Back when the servers were still up, this was my main mech of choice. I made it slightly differently but it was still very versatile. The only issue being if your weak guns got taken out, you'd just be sitting there, waiting to die.
Man i wish this game still had online. My friends used to play this all the time. Building a good hound was half the battle. Plus The Neroimus War was freaking sweet. I have yet to see any other game do something like this... There may be some out there but i mean with Mechs. Maybe the new Mechwarrior will have something like this.
as far as I know it still has a server. I sure hope so. It's a very good game. Allot simply moved on to newer things. But you can pick it up for your 360. Find it used, play it on live. The offline missions are really just to get you use to the game and have an idea of what's going on in the world along the way. At the end of the missions quest, they go ahead and let you know that where you go and who you fight for is up to you.
Find it used you can pick it up for dirt cheap. WORTH IT.
@IIIMAVER1CK A Chromehounds 2? Not going to happen. The first wasn't a huge success and the name doesn't carry much weight. From Software does however specialize in mecha games so there's that. They are currently developing a new game called Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor for the 360 that will use the Kinect sensor. Mechwarrior 5 is supposedly still being developed for PC but we haven't heard anything for over a year and they are stuck in licensing issues.
@TruePoindexter yeah too bad yeah i heard about Steel battalion and all but i dont own a shitbox anymore i play PC so i might check out mech warrior 5
@Bo6us Not really - I'd liken it to the classic mechwarrior games more than armored core. It's slow - deliberate - and very tactical in nature. Just being good at maneuvering and shooting was not enough to succeed in Chromehounds.
@TruePoindexter I'm saying, the mech edit layout, and just mechs period is just like the AC series. AC is more of a fast, on feet your feet type thinking.
@TruePoindexter eh, they have their similarities when it comes to customization, the games emblem editor(which is EXACTLY the same), and the people behind it.
@TruePoindexter You damn right about that one- unlike many other games, maneuvering and shooting alone wasn't enough to win- you had to play as a team and needed a sound strategy. CHROMEHOUNDS FOREVER!
@TruePoindexter you're damn right about that one, unlike most other games, maneuvering and shooting alone was not enough to win - you needed to play as a team and needed a sound strategy! CHROMEHOUNDS FOREVER!
i managed to get a group of friends into this game and it was the most fun we ever had. but then they all got cod4 and we haven't played a game together since. its just not the same without friends. to bad, it was great for multiplayer.
The single layer really isn't a campaign at all... its just there to allow people to try out the classes, as each one as its own group of missions you need to do.
I like how you put a parts list in the side, that helped me out quite a bit. Used this build for a while and I can say that I'm quite fond of it. Very nice work!
A question, though, on the video itself. What's the song/audio? I like it, but I don't recognize it.
All in all this thing is not only fast devastating, its the most solid build I've ever seen on chromehounds. This build makes me feel confident when I use it.
That was always one of the perks I liked. I stopped using it mostly though because of the tall profile and switched over to my Atlas build instead. Still, in cases where a low profile isn't so helpful (city & rugged maps) Linebacker has a lot to offer.
I used the Thalatha Stability COM for this. I think its better to sacrifice 10 turning speed for 20 extra stability. I also used the SP400 in place of the Rijil. Since I dont have that DLC part. I only been in Morskoj for 10 minutes and I went straight to this vid. I started out in Morskoj but only picked up a few parts then went to tarakia. So its good being back with the heavy parts xD
Just because someone lags dont mean you cant hit them. If someones lagging and skipping all over the place. Just treat them like any normal connection. Lead your shots, and 2/3 of the time you'll hit them.
Would someone please give me some tips on this game... like online styles and how to build because i want to get back into this game but online because it looks sooo fun but then my team see my noobish HOUND turns round and tottaly fucks me over with cannons or whatever.. the help will be greatly appreciated... Send me a pm and Ill add you :)
there is some british guy who fucking rocks at this game.
he goes around in a mech he call "SAVIORS GRACE" and i think theres another he uses called "GABRIELS INNOCENCE"
i didnt really see them all that well coz there was a lot of fire but he brought down my entire team single handedly in 5 minutes.....and we are quie good at this game so just a heads up to you guys
PS if the guy who uses those mechs is reading this YOUR A FUCKING MONSTER!
when i use your hound i did the samething, before you replied, if you can do it right it works amazing for the recoil...
ive kinda perfected it to press down and release at just the right times so that there is NO RECOIL all the shots hit in generally the right spot, if two hit the other two will hit at least close enough to do signicant damage.
Glad to hear it works for more people than just me! Some people really are against it but then again those people either run something that doesn't need it or they just prefer the more spread out firing patterns.
