is great and part of why I started watching this channel over others. Now that I'm better at builds I sometimes/often skip them, but sometimes I'm curious to see how they've been done (epecially in mechs or builds I'm not familiar with). Keep them! Haters can skip straight to the battle without too much effort ;)
I normally skip the parts about the skill build, but this skill build explanation was very informative. Longer format seems better based on this (one) data point.
I think the explanation was perfect. It's all good information to have, and like some other people have said, if I decide I just want to skip to the games there's a little slider that lets me do that.
"Me being killed is unfortunate. . . " Yes, I'm quite sure all of us can understand that is a minor inconvenience.😁 This is what happens when you give a light mech lots of punch: it turns from an otherwise inconsequential part of the enemy force to an utter nuisance that needs to be dealt with.
if you want an awesome laserboat light take the urbie K9. XL 180, 1 large pulse 4 medium lasers. I love that mech. Also one of the stable builds for the Urbie R60 is 2 large lasers or ER large lasers and 4 machinguns on a XL 180.
Not enough information for me personally, but I think a good way of keeping people that think it's too much info happy, could be to throw a timestamp up to where the games begin.
Your explanations are good and often give that useful little extra info s.o. might need. Maybe you could just add a time mark in the description so people who are not interested in them can skip directly to the action.
0:25 Mech Build 1:50 Small Talk about the power of ECM 2:38 Mech Skill Tree 5:18 Game 1 Start 11:30 Game 1 End / Score Board 11:41 Game 2 Start 16:48 RIP 19:30 Game 2 End / Score Board
personally i love the 4x. Its flexible and just a great all round light. I have never had any issues with your commentary. When looking at a build you need to go over all of it, skills just as much as the actual mech. I would suggest either doing nothing different, or if you REALLY want, add the actual match start link in the description.
That was a perfect amount of commentary about the build. I loved the games, especially because they weren't stomps or had a DC. Maybe MM is actually doing what it's supposed to do?!? I think it has a lot to do with the time of day you are playing = more players at your skill level. Games that highlight the play strategies of the mech in general are very helpful to get a feel of how to go about playing your builds. Stomps or uneven team (i.e. DC's) matches aren't very helpful because you're basically running around just trying to find someone to face-hug to get a quick kill (LOL - I know you don't do that but everyone else does). IMHO you shouldn't include matches like those in your vids.
Great video. I always like your builds and try them out. I also run my own builds and post video. Hope to see you on the battlefield but our time zones are far apart. I now livestream on Saturdays from 9pm to 11pm. Good luck and have fun out there.
Baradul the explanation should fit the build. Also, if you can put it in your busy schedule, a video about the skill trees would be great. i don't understand most the the skill trees or their impact on the Mechs, especially when it comes to pitch and yaw. Lastly, if you could do an MRM build on the Archer 2R please, using all the energy hard points that would be awesome.
I don't generally watch the whole intro. I'll typically skip to a part with the mech lab to see what the build is, then skip to the start of the battle. However, it doesn't bother me at all that every video has a fairly detailed intro. I do watch them all the way through on occasion. If there was a link in the description to the start of the fighting that might be handy, but I've been doing fine without one.
Question for you Baradul, why do you almost never get the extra point of heat containment? Referring to the majority of your builds with operations, not just this build. However, for this build getting it would add about 1.5 heat to your max heat if I understand h.c. and heat sinks correctly. Not saying it's more valuable than say heat gen, but that seems like a pretty good pickup for 1 skill point and worth trading off something else for if you're investing that far into operations already. Reasons/thoughts on heat containment?
Oh 9.41 He sais: "It is your fault". Actually nope cause as he snipes he moves backwards as the enforcer repositions himself mitigating the damage baraduls hidden raven would have taken. And I ve seen Baradul million times damaging peoples backs. The habbit of sticking behind mechs is meeeh.
