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[wanderer]

GabRaz, on 21 November 2012 - 06:53 AM, said:

The quad AC5 4x wouldn't need DHS; with a few single heatsinks and 5 tons of ammo mine has a heat eff. above 1.4. Chain firing the ACs is ridiculous... boom boom boom boom... had a silly grin on when using them. I was pretty amazed at seeing an Atlas' armor just get totally stripped in seconds.

Best used at range with support against a head on target.

On the other hand, the AC/2 version screams for it, and it's beautiful seeing it at work. 17 DHS keeps it cool long enough to roll out nice, solid bursts that chew up armor at a respectable clip.

I may try quad AC/5's and chain fire em, but that'll mean dropping down to a 200 engine and fewer sinks- for now, I'm real happy with my dakka-dakka. Or a "super-Jagermech" AC/2 + AC/5 combo.

[Mathmatics]

The ac/2's are alot of fun. Those will be a great long range support mech when pgi stops being douchbags and gives us back 8 man teams. As has been said the quad ac5/uac5 combo is absurd. Its main drawback is even if you fire efficiently and carfully its ammo is depleted quick. I have been wrestling between keeping the 2 mlas or swapping them out for more uac ammo. Ive decided I think if I run it 4 AC5 I keep the las if I run 2uac 2 rego I drop em.

I also Just made a new CTF-1X: 2 Large lasers (arms), 2 Mplas (arms), 2 Mlas (RT/LT), 1 Gauss rifle (RT) Speed before tweak is 75kph. Its like a mini super fast atlas. So well rounded the only thing its missing is a couple SRM'S. God I love this mech. Oh yeah 1.34 heat efficiency