Winner by OUTSTANDING VICTORY: Triton! 8pts
I think I'm starting to see a pattern here... enter a tank, win the battle.
Triton (1337) vs.
Jesse James - Resivoir W 4500 / Ruins W 3500 / Parking Lot W 1300
Crystal Dragon - Arena W 1500 / City W 3000 / Cave W 200
Cheeseball - Structure W 1500 / Highway L 1200 / Arena W 3600
8 pts
All ACs fell victim to the terrible stupid might of GNL. Yea GNL verily you are mighty. For a weapon that lays down the law so terribly, you'd think it would have a reload time long enough that your opponents could run the hell away between shots or something. I think we'll hold off on future matches until Space and I have practiced extensively against it, using the decoy trick and everything.
Jesse James started pretty cold, but was on his "A" game in the Parking lot... doh, out of ammo before he could secure the win. Triton is horribly vulnerable to stun, but not moreso than everything else is to GNL.
Crystal Dragon just took it hard from the grenades. Cover in the Structure and City was less kind to Space's attempts with the powerful missile launchers than it was to the tank's direct firepower.
Cheeseball ran the tank through the majority of its ammo in most every match. Space played a flawless air/blading game while I got trapped on the Highway and bladed me to death after running out of ammo at my 3500AP mark.
Jesse James vs.
Triton - Resivoir L 4500 / Ruins L 3500 / Parking Lot L 1300
Crystal Dragon - Parking Lot W 700 / Snowy L 1000 / Arena W 1300
Cheeseball - Parking Lot W 4000 / Cross Arena L 1400 / Structure W 1300
4 pts
This AC put my faith back in the 'zooks, and more importantly in the Little Zook That Could... BZ30R. I have so under-rated that gun.
By all rights, Crystal Dragon won the first round of their series, as Jesse's ammo ran dry with a good 1000AP left on the opponent. But Crystal was down to the howitzer as well. Both ACs had discarded their missile weapons, and Jesse got lucky by grabbing the Dragon's dual missiles... which work quite well in the parking lot. Snowy Field and Arena battles saw both ACs at their most exciting with a lot of heated exchanges and tight maneuvers.
Cheeseball did sorta get the shaft in arena selections, the Parking Lot was not kind to that little AC though Jesse was hard pressed not to throw all his limited ammo supply into pillars again as he did with the Dragon. The structure was much more forgiving, allowing the light its proper movement and denying Jesse its highly effective HAVMs... but limiting running room so that the mid could bring itself into striking range despite a big speed difference.
Crystal Dragon (Space) vs
Triton - Arena L 1500 / City L 3000 / Cave L 200
Jesse James - Parking Lot L 700 / Snowy W 1000 / Arena L 1300
Cheeseball - Shoebox W 900 / Wasteland L 250 / Arena L 2300
2 pts
Crystal Dragon's record is a bit the worse for luck and maybe fate... for whatever reason it just isn't the same powerhouse that DragonKnight proved itself to be. It put up a good fight in a lot of matches, dragging Triton close to defeat but losing to a last-minute rally. In close combat, the missiles and rifle proved to be more than Cheeseball could bear, and the Wasteland was very nearly a repeat performance with desperate LQ15 spam deciding that battle.
I really can't say why this guy didn't win more matches, he's got a versatile and effective set of equipment. He usually came really close. Maybe it just wasn't in the cards.
Cheeseball (NER/HALBERD version)
Triton - Structure L 1500 / Highway W 1200 / Arena L 3600
Jesse James - Parking Lot L 4000 / Cross Arena W 1400 / Structure L 1300
Crystal Dragon - Shoebox L 900 / Wasteland W 250 / Arena W 2300
I thought this would be a fun little AC to play and I was sorta right. If you don't care about shooting the other guy this AC is a blast. But those narrow locks, a wildly evading HUESO, and a lunging / dashing target just make for frustration. The LQ is effective enough when you DO aim and fire it, one wouldn't be nearly enough but two have enough ammo for what needs to be done (except against the tank, fricking thing). With this AC's speed at least you're not usually pressured for time. LIC100 shot off Cheeseball's FINGER like 2 out of 3 matches, by the way, which hardly helped matters.