Rushin Roulette, on 09 March 2016 - 03:31 AM, said:
What the heck are you talking about? Did you even attempt to look at either the TBR or the DWF builds? Longer burn times meaning longer face time for the clanners... WTF?
The TBR and DWF builds both have Large Pulse lasers and Gauss rifles. as their main armament vs. the regular Large lasers on the IS mech.
Might want to take another look at the numbers then. cLPL burn time is 1.1, LL burn time is 0.9 (with the BLR-2C burn time quirk). Gauss rifle can theoretically dump another 15 points of damage at ~660 meters with only a 0.75 charge time, but at that range the weapon needs some deflection against a moving target, so doesn't sync up perfectly with hitscan weapons, meaning you're probably best off timing the shot just as you laser burn ends.
Rushin Roulette, on 09 March 2016 - 03:31 AM, said:
The TBR can torsotwist faster than the BLR to spread the damage better latterally, has jumpjets to spread the damage vertically.
Thanks to the BLR-2C's torsotwist quirks, the difference is less than 3 degrees per second without Basics, and about 4 degrees per second after Eliting. I honestly don't know how many players can make use of the advantage, and I'd personally trade it for a tankier profile on the TBR (even if it would look less cool) in a heartbeat.
As for JJs, they're of minimal use for damage spreading at long range (unless you're looking to take advantage of broken animations or the like); the vertical displacement they offer is simply too small from the shooter's perspective to provide any serious challenge in tracking the target.
And I would seriously recommend taking another look at the structure quirks on the BLR-2C and do the math as to how much damage you have to put on it in order to drop it. For two pilots of equal skill, the BLR-2C is more survivable, as it should be, since you're investing an extra 10 tons when bringing one out.
Again, just because a
build is listed in a Tier bracket, doesn't mean that it has an even chance of taking any other build in that tier bracket. It merely means that, for its
weight and tech base, it's about as good as it's going to get.
Edited by habu86, 09 March 2016 - 05:48 AM.