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[Serapth]

So right now I am running a JM6-A with mostly LRMs... quickly levelling it up thanks to the... new feature in this game. It's going smashingly well too... those blown off limbs and 800+ damage a round does wonders for XP gain.


That said, I am having trouble with giving this mech a backup weapon.

Up until today I was running
3xLRM15 + art + lots of ammo
Tag
2xMG + 1 ton ammo


I have to say, as my first time running Machine guns, they are really really really really awful.

So, im left with a few options... drop some ammo or missiles and run an AC2 or Ac5, which under the current LRMfest is a bad tradeoff.

Drop Tag and run 2xML

Run a single MPL + tag

Or run 2MG ( not doing this, they suck ).

Or I suppose, run no backup weapon at all, upgrade to a LRM20 and just die if anything gets close to me?


With the hardpoints on the A, these seem to be about my only options. Which would you pick, keeping in mind I want to maximize my LRM output.

[Sybreed]

you could you know... not boat anything.

The default loadout gave you plenty of defensive options. If you use endo-steel upgrades, you can stack up a lot more ammo. DHS also helps a lot. I would think that 2xLRM 15 would be enough right now.

[Synra]

3x LRM 15 is way too much on a 65 ton mech. I suggest dropping one of those and using the remaining 2 missile hardpoints for SRMs. That's what I did. If you were willing to run without TAG, I would suggest putting a good pair of lasers in the torso.

[mike29tw]

As backup weapon goes, I'd say AC20 is the best.

[Budor]

i run 2x alrm15, 2x ssrm, 1x mlas, 1x tag and 2x mg

[MustrumRidcully]

mike29tw, on 21 March 2013 - 07:33 AM, said:

As backup weapon goes, I'd say AC20 is the best.

Because the enemy backs up when he gets an ac/20 to the face?