So just out of curiosity does anyone build screen shake builds just to be A holes on the battle field , also does anyone know if screen shake calculation of
DAMAGE * IMPULSE = SCREEN SHAKE
Does this apply to the potential Bonus damage of LBX- (x) rounds with their % chances to deal additional damage? I know its kind of a stupid question because numbers say yes but mechanically does anyone know if this works?
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Posted 15 December 2014 - 06:31 AM
Back a while, maybe there were folks building low-damage high shake builds. Now with the Clan weapon mechanics it happens naturally.
Mechs that can chain fire a lot of IS LRM5s give you the shake effect but their real power is how the small spread of missiles focuses the damage. And Clan LRMs and ACs all give a lot of shake naturally. So, to answer your first question I'd say no, because you can have a highly effective build that causes shake as a bonus. No need to make a troll build.
For the second question about LB-X's, I don't think so. The additional damage that LB-Xs, MGs and flamers do is critical damage which destroys critical slot items. As far as I know, critical damage causes no shake, nor do ammo explosions caused by crits. I've got an article on the damage mechanics if you want to get into the nitty-gritty of it.
Mechs that can chain fire a lot of IS LRM5s give you the shake effect but their real power is how the small spread of missiles focuses the damage. And Clan LRMs and ACs all give a lot of shake naturally. So, to answer your first question I'd say no, because you can have a highly effective build that causes shake as a bonus. No need to make a troll build.
For the second question about LB-X's, I don't think so. The additional damage that LB-Xs, MGs and flamers do is critical damage which destroys critical slot items. As far as I know, critical damage causes no shake, nor do ammo explosions caused by crits. I've got an article on the damage mechanics if you want to get into the nitty-gritty of it.
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Posted 15 December 2014 - 06:35 AM
Muchas dakkas is good for suppression-fracas, no doubt about it, altough many people already got used to it and shoot you anyway, sooooo all the screenshake could turn out to be double-edged and cut the wielder´s hand .
Gauvan provided all necessary ino on crits, so I´m done already
Have fun and gun !
Gauvan provided all necessary ino on crits, so I´m done already
Have fun and gun !
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Posted 15 December 2014 - 07:15 AM
Gauvan, on 15 December 2014 - 06:31 AM, said:
Back a while, maybe there were folks building low-damage high shake builds. Now with the Clan weapon mechanics it happens naturally.
Mechs that can chain fire a lot of IS LRM5s give you the shake effect but their real power is how the small spread of missiles focuses the damage. And Clan LRMs and ACs all give a lot of shake naturally. So, to answer your first question I'd say no, because you can have a highly effective build that causes shake as a bonus. No need to make a troll build.
For the second question about LB-X's, I don't think so. The additional damage that LB-Xs, MGs and flamers do is critical damage which destroys critical slot items. As far as I know, critical damage causes no shake, nor do ammo explosions caused by crits. I've got an article on the damage mechanics if you want to get into the nitty-gritty of it.
Mechs that can chain fire a lot of IS LRM5s give you the shake effect but their real power is how the small spread of missiles focuses the damage. And Clan LRMs and ACs all give a lot of shake naturally. So, to answer your first question I'd say no, because you can have a highly effective build that causes shake as a bonus. No need to make a troll build.
For the second question about LB-X's, I don't think so. The additional damage that LB-Xs, MGs and flamers do is critical damage which destroys critical slot items. As far as I know, critical damage causes no shake, nor do ammo explosions caused by crits. I've got an article on the damage mechanics if you want to get into the nitty-gritty of it.
Great! this answers all my questions !
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Posted 15 December 2014 - 08:09 AM
After a bit of playing around, I built my Atlas S with four LRM5s (it's a brawler, but I don't like being defenseless at range). Even with a low amount of ammo (I ton and a half, I think), it was great for driving people back into cover, locking them in place, disrupting their shots, and so on. Then I was close enough to open up with the MLs and AC20 and it was game over.
The LRM5 doesn't do a lot of damage, but if you want to think about all the other things it does, it's a pretty good weapon, even if the target has AMS.
The LRM5 doesn't do a lot of damage, but if you want to think about all the other things it does, it's a pretty good weapon, even if the target has AMS.
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