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[Thaar]

burst fire has increased the survivility of mechs. The fights take longer and are better

[Wolf Clearwater]

Phylum, on 13 June 2014 - 02:58 AM, said:

burst fire has increased the survivility of mechs. The fights take longer and are better

I like the burst fire over the 20 damage per slugs, precisely for this same reason. In addition this makes the makes them feel more like an autocannon over a field gun.

http://en.wikipedia....wiki/Autocannon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_gun

[CyclonerM]

IS burst-fire autocannons now! This is my feedback.

[Wieland]

CyclonerM, on 13 June 2014 - 04:14 AM, said:

IS burst-fire autocannons now! This is my feedback.

Why use autocannons then? With burst fire they are nothing more than lasers that have less heat but use ammo.

[Lucy Cameron]

I like the burst fire mechanic. I also like that I have to consciously activate the double rate of fire, rather than having the gun jam on me when not expecting it.

[MonkeyDCecil]

The Clan UAC 5, should fire one round like the IS UAC 5. The Clan UAC 10 should have a 2 round burst, the Caln UAC 20 should have a 4 round burst. As they are now, IS ACs are way more powerful then Clan ACs or UACs.

[RedEagle86]

IMO:

• IS mech's need burst-fire too.
  
• Really liked the sounds.
  
• Am unsure regarding screen-shake: Does it only happen on the first shell hit or each time?
  
• UAC/20's jammed very frequently (on me, at least).
  
• The length of time to fire all the shots in the burst seemed a little long to me.
  
• Loving the 1/2 ton of ammo.

[Mvrck]

I am concerned that the UAC/20 and the AC/20 do not share a heat penalty for the Clans. When you can build something like the follow:

This is a Thing [DIRE WOLF-B]: CUAC/20, 3xCMG, CUAC10, CAC20, Clan XL300, DHS

That's gotta raise a flag.

[Pezzer]

IS should keep their singular slug. Adds more variety to the game and gives IS an edge. Which it needs. I don't wanna see ACs being vanilla across the board again. The clan ACs add some variety while having a reduced cooldown, it's a well-done system.

That being said, AC/10s and AC/20s should probably have reduced dps while being more tonnage and hardpoint-efficient imo.

UAC/20s were far more powerful than UAC/5s and /2s. If that's what we're shooting for when it comes to balance, that's fine. Was just a red flag to many people that larger calibers were simply superior within 800m.

[Vanguard319]

Liked the burst fire, though a slight increase in ROF (i.e. if burst RoF is 300 rnds/min, then increase to 450 rnds/min) for the burst would be ok, I think the rate of jamming is about right, seeing as I did get jams, but they were not jamming constantly in the manner that caused me to reject the IS UAC/5 outright.

Edited by Vanguard319, 13 June 2014 - 05:27 PM.