While I'd like to emphasize the recent Phoenix mechs, I'd be interested in hearing which particular variants (not just chassis in general) that people are suffering through. Be it the SDH-2D2 or the BLR-1G what mech variant just has you suffering right now?
Locusts, all of them, every single damn one. It has been hell and I've finally started to work on the Elite levels. I finished one of them tonight but still have 2 to go.
Kintaro's can be a pain, if you don't have the right cheese to go with it. Same with the newer mechs, but overall, the worst grinds are LRM boats IMHO.
I have to agree with this. I just can't seem to get anything done in the little things. I find myself with a leg blown off all too common, if I even survive very long. I'm not much of a light mech pilot, but I'll definitely stick to the Jenner or something else over the Locust any day.
I'm honestly considering selling the Locusts and treating them as a free 300k+ 3 Mech Bays kind of thing, even if the 2 AMS Locust intrigues me. I'm having a few issues acclimating myselves to the Thunderbolt, though I do have to admit its been significantly hardier than the Jagermech and Catapult. Its only issue being that with the lack of ballistic slots, they might be a little different than what my preferences lean towards.
I've had no issues with my LRM boats, may it have been the purist among the Catapults with the A1 or the Awesome 8R That said, the Locusts are right now a grind but I blame the matchmaker for a lot of those matches... if they had been more even I would not have had the issue. MM is the grindstone right now.
Thunderhawk!, (all), just cannot get the right build, tried to run it with the build i used in a Dragon but will get round to grinding it one day.......loving my Battlemaster to much to care at the moment, think i will go and give it a hug! "Arrgh!"... Me. "GRRrrrrrrrrr!!".... Came the reply. "Really!......, you just have one tracked mind,...mmm,...ok lets go kill some Mechs!"
^^ Locust... I got all 3 through basic (usually just playing them for 1 win a day to just get the 2xXP bump) and then bought the Speed Tweak with GXP to make it slightly more bearable. I'll probably continue to play them one win per logon so they'll be elited in a few months... What makes the grind a 'grind' is really playing a loadout you don't really care for. I'd rather keep dropping Cbills on finding a loadout I can tolerate to make it enjoyable and the grind disappears. I personally find assaults boring as shit so the BLR will be the last master (not counting locusts) for me.
I used GXP for the Locust so I could hop right into what I expected to be my new favorite mech with elite skills. I know, eff me, right?? I'm glad I didn't grind them. I'm certain I would've sold them out of fury half way through the first variant.
I elited one last night, started on another today and said F it and GXP'd my way though the elite now I will grind out the V(P) tonight to elite and have done with it. If they ever become useful I may Master one or two of them but realistically that extra module slot isn't going to do the mech any good when its trash.
