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[Varent]

Joseph Mallan, on 14 January 2014 - 04:47 AM, said:

As in on everyone else's mechs but yours?

I run machine guns in alot of my mechs as well and perform with them admirably.

[MustrumRidcully]

stjobe, on 14 January 2014 - 07:33 AM, said:

AC/2 has 3.85 DPS, not 6.

Well, he's probably still basing it on a 0.5 second cycle rate, and in one second, this indeed allows you to deal 6 damage.
0 seconds: 2 damage
0.5 seconds: 4 damage
1 seconds: 6 damage

Considering that you are rarely firing AC/2s for longer than a few seconds, the "counting at 0" can be quite important - if you're the one initiating the fire exchange (for example, by leaving cover, aiming and then taking your shots - the time needed to aim or leaving cover is mostly* independent of the weapon, so it starts to matter when you start firing).


If you only have 1 second, an AC/20 can deal 20 damage, an AC/2 only 6 or rather now 4 (since the ROF is slower than 0.5 seconds now).


*) I'd argue this is the one time hitscan weapons are better off, since it's mentally easier to put the crosshair directly on the target then to put it on where the target might be when the projectile is there.)

[SaltBeef]

A half ton Gatling machine gun probably would fire at least a 20mm round and the range would be tracer burnout . Effectiveness against mechs should be extreme short range due to their advanced lightweight armor but infantry at 2000 meters in real life you chew em up. .50 were mounted on p51 mustangs and were anti aircraft weapons. Ac2 range in real life 120 mm would be past 4000 meters with a targeting computer an laser range finder.

[Mcgral18]

Varent, on 14 January 2014 - 07:38 AM, said:

I run machine guns in alot of my mechs as well and perform with them admirably.

At least removed that abysmal CoF.

[Varent]

Mcgral18, on 14 January 2014 - 07:56 AM, said:

At least removed that abysmal CoF.

misquote?