Seriously its arm weapons feel like they're firing from his feet. Any terrain feature knee high blocks all your shots. Is this intentional? It's starting to feel rather silly.
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What Is Up With The Cataphract's Angle Of Fire?
Started by BOOMLegShot, Nov 21 2012 08:26 PM
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Posted 21 November 2012 - 09:59 PM
Every mech with lower arm acutators suffers from the same disadvantage. 
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Posted 21 November 2012 - 10:45 PM
Short torso and long arms means that yes, its weapons are mounted fairly low. On one hand, yes, this means you have to expose more of yourself to get a shot off over a hilltop or building. On the other, though, it means you're somewhat less likely to get your arms clipped off by a sniper when you stick your head up to look around.
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Posted 21 November 2012 - 10:55 PM
Use your torso mounted energy hardpoints for firing over tall obstacles. They're really, really handy for that.
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Posted 22 November 2012 - 02:54 AM
TBH the game is missing the feature of rising your arms!
I do understand, that you need your arms for ballance and stuff, but at slow speeds you should be able to raise your arms and aim properly instead of having to fire from your hips...
The Phract also suffers from not having a great angle to the sides with its arms.
I do understand, that you need your arms for ballance and stuff, but at slow speeds you should be able to raise your arms and aim properly instead of having to fire from your hips...
The Phract also suffers from not having a great angle to the sides with its arms.
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Posted 22 November 2012 - 09:39 AM
Selfish, on 21 November 2012 - 10:55 PM, said:
Use your torso mounted energy hardpoints for firing over tall obstacles. They're really, really handy for that.
The 4x has its energy hardpoints on its belt line. talk about EPIC FAIL.
Even worse than them hitting knee high obstacles is trying to fight on an incline.
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Posted 23 November 2012 - 10:49 AM
Franchi, on 22 November 2012 - 09:39 AM, said:
The 4x has its energy hardpoints on its belt line. talk about EPIC FAIL.
Such is the drawback to dakka.
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Posted 26 November 2012 - 11:21 AM
Selfish, on 21 November 2012 - 10:55 PM, said:
Use your torso mounted energy hardpoints for firing over tall obstacles. They're really, really handy for that.
After reading this I tried my 3D with 2 PPC in the shoulders (and two medium pulse in the arms for backup), and 30 SHS. It's REALLY nice to fire over obstacles with the PPC's without exposing yourself much.
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