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[4D85]

I dug deep (DEEEEEP) down into my computer and found my old friend Mechwarrior 4 . I checked on all the weapons and had some fun building Trashcans when I saw the mother of all weapons.
The Railgun
Not only does it weigh more than a Commando (the whole mech, maxed out weight), but with a damage of 56 (!!!) it can core alot of mechs in the game with 1 shot, and all of them in two. So, I went on a mechhunt for a mech that can use it, and came up short. Does anyone know what magic mech can run this beast?

[Serenade]

Behemoth(stone rhino) and Marauder mk.II are the only ones from memory.

[Hex Pallett]

So...Commando, 25-tonner, that's less than two IS AC20s, right?

And that means...basically all JagerMechs.

[Neryman]

In this case you are not limited by the weight oft the railgun but by the critspace required. If I remember correct than it was 5 spots in MW4, where the AC20 needed only 3, and the Heavy Gauss only 4 spots.

[Pht]

Ah, the railgun.

I always wondered why it was added by mektek, given the expressed dislike of poptarting...

[Tiny Terrapin]

Neryman, on 21 June 2014 - 03:04 AM, said:

In this case you are not limited by the weight oft the railgun but by the critspace required. If I remember correct than it was 5 spots in MW4, where the AC20 needed only 3, and the Heavy Gauss only 4 spots.

Necroing a super old thread but it is 7 crit slots... Not sure why he didn't go for it. 56pts at 1k is pretty sweet.