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[Ryebear]

I originally posted this in the "Machine Gun Buff?" thread in the general forum, it kind of got a little lost in a debate why it should damage a mech or not. So I thought I would report it here as a suggestion:


Average damage per tonne of ballistics is 150 (or 125 for UAC and 140 for AC/20).

150/2000 is 0.075 dmg per bullet.
10 bullets per second.
Sustained DPS 0.75.

That's 25% less DPS than a Small Laser but is sustained at 0 heat and offset by a very short range and very slow bullet speed. Max boatable ballistic slots so far is 4 making a total max sustained DPS of 3 for 3 tonnes at peak weight efficiency (4 machine guns 1 tonne of ammo).

Seems pretty balanced to me. It gives machine guns value without being abusable. For reference, current machine guns do 0.04 dmg per bullet, so its roughly double the damage it currently does (as I understand it).

Edited by Ryebear, 12 December 2012 - 08:07 PM.

[AC]

The MG should do as much damage as a small laser. Right now they are doing almost no damage. I am all for making them have some sort of a purpose. Especially since they have various configs built around MG now. Raven is one and the Cicada is the other.

[Straften]

The devs plan to buff the machine gun:

http://mwomercs.com/...apon-balancing/

[Homeless Bill]

I prefer the critical buff option. Having it do more damage across the board would be better than what it is now, but I still feel like making it a ballistic small laser is a waste of potential. If it was particularly effective against internals due to criticals, I think it'd be a viable and interesting weapon.

[Creepy]

They have until 2014 to get MGs right before they put out the Piranha (I'm totally buying one if they do but I can't see why they wouldn't, considering the name!)

Edited by Creepy, 12 December 2012 - 08:30 PM.