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I flex getting overloaded EMP 1st pack

İt seems somebody needs some know how. İ will teach you, noob.
Here is the latest build İ am using, utility wise it uses a grey teleporter (lesser cost), a heat myth hook and a premium heat suicide drone.
İ build for 3v3 mainly (that is the only format İ enjoy playing), so you need to vector in a team of 3 of those to extract its full potential. İ also play heat only (physical is boring to play in general and too much relying on rng, electric is not satisfying to me). #BBQteam. İ also only play builds İ design myself. Builds that are 1000kgs. Builds that have all round resistance. Builds that use all module slots. (severe OCD). So this is the result of all the above blended together.
This build favors resistance versus HP (a monkey equivalent version would have around 400HP more than this one), others might favor HP, this suits me better.
This build can operate at all ranges making it very versatile (you face huggers, mid rangers and pushers in arena these days).
This build can face all elementals. The shotgun uses energy but even if that one cannot operate, high HP and resistance would allow to move around and hit electrical opponents just fine, adding some smart switches in battle, lacking and you are good to go.
Basalt dissolver is quite mandatory, heat needing mid to long battles, using it is beneficial after simply 2 turns.
Weapon combos allow to apply range denial; if you use long range combos, İ will stick to you, if you use short range combos, İ will keep you away.
Very very versatile build, can face anything efficiently. Using 3 amplifies its efficiency, İ play tag team rather than a Serie of individual mechs. İt is also a very enjoyable ride, can apply all sort of strategies with it.
Besides, it is a very very premium build, only non legendary tier items are the basalt dissolver, the teleporter and the legs.
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Do you realize how broken that would be? No cost?
Yeah, but swoop does res drain and will still be lighter.

Well Idk how to introduce myself but anyway

- Currently a rank 4 player (I perform better in 1v1 though)
- f2p and will always stay like that
- I lead WLGang 3.0
- I was on the old forums as well but I am much more popular on discord
- Irl, I am 13 yrs old (8th grader)...I love to study and have attended various national/international competitions
- I love anime ^_^

Yeah that's pretty much it, Thanks for investing your precious time reading this

Hi fellows pilots, this is OKI DOKI 
I started this game back in 10/3/2019 no long ago during a sad moment in my life and my family member original 2012 player 
asked me to create an account OKI DOKI and play with him so I created this account with my niece and played together next to each other
then she wanted to played alone then can't  play due to work and education so I took the account back and keep playing alone since then. OKI has been 
played from day one without missing a single day so far. 
 
OKI DOKI acc it is currently member of CANDELA INC CLAN for the last 3 weeks and it is the first time I joined to a clan. The clan
it is a hard working clan with goals to achieve podium at some point improving day by day. 
I play for entertainment to have fun and my focus is to developed the account step by step farming to play with everyone for fun
not for medals or for the glory of something just pure fun. I am not interested to be the #1 player or recognize by achievements but
as friendly pilot who can interact with anyone in good terms as solo player or any clan member. 
I have also OKI DOKI FARM account as solo player also called now O.D. FARM clan MECH CHUNKS FARM currently under development.
Both accounts I have been able to level up to L250 really fast and I am fun of them even are currently weak accounts but improving week after week.
 
I work as Engineer in real life working 6-7 days a week so my limited time do not allow me to do lots of pvp but I do the basics when I can sneak myself
and avoid my boss eyes looking at me. 🤣
 
I am an old timer electronic game player with more than 40 years in my belt and long term MECHWARRIOR player for 30 years on the road.
My favorites games are STRAGATE, ROBOTRON 2084 and MECHWARRIOR but used to compete for first place in  countless of games hard to be mentioned
and get real prices. I have been involve with clan things from teenage time so it is an old stuff for me and be the best in many but here it is
my chill relax time game.
Lets be friends and have fun together and keep it cool and respectful to each other. 
Thx
OKI DOKI 

Once you run energy against a 4K phys mech you wont say that that 17 armour break is a lot my friend 😂

Valiant sniper isn't that good anymore. UPC replaces it now. As a dual valiant user myself, the only thing it has really going for it is drain and resist drain. It has very low damage and only 2 uses. I still can't beat most energy free physical mechs, so I see don't how it needs a nerf. It was already nerfed once before. Plus, energy is dead in the current meta, there's no need to make energy more useless in top ranks. If anything, nerf upc instead.
 
Besides, valiant was always meant to be a low damage high drainer, your changes basically made it less unique.

