On 2005-04-03 18:47, Warhammer: 3025 wrote:

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On 2005-04-01, Blackhand wrote: Lots of potential. 26 or 24 are the heat values you can produce with a run. Yet, it can dissapaite 38. If the PPCs were ER models, and you dropped a heat sink to convert one of your mediums to pulse, and maybe 1 or 3 mediums to ER models. So you have a mid range punch more, with the ability to do more damage in a sort of middle bracket. If you don't want ER PPCs, then cut like 5 heat sinks, strap on an LRM 5 and some more mediums, maybe an SRM rack or something? Lots of room on this chassis to improve. So I'd consider it a work in progress.

If it's not firing the rear-facing laser, and the LRM rack, it can generate a whopping 40 points/round, if it fires everything. Which, if the pilot does things right, it should. The Sledge's job is to close, and start busting heads.

On 2005-04-03 19:34, Blackhand wrote:
"Looks like Blackhand has made a second error in his reviews. " Chihawk's words

Okay, first of all your right, 40 is a number on a run and alpha strike. I'm a bracket player so if say you were to add your long range bracket.

2 PPC 10*2
1 LRM 20 6

=26 + 2 for the run if you want to.

Short range bracket.

5 Medium Lasers 3*5
1 SRM 4 3
1 Rear Medium 3 (not counted)

=18 + 2 for the run if you want to.

So yeah, I did screw that one up, I should have said 26 and 18. I accidently did 4 for the SRM 4s heat the first time and didn't remember to minus out the rear facing medium.

To me especially the idea of alpha strike mechs strike me as seriously wasted. You burn tonnage on heat sinks to fire all your ranged weaponry a lot of times and have to waste 1/2 to 2/3rds your heat potential.

Sure you get to fight forever at range and never worry but most ranged units will chew you up, and keep distance because you have nothing farther than 15 hexes for long term weaponry. The LRM 20 will run out and its not exactly the best ranged weapon in the game.

I'll give an example. Pull 3 heat sinks off. Put 3 Medium Lasers on it. That means your "close" bracket does 8 medium lasers and an SRM 4 for 27 heat. So you still have 5 to spare. Its better almost always to have the 3 mediums rather than the PPC. Even at +2 to hit. As long as your fighting another slow moving target your chance to hit with at least 2/3 is better than your odds of hitting with your one PPC mathmatically. Plus, if a PPC hits it does 10 damage, the 3 Mediums can do 15 for 1 less heat if your in close.

I don't see how my review was in error. Sure I made a minor addition error on the Short range but its not like you need to gloat Chihawk.

On 2005-04-03 20:17, Blackhand wrote:
5 mediums, 2 PPCs, SRM 4. Total damage 45+2-8 = 47 to 52 damage on average.

Pull off some of those heat sinks, add 3 more mediums. like I suggested for additional close range damage.

8 Mediums, 1 PPC, SRM 4. Total damage

50+2-8 = 52-58 damage on average. With 1 less heat.

Not a single thing changed except for pulling 3 heat sinks you didn't really use either way, and now your damage is higher. Thats basically what I'm trying to show you though.

The lack of a minimum thing also helps a tiny bit but not much in this case.

editted for a small amount of gramatical consistancy.

On 2005-04-03 20:42, Blackhand wrote:
2 PPCs, 1 LRM 20 with same amount of ammo.

I was saying just don't fire the 2nd PPC in close and that the 3 more medium lasers.

Yeah I wasn't clear on that I suppose. My modification was pulling 3 heat sinks for 3 medium lasers.

Still leaves 32 heat dissapation for the LRM 20 and 2 PPCs at range to use. Nothing changes there.