Orzorn, on 12 December 2012 - 06:34 PM, said:
Small laser were useful against mechs in the tabletop. They were good back up weapons.
They dealt 3 damage.
Machine guns dealt 2 damage.
Remind me again why everyone seems to think that machine guns are magically supposed to be awful and only good against infantry?
No but I'll give you another reason why they could damage a mech...
The first layer of armor is steel (according to sarna)... hit that steel denting it, puncturing it etc..etc...and you make it less capable of stopping other weapons....I consider that damage.
The game can't simulate all the physics/variables...so it uses a simplified HP system. It isn't perfect...but it works...and there is a place for MG in it.
The anti-personal only argument people should be outraged that MG do any damage at all if they are going to go that route....but I've just given them an extremely plausible way in which MG would cause damage...damage that leads to more damage over time as that area is hit by other weapons. Bullets cause stress to armor...stress causes armor failure... armor failure= exposed internals, stress to internals by bullets causes internal failure which = dead mech.
Edited by Onyx Rain, 12 December 2012 - 06:42 PM.