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[Bombast]

Time for another poll. And it is an absolute doozy. This time, we'll be looking at construction related technologies and non-weapon equipment that was excluded from the previous technology poll. An expirimental weaponary poll has been put together, but will not be included with this batch.

The rules, as usual.

• The cut off point will again be 3068.
  
• Experimental technologies will be included in all categories.
  
• Technology has been grouped together when appropriate.
  
• Artillery has been excluded, as have special munitions.
  
• Non-fusion engines are excluded, as have technologies that, due to MWO's rule set, have no discernible benefit (Increased piloting roles, exclusively anti-infantry, etc), and Drone/Robotic equipment/control. Interface system have also been excluded.
  
• Laser Heat Sink are already in the game as quirks, and thus are excluded.
  
• Due to the Clans general lack of experimental construction technologies, some categories have been combined for them
  
• Due to the weight of options, the equipment questions have unlimited votes, but please try to honor the intent of the poll - Only vote for ones you are really intrigued by. Please keep it to 1-3 votes for the stuff you'd really like to see, or you think would really add something to the game.

Please feel free to discuss everything as per usual!




Inner Sphere

Armor

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Light-Ferro-Fibrous - An armor that exists in between Ferro-Fibrous and Standard. It only takes up 7 crits, but only provides 6% more armor per ton compared to Standard armor.
Stealth - Providing protection equal to standard armor, when combined with a Guardian ECM, Stealth Armor reduces the chance of detection and being hit by enemy fire. The system generates heat when active, and requires 2 crits in every arm, leg, and side torso.
Hardened - Allows more armor to be placed on a battlemech, at the expensive of reduced agility. Provides protection against armor piercing munitions.
Reflective/Reactive - These armor types provide the same amount of armor per ton as standard armor, with the benefit of reducing the damage of certain weapon types (Reflective reduces energy damage, while Reactive reduces explosive damage). Both also have signigicant crit investment requirements
Patchwork - Allows different kinds of armor to be equipped on different locations of the battlemech.

Structure

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Endo Composite - A structure that exists in between Endo-Steel and Standard. It only takes up 7 crits, but only provides a 25% weight savings from standard.
Composite - Composite provides the same weight saving benefits of Endo-Steel, but without the crit investment. It reduces the amount of damage internal structure can take by half.
Reinforced - Reinforced structure can take twice as much damage as standard internal structure, but weights twice as much.

Engine

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Compact Fusion - Compact engines weight 50% more than standard engines, but take up half as much space, so that 5 crits are available in the center torso.
Light Fusion - Existing in between standard and XL engines, the Light Fusion engine weights 75% as much as standard engines, and only take up 2 critical slots in each side torso, allowing mechs to survive side torso destruction.
Extra-Extralight Fusion - XXL engines weight 75% as much as standard engines, while using twice as many side torso slots as XL engines (4 for Clans, 6 for Inner Sphere). The Clan version subjects equipped mechs to side torso mech destruction. XXL engine generate twice the amount of heat as other engines in relation to movement.

Gyro

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Compact - Compact gyros weight 50% more than the standard gyro, but take up two less crits.
Extra-Light - XL gyros weight 50% less than the standard gryo, but take up an additional two crits.

Cockpit

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Small - Small cockpits weigh 2/3s as much as much as a standard cockpit, and frees up one crit.
Torso Mounted - Torso mounted cockpits move the pilot to the center torso, consuming two crits in the center torso and one in each side torso, and allowing the mech to remain functional after head destruction. The sensors remain in the head, however. 3 extra crits are opened up for usage in the head. Destruction of both side torsos destroys the life support equipment.

