Khobai, on 16 March 2013 - 08:57 PM, said:
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When a brawler's effectiveness is rated by how many SRM6s it can carry, theres obviously something unbalanced with that weapon. Especially when mechs that can't use SRM6s, like the Dragon, are considered useless because of it.
This is true.
Khobai, on 16 March 2013 - 08:57 PM, said:
This isn't why though. That damage/heat ratio is balanced out by weight, ammo, etc. Lasers will always run hotter per point of damage, that's the point. SRMs are brokenly powerful because they are broken, they're producing inflated damage, to the tune of 5-7 times against certain mech models. Once splash damage is out (April 2nd) we'll be in a better situation to assess relative brawler weapons, and I expect the SRM will be fine, although I'm concerned it'll exacerbate the advantage of Streak over Artemis as an SRM upgrade.
Edited by Gaan Cathal, 16 March 2013 - 09:15 PM.