Grus, on 03 April 2017 - 10:40 AM, said:
Butcher or not, your opinion of what I did to the 'Mech is irrelevant. I have eliminated every variable that can be eliminated to show you what happens when you try to build an IS 'Mech like a Clan 'Mech. I could do the same thing with laser vomit and still show it off, but we would be comparing non-like items because the Inner Sphere do not yet have their ER Medium lasers.
But you don't need to take my word for it. You can go into the game and easily see that:
A Clan XL engine has an identical cost to an Inner Sphere XL engine of the same rating.
A Clan DHS has the same cost as an Inner Sphere DHS.
A Clan LB-10X has the same cost as an Inner Sphere LB-10X.
A Clan Ultra AC/5 has the same cost as an Inner Sphere Ultra AC/5.
A Clan ER PPC has the same cost as an Inner Sphere ER PPC.
Clan Ferro has the same cost as Inner Sphere Ferro Fibrous per 'Mech weight
There is literally nothing about Clan equipment that costs more than its respective Inner Sphere counterpart. There are weapons that the IS don't have that cost more, but when the IS get theirs they will cost the same.
And before you even think about saying "Clan ACs," cACs are actually the slug versions of the LB-X in MWO, hence why they cost as much as an LB-X.