1453 R, on 20 August 2025 - 10:51 AM, said:
Cripes ahoy, batman.
30 - both Gauss Rifles charged and fired together.
7 - Bonus cERML 1
7 - Bonus cERML 2
Are the Bonus cERMLs "splash damage"? No. But they're damage, and most people aren't steady enough to focus them on the same component that gets Gauss'd on every shot. 30+7+7 was just easy shorthand for the damage profile of "Two Gauss plus two cERML". And if you weren't trying so bloody hard to "Gotcha!" me because you're mad about the Railgun, you'd be willing to admit that painfully obvious fact. So mebbe quit playing semantic f***ery with me, eh?
No....im not trying to play a "gotcha" with this. You are trying to compare the two and saying gauss and ermeds have splash because they dont....there is a HUGE reason for the semantics. Cause right now that is KEY to this argument and point attempting to be proven.
Splash = If you are a mech with an open side torso that is say red. Your arm covers your ST completely so you use your arm to "spread damage" as you should and shield the ST. With splash...that splash damage hits the ST regardless if you are playing well or not. Its guaranteed damage to the ST even if you are hit in the CT or arm.
Laser damage is stopped...it might spread via bad aim or the target twisting....but it STOPS on the component it hits...it doesn't just automatically do damage to an adjacent component.
That distinction ... wait...since you wanna gripe about it...SEMANTICS...matters. It is one of the entire arguments about this weapon and its strength.
If you REALLY wanna sit down and argue. "this weapon is just these weapons combined....whats the big deal?" Then get it right at least. Cause 2 gauss with 6 ERML doesnt hold a candle do a single rail cannon or even a fully kitted new mech. Range, no splash, and lower punch is all a thing with that comparison. Its apples and oranges.
If you wanna combine weapons....2x gauss and 2x erppcs combined is about what the rail cannon is. And for ALL the years balance has tried to stop that combo they put it into one weapon on a very high mount and call it a day. Then people like you wanna come in and start getting combative when I ask a SIMPLE question...."where is the splash coming from when you compare 40+12+12 with 30+7+7?" with those two loadouts you put up. Sitting there telling me to read like i didnt and went off half cocked. I can match energy, and im trying to be civil by trying to understand your messed up logic since it made ZERO sense.
So again. 30+7+7 is NOT splash damage with your build you are comparing with. Period ...
If you are sitting there saying, "Well, its got 30 damage from the gauss, and then an added 7+7 from these other two....so in comparison to your 40+12+12 damage I can fire it twice as fast as you can with that it REALLY is apples and oranges...(and this is what you were more trying to say and I get it....but the damage types is VERY different and makes zero sense to compare em.)
Ranges makes that argument moot. Plus the fact that SPLASH damage behaves different than just spreading it everywhere.
Edited by Moadebe, 20 August 2025 - 03:36 PM.