Treads and cannons don't mix in my experience. Cannons have to be used at medium to close range and stop you in your tracks when you fire them. Treads are naturally unstable and are massive. This means that no matter what your cannon shot will be inferior to what it could be on other legs and whenever you fire you become a big target. Howitzers are ok since you work at longer ranges and therefore it's more forgiving. Cannons not so much.
Custers are tougher, more stable, turn faster, and rotate faster. Max speed only gets you so far - durability and agility are needed as well.
Firing order, weapon arrangement, and a good stability chip are all needed to shoot well. In this case each weapons fire cancels most of the recoil from the previous weapon keeping them fairly close together in firing.
Yeah it's not really intended to fight at closer ranges - then again neither is an A-Frame which this hound is loosely related to. Mid to long range is where this hound likes to dwell rushing forward only when it is advantageous to do so.
not bad. Still all that armor dosnt help all that mtch. still relly nice biuld dude. hope to c u in the war and we can test that armor of yours aginst my sniper =).
The armor here isn't intended to make this a tank. They are more to make stray shots from a distance less painful - not absorb constant punishment. This way a sniper round will hit the shoulder plate instead of the pit/guns. I wanted more combat longevity and part of that is not losing guns/suffering stray pit shots!
Cool, you should share it if you can. I'm not fond of cannons on treads (Actually I'm not fond of cannons in general) but if it works for you more power to you.
First of all, nice vid with nice build. Secondly, this isn't Bye Bye Beautiful ACOUSTIC version, it's INSTRUMENTAL version. There's a slight difference :)
red rain0 ur kinda of an idiot lol Everyone who doesent hide there cock pit is stupid as **** when recruit join our squad we spend at least three hours getting them good hounds this hounds was brought to me by a cernal in my squad with a few diffrent detail but nice hounds all the same BTW your cockpit SHOULD ALWAYS BE PROTECTED UNLESS UR A SNIPER BUT ITS STILL A GOOD IDEA TO PROTECT IT
It's alright he's blocked anyways for spamming several other videos. Even snipers imho should be covered. The only exception are scouts in my mind - as long as you understand that you're never supposed to get hit ^^;
it just depends i liek to use cluster cuz the back is like cut off so you can get tight close cock pits to it but i hear meade is faster i havent checked it out though
Meade's are MUCH faster. It's not uncommon for a Meade tread to drive along at 180+ Underloading a Meade nade stack you can get it to go just shy of 200.
The answer is both. Meade's are faster but not as tough and harder to fit things on (or behind rather). Custers are slower but more stable and much tougher. IMHO I like Custers better but Meades do the job well.
This hound sorta reminds me of my hound named "Armored Core II" (first version was a failure.) Anyway, your generator seems to be exposed, but there's really no way to prevent it from being shot out.
Very solid, tough, quick, and pretty stable. Great job on the hound. If I get the game again, I may do some revisions and make a version similar to this.
The generator isn't actually that exposed, up top like that it's actually more out of the way then most builds that have it along the side. I am rather fond of this hound though I almost never use it anymore. It performs well and to me that's the most important part.
Yeah, now that you mention it and I second its look, it does appear pretty good in position, and it's the best possible for such a hound. It's indeed an awesome build, and it should be one you commonly use. I mean, it just rips up about everything.
Wtf? EVERYONE hides their cockpit if they don't want to be one shot. Go watch some of my sniper videos and see what happens to exposed cockpits. I should add back in the annotation where I keep the count on how many one shots I get.
Honestly I have little love for hounds like that. They're woefully fragile and really only effective in specific situations. He would have been better off dropping a wing and mounting grenades or rifles. At least then he could do something when he was waiting the 10-16 seconds for his snipers to reload instead of watching me advance on him.
I thought about that - I chose the radiator working on the principle that if someone is attacking me from behind I've made a mistake - where the radiator makes it harder to see on thermals and allows it to be able to absorb the heat damage from napalm, rockets, and machine guns without hurting the cockpit or generator.
Howitzers and Mortars can fire napalm rounds which deal heat instead of damage (the heat past a certain level will cause the generator to take damage and after the generator blows the cockpit will take it directly). Also main fast firing weapons deal heat on top of the damage they deal (Machine Guns, Rockets, Huge Rockets, Howitzers, Mortars). Try it yourself, go into the test mode and let the 3 howitzer units fire at you for awhile. You'll eventually overheat from it.
There are only a limited number of parts in the game, and they only go together (effectively) in only handful of ways. Invariably there will be similarities at some point. *shrug* This was made purely from my own explorative work and findings. If it is similar to something you made in the past then we came to the same conclusion.
I wasn't trying to be an ass, just found it funny someone else would have such a similar idea. This hound takes a BEATING better than most other tread designs.
