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[wanderer]

Convergence focuses on a point at maximum range unless pointing at a locked target in LOS.

Information becomes ammunition (or rather, a lack of wasting it.).

Edited by wanderer, 14 September 2015 - 11:03 AM.

[Cementi]

Baring the snarky title that sadly will likely mean it will not be read by a dev......this is actually a really good idea.

[wanderer]

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Baring the snarky title that sadly will likely mean it will not be read by a dev

Darth Paul is a master of the Snark Side of the Force. About the only better thing I could have done was pink title text.

[Big Tin Man]

This... is actually a very good idea. Weapons only converge when a target is locked. This makes hill humping dual gauss/erppc builds rely on spotters.

Why did you have to write it with a poison pen?

[Yosharian]

Very good idea.

Better tweet it at Russ, what with Twitter being the official MWO forums and all.

Prepare your flameshield for all the incoming CoD-warriors though.

[Aresye]

Big Tin Man, on 14 September 2015 - 10:45 AM, said:

Why did you have to write it with a poison pen?

And with a clickbait title no less...

[wanderer]

Because a little acid works better than honey when it comes to getting the playerbase's attention.

This one change makes sensor/sensor ranges and scouting matter in one fell swoop. That Raven picking out targets for your Gauss sniper at 1000m? Credit to team. Poptarting? Better have a friend keeping an eye on things, or you're shooting "iron sights". Hill humping? Same deal.

They'll seriously want to flip some obvious quirks, like Hunchback having trouble with short-range target acquiring does on PTS. By comparison, the Grid Iron will want long-range sensor quirks to help it with Gauss sniping.

[TheCobra]

And makes the convergence skill actually useful.

[Big Tin Man]

Thinking about this more... it also solves poptarting (which is a form of hill humping I guess).

As for the CoD warriors, 100 tons of gear doesn't focus quick enough for l33t no-scope headshots. You gotta tell the targeting computer what you're aiming at.

[Vandomar]

Fantastic idea. Re-title the thread so it'll get the attention of the dev.

[TyphonCh]

I'm not opposed to this. Good idea
Change the title and put another thread up in the appropriate forum. "An easy way to make infotech useful" Done.

Edited by Team Chevy86, 14 September 2015 - 10:59 AM.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Id argue its not amazing he didnt figure it out

[wanderer]

Can't change the title- that's a mod thing, IIRC.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Cementi, on 14 September 2015 - 10:41 AM, said:

Baring the snarky title that sadly will likely mean it will not be read by a dev......this is actually a really good idea.

snarky like telling ppl that if you think the ACH is OP then you "believe 9-11 was an inside job?" Cause that was a Twitter post by PGI...

[Sarlic]

You can change the title. Use the full editor.

[Gas Guzzler]

This is actually a pretty good idea...

[wanderer]

And fixed.

[CDLord HHGD]

REPORTED!

And I told them to take a good look at this because it is a good idea worth of theory-crafting and testing.

[Mystere]

wanderer, on 14 September 2015 - 10:39 AM, said:

Convergence focuses on a point at maximum range unless pointing at a locked target in LOS.

Information becomes ammunition (or rather, a lack of wasting it.).

I have said it before and I will say it again: Be careful what you wish for. <maniacal >

Edited by Mystere, 14 September 2015 - 11:08 AM.

[0bsidion]

Not a bad idea. It'd also be cool if we could get component sub-targeting if locked long enough.