Equipment

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M-Pod - A single shot explosive that fills the area surrounding the user in shrapnel. At point blank range, the damage is significant, but damage reduces sharply as distance increase. Max range of a Machine Gun.
Angel ECM - A slightlyheavier version of the Guardian, it has twice the strength, counting as two ECM units when competeing against ECCM equipment.
Bloodhound Active Probe - A slightly heavier version of the Beagle, the Bloodhound can defeat most stealth systems, such as ECM, Stealth Armor, and Null/Void Signature Systems.
Laser AMS - An AMS unit that uses a Small Pulse Laser instead of a machine gun, the LAMS weights more and generates significant heat, but requires no ammunition.
C3 Systems (Master, Slave, Improved) - C3 systems improve communication between units. Unknown benefits to MWO.
Coolant Pod - A piece of equipment that, when activated, improves heat sink effeciency for a short period (SHS: 100%, DHS: 50%). Expended once used, and explodes like ammunition if struck.
HarJel - As long as a location with HarJel equipped has armor, damage to that location will be slowly repaired. Once armor has been completely stripped, HarJel no longer functions. When a HarJel system is destroyed, all equipment in that location is rendered inoperable.
Partial Wing - Partial Wings improve jump capacity by 60 meters (But only if Jump Jets are already equipped) and improve battlemech cooling. Partial Wings weight 5% of the battlemechs overall weight (Rounded up to the nearest 0.5 tons) and occupy 3 crits on each side torso.
Supercharger - The Supercharger boosts battlemech speed by as much as 25%. They take up 1 crit (Which must be placed in a location where engine crits are) and weights 10% of the engine's tonnage. The speed boost from the Supercharger is cumulative with MASC. Unlike MASC, damage caused by excess use and failures are applied to the engine.

Clan

Armor

Spoiler

Stealth - Providing protection equal to standard armor, when combined with a Guardian ECM, Stealth Armor reduces the chance of detection and being hit by enemy fire. The system generates heat when active, and requires 2 crits in every arm, leg, and side torso.
Hardened - Allows more armor to be placed on a battlemech, at the expensive of reduced agility. Provides protection against armor piercing munitions.
Reflective/Reactive - These armor types provide the same amount of armor per ton as standard armor, with the benefit of reducing the damage of certain weapon types (Reflective reduces energy damage, while Reactive reduces explosive damage). Both also have signigicant crit investment requirements
Patchwork - Allows different kinds of armor to be equipped on different locations of the battlemech.

Structure, Engine, Cockpit

Spoiler

Reinforced Structure- Reinforced structure can take twice as much damage as standard internal structure, but weights twice as much.
Extra-Extralight Fusion - XXL engines weight 75% as much as standard engines, while using twice as many side torso slots as XL engines (4 for Clans, 6 for Inner Sphere). The Clan version subjects equipped mechs to side torso mech destruction. XXL engine generate twice the amount of heat as other engines in relation to movement.
Torso Mounted Cockpit- Torso mounted cockpits move the pilot to the center torso, consuming two crits in the center torso and one in each side torso, and allowing the mech to remain functional after head destruction. The sensors remain in the head, however. 3 extra crits are opened up for usage in the head. Destruction of both side torsos destroys the life support equipment.

Equipment

Spoiler

Angel ECM - A slightlyheavier version of the Guardian, it has twice the strength, counting as two ECM units when competeing against ECCM equipment.
Light Active Probe - A lighter version of the standard Active Probe, with slightly inferior capabilities.
Watchdog CEWS - An electronic warfare package that combines the abilities of the ECM and AP.
Nova CEWS - An elctronic warfare package that combines th eabilities of the ECM, the AP, and the Inner Sphere C3 system. While constructed in 3065, it was hidden, and general Clan practice has banned it from usage in all but a few specific instances.
Laser AMS - An AMS unit that uses a Small Pulse Laser instead of a machine gun, the LAMS weights more and generates significant heat, but requires no ammunition.
Light TAG - A TAG that weights half as much as the standard, with inferior range.
Coolant Pod - A piece of equipment that, when activated, improves heat sink effeciency for a short period (SHS: 100%, DHS: 50%). Expended once used, and explodes like ammunition if struck.
HarJel - As long as a location with HarJel equipped has armor, damage to that location will be slowly repaired. Once armor has been completely stripped, HarJel no longer functions. When a HarJel system is destroyed, all equipment in that location is rendered inoperable.
Partial Wing - Partial Wings improve jump capacity by 60 meters (But only if Jump Jets are already equipped) and improve battlemech cooling. Partial Wings weight 5% of the battlemechs overall weight (Rounded up to the nearest 0.5 tons) and occupy 3 crits on each side torso.
Supercharger - The Supercharger boosts battlemech speed by as much as 25%. They take up 1 crit (Which must be placed in a location where engine crits are) and weights 10% of the engine's tonnage. The speed boost from the Supercharger is cumulative with MASC. Unlike MASC, damage caused by excess use and failures are applied to the engine.

Edited by Bombast, 18 January 2017 - 08:22 PM.