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[krazzyknight]

Just ******* get rid of them

[martian]

krazzyknight, on 12 April 2023 - 08:40 PM, said:

Just ******* get rid of them

Why?

[Duke Falcon]

martian, on 13 April 2023 - 04:31 AM, said:

Why?

Because it is like the same as the bunch 'o' LRM topics and lights what OP even over God herself...
There is always someone who hates a weapon and join to the inquisition.
Apart from that RACs are near useless most of the times => time to "warm up n fire", facetime, jam...
Waiiit... Maybe this were the OP's reason to ask their obliteration?

[Widowmaker1981]

Its another one of those cases (like LRMS) where a weapon is proportionally much more powerful in lower tiers.

RACs have incredibly high DPS and cause a severe amount of screenshake, which means that they kill non twisting/ evading enemies fast and in a very 'upsetting' way.

The drawbacks of damage spread, constant facetime and spin up delays mean that they are basically hard countered by enemies peeking from cover, and this tends to make them extremely situational in high tier games where people make fewer positional mistakes.

I dont see how its possible to balance weapons for all skill levels. Its already the case that LRMs and RACs are usually bad picks for T1 games, and seem to be seen as OP in T5.

[KursedVixen]

how about just give clans their RAcs already or the Hyper assault guass?

[krazzyknight]

Lrms are just as annoying but have always been around and you can do ams so there's at least something you can do about them. Racs are just ******* annoying

[Duke Falcon]

krazzyknight, on 15 April 2023 - 01:40 AM, said:

Lrms are just as annoying but have always been around and you can do ams so there's at least something you can do about them. Racs are just ******* annoying

Shot back. Most RAC-riders pull back if you shoot toward them.
Those whom not care would continue chipping you into pieces but still worth a try. I also T5 but not found RACs as much a trouble. Use them is more troublesome I may say. Higher tiers usually devoit or RACs - I see only one instance one used RACs in a T3+ match (it were me and died swiftly)...

[martian]

krazzyknight, on 15 April 2023 - 01:40 AM, said:

Lrms are just as annoying but have always been around and you can do ams so there's at least something you can do about them. Racs are just ******* annoying

RACs are not especially good weapon system.

[BLACKR0SE]

We must remove it. we have to remove it. what's left

[Duke Falcon]

TAMTAMBABY, on 15 April 2023 - 02:43 PM, said:

what's left

Dumb-proof blue lazors. Just dumb-proof blue lazors on assaults playing turret.
See it? The grim, dark future of MWOhammer 40K?

[BLACKR0SE]

The biggest effect of rac's is the glows. If you can locate the enemy, he won't be able to shoot for long anyway. it will warm up and stop. And I don't think heavy weapons can carry many alternative weapons anyway. used as the main weapon.

The biggest disadvantage of this weapon is its inability to fire quickly. You can easily kill them by hitting and running in a corner.

The initial fire rate is too slow.

Edited by TAMTAMBABY, 16 April 2023 - 06:36 AM.

[Nine-Ball]

Problem with RACs is people always mount them on the Torso -- never seen someone mount RAC's on the arms which means they're able to keep firing while turned to one side.

Anyways, RACs are great pressure weapons -- if someone is targeted by RAC's they tend to ignore pretty much everything else trying to get out of the line of fire. So knowing that you just need a single RAC/2 to effectively push people from where ever it is you need them gone from.

[Matt85]

RACs kinda suck... they are annoying sometimes but unless your opponent just lets you unload on them, they really aren't effective.

I prefer someone shoot a RAC at me over a handful of UAC's. In the right hands a UAC can be both annoying and very effective.

[BLACKR0SE]

Edited by TAMTAMBABY, 31 May 2023 - 10:20 AM.

[Joanna Conners]

"I don't like a weapon so it sucks/is OP/needs to be taken out of the game!"