Hello Community That's my build, which I'm running at the moment. There isn't much to say: Just shoot PCC on distance and use SRMs and AC/2 for short range. Give it a try and leave me a rating
Welcome to the forums! Straight down to business . A single ac2 for short range seems like a waste of tonnage to me. 4DPS, but triple MG has much less tonnage, 3DPS and increased crit chance when armor is down so the dps increases. the range of course goes down, but you proclaimed it to be mostly good for upclose usage anyway. AC2s are good in groups because they have such high velocity and range that it's easy to ping with or do some constant dps sniping. In a brawl they're extremely hot for what they put out and require you to face the target all the time (in which case your CT usually gets blown out by good pilots). Besides that a single AC2 has pretty disappointing DPS without the component focussing of other ballistics. It's good with at least 2 and another weapon like and AC5 to add some extra punch to the flavor. XL285 is slower than I'd like to run my Shadowhawks. My suggestion: https://www.mechspecs.com/forum/index.php?topic=4157.0 Run something like this. If you don't like SSRMs: Max speed also affects torso twist so you can spread damage and track targets more easily in brawls. If you don't have the money for another engine yet (though you should really get an XL300 to run this without dumping tonnage into random stuff): A single ERPPC is not really that effective for poking except for the first few shots maybe. You can also get assists with a LPL from 600m or closer and use it more effectively in a brawl as well, it severely increases your upclose power and tracking potential (and I had too little slots with an ERPPC). If you want to retain the poke AND the engine: Even though the UAC5 can jam, it has a lot better poke and burst potential than an AC2 and while you're jammed in close range you can freely defend your damaged parts. I hope those help you improve your build
I don't like Machine Guns and SSRM :unsure: and UAC5 LOL it always jams when i need it E// im trying the second one
Machine Guns got buffed like 3 times though, they're worth looking at base 1 DPS per MG might not seem too good but the increased crit chance (and you have 3 of them) finishes off really quickly especially if you can get some ammo explosions. I'm scared when I have no ammo and a machinegunner walks up to me, 3 of them tears my internals apart. That said, run what you're comfortable with, these are just some suggested improvements accustomed to what seems to be your playstyle
SHD are meant to mount big cannons! Shame on those 3 machineguns builds. If it's for short range, I'd trade the AC/2 and the two external DHS for an AC/5. Mostly for the cooling efficiency, to give you something to shoot when you're in the red. (btw, short range AC/2 feels a little strange to me)
