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[badaa]

• this is how the energy hard points should look like.using anything other than ppcs this is what u get. this makes me sad

[Brody319]

#CatapultGate

[bluepiglet]

So many broken things in this game, and this is what you WTF for.....

This made me sad....

Edited by bluepiglet, 15 November 2014 - 06:21 PM.

[El Bandito]

Have a Like for the wrestling reference.

[badaa]

bluepiglet, on 15 November 2014 - 06:21 PM, said:

So many broken things in this game, and this is what you WTF for.....

This made me sad....

this is what i know this is what i understand 0_,,i,,

[CocoaJin]

Look fine to me....lasers wouldn't need a barrel like projectiles or PPCs(remember, PPCs are firing highly charged blobs of matter, so conceivably a barrel would aid in shot accuracy and cohesion). All you need is an aperture with a flex mount to help in aiming/convergence.

[Ultimax]

My issue is that the placement makes no sense.

I still struggle to comprehend why Battle Tech mechs have so many nipple and lower rib mounted weapons.


All 3 of those Energy and all 3 ballistics should be high mounted, that's my WTF.

Edited by Ultimatum X, 15 November 2014 - 07:37 PM.

[Team Chevy86]

The PPC cannons looks great. What bothers me most is they use the same generic little laser box over and over. A .5 ton small laser and 7 ton Large pulse laser fire out of the same size chamber lol

[Lhaim]

The one at the bottom is ok but those 2 on the shoulder are beyond poor.

[Macster16]

What makes me go WTF about the Banshee is the stupid order it fills hardpoints when adding weapons. Take the 3E for example:

- It has 4 ballistics on the left ST with 2 mounted low and 2 mounted high
- It has 3 energy on the right ST with 1 mounted low and 2 mounted high

Now logically, you would prioritize the higher hardpoints over the lower ones so that as you add weapons, the higher ones get filled first before the lower, but for some stupid reason it's the other way. This means that with the 3 AC5 build, you get 2 mounted low and 1 high (as you can see in the OP's pic) rather than an ideal 2 high, 1 low. Same goes for the right ST and it makes no sense. Because of this, I'll put a dummy sml on my right ST to take up the low hardpoint so my 2 LLs or 2 LPLs end up on the high ones. Before quirks I sometimes used to use 2 UAC5s where I would put 2 dummy mgs on so the UACs would be on the high mounts. Too bad you can't do it with the 3 AC5 build since it takes up all the crits on the ST.

Makes no sense.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Anyone remember when they had the stacking issue on hunchies?

[Mister Blastman]

No wubshee???

[Cyborne Elemental]

Those hardpoints keep the lower pods with PPC because they don't want a 95 ton Jagmech hillhumping with shoulder PPC's.

Getting 2 LPL or 2 ERLL up high on the Banshee doesn't seem to be much problem, but PPC's could be.

Either way, I like having highpoint energy for the much more compact ERLL or medlas.

Just like any other energy hardpoint on most mechs, most have the same pod for all lasers, small/spl/med/mpulse/LL/ERLL/LPL, and then a unique one for PPC's.

And if all else fails, because.. reasons.

All sorts of funny things like that happen though.

Take this as example. HBK-4g
2 AC-5, one is gigantic, the other looks like a toothpick in comparison.

Edited by Mister D, 16 November 2014 - 12:23 AM.

[badaa]

CocoaJin, on 15 November 2014 - 06:44 PM, said:

Look fine to me....lasers wouldn't need a barrel like projectiles or PPCs(remember, PPCs are firing highly charged blobs of matter, so conceivably a barrel would aid in shot accuracy and cohesion). All you need is an aperture with a flex mount to help in aiming/convergence.

small black squares do not a laser make

[Augustus Martelus II]

BANSHEE Go Home!....You re DRUNK!!!

Edited by Augustus Martelus II, 16 November 2014 - 05:22 PM.

[Moonlander]

I hate my Cataphracts because it lacks unique weapon art. Regardless of what ballistics you use, you only see the same look.

[Agent 0 Fortune]

Moonlander, on 16 November 2014 - 05:51 PM, said:

I hate my Cataphracts because it lacks unique weapon art. Regardless of what ballistics you use, you only see the same look.

It could be worse. I could be so, so much worse.