feeWAIVER, on 27 November 2023 - 09:04 PM, said:
Nah. Binaries, because of their tonnage -- you get a free medium laser out of equipping a BL over twin LLs but that gets very hot very fast -- didn't move the needle much. You got a few more IS mechs able to approach (some can even reach!) the standard Clan lasvom number of 72 (2 HLL + 6 ERML), but that's still just... the standard Clan lasvomit package, which also outranges the Sphere version since binaries don't offer you any more range than standard LLs did.
The difference at long ranges is HAGs, end of. Twin HAG30s is only 6 less damage than 2 Binaries + 6 ERMLs, and it does so at a half the heat (and supported by Clantech cooling to boot!) and at longer ranges. With a shorter burst duration as a cherry atop.
Binaries are good, and a much needed upgrade for Sphere lasers, but like... no. They're not the problem here, even at the ranges where they actually do their work.
feeWAIVER, on 27 November 2023 - 10:02 PM, said:
'thematically', HAGs are rapidfire weapons that roll on a cluster table. You can't defend this based on the TT lore.
Edited by foamyesque, 27 November 2023 - 10:06 PM.