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[DI3T3R]

For those not familiar with the Direstar: 1 Direwolf. 9 ER-PPCs. Wait for a good shot and obliterate the enemy with an alpha-strike. The massive internal damage from overheat will kill you after 3 alpha-strikes though.

I settled for Warhawks, so my plan is to go for a Warhawk-C with 5 ER-PPCs. It would be able to kill Heavies with a pinpoint alpha-strike (on paper), though not fresh Assaults.
And I figure that I would get more alpha-strikes out of it because there is less overheat.

Your thoughts on this?

[Malcolm Vordermark]

It is fun for a laugh, but you'll need to target weakened mechs or shoot out sides on XL mechs to get a one shot. The Direstar is pretty brutal because of its 90 damage, all at once, to the same location. However, 50 damage is smaller than some of the laser vomit builds, which are more sustainable. I don't think you'll get the same kick out of it on a Warhawk.

Edited by Rouken, 01 March 2015 - 11:24 AM.

[DI3T3R]

Rouken, on 01 March 2015 - 11:23 AM, said:

90 damage ... 50 damage

We are talking Clan-ER-PPCs here. That's 135 damage for the Direstar and 75 damage for the Warstar.

An Orion has 72 armour on the CT (stock), an Atlas 94.

[Lsq78]

DI3T3R, on 01 March 2015 - 11:45 AM, said:

We are talking Clan-ER-PPCs here. That's 135 damage for the Direstar and 75 damage for the Warstar.

An Orion has 72 armour on the CT (stock), an Atlas 94.

Clan ERPPC spread damage. They only do 10 damage to the hit component, and 2,5 to 2 neighbouring components.

Ergo, that 5 ERPPC warhawk is only 50 pinpoint damage.

Edited by Lsq78, 01 March 2015 - 12:33 PM.

[Malcolm Vordermark]

DI3T3R, on 01 March 2015 - 11:45 AM, said:

We are talking Clan-ER-PPCs here. That's 135 damage for the Direstar and 75 damage for the Warstar.

An Orion has 72 armour on the CT (stock), an Atlas 94.

It does 10 damage to one location and then spreads the other 5. It doesn't help for what you're trying achieve. Also, nobody is going to be running those stock values.

[Tarogato]

Like some above me have said, Clan ER PPCs only actually do 10 damage in reality - 5 points are 'splashed' to an adjacent component. A quad AC/5 Crab at 600m is basically better in all regards to a 5x PPC Warhawk. The Crab can lay down 40 damage to one component every 1.7 seconds, the Warhawk only gets one 50pt shot. The Direstar is funny because it DOES have a 90pt pinpoint shot, and when you place it right, it almost always kills in one shot. Peacedove... not so much.