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Proposal: So, as a possible solution for this, I propose a chassis tweak where any mech that can only carry weapons of a single type (all energy, ballistic, or missile) would gain a +1 bonus to the number of weapons they can use of that type before suffering heat penalties. So, a stock Awesome 8Q would be able to alpha with the 3 PPC's in compensation for the fact that its loadout options are rather limited since it can only use 1 type of weapon and thus runs into heat penalties often.
Effects: This would affect a few chassis right now - the Catapult A1, the Awesome 8Q, and the Hunchback 4P (I might have missed a few.) Considering how few of them I've seen anywhere these days after the heat penalty, it's probably not a bad thing. The Awesome - at least one version of it - would be able to operate in its intended role as a heavy energy "boat." The Catapult would be a better Splat-Cat, though I'm not sure how often those crop up anymore, and the Hunchback would at least have a higher chance of having some fun with a silly number of small or medium lasers.
Anyway, this is just a proposal. Since part of the goal of the heat penalty system was to encourage more diverse builds (along with reducing the effectiveness of high-power alpha striikes), it would be nice to give a bit of help to mech chassis that, by their design, are heavily limited in their weapon options.
Thoughts?
Edited by oldradagast, 31 July 2013 - 01:56 PM.
