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[Bishop Steiner]

2 ballistic
4 energy
4 missile

or

4 ballistic
3 energy
3 missile

or

6 ballistic
2 energy
2 missile


??????

The changes in Variants seems pretty linear...... but holy heck did we ALL underestimate the hardpoints.

[FupDup]

Creep ALL the power!


I might attempt something to the effect of 2 Gauss + 4 ML + 4 missiles of some kind (maybe Streaks?). And then there's the mandatory 4 UAC/5 build and AC/40 with laser backup. I imagine some doofuses might turn their Crabs into LRM boats lol.

[Bishop Steiner]

FupDup, on 06 December 2014 - 08:35 PM, said:

Creep ALL the power!


I might attempt something to the effect of 2 Gauss + 4 ML + 4 missiles of some kind (maybe Streaks?). And then there's the mandatory 4 UAC/5 build and AC/40 with laser backup. I imagine some doofuses might turn their Crabs into LRM boats lol.

well, if they get arm'd right and left, might not blame them, lol.

Bishop Steiner, on 06 December 2014 - 08:36 PM, said:

well, if they get arm'd right and left, might not blame them, lol.

But might have to try for 2x LB-X, 4x MPL (or ML with AC10s) and 4x aSRM4 on it.

Edited by Bishop Steiner, 06 December 2014 - 08:40 PM.

[Sigilum Sanctum]

Quad. Ultra. Fives.

[LordKnightFandragon]

Its going to be a AC40 or Dual Gauss/PPC mech....

[Walluh]

Assuming there's either a fourth variant or a regular version of the loyalty reward..

UAC/5x4
AC/20x2
Gaussx2
AC/2x6

Not exactly what the thread is about, but I totally plan on having one King Crab for every stupid level of dakka

[Piney II]

Option 3 - more dakka!

[FupDup]

Oh, and also, I might do a 2 AC/10 + 2 ERPPC loadout just to be an douchenugget with pinpoint damage. Similar to the 2 ERPPC + 2 Gauss Dire Whale but better in close quarters (at the expense of a weaker alpha).

[Bill Lumbar]

quad ultra AC/5s are gonna hurt!!

[Mcgral18]

Hm...Hexa AC2, LPL? For hilarity, of course. XL safety is...questionable. But, hey, the XL350 came with the Victor.

AC2 Dakka-WUB Lulz

Did you know 3 LPLs and 3 LLs make 36 tons? Crit slots are off...oh well. Downgrade the LPL to MLs, get extra DHS?

Edited by Mcgral18, 06 December 2014 - 08:53 PM.

[Felicitatem Parco]

Quad AC/5 and Dual PPC... nice matching velocities... Cool + Hot... sounds Metatastic!

Although, I might also do Dual Gauss and TriPPC if available... Those high-mounted energy hardpoints will be a very, very good friend of mine :-)

[One Medic Army]

Mcgral18, on 06 December 2014 - 08:52 PM, said:

Hm...Hexa AC2, LPL? For hilarity, of course. XL safety is...questionable. But, hey, the XL350 came with the Victor.

There's a video of the NGNG guys running a 6AC/2 and LL (or was it LPL?) build. It had pretty severe heating issues, even when not firing all those AC/2s at full rate.

Prosperity Park, on 06 December 2014 - 08:57 PM, said:

Quad AC/5 and Dual PPC... nice matching velocities... Cool + Hot... sounds Metatastic!

Although, I might also do Dual Gauss and TriPPC if available... Those high-mounted energy hardpoints will be a very, very good friend of mine :-)

That's close to what I was thinking.

Edited by One Medic Army, 06 December 2014 - 08:58 PM.

[Wintersdark]

Bishop Steiner, on 06 December 2014 - 08:33 PM, said:

2 ballistic
4 energy
4 missile

or

4 ballistic
3 energy
3 missile

or

6 ballistic
2 energy
2 missile


??????

The changes in Variants seems pretty linear...... but holy heck did we ALL underestimate the hardpoints.

I will say, back in that hardpoint estimation thread way back? This is exactly what I guessed we'd get. Everyone thought they'd cap out at 8 max though.

[Felicitatem Parco]

One Medic Army, on 06 December 2014 - 08:57 PM, said:

There's a video of the NGNG guys running a 6AC/2 and LL (or was it LPL?) build. It had pretty severe heating issues, even when not firing all those AC/2s at full rate.

The 6 AC/2 build has only 1 real utility, and that's being able to fire 3xAC/2 from around corners... firing more than 3 at a time triggers Ghost Heat, and it scales exponentially with each more gun you shoot... 6 is brutal. I know because I have a Jager DD.

Edited by Prosperity Park, 06 December 2014 - 08:59 PM.

[Wintersdark]

One Medic Army, on 06 December 2014 - 08:57 PM, said:

There's a video of the NGNG guys running a 6AC/2 and LL (or was it LPL?) build. It had pretty severe heating issues, even when not firing all those AC/2s at full rate.

Yeah, 6AC2 is totally pointless. Even without the near inevitable ghost heat issues, it's waaaaaay too hot to actually do anything useful.

And anybody bringing a stack of AC2's and chainfiring them needs to be slapped in the face. That's just dumb.

Prosperity Park, on 06 December 2014 - 08:58 PM, said:

The 6 AC/2 build has only 1 real utility, and that's being able to fire 3xAC/2 from around corners... firing more than 3 at a time triggers Ghost Heat, and it scales exponentially with each more gun you shoot... 6 is brutal. I know because I have a Jager DD.

May as well bring 3AC2 and 2AC5 in that case, though. You just can't fire 6 AC2's at once, in any useful way.

[TercieI]

Old Bay seasoning.

[Bishop Steiner]

Prosperity Park, on 06 December 2014 - 08:57 PM, said:

Quad AC/5 and Dual PPC... nice matching velocities... Cool + Hot... sounds Metatastic!

Although, I might also do Dual Gauss and TriPPC if available... Those high-mounted energy hardpoints will be a very, very good friend of mine :-)

6 MG, 2 Flamers, 2 NARC and the biggest STD engine I can !!!!!

[FupDup]

Bishop Steiner, on 06 December 2014 - 09:02 PM, said:

6 MG, 2 Flamers, 2 NARC and the biggest STD engine I can !!!!!

Flamers? You metawhore. Real men would use dual TAG!

[Mcgral18]

One Medic Army, on 06 December 2014 - 08:57 PM, said:

There's a video of the NGNG guys running a 6AC/2 and LL (or was it LPL?) build. It had pretty severe heating issues, even when not firing all those AC/2s at full rate.

That's because he was engaging exponential ghost heat.

6 AC2s has less ghost heat than firing 7 would give you; 0.81 extra heat.

They are hot as sin on their own, but you need to alpha them.

[Bishop Steiner]

FupDup, on 06 December 2014 - 09:02 PM, said:

Flamers? You metawhore. Real men would use dual TAG!

HEY! I got NARC!!! I aain't gonna help them kiill stealing LRMwhores anymore than that!