Huit strategies\preferences?

[Ice30]

Recently got into using the huit, never really used it much before. Main reason why i like it is I love ArrowIVs, theyre like awesome flying glow balls of pwnage. Anyway, obviously the huit is a very slow asset (max speed 45 kmph), which limits is usefulness in many areas, making it a situational asset that needs a long line of site and a good place to camp it up.  Theres many varients of the huit, i'v gotten into using either the one with 6 MBL and 2 ArrowIVs or the one with the 2 CGauss, 2 MGuns and 2 ArrowIVs, the latter is probably my favourate because it can go up against air a bit and if you're good enough with the gauss you can take on any mech that gets the jump on you.  So I was wondering which maps do people like using the huit on, which positions\scenarios on the maps and also which varients you like?

Offtopic, but I once saw a noob using the huit on thunderrift, was so funny because he kept trying to use the ArrowIVs and they kept exploding on the ceiling and he never noticed, saw him launch like 10 of them and I was just laughing my ass off. 

[SquareSphere }12thVR{]

My Huit Prime AA strat:

Generally I only pilot the huey for AA, but as a key to using it is to know where the enemy air field is in relation to your position.  Since aeros go passive a lot, it's key to know where they're coming from as soon as possible.  On my comp, if i'm zoomed in at least 1x (standard optics range) I'll see aeros renders at 1500m+.  I start at looking at the air field and see if they're there taking off.  From there i can track them visually until they're in range and start my UAC2 barrage VERY early on.  The trick is to aim in front and slightly below where they WILL be, look for the puff clouds created when you hit for confirmation.

[DFDelta]

I like the prime for obvious reasons, and the LBX one when playing artillery support.

That one gives great AA support and has the same artillery loadout as all the others.
I play the LBX Huit like a prime, following the frontline closely behind, watching for aircraft, and launching an arrow now and then in between. 

[=CJW= Zone Warden (W)]

I'll always take the Huit Prime.

Simply because it's AA is superior to anything but it's an assault killer. I've lost count of the amount of Atlas's and MK2's I've dropped in a Prime. Those UAC's just strip the armour off them in seconds. Takes roughly thirty seconds of focused fire to totally kill a Light mech. They are brutal weapon platforms, just not so effective against Tanks.

[Come and See]

The only Huit I like using is the Force of Nature. That thing is just a beast on wheels and you chain fire or group fire ERMBL's non-stop. Only real strategy is to stay away from the front lines and pick off targets from the distance.

[xDeityx]

My favorite strategy with a Huit is to spend the money on something more worthy of the cash, like a 'mech.

This is an amazingly effective strategy, it works nearly 100% of the time for me.

[Kelmola]

My favorite strategy with a Huit is to spend the money on something more worthy of the cash, like a 'mech.

This is an amazingly effective strategy, it works nearly 100% of the time for me.

At the price bracket it's in, I can not pilot a 'Mech well enough to get similar kill ratios, C-bills and rank as with a Huit Prime, and after a while in one I have enough C-bills to buy whatever I want. This is an amazingly effective strategy, it works nearly 100% of the time for me.

The Prime is practically the only variant I use, NARC's are so few and far between that I rarely bother with A4 carriers and for Gauss sniping a 'Mech is IMO better because of better mobility and higher-mounted weapons. Speaking of AA role, I tend to keep the radar on all the time - it's good for picking up that unfortunate BA, I'll be behind front lines so LRM's are not as big a threat, and detecting the ASF's early on is a must even if they would detect me as well. But should I turn off the radar to bait the ASF's in?

[DFDelta]

I never even activate my radar when playing AA.
I can find ASF from further out using only my eyes then my radar ever could, and active radar just draws unwanted attention.
Of course to do that you have to actively scan the skies for targets, using zoom if possible, instead of standing there motionless like a stupid brick until something pops up on the radar like 80% of all AA players seem to do...

[golden_eye]

I find I've been using the Huit prime a lot lately. I do enjoy using it, but I will only take one out if there are enemy ASF/VTOLs harassing me or my team. It is true that I consistently rank up and gain cash faster with the Huey than with any other asset, but the slow speed makes me choose a Bushwacker over it most of the time when I'm at the 70k rank.

I do well most of the time unless some of the better pilots are on that actually know how to use the terrain. I can get a few kills often but usually only succeed in scaring the pilot off, which is still mission accomplished for me. My main tactic is to keep scanning the sky with my radar active as a back up if I get fixated on a target. Like stated before I can usually see the aircraft well before they are in range of my AC2s and just wait until they are in range before unloading since they are usually tracking other targets. I do try to keep moving around  and changing location occasionally but 30-40 kph is godawful when it comes to evasive action. The only realy difficulty is figuring out the lead factor (especially at long range) but with practice you can get pretty good at it.

[=CJW= Zone Warden (W)]

I never even activate my radar when playing AA.
I can find ASF from further out using only my eyes then my radar ever could, and active radar just draws unwanted attention.
Of course to do that you have to actively scan the skies for targets, using zoom if possible, instead of standing there motionless like a stupid brick until something pops up on the radar like 80% of all AA players seem to do...

I notice a lot of AA players doing this and its pointless.

I'll engage in the fight with the Mech line to help lay down sheets of UAC fire and then deviate to pounding an ASF's face in when it comes down for the drop.

Although I always keep radar active, I'm always either in a C3 machine or AA. The only thing I don't use my radar for is when I'm being a ninja in my Mauler.

[Spanish Inquisition]

The only thing I don't use my radar for is when I'm being a ninja in my Mauler.

Lyran Scout Recon, represent!

In a Kuritan mech, no less.

[=CJW= Zone Warden (W)]

The only thing I don't use my radar for is when I'm being a ninja in my Mauler.

Lyran Scout Recon, represent!

In a Kuritan mech, no less.

And I'm a Clanner.  Got to love MWLL balance. 

[VictorMorson]

Does anyone know if the Huit memory leak / crash is fixed?  That's the main reason I've been avoiding it lately, despite completely loving the thing.

[=KoS= Eldragon]

Does anyone know if the Huit memory leak / crash is fixed?  That's the main reason I've been avoiding it lately, despite completely loving the thing.

Don't think so. I crash on the UAC2 partisan as well. (Yes I run with the debugger on, I have submitted 4 crash reports from this so far).

[Come and See]

A typical strategy I see a lot is that people assume throwing more Huit's into the fray is always better than one. Sometimes I'll be the only person playing Aerospace in the game and I'll suddenly find myself flying against 2-4 Huit's which usually just makes it more fun for me avoiding their fire. On maps like Sandblasted and Mirage I can basically run circles around Huit's in a Sulla.

The best Huit drivers I've seen are those who use terrain in their favor and draw me into them. Seeing an AA tank on the field is like putting a cup cake out for a fat kid in the open for a pilot because that pilot wants to eat that cupcake since its the greatest threat to it.