EasyPickings, on 25 July 2017 - 11:28 AM, said:
I had the opportunity to try out my dual AC5, 2x ML Uziel against a dual RAC5 Uziel in a Conquest on Caustic Valley.
My opponent and I were pretty fresh and as we faced off, he let go with his RAC5 deluge while I plunked away with my AC5s. He stopped firing at me pretty quickly, but was still facing me and circling me in that dance of death that we all do.
I couldn't tell if the cease fire was due to jamming or overheating, but every now and then he'd spin up his RACs and I'd get a bit of his spam, but it never lasted long.
I kept at it and took him down after an engaging fight and was able to go on and finish the match.
RACs overpowered? Not against determined players.
I just did that dance on tournaline along the F7 ridge against a Cataphract 3D with a pair of RAC/5s and two MPL vs my Roughneck Reaver with a pair UAC/5s, quad MLs and an SRM4. Started out as a face off then went to the circle dance off. Oh sure he sprayed me with the RACs... but then they'd jam.... and it was just medium pulses... and my UAC's jammed less often (as the UAC jam chance quirk on the phract doesn't apply to RACs) and for a shorter period of time... plus as others pointed out... pin point hits are better than spraying fire across my whole mech trying to lead me with one side torso and one arm RAC while my UAC's are in both arms. The roughneck is slightly more agile, and overall quirked better for durability too.
The net result was he was still trying to hit my CT when I removed his RT (and all his weapons in the process) and then he turned to run and died as apparently I had crit his ammunition stored there...which then blew him up.
RACs are best used on mechs without UAC quirks, and also that lack the cooldown quirk (as that doesn't apply to the weapon either) or have a very minimal one to begin with. The Cataphract 0XP for example...useful....only has ballistic range and velocity quirks. And the ECM lets you sneak into a place to use a single RAC/5 effectively...like behind the enemy. Anything else and they're wasting good hardpoints that could be carrying something better.
Edited by Dee Eight, 25 July 2017 - 07:37 PM.