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[Mecha Buster]

Why are you able to put JJ anywhere you want on a mech? In TT you had to balance them between torso and leg locations. What gives?

[Wintersdark]

Because this isn't tabletop and reasons.

[GrizzlyViking]

Mecha Buster, on 07 May 2014 - 01:29 PM, said:

Why are you able to put JJ anywhere you want on a mech? In TT you had to balance them between torso and leg locations. What gives?

MWO follows some TT rules as far as they fit with the function of the online game, but it is not an online recreation of TT.

[Durant Carlyle]

There were no jump jet placement rules (beyond placing them in a leg or torso location) in the standard rule set. You could put as many in as the Walking MP of a 'Mech, but they didn't have to be balanced. You could put two in the left leg and three in the right torso, or five in the left torso, if you wanted.

[luxebo]

Well, you can't put JJs in your head or your arms... (imagine JJs in your cockpit, that would be hilarious!) Besides that, you can put them in your torsos and legs to an unlimited extent.

[B L O O D W I T C H]

luxebo, on 07 May 2014 - 03:34 PM, said:

(imagine JJs in your cockpit, that would be hilarious!)

I have a ton of missiles in my cockpit.. and some in my mechs right leg, which i fire from my mechs left arm. So don't try to tell me it would be unreasonable to mount JJs in a cockpit.

Sidenote: Doesn't anyone ever wonder how they did come up with the name for the pilot's place? Like, seriously. what happend?
A: "We need a name for the this place"
B: "name it cockpit! (lol)"
{LT-MOB-25}... pit... wtf?

*Edit, see? Even the forum thinks it's kinda ankward.

Edited by LOADED, 07 May 2014 - 04:22 PM.

[Alaskan Nobody]

LOADED, on 07 May 2014 - 04:20 PM, said:

*Edit, see? Even the forum thinks it's kinda ankward.

If I remember right..... it was taken from roosters, rather than the "Long Tom"

[1453 R]

Shar Wolf, on 07 May 2014 - 04:31 PM, said:

If I remember right..... it was taken from roosters, rather than the "Long Tom"

Shar Wolf, on 07 May 2014 - 04:31 PM, said:

rather than the "Long Tom"

Shar Wolf, on 07 May 2014 - 04:31 PM, said:

"Long Tom"

Ba-dum tish.

[Buckminster]

The LONG TOM Carl!!! CARL!?!?!

[B L O O D W I T C H]

1453 R, on 07 May 2014 - 04:53 PM, said:

Ba-dum tish.

1453 R, on 07 May 2014 - 04:53 PM, said:

Ba-dum tish.

Still gets a like for the BT reference.
OT much? yes, sorry.

[loopala]

ROFLMAO

tears are rolling down my face LOL

good thing i did try to read this while waiting on a drop...........

[Koniving]

I think that there should be quirks in where you put them.
For example on the Firestarter the ones on the torsos thrust upward. The ones on the legs are angled at 45 degrees. So more upthrust? Torso mount 'em. More forward thrust? Leg mount them.
Want to flip? Leg mount 4 and none anywhere else!

But seriously I just think of them as 'energy storage tanks' for said JJs. Only downfall is losing them from wherever they get blown up.

[Alaskan Nobody]

LOADED, on 07 May 2014 - 05:02 PM, said:

Still gets a like for the BT reference.
OT much? yes, sorry.

Pssst!
LT-MOB-25 is the official designation of the Long Tom Mobile artillery piece.

Edit: rather like the CN9-A for the basic Centurion

Edited Edit: spelling and apologies for all the edits

Edited by Shar Wolf, 07 May 2014 - 06:57 PM.

[Fiona Marshe]

As mentioned, the location in game doesn't matter (the models flame the same place regardless).

From a gaming POV, putting them in the legs or CT gives you more side torso space for other (bulky) systems.

[PitchBlackYeti]

Well at least there are some restrictions for JJ placement. I'm still trying to figure out how the heck ammo is fed from the feet to the arms of my Jagers

[The Dreaded Baron B Killer]

sneeking, on 08 May 2014 - 01:21 AM, said:

yea I always wonder why ammo isnt placed with a gun that uses it.

Because of Ammunition explosions? I've seen people here putting ammo with the weapon and seen them lose their components like butter because of it.

X)

[PitchBlackYeti]

BaronBastardKiller, on 08 May 2014 - 07:33 AM, said:

Because of Ammunition explosions? I've seen people here putting ammo with the weapon and seen them lose their components like butter because of it.

X)

Yeah but the point was that how is it possible to feed ammo from the legs to arm mounted weapons A crane on the back that loads it externally? Because I can't picture a sophisticated network of internal ammo belts running from legs to arms through the knee joints, pelvis and torso sections....

[Bobzilla]

Some legs and arms don't look like they could even fit larger ammo, let alone have a ton of it move through with ease.

Is no real though.

[Nothing Whatsoever]

PitchBlackYeti, on 08 May 2014 - 09:09 AM, said:

Yeah but the point was that how is it possible to feed ammo from the legs to arm mounted weapons A crane on the back that loads it externally? Because I can't picture a sophisticated network of internal ammo belts running from legs to arms through the knee joints, pelvis and torso sections....

I'd love to see a Victor or Atlas load their AC/20 by pulling out an ammo magazine (or clip) from a thigh compartment and slapping it into the AC/20 during a match, that would be awesome.

I know it'll be some work, so it's something that would be on the backburner for the devs if it was something that was being considered, but I'd love to see something like that in the future.

Edited by Praetor Shepard, 08 May 2014 - 04:13 PM.