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[zraven7]

Mister Blastman, on 15 July 2013 - 11:05 AM, said:

Well, now that you mention it OP, YES! In a way, they should function like ballistics. Take gravity, for instance. Ballistic weapons drop due to gravity. So should the PPC.

"But noooooo Blastman, they can't be affected by gravity because they are lightning bolts and go really fast!"

Need I remind everyone here that light is affected by gravity and it is both a particle and a wave. I rest my case. No matter the velocity PPCs travel at, gravity should change their trajectory even if it is ever so slightly.

Except that, at the ranges fights are occurring at in-game, there would be no drop. You'd have to be firing the thing over miles to get drop due to gravity.

[xengk]

I sometime still imagine PPC as it was in Mechwarrior 2: Mercs, where it shot ball lightning like a BFG.

[Mister Blastman]

zraven7, on 15 July 2013 - 11:22 AM, said:

Except that, at the ranges fights are occurring at in-game, there would be no drop. You'd have to be firing the thing over miles to get drop due to gravity.

Very true. You'd mostly notice it at 1200 - 1600 meters and it would be subtle at 600-800.

[zraven7]

Mister Blastman, on 15 July 2013 - 11:44 AM, said:

Very true. You'd mostly notice it at 1200 - 1600 meters and it would be subtle at 600-800.

On a PPC, it would be much longer than that, considering the low mass of the shot. Remember, most of the kinetic energy damage from a PPC shot comes from velocity, not mass.

[Slashmckill]

Oh you kids, always trying to put real world physics in a 1980's sci-fi game, when will you learn.