FAVORITE RT?

[SYN Southpaw]

So, what's everyone's favorite RT to play as? Personally, I enjoy playing as a soldier. Good movement, good firepower, good armor - even if it is a pretty plain choice.

Discuss.

 

[Diesel]

i usually go as a defender. i use tracks with 6 cannons. other times i go as a sniper or scout(base rusher- even though i die most of the time doing it lol)

 

[SYN Southpaw]

I couldn't stand being that slow. Not just because it'd be so hard to move around the map, I'd feel like a sitting duck.

Probably why my soldier goes 206 or so. Four rifles, 900 pen. each, mounted on the left side. Some high-speed bipedal legs (good speed, low durability & weight capacity,) a pretty heavy ****pit, 5600 armor or so, a light generator, and a few plates of body armor. Makes for a pretty sweet ride, simple as it is. Sick strafe, too, with the computer I've got on it.

 

[Diesel]

actually my defender still goes 172 so its not that slow. i do have a commander that goes like 80 lol. my fastest hound goes 260 with 8 shottys and no armor. i can make it go faster if i took one or 2 shottys off and put a lighter ****pit.

 

[SYN Southpaw]

Speed's a big deal in this game, really. Unless you're playing against really good people, you'll stay alive much, much longer in a fast mech with just a little armor than a big, heavy mech that only goes 120, but has ungodly durability. Not to mention that there's not an awful many weapons that can top the standard 900-pen. rifle. They might have however much more punch, but when you factor in the reload time of the weapon it's usually quite a bit weaker. I could put a few 1600-pen. cannons on my mech, but I'd only be able to shoot them every 5 seconds or so, and they'd be difficult to aim.

1600 x2 = 3200.

900 x4 = 3600.

So you get more damage per shot, a much higher RoF, better accuracy, and more / cheaper ammo. Even if you got three or four of that same cannon on without sacrificing too much speed, the rifles would almost always be a better choice.

By the way, good call on picking just one weapon for your mech and sticking with it. I can't tell you how many people I've seen put a dozen different weapons on their machine, then just use the one or two. Now, having a backup weapon is all good and well, but why put on two or three, and decrease your speed by so much, when you could just put a couple 125lb plates of armor on your normal weapons, so they wouldn't get broken in the first place.

 

[Diesel]

yeah i have my cannons set up in 3 pairs. by the time i go through each pair in order the first one is reloaded so i can just keep firing as long as i keep the order. really its all about knowing the weapons and how to shoot them. for instance. one of the guys in my squad uses howitzers. i tried them and do horrible with them yet he can get tons of kills with them. this is a great game with so many different choices for weapons and other parts on your hound. i can spend hours just building hounds and trying them out. then make changes and build more. but i always seem to go back to my trusty ol' cannons lol. they seem to work the best for me and the way i play.

 

[XGC BlkKnght XI]

HEY SOUTHPAW are you in one of our squads on chromehounds? If your not and want to be we just started a new one and need people for it. It is XILEDGAMING.COM and we dont even have a forum for it yet its so new. If your interested then send a FR to me on the following tag, XGC BLKN1GHT XL, and we will get you in.

 

[SYN Southpaw]

Yeah, I already talked to Spy Hunter about that, said he'll take care of me sometime. Thanks, though.

 

[KoG CHEESEDIP]

southpaw is chromehounds good...im debating on wheter i should get it or not?

 

[watchwood]

I enjoy it a lot. My normal ride is dual snipes on one side, and quad MGs on the other. Toss in a bit of light armour and I'm set. Mount them on a nice leg set with a good speed/durability mix, toss on heavy durability ****pit and generator, and I'll be happy as a clam. Maybe not the most effective of hounds, but it suits my play style pretty well.

EDIT: Though I have to admit that I'm pretty much constantly screwing around with my hounds equipment. Not so much from any attempt to optimize my hound as because I just like to play with new toys and see what I get.

 

[XGC BlkKnght XI]

This game really has two parts to it, the story mode and the online play. The story mode is meant to get you ready for online but doesnt. You learn the basic controlls and what each type of hound is supposed to do in a battle but in the end your left wanting more. The online play is awsome if you can get in a squad that is on together and will work with each other in a battle. You do need to complete the story mode, get S rank in each mission in order to get parts that you will use online, you can buy parts online and get some free in the 360 marketplace as well as buying them there also. If you get the game send me a FR and I will get you in with us and help you learn the online play, XGC BLKN1GHT XL.

 

[KoG CHEESEDIP]

ok thanks man

 

[XGC Templar]

I like 2 use my commander it rocks at close combat !!!

 

[XGC DARKNESS XL]

i use a brick wall or 4 howies and the game is great with a squad that works togather plus we are on clan complete and that makes it that much better.

 

[XGC Templar]

EVIL

Evil

I hate your brick wall it is pure evil last time i played against that thing it took me down with 2 salvo's !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!