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[Snazzy Dragon]

WEAPONS

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>Clan ER Medium Laser optimal range reduced to 375 meters (from 405). Max range remains the same.

>Clan ER Large Laser burn duration decreased to 1.35 seconds (from 1.5).

>Clan Medium Pulse Laser optimal range decreased to 300 meters (from 330). Max range remains the same.

>Gauss rifle max range reverted back to its original 3x optimal range. Cooldown increased to 7.5 seconds for Clan, 6.5 seconds for Inner Sphere.

>All UACs' jam chance base chance has been reduced to 10%; the jam chance will now increase proportionally to the number of UACs and their type being fired at the same time within 0.5 seconds.

>The Inner Sphere Small Laser and Small Pulse laser will now generate 1.5 (from 2) heat when fired, and do 3.5 and 4.5 damage (from 3 and 4), respectively.

>The Inner Sphere Medium Laser and Medium Pulse Laser ghost heat restriction has been increased to 8, from 6. The heat has been reduced to 3.5 heat (from 4). The damage has been increased to 5.5 damage and 6.5 damage, respectively (from 5 and 6).

>The Inner Sphere Large Laser has had its damage increased to 10 (from 9).

>We are pleased to announce that LB-X AC ammo switching has now implemented. The single shot round on an Inner Sphere LB-10x AC will deal 8 damage rather than 10, to prevent AC/10s from becoming obsoleted. The spread round will deal the full 10 damage as normal.

With this feature comes the removal of C-ACs. A full refund in c-bills will be issued to accounts that have them installed on mechs and in their inventories. Supply caches have been changed accordingly.

Clan LB-X ACs:

LB-2X: Single slug shot will deal 1.6 damage, the spread round will deal the full 2 damage.

LB-5X: Burst shot will deal 4 damage, 2 per slug. The spread round will deal the full 5 damage.

LB-10X: Burst shot will deal 8 damage, 2.667 per slug. The spread round will do the full 10 damage.

LB-20X: Burst shot will deal 16 damage, 4 per slug. The spread round will deal the full 20 damage.

MECHS

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>The Firestarter will be receiving its old quirks, now that it is as tall as a king crab, and have +5 armor to its side torsos.

>The Jenner CT hitbox has been reworked to improve its survivability. The CT armor quirk will remain.

>The Adder now has a +7 structure quirk for its CT.

>The Kit Fox has been further reduced in size, and will have +7 armor to its side torsos, except on the Purifier right and left torso omni pods.

>The Locust 1V will be regaining its former -50% laser duration quirk.

>A new hero Spider has been added to the game. It has the ability to mount 6 machine guns.

>All Mist Lynx arm omni pods will lose the +24 structure bonus in favor of the +24 armor bonus.

>The Urbanmech "Deputy Dawg" Hero mech is further delayed due to technical issues.

>All Blackjacks will now have a max engine rating of 250 (from 235), with the exception of the BJ-1X, which will continue to have a max engine rating of 295.

>All Awesome variants save the AWS-9M will now have a max engine rating of 325 (from 300). The AWS-9M will retain its max engine rating of 385.

>All Battlemaster Variants have had their torso twist (yaw) increased to 70 degrees, from 60. Variants with more than 70 degrees torso twist will retain their current torso twist stats.

>All Highlander variants will now have armor quirks instead of structure quirks, of the same value.

feel free to disagree

Edited by Snazzy Dragon, 29 December 2016 - 07:11 PM.

[Antares102]

OH NOES THE 6 MG SPIDER !!!
IS LL with 10 damage would be just wow.

Edited by Antares102, 29 December 2016 - 07:17 PM.

[RestosIII]

No colorblind support, or Clan Diamond Shark recognition? These patch notes are a farce!

[Snazzy Dragon]

RestosIII, on 29 December 2016 - 07:15 PM, said:

No colorblind support, or Clan Diamond Shark recognition? These patch notes are a farce!

I tried to honor the part where we go several months without hearing more about faction warfare specific changes

[DoctorDetroit]

Would love to see this patch note become real. Sad the deputy dawg isnt ready yet!

[JediPanther]

Urban mechs get +100 per ac 20 ton ammo.
Urban mech gets 50% increased AC 20 Rate of fire quirk.

All Inner Sphere light mobility profiles changed to "light."

PRE-RE-SCALE option for all Light mechs for 5mc per chassis type.

All Panther mechs engine cap now set to 315std or 315xl. Screw that 10-p getting the best engine.

[AnTi90d]

PGI will never figure out how to code ammo switching in this game, under this engine.

That said, I approve of the proposed changes, aside from the IS medium laser changes. I think that would make them too good.

Seal of jiggle.

[MechaBattler]

IS get Light Fusion engine

XL Engine receives 4xHP
LF Engine receives 3xHP
Std Engine receives 2xHP

Binary Laser for the IS. My intent is for it to be used primarily for mechs with low hard point count. Probably gate it off for other mechs with a ghost at firing 2.