Probably still the same but better

May this game be carried 

Ah yes, my favorite, another cocc burner, who knows i need more of these
 

3 WLGangs being in top 20 flex

Good day beautiful people, your corgi-obsessed 18 year old has arrived with a bittersweet feeling. New forums is now live and will have to let go of the old one (you know, I take back the bittersweet part. I'm happy that we have a new forum!).
So, I'm pretty sure most of you know me for really liking corgis. I'm not sure why, but I'm most certain that it's because of how wholesome and genuine the smiles of these lovely creatures are, just enough to quickly switch my mood from bad to good. Take this floofy as an example: 
 

Anyway, for my general information as a Super Mechs player. Currently, my in-game name is "Corgi Bot" (for obvious reasons), can reach Rank 3 in every season (Rank 1 if I go tryhard mode in 1v1 season), and main heat and physical. I am a member of WLGang for about two months now, many awesome people that I've met there! Been a blast. 🙂
 
Next, general in-real life stuff. First off, my real name is Carlos (but please do call me as Bluz), 18 years old, and lives in an archipelago with 7,107 islands called Philippines. I am the youngest and the only boy in siblings of five. Don't worry about me, I've been holding on for the past 18 years without losing it. 🤣 Oh and yes, the age gap between me and them is also quite big. (5 years to my youngest sister and 10 years with my eldest)
For my likes and dislikes, I don't like being around rowdy people. For instance, if my friends get a bit too noisy and start receiving unwanted attention, I'll start pretending that I don't know them. I like a good talk, but don't like talking for too long, kind of weird but it is what it is. And my hobbies, my most favorite is stuffing my face like there's no tomorrow then complain about the weight I gained.  Yes, I'm a guy with a huge appetite, but lately I'm trying to lessen it even though it's hard for due to personal reasons that I do not wish to disclose. Generally, I am not a sporty guy but I do like playing less dynamic sports like badminton, tennis, etc. Things like basketball, soccer I tend to avoid since I easily get tired. 😂 I've been enjoying watching anime lately, so feel free to suggest some through PM! 
For some educational background, I'm currently unenrolled. But I should be in first year college undertaking BS Radiologic Technology. That's... pretty much it I guess. 
So as to about what kind of a person I am, I do not want to claim that I have this kind of personality because different people will have different perspectives to what I am like. To others, I am a very kind and gentle person, to others, I'm a degenerate asshole, you name it. Which is why I'll just let you guys decide to what kind of personality I have. 😉 (sounds kind of dumb, I know). 
 
Anyway, that kind of sums it up. It would be a pleasure to be in this new forum, albeit I still have yet to get used to it. As Darwin said, it's not the strongest nor the most intelligent who survive, but those who can be responsive to change.
 
Good day ya'll and have a nice day! 😄 

My first flex in this forum.

Hello,this is Lake from the old forum and I'm still getting used to this place as I've spent my last years on the other one,which was much simpler and faster to use.Please be patient since there's a long one incoming,but I am really trying...It's been a long year with this weapon and I'll do my outmost best to help fix it.
@Alexander You might already know,but I was always that one guy who bragged about this item the most and wished it was changed from Day 1 of its existence,since such an item has nothing to do and should have no tangency with a strategy game.I am very glad that there is developer initiative on this issue now and will do my best to objectively explain and then leave some suggestions regarding it.
ARGUMENTS!
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First of all,the Frantic brute is an Epic-tier top weapon,capable of delivering very low,average or very high blows to the opponent.What makes it unbalanced and unfair in a way that the previous devs failed to consider is that afct that,given its damage range and the usual average damage,it tends to have a much higher percentage towards hitting much,*much* higher than average.And so,the chance to crit is always higher than the chance to miss in theory and,in most case,also in practice.
Second of all,the item is unfair in the inventory as well as it is unfair (especially) in the Arena,which is why I consider a ''damage straightening'' inefficient.The weapon is a combination between NightFall and Spartan Carnage,yet it deals more damage than both of them.If you tweak the damage,the percentages wouldn't really change and it'd still tend to crit,and thus...It will remain a weapon with the rarity of an Epic,the range and essential functionality of an L-M and damage still above them.In other words,it'll still be a budget Spartan that's actually harder hitting than the original in general.And so,the situation will be ameliorated since there won't be 800 crist anymore,yet 700/650 crits will continue to go on and thus the situation is still there.FUndamentally,nothing has changed;thorns are smaller and easier to swallow but still hurt.
If you tweak the damage properly,however,then it's not a viable solution,either.Because then it'll be the same with weapon we already have.It's just going to be a longer-range NightFall or a direct downgrade to a Spartan variant...And nobody needs item duplicates.Or else what'd the purpose of getting a NightFall be or what value would a little extra damage from a Spartan have?Almost none,so hard-fixing Frantic isn't really do-able since it'll make it ''just another copy''.
And then adding backfire or double energy costs to it would be obsolete...Because giving 100 HP against a phys mech to inflict 800 at least twice is quite the bargain.And then the energy cost is irrelevant when fighting phys or heats,so this would only offer a slight advantage to energy mechs (that will still die before they drain the enemy,since 3 crits are enough to finish any electric and 700 energy isn't so easily drained in 1 turn).
So sorry,Alexander,but it seems at least to me that the changes proposed are...Still underwhelming compared to the massive denting capability of that thing.It's one beast impossible to tame like that.
SUGGESTIONS!
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After much though over many months of enduring this,I could only come up with two suggestions that I would dearly like you to consider and think about.
Since there is no ''middle way'' to make this balanced and still retain its purpose,I though it may as well go ''full luck mode''.
My first suggestion it to (maybe) raise the damage a little (even though it already hits 2x as hard than usual E-Ms but hey,fine,there's that) BUT! give it one use.
Like this,it's a total luck weapon.High risk-high reward (as where now there's little risk with super abusable reward) weapon.I'm thinking like 0-900 (with Arena Buffs) instead of 100-800 and the same 50kgs of weight and costs (maybe),but JUST 1 use.Because 2 uses is too much,especially when they come in 650/700+ rows,during which you just want to uninstall the game and yourself from life and cuss at how unfair and unbalanced that was.Seriously,not even Magmas or Bunkers when drained can hit that high and that constant.With that,you'd risk doing 0 damage or killing your enemy in like 1 turn if you dual-weild them (like most abusers do,anyways,so no change there).
It's either that or...removal.
Rather than taming the damage from 800 to around 700,as suggested above,and not fixing but rather just simply ameliorating the issue a little,I think it's better to delete it.Rather than live like that,still a nightmare,then it's better off gone.
And it's not even that big a deal.The users have had a long and good time to abuse it so there they go.They still gained more than they lost.And if compensation is still in order,it's just an E-M item anyways that doesn't cost much.I reckon it costs at most 1 million gold (if you buy Silver Boxes to upgrade) to fully max it.So it can be *very* easily compensated since it's pretty much just a glass cannon and there's no real loss.But one thing is to gain:balance and fairness.
Especially in lower ranks,when R15s with 800 HP go against people that chose Frantics as a first myth and maxed item.Nonetheless,in R1,when Frantics kill you before you have any chance to drain and defend yourself or when your Spartans,Magmas and Bunkers,again,are clearly outclasses by the damage.
Thank you and I hope this has been helpful.We've has enough of this weapon and I'm sad to see that those biased users will do everything they can to keep abusing it and evade a fix.
 
