28 replies to this topic

[ACH75]

IS DHS take a lot of space often preventing the use of Endo-Steel...

I think should be nice to have more engines dhs sockets

[GeminiWolf]

Negative

[R Valentine]

GeminiWolf, on 18 February 2019 - 09:22 PM, said:

Negative

Yeah, peon IS pilot! How dare you wish for some semblance of parity!

[Mister Maf]

I was ready to write this off offhand as unnecessary, but that actually might not be a bad buff for Standard and/or IS XL engines to make them more attractive. Makes sense for XL since they're so big IMO.

Edited by Mister Maf, 18 February 2019 - 09:31 PM.

[Jackal Noble]

I agree, Clan XLs should get like twice as many DHS 'sockets' <?.

[FupDup]

Semi-related: Being able to mix SHS with DHS would be nice for filling in those last slots in weird places (obviously requiring a rebalancing of SHS dissipation and capacity values).

[El Bandito]

Allow battlemechs to remove the useless hand actuators. That way IS can at least put 3 DHS per arm.

[BrunoSSace]

Even if this was a semi good idea, the Clan players will Veto this quickly. They are already salty at "cough" Inner Sphere super quirks. Truth is, balance is pretty good atm, I'm happy with it.

[Stonefalcon]

[Sjorpha]

I could see extra heatsinks slots as a way to balance is engines better against cxl.

[ShiverMeRivets]

I will support a bonus engine slot to STD engines only (IS and Clan). This will make STD engines slightly more useful vs. LFE/cXL. The IS will enjoy this more, true.

[Khobai]

No. I dont agree with IS mechs getting more DHS slots. Because giving IS mechs more DHS slots doesnt really solve the problem. More DHS slots just means IS has to spend that much more tonnage on DHS. So at best youre just trading tonnage for crit slots, and its still not impactful enough to make up for CES/CFF being vastly better than ISES/ISFF.

Instead all IS DHS (both internal and external) should just be true double heatsinks. IS pay more for their DHS so their DHS should be better. Its that simple. Making all IS DHS true dubs would balance the fact they take up 3 crit slots instead of only 2 crit slots.

Also the issue of ISES/ISFF sucking compared to their clan versions needs to be addressed. Because thats another huge reason why IS mechs are starved on crit slots. Like ISDHS, if ISES/ISFF cost more then they also need to DO more.

And ISXL should survive side torso destruction (also LFE and STD should get buffed). because right now CXL is vastly superior to every other engine type. All the different engines need to be completely rebalanced to be brought into parity with eachother.

PGI really needs to balance the fundamental tech bases for IS and Clans (engines, structure/armor, and heatsinks). Until they do that theres always going to be serious balance problems.

Edited by Khobai, 19 February 2019 - 01:12 AM.

[Aidan Crenshaw]

pssst... who's gonna tell him?

[Dogstar]

Adding more HS slots is one way PGI could balance standard engines - but they won't becasue they don't understand balance

[Tarl Cabot]

Kiran Yagami, on 18 February 2019 - 09:23 PM, said:

Yeah, peon IS pilot! How dare you wish for some semblance of parity!

That would mean allowing isXL survive the loss of a ST with the current cXL/LFE penalties and readjust those penalties to a slightly lower settings, with the LFE having the lowest settings.

[ACH75]

Adding just 2-3 sockets should be sufficent to free the needed crit slots...

Edited by ACH75, 19 February 2019 - 05:28 AM.

[process]

If IS weapons are truly too hot, I'd rather see across-the-board heat reduction. No need to tweak construction rules. An IS mech with 12-18 DHS should be comparable to a Clan mech with 18-26 DHS, give or take.

Edited by process, 19 February 2019 - 06:59 AM.

[R E X I OS]

ACH75, on 18 February 2019 - 09:10 PM, said:

IS DHS take a lot of space often preventing the use of Endo-Steel...

I think should be nice to have more engines dhs sockets

Switch to Clan and problem solved.

[Oberst Wilhelm Klink]

ACH75, on 18 February 2019 - 09:10 PM, said:

I think should be nice to have more engines dhs sockets

Nope

[R Valentine]

You guys can cry about how much you hate IS being competitive all you want, but this is how we get stupid changes like ST heat spike. So enjoy your reward.