I would take a step further into the future. But it can get pretty tricky at that point.

[Kasumi Sumika]

> Inner Spheres can use Clans Mechs in FP

[Snazzy Dragon]

MechaBattler, on 29 December 2016 - 07:58 PM, said:

IS get Light Fusion engine

XL Engine receives 4xHP
LF Engine receives 3xHP
Std Engine receives 2xHP

Binary Laser for the IS. My intent is for it to be used primarily for mechs with low hard point count. Probably gate it off for other mechs with a ghost at firing 2.

I would take a step further into the future. But it can get pretty tricky at that point.

Under LFE and with those stats there is no reason at all to take a standard engine.

[El Bandito]

[RestosIII]

Antares102, on 29 December 2016 - 07:14 PM, said:

OH NOES THE 6 MG SPIDER !!!
IS LL with 10 damage would be just wow.

Oh, is that how this is going to go? You edited in a seal after my post to steal the thunder? It's not going down that way, buddy boy!



You'll pay. When you're least expecting it, you'll pay.

Edited by RestosIII, 29 December 2016 - 08:49 PM.

[cazidin]

RestosIII, on 29 December 2016 - 08:48 PM, said:

Oh, is that how this is going to go? You edited in a seal after my post to steal the thunder? It's not going down that way, buddy boy!



You'll pay. When you're least expecting it, you'll pay.

You forgot that he didn't include the Mad Cat MK II, and didn't nerf Machine Guns enough.

[RestosIII]

cazidin, on 29 December 2016 - 08:58 PM, said:

You forgot that he didn't include the Mad Cat MK II, and didn't nerf Machine Guns enough.

It's a given that if Clan Diamond Shark is in the game, the Mad Cat MK 2 will be in the game. And the Piranha=dartboard immunity for MG's. It's in our contract.

[MechaBattler]

Snazzy Dragon, on 29 December 2016 - 08:10 PM, said:

Under LFE and with those stats there is no reason at all to take a standard engine.

Yeah, even if they upped the HP by a lot. A mech with both sides blown off usually doesn't have enough left to be a big threat. The Centurion used to be the best zombie mech in the game. But with the amount of firepower running around the field now, it's hard to sell the standard engine with the LFE around.

[wolf74]

Here would be the start for me.

Automatic Convergence Removed

Spoiler

Automatic weapon convergence has been removed from the game. Pilot can pick three preset weapon convergence point in the mech lab for default, Short/Medium/Long Default Values are (150/450/900)

If you are locked on to a Target the Convergence can be corrected +-15m Base on the Current Locked on target.
Pulse Lasers have a +-45m Total correction
Targeting computers can add up to -+15m correction.

Targeting computer
Installed Targeting Computer weight / ( Roundup to nearest Whole ((All Direct Fire Weapons Weight) / B )) = A
If A is equal or greater than 1 than A is 1 (A>=1,A=1 else A=A)

15*A = Correction Bonus from Targeting computers

B Value is base on if I.S. Targeting Computer or Clan. (Future planing here)
I.S. B= 4
Clan B = 5

M.G., Pulse Lasers, Missiles weapons do not gain any Targeting Computer bonus and are not part of Direct fire weapon weight calculations.

Edited by wolf74, 29 December 2016 - 11:33 PM.

[Beaching Betty]

AWS-8R

Missile Heat Generation -50%

[RestosIII]

Beaching Betty, on 30 December 2016 - 01:00 AM, said:

AWS-8R

Missile Heat Generation -50%

Only if my Warhawk gets -50℅ ERPPC heat generation when I run it with stock pods and the LRM10 rack.

[Tombs Clawtooth]

Tombs Clawtooth said:

Clan LB-X ACs:

LB-2X: Single slug shot will deal 2 damage, the spread round will deal the 2.2 damage. (Each Pellet doing 1.12 damage)

LB-5X: Single slug will deal 5 damage. The spread round will deal the 5.6 damage. (Each Pellet doing 1.12 damage)

LB-10X: Single slug will deal 10 damage. The spread round will do the 11.2 damage. (Each Pellet doing 1.12 damage)

LB-20X: Single slug will deal 20 damage. The spread round will deal the 22.4 damage. (Each Pellet doing 1.12 damage)

Or simply make them burst fire in non-shotgun mode and follow all the current rules the C-ACs do, with the new pellet damage (1.12). This way they are a jamless alternative to the UACs, that pick up a shotgun ability to keep the idea viable.

Here's my idea of how to balance the LBX series...

This makes them different from the Inner Sphere and the Clans. This provides a viable alternative to UACs but they will not replace UACs in any capacity.

Apply the pellet damage buff to the IS LBX guns as well. It's basically a C-AC that can also function as a shotgun. A shotgun that does mildly more damage to an enemy mech.

Edited by Tombs Clawtooth, 30 December 2016 - 01:27 AM.

[Y E O N N E]

And how do you propose to balance the lighter weight of single-slug cLB-X against the heavier isACs?