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[wickwire]

Does it really increase the heat threshold? Or is it broken, since Mechs now always shut down at 100% heat; unless you override, but don't you take damage above 100 anyway? What am I missing?

[Rascula]

As the tooltip says It gives you an increase to the threshhold by 10% so as I understand it you can take 10% more heat before you overheat.
Its worded weirdly I know, but it essentially adds an extra 10% to your mechs overheat graphic <so in reality you actually overheat at 110%>

So to answer your question it is useful unlike some skills like Pinpoint which do absolutely nothing!

[Hauser]

Your heat threshold is not 100%. Thats just the display of how much heat you can maximally hold and the heat you're currently holding.

Your heat threshold is computed as:

Heat Threshold = 30 + 1.0 * Single HS + 1.4 * Double HS + 2.0 * Engine Double HS.

Effective Heat Threshold = Heat Threshold * (1.1 if Heat containment skill * 2 if all basics doubled).

[wickwire]

Hauser, on 09 November 2013 - 06:11 AM, said:

Your heat threshold is computed as:

Heat Threshold = 30 + 1.0 * Single HS + 1.4 * Double HS + 2.0 * Engine Double HS.

Effective Heat Threshold = Heat Threshold * (1.1 if Heat containment skill * 2 if all basics doubled).

Brilliant, thank you!

[Victor Morson]

Fastfire and pinpoint do absolutely nothing, and the descriptions are lies placeholder.

[Hexenhammer]

Of course it is. Without it one can not unlock elites and elites double your basic skills.


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[Alaskan Nobody]

Hexenhammer, on 09 November 2013 - 10:49 PM, said:

M.O.R.R.B.I.D.

I am morbidly curious about how you came up with that acronym.....

[Victor Morson]

Hexenhammer, on 09 November 2013 - 10:49 PM, said:

Of course it is. Without it one can not unlock elites and elites double your basic skills.

You got me there!

[Tiamat of the Sea]

Personally, I'd like to know why, when heat isn't calculated in percent, it's displayed in percent. This has been a source of confusion for new players who don't understand that a Medium Laser isn't supposed to generate 4% heat, it's supposed to generate 4 heat.