I like your vids in generell so I would not complain. But to bei honest, I don´t play MechWarrior Online, I watch the contend, because I am a huge Battletechfan, of the tabletop and Roguetech. In my opinion it was maybe a bit long, but I liked it.
I re-watched your death on the 2 nd game and it doesnt like the Hunstman “ on top” did enough to finish you that fast.. was it friendly laser fire from the guy who runs right by your corpse 2 seconds later?
Right as MM got onto the platform, you can see the shark fin of the Huntsman pop up from below on the corner of the screen. Those predatory mechs carry more than enough firepower to kill a Raven from behind in a single shot, especially since the build has next to no armor in the rear. The Huntsman only needed to do 25 damage to kill the mech where he hit. MM got so focused on that Wolverine in front of him, that he stopped twisting long enough to receive an alpha into his back.
My ravens always die to pirahna-1s now, especially in city maps :-( . I have died horribly trying to snipe from the saddle to. Guess i am not so good at repositioning.
the vid shows some of what the mech is capable of. apart from that, I believe the answer to your question would largely depend on how well what the 3L is capable of fits with your personal preference in playstyle, so difficult for anyone but yourself to answer
I run mine as a narc bird, and it excels at that. With lrms/atm missile builds being so popular right now it gets a lot of use. I was narcing before it was cool though, and it's a lonley time if no one on your team is lrm/atming. Though just having the info on enemy location can be useful too. I have max engine, ECM, stealth armor, Active Probe, 3 ER med lasers, and a rocket launcher 10. Not exactly a high damage build, but having two Enhanced Arty strikes helps. Before that it was very popular sniper mech with two ER Large lasers. Only a light mech so it doesnt use up a lot of tonnage, good speed, good for peeking with the weapon locations. That fell out of favor when the brawling meta took over, but you could certainly still do it. Of course Baradul gives you another build. With 3 laser hardpoints, 2 missile hardpoints, ECM and AMS capability it offers you fair flexibility in what you want to do, imo. Not usually a heavy hitter though. Some negatives is it's an inner sphere mech, so if you run an XL engine you lose one side torso and you're dead. And with it's loooong profile from the side with tiny arms, your side torsos are vulnerable. You also have very long, very shootable legs. If you lose a leg you're as good as dead normally, as with most lights. Knowing what you like would make answering easier of course. Let me know if you have any other questions.
I generally listen to the build then skip past the skills straight to the start of the first map. Maybe worth putting some bookmarks in there to link to each section, that way it doesn't matter who likes what, they can get it all. For my part I'm less interested in the skills than in the mech and the game.
I would always take seismics in that build. Four more points. You are kind of a sniper, flanking all the time. And you are dead if you get jumped because you don't have the weaponry to fight lights. Not taking seismics in that build is a blunder imho.
Can't say I fancy light mech laser snipers. Your DPS is low, and you are vulnerable to enemy fast lights with higher DPS. I've seen these Ravens pick up 'garbage time' damage and be the last annoying mech the enemy team hunts down much much more often than I see them actually do anything useful on the battlefield. (IMHO, of course). Same goes for ERLL Shadowcats and a few other medium/light laser sniper builds...
Yeah, it usually depends on if they can get really good position(s)if they can do much damage or not. Of course they can be useful if they distract the enemy team and/or are good aims so that they can do low damage but destroy components/get kills with precision attacks.
In both of those games, Baradul was 2nd highest damage dealer of the match, even in spite of how he handed himself to the enemy in the second one. It's not a fault of the build that people don't know how to use its strengths.
I saw on a video some months ago, a guy was complaining about the introduction time on the videos. I think its great, and I think each mech deserves its own timeframe depending on all the different factors in play on each mech. Youre explaining really well, I dont feel dumbed down and yet as a player on my 4th year it still happenes that I learn something from your explanations.
TLDR: Keep your style, Im digging it.
If what your doing now feels organic/natural for you, I beg you to not change it :)
I think it's too long and I skip all of it, as I believe I know how to set up my mech the way I like it. And after awhile the setups are really not that different that it would require so detailed an analysis.