Somewhat surprised you managed to fit all of those heavy spacers and armour plates on. I might have a go at building this one, reminds me of Battletech's Masakari Assault 'Mech.
2 spacer builds are actually fairly efficient. The T spacer is the lightest (and smallest) of its type and the 6 sider on top is the heaviest Morskoj one. The T spacer is only slightly heavier than the lighest 6 sider and is tall enough to let me hide the C110 behind it. The heavy spacer on top is smaller than the typical light 6 sider so it pulls in the cockpit (and the guns) a little closer to center.
As for battletech - it's a pity there's no ER PPC's in Chromehounds :)
That makes sense... I just remembered how much weight the stick-like Sal Kari legs can hold, so it stands to reason that Tarakian tracks hold even more.
It's a toss up between more howitzers or survivability. 6 howie hounds can spit out a lot of death...and last about 5 seconds against incomming fire. An alternative is to mount a combo of huge cannons and howitzers kinda like a big splash build - but then you have to deal with the huge cannons. Hmmm...that's not a bad idea actually...*goes to the garage*
probably have to rework your strategy when it comes to confronting a huge cannoneer with this design then. well actually, any design has to work a different strategy when taking those on. since a good pilot would make sure you dont kill him without getting the paintjob smacked off of you first. gotta get someone to distract them beast while another sneaks up and rams a explosive up there rears.
The biggest problem for this hound are huge cannons - especially triple singles and double doubles. It's a massive enough target that direct hits are a distinct possibility and while it won't die quickly - it can get stripped quickly from huge cannone fire. I've since shrunken down the size of the hound to try to alleviate this issue. I'll post the revised hound as soon as I get my computer working again ;_;
that's some serious noob pwnage. i'm a bit more concerned about how it would fare up against some naqa howies though, ur not a bad shot but most of those guys u were facin sucked or were distracted by ur teamates. not bad design though, looks freakin sick
It does well, fought some typical A-frame howies just last night with this build and it reamed em fairly throughly. The A-frames suffer from the low durability of their Naqa legs and most use the much slower firing Faus or HW300 giving this hound a distinct advangtage in fire rate. The speed and armor are tough enough that it can advance quickly to negate the longer range advantage as well.
I got to admit that's a very creative build, it looks awesome. But in my opinion, i like the standard lowrider on Meades with 4 HW300s better. Although it's less heavily armored and less accurate when firing, it also goes faster, presents a smaller target, and has fast moving and powerful howitzers.
You can fit 4 HW300's on this build but you would probably have to downgrade some of the armor. The top spacer would have to go from an MSK-SP200 down to the equivalent RFZ spacer. I'm not sure what this would do to the stability either - my experience with HW300's has been bad but that's more personal preference than anything else.
FUCK CHROMEHOUNDS i don't want to play all campain missions and online is down i hate it :'(
batmanstick 1 month ago
Back when the servers were still up, this was my main mech of choice. I made it slightly differently but it was still very versatile. The only issue being if your weak guns got taken out, you'd just be sitting there, waiting to die.
greystripe92 3 months ago
Attention console gamers, do not be disappointed... there is a new mech game on the horizon, check Futurised Warfare dot com.
Soon the void left by Chrome Hounds/Mechwarrior Reboot will be filled.
MechGrinder 3 months ago
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Armored Core 5 is going to have the squad-based battles from CH. Check it out if you want to bring back your old squad or the good old days. :)
Vast91 4 months ago
thats a cool mech
9bstar 7 months ago
what's the name of the 1st and 2nd song ?
Arcadia117 8 months ago
why cant they make a Chromehounds 2 its the most badass game when it comes to mech warfare
IIIMAVER1CK 1 year ago
What is the song at 1:26?
vortigaunt911 1 year ago
my 4 gama and 3 mush would own this peice of crap
TooBigToHide 1 year ago
whats the music called???
BloodBerrySundae1 1 year ago
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Hey Every1 Im Asking For Your Help, if any of You Help id love you Plz Msg -Justin Lambros And Tell Him To Make a ChromeHounds2 Plz & Thank you!
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odensmeadhorn 1 year ago
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Emaan6062 1 year ago
Damn them for not making a ps3 version!
flubbeflabber 1 year ago
Man i wish this game still had online. My friends used to play this all the time. Building a good hound was half the battle. Plus The Neroimus War was freaking sweet. I have yet to see any other game do something like this... There may be some out there but i mean with Mechs. Maybe the new Mechwarrior will have something like this.
RogueAssassin4 1 year ago
as far as I know it still has a server. I sure hope so. It's a very good game. Allot simply moved on to newer things. But you can pick it up for your 360. Find it used, play it on live. The offline missions are really just to get you use to the game and have an idea of what's going on in the world along the way. At the end of the missions quest, they go ahead and let you know that where you go and who you fight for is up to you.
