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[Rofl]

My cataphract has dakka. Not enough, mind you, but it has it. There is no such thing as enough dakka.

When I first started playing, the only thing I wanted to pilot was a catapult for boating LRMs. I blame the table top for this. She was a fine beast, that C4, but this was around the time gauss was still awesome and K2s were the grand epitome of what then was 'cheese'. Naturally, I picked it up as my 2nd cat. I tried it with the PPCs in the arms first and didn't think it was terrible, but the gauss complaining continued and I had to find out for myself.

It was glorious.

I never even thought about putting any other kind of ballistic weapon in it. I'd seen a few AC20 cats roaming around, but the kills kept coming in with the gauss and I didn't want to fix something that wasn't broken (or rather was). Eventually I got a 3rd cat and, not wanting to give up the long range game entirely, turned it into a triple large laser with giant missle racks filled with tiny LRM-5s or streak-2s.

Next was the Raven 3L. I again bought it because of how insane ECM was, and still is. Endless games of high kills few deaths, and I had to get a 2nd and 3rd to finish the mech trees. I tried mounting the Ultra AC-5 on a raven, and got terrible results. I realize it's probably a dumb idea to begin with, but it turned me off to non-gauss ballistics for a long time.

The stalker was next, and with no ballistic hardpoints they were easy to ignore. However, throughout all of these games, my brother roamed around in a centurion first and a phract later, always bringing with him the dakka. the Ilya was king in his eyes, and the kills it brought upon hapless foes made me reconsider my stance on autocannons. So I got a 4x, strapped on 4 AC-5s, and it blew my mind.

It wasn't the best mech in my arsenal by any means. It didn't get me the most kills, it didn't survive the longest or run the fastest or any measurable 'best' except for the dakka. The thunk of the shell leaving the cannon, the clink of the next one prepping, the explosion and burst of sparks as round after round tore components to shreds. How had I gone for so long without experiencing this? It's nonsense. It's fantastic. Amazingly, it's not overpowered and yet incredibly enjoyable.

The autocannon. The dakka. It pleases me.

[Weaselball]

This thread needs more dakka.

[Warrax the Chaos Warrior]

I've always thought that Atlai with AC20s should stick a machine gun in there with it. Not because the machine gun actually does anything, but just so their gun has a gun of it's own to fire when it isn't doing anything else. Still wouldn't be enough dakka, but it would be more.

Edited by Warrax the Chaos Warrior, 22 January 2013 - 11:50 AM.

[Viper69]

To me the Machineguns sound really nice! I need to rebuilt my dakka dakka 4x. 4xAC5 just arent enough. Must try to get 4xultra5s

[Rofl]

You know what 'mech may actually have enough dakka? The Kraken.

[Weaselball]

Rofl, on 22 January 2013 - 11:41 AM, said:

You know what 'mech may actually have enough dakka? The Kraken.

That's the old laser / gauss / LRM mentality deep in the back of your mind getting the better of you.

The real answer to "How much dakka is enough dakka" is simple: there isn't enough.

[KyBr2K]

CTF-4X with 2xAC2s, 1xAC10 and 1xUAC5. It might not be enough dakka by far, but the sound when you combine all the different dakka... magical

[Bagheera]

Never enough dakka.

[Rofl]

KyBr2K, on 22 January 2013 - 11:46 AM, said:

CTF-4X with 2xAC2s, 1xAC10 and 1xUAC5. It might not be enough dakka by far, but the sound when you combine all the different dakka... magical

Dakka truly is an amazing thing.

All hail Dakka!

[MGoo]

I approve of more Dakka

[Lorcan Lladd]

I have no business discussing your 'Mech build, but, factually, the AC/5 has a truly abysmal Dakka Per Second rating compared to the UAC/5 and even the humble AC/2...

[Rofl]

Lorcan Lladd, on 22 January 2013 - 11:58 AM, said:

I have no business discussing your 'Mech build, but, factually, the AC/5 has a truly abysmal Dakka Per Second rating compared to the UAC/5 and even the humble AC/2...

True, the Dakka per second could be better, but the Alpha Dakka is higher on the Dakka-5, and the Ultra Dakka just won't make enough room for the backup pair of medium sissy lasers I have. Also, two types of ammo for the dakka makes me weary.

It is my current blend of range, alpha, dps, and space that I enjoy, and not one single facet of each.

[Josef Nader]

Autocannons are best. Dakka is infinitely more satisfying than pew or whoosh.

[Bagheera]

Josef Nader, on 22 January 2013 - 12:08 PM, said:

Autocannons are best.

Truth.

[Iwaslost]

Mmmm what about loading out an Annihilator with AC/20s.

[Weaselball]

Until I can load out some AC∞'s on a Piranha or a Kraken there will never be enough Dakka to satisfy me.

[iminbagdad]

I think that one week period were the uac5 was op was some of the best times ever. Right after the phract launched our group would normally consist of 8+ uac5s. That was a lot of dakka. So much happy

[Iwaslost]

Weaselball, on 22 January 2013 - 12:25 PM, said:

Until I can load out some AC∞'s on a Piranha or a Kraken there will never be enough Dakka to satisfy me.

Oh God who thought of the Piranha?
Edit: Actually seriously? The Kraken is insane.

Edited by Iwaslost, 22 January 2013 - 12:28 PM.

[Rofl]

Iwaslost, on 22 January 2013 - 12:28 PM, said:

Oh God who thought of the Piranha?
Edit: Actually seriously? The Kraken is insane.

Insane? INSANE? It's BRILLIANT! It's only fault is that it does not weigh 400 tons and have 8 times it's current loadout. We're still working on fixing this.

[Skwisgaar Skwigelf]

You can't kill the dakka.

The dakka will live on.