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[stjobe]

I just want my external DHS to be the same rating as those that come with the engine.

Example: Commando with XL195:
7 in-engine DHS: 14 SHS-equivalent
3 external DHS to bring the total up to 10: 4.2 SHS-equivalent.

So for my 10 DHS I get 18.2 SHS-equivalents, not 20.

Meanwhile, my Jenner with the XL300 gets 20 SHS-equivalents for its 10 in-engine DHS.

A slight* difference for sure, but one that is so needless, arbitrary, and frankly spiteful that I can't understand why it's still in the game.

Just make all DHS the same rating, no matter where they're placed. Or, if that's too much of a problem, just make the first 10 the same rating.

Just please stop penalizing sub-250 rated engines with DHS in such a stupid, pointless, and needless manner.

* Perhaps not so slight; to equal the Jenner's heat capacity I'd need to find 2 tons and 6 crit slots somehow...

[Dracol]

Necroconvict, on 19 July 2014 - 07:06 AM, said:

If the game were actually strictly based on Tabletop, we wouldn't have double armor, and AC weapons except for ultras I think would fire at the same rate. That being AC 2, 5, 10, and 20. So if they are picking and choosing what to disregard, why not let off the engine heat sink requirement. If you are not running to the point of exploding while shooting a single laser... on an ice map...

ftfy

[Tesunie]

I'm just, at this point, going to agree to disagree with Fupdup (was going to anyway, as we are having a circular argument, and it honestly isn't that big of a deal either way).

However, I did want to at least respond to parts of 1453 R's posts (so I clipped out the parts I'm not responding to, for space).

1453 R, on 19 July 2014 - 11:08 PM, said:

Tesunie does not care about balance or performance or equality of customization. We'd never see him in the regular queue again if they added a public stock queue.

but you also pilot a stock Lurmback.

I just want to note, I do care about balance. I could post a lot of things about how I feel about balance. Though, I shall agree with Fupdup and say "this isn't the thread for it". And you'd probably see me in both queues randomly if they had a stock only mode. I enjoy many pieces of this game. I enjoy the stock mechs, the customized mechs (though I have some opinions about some of those mech customs, but I wont go into that here) and even the solo and group games. I play a little of everything, and I will say, I do play for fun more than "effectiveness" or "winning". Sure, I do like to win, but I'm not going to fret over a lose either. (I'm sure you understand what I mean here.)

As far as me and my (beloved) stock Hunchback 4J... for being a stock mech, I can do very well in it in even the public matches. (I was commonly preforming 200-500 damage per match in public matches during the clan release. I preform about that well in private stock only matches even as well, of course teamwork dependent.)
I actually feel that my fellow SMM group has started to hunt me down and now try to kill/disable me early in the games now because of my performance over the last few weeks with the mech!
Right now, my 4J stands at 268 damage per match I've played with it (I don't know if Private matches count under the stats, but that's private and public matches since the new stats).

I'm like Fupdup when it comes to mech usage (as he said before):

FupDup, on 19 July 2014 - 11:18 PM, said:

PS: I'm not sure I can really be called a full out Spike, because I use builds that I consider to be non-optimal pretty much constantly. However, I don't try to convince myself into thinking that they're amazing configs, because they often are not (although sometimes I find a gem...).

I have my more serious builds, and I have more more fun builds. I've discovered some of my "fun" builds to actually be down right deadly even! (That Locust 3M build I posted a while back, with only a 100 std engine. True super locust from the way that thing seems to preform! It shouldn't do what it does... but somehow it defies all logic and does the impossible! IT'S CRAZY!)
For my, my Hunchback 4J is more of less a fun build, but is surprisingly effective for what it is. If I want to play the same basic build more competitively, I fly in my version of a 4J remake, my Hunchback 4SP. (But I do have to say... I do like me some stock mechs! In a stock only match, they are a lot of fun!)