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[Rodney28021]

wendlebum, on 09 July 2012 - 11:28 PM, said:

remember due to high penetration power of modern (3049) armaments armour is not designed to bounce but to ablate. Autocannon come in various calibres depending on the manufacturer. Many use caseless ammunition.

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There is no caseless ammunition in BT, that was an experimental(Level3) ammo / weapon combo in Battletech Tactical Handbook. When you have Autocannon you will have shell casings flying everywhere while firing. Never seen the caseless autocannons in any mech design but would have been nice maybe.

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Future Perfect, on 01 July 2012 - 04:51 AM, said:

It's all a bit vague on the calibers of the various autocannons so I suggest the following:

Autocannon 5 becomes 60MM Autocannon.

Autocannon 10 becomes 90MM Autocannon.

Autocannon 20 becomes 120MM Autocannon.

And I just want to add that yes double the caliber does make four times the damage.

How is 60 any less vague than 5? Or 10 vs 90, or 20 vs 120? This suggestion gives no benefit.

[Elkarlo]

Taking the OP Serious even IF he insist of liking himself.

Future Perfect, on 01 July 2012 - 04:51 AM, said:

It's all a bit vague on the calibers of the various autocannons so I suggest the following:

Autocannon 5 becomes 60MM Autocannon.

Autocannon 10 becomes 90MM Autocannon.

Autocannon 20 becomes 120MM Autocannon.

And I just want to add that yes double the caliber does make four times the damage.

No it won't work because they are incanonical and we got lot of (Older) books were lot of different Calibers are given.

Microsoft did a very Nice Way dealing with it in Mechcommander 2 when they changed the Damage Ratings etc,
maybe it would be better to use this, as it uses no Calibers:

Ac/2 =Light Autocannon
AC/5 =Medium Autocannon
AC/10 =Heavy Autocannon
AC/20 =Superheavy Autcannon

(MS putted 5 and 10 into Med so only three Classes in MC2)

Personally i am Oldschool like... 95% of the other Founders and we like the old system.

Edited by Elkarlo, 19 July 2012 - 11:25 PM.

[Xathanael]

Future Perfect, on 01 July 2012 - 04:51 AM, said:

It's all a bit vague on the calibers of the various autocannons so I suggest the following:

Autocannon 5 becomes 60MM Autocannon.

Autocannon 10 becomes 90MM Autocannon.

Autocannon 20 becomes 120MM Autocannon.

And I just want to add that yes double the caliber does make four times the damage.

Dude FP, you seem to either hate battletech or think you can do better. Either way just make your own game and get over yourself. See you August 7th on the fields of battle

Future Perfect, on 01 July 2012 - 05:38 AM, said:

Making the game better is never beating a dead horse.

Dude you're not gonna make the game better, you're just trying to make it fit your limited intellect. Seriously make your own game!

[CmdrSpider]

I understand your thinking, but disagree. This is MWO and it already has a rich history and everything is already named. Not to be rude but how you like it if I stepped in to your world and started renaming the members of your family, your work place or you for instance. Please understand I'm not being hostile, but simply trying to make a point. Once you start changing the name of something where does it stop? Soon it wouldn't even be MWO and let's not even get into the confusion it would create for all the players who know and understand the currentl venacular for our the weapons in the game. Gee if were going to go here might as well call the laser by there colors. Sorry I'm going off on a tangent, lets just keep MWO true to the canon from which it came. Thanks.

[Lightdragon]

stop reviving this guys absolutely stupid topics!!

[JFlash49]

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