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[Jackal Noble]

It's a 30 ton light. AFAIK it should have a heat dissipation quirk, just like every other light in the game.

QC oversight?

[Jay Leon Hart]

It's not capped at a sub-250 engine and thus denied 10 TrueDubs, which is why other 'mechs get that HeatGen quirk. Also, posting in a phone is rubbish, I should not try this again...

[Jackal Noble]

Ya I just got that confirmed via twitch, thanks tho. It doesn't make sense, as it basically then soft-forces ya to run a 250 or above in. It limits build choice.
I don't see in the patch notes where it addresses that change, was it in the previous month?

[Jay Leon Hart]

It's been like that for a while, first thread I found;
Heat Quirk Change

Phone posting R t3h wurst

[Spheroid]

Incorrect, the 30 ton Cheetah has zero heat quirks.

[Jackal Noble]

Yep, and it has a sub 250 engine. It has a 240

[Teenage Mutant Ninja Urbie]

Jackal Noble, on 18 September 2018 - 12:18 PM, said:

Ya I just got that confirmed via twitch, thanks tho. It doesn't make sense, as it basically then soft-forces ya to run a 250 or above in. It limits build choice.
I don't see in the patch notes where it addresses that change, was it in the previous month?

kinda yes, but no..

I mean - would you really run it <250, troll builds not counting?

[Jackal Noble]

From what I am seeing in store, it's 180 cap mechs have 13% and 225 have something like a 5%?

[Chris Lowrey]

Jackal Noble, on 18 September 2018 - 12:18 PM, said:

Ya I just got that confirmed via twitch, thanks tho. It doesn't make sense, as it basically then soft-forces ya to run a 250 or above in. It limits build choice.
I don't see in the patch notes where it addresses that change, was it in the previous month?

Its been like that longer then I've been involved with the team.

But on the soft-forces you to run 250 point, couldn't agree more. This was one of the many touch-points that lead to our decision to better consolidate and unify the heat system coming up in the October patch.

[Jackal Noble]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Urbie, on 18 September 2018 - 12:58 PM, said:

kinda yes, but no..

I mean - would you really run it <250, troll builds not counting?

For real? Yes I would, a 225 engine for instance, gives me 121.5 kph with 9 internal dubs. Still a respectable speed for a light, and 12.5 tons of pod space (+1 for the external DHS). Kind of the idea since it doesn't have ECM like the cheetah, is to give it more firepower to defend itself.

[Teenage Mutant Ninja Urbie]

Chris Lowrey, on 18 September 2018 - 12:59 PM, said:

Its been like that longer then I've been involved with the team.

But on the soft-forces you to run 250 point, couldn't agree more. This was one of the many touch-points that lead to our decision to better consolidate and unify the heat system coming up in the October patch.

hope it's somewhere between the last 2 testservers, then? first one was totally okay, but a bit.. restrictive.
2nd also totally okay, but a bit too far on the too lax side concerning heat.

Jackal Noble, on 18 September 2018 - 01:01 PM, said:

For real? Yes I would, a 225 engine for instance, gives me 121.5 kph with 9 internal dubs. Still a respectable speed for a light, and 12.5 tons of pod space (+1 for the external DHS). Kind of the idea since it doesn't have ECM like the cheetah, is to give it more firepower to defend itself.

see that's why I'd prefer speed on that thing .. when I want "not that fast", I can go cheetah _and_ have an ecm on top.
YMMV, ofc.

[Jackal Noble]

Chris Lowrey, on 18 September 2018 - 12:59 PM, said:

Its been like that longer then I've been involved with the team.

But on the soft-forces you to run 250 point, couldn't agree more. This was one of the many touch-points that lead to our decision to better consolidate and unify the heat system coming up in the October patch.

Ya thanks for the response. I am looking forward to those changes, hoping it will really spawn a new dynamic and change some tactics.