Consensus Best MWLL player?

[MerfMerf]

I didnt know there were any 1v1 tournys, i've just came back from a long hiatus

Well if you have been gone long, then there has been a few competitions of various kinds.
FCL 1st season with 1v1s in different weight categories as well as team games, Tournament of the Jaguar (team games), 7.WD invitational (1 spot open for qualifiers via grand melee). Lots of good players around in those, but any winner will just be a winner of that particular game/tournament/season/whatever. Things change with time (version changes, player activity changes, etc, etc) in addition to the problem with saying someone is globally best at something that has many aspects.

Stick around and play games. See for yourself who you consider good.

/Merf - Ones own judgement rules supreme

[(TLL) Heretic]

"Re: Consensus Best MWLL player?
*Beep*Beep*Beep*
"The Ego has landed". 

Personally, If the Khan or the General (or any other GC-Maj and above player) is running a Nova or MadCat then I tend to discount their skills massively. If you're kicking ass and taking names in a NovaCat or MadCat then you're just playing in "easy-mode" and who knows what your actual skill-level is. (Devs have stated that they are changing the Heat model, so hopefully one day I won't feel cheap in those chassis *crosses fingers*).

If actual piloting skill was a criteria then one of the "Elites" mentioned above I would rank low.  In one game he trampled my AA tank 3 times so (on the 3rd easily-avoidable trampling of my AA tank) I had to scratch his rear paint to remind him that he had team-mates, he fumed and threatened but I think he got the point. Honestly this guy was just running through me when RTBing, 2nd time he did it he bounced me into rocks, got my tank stuck and killed by the ASF & VTOLs I had been suppressing and led to my death as BA, and at least 1 other 'mechs demise from Air attack that I witnessed before I respawned.  So you can understand that when I saw his name I thought...well maybe he can shoot straight in a MadB in a pub match but I wouldn't want him on my side in any situation, call me butthurt if you like but this is a team game.

Of all the names listed I'd pick Maus and AAA as the best pilots I've seen.  AAA because he's like an android or something and Maus because I've killed him a few times in pub games....so that makes me sound "leet"   Both excel in pubs or organised play, but there's many many more names that should be on that list for sure, basically any team-mate who is reliably working for the team is THE "Best MWLL Player" at that moment, oh...and anyone who's saved my arse too!  .

EDIT:Typo

[=KoS= Eldragon]

I'm actually very glad there isn't a global stat tracking system. Last think we need is an even greater incentive for players to farm for easy points.

"Capture that base? Forget it, I might lose my Madcat B! Far better for me to sit back here and pink away at pubs!"

I got my own internal ranking system, which consists of whom I fear, and whom I do not. There are many who have low scores but I know can cut me up even in a light mech. Whereas I'm generally not afraid of the guy sniping with his Novacat. I can rely on him to never venture far from home base.

[Ressk [CSF]]

yup ive got a fear list too 
Unicornporn will always stick out in the rankings list, and also make it somehow his personal buisness to bring his MK2 to bear on my poor mech. Areseye, Coffinail, Maus, the list goes on of people i fear to meet in their tank/mech/hover/areospace/BA. Though i might just be cool like that and put my name up for sheer stubborness with my tank/uller.

[CGB [CoffiNail]]

yup ive got a fear list too 
Unicornporn will always stick out in the rankings list, and also make it somehow his personal buisness to bring his MK2 to bear on my poor mech. Areseye, Coffinail, Maus, the list goes on of people i fear to meet in their tank/mech/hover/areospace/BA. Though i might just be cool like that and put my name up for sheer stubborness with my tank/uller.

Wait... i make someones to fear list? lol

[LordHack]

I'm actually very glad there isn't a global stat tracking system. Last think we need is an even greater incentive for players to farm for easy points.

"Capture that base? Forget it, I might lose my Madcat B! Far better for me to sit back here and pink away at pubs!"

Amen.  Half the fun is trying things out and messing around (it is beta...)  The last thing we need is epeen protecting / name changing to protect stats, etc.

[Steelbarrage]

+1 to Heretic.
Nailed it on the head.
Any high ranking player rolling in leet heavies and assaults is not trying very hard.
I'm perfectly content to sit in a medium and trade places with the other top ranking player in an assault.
Hell, I even have fun doing the same as BA.
To really determine the great pilots look at who is leading and what you see them in.

Some of the names dropped on this thread are hilarious.

Plus how can any of you not mention Bobby.
If he played more I bet tons more would have listed him immediately.

Edit: Forgot, hands down Snowball.
Unfortunately he fell off the face of the earth.

[xDeityx]

Plus how can any of you not mention Bobby.
If he played more I bet tons more would have listed him immediately.

Nobody's mentioned Bobby?  Bobby must be mentioned.

[CGB [CoffiNail]]

Nobody's mentioned Bobby?  Bobby must be mentioned.

Edit*Deity ninja'd me... :/*
I agree, I have always been glad to almost always end up on Bobbys team.  I have not seen him much though as you said... nor have i even been playing as much and when i do i tend to play as BA.

This mod really needs a update with MECHS, not maps, or game modes, mechs.

[xDeityx]

That's what I think spikes the player count the most - new assets.

And I remember reading a while ago that there is a whole slew of people from the MW4 community who are holding out for a 'mechlab, anyone know if that's true?  If so, I wonder if they've given LL at least a college try.  How any MW fan could play LL and not be instantly hooked is beyond me.

[CGB [CoffiNail]]

That's what I think spikes the player count the most - new assets.

And I remember reading a while ago that there is a whole slew of people from the MW4 community who are holding out for a 'mechlab, anyone know if that's true?  If so, I wonder if they've given LL at least a college try.  How any MW fan could play LL and not be instantly hooked is beyond me.

This is what i hear too.  A number of people are looking for a mech lab, or the game to be more stable. Those tend to be the two main arguments.

I agree, if you are a mechhead, you would love this game regardless of a mechlab or not.

[Cik]

maus, deity, AAA, predator. there are also one or two KoS stravags that can sort of approach skill at some points. also, there are more but it's been awhile since i've played and i can't remember names.

[Steelbarrage]

Deity, I know you mentioned him, I was just surprised no one else did.
Hell, I nominate Bill and Horten.

[Cik]

Deity, I know you mentioned him, I was just surprised no one else did.
Hell, I nominate Bill and Horten.

i do not think i have ever seen bill on the battlefield, i think he is just a troll~ horten i have only witnessed once, because i am relatively new. was amusing to kill him a few times though.

[Steelbarrage]

Aww, shit.
Hear that Bill I think a challenge was issued.