Find it used you can pick it up for dirt cheap. WORTH IT.
Bangcat 1 year ago
does this game still have an online server?
revolutionaryverse 1 year ago
@revolutionaryverse No
TruePoindexter 1 year ago
@TruePoindexter do you think that there is going to be a new chromehounds ? it was such a good game
IIIMAVER1CK 1 year ago
@IIIMAVER1CK A Chromehounds 2? Not going to happen. The first wasn't a huge success and the name doesn't carry much weight. From Software does however specialize in mecha games so there's that. They are currently developing a new game called Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor for the 360 that will use the Kinect sensor. Mechwarrior 5 is supposedly still being developed for PC but we haven't heard anything for over a year and they are stuck in licensing issues.
TruePoindexter 1 year ago
@TruePoindexter yeah too bad yeah i heard about Steel battalion and all but i dont own a shitbox anymore i play PC so i might check out mech warrior 5
IIIMAVER1CK 1 year ago
@TruePoindexter It was less about money and more about the game not being what From had wanted it to be.
CaptHawkeye 8 months ago
@TruePoindexter already been anounced by ubisoft, not so long ago
daemonhunter100 5 months ago
Seems a lot like AC
Bo6us 1 year ago
@Bo6us Not really - I'd liken it to the classic mechwarrior games more than armored core. It's slow - deliberate - and very tactical in nature. Just being good at maneuvering and shooting was not enough to succeed in Chromehounds.
TruePoindexter 1 year ago 6
@TruePoindexter I'm saying, the mech edit layout, and just mechs period is just like the AC series. AC is more of a fast, on feet your feet type thinking.
Bo6us 1 year ago
@TruePoindexter eh, they have their similarities when it comes to customization, the games emblem editor(which is EXACTLY the same), and the people behind it.
rcktmn3412 1 year ago
@TruePoindexter You damn right about that one- unlike many other games, maneuvering and shooting alone wasn't enough to win- you had to play as a team and needed a sound strategy. CHROMEHOUNDS FOREVER!
vmack11 1 year ago
@vmack11 yup thats true never go out and fight alone haha
IIIMAVER1CK 1 year ago
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@TruePoindexter you're damn right about that one, unlike most other games, maneuvering and shooting alone was not enough to win - you needed to play as a team and needed a sound strategy! CHROMEHOUNDS FOREVER!
vmack11 1 year ago
create a lot of mail-accounds and vote for Chromehounds 2
visite site from UBISOFT/forum/Chromhounds 2
tell it your friends
Garone1998 1 year ago
how do you get the parts i dont have xbox live
mercinary1000 2 years ago
I can really c the football player in the hound!!
amadddd0 2 years ago
as long as you get a few hit you are good to go. Just wondering what music did you use? and does anyone still play this Xbox360? let me know plz :D
Cakevspie94 2 years ago
i miss this game so much!
i managed to get a group of friends into this game and it was the most fun we ever had. but then they all got cod4 and we haven't played a game together since. its just not the same without friends. to bad, it was great for multiplayer.
Shinoter187 2 years ago
i agree rate of fire is sometimes better
snake61388 2 years ago
It is in many cases.
TruePoindexter 2 years ago
420th tactical <3
Chandler19821 2 years ago
i heard the Xbox live multiplayer is amazing but the sinlge player sucks
JTelli786 2 years ago 9
its a shame cause they are closing online servers so only the single player will be availible
imafiringYOURlazer 2 years ago
for ever or for a short ammount of time ? o.o
QCpowarr 2 years ago
Forever, as of January 29 2009 i believe
imafiringYOURlazer 2 years ago
The single layer really isn't a campaign at all... its just there to allow people to try out the classes, as each one as its own group of missions you need to do.
ShiroDeTagachi 2 years ago
yep
KingCheez 2 years ago
single player was good.. but MULIPLAYER.. makes it look so pathetic in comparison
hahahagreatname 2 years ago
Too bad SEGA is shutting down the servers :(
nocbl2 2 years ago
XD oh my god this is awesome it looks like afootball player XD
Astartes40000 2 years ago 3
Haha - hence the name!
TruePoindexter 2 years ago
I'm thinking of buying this game, would you guys recommend it?
deathborne25 2 years ago
Absolutely! Look for it used! Shouldn't set you back more than $15
TruePoindexter 2 years ago
I heard that you need a "clan" in order to have fun. Is that nessesarly true?
deathborne25 2 years ago 2
A squad is important yes - but finding one isn't too hard. Really it's only hard to get into the top squads.
