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[NextGame]

AMS is rubbish anyway, sorry, but it is.

[LordKnightFandragon]

Tincan Nightmare, on 15 September 2015 - 01:17 AM, said:

Holy crap I need to stop looking at the forums so late, thought your thread was 'no ARMS for the Marauder'. Man, really had me wonder what the hell for a moment there.

Exactly how I just read the title as well...

[ColourfulConfetti]

Why people like to waste tonnage on countering one of the most laughable weapon systems in the game is beyond me. Try radar derp, it costs no tonnage and it's use extends beyond countering lrm boats.

[kapusta11]

Who use AMS anyways?

[xXBagheeraXx]

Me if I have the tonnage on my big mechs. If multiplem mechs ar around you, and since im primarly a crab driver they usually are, It stacks up nicely. There are a lot of LRM maulers in the que atm, so its actually not a bad idea. I really had no place to spend the extra tonnage, I had 7 tons of ammo, my usual maxium and really didnt need heatsinks on a dual gauss build.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Yikes! So the Bounty Hunter is slow, potentially hot with lack of DHS space, and and has no AMS...

Maybe the Bounty Hunter's C-Bill logos represent all the money going out to keep it repaired and operational vs C-Bills coming in. (especially true if we had R&R).

[Chagatay]

bad arcade kitty, on 15 September 2015 - 04:42 AM, said:

not usualy
every clan chassis can use an ams omnipod

Some of them have this option at low cost: Nova, Summoner have lots of choices. But very often, the choice of AMS is very costly in terms of the pods you are forced to give up on.

kapusta11, on 15 September 2015 - 05:34 AM, said:

Who use AMS anyways?

AMS is an extra 1T insurance against lack of ECM which is something you can never predict in Puglandia. I run it on all assault mechs that are not blessed with ECM. Sure, right now it isn't THAT necessary but if PGI "adjusts" ECM...

Edited by Chagatay, 15 September 2015 - 06:56 AM.

[Lyoto Machida]

AMS is virtually worthless and not worth taking...non-issue, I suppose.

[bad arcade kitty]

MeiSooHaityu, on 15 September 2015 - 06:46 AM, said:

Yikes! So the Bounty Hunter is slow, potentially hot with lack of DHS space, and and has no AMS...

look, ma, no ams (:

[Hollow Earth]

Looks like AMS is on the left torsos. i guess it was an error by whoever wrote the hardpoints.

Edited by Hollow Earth, 15 September 2015 - 05:45 PM.

[Ward Serpentine]

Might want to look again. All four have AMS hardpoints.

[Aethon]

Tincan Nightmare, on 15 September 2015 - 01:17 AM, said:

Holy crap I need to stop looking at the forums so late, thought your thread was 'no ARMS for the Marauder'. Man, really had me wonder what the hell for a moment there.

Was thinking I was the only one, lol.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Kiiyor, on 15 September 2015 - 01:11 AM, said:

Interesting.

Doesn't affect me though! I haven't carried AMS for aeons. I find dirt to be a far more effective counter to LRMs.

me too, or the ever present team ecm

[bad arcade kitty]

Ward Serpentine, on 15 September 2015 - 05:50 PM, said:

Might want to look again. All four have AMS hardpoints.

awww

poor mary, she couldn't become an outstanding ams-less superstar

[FupDup]

As long as it can carry Radar Derp you'll be fine.

[Bishop Steiner]

FupDup, on 15 September 2015 - 05:58 PM, said:

As long as it can carry Radar Derp you'll be fine.

actually, update, AMS slot in LT of all models.

Possibly oversight, or they realize how important it is to get the MAD right, and are taking forum feedback seriously.

[Crifuan]

Yes, they´ve fixed it.
Thanks PGI.

[Davers]

SgtMagor, on 15 September 2015 - 04:18 AM, said:

besides AMS, just wondering since I never tried it can you shoot down missles with any of the weapon systems. would be kewl if we could use our weapons on missles, Lbx cannons would be priceless!

Only AMS can shoot down missiles.

[Ngamok]

xXBagheeraXx, on 15 September 2015 - 04:21 AM, said:

They will probalby have AMS mounts on the side torso or torsos but just dont come with them stock. I cant actually think of ANY is mechs off the top of my head that do not have AMS on at least 1 torso or arm. Only clan mechs can have 0 ams mounts, and usually at least 1 variant omnipod has a slot for one.

Like El Bandito said the X-5 has no AMS.