And a Happy Lunar New Year to our fellow MechWarriors.
@Nimnul That's part of why I run vanilla Medium Lasers on the 3N. Lets me use the saved tonnage for other things, like armor.
The only major concern I can immediately see in this build is the engine size. Speaking from experience with a 250-rated engine on the Champion -1N...
@NLR I would look for a means of packing a C.A.S.E. module under the Gauss Rifle, in case the enemy gets lucky. Having run a twin Light Gauss build...
I'm with Excalibaard here. Small Pulse Lasers will help with heat efficiency, and the shorter burn duration will cause the damage to spread less. The...
The very concept behind this build gave me a good chuckle. Thank you, Carlo. As for a rating, I'll have to give it a look when work stops eating up...
@Excalibaard that part about the Hellspawn really hits home. lol
Ran this build on my own -3N. I'm not sure it's a full five stars, but it certainly isn't a slouch either.
@Shock My pleasure.
*Feels Edu-ma-cated* Thanks for the lesson, @CarloArmato . Did not have this information to work with, explains a lot.
@CarloArmato I would argue that the arms are substantial enough to cover that CT from the sides, and a skilled torso twisting pilot can keep the mech...
@Shock having been in that position myself a few months back, I would say that it would be the exact reason to spend money on Drop-Ship Deals. The...
@CarloArmato I'll have to make a separate thread for my version of the build, and continue that discussion in there. I'm curious as to how you would...
@CarloArmato I want to say, if memory serves, that the build can reliably alpha strike a good three times before riding the line of overheat shutdown...
@CarloArmato Here we go, took a look at your build in Smurfy, and figured out where my build differs. CHP-2N...
I started by running a similar build on my -2N. I think my mech is running a smaller engine rating, and I can't see what your armor values are via...
I noticed that the -1NB variant can also pull off this build, but has a velocity bonus quirk. Not sure if that has an effect on Rotary Autocannons,...
I could actually see this being useful in Solaris 1v1. Something for me to take for a spin in the future.
Stupid question here, but why the medium lasers instead of, say, small pulse? Is it the virtue of range?
I might just try this in quick play, Carlo. I'll let you know how it goes. EDIT: Okay, gave this a quick check in the Testing Grounds. Definitely...
... I may have to refit my Marauder 3R with a different build now, because this was more or less what I was using on it. Tonnage allowed for a higher...
@Excalibaard It's always rather weird. Machine Gun R.o.F. quirks affect all variations of machine gun. Regarding your autocannon example, it seems...
This is, more or less, the configuration for my own 3R. Although it demands a lot of face time, which is counter-intuitive for the asymmetric build...
@Excalibaard Duly noted. I originally went with 25 singles because they immediately surpassed 18 doubles in terms of dissipation and heat...
If you nix 3 heat sinks, you can bump the engine up to a Light 300 and fit an I.S. Targeting Computer 1 in the CT. At least, that's how I've been...
With regards to the XL300 engine versions of the build, Dagonus, consider trading a few points of leg armor or a heat sink for the tonnage to mount a...
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