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[Tribal556]

How come you can outfit Light Clan mech like a IS heavy ?
JR-IIC 3x lrm 15 nearly 2k ammo . score 250-500 dmg every game playing as a LRM boat, not flanking, moving,and not thinking much....nothing.

Got Archer too, with some skills, it s not performing any better, weighting 40 T more. ~~ same !

Edited by Tribal556, 23 February 2019 - 01:33 PM.

[Antares102]

Lore, clan LRM only weight half the tonnage of IS versions.

Edited by Antares102, 23 February 2019 - 01:53 PM.

[VirtualRiot]

Also IS-LRMs are much better

[FupDup]

Lel

But seriously, that's gotta be a total potato build. Here is the closest approximation I came up with: JR7-IIC-Potato

How are you getting 2000 rounds of ammo on that thing? Are you dropping without armor? Are you running at only 64 kph in a light mech? By the way this is one of the few cases where spamming some LRM5s would be likely more efficient than LRM15s (LRM5 is massively overrated in general but in this niche case it's better).

If your Archer can't beat that thing...you need to mechlab harder.

Edited by FupDup, 23 February 2019 - 01:59 PM.

[Monkey Lover]

FupDup, on 23 February 2019 - 01:56 PM, said:

Lel

But seriously, that's gotta be a total potato build. Here is the closest approximation I came up with: JR7-IIC-Potato

How are you getting 2000 rounds of ammo on that thing? Are you dropping without armor? Are you running at only 64 kph in a light mech? By the way this is one of the few cases where spamming some LRM5s would be likely more efficient than LRM15s (LRM5 is massively overrated in general but in this niche case it's better).

If your Archer can't beat that thing...you need to mechlab harder.

https://mwo.smurfy-n...d12c712b677d60e

I used to run this one for lols. It works as you have the speed to get out of trouble. I forgot to add a jj.

One nice thing because of the speed i you work hard you can fight a lot more targets than an archer.

Edited by Monkey Lover, 23 February 2019 - 02:24 PM.

[FupDup]

Monkey Lover, on 23 February 2019 - 02:22 PM, said:

https://mwo.smurfy-n...d12c712b677d60e

I used to run this one for lols. It works as you have the speed to get out of trouble. I forgot to add a jj.

The OP claimed he was using triple LRM15, which leaves a lot less tonnage for ammo, engine, and jets.

[Monkey Lover]

FupDup, on 23 February 2019 - 02:24 PM, said:

The OP claimed he was using triple LRM15, which leaves a lot less tonnage for ammo, engine, and jets.

I understand just saying the other one can do some work for a potato build

Edited by Monkey Lover, 23 February 2019 - 02:26 PM.

[Vellron2005]

Tribal556, on 23 February 2019 - 01:32 PM, said:

How come you can outfit Light Clan mech like a IS heavy ?
JR-IIC 3x lrm 15 nearly 2k ammo . score 250-500 dmg every game playing as a LRM boat, not flanking, moving,and not thinking much....nothing.

Got Archer too, with some skills, it s not performing any better, weighting 40 T more. ~~ same !

If you want a "lore" explanation - 300 years of Clan weapon's development, while the IS were stomping eachother into the ground may have something to do with it..

As for a "meta game" explanation - Clan LRMs are lighter and take less crit space, but fire in easier-to-dodge streams..

[Acersecomic]

You can try this.
LURM-30 (x6 lrm5), 8 tons of ammo, laser ams, 2 jumpjets, xl225 104km/h.
AZ5D4:_0|ce|2C|2CpM0|l^|PG|VRqM0|PG|VC|VR|VRrB0|2C|2CsB0|2C|2CtP0|VR|VRuP0|VR|VRv:0|VRw505050

Edited by Acersecomic, 25 February 2019 - 12:37 AM.

[Grus]

FupDup, on 23 February 2019 - 01:56 PM, said:

Lel

But seriously, that's gotta be a total potato build. Here is the closest approximation I came up with: JR7-IIC-Potato

How are you getting 2000 rounds of ammo on that thing? Are you dropping without armor? Are you running at only 64 kph in a light mech? By the way this is one of the few cases where spamming some LRM5s would be likely more efficient than LRM15s (LRM5 is massively overrated in general but in this niche case it's better).

If your Archer can't beat that thing...you need to mechlab harder.

I lol'd at the machlab harder.

[Angel of Annihilation]

Vellron2005, on 25 February 2019 - 12:25 AM, said:

If you want a "lore" explanation - 300 years of Clan weapon's development, while the IS were stomping eachother into the ground may have something to do with it..

As for a "meta game" explanation - Clan LRMs are lighter and take less crit space, but fire in easier-to-dodge streams..

Just like most Clan weapons, those streams also tend to spread damage around a lot. IS LRMs are just a solid and immediate hammer blow when they hit.