Khorek, on 30 January 2013 - 05:27 PM, said:
No.
For weapon pods, IS will probably be able to equip clan tech.
For everything else, IS can already buy XL, Endo, and FF, which is what makes Clan tech. We're already almost at clan tech for anyone with IS mechs.
Uh, no BT TT knowledge I take it? XL, Endo and FF are very different things when you go from IS to Clan. IS XL engine, 3 crit slots on each torso side, which means losing your torso side, either one, is instant death. Clan XL engine, 2 crit slots on each torso side, so you can blow the side off a Clan Mech and all you'll do is annoy the driver. Endo IS is 14 slots, Clan are 7 slots each, otherwise they do function the same, FF IS is 14 slots while Clan is 7 otherwise the same...except..the Clan versions gain more tonnage AND use less crit space, 20% for Clan vs 12% for IS.
Weapons..oh yeah, no Clan Large Lasers, they only have ER or Pulse, they stopped using those silly normal lasers years ago. Better range, less heat, more damage, otherwise, yeah, just the same as IS..oh except..IS versions weigh more and produce more heat and have lower ranges..yeah..totally the same. PPCs..Clans don't use those, just the ERPPC, which weighs less, uses less space, has greater range, does more damage(15) but it DOES have the same heat as the IS ERPPC, so it's like totally the same! LRMs..less tonnage, less space required, less heat, and NO min range restriction! Gauss, same thing, less tonnage/space, less heat and no min range restrictions(none on IS gauss so not a big deal there). Yeah, pick a Clan piece of equipment and it's better then any IS piece, it'll weigh less, use less space, have greater range, do more damage and produce less heat, pick whichever is appropiate.
Engine weights and armor amounts are the the only things that don't change between IS and Clan. Really, that's about the only things that are the same, even their neurohelmets are more advanced, weigh less and are less bulky. They also cured cancer and various other ailments that still exist in the IS...not bsing you there, it's part of the BTech lore.
IS Mechs don't use weapon pods by the way, Omnis are a Clan exclusive thing for another 6 years, and mixing IS and Clan tech is something that doesn't happen for another 6 years either(and that's being REAL nice, it's technically 10 years).
As for who wouldn't want to use that Clan tech..me and quite a few others, we have no problems using IS tech and Mechs to defeat Clan tech and Mechs, we've done it before in previous MW titles in leagues like NBT which restricted what tech and Mechs you could use based on your faction. It's not the tech that makes you good, it's skill, doesn't matter if your erppc will go 2x as far and do half again as much damage if you can't HIT the target. Oh, another thing the Clans have that the IS doesn't have, Targeting Computers. The IS doesn't those for another 12 years btw. Not sure if they'll include those or not, but it would be interesting, to say the least..no, they don't do what you think either,
http://www.sarna.net...geting_Computer