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LordNothing, on 29 May 2015 - 08:04 PM, said:
so the word is that ammo consuming weapons are uncompetitive because they dont have infinite ammo like laser vomit and have fixed damage ceilings depending on how much tonnage you dedicate to ammo. i for one like to bring autocannons and think that the this way of thinking is wrong. vary rarely do i run out of ammo in cw, death usually comes first.
in puglandia you have one mech that needs to last 15 minutes but in cw a mech need only last 7.5 minutes. even then i opt to bring more than the usual amount of ammo and use light weapons like medium lasers as backup. im not really worried about running out of ammo, so long as you have enough to score multiple kills which will allow you to stay ahead and make the mech pay for itself. accuracy is important, as is the ability to lead a target. face time is more but screen shake kind of balances that out.
when the ammo is done you can do many things, suicide scout, block, tank, or if you are ahead, eject for a new mech. some ballistic builds have enough laser firepower to keep in the game even without the ammo. at least to turn on override and land as many laser alphas as you can before your core cooks.
one huge advantage is the ability to sustain fire where laser boats are overheating. you can manage huge killing streaks with heavy ballistics during the latter part of a rush. after considerable heat buildup and damage from large alphas, its a nice time to have a big gun that wont overheat you to much.
in puglandia you have one mech that needs to last 15 minutes but in cw a mech need only last 7.5 minutes. even then i opt to bring more than the usual amount of ammo and use light weapons like medium lasers as backup. im not really worried about running out of ammo, so long as you have enough to score multiple kills which will allow you to stay ahead and make the mech pay for itself. accuracy is important, as is the ability to lead a target. face time is more but screen shake kind of balances that out.
when the ammo is done you can do many things, suicide scout, block, tank, or if you are ahead, eject for a new mech. some ballistic builds have enough laser firepower to keep in the game even without the ammo. at least to turn on override and land as many laser alphas as you can before your core cooks.
one huge advantage is the ability to sustain fire where laser boats are overheating. you can manage huge killing streaks with heavy ballistics during the latter part of a rush. after considerable heat buildup and damage from large alphas, its a nice time to have a big gun that wont overheat you to much.
While I agree entirely, I'm sure you'll find that many higher-ability players tailor their ammo capacity to fit their expected lifetimes in-game to make room for other stuff e.g. additional heat sinks etc.
