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[OdinTheWise]

You can't go rushing into the Frey with c mechs. Just be patient, I felt the same about c. Mechs at first, but now I don't mind them so much. Patience is what you need friend.

[deidarall]

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[font=play, helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I will not vote, because i think that Grenadier is the strongest (because it's overpowered), but i prefer using my rocketeer, which is easily the worst mech of all. [/font]

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No just no.... It is not op

[Steve_Deagler]

OdinTheWise, on May 10 2013 - 08:13 AM, said:

You can't go rushing into the Frey with c mechs. Just be patient, I felt the same about c. Mechs at first, but now I don't mind them so much. Patience is what you need friend.

This. As others have said, they're very situational, support-oriented mechs. You have to figure out the strengths and weaknesses of each particular C Class variant. In a fresh game I usually make the choice between Brawler/Rocketeer/Grenadier based on the map. On Origin I opt for the Brawler, on Prosk and Bazaar, the Rocketeer, and on Uptown I go with the Grenadier. Facility is nice because it has areas that cater to all three, so I pick whichever is most suited to where the fighting is going on.

Once the game gets going I may change classes depending on how my team is working together as a group, and which areas of the map they're controlling. Make sure you don't fall behind if your team is pushing through the map as a cohesive group, because you're a huge target that is easily overwhelmed by angry respawning players if you don't position yourself correctly. Try to act as a pillar of support for teammates that are nearby, rather than trying to run solo, because you'll get chewed up by lighter mechs rushing you at point blank range, especially as a Rocketeer.

With the Brawler I recommend playing with high mouse sensitivity and low cockpit lag so you can quickly turn to counter experienced Scouts, Bezerkers, and Raiders when they're running circles around you at close range. Once you get the hang of timing your aim between Flak rounds and TOWs while in a close quarters fight, you can aptly defend yourself against aggresive Class A and B mechs.

[BuffMyRadius]

The brawler is mostly useful in objective games for its turret mode and it is absolutely the most useful C class mech to have in your garage. With the flak you can block choke points or with the SA Hawkens you can effectively suppress a few sharpshooters from behind cover in turret mode. That being said, I really appreciate having a rocketeer as an ally. The massive ranged suppression power of the rocketeer is fantastic so every time I see one on my team I'll group with it. You have to look out for your rocketeers, they rely on teamwork. I'm best with the grenadier though. The REV-GL is a unique indirect fire suppression weapon but its clumsy and hard to get consistent hits. The HEAT cannon is where it's at for me. The HEAT hits well at range and when enemies bunch up the HEAT/grenade combo punishes for sticking together. If you have the support you can go down into turret mode and output massive damage on a group. The A and B classes are what put up the big stats, but its the support of C class mechs that win games.

[vonbach]

Grenadier in my opinion. Mostly because I can aid my team by firing around corners and breaking up turtling in choke points.
The enemy team is turtling_ No problem just hold the triggers down and watch the assists roll in. And because your firing indirectly
they cant easily get at you so your vulnerability as a C class counts for little.

[SGTMatt]

The brawler and that SA. I don't know how many times I would just get done with a fight, out of fuel and see a team mate fighting a squirrely A and just pick it off for an assist. Or see someone in a duel and ping the opponent to pieces.

The awesome side skirt tow/sa combo works pretty damn good in CQC. You just have you keep that weapon on them. I found that they tend not to run as fast hitting them with the SA. They don't know the end is there till it is too late rather then shocking them with the flak.  I guess it goes with "if you throw a frog into a pot of boiling water it will try and get out, slowly turn up the heat and it won't panic."

So yeah, brawler.

[The_King_of_Names]

I feel the Grenadier becomes OP at the hands of someone who knows how to use it

[THEXDS]

I voted for Grenadier. I own a Brawler, but is really effective if you have a technician nearby. The Grenadier can take out a bottleneck easily. Anyway, as I stated just a moment, a Brawler being helped with a technician is a deadly combination... Unstoppable. I've tried it.

[EliteShooter]

+  = perfection !!!

[Bazookagofer]

Honestly i would have to go with brawler or grenadier. Rocketeer is only good at med ranges, and even then HF have alot of wacko things going on. grenadier and brawler can suppress heavily so they are for the win.

[MexichanMan]

EliteShooter, on May 27 2013 - 01:34 PM, said:

+  = perfection !!!

no, no, no. you've merely included a subset of the truth. here:
= perfection!!!

[NuclearXmas]

Vanguard is all I got but it's all I could want when it comes to the heavies

[NegativeD]

Cupcake and Grenadier for me. I play A class mechs and Brawlers are the most easiest class for me to take down.

[ropefish]

its really the pilot who makes the mech powerful

[Starrphy]

ropefish, on July 01 2013 - 12:22 PM, said:

its really the pilot who makes the mech powerful

My first was the Rocketeer , and I'm sticking to it! I've tried brawler but it is and will be a fat scout. And I play it as a scout. >_<!

Each C mech has it's things that you need to master - be it Hellfires or Grenades, C's are awesome!

EDIT:
fml gravedigging

Edited by Starrphy, July 09 2013 - 04:53 PM.

[M4st0d0n]

Isnt it obvious...

[ropefish]

actually i think there all equal because of there ability's weapons, and ways they are used ::3

[G4M5T3R]

Hehe, I didn't expect ropefish to take this one seriously. "Best C-type_... The Alphacapillar with a mini-nuke!"
Personally, I my Cupcake, but that's a limited edition and I mostly stick to A's sooo...  *smokebomb*

*edit  Smokebomb should totally be a support item. Just enough to engulf a C, ineffective enough to be useless in the open on maps like Bazzar, Facility. Unless you're an Inf that is. Smokebomb+Cloak.  

Edited by G4M5T3R, July 20 2013 - 03:14 PM.

[blankenstein]

i <3 my grenadier + vulcan. grenade launcher is super easy to use even long distance and can hit around corners/over cover and sustained vulcan fire up close is brutal. that with the 900 hp, i feel like an enormous, slow berzerker.

[Velimirius]

Brawler was my first buy and im not looking elsewhere since, even if A classes can out manoeuvre it and stuff, but i always get at least one chance to put some1 to trash with flak+tow and thats priceless for me

But eventually im planning to own all C's cuz i just like that concept of mechs, but Brawler is just <3