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PostPosted: 25-Sep-2020 16:32    Post subject: Howdy Everyone! Reply to topic Reply with quote

Speaking of memories, the AC10 is the superior autocannon weapon!
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PostPosted: 26-Sep-2020 10:22    Post subject: Re: Howdy Everyone! Reply to topic Reply with quote

Raven! wrote:
Speaking of memories, the AC10 is the superior autocannon weapon!


Take that back!!
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PostPosted: 26-Sep-2020 10:42    Post subject: Howdy Everyone! Reply to topic Reply with quote

NEVER!

Though I have to be honest. I wake up this morning disenchanted. Why you ask? (no you didn't but to bad!)

The scene: a beautiful country highway that curves around a lake. A few small cluster of trees dots the otherwise serene scenery.

The shock: A lance of bot controlled Battlemechs (BV 4110) are moving up the highway to go raid somewhere (Lynx, Hoplite, Bombardier, Commando)

The defense: An Orion and a Panther, three Goblin tanks, and multiple platoons of mechanized SRM/MG infantry (BV 4100).

I won in six rounds. I fired that damned AC on the Orion almost every turn and just could NOT land a hit. My poor Orion got sliced to pieces as I got surrounded by the mechs. My infantry took down the Hoplite so many times that he actually decapitated himself. They also took down the Lynx. I got lucky on the Bombardier, I had an SRM Goblin that got a crit on the LRM ammo. It was not available for Salvage.

My best outcome was the Commando. I captured the pilot of the Lynx, and the Commando mostly intact.
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PostPosted: 26-Sep-2020 17:50    Post subject: Howdy Everyone! Reply to topic Reply with quote

See, that's the problem with the AC/10. And when I say problem, it's really perception. The AC/10 is actually a great weapon, but it doesn't set itself apart from something like a PPC. 10 damage is great, but very rarely memorable.

Now the AC/20... you can hit just once per ton of ammo, and for some reason that carnage that it levies more then makes up for the other misses!
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PostPosted: 26-Sep-2020 19:43    Post subject: Howdy Everyone! Reply to topic Reply with quote

Yeah I agree with this. It doesn't have the "oomph" you'd want. An SRM-6 - for all it's faults - is kind of a better weapon because when it DOES hit, it has a tendency to be a super big pain in the butt for the target.

But here's the thing: I REALLY want to like the AC/10. There is something about that 5/10/15 range bracket which is just perfection. I want to have fun with this weapon. I just need to find the right platform, and I'm thinking tanks are the answer to that.
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PostPosted: 26-Sep-2020 23:09    Post subject: Re: Howdy Everyone! Reply to topic Reply with quote

Raven! wrote:
Speaking of memories, the AC10 is the superior autocannon weapon!


Meh, LB 10-X.
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PostPosted: 27-Sep-2020 08:52    Post subject: Howdy Everyone! Reply to topic Reply with quote

*** furiously flips through the superior 3025 books ***

I have no idea what that is Vagabond.
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