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Deckire Apr 15, 2018 @ 11:47am 
Streaks are ussually called the Light Slayers, Or harrassment since you dont' need to fully aim and they have no Pinpoint accuracy on where you want to shoot.


That said, Ussually the Faster Mediums or medium weight Lights Can take advantage of this more then Heavies or Assaults. IF it was like a Shadow Cat or a Stormcrow, I would ahve said go for it but Nova cats are different stories to me.

I would say go with Standard over Streaks which is better for Brawl like situations.
Last edited by Deckire; Apr 15, 2018 @ 11:48am
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Mistasandman Apr 15, 2018 @ 3:10pm 
Nova Cat with large lasers. works really well for ranged fighting.
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brownie689 (Banned) Apr 15, 2018 @ 4:07pm 
NO lmfao terrible idea of weapon choice. I'd be shocked if you actually got a kill with streaks. Every time I watch a team member with streaks they do really bad and can barely hit anyone. The only use for this build I can see is to 1 shot a light mech that accidentally ran directly into your face... the yes it would be useful. I suggest using lasers and ditching streaks for MRM. MRM seems to be the thing everyone is using right now. You don't need to wait for a lock on, just fire and forget.
Last edited by brownie689; Apr 15, 2018 @ 4:07pm
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Ishan451 Apr 15, 2018 @ 6:37pm 
Originally posted by Blitzwing:
is nova cat a good mech ? with 6 streack SRM 6

There is no such thing as a good mech if you load it with streak SRM.

There are a bunch of LOL builds using them, but that is what they are... builds people play for fun. Its not a competitive build. Yes, it kills light mechs.. provided the stars, planets and the moon align.

Streaks cannot be fired without a lock. Even with a Tag laser getting a lock will take time, and when they have ECM they can peek out, unload into you and be gone, even with Tag, before you get your lock.
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Dakota Apr 15, 2018 @ 6:50pm 
Originally posted by brownie689:
NO lmfao terrible idea of weapon choice. I'd be shocked if you actually got a kill with streaks. Every time I watch a team member with streaks they do really bad and can barely hit anyone. The only use for this build I can see is to 1 shot a light mech that accidentally ran directly into your face... the yes it would be useful. I suggest using lasers and ditching streaks for MRM. MRM seems to be the thing everyone is using right now. You don't need to wait for a lock on, just fire and forget.

Clan doesn't get MRMs.
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PurdooSix Apr 15, 2018 @ 8:45pm 
Yeah Streaks definitely no-no.

The mech is not fast enoug and not sturdy enough for that. Any streak mech aquiring locks is going to expose it's front for so long, for a relatively low amount of DPS and alpha. It sums up to bad exchance rate againts anything but lights and some mediums. Which most can run away from you when they see your streaks.

Then there's the additional problem of ghost heat as well as larger heat in general. Even if you take streak6+streak2 mixed to avoid ghost heat you still have all the other problems.

It's very similiar to Maddog but more specialized. Maddog can take SRM or streaks or LRMs along with a pile of lasers. Nova Cat could take a lot of LRMs, ATMs, heavy ballistic or a lot of lasers, but not all same time because of hardpoints.

Also remember to practise and try out different things, that's the best way to improve, omnimechs are great for that kind of things.

If you haven't done a lot of ballistic boats I would start from that, since they are relatively easy to play, good range and good heat efficiency, WHEN you have the tonnage for it which Nova Cat has.
Last edited by PurdooSix; Apr 15, 2018 @ 8:45pm
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Captain Worthy Apr 16, 2018 @ 3:36am 
Nova Cat is from the worse end of Clan Mechs. I would not recommend any other variant than the ridiculous LRM boat. But don't boat streaks on it.

You could take a couple of big LRM's on it and then fill the remaining hardpoints with those streaks to slay the lights that think your lurmboat is free lunch for them.
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Blitzwing Apr 16, 2018 @ 5:07am 
Originally posted by Mithrandir:
Nova Cat is from the worse end of Clan Mechs. I would not recommend any other variant than the ridiculous LRM boat. But don't boat streaks on it.

You could take a couple of big LRM's on it and then fill the remaining hardpoints with those streaks to slay the lights that think your lurmboat is free lunch for them.
I have already night gyr and orion IIC, so its worse than the 2 mechs ?
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Dakota Apr 16, 2018 @ 1:20pm 
Originally posted by Mithrandir:
Nova Cat is from the worse end of Clan Mechs. I would not recommend any other variant than the ridiculous LRM boat. But don't boat streaks on it.

You could take a couple of big LRM's on it and then fill the remaining hardpoints with those streaks to slay the lights that think your lurmboat is free lunch for them.

Nova Cat's a pretty great mech though. Its similar to a Night Gyr but with decent mobility, making it actually good. It has a lot of free weight sitting around so you could boat loads of LRMs, or alternatively boat loads of ballistics, or have a nice pulse laser build.

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