TruePoindexter 2 years ago
Oh, thanks. I'll look into it. Maybe I'll see you on the battlefield.
deathborne25 2 years ago
I like how you put a parts list in the side, that helped me out quite a bit. Used this build for a while and I can say that I'm quite fond of it. Very nice work!
A question, though, on the video itself. What's the song/audio? I like it, but I don't recognize it.
coolguy2191 2 years ago
Glad to hear it worked for you! Music is listed at the end of the video!
TruePoindexter 2 years ago
ahh okay, thanks!
coolguy2191 2 years ago
Reminds me of one of the skynet machines from terminator for some reason dunno why.
alphapieman 2 years ago
I suppose there are stranger things it could look like...
TruePoindexter 2 years ago
All in all this thing is not only fast devastating, its the most solid build I've ever seen on chromehounds. This build makes me feel confident when I use it.
PatronSaint210 2 years ago
That was always one of the perks I liked. I stopped using it mostly though because of the tall profile and switched over to my Atlas build instead. Still, in cases where a low profile isn't so helpful (city & rugged maps) Linebacker has a lot to offer.
TruePoindexter 2 years ago
I used the Thalatha Stability COM for this. I think its better to sacrifice 10 turning speed for 20 extra stability. I also used the SP400 in place of the Rijil. Since I dont have that DLC part. I only been in Morskoj for 10 minutes and I went straight to this vid. I started out in Morskoj but only picked up a few parts then went to tarakia. So its good being back with the heavy parts xD
PatronSaint210 2 years ago
the severs terrible you cant snipe
oharla1 2 years ago
Just because someone lags dont mean you cant hit them. If someones lagging and skipping all over the place. Just treat them like any normal connection. Lead your shots, and 2/3 of the time you'll hit them.
PatronSaint210 2 years ago
QFT
TruePoindexter 2 years ago
Your connection must suck because I've never had a problem.
TruePoindexter 2 years ago
thanks sirAthrus for the help
def95xf 2 years ago
Hey All ChromeHound players...
Would someone please give me some tips on this game... like online styles and how to build because i want to get back into this game but online because it looks sooo fun but then my team see my noobish HOUND turns round and tottaly fucks me over with cannons or whatever.. the help will be greatly appreciated... Send me a pm and Ill add you :)
BrotherhoodOFSteelxX 2 years ago
to any chrome hound players that read this
BEWARE:
there is some british guy who fucking rocks at this game.
he goes around in a mech he call "SAVIORS GRACE" and i think theres another he uses called "GABRIELS INNOCENCE"
i didnt really see them all that well coz there was a lot of fire but he brought down my entire team single handedly in 5 minutes.....and we are quie good at this game so just a heads up to you guys
PS if the guy who uses those mechs is reading this YOUR A FUCKING MONSTER!
sirAthrus 2 years ago 3
Join my squad, we'll give you some cash and build ideas and let you go on your way when you are ready. Gamertag Mimo the dead
Squad: Lords of Havok
babyeatsdingos 2 years ago
what is that hound you're fighting around 3:25 lol it looks like it has wings :)
DOTSON92 2 years ago
It's an odd sniper build that I can't say turned out to be too terribly effective.
TruePoindexter 2 years ago
Does Want
ShadowCoreStudios 2 years ago
Thats to you, I'm getting this, thanks to watching all these videos.
Lazoraz 2 years ago
i might get this game again
punkdude3456 2 years ago
You should
TruePoindexter 2 years ago
wow that do look like a linebacker
CLEARWATERBOY4LIFE 2 years ago
That's where I got the name - I made it and said "wow those look kinda like shoulder pads..."
TruePoindexter 2 years ago
Nice hound. Seems like a pain to fight 1v1.
Where did you get the Nightwish instrumental music?
combuf 2 years ago
It's a pretty tough hound - arguably a bit under-armed for a treaded howitzer hound though.
The internet is a wonderful place - I'll let you guess where.
TruePoindexter 2 years ago
Guys...I need a squad. Like badly. Someone PM if your interested,I'll give you my gamertag
d4t4l1nkf13 2 years ago
wat region?
22hollywood66 2 years ago
why does the recoil push the mech down instead of up, i didnt see him rotate the weapons..
KottonmouthSoldiers 3 years ago
To further group my shots I usually try to tilt downward as I fire to keep them grouped nicely. It's questionable how effective this is but whatever.
TruePoindexter 2 years ago
when i use your hound i did the samething, before you replied, if you can do it right it works amazing for the recoil...
ive kinda perfected it to press down and release at just the right times so that there is NO RECOIL all the shots hit in generally the right spot, if two hit the other two will hit at least close enough to do signicant damage.
KottonmouthSoldiers 2 years ago
Glad to hear it works for more people than just me! Some people really are against it but then again those people either run something that doesn't need it or they just prefer the more spread out firing patterns.
