Brag post, because it just felt SO GOOD after a rough day in the arena
As the title: had been in a number of mid to terrible drops, switched mechs a buncha times (which you shouldn't even if things are going badly), cursed myself, the opponents and my teammates, as you do. Finally managed to pull myself together and managed this beauty of a game on Classic Manifold. Might be the highest matchscore I ever had, don't think I ever cracked the 900 before!
I was lucky that it was a long, standoffish game, and the enemy had many missile boats, with which my ECM helped out a lot. Also, my team held together admirably and was very patient, holding left side instead of going all-out on the nascar.
Here's the build: https://mwo.nav-alpha.com/mechlab?b=fd271386_BAS-A
I like Beam Lasers, you can really pressure the enemy like nobody's business. With the BAS high mounts, they're terrifying. With this build, you can just barely alpha the MPLs twice while holding down the Beam button, the ghost heat isn't too bad. Watch that heatscale all the time though.