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[Ralgas]

Kanjejou, on 23 May 2013 - 06:35 AM, said:

one ton of ammunition is enought for 2 to 4 machine gun if you arent trigger happy

NEVER!! Oh and they wont score kills on their own but they are a nice distraction/dismanlter now

JM6-DD

315xl
5mg (2 ton ammon)
gauss (4 ton ammo)
erppc

Doesn't need external HS with DHS. The heavy weps crack the rear armor on most mechs and the volume of mg fire usually keeps em running for cover with internal flashing till you can finish em off. They do a reasonable job on components from what i've seen so far (as long as it's not server lag from the heavy weps) and the build is pulling a solid 400 dmg average when i manage to stay low on the lrm priority list.

Traveling @ 86Km/h helps with sneaking behind fights to put ^ into effect

[pesco]

The Machine Gun is the quintessential anti-infantry weapon, [...] while still being effective at damaging BattleMechs. (sarna.net)

Look at the stats, guys! You don't need to tweak or try anything, just read the fricking tables.

Battletech: "A machine gun does the same damage to 'Mechs as an AC/2 but has a very short range."
MWO: "Derp."


I mean, wouldn't it be cool if the CPLT-K2's MGs were useful to discourage people from entering the PPCs' minrange? I know, right!

Edited by pesco, 23 May 2013 - 06:59 AM.

[General Taskeen]

pesco, on 23 May 2013 - 06:53 AM, said:

The Machine Gun is the quintessential anti-infantry weapon, issuing a stream of bullets at a high rate of fire to cut down opposing soldiers, while still being effective at damaging BattleMechs. (sarna.net)

Look at the stats, guys! You don't need to tweak or try anything, just read the fricking tables.

Battletech: "A machine gun does the same damage against 'Mechs as an AC/2 but has a very short range."
MWO: "Derp."

[Carrioncrows]

I'm guessing it will be another six months before they decide to double the damage again, in which case it will still be 2/3rds of the damage it needs to be at.