Tesunie, on 15 January 2017 - 03:51 PM, said:
As far as my knowledge goes, I believe it is as soon as the weapon starts to shoot is when the Ghost Heat timer is set. So, it's at the start of the laser beam, the start of the wave of LRMs (for Clan versions) and as soon as the first AC shell leaves the barrel (for clan ACs).
I will give some margin that I could be completely wrong on this, but this is what I last had heard and it follows through with the basics of what I have experienced.
I'm sure that's how it is.
Lasers are 100% sure the heat penalty starts when you fire, independent on any beam duration.
And the rest should be the same, but only 99% sure