Bottleflask in my videos I skip the mechbay. But I like Moltens Videos. Everyone has their own style. That makes it interesting.
@David Alan Bates Ya, I understand. You are right, its all quite similar and not hard. I like it anyway, I think I feel a bit like Baradul on his stream, we have a community thing going, its not just pure Mech Porn. I think its super cozy to listen to him talk about the mech :D
Bottleflask
With the daily doses you can almost use it as a tutorial into mech design. Why certain things are done. He has an aggressive playstyle that isn't my cup of tea but I still learn something watching.
I was looking more closely at this a few weeks ago; The heat difference between ER and Large Lasers is just one point. The cooldown is 3.4 vs 3.1 seconds. ER's are effective up to a kilometer vs the Large Laser's 500m.
I've exchanged LL's with ER's on all of my IS mechs that formerly used them.
"The top is clear..." and DEAD from full structure less than three seconds later. I feel really bad in one sense but in another that was absolute comedy gold. "Me being killed was unfortunate..." ....but absolutely hilarious in context. LOL!
I think your intros are about the right length, overall; you explain what you like about the mech, you explain the skill selections, and then you get into the game. Your in-game commentary is spot-on; timely, appropriate, and always sportsmanlike. On those occasions when you show yourself getting destroyed, you are never salty or denigrating, and you keep right on with the show, using other viewpoints. I wouldn't change anything in terms of format or subject handling.
Hey man, I very much appreciate an extended mechlab part. Your insight into why you opted for a build is very helpful.
I think it's good too, but I think it's better at the end of the video versus the beginning. That said given Baradul is an engineer, it makes complete sense why he puts it first.
As a newer player, I really appreciate the greater detail in why you build the way you build. A “basics” series of roles, builds, and the reasoning behind them would be awesome (if rather involved to produce, I’m sure).
I always had a soft spot for the Raven 3L!
me too :)
Good opening with information. Love the final head shot in the first round.
Having a slightly longer intro with the thought process you use behind the build is a good thing in my opinion. Even having played MWO for over 2 years now, it's still nice to get insight on why you pick the skills you pick and why you use the weapons you use.
Sorry but I have to write it down in my native language:
Ich hab 2013 mit dem Game angefangen, weil ich mich waage daran erinnern konnte mit dem Atlas über das Brettspiel gehüpft zu sein. Den ersten Mech den ich mir (noch zu Beta-Zeiten) gekauft habe war also ein Atlas AS7 K und ich war grausam. Ich hatte zu viele verschiedene Waffensysteme, kein Heatmanagement und zu wenig Panzerung in den Beinen. Folglich wurde ich ständig auseinander genommen & wusste nicht warum.
Dann kam ich irgendwie auf deinen Kanal und deine Tipps, die Erklärungen warum du wie spielst haben mir ungemein viel geholfen, dass ich jetzt Tier1 bin und eine (finde ich) gute Stütze für mein Team.
Ich wäre nie so weit gekommen, wenn ich nicht deine großartigen Daily Doses & "7 Things new Mech pilots probably don't know - Mechwarrior Online Beginner Tutorial" geguckt hätte.
Also wenn du fragst, ob du zu viel erklärst - Nein ich will mehr davon :D
Der Flaschenhals als auch die "Death Valley" die du in Tourmaline Desert beschrieben hast hilft Noobies wie mir länger zu überleben.
Und alle die das nicht interessiert die sollen doch einfach zum Gefecht skippen ;)
Weiter so (y)
Thanks for covering my requested build! I liked the explanation just fine as they always help me understand why you do instead of just what you do.
I liked the intro never played light mechs. Always shied away from lights but after your vlog I will play lights a lot more. Thanks Baradul.
I love the explanation of the builds you pick. They are informative and the more info the better. That is the main reason i subscribe to you and watch all the videos. So many people show gamelay but you dont know there skills and why they picked that mech as well as explaining pros and cons . Well done. Keep it up
I liked the longer intro. As long as you've got new information then I don't see it as filler or a waste of time. Today you told us about your optimal range compared to other builds so it was clearly worthwhile.
