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[Requital]

So, simple question. I am wondering if the developers become super obsessed with detail and make certain autocannons difficult or expensive for a faction due to where they are produced, who gets the best toys in the battletech universe around this time?

I personally do not care much for lasers, and love RAC's, Gauss, HVAC's, LBX, ect. This may not be an issue, but I know that each house in BT lore tends to have their prefferences on size, weapons load out, ect. I do not know enough about the BT cannon to determine who manufactures and uses the best AC's.

This may not be an issue in game, but I would prefer to pick a faction that suits my playstyle. I generally tend to pilot scouts and mediums and favor the political stance of FS, CC, and FRR...but I do not know very much about their preferred weapon choices.

[pursang]

The House of Pain of course!

[Kifferson von doober]

House Davion were always the ones for autocannons and i believe that RAC's were developed by them at NAIS. So federated suns works.

[Petroff Northrup]

FedSuns are in love with ACs, ever since the Hammerhands they have utilized them on many mechs.

[originalvapor]

Fedsuns def. for Auto cannons but no one should expect to see things like LBX and Gauss rifles for a long while. GDL won't find the bryan cache untill well after the clans attack and beyond that ammo less weapons were the things that ended the clan invasion. cept for the wolves of course whom realised the ploy and planned accordingly.

[pursang]

originalvapor, on 28 March 2012 - 03:29 PM, said:

Fedsuns def. for Auto cannons but no one should expect to see things like LBX and Gauss rifles for a long while. GDL won't find the bryan cache untill well after the clans attack and beyond that ammo less weapons were the things that ended the clan invasion. cept for the wolves of course whom realised the ploy and planned accordingly.

Err, the Helm Memory Core was found in 3028 - and this game begins in 3049.

http://www.sarna.net...elm_Memory_Core

Which means LBX-10 autocannons are re-introduced in 3035.

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/LBX

And Gauss Rifles where introduced soon after the Helm Memory Core was found:

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Gauss_rifle

They may not be as common as other weapons during this time period, but they where available to a degree. Just sayin'.

[WolfSpider]

Also during the 3039 war a lot of lost tech was deployed but it was still in the test phase.

[autogyro]

Aegis Kleais™, on 28 March 2012 - 03:00 PM, said:

With markets being live and dynamic, whomever provides you the best prices on certain techs/mechs might actually start off one way, but change down the line.

Is this confirmed somewhere?

[Youngblood]

House Davion, man. The FedSuns are all about Medium 'Mechs and high-powered direct-fire weaponry.

[Requital]

Well, the reality is that I looooooove autocannons. while guass and lbx are nice, I do prefer AC's. I know when I was in Federated Suns in NBT4, I always had AC's and bushwhackers available, so I figured there was a tie in.

I want to make sure when the game goes live, I find a faction that suits my playstyle. I do not like unit hopping, and where ever I go I want to stay. The main thing I am concerned with is that I have large amounts of light, medium, and heavy mechs to choose from that have plenty of ballistic hard points, and a steady supply of various autocannons and ammo readily available.

In the past in NBT4 I enjoyed playing with fedsuns, capcon, and FRR. I suppose Fedsuns would be a good match for my playstyle, I just have some distain for how overplayed they are (not only the throngs of people sporting Davion surnames, but also the very overplayed "we are the most awsomest good guys in the galaxy" stereotype)... *shrug*

EDIT: does anyone know yet if AC's will be at least similar to the way they were in MW4? As in, take some skill to use and learn to give them proper lead when firing close to their max range? Part of what I enjoyed so much about MW ballistics was the learning curve of trajectories and speed...point and shoot lasers were too easy and boring.

Edited by Requital, 28 March 2012 - 04:22 PM.

[Solis Obscuri]

It's been stated that all 'mechs will be available to all factions.

[Requital]

Solis Obscuri, on 28 March 2012 - 04:20 PM, said:

It's been stated that all 'mechs will be available to all factions.

I don't doubt that...but what I am wondering is if they will all be available at the same price or as readily available. (example: will a capcon chassis be as available and as cheap to someone fighting for LA)

My planning ahead is in the case that your ties may have more of an impact than just the decal on your mech. Maybe not, but just in case.

[CobraFive]

Yeah one of my questions got picked for a Q&A (forget which), they said all the mechs are available to everyone but the prices will be different.

[Requital]

cobrafive, on 28 March 2012 - 04:54 PM, said:

Yeah one of my questions got picked for a Q&A (forget which), they said all the mechs are available to everyone but the prices will be different.

Well, that is why I wanted to know who had what guns before signing up anywhere. I did not want to end up somewhere I would go broke buying AC's and ammo.

Looking like I may have to get over my wanting to be different and start wearing a super hero cape while walking little old ladies across the street so I can live up to the Fedsuns reputation in order to have AC's and a large selection of medium mechs for cheap.

[osito]

All mechs and most probably weapons systems will be avb to all houses, but i do believe it is stated that the price will vary on which house you represent. For example i am a feddie, If i want to drive a dragon i would pay more then a kurita mechwarrior. They will probably do this for advanced weapon systems to. as for you has the most/best deals for a/c it has to be the federated suns.

[Larry Headrick]

I doubt weapon systems will be as hard to come by as the mechs. prices on weapon systems should be about the same no mater where you are. Every house has thier own factories that produce the weapons, and ammo. All houses have access to all weapon systems.