jeffsw6, on 03 May 2013 - 09:29 AM, said:
The MG is not on-par with the Small Laser.
- Small Laser does its damage in 0.75s and has 2.25s cool-down; during the cool-down you can torso-twist and otherwise maneuver to avoid damage
- Opponent's movements will force your MG damage to spread over multiple pieces; while an SL gives you the opportunity to aim at his CT, or whatever other part you are trying to destroy, when it is ready to be fired
- MG has a huge cone-of-fire, further spreading damage; try hitting a raven's leg with one
- MG requires ammunition that is finite, destructable for damage, and uses another ton and slot
- MG still does less than 0.8 DPS (remember, its fire rate is actually not 10/sec but more like 7/sec) while SL is 1.0
Please use your arithmetic skills, or actually play a mech with machine guns as its primary source of damage, before posting on this topic.
So model the MG after the Small laser. get it to have a cool down and equalize the damage with the small laser and SRM2 for DpS.
No 0.5 ton weapon should match a weapon like an AC20.
Edited by Joseph Mallan, 03 May 2013 - 09:56 AM.