EDIT:
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Wow,it seems I'm clearly not the only one that thinks that the suggested changed are not enough.
I think there needs to be further discussing on this theme and maybe more options in the poll.

My first flex in this forum.

Yeah, thanks. I don't have phys res or other plat plates, so this is the best I can do.

Would this be better? I don't have another armor breaker.

You might know me from the old forum. I'm a casual f2p player, I have played legacy (only since 2017 though). My in-game name is Rusty Cat, and I'm also the leader of a casual clan called Immortal Blades. I'm excited to be in the new forum, and I don't have anything else to say, so I'll be around, thanks for reading.

You would still be able to do more than 650+ damage with arena buff at max, I think that this still too much damage and the range is still very large. I think it would be better to add 200 damage to its minimum damage, and reduce 200 damage from its max damage. That would still make it viable, turning it into a f2p spartan with 2 uses and a larger damage range, while still not being that random. I agree with the change energy and heat cost though.
The main reason why frantic is so controversial is because of its damage range, not weight. Increasing the weight a bit doesn't change much, and I don't think is a viable solution. And trust me, frantic rolls high almost all the time, even if the rng was changed, it would still be controversial due to its damage range. This game is supposed to be a strategy game, not a slot machine. Also, testing isn't really needed when most people here have a lot of experience in the game.

You're JamAnime12! Nice to see you in the new forum.

I'm Joe, so call me that here in this forum or Silver.  I prefer Joe, short for Joseph.  You all know me. I left the game two weeks ago, yet never really left the TS forums.  I was basically checking stuff out and scanning stuff there.  I like to read up on what goes on here, since I was more addicted to TS, rather than play SM.  I like to keep in touch with everyone I know here.   If you don't know who I was in the old forum, there is already a clue here.  Seems many already know, especially @rc1 and many others, I believe.   Though, I will still lay on the down low.
 
I created the Anime/Manga club here for those that like A/M.  So, check that out. 

I didn’t quite read thru this entire thing but one anni is enough for this build. They’re heavy enough already. Then put on a second armour breaker and phys legs. Also heat res is super important since that mech is naturally geared towards fighting heat so I’d put on a heat res mod. (The current best version of this meta also only uses 2 cooling mass boosters)

My first flex in this forum.

I recently got distance shredder, so I was thinking of making a energy free physical build. I don't have rock polisher, or damaged armor annihilator. The modules on this build are the only modules available, except for the heat modules.

My first flex in this forum.

This thing drains more than EMP, while having the same cost, better range, and lighter by 10 kg, at the cost of having backfire.