TruePoindexter 2 years ago
you wouldnt happen to take rquests would ya?
KottonmouthSoldiers 2 years ago
Hey man any way i could get into a squad i really need 1 casue my last 1 broke up so if u want me in there send me msg Bigr78 thanx
Bigr1993 3 years ago
Sorry to disappoint but I'm not in one ^^; I'm a tinkerer & builder but I have no time for squad play sorry!
TruePoindexter 2 years ago
thats too bad bad because you look like your pretty good at the game
Sojixx 2 years ago
id rather use cannons than howies on this one
smalldude55 3 years ago
Treads and cannons don't mix in my experience. Cannons have to be used at medium to close range and stop you in your tracks when you fire them. Treads are naturally unstable and are massive. This means that no matter what your cannon shot will be inferior to what it could be on other legs and whenever you fire you become a big target. Howitzers are ok since you work at longer ranges and therefore it's more forgiving. Cannons not so much.
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
Lol, is the music from Soulcalibur 2?
Kelmourne 3 years ago
You would be correct
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
That thing can really take a beating!
TheForeverBean 3 years ago
Yeah It's survivability is very high without sacrificing too much agility either.
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
lol, awesome hound and video
it actually looks like a Linebacker too!
im2cow4u 3 years ago
Yeah sometimes names come from deeper meanings or origins - and sometimes just because it kinda looks like it.
It's a fun hound, it's a bit armor heavy but it's functional and IMHO a better alternative to a Naqa A-wing.
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
I built it, but subbed out the armor for an NA
it makes a pretty good Commander/ Supporter
and yeah, it NEVER DIES!
im2cow4u 3 years ago
Glad you hear it works for you! If you could post a video of it that'd be great! I'm curious to see how you mounted it!
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
yeah how big was the na? were there any energy issues after you put it up?
KottonmouthSoldiers 3 years ago
I used the Kawakab - the smallest one
and instead of using a G10 I used a Sahar for more power
I had to downgrade a few things and armor, but it still works just fine
im2cow4u 3 years ago
this hound is sick im gana try to build it!!!!!!
who885 3 years ago
Glad you liked it! Lemme know how it works out for you!
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
awesome building
2008nezza2008 3 years ago
Indeed it is an awesome building XD It keeps the rain out nicely!
(excuse the sarcasm)
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
you should join= The Iron pigs
legoluke12 3 years ago
I don't play enough to really be able to join any squad. I tinker mostly - that's where the fun is for me.
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
how do you play online it will not let me because of the server or sumfin
legoluke12 3 years ago
I've heard it's been down - should be back up now?
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
Nice design, I was about to yell "holy shit! Six howies!" (not that they're hard to build or anything)
Also a question:
Does the First "T" spacer have to be from sal Kar or any nation?
RndmAznGuy 3 years ago
I prefer sal kar since it's the lightest and the others are excessively heavy but you could probably get away with the others.
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
it looks sweet, deadly and well armored
but i have a couple questions
1.why dont u use meads instead? they are faster and have higher load cap.
2.how can u use howies witout looking at the sky after firing?
dec301957 3 years ago
Custers are tougher, more stable, turn faster, and rotate faster. Max speed only gets you so far - durability and agility are needed as well.
Firing order, weapon arrangement, and a good stability chip are all needed to shoot well. In this case each weapons fire cancels most of the recoil from the previous weapon keeping them fairly close together in firing.
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
not to bad of a build. I would say its only weakness is nades. Wide target making it easy to hit wit nades. especially close-combat
Phoen1XO3 3 years ago
Yeah it's not really intended to fight at closer ranges - then again neither is an A-Frame which this hound is loosely related to. Mid to long range is where this hound likes to dwell rushing forward only when it is advantageous to do so.
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
not bad. Still all that armor dosnt help all that mtch. still relly nice biuld dude. hope to c u in the war and we can test that armor of yours aginst my sniper =).
Xneng40X 3 years ago
The armor here isn't intended to make this a tank. They are more to make stray shots from a distance less painful - not absorb constant punishment. This way a sniper round will hit the shoulder plate instead of the pit/guns. I wanted more combat longevity and part of that is not losing guns/suffering stray pit shots!
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
nice build maybe we should meet in battle gamer tag
GestirnBruecke
DirkaDirka squad
SniperAce99 3 years ago
i know wut my next build is =]
suckduck1 3 years ago
looks like my defender hound only my cockpits more covered. also i use cannons and the meade legs
ReijiNinja 3 years ago
Cool, you should share it if you can. I'm not fond of cannons on treads (Actually I'm not fond of cannons in general) but if it works for you more power to you.
