Edited by El Bandito, 09 March 2015 - 10:29 PM.
A Dakkawhale Stores Most Of Its Ammo In The Arms.
#1
Posted 09 March 2015 - 10:27 PM
#2
Posted 09 March 2015 - 10:32 PM
#3
Posted 09 March 2015 - 10:33 PM
#4
Posted 09 March 2015 - 10:42 PM
there's nearly as much armor on the arm as on the ST, so beside damage farming there's no point.
And just in CASE, ammo explosion don't help with killing a clan mech, and the actual explosion is rather meh, should be way more spectacle.
Edited by 627, 09 March 2015 - 10:43 PM.
#5
Posted 09 March 2015 - 10:43 PM
El Bandito, on 09 March 2015 - 10:27 PM, said:
Aside from the fireworks and amputating the arms, does it do anything meaningful? On TT, Clan mech (Omnis and normals) come automatically with CASE everywhere, so an AmmoEx just drop the arm out, but won't transfer the damage.
#7
Posted 09 March 2015 - 10:58 PM
HIT IT
b00tymeat
Edited by Soy, 09 March 2015 - 11:09 PM.
#8
Posted 09 March 2015 - 11:23 PM
El Bandito, on 09 March 2015 - 10:47 PM, said:
Considering the fact the torsi section are most targetted, I would be surprised if the Whales stored ammo there.
Whenever I play the whale, I always find people trying to leg me because I can't twist away their CERML damage there. Huh.
#10
Posted 09 March 2015 - 11:58 PM
2. Clan mechs all have free super CASE in every component so it's even less viable to hope for ammo explosions doing anything.
So no, I think I will continue shooting the side torso which blows off the attached arm anyways.
#11
Posted 10 March 2015 - 12:01 AM
#12
Posted 10 March 2015 - 12:48 AM
#13
Posted 10 March 2015 - 02:33 AM
99% of the time, shooting arms is bad play, period. The only exception is very easily removed arms on lighter mechs that house the majority (or all) of that mech's firepower. And even then? The weapon side torso is a better target.
Ammo explosions only happen 10% of the time a bin is destroyed.
It's overall kind of unlikely to destroy a bin before destroying the section it's in (which WILL destroy the bin, but as clan mechs have CASE everywhere, that's irrelevant. Li Song's Mechlab shows the actual likelihood of a bin being destroyed before the second, and it's not that high when there's anything else in the section.
Losing an arm doesn't bring you any closer to death. Losing a side torso brings you closer to death, AND takes the arm with it.
Shooting arms is dumb, unless you have no other shots to take and heat/ammo to spare
#14
Posted 10 March 2015 - 02:49 AM
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Posted 10 March 2015 - 03:00 AM
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