Super high alphas addressed - check
Slow down time to kill - check
Not limiting loadouts - check
Gauss charge up removed, but with proper risk + alpha damage pairing addressed - check
The last one there is especially interesting. I tested out double gauss and guass + mixed builds for quite a while last night and i'm truly impressed with how they dealt with it. You can fire 2 gauss for about 10% heat but if you fire one at a time there's no heat. It's enough to make a difference in a fight where heat levels are key but not enough to be absurd. But even when adding one additional weapon that heat begins to skyrocket. It will keep people from using it like it used to be. Classic example Double gauss, double PPC direwolf. ERPPCs both fired, 28% heat, double gauss fired 10% heat. Fire it all together a whopping 85% heat. So yes it's still possible to alphastrike but the usefullness of doing it vs stagger firing becomes glaringly clear. DON'T DO IT. People with trigger discipline will be the true kings of mechwarrior.
LBXs are amazing now in comparison to regular auto cannons. I think PGI has finally found a useful spot for them. They are low heat, low energy draw, short cooldown damage spewing blessings. Mixing them in with other energy or missile builds allows you to fire something while you wait to cooldown from higher heat weapons. A 4 LBX10, 4 medium laser Kodiak does amazing. Your lasers heat you up pretty quickly and then you can chainfire the LBX10s to your hearts content while you wait to cooldown.
LRMs seem to stick out a little but honestly... who cares. Since people won't be boating such high alpha striking mechs they might actually take an AMS as they adjust builds.
I've read a lot of other posts and i can't believe how afraid and cynical some people are about energy draw. I can only see a bright future for Mechwarrior with these changes. I'm sure some further tweaking might be necessary but i'd be totally happy if they dropped this build into live as is.
My few complaints are the sound effect of going over energy. It seems so bland. It doesn't quite have the coolness factor to it. And the ERPPC heat going up to 15. PPC heat i understand going up to 10 but ERs were just so hot already.
Edited by Sable, 24 August 2016 - 07:22 PM.