Yumoshiri, on 06 August 2017 - 03:48 AM, said:
i once did spam 3x ac2, 3x lbx2 direwolf
the fun thing is the lower velocities, so even if you got all in 1 weapon group, the screen will shake twice for each volley.
also.. lbx2 will do more damage if armor is removed
This is specifically about IS LB-Xes, though. The clan ones are good because clan ACs are bad, clan ACs and UACs already spread damage, and the LB-Xes only take one crit slot more than the UACs.
The IS LB-2X takes an absurd 4 crit slots compared to the AC/2, the 5 and 20 still take one more, IS ACs are PPFLD instead of multiple shells, and IS LB-20Xes can only be run in STD engine torsos because the IS ACs have higher crit slot (and tonnage, incidentally) requirements across the board than clan ones.
tl;dr clan LBs are a different beast because the gap between them and cUACs is much smaller to begin with, cACs are ******, and all clan ballistics are lighter and smaller. IS LB-10Xes are viable because they allow you to pack a lot more damage relative to IS ACs than cLB-10Xes relative to cUACs while giving up less armor, speed, ammo, &c., which helps make up for the damage spread.
Edited by Alexander of Macedon, 06 August 2017 - 06:37 AM.