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[Elizander]

• All IS/Clan SRMs have had their base speed increased from 300 to 400m/s.
• All IS Streak SRMs have had their base speed increased from 200 to 250m/s.
• All Clan Streak SRMs have had their base speed increased from 180 to 230m/s.
• IS SRM/2 spread reduced from 4.8 to 2.5m.
• IS SRM/2 heat scale maxfiring threshold increased from 4 to 6. *Note: Maxfiring is the number of launchers you can fire simultaneously free of heat scale.
• IS SRM/4 spread reduced from 5.2 to 3.5m.
• IS SRM/4 heat scale maxfiring threshold increased from 3 to 4.
• IS SRM/6 spread reduced from 5.7 to 4.5m.
• IS SRM/6 heat scale maxfiring threshold increased from 3 to 4.
• Clan SRM/2 spread reduced from 5.0 to 3.0m.
• Clan SRM/2 heat scale maxfiring threshold increased from 4 to 6.
• Clan SRM/4 spread reduced from 5.4 to 4.0m.
• Clan SRM/4 heat scale maxfiring threshold increased from 3 to 4.
• Clan SRM/6 spread reduced from 5.9 to 5.0m.
• Clan SRM/6 heat scale maxfiring threshold increased from 3 to 4.

Faster SRMs. Tighter SRM spreads. You can fire 4 SRM6s now instead of 3 without triggering ghost heat. I know the Atlas-S and Griffin 2N are gonna be happy campers, but will this be enough to bring more brawling back into the game?

Also please note that they never said SSR2 can fire at 6 without ghost heat so no, the Streak Cat wasn't buffed that much. :3

[Mazzyplz]

yessssssss

omg finally.

i will be happy, everyone will be happy. it will b a party

[Darian DelFord]

This will help the Oxide

[Sarlic]

You are welcome.

I am glad imhave brought this up several times.

Edited by Sarlic, 14 November 2015 - 05:10 AM.

[STEF_]

Very happy about this.
Despite hit reg, srm are going to be more useful, thanks to this and less spread.

[Chemie]

still makes no sense; scale should be total missiles

SMR2 = 12
SRM 4 = 16
SRM6 = 24

Why?

[N a p e s]

Chemie, on 14 November 2015 - 05:09 AM, said:

still makes no sense; scale should be total missiles

SMR2 = 12
SRM 4 = 16
SRM6 = 24

Why?

Well that volley of 12 missiles from the 6xSRM2 launchers will cycle twice as fast as the 24 from the 4xSRM4 and it actually puts both launcher types at 12.9 DPS if you use the max amount of launchers before tirggering ghost heat.

Only the SRM4 will have a slightly lower DPS of 11.48 at max launchers.

[totgeboren]

Sounds good! Except for some massively quirked mechs, SRMsare simply too hard to use at the moment. That massive reduction in SRM2 spread looks really useful... hmmm...

[El Bandito]

Elizander, on 14 November 2015 - 04:26 AM, said:

I know the Atlas-S and Griffin 2N are gonna be happy campers, but will this be enough to bring more brawling back into the game?

My Atlas-S is still gonna be packing quad LRM10s thanks to the new missile quirk buffs.

[Elizander]

El Bandito, on 14 November 2015 - 05:56 AM, said:

My Atlas-S is still gonna be packing quad LRM10s thanks to the new missile quirk buffs.

But I like my 91 point alpha Atlas S with SRMs

[El Bandito]

Elizander, on 14 November 2015 - 06:06 AM, said:

But I like my 91 point alpha Atlas S with SRMs

To each, their own.

[Darian DelFord]

El Bandito, on 14 November 2015 - 05:56 AM, said:

My Atlas-S is still gonna be packing quad LRM10s thanks to the new missile quirk buffs.

I'll shoot you myself if you go through with an LRM atlas ;pp

[El Bandito]

Darian DelFord, on 14 November 2015 - 06:21 AM, said:

I'll shoot you myself if you go through with an LRM atlas ;pp

And my Triple LPLs will answer in kind.

[Darian DelFord]

El Bandito, on 14 November 2015 - 06:22 AM, said:

And my Triple LPLs will answer in kind.

hehehe

BTW Love the Calvin and Hobbes, just saw it in your signature. I now need a new monitor... Thanks

[oldradagast]

Well, good - at least that is a logical change that the game needs. Hopefully, the higher speed will also help with hit registration on the SRM's. Right now, they are often like tossing slow moving, pretty clouds of sparkles at a foe that do nothing... except for the random times when all the missiles hit at close range and the enemy falls apart.

[Bishop Steiner]

Elizander, on 14 November 2015 - 04:26 AM, said:

Also please note that they never said SSR2 can fire at 6 without ghost heat so no, the Streak Cat wasn't buffed that much. :3

GH has never been the issue with StreakCats anyhow.... 12 missiles hitting random spots just isn't that fearsome.

[Sorbic]

I welcome some SRM buffs but these seem to go a little overboard. Except for the IS streaks which probably needed it the most.

[Mister Blastman]

They aren't tight enough! We need the old closed beta mechanic PLUS splash damage.

If we don't get those... then lasers need to have all doubled ranges removed completely (except maybe smalls...).

[Murzao]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo srm love can't wait

heck I had a 900 damage/3 kill game yesterday with a mass SRM2 build and average 400-500 easy.....not bad for a medium IS mech.

[Jman5]

Mister Blastman, on 14 November 2015 - 07:50 AM, said:

They aren't tight enough! We need the old closed beta mechanic PLUS splash damage.

If we don't get those... then lasers need to have all doubled ranges removed completely (except maybe smalls...).

The spread change are going to make SRMs crazy-good when you add artemis.

IS:
SRM 2: 2.5m -> 1.65
SRM 4: 3.5m -> 2.31
SRM 6: 4.5m -> 2.97

Clan:
SRM 2: 3.0m -> 1.98
SRM 4: 4.0m -> 2.64
SRM 6: 5.0m -> 3.3

Keep in mind that SRMs do 2 damage per missile (2.15 for IS). So a Clan SRM 6 Artemis is a 12 damage shot for only 2.5 tons and 4 heat. A Clan Large Pulse laser does 13 damage and costs 6 tons and 10 heat. The C-LPL has still got a healthy range advantage, but once you close that distance, the SRMs are going obliterate the competition.