I enjoy knowing why you choose the particular skill build, so thank you for expanding on the underlying reasons.
Regarding the explanations: I think they are perfectly justified and fine how they are, if ppl don't want to listen to them they can just skip ahead.
To make this a little bit easier you could include one of these yellow markers on the timeline for each major part of the video, like for example:
0 - (video start, talking about the mech loadout)
1 - skill build
2 - first match
3 - first match results
4 - second match
5 - second match results
Your explanation was perfect. I like the details as to why you built the mech the way you did.
Intro time is awesome, especially for new players. Learning different builds and why is great and part of why I started watching this channel over others. Now that I'm better at builds I sometimes/often skip them, but sometimes I'm curious to see how they've been done (epecially in mechs or builds I'm not familiar with).
Keep them! Haters can skip straight to the battle without too much effort ;)
I normally skip the parts about the skill build, but this skill build explanation was very informative. Longer format seems better based on this (one) data point.
I think the explanation was perfect. It's all good information to have, and like some other people have said, if I decide I just want to skip to the games there's a little slider that lets me do that.
Love my Ravens. Good intro. I like the additional explanation. More is better!
Memoriesof SideStrafe... wipes away a tear
Seeing this reminded me of all the fun I had in my recon ravens in the older MW games.
Information was PERFECT. The balance between "uh-duh" and WTF is he talking about was exactly right.
Raven (or "Zwerg Nase" how I called him) was always one of my most fav light. Just love that mech, as a sniper or SRM brawler.
famous last words: the top is clear.
^^
your explanations are just okay... if i don´t wanna listen to them, it´s not science to skip them ;)
Lmao that teammate in the first match was very salty that he died.
The best part was that he was whining about his teammate standing in front of him, but he's the one who walked behind the teammate in the first place.
I appreciate the in-depth intro even if I skim through it mostly, it’s info for someone who wants it
Perfect explanation :) As others have said, it's easy to skip if one so desires.
Your explanations are WHY I like your videos. VERY informative.
"Me being killed is unfortunate. . . "
Yes, I'm quite sure all of us can understand that is a minor inconvenience.😁
This is what happens when you give a light mech lots of punch: it turns from an otherwise inconsequential part of the enemy force to an utter nuisance that needs to be dealt with.
The info on the build seems fine to me. Enough detail at a good pace to explain your game theory without feeling drawn out, just like usual
"Boo hoo you guys are too greedy :
I love how he followed that up by taking the last kill.
Awesome stuff. Personally I enjoy the explanation at the beginning.
Really enjoyed the amount of info, Thanks Baradul!
if you want an awesome laserboat light take the urbie K9. XL 180, 1 large pulse 4 medium lasers. I love that mech. Also one of the stable builds for the Urbie R60 is 2 large lasers or ER large lasers and 4 machinguns on a XL 180.
Not enough information for me personally, but I think a good way of keeping people that think it's too much info happy, could be to throw a timestamp up to where the games begin.
Your explanations are good and often give that useful little extra info s.o. might need. Maybe you could just add a time mark in the description so people who are not interested in them can skip directly to the action.
Longer, more informative intros are awesome - thank you!
Just right on your explanation. Good to know why you do something and if it works for me it if I need to modify it for my style.
Raven 2X best mech in the game! 3L is okay, but I love shooting more lasers.
dual ERLL ftw!
"they gotta show off for the youtuber you know"
HA
2 years late, but:
Great intro, extended explanation is good for noobs like me. The ones that don't have the time to listen can always skip ahead.
A great amount of information on the mech.
I think you should just provide a link to when the combat starts. That way people who don't want the explanation can skip ahead straight to the fight.
yea, because it´s sooo hard to just use the progression bar, right?
