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[CG Oglethorpe Kerensky]

Hypothetical

You are designing a mech loadout for your unit for at least semi-serious business by specifications given to you by your commander.

Everything has gone according to plan until you hit one of the weapons in the loadout, which he said to put an AC/10 on the mech but he didn't specify which version. You have the tonnage and access to different version of the weapon so it is up to you to determine which one you are going to mount.

The differences in the amount of ammunition are due to tonnage and heat variants of the weapon.

For reference purposes.
http://www.sarna.net...i/Autocannon/10
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/LB_10-X_AC
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Ultra_AC/10

Edited by CG Oglethorpe Kerensky, 25 February 2013 - 10:05 AM.

[Joseph Mallan]

You missed the best of both worlds LB/X-10 with slugs and cluster

Which is how every self respecting LB is supposed to be armed.

[Trauglodyte]

What JoMa said!

[Lynx7725]

If I'm going straight up beating on other mechs? Ultra AC10, though the ammo count is a tad low for my liking. Otherwise, LB-X with solid slug.

But if I'm facing armour, or infantry, or heavy population of light mechs? LB-10 with cluster.

[Kraven Kor]

Joseph Mallan, on 25 February 2013 - 10:05 AM, said:

You missed the best of both worlds LB/X-10 with slugs and cluster

Which is how every self respecting LB is supposed to be armed.

And lacking that ability is the primary reason the LB-X isn't widely loved in MWO.

[FupDup]

Off-topic: Why do the LB AC's place the "X" after the salvo size designation? (I.e. LB 10-X). I think it sounds weird--you don't say "LR 20-M" or "SR 6-M" do you?.

Edited by FupDup, 25 February 2013 - 10:16 AM.

[Natasha Kerensky]

X is suppose to be eXtended or something like that. No one know actually. No one knows what LB is also.

[Mercules]

Joseph Mallan, on 25 February 2013 - 10:05 AM, said:

You missed the best of both worlds LB/X-10 with slugs and cluster

Which is how every self respecting LB is supposed to be armed.

Agree!

[Gnatter]

I agree, LB-10X with a mix of slug and cluster ammo.

[Mercules]

Kraven Kor, on 25 February 2013 - 10:09 AM, said:

And lacking that ability is the primary reason the LB-X isn't widely loved in MWO.

Yes, if we could load up 3 tons of Slug and a ton of Cluster and swap between them it would become a loved gun.

[Mechteric]

AC10 is cheaper. Done.

[Stone Profit]

FupDup, on 25 February 2013 - 10:15 AM, said:

Off-topic: Why do the LB AC's place the "X" after the salvo size designation? (I.e. LB 10-X). I think it sounds weird--you don't say "LR 20-M" or "SR 6-M" do you?.

Lubalin Ballistics Experimental AC/10

Natasha Kerensky, on 25 February 2013 - 11:45 AM, said:

X is suppose to be eXtended or something like that. No one know actually. No one knows what LB is also.

I know

[Voridan Atreides]

I like the original AC/10.

[FupDup]

Stone Profit, on 25 February 2013 - 11:51 AM, said:

Lubalin Ballistics Experimental AC/10

Then wouldn't it be LBX-10 (or something like that) instead of LB 10-X?

Edited by FupDup, 25 February 2013 - 11:58 AM.

[Mercules]

FupDup, on 25 February 2013 - 11:57 AM, said:

Then wouldn't it be LBX-10 (or something like that) instead of LB 10-X?

No because it is Lublin Ballistics then the "rating" of the AC, that being '10' then the Experimental indicator. That would be my guess.

[Josef Nader]

Yeah, LB10X with 2 tons of slugs and a ton of clusters is the best choice here.

[Stone Profit]

Yeah I just put it in the wrong order

[Monkey Bone]

UAC of course because dakka dakka double punch

[Levi Porphyrogenitus]

Voted LB-10X with 45 slugs, but what I really wanted was 30 slug rounds and 15 cluster.

[Tickdoff Tank]

Kraven Kor, on 25 February 2013 - 10:09 AM, said:

And lacking that ability is the primary reason the LB-X isn't widely loved in MWO.

While I want to see the mixed ammo for the LB10X, having it would make the AC10 obsolete, and they already stated that they want all equipment to be viable (hence the 1.4 DHS). Most people would not use the cluster rounds at all and would only use the slugs which would give them an AC10 that weighs 1 ton less and has a better range than the standard AC10.

About the only compromise I can think of would be for the LB10X to come with a mixed ammo loadout, 7 cluster/7slug per ton of ammo. (maybe make it 8/7 if you must have 15 shots/ton).

Edited by Tickdoff Tank, 25 February 2013 - 12:51 PM.