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[Turist0AT]

This thread turned out pretty awsome, good job ppl!

Edited by Turist0AT, 17 July 2014 - 01:31 AM.

[Kmieciu]

Koniving, on 16 July 2014 - 04:23 AM, said:

The side torso ammo is now padded by lots of heatsinks. The more slots something has, the more likely it will be destroyed first.
Since ammo has only one slot, but heatsinks have three, the heatsinks will almost always be destroyed before anything else. Even then the ammo has a 10% chance of exploding when destroyed which is basically nil.

Selfish, on 07 December 2012 - 12:44 PM, said:

An ammo explosion can occur when a ton of ammo (or the Gauss Rifle) get critically destroyed. This can happen in two ways: The explosive item is destroyed by critical strikes, or the component the item is stored in is destroyed.
In the case of component destruction, it is important to note that components that “fall off” are not counted as being destroyed. So if you have ammo in your left arm and your left torso is destroyed, your arm will 'fall off' but it will not trigger an explosion roll.

No matter the crit padding, if you loose your side torso there is a 10% chance for every ammo pack to explode and transfer damage to CT. I've seen it many times when I take out the side torso of enemy Atlas. People think it is safe to put 2 tonnes of AC20 ammo next to AC20. Then they loose their side torso and CT turns red at the same time.

TL:DR putting ammo in arms is safer, especially on mechs with small arms and big side torso.

Edited by Kmieciu, 22 July 2014 - 02:02 AM.