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[Burning2nd]

Ammo explosion in a AS7-Bh when all im carrying is gauss ammo? Thought guass ammo doesn't explode?

[Lily from animove]

your gauss may explode?

[Burning2nd]

cause of death is "ammo explosion " shouldn't that be engine destroyed then "chasis destroyed"

running a xl incase you woundering,

ive loose the cannon all the time, it takes crits ez we all know this,

[Lily from animove]

Burnin2nd, on 26 September 2014 - 04:18 AM, said:

cause of death is "ammo explosion " shouldn't that be engine destroyed then "chasis destroyed"

running a xl incase you woundering,

ive loose the cannon all the time, it takes crits ez we all know this,

well something exploded, The game currently seems to be programmed to deal a gauss explosion as an ammo explosion. Thats basically the same mechanic in the background. Someone was too lazy making another check if said explosion is done by ammor or by a gauss to replace the text "ammo explosion" with "gauss explosion"

[Burning2nd]

It cant be gauss explosion, i have gotten gauss cannon destroyed many times,

I think that the guass ammo does exsplode, Ive fitted a case to see if that fixes it... but i think ill be summiting a ticket,

[Lily from animove]

Burnin2nd, on 26 September 2014 - 04:40 AM, said:

It cant be gauss explosion, i have gotten gauss cannon destroyed many times,

I think that the guass ammo does exsplode, Ive fitted a case to see if that fixes it... but i think ill be summiting a ticket,

depends on your internal hitpoints if your gauss explosion didn't killed you before this may not en shown like that before.

Edited by Lily from animove, 26 September 2014 - 04:46 AM.

[Redshift2k5]

Gauss rifles explode.

When they explode, the death summary screen says "ammo explosion", even though it isn't really ammo it's using the same game system and they have never bothered to write a separate message for exploding rifles.

[Garlion]

Redshift2k5, on 26 September 2014 - 05:00 AM, said:

Gauss rifles explode.

When they explode, the death summary screen says "ammo explosion", even though it isn't really ammo it's using the same game system and they have never bothered to write a separate message for exploding rifles.

RedShift is 100% correct. I think it's already in the suggestion forums to change the message when the gauss rifle explodes. Right now though, it's classified under ammo explosion...

As for the technicalities of this, when a gauss rifle gets crit there's a chance to explode, not a guarentee. Guass ammo are basically big metal balls that are accelerated with the magnets in the gauss rifle. There's nothing in them to explode.

[WonderSparks]

As has already been stated, Gauss Rifles do explode, their ammo does not. Additionally, to the OP, if you are running an XL engine that CASE is not going to do you any good whatsoever.

As for the damage of an exploding Gauss Rifle, I have seen in the Testing Grounds an AS7-K Atlas loose the GR without taking much damage to its internals... until the damage from the GR itself kicked in, and let me tell you, it HURTS.

[Tesunie]

Burnin2nd, on 26 September 2014 - 04:40 AM, said:

It cant be gauss explosion, i have gotten gauss cannon destroyed many times,

I think that the guass ammo does exsplode, Ive fitted a case to see if that fixes it... but i think ill be summiting a ticket,

Gauss rifles have a 75% (last I knew) chance to explode upon being crit destroyed. When they explode, they deal 20 damage internally. Case can help.

Gauss Ammo has a 0% chance to explode, and can never explode. Case does nothing for Gauss Ammo.

When your Gauss Rifle explodes, it is counted (and treated) as a 20 point damage ammo explosion. This is why it will say Ammo Explosion as cause of death.

As a farther note, CASE will not help you in an IS mech if you have an XL engine equipped. CASE keeps the explosion from traveling farther than the component it is protecting. Case can only be placed in the side torso of IS mechs. This keeps ammo like explosions (including Gauss) from spreading to your Center Torso. If you have an XL engine, when you lose the side torso, you will die anyway, thus rendering CASE useless under those circumstances.
Save yourself 0.5 tons. Remove the case if you have an XL engine.