Clan misconceptions and the people they attract

[~SJ~ Riker]

Easy buddy, we're still waiting for the conclusion of the Tankero business.

You're still waiting on that brother? What did he fight? Like one of us and got rofl'd. Last time I seen him he left the server seconds after my arrival. I believe he has a whole
clan to fight right. The L.O.S. list is something completely different. I'm sure some of the folks around here remember being on our shit list. We will hunt you and we will laugh.

[ratbuddy]

I'm all for honor, but if there's a pair of lokis or whatever coming at the point you're solo capping or defending, you'd have to be some kind of drooling retard NOT to shoot their legs off before they can get inside the base. It just makes good tactical sense, and anyone who objects just wants you to play their game, not your own. Legging ain't the end-all supertactic it's made out to be, but it does have uses, and if you think it's so horrible, go drive a tank.

Leg on.

[~SJ~ Wolf]

I'm all for honor, but if there's a pair of lokis or whatever coming at the point you're solo capping or defending, you'd have to be some kind of drooling retard NOT to shoot their legs off before they can get inside the base. It just makes good tactical sense, and anyone who objects just wants you to play their game, not your own. Legging ain't the end-all supertactic it's made out to be, but it does have uses, and if you think it's so horrible, go drive a tank.

Leg on.

My issue is those who purposefully do nothing but leg. They grab machines that are good at legging, and then troll field legging people and leaving them there. My favorite legger likes to drive an LBX20 to do it.

[Gravecoast]

Clan Society...
Five, Nicholas proclaimed, was the foundation
upon which our true society was to be built.
Laborers to till the land, do the tasks:
They shall have our undying gratitude,
for they are the muscle behind us all.
Merchants to buy and sell with fairness:
They shall have our commerce and respect,
for they are the bones upon which we are built.
Technicians to build and fix the machines:
They shall have our admiration:
for they are the fingers wit which we grasp life.
Scientists who create and discover:
They shall have our awe and our attention,
for they are the mind of our society.
And above all the warriors who protect:
They shall have our cooperation and our worship,
for they are the blood and soul of us all.
-Passage 67, Verse 26, Lines 21-37

[Slacksby]

Remember folks, pooling CBills to field Demos at the start of Thunder Rift and Assaults anywhere else is teamwork and tactics, while legging a key asset to remove them from the field is a cheap exploitation of game mechanics.

[~SJ~ Griffin]

Another popular legger is Kissen_Karl. Mostly uses a Puma D to leg every mech he can. My beef with legging is often the people who do it, only do it for the troll factor and no other. They are not trying to advance the game or rank up, rather just attempting to piss off another player. The evidence for this lies in the fact they will leg you, and instead of finishing you off, they simply run away, forcing you to either hoof it back to base or suicide.

There is a bright side to all of this though. On a recent TC_thunder rift match, Kissen_Karl legged me inside a base with me facing the entry of the base. Not only did I kill him from the ground, I was able to shoot and kill two other enemy players while lying there because they focused fire on my standing allies. That felt real good. 

[Bill]

Kissen_Karl.

I can agree with this.

[Taemien]

I'm all for honor, but if there's a pair of lokis or whatever coming at the point you're solo capping or defending, you'd have to be some kind of drooling retard NOT to shoot their legs off before they can get inside the base. It just makes good tactical sense, and anyone who objects just wants you to play their game, not your own. Legging ain't the end-all supertactic it's made out to be, but it does have uses, and if you think it's so horrible, go drive a tank.

Leg on.

My issue is those who purposefully do nothing but leg. They grab machines that are good at legging, and then troll field legging people and leaving them there. My favorite legger likes to drive an LBX20 to do it.

And you try to lump me in with that category, yet say you've faced me in previous engagements. Both instances being true is a paradox. I can count the number of times I've purposely legged someone on one hand since 0.1.0

[Stahlseele]

Does legging still make mechs do barrel rolls?

[Taemien]

Does legging still make mechs do barrel rolls?

Yes. But I think they have to be killed before they hit the ground. Not sure on that though.

[Stahlseele]

I still remember when i was still playing Mechs in 0.1 and people legged me all the time, because they still thought it would kill me like it did in MW3 and MW4 . .
And then i would proceed to shoot and maim and kill everything that crossed my path . . and then i'd jump out and keep doing it to them as a BA . . hilarious ^^
"WHY WON'T YOU DIE?"

[abe]

why does anything about clan/IS matter since you can grab any of either sides mechs playing on either side in this game? Imo with threads like this i could say something like clanners are the northerners purging the south of all the inbreed idiots they have lying around drinking moonshine and it would have the same value to the forum since none of it has any impact on the game

clan and inner sphere might as well be red vs blue or penguin vs giraffe get over the role playing bs and enjoy the game

[~SJ~ Xarg Talasko]

NO IT'S IMPORTANT D:

[MaximusPayne]

I never thought legging was ever really a problem for any of the mw games except mw3. One alpha from a 10 ERmed Strider and you explode, and that makes for cheap kill.  Even though a one legged mech's mobility was hindered, you still had to take out both legs to kill the target in Mw2 and Mw4.

Same for current version of MWLL. Kudos to the dev team for balancing out this tactic.  If you find yourself facedown in the dirt, hop out and go buy another. Worst case scenario, go BA.

The quickest way to suck the fun out of an online game for yourself is to expect other players to not use a mechanic that is purposely built into the game (I'm looking at you Call of Duty "NO NOOBTUBE" whiners).

[[CW]Aresye]

To be perfectly honest, certain aspects of the clan's culture are good to absorb.  Others, not so much.

I grew up with BattleTech.  I started playing MW2 when I was in the 4th grade, have been playing every game, and read a lot of the fiction since then.  The philosophy behind a warrior in the clans is largely at fault of shaping me into who am I today.  As a military member, I constantly seek a means to better myself, become a better fighter, both mentally and physically.  I have a deep devotion to honor, partly because of BT, and partly because of scouting.  I treat others with the same respect I expect in return, and I would much rather die in battle to protect my family, friends, and country, than live and see the consequences that failure would bring.

I've already saved a life, with great risk to myself.  I would do it again in a heart beat.

If I was not introduced to BT, I sincerely doubt I would be who I am today.  No it's not because I'm RP-ing, pretending to be a clanner.  BT simply opened me up to an idea.  That I am not special because of the image I project to others, but that I am special in what I do when they're not watching.

How is this relative to the OT?  Being a good sportsman, and intentionally choosing not to exploit certain factors of a game, has nothing to do with role play.  If a player has honor and integrity, then they'll conduct themselves in that manner both in-game, and throughout their lives.