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[Ashrahm]

say i have a smaller engine.
as they say u get 2.0 on internal engine heatsinks.
what if the engine is small and u have to buy external heatsinks (which as we know will take up now 3 spaces, do you still ge tthe double bonus ??)

ex:
200 engine gets 8 internal heat sinks which inturn is 16 heat dissipation.
do the 2 you need to mount to move mech add 2.0 or 1.4 and extras add 1.4 ??

vs

a 250 engine and all the heatsinks inside add 2.0 and you get 20 heat dissipation.
and extras obviously 1.4 ??

[armyof1]

You only get 2.0 for the heatsinks that come with the engine, any you add outside or even the extras inside the engine are all 1.4 afaik.

Edited by armyof1, 07 February 2013 - 02:34 PM.

[Ashrahm]

dam, sucks to be slow.
simply put ?

Edited by Ashrahm, 07 February 2013 - 02:35 PM.

[armyof1]

Which mech are you running btw, I would guess a medium considering the engine size? Yeah it's no fun being slow as a medium, I'm still surprised they put a cap as low as 260 on all Hunchbacks, because that means several heavies can actually keep up or even surpass you in speed. Most mechs are given a choice to either be more fragile with a fast XL engine or slower with a standard engine, but 260XL for a medium is pretty pointless really.

Oh let me rephrase, all the heatsinks that don't come with the engine as you buy it only give 1.4 heat removal. It doesn't matter if you have to get extra heatsinks, but they will still be 1.4. So if your engine comes with 8 heatsinks it'll be 16, and every you add only adds 1.4

Edited by armyof1, 07 February 2013 - 02:50 PM.

[IceSerpent]

Ashrahm, on 07 February 2013 - 02:34 PM, said:

dam, sucks to be slow.
simply put ?

If you use 200 engine, 8 that come with it are 2.0, 2 extras you add in order to get to the required 10 are 1.4.
If you use 250 engine, 10 that come with it are 2.0
if you use 300 engine, 10 that come with it are 2.0, 2 additional ones that you put into engine slot are 1.4.

In other words, if you only put the engine itself in the mech, whatever heatsinks you got are 2.0. Any heatsinks that you dragged and dropped into the mech are 1.4, regardless of where you dropped them.

[Loc Nar]

All double heatsinks *inside any engine, up to the count of 10, operate at the efficiency of 2.0. All other double heatsinks on the mech, including ones mounted *on the engine count as 1.4. Think of the first 10 heatsinks of an engine as being mounted *inside the engine, where they can operate at peak efficiency as integral components and any additional ones the engine holds it holds as being *on the engine, but nor integrally mated with the internal components hence why they operate like any other DHS on the mech, which is at 1.4.

150 engine = 6 DHS at 2.0 efficiency
200 engine = 8 DHS at 2.0
250 engine = 10 DHS at 2.0
300 engine = 10 DHS at 2.0 + 2 DHS at 1.4
350 engine = 10 dHS at 2.0 + 4 DHS at 1.4

Hope this helps, <ALL> gl, hf

[Thorqemada]

Ashrahm, on 07 February 2013 - 02:34 PM, said:

dam, sucks to be slow.
simply put ?

Yes!

A bigger engine gives not only a better heatdissipation (up to a rating of 250 each step of 25), you turn and twist faster and the % bonusses give you a bigger value and you stay alive longer for being hit less often.
Small engines are only for Mechs that never meet the enemy.