The point, i suppose, would to be make an environment where players don't feel as helpless (yes i know that this statement could also be applied to being stealth bomb while in a slow asset).
Arming and legging are not equal condition regardless of the argument. Arm'd you are still mobile and can escape with the potential to sell your mech for salvage. Getting legged forces the player to maybe trudge back and having much less cash to buy an asset with. Now it could be said, "just fight and get killed so you can have more money" OR "just ask for money".
The mechanic is not to remove legging completely, just to make it not primary tactic.
This will always be an circular argument as, what's the best way to stop a speedy light mech that's being piloted by a vet? Leg him as coring him, especially early game, is very hard.
MORE than anything I wanted to show support for Armchair so he didn't feel like he was being ganged up and have a negative view of the community. He's new (to commenting here), and hasn't been a in the war of attrition threads we've had on this subject.
I understand that the community can get a little grumpy after a new patch, and people new to the forum may get rubbed the wrong way, but if you post something, expect to get a reply
BTW, the thing I highlighted is a total overstatement
All the "legging is bad and takes no skill" people act like it happens every 5 seconds. I rarely see a legged mech in-game, and when I get legged, I don't act like you did the cheapest thing in the world. I actually ENJOY getting legged. It's far better than "just one moar alpha!!!!->" *respawn screen* instead I jump out, and have a chance to finish him off
I think that since 0.4 came out, I legged about 2 enemies, was legged once and saw two legged mechs that I didn't leg. Compare that to the countless people that got cored, and you see that it isn't (and IMO has never been) a primary tactic
Some people just have to understand that they'd be beaten either way, but legging gives them another chance and takes the "sting" out of the death screen in a close fight
I'm tired of this lame excuse that legging takes skill. Maybe for the sniper at 600m but every legging ive had is by a LBX demo that puts two bursts into my legs. Cronic leggers do not use lasers they take out weapons with high RoF or big burst damage. And really, how many leggings have you seen standing still. I for one have seen zero, the legging that occurs always is from a mech moving around.
Legging with lasers at long range is the easiest way to leg IMO
protip: don't rush things with LBX, they'll rape your face, arm, chest, leg, whatever,
Legging an enemy that is on the move is far less efficient and accurate than shooting at their torso (unless they're an assault, and even then, there's a ton of armor) If you try to leg a moving enemy, you're giving him 10 seconds to live (not even counting the face in the ground time) that he would otherwise not have.
If you get legged while sprinting in an Owens, Scat, Osi, etc.. you would have been dead long ago otherwise
