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[Osric Lancaster]

I've been thinking a lot about how to balance Clan LRMs and Streaks without mucking with their fundamentals attributes like weight or heat, or adding sparkly chaff disco consumables. I'm all for a flatter trajectory and a wee bit less damage per missile, but that doesn't entirely handle the problem. Then this idea with a nice bit of fluffy flavor strikes me:

1 - Cut cLRM missile health from 1 down to .5, and cStreak health to .35.
The general idea being that the more advanced missiles use a lighter, but more fragile construction and/or the higher volume of missiles contributes to a greater rate of fratricide.
2 - Increase clan LAMS power from 3.5 dps to 5 dps, but limit it to only targeting missiles locked onto the AMS carrier.
Clan LAMS have adapted to deal with and counter the highly potent cLRMs, but rely on a targeting system that looks for guided missiles, and won't detect dumb-fire SRMs or MRMs. Aditionally, they are adapted primarily for the protection of clan warriors during various challenges of single combat, and are not designed for lance support.

In a normal situation, an IS AMS facing cLRMs could handle six missiles, and a dual AMS 'Mech would only eat 8 missiles out of a cLRM20. Now, a lone IS 'Mech is still going to get massacred by a clan scale LRM or streak volley. However, a group of free born warriors holding together with a new-found respect for their AMS's, tuned for unrestricted combat, could easily keep clan LRMs from being a credible threat. (Okay, nothin's gonna make Clanners into Kittens, but who doesn't like fightin' against the odds?)

On the other hand, a clan 'Mech with LAMS could easily eat 4 or 5 missiles from an IS missile volley, but beyond that he's on his own.

(I have ideas for the rest of the weapons but I'll wait to see how this is received before I go inking all over the FS forums. This is heavily speculative and I'm not even 100% sure this is the right place to post it.)

[Moromillas]

Osric Lancaster, on 27 February 2014 - 01:18 AM, said:

Now, a lone IS 'Mech is still going to get massacred by a clan scale LRM or streak volley.

Yes, yes I hope so. Yet the reason of "OP weapons" is in contention, and your data, or lack thereof, is found wanting.

Osric Lancaster, on 27 February 2014 - 01:18 AM, said:

free born warriors holding together

I couldn't help but chuckle at this.