RSProduxx well on a smartphone with hands as big as mine it is, just sayin :D
No it's not hard but if he wants to please both crowds then that's a way that HE the creator can do it. Don't be a twat.
Percival Gerne i know, but one missclick and im another video, up to start the whole process again.
0:25 Mech Build
1:50 Small Talk about the power of ECM
2:38 Mech Skill Tree
5:18 Game 1 Start
11:30 Game 1 End / Score Board
11:41 Game 2 Start
16:48 RIP
19:30 Game 2 End / Score Board
I like the longer intros.
Always love your videos! You do you. If anyone thinks your intros are too long, just fast forward then :)
Explanation waa good. I'm a terrible player, and watching to glean info about builds first, and how to move second.
Pushing with a raven is always a...risky venture.
I like the extended info 07
personally i love the 4x. Its flexible and just a great all round light. I have never had any issues with your commentary. When looking at a build you need to go over all of it, skills just as much as the actual mech. I would suggest either doing nothing different, or if you REALLY want, add the actual match start link in the description.
That was a perfect amount of commentary about the build. I loved the games, especially because they weren't stomps or had a DC. Maybe MM is actually doing what it's supposed to do?!?
I think it has a lot to do with the time of day you are playing = more players at your skill level. Games that highlight the play strategies of the mech in general are very helpful to get a feel of how to go about playing your builds. Stomps or uneven team (i.e. DC's) matches aren't very helpful because you're basically running around just trying to find someone to face-hug to get a quick kill (LOL - I know you don't do that but everyone else does). IMHO you shouldn't include matches like those in your vids.
I thought the explanation was well timed and informative, especially for new players.
Great video. I always like your builds and try them out. I also run my own builds and post video. Hope to see you on the battlefield but our time zones are far apart. I now livestream on Saturdays from 9pm to 11pm. Good luck and have fun out there.
Perfect explanation!
Shoot and scoot, shoot and scoot!
Baradul the explanation should fit the build. Also, if you can put it in your busy schedule, a video about the skill trees would be great. i don't understand most the the skill trees or their impact on the Mechs, especially when it comes to pitch and yaw. Lastly, if you could do an MRM build on the Archer 2R please, using all the energy hard points that would be awesome.
I don't generally watch the whole intro. I'll typically skip to a part with the mech lab to see what the build is, then skip to the start of the battle. However, it doesn't bother me at all that every video has a fairly detailed intro. I do watch them all the way through on occasion. If there was a link in the description to the start of the fighting that might be handy, but I've been doing fine without one.
Good explanation more information is good.
Baradul. Can u play a raven with MRM40 and 4 ERSL?
Amount of information is good baradur, we do need to understand the reason why skills nodes are taken, not just which nodes to take.
Question for you Baradul, why do you almost never get the extra point of heat containment? Referring to the majority of your builds with operations, not just this build. However, for this build getting it would add about 1.5 heat to your max heat if I understand h.c. and heat sinks correctly. Not saying it's more valuable than say heat gen, but that seems like a pretty good pickup for 1 skill point and worth trading off something else for if you're investing that far into operations already. Reasons/thoughts on heat containment?
Do narc beacons not have any use?
I love this build but I use similar with 1 lpl and 2 mpl, works great
I died at 10:46. Wierd seeing yourself being shot! Still, it was a good game, i remember it.
Oh 9.41 He sais: "It is your fault". Actually nope cause as he snipes he moves backwards as the enforcer repositions himself mitigating the damage baraduls hidden raven would have taken. And I ve seen Baradul million times damaging peoples backs. The habbit of sticking behind mechs is meeeh.
I like your vids in generell so I would not complain. But to bei honest, I don´t play MechWarrior Online, I watch the contend, because I am a huge Battletechfan, of the tabletop and Roguetech. In my opinion it was maybe a bit long, but I liked it.
Came for the voice. Keep the vids coming.
what a perfect kill stea... err securer build ^_~
I re-watched your death on the 2 nd game and it doesnt like the Hunstman “ on top” did enough to finish you that fast.. was it friendly laser fire from the guy who runs right by your corpse 2 seconds later?
