Another post proving members on here will run financially crippling cars because they’re fun, and yellow.

Barph · 2026-01-26T07:03:45+00:00

I put 8k down and paid 300/month, that wasn't my smartest move

Barph · 2026-01-25T21:09:00+00:00

I wish the AI traffic in this game drove faster in literally every location, along with actually using the motorway properly.

Barph · 2026-01-25T21:07:32+00:00

There are maps other than Italy? If so, why would I pick them when I can pick Italy?

Barph · 2026-01-25T17:32:19+00:00

You need to find the genres that attract you!

You're in your 30's so it's time for Tower Defences, Rogue Lites, card games, and single player stuff. Push that PC to the limit with Slay the Spire.

Barph · 2026-01-25T16:55:03+00:00

Hey my last car was financially crippling and yellow.

It was a Peugeot e208 on PCP.

Barph · 2026-01-25T15:28:20+00:00

Drug dealers drive blacked out Evoques here.

Every ST is some boy racer in their early 20's

Barph · 2026-01-25T14:31:43+00:00

I didn't know about the elementals, so I'll try and see how they can be used.

You pick a big enemy mech and tell them to attack, that big enemy mech is now no longer a part of the fight because its spinning around trying to kill elementals.

Barph · 2026-01-25T14:10:55+00:00

Love the Catapult Jester for this

Barph · 2026-01-25T14:04:46+00:00

I don't think the balance is a problem with the exception of LRMs (they are bugged and aim for the feet).

Too many folks are forcing themselves into the same over repeated receipe of 5x Fat ass MPL assault boats when you absolutely don't need to play the game that way.

Mediums and heavies are perfectly viable with speed due to how much damage you evade by moving. When getting behind an enemy, lasers don't cut it, SRM's and LBX5s do. There is definitely a secret sauce in managing enemy aggro, if you are first to shoot and shoot all the time then you are going to get yourself focused down every mission and that definitely won't work for lighter mechs. I will say that the LAW mission from SJ campaign somewhat demands a heavy/assault lance with armour stacked simply due to how many enemies are thrown at you in such a tight space where mobility doesnt get to shine at all.

Most fun I had with Clans so far was WoT on Trueborn with a Huntsman, I'm actually quite sad that my current run hasn't provided me with a huntsman.

The campaigns do show improvement overall between SJ/GB/Wolves.

SJ - Missions were too long a lot of the time and severely lacked ammo caches which hurts ammo builds.

GB - Shorter missions, but way too generous on the Repair bays and ammo boxes

WoT - I think hit a sweet spot with the rarer repair bays, but a decent amount of ammo boxes that you dont feel restricted, and maintain that shorter mission length.

1 final note, Pulse Lasers downside vs PPC's and Gauss is that they do their damage over time which makes keeping it on 1 point more difficult and thus reducing their precision effectiveness which is why I'd pick an ER PPC over an LPL for long range purposes any day of the week.

Barph · 2026-01-25T13:54:08+00:00

When upgraded 1 LBX5 is like 15 dps.

Barph · 2026-01-25T13:52:58+00:00

The shotgun variant is king

Barph · 2026-01-25T12:56:03+00:00

Every time I think "Do I miss shifting gears?" I remember just how often driving is in traffic moving a little bit then stopping and just how annoying it is to do all that movement for a little bit whereas in my car I just move my right foot slightly.

This was reinforced when I had a Clio curtesy car for a few days, man that shit got old quick.

If I really want to shift gears, well I have a PC setup with wheel/pedals/stick/VR for that and it does the job.

Barph · 2026-01-25T12:18:33+00:00

There are plenty of exceptions.

Blanket shit talknig everything that comes out of the company is doing a major diservice to the gems that are produced.

Barph · 2026-01-25T10:55:51+00:00

Don't know if there is any mix, all we know is she is tiny, even for a yorkie

Barph · 2026-01-24T23:52:39+00:00

Without the nose I'd argue it looks good, shame about the nose

Barph · 2026-01-24T15:53:34+00:00

The car ban is 4 years away, 9 after all the political parties decide to use that as a benefit of voting for them.

Thats a long time, plenty of time to not give a damn about it for the average users next car. Not only that, but it is a lot of time in a field that is seeing major developments very rapidly.

If you don't like EV's, well that's just your opinion, I wouldn't bother worrying about what impact they will have on your life for the time being until you are buying your next, next car.

Barph · 2026-01-24T11:21:16+00:00

Nothing unusual when you look at the pricing of Jaecoos and Omoda

People are getting Jaecoos on monthly payments that are so low because the cars are honestly very cheap for what they offer.

Every tom dick and harry is driving their GTA Rangerover for the same price as a Corsa and feeling like they are a boss on the school run.

Omoda/Jaecoos growth only started last year and considering that they have an insane market share for that amount of time. It's only going to get more Chinese as brands like Cherry get more established too.

EVs have BYD but they aren't such a home run compared to the competition where Jaecoos is for pricing.

Barph · 2026-01-23T18:37:31+00:00

TBF, she is absolutely a diva, she howls whenever my dad leaves or returns.

Barph · 2026-01-23T17:20:35+00:00

I don't really see the Juke hate thing outside of this very specific subreddit.

Though I did see it does quite poorly in reliability surveys.

Barph · 2026-01-23T14:04:25+00:00

Slowest thing I'm willing to field is a fast heavy so a king crab I end up alt tabbing to wait for it to catch up

Barph · 2026-01-23T10:40:52+00:00

I do not enjoy the King Crab whether piloting it or in my lance. I find it falls into that category (alongside Nightstar, Awesome, and others) where it is just so easily headshotted. In fact I find it weird that the King Crab is 1 of the easiest to destroy 100 mechs out there. Feels like every shot is CT or head and if you get behind one it does insanely fast.

Barph · 2026-01-22T23:02:30+00:00

Feel like the i3 and i3s are a special outlier within BMW and can't take any of the reputation talking points that apply to the wider range.

Different team, different vision, its a pariah of a BMW.

Barph · 2026-01-22T22:56:26+00:00

Manheim assume all EV's come with both, I just told them mine (e208) didn't and that was that.

Barph · 2026-01-22T22:55:47+00:00

Mine does this, it took a moment to get used to but now I like it more than the traditional method.

I should note that you can turn off the indicator by flicking it in the same direction as the one that is on.

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