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[Flyer101999]

I was playing Terra Therma, and someone fired a machine gun at me. I went from yellow torso to dead and no one else hit me and no other weapons were fired.
Is this a glitch or do machine guns do more damage?

[Blue Boutique]

Machine guns have a higher chance of critical hits on exposed sections of mechs. The guns may have hit your XL engine and cored you.

[Reitrix]

Flyer101999, on 09 February 2014 - 06:49 PM, said:

I was playing Terra Therma, and someone fired a machine gun at me. I went from yellow torso to dead and no one else hit me and no other weapons were fired.
Is this a glitch or do machine guns do more damage?

Machine Guns have an inflated chance to crit internals. It's likely they managed to hit and explode some ammo, which will usually destroy that location.

Blue Boutique, on 09 February 2014 - 07:04 PM, said:

Machine guns have a higher chance of critical hits on exposed sections of mechs. The guns may have hit your XL engine and cored you.

You cannot deal damage to Engines directly. Be nice if we could, But to destroy an Engine, you must destroy the Torso it's located in.

Edited by Reitrix, 09 February 2014 - 07:12 PM.

[Levi Porphyrogenitus]

Reitrix, on 09 February 2014 - 07:11 PM, said:

Machine Guns have an inflated chance to crit internals. It's likely they managed to hit and explode some ammo, which will usually destroy that location.

You cannot deal damage to Engines directly. Be nice if we could, But to destroy an Engine, you must destroy the Torso it's located in.

This should be correct. I suspect what happened is the MG burst popped some ammo or a Gauss, which carried through to your engine (ST if you have an XL, CT if you have don't) and killed you.

[Flyer101999]

I have C.A.S.E. I think and a standard engine

[Levi Porphyrogenitus]

Flyer101999, on 09 February 2014 - 08:04 PM, said:

I have C.A.S.E. I think and a standard engine

Can you give us your full build?

[Blood Rose]

Flyer101999, on 09 February 2014 - 08:04 PM, said:

I have C.A.S.E. I think and a standard engine

you think you have a standard? The engine is a huge part of the Mech and you don't even know which sort you carry?

[Teshtube]

CASE only confines the damage to that area, meaning using a CASE in CT (or a ST with XL engines) is pointless

[Flyer101999]

I have the unmodified Sarah's jenner from last year

Edited by Flyer101999, 10 February 2014 - 04:28 AM.

[NextGame]

Sarahs Jenner = 300 XL engine as default if i remember correctly, not sure about the streak ammo location.

Edited by NextGame, 10 February 2014 - 04:40 AM.

[anubis969]

Flyer101999, on 10 February 2014 - 04:27 AM, said:

I have the unmodified Sarah's jenner from last year

So this then?

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...ab#i=86&l=stock

[Johnny05]

Flyer101999, on 10 February 2014 - 04:27 AM, said:

I have the unmodified Sarah's jenner from last year

That's an XL engine with Streak ammo in the right torso. No CASE.

Sound like an ammo explosion is the most likely cause.

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...ab#i=86&l=stock

[Flyer101999]

Ok, i confused with another one of my jenners loadouts