All the rest of the Star League "foundtech" is pretty nice, IMO, since the ER and Pulse weapons don't render standard versions obsolete (IMO the standard PPC is still better for building a general-purpose head basher, but the ER PPC is a brilliant tool for some focused roles) and the new guns that do exhibit real power creep are actually a good thing IMO: autocannon have long had a problem keeping up with other weapon types, so the new guns are creeping toward parity rather than away from it.
As for the Clan stuff, I guess I can't complain about numeric disparity being needed as a balancing tool if much of the whole point in the first damn place was for the clans to provide a "balanced" game while being dramatically outnumbered. O.o Since pretty much all the exposure I have to clan tech is in the Refusal War MW game rather than the actual tabletop game, I tend to think of clan tech in terms of being used against more clan tech rather than speroid tech...
Rodney28021, on 31 May 2012 - 05:38 AM, said:
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So what is a IS PPC in MWO going to fire like within minimum range? Does the stream spiral or arc for 90 meters and then straigthen out? Does the computer chime in "Target is in Minimum Range" and does not fire the PPC? How is the minimum range simulated for IS PPC, or does it not have minimum range? Or if i remember the reason for IS PPC minimum range was the chance of damage bouncing back to the user. If you fired a IS PPC at a target at 10meter and hit, the blast would arc back to the user, sorta like chained lightning, causing half damage, disrupting the onboard electronics or shorting out the PPC. Do you have to hit the Field Inhibitor to get the PPC to fire within 90 meters and risk feedback.
http://www.sarna.net...rojector_Cannon for PPC
It says "PPCs are equipped with a Field Inhibitor to prevent feedback which could damage the firing unit's electronic systems.[6] This inhibitor degrades the performance of the weapon at close ranges of less than 90 meters. Particularly daring warriors have been known to disengage the inhibitor and risk damage to their own machine when a target is at close range."
So what is a IS PPC in MWO going to fire like within minimum range? Does the stream spiral or arc for 90 meters and then straigthen out? Does the computer chime in "Target is in Minimum Range" and does not fire the PPC? How is the minimum range simulated for IS PPC, or does it not have minimum range? Or if i remember the reason for IS PPC minimum range was the chance of damage bouncing back to the user. If you fired a IS PPC at a target at 10meter and hit, the blast would arc back to the user, sorta like chained lightning, causing half damage, disrupting the onboard electronics or shorting out the PPC. Do you have to hit the Field Inhibitor to get the PPC to fire within 90 meters and risk feedback.
http://www.sarna.net...rojector_Cannon for PPC
It says "PPCs are equipped with a Field Inhibitor to prevent feedback which could damage the firing unit's electronic systems.[6] This inhibitor degrades the performance of the weapon at close ranges of less than 90 meters. Particularly daring warriors have been known to disengage the inhibitor and risk damage to their own machine when a target is at close range."
Post-Script: I think of the different "tech levels" as things to mostly play within, rather than trying to balance games that are asymmetric in that respect, so... yeah. My favourite ends up being the nadir toward the end of the Succession Wars almost entirely because minimum ranges are very common and heat sinks eat up a lot of tonnage, which together encourage bracket fire over boats more strongly than in any other era. I guess I also like how lower overall mobility encourages "shoot and scoot" over "run and gun" as well, for that matter...
Edited by Owl Cutter, 03 June 2012 - 09:07 PM.