Right as MM got onto the platform, you can see the shark fin of the Huntsman pop up from below on the corner of the screen. Those predatory mechs carry more than enough firepower to kill a Raven from behind in a single shot, especially since the build has next to no armor in the rear. The Huntsman only needed to do 25 damage to kill the mech where he hit. MM got so focused on that Wolverine in front of him, that he stopped twisting long enough to receive an alpha into his back.
The huntsman that killed him was carrying 4x SSRM4 and 4x SRM4. That is enough to one-shot even some medium mechs in the back at that close range.
My ravens always die to pirahna-1s now, especially in city maps :-( . I have died horribly trying to snipe from the saddle to. Guess i am not so good at repositioning.
Lyen is probably creaming his jeans right now at this.
Lyen uses 3 (ER?)Larges. When I saw the 3 laser mounts on Baradul's I was hoping he was actually going to try it for himself.
I use 3 erlarge lasers, speed is not crucial for a sniper build.
Is the Raven-3L worth buying?
the vid shows some of what the mech is capable of. apart from that, I believe the answer to your question would largely depend on how well what the 3L is capable of fits with your personal preference in playstyle, so difficult for anyone but yourself to answer
I run mine as a narc bird, and it excels at that. With lrms/atm missile builds being so popular right now it gets a lot of use. I was narcing before it was cool though, and it's a lonley time if no one on your team is lrm/atming. Though just having the info on enemy location can be useful too. I have max engine, ECM, stealth armor, Active Probe, 3 ER med lasers, and a rocket launcher 10. Not exactly a high damage build, but having two Enhanced Arty strikes helps.
Before that it was very popular sniper mech with two ER Large lasers. Only a light mech so it doesnt use up a lot of tonnage, good speed, good for peeking with the weapon locations. That fell out of favor when the brawling meta took over, but you could certainly still do it.
Of course Baradul gives you another build.
With 3 laser hardpoints, 2 missile hardpoints, ECM and AMS capability it offers you fair flexibility in what you want to do, imo. Not usually a heavy hitter though.
Some negatives is it's an inner sphere mech, so if you run an XL engine you lose one side torso and you're dead. And with it's loooong profile from the side with tiny arms, your side torsos are vulnerable. You also have very long, very shootable legs. If you lose a leg you're as good as dead normally, as with most lights.
Knowing what you like would make answering easier of course. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Cool I will get one :)
Can he do an ice ferret video?
What sensitivity do you use?
I generally listen to the build then skip past the skills straight to the start of the first map. Maybe worth putting some bookmarks in there to link to each section, that way it doesn't matter who likes what, they can get it all. For my part I'm less interested in the skills than in the mech and the game.
I run this load out on my urban mech k-9
I just saying it is nice to see you run light mechs but I can tell your not a light mech pilot. Nice video as always.
I would always take seismics in that build. Four more points. You are kind of a sniper, flanking all the time. And you are dead if you get jumped because you don't have the weaponry to fight lights. Not taking seismics in that build is a blunder imho.
aha! lol it's not clear on top! gg wp!
Take 3 light ppcs its fun
Can't say I fancy light mech laser snipers. Your DPS is low, and you are vulnerable to enemy fast lights with higher DPS. I've seen these Ravens pick up 'garbage time' damage and be the last annoying mech the enemy team hunts down much much more often than I see them actually do anything useful on the battlefield. (IMHO, of course). Same goes for ERLL Shadowcats and a few other medium/light laser sniper builds...
Yeah, it usually depends on if they can get really good position(s)if they can do much damage or not. Of course they can be useful if they distract the enemy team and/or are good aims so that they can do low damage but destroy components/get kills with precision attacks.
In both of those games, Baradul was 2nd highest damage dealer of the match, even in spite of how he handed himself to the enemy in the second one. It's not a fault of the build that people don't know how to use its strengths.
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