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[Kyle Polulak]

Greetings!

Please tell us your thoughts on the C-LB20-X AC ballistic weapon system!

[Oethe]

Not sure if anyone else is getting this issue but I used the UAC 20 for a long time in a TMB Prime right arm. It took a good beating before being destroyed. However I find since I swapped it for the LBX 20 it just kind of goes 'poof' and takes my side rose with it just from a couple of lasers if not one.

[Rat of the Legion Vega]

Clan LBX are as bad, perhaps even worse, than their long ridiculed I.S. counterparts. Shooting them is akin to gently taking a light sandpaper to the enemy's armor.

[GreyGriffin]

This weapon never really felt worth its tonnage when I brought it along. Long recycle time and sandblaster damage don't really go together, and its role as the ultimate critseeker really doesn't have a place in MWO.

Perhaps a slight damage and modest recycle time buff?

[Pezzer]

I like the LBX series. They should fire faster than normal ACs since the damage has no chance of being localized though. Not much faster. Maybe 20%-30%? The shots don't do much individual damage, so the increased rof would make these weapons have an armor-stripping role.

They already strip armor, but not at a premium rate. If LBXs were each 1 ton and 1 slot less, I would use them. If they fired faster, I would use them. The damage, heat, and accuracy is spot-on, but they aren't much better than normal ACs atm.

I hear slug ammo is going to be implemented. Give shotshell ammo a higher velocity, faster "feed time" (rof), or more ammo per ton. This will give people a reason to use shotshell over slug ammo.

Edited by Pezzer, 15 June 2014 - 10:55 PM.

[Monky]

The LB20-X stood out above other LB autocannons aside from perhaps the LB-5X, as at its intended range the spread is actually somewhat workable. It could stand to be tighter, need to be able to hit a light with all/most pellets at the end of its range bracket with reasonable projectile speed.

[Shakespeare]

spread felt right for this gun, for me, but it was hard to take over a UAC - oddly, because the ammo count was so unforgiving. Since the tonnage is the same, there's a big drop in available ammo tonnage when going from one type of AC to the other.

[SmokinDave73]

the LBX 20 spread felt alright, the long cooldown was a huge drawback and could use a slight decrease. When firing the LBX 20 today sometimes the projectiles would not show up visually properly or register damage properly. Also the LBX 20 seems to be destroyed a quite alot easier then the other AC's and the ammo amount per ton is very low.

[Samziel]

I felt like the clan LBX20 didn't have enough spread. Maybe increase spread a bit and reduce recycle time a bit?

[Gwydion Ward]

Could use being able to fire it a bit more often (lower cooldown). And it seemed like the Ammo limit was slightly off? Just seemed to run out of ammo for it quicker than i ever did useing an IS AC20.