Nope. Armor-piercing rounds are very specific- they're an ammo type for standard (not Ultra/Rotary/LB-X) or light AC's, and there's an SRM that also can penetrate most armor types for internal damage.
Most AP rounds from AC's do get a penalty to crits, though.
And Gauss basically fire a magnetically charged cannonball at targets. It's not even equipped with a penetrator.
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Gauss Should Be Armor Piercing
Started by An Innocent Urbie, Aug 29 2017 12:30 AM
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Posted 30 August 2017 - 11:27 AM
If you want to go purely by the supposed definition of a gauss rifle, a hypervelocity projectile weapon, yes, it should be AP.
However, it should be so AP that it would be able to shoot straight through however many mechs you'd want standing in a line.
Even toned down, a weapon that does what hit reg problems do now would not be very balanced.
And that would be totally OP.
So, no.
(apologies on this, but it was annoying the heck out of me. AP = Armor Piercing, APC is numerous other things, including armored personnel carrier, activated protein C, etc. )
However, it should be so AP that it would be able to shoot straight through however many mechs you'd want standing in a line.
Even toned down, a weapon that does what hit reg problems do now would not be very balanced.
And that would be totally OP.
So, no.
(apologies on this, but it was annoying the heck out of me. AP = Armor Piercing, APC is numerous other things, including armored personnel carrier, activated protein C, etc. )
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