09-17-2006, 10:06 AM
Ditto on what Twin said. Unfortunately, the problems I couldn't see with this design when I used it against my cuz became apparent yesterday. As far as I can remember, they are:
1. Inaccuracy of weapons
2. Low sustainability of firepower
3. Main armaments feel kinda' lacking
The backmounts are really the culprits for issues one and two. The linear gun and the grenade launcher both have inaccurate fire, as Leperman observed, beyond the range of 250. Any AC with a decent booster could dodge them without much problem. That leads to round wastage, and although you might be playing these weapons quickly (and by that I mean get two to three shots at the most, then drop them for the speed boost), those shots tend to miss, and all you have in the end is a wasted opportunity.
Also, the grenade launcher has a long ping time, both in lock and in reload. That means, when you're trying to get a bead on the other AC to lock on them, it's usually them that's firing at you all the while. Getting a lock behind cover's quite hard since the FCS lock range limits the gun's range. The same goes for the linear gun, albeit in a lesser degree.
Finally, for a quad without OB, the left and right gun combo on this thing lacks the potential killpower to stave off enemies, and indeed get a lock on them with the devastating backmounts. Pixie3 and the HP handgun are again, quite inaccurate, and would lead to serious problems when attacking or retreating.
IMO, the railguns and the dual grenade launchers really are fit for quad movement, since they boost hop. With those, all you need is an initial lock, then it wouldn't matter if you were on the ground or not, they'd still fire. With the other backmounts, you lose that precious lock you've been working so hard to get. Lesson for me (and you as well, I hope).
Ayun lang. Comment ko on your design based on PvP play.
1. Inaccuracy of weapons
2. Low sustainability of firepower
3. Main armaments feel kinda' lacking
The backmounts are really the culprits for issues one and two. The linear gun and the grenade launcher both have inaccurate fire, as Leperman observed, beyond the range of 250. Any AC with a decent booster could dodge them without much problem. That leads to round wastage, and although you might be playing these weapons quickly (and by that I mean get two to three shots at the most, then drop them for the speed boost), those shots tend to miss, and all you have in the end is a wasted opportunity.
Also, the grenade launcher has a long ping time, both in lock and in reload. That means, when you're trying to get a bead on the other AC to lock on them, it's usually them that's firing at you all the while. Getting a lock behind cover's quite hard since the FCS lock range limits the gun's range. The same goes for the linear gun, albeit in a lesser degree.
Finally, for a quad without OB, the left and right gun combo on this thing lacks the potential killpower to stave off enemies, and indeed get a lock on them with the devastating backmounts. Pixie3 and the HP handgun are again, quite inaccurate, and would lead to serious problems when attacking or retreating.
IMO, the railguns and the dual grenade launchers really are fit for quad movement, since they boost hop. With those, all you need is an initial lock, then it wouldn't matter if you were on the ground or not, they'd still fire. With the other backmounts, you lose that precious lock you've been working so hard to get. Lesson for me (and you as well, I hope).
Ayun lang. Comment ko on your design based on PvP play.
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