5 replies to this topic

[Gubernaut]

Ok I don't know the whole history of changes that have been done to the MGs and I don't really care but I can tell you now optimal range of 120m is just plain silly. Should be something like 300m optimal range 600m max range. Maybe even buff the damage too I mean currently it seems like MGs are a bad joke. They should be at least somewhat useful, especially for mechs that have perks for MGs. But it's like what good are mechs with perks for MGs when MGs are useless... I wish I could be proud of my KitFox but it has nothing....

[Mcgral18]

Their CoF would make them absolutely HILARIOUS at that range.



Here's a better idea: Keep that 120/240M range, but cut the CoF to nearly nothing, and give it 1 DPS.

cMG at '0.25' spread and isMGs at '0.05' spread.



Hurray .XML edits! Shame we'll never get them.

[Khobai]

they should just get rid of machine guns completely and replace them with machine gun arrays.

a machine gun array would be 3 machine guns and take up 1 ballistic slot.

[cazidin]

I think that increasing their range would be a good idea but 300m optimal/600m maximum is a bit much. I'd say 180-240m and yeah, they need a damage increase too.

Edited by cazidin, 05 November 2015 - 04:56 PM.

[Deathlike]

MG's with increased range (especially with the module) only exacerbate the Cone of Fire that it has. Small lasers look godly by comparison.

[Gubernaut]

Well if I understand right you're saying the fire spreads too much at that distance, which is all the more reason why they should be able to shoot that far. It could easily be balanced if the optimal range (for damage) is 300m, but with substantial spread. 100m could be the optimal range for the spread. So MGs could be useful for harassing at distances, and be able to tear stuff up at close range. It's more fun like this.