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which piece of clan equipment would you invest your nations RnD and industrial infrastructure funds into mass producing?
XL Engines
9%
 9%  [ 2 ]
Double Heat-Sinks
57%
 57%  [ 12 ]
Endo-steel
14%
 14%  [ 3 ]
Ferro-Fibrous
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
MASC
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Targeting and Tracking (TC/Art4/TAG/Etc)
4%
 4%  [ 1 ]
EW Equipment (AP/ECM/Etc)
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Intergrated CASE
14%
 14%  [ 3 ]
Total Votes : 21
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PostPosted: 14-Apr-2024 19:29    Post subject: [equipment] If you were the budget man for a major house.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

which single piece of 3050 clan equipment would you invest your nation's RnD and industrial infrastructure funds into mass producing? Why?

I was going to ask these two polls as a single question but the polls are limited and couldn't fit 18 items. So you get to invest in two items.
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PostPosted: 14-Apr-2024 19:32    Post subject: [equipment] If you were the budget man for a major house.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

While I think most will say the XL (which is an obvious choice), I am personally attracted to Endo-Steel. ES is just so cost effective compared to FF and XL.
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PostPosted: 14-Apr-2024 19:54    Post subject: [equipment] If you were the budget man for a major house.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

I actually went with integrated CASE on this one. I can see pros for everything, to be honest. But not having to spend weight and space for something that makes my mech not go BOOM is pretty darn important to me.
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PostPosted: 14-Apr-2024 20:31    Post subject: Re: [equipment] If you were the budget man for a major house.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

Mordel wrote:
I actually went with integrated CASE on this one. I can see pros for everything, to be honest. But not having to spend weight and space for something that makes my mech not go BOOM is pretty darn important to me.


I voted endo because I try to avoid putting things on my mech that make them go BOOM...
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PostPosted: 14-Apr-2024 20:40    Post subject: Re: [equipment] If you were the budget man for a major house.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

Mordel wrote:
I actually went with integrated CASE on this one. I can see pros for everything, to be honest. But not having to spend weight and space for something that makes my mech not go BOOM is pretty darn important to me.


Fun fact, I had to edit the poll to add this option because it skipped my mind originally.
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PostPosted: 15-Apr-2024 18:25    Post subject: [equipment] If you were the budget man for a major house.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

The way I see it, the two most obvious choices are Clan XL engines and Clan DHS’s.

The latter saves you a crit in comparison to IS/SL ones, and you can therefore put them in your legs.

The former saves you a crit in each side torso, and therefore, the ‘Mech doesn’t die immediately if it loses a side torso.

I voted for the latter as it edges out the former in importance.
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PostPosted: 15-Apr-2024 23:24    Post subject: Re: [equipment] If you were the budget man for a major house.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

Ruger wrote:
The way I see it, the two most obvious choices are Clan XL engines and Clan DHS’s.

The latter saves you a crit in comparison to IS/SL ones, and you can therefore put them in your legs.

The former saves you a crit in each side torso, and therefore, the ‘Mech doesn’t die immediately if it loses a side torso.

I voted for the latter as it edges out the former in importance.


What? No Clan CASE?!? I've half a mind to boot you from the site!! Laughing
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PostPosted: 23-Apr-2024 01:08    Post subject: [equipment] If you were the budget man for a major house.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

Clan DHS

It's the one piece of tech that helps out any style of mech.

Basic trooper with no other advanced tech. Still useful.

High end every bell and whistle design? Can still be used.

Plus by switching to Clan DHS you can fit even more heat capacity into a mech which will allow greater firepower then any other option. It's the difference between 2 ER PPCs or 3 ER PPCs.
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PostPosted: 23-Apr-2024 17:15    Post subject: [equipment] If you were the budget man for a major house.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

Definitely the XL engine. The other systems are neat, but the greatest impact on survivability would be the XL engine that can survive the destruction of side torso.
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PostPosted: 08-May-2024 23:57    Post subject: [equipment] If you were the budget man for a major house.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

The cDHS system benefits so many, many machines. Yes the cXL helps with survivability so that could be argued as being the better choice. I still went with cDHS.
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PostPosted: 27-May-2024 01:40    Post subject: [equipment] If you were the budget man for a major house.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

double heatsink makemany mech so so to really hard hitters.
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