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
are any of those parts from the campaign
xsiktowelx 3 years ago
Nope! No RFZ parts in the parts list means it's all exclusively from multiplayer.
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
That is a very good build. :D
NanaPudden 3 years ago
Thanks!
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
First of all, nice vid with nice build. Secondly, this isn't Bye Bye Beautiful ACOUSTIC version, it's INSTRUMENTAL version. There's a slight difference :)
majnjord 3 years ago
Haha details details XD
Glad you liked it though!
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
red rain0 ur kinda of an idiot lol Everyone who doesent hide there cock pit is stupid as **** when recruit join our squad we spend at least three hours getting them good hounds this hounds was brought to me by a cernal in my squad with a few diffrent detail but nice hounds all the same BTW your cockpit SHOULD ALWAYS BE PROTECTED UNLESS UR A SNIPER BUT ITS STILL A GOOD IDEA TO PROTECT IT
ItzJeff11 3 years ago
It's alright he's blocked anyways for spamming several other videos. Even snipers imho should be covered. The only exception are scouts in my mind - as long as you understand that you're never supposed to get hit ^^;
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
Whats better treads Meade or Cluster?
Also what howies are good for me i like fast reload and high power
Shawn5030 3 years ago
it just depends i liek to use cluster cuz the back is like cut off so you can get tight close cock pits to it but i hear meade is faster i havent checked it out though
ItzJeff11 3 years ago
Meade's are MUCH faster. It's not uncommon for a Meade tread to drive along at 180+ Underloading a Meade nade stack you can get it to go just shy of 200.
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
The answer is both. Meade's are faster but not as tough and harder to fit things on (or behind rather). Custers are slower but more stable and much tougher. IMHO I like Custers better but Meades do the job well.
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
This hound sorta reminds me of my hound named "Armored Core II" (first version was a failure.) Anyway, your generator seems to be exposed, but there's really no way to prevent it from being shot out.
Very solid, tough, quick, and pretty stable. Great job on the hound. If I get the game again, I may do some revisions and make a version similar to this.
ABYAY 3 years ago
The generator isn't actually that exposed, up top like that it's actually more out of the way then most builds that have it along the side. I am rather fond of this hound though I almost never use it anymore. It performs well and to me that's the most important part.
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
Yeah, now that you mention it and I second its look, it does appear pretty good in position, and it's the best possible for such a hound. It's indeed an awesome build, and it should be one you commonly use. I mean, it just rips up about everything.
ABYAY 3 years ago
anyone who hides their cockpit is a noob n cheats greatly in this game
redrain0 3 years ago
Wtf? EVERYONE hides their cockpit if they don't want to be one shot. Go watch some of my sniper videos and see what happens to exposed cockpits. I should add back in the annotation where I keep the count on how many one shots I get.
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
Red its more anyone who DOESN'T hide thier cockpit is a noob. Thats lesson one of the game.
spike265 3 years ago
dont mind if i steal it uh i mean borrow :D
Travis322 3 years ago
Haha of course! That's what it's here for. I didn't throw it onto youtube to be secretive about it.
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
OMG use that blue block to cover your cockpit block!
Sakon213 3 years ago
this game takes me back to when i used to make robots out of legos
manofthehour91 3 years ago 2
Haha, it's fun like that.
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
It says in your parts list that there is a SP600 in their but don't you mean MSK-RD120?
AAtomtokamoto 3 years ago
I noticed that and I hoped no one would notice haha... Yes that's supposed to be RD120 XD I'm too lazy to fix it now.
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
dude the guy in the desert looked like he had 8 sniper cannons in a Y formation. sick
zblaber 3 years ago
Didn't help him much though :)
Honestly I have little love for hounds like that. They're woefully fragile and really only effective in specific situations. He would have been better off dropping a wing and mounting grenades or rifles. At least then he could do something when he was waiting the 10-16 seconds for his snipers to reload instead of watching me advance on him.
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
great vid i was waiting for someone to take my original a-wing and remake it good job
bluevertigo73 3 years ago
DUDE THAT THING LOOKS BEAST!!!!!! I think you should have put a small shield in the back instead of the radiator.
BIGfart7 3 years ago
I thought about that - I chose the radiator working on the principle that if someone is attacking me from behind I've made a mistake - where the radiator makes it harder to see on thermals and allows it to be able to absorb the heat damage from napalm, rockets, and machine guns without hurting the cockpit or generator.
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
btw, great choice of music. What's the name of the song?
BIGfart7 3 years ago
never mind.
BIGfart7 3 years ago
wait, what guns shoot the napalm shit?
zblaber 3 years ago
Howitzers and Mortars can fire napalm rounds which deal heat instead of damage (the heat past a certain level will cause the generator to take damage and after the generator blows the cockpit will take it directly). Also main fast firing weapons deal heat on top of the damage they deal (Machine Guns, Rockets, Huge Rockets, Howitzers, Mortars). Try it yourself, go into the test mode and let the 3 howitzer units fire at you for awhile. You'll eventually overheat from it.
