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[Widowmaker1981]

LordNothing, on 02 May 2023 - 06:57 AM, said:

pulse works if you got a lot of duration quirks.

Yeah pulses (esp. IS ones) are better, but still nothing like as effective as PPFLD stuff.

LordNothing, on 02 May 2023 - 06:57 AM, said:

streaks are the crutch for those who cannot aim. most lights will go the other way if they even see streaks in your loadout. but its a waste of tonnage i think.

With the armour quirks that exist on the more popular lights combined with the prevalence of ECM, streaks are utterly worthless in my opinion. Hell, stealth armour lights are literally immune to them since they cant be dumbfired.

[LordNothing]

like im gonna use streaks on a mech that doesnt also have a ppc. also normal srms are better.

[foamyesque]

Widowmaker1981, on 02 May 2023 - 09:35 AM, said:

With the armour quirks that exist on the more popular lights combined with the prevalence of ECM, streaks are utterly worthless in my opinion. Hell, stealth armour lights are literally immune to them since they cant be dumbfired.

I'm not totally sure on that since you can co-fire them with ordinary SRMs, which can get you some pretty impressive on-paper one-click alphas if you've enough hardpoints. I don't like 'em as the only weapon system on a machine at all, though.

[LordNothing]

ive decided i like using streaks on torso hardpoints on an arms free mech with some other weapon in the arms. i can get my precise aiming with my direct fire weapons and don't have to wait for my torso weapons to catch up.

[PocketYoda]

Widowmaker1981, on 02 May 2023 - 09:35 AM, said:

Yeah pulses (esp. IS ones) are better, but still nothing like as effective as PPFLD stuff.



With the armour quirks that exist on the more popular lights combined with the prevalence of ECM, streaks are utterly worthless in my opinion. Hell, stealth armour lights are literally immune to them since they cant be dumbfired.

I don't use streaks at all as you said so many mechs these days make them literally unusable..