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[Gierling]

There is no other weapon in the game with a higher opportunity cost.

The MG is so ineffective that for its wieght/crits it is ALWAYS inferior to alternatives.

Putting MG's on a mech robs that mech of 1.5 tons and 2 slots.

There is not a config (that is not hardpoint limited) which can not be improved by the use of 1.5 tons and/or 2 slots in other aspects of the mech.

A Small laser and one single heatsink is FAR superior damage and utilty wise then a MG. 1.5 tons of armor is far superior to a MG, BAP is far superior to MG (That is saying something), AMS and one ton of ammo are far superior to a MG.

There is not one config with MG's that can be concocted which can not be made better by foregoing the MG's.

I want to use MG's, I love the look of them in game, but there is not a single build in my stable which is better with them.

Edited by Gierling, 08 April 2013 - 03:44 PM.

[FrostCollar]

Well said. Even if the MG were useful alone, the issue of opportunity cost is what really consigns it to the dustbin.

[Davers]

I think it might be the only item in game that the more tonnage you devote to it, the worse off your mech is.

[Tickdoff Tank]

I would rather take a BAP than an MG. I even think I will do more damage.

[Gierling]

You can make an argument that a MG has minor utility as a crit buffer. SO LONG AS YOU DO NOT ACTUALLY LOAD IT WITH AMMO, also you need to have no open energy slots.

A Machine gun is a superior crit buffer in that it takes up one slot for 0.5 tons.

So given tonnage isnt a problem, you have no free energy slots, and a desire to buffer a section against crits. You can equip an empty MG and it is marginally superior to loading gauss rifle ammo (presuming your mech does not have a gauss rifle loaded) however it is still strictly inferior to a small laser if one is possible to equip, it is also strictly inferior to simply placing 0.5 tons more armor on the section.

[Magik0012]

I can haz 1dps MG?

[Hayashi]

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