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Odanan, on 01 July 2017 - 06:02 AM, said:
For 8xHMG, I would take the Mist Lynx or Arctic Cheetah with the upcoming new omnipods.
I don't think the Mist Lynx is gonna be viable with HMGs; it only has 6 tons of weapon's tonnage available (6.5 tons if it strips some head armor), and the HMGs will take up 4 of those tons, leaving just 2-2.5 tons for ammunition, which is about half the minimum for the HMG.
Right now HMGs in the PTS are doing 0.14 damage per shot, with 1000 shots per ton, for 140 damage per ton of ammo (versus regular MGs at 200 per ton).
Even with both Magazine Capacity skill nodes that only increases by another 200 shots per ton, to 160 damage per ton of ammo.
With the best case of 2.5 tons ammo, that is just 400 damage of ammo.
It can do regular or Light MGs just fine though, as those have a base of 200 damage per ton of ammo and the MGs have half the weight.
It could even toss in a couple lasers.
Eg, 4x ER Small + 8x MG with 2.5 tons of ammo (which is 600 damage with both Magazine Capacity nodes).
Arctic Cheetah is a bit less constrained, as it has 8 tons available if it doesn't use an ECM; it could run 8x HMG with 4 tons of ammo (640 damage with both Magazine Capacity nodes).
Still, I expect to see either 8x regular or light MGs, or 6x HMG + laser builds more often on the ACH.
Edited by Zergling, 02 July 2017 - 02:08 PM.
