32 replies to this topic

[SageOfBattle]

If you could bring one weapon to battle, what would it be? It has to be a single gun, so nothing like Link-fire Gauss Rifles.

Mine would have to be the Heavy Gauss Rifle. It's just was just so satisfying watching an enemy mech just simply keel over after being smacked around by one of them.

[Johnny Reb]

The best PPC available to my mech! Pew, pew,pew.

[Daniel Dravot Esq]

“You should not have any special fondness for a particular weapon, or anything else, for that matter. Too much is the same as not enough. Without imitating anyone else, you should have as much weaponry as suits you.”
― Miyamoto Musashi, The Book Of Five Rings

[Major Bill Curtis]

Dual gauss rifles and 56 rounds of ammo: Nightstar 9J . . . omigod.

If Musashi had known about this, he would have had a favorite weapon

Edited by Major Bill Curtis, 04 June 2012 - 08:16 PM.

[shameless]

Clan ERPPC, best weight/range/tonnage/damage ratio in the game.

[JupiterKiller]

Just give me a few LRM's in a fast rig and I will rain down hell!!

[Kobold]

Johnny Reb, on 04 June 2012 - 08:05 PM, said:

The best PPC available to my mech! Pew, pew,pew.

What he said. Grand Dragon or CPLT-K2

[SageOfBattle]

Daniel Dravot Esq, on 04 June 2012 - 08:12 PM, said:

“You should not have any special fondness for a particular weapon, or anything else, for that matter. Too much is the same as not enough. Without imitating anyone else, you should have as much weaponry as suits you.”
― Miyamoto Musashi, The Book Of Five Rings

True, but you've gotta admit, some weapons just feel more fun then others

[latdheretic]

The Hatchet, backed by TSM induced fury. . . Nothing quite like doing 40 damage in a single blow for demoralizing an opponent.

[Oswin Aurelius]

Ultra-Autocannon 10.

[Daniel Dravot Esq]

Major Bill Curtis, on 04 June 2012 - 08:15 PM, said:

Dual gauss rifles and 56 rounds of ammo: Nightstar 9J . . . omigod.

If Musashi had known about this, he would have had a favorite weapon

some one done me proper with dual gauss one time, for all the good the old samurai's book did me i may as well have thrown it at him

SageOfBattle, on 04 June 2012 - 08:18 PM, said:

True, but you've gotta admit, some weapons just feel more fun then others

Fair point, AC's,Gauss,PPC's anything that hits and send the other guys mech reeling is the best. nothing beats an Atlas looking for all the world like Jah just slapped them.

Edited by Daniel Dravot Esq, 04 June 2012 - 08:26 PM.

[Pook600]

AC20 on a med mech with the ability to fly (relatively anyways) up and surprise a few folks...

[frostfly]

shameless, on 04 June 2012 - 08:15 PM, said:

Clan ERPPC, best weight/range/tonnage/damage ratio in the game.

7 tons, 15 damage, 15 heat, 3 crits long range

Sorry
The classic medium laser is better
1 ton 5 damage, 3 heat 1 crit, medium range.

Yeah way less reach, but I can pack on 6 and an extra DHS and do twice the damage.

[latdheretic]

frostfly, on 04 June 2012 - 08:34 PM, said:

7 tons, 15 damage, 15 heat, 3 crits long range

Sorry
The classic medium laser is better
1 ton 5 damage, 3 heat 1 crit, medium range.

Yeah way less reach, but I can pack on 6 and an extra DHS and do twice the damage.

Amen, and that is why they are my energy weapon of choice to build up the heat to trigger TSM. . .

[WalkingDeathBot]

shameless, on 04 June 2012 - 08:15 PM, said:

Clan ERPPC, best weight/range/tonnage/damage ratio in the game.

^This

[HIemfire]

frostfly, on 04 June 2012 - 08:34 PM, said:

7 tons, 15 damage, 15 heat, 3 crits long range

Sorry
The classic medium laser is better
1 ton 5 damage, 3 heat 1 crit, medium range.

Yeah way less reach, but I can pack on 6 and an extra DHS and do twice the damage.

While I agree on the Medium Laser being the better of the two weapons (heck, best weapon in BT universe period in my opinion), the statistics you have for the Clan ERPPC are slightly off. The mass for a Clan ERPPC is 6 tons and it only takes up 2 critical slots.

That still turns into one more double heatsink and 167% of the damage for the same mass using standard medium lasers. Honestly MW4 shafted us in this.

Edited by HIemfire, 04 June 2012 - 10:49 PM.

[Telthalion]

PPCs. Preferably the Clan ER variety, but I'll take whatever I can get my hands on. Standard, light, snub-nose, heavy... the more the merrier.

[latdheretic]

There is something to be said for range though. . . A weapon with no min range, and a max in the low 20's is going to be able to engage a lot further away than a medium laser, and even at normal laser ranges you will be fighting always at close range for your gun, where the medium laser is likely to be in medium range, and hence less accurate. There is no perfect weapon, just favorites. . . and weapons that are really hard to utilize their full potential. . . like AC2's

[UncleKulikov]

Large Laser.

[Tyrfing]

shameless, on 04 June 2012 - 08:15 PM, said:

Clan ERPPC, best weight/range/tonnage/damage ratio in the game.

Yep. ER PPC