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[Falcon Puncher]

I was told that gauss ammo shouldn't explode, but I have been dying a lot more often to ammo explosion after the new patch in my 2x gauss rifle cataphract... and you know whats more ridiculous? my ammo exploded right after i depleted it.

I'm not sure if this actually makes sense. please enlighten

kthx.

[Triple Patte]

The gun can explode, the ammo cannot. If you get killed by your gun exploding, it will list it as ammo explosion.

[Tahribator]

Your Gauss Rifle exploded, it counts as an ammo explosion. Bathe in the enlightenment.

kthx

[Joker Two]

As said above, the ammo itself does not explode, but the weapon can. This should only happen from critical hits though, not from heat. CASE will contain the explosion to the side torso affected as normal.

[Cyke]

Eh, already answered repeatedly, so I guess I'll just add the explanation from the game universe

Unlike autocannon ammunition and missiles (which have explosive propellant and warheads), gauss rifle ammo consists of inert, solid metal slugs that are not volatile.. thus gauss ammo does not explode.
However, the Gauss Rifle itself has its own internal capacitors that store up energy for the next shot, and these capacitors (for some reason) explode when damaged.

As for being vulnerable to the rifle exploding even after you're out of slugs, don't ask me why they don't logically just discharge the capacitors (to prevent explosion) if the 'Mech hasn't got any slugs left for a next shot anyway...

[McQuackers]

Cyke, on 18 April 2013 - 11:59 PM, said:

However, the Gauss Rifle itself has its own internal capacitors that store up energy for the next shot, and these capacitors (for some reason) explode when damaged.

It'd be neat if PGI made it so that a destroyed gauss rifle does damage proportional to the recharge delay. If I just fired it and it gets destroyed immediately after, it should do less damage.

Anything to make my XL 2X less fragile.

[Falcon Puncher]

i'm surprised that nobody has flamed me yet for being a noob.

I have been enlightened

kthx

[PaladinXIII]

Cyke, on 18 April 2013 - 11:59 PM, said:

However, the Gauss Rifle itself has its own internal capacitors that store up energy for the next shot, and these capacitors (for some reason) explode when damaged.

Check out some youtube videos of people making simple coil guns with disposable camera batteries and ball-bearings, it's nothing spectacular but if you apply the size of the that coil gun to the size of the mech warrior gauss rifle, you'd need a pretty big power source to fire that round at the velocities given, so the energy need to power the coils would be pretty large and if damage or destroyed, the energy is violently released, hence mech ownage from rifle explosion.

Cyke, on 18 April 2013 - 11:59 PM, said:

As for being vulnerable to the rifle exploding even after you're out of slugs, don't ask me why they don't logically just discharge the capacitors (to prevent explosion) if the 'Mech hasn't got any slugs left for a next shot anyway...

I would guess that the rifle and capacitors are hard-wired to the reactor and cannot be turned off if the mech's reactor is on. I think the main reason your rifle still carries a charge is just to balance out the fact that the rounds don't explode or cook-off. If heat played a bigger issue with ammo cook-off there would a bigger pro and con to using the gauss rifle

[PaladinXIII]

Falcon Puncher, on 19 April 2013 - 11:50 AM, said:

i'm surprised that nobody has flamed me yet for being a noob.

I have been enlightened

kthx

Everyone is a noob at one time or another, despite what they say, and at least you're asking on the forum instead of in the middle of a match.

If it still bothers you that we didn't flame you, we'll try harder the next time you post...