TruePoindexter 3 years ago
Hahaha.
Wow, I built this EXACT hound almost 7 months ago.
Coincidence, huh?
assassinloki090 4 years ago
There are only a limited number of parts in the game, and they only go together (effectively) in only handful of ways. Invariably there will be similarities at some point. *shrug* This was made purely from my own explorative work and findings. If it is similar to something you made in the past then we came to the same conclusion.
TruePoindexter 4 years ago
Yeah, I understand.
I wasn't trying to be an ass, just found it funny someone else would have such a similar idea. This hound takes a BEATING better than most other tread designs.
Like the Armadillo of the tread howies.
assassinloki090 4 years ago
Somewhat surprised you managed to fit all of those heavy spacers and armour plates on. I might have a go at building this one, reminds me of Battletech's Masakari Assault 'Mech.
RaptorianX31 4 years ago
2 spacer builds are actually fairly efficient. The T spacer is the lightest (and smallest) of its type and the 6 sider on top is the heaviest Morskoj one. The T spacer is only slightly heavier than the lighest 6 sider and is tall enough to let me hide the C110 behind it. The heavy spacer on top is smaller than the typical light 6 sider so it pulls in the cockpit (and the guns) a little closer to center.
As for battletech - it's a pity there's no ER PPC's in Chromehounds :)
TruePoindexter 4 years ago
That makes sense... I just remembered how much weight the stick-like Sal Kari legs can hold, so it stands to reason that Tarakian tracks hold even more.
RaptorianX31 4 years ago
Seems like a good HVG build, could use some more cannons though, imho - though I'm more of a sniper. love the Bye Bye Beautiful too.
Skurgebane 4 years ago
It's a toss up between more howitzers or survivability. 6 howie hounds can spit out a lot of death...and last about 5 seconds against incomming fire. An alternative is to mount a combo of huge cannons and howitzers kinda like a big splash build - but then you have to deal with the huge cannons. Hmmm...that's not a bad idea actually...*goes to the garage*
TruePoindexter 4 years ago
probably have to rework your strategy when it comes to confronting a huge cannoneer with this design then. well actually, any design has to work a different strategy when taking those on. since a good pilot would make sure you dont kill him without getting the paintjob smacked off of you first. gotta get someone to distract them beast while another sneaks up and rams a explosive up there rears.
jpnmasochist 4 years ago
decent build.
those have a nice rate of fire aswell as durability.
you push down right when you fire to negate some of the recoil. lol i can tell cus you look down like i do with my 6 howie treader.
in a fair match you would strip a typical A-frame with this. even more so if you have high ground/head start with attack.
but its not for me. im not a close range howie guy.
jpnmasochist 4 years ago
It's not for everyone - especially Koutetsu :)
The biggest problem for this hound are huge cannons - especially triple singles and double doubles. It's a massive enough target that direct hits are a distinct possibility and while it won't die quickly - it can get stripped quickly from huge cannone fire. I've since shrunken down the size of the hound to try to alleviate this issue. I'll post the revised hound as soon as I get my computer working again ;_;
TruePoindexter 4 years ago
that's some serious noob pwnage. i'm a bit more concerned about how it would fare up against some naqa howies though, ur not a bad shot but most of those guys u were facin sucked or were distracted by ur teamates. not bad design though, looks freakin sick
CallingDarkness 4 years ago
It does well, fought some typical A-frame howies just last night with this build and it reamed em fairly throughly. The A-frames suffer from the low durability of their Naqa legs and most use the much slower firing Faus or HW300 giving this hound a distinct advangtage in fire rate. The speed and armor are tough enough that it can advance quickly to negate the longer range advantage as well.
TruePoindexter 4 years ago
Hahahaha awesome.
KoutetsuTenshin 4 years ago
Nice design! It has good armor protection.
Skeptical66 4 years ago
I got to admit that's a very creative build, it looks awesome. But in my opinion, i like the standard lowrider on Meades with 4 HW300s better. Although it's less heavily armored and less accurate when firing, it also goes faster, presents a smaller target, and has fast moving and powerful howitzers.
pizzdafizz 4 years ago
You can fit 4 HW300's on this build but you would probably have to downgrade some of the armor. The top spacer would have to go from an MSK-SP200 down to the equivalent RFZ spacer. I'm not sure what this would do to the stability either - my experience with HW300's has been bad but that's more personal preference than anything else.
TruePoindexter 4 years ago
sexy beast
the1deadpoet 4 years ago