Originally posted by ekohippi
The heatsystem is replaced with loading times in MC1 and the weapons sure do run out of ammo (guess why I ain't that much of a Gauss freak?? Cos the amounts of enemies you get compared to the tiny 8 ammo load..)
In MW (2&3) if I use PPCs, I sure do fire them all at once. It takes my mech to shutdown, but it is more than possible it will rip the enemy in pieces with one shutdown shot (in MW3). Last time I finished MW3 I made an Annihilator with 4 C\Er PPCs and the lance mates had Annihilators and Thors and other biggies with 3 C\Er PPCs. Worked like a charm (well, not in the thermal plant, but in any other map).
wff I have never found any use for small lasers. The only use I can come up with them is to have something like 16 of them and shoot them all at once to the legs...I prefer medium lasers if I need lasers at all. But SRMs are great and so are machine guns.
I think we've pretty well established that the Mechwarrior games, while fun, are not especially realistic or even terribly accurate in the BT universe. That shutdown shot might work fine in the game, but how well do you think it would fare in reality? If you happened to miss, or only partial hit your enemy, he could then pound you mercilessly while you're shutdown. Or if he had some friends with him, you'd be helplessly sitting in a shutdown state while they had their way with you.
so they weigh more who cares? its for more damage and less heat than a ppc (meaning gauss))
Yeah I know, comparing MW/MC and ToS isn't the brightest idea... but it raised a little talk here so..