Hey guys. Welcome to all new players and welcome back to all you vets. With Steam release going down in a few hours (supposedly), I wanted to make a post explaining the current condition of MetaMechs. Basically, a little over a week ago there was a massive balance pass and I’ve been scrambling to update my stuff ever since. The primary tool I have for up-to-date builds right now is the Build Database: I’ve been adding to it and there are a couple of projects in the works to make it really, really awesome which I am incredibly excited about, but since I’ve been trying to update the stuff that needs updating I haven’t been able to dedicate that much time to it as of yet.
The next most useful and fully up-to-date thing you can check out is the Competitive Tier List: I finished this up a couple of days ago and, while there are no leagues currently active due to the holiday season, I am confident that it hits all the most important points.
And I’ve been able to update the IS Variant Tier List (just finished updating it about 3 minutes ago). It’s solid. My main note about Tier Lists in the current state of MWO is that Tier 5 really isn’t all that bad anymore. Even for Lights (which have historically had massive disparity between the best and worst), there are a couple Tier 5ers that I wouldn’t mind pugging in. It’s not your best bet but there aren’t any mechs in the game right now which are complete trash, just a lot that are totally sub-optimal.
To help give you a good idea of what the meta feels like, you can check out the Classified Tier List, too. It doesn’t go into the details of which mechs for each role, but it shows off where each class’s strengths lie.
Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get around to updating a few things: notably the Clan Variants Tier List, Meta Tier List, and well, anything in the Guide Section. These will be my main focuses over the coming days and weeks, though unfortunately I do have a couple other things that I want and need to do as well.
That being said…not a lot of the info in there is wrong. I’d even say that most of it will still serve you well, and for the most part you just need to ignore the builds. The changes didn’t make anything that much worse than before – even the Gauss and cERML nerfs didn’t really ruin the weapons and they were the biggest specific victims.
Anyways. Seriously. I need sleep. I hope you like my stuff.
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