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Vagabond
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 Posted: 25-May-2004 02:46 Post subject: Ultra Cannon remodeling. |
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Do you think, that with the advent of the RAC, ulta ACs should be upgraded and modified so there loading mechanisms can be unjammed?
maybe call them improved UACs, with the only change being the ability to unjam them as per RAC rules.
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Seraph
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| Posted: 25-May-2004 04:36 Post subject: RE: Ultra Cannon remodeling. |
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Sounds like a good idea.
Back when I played a lot we had a house rule that you could unjam them. You took one turn trying and you rolled 2D6.
2-7 unjammed
8-11 still jammed
12 broken
It worked rather well.
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Sir Henry
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| Posted: 25-May-2004 06:19 Post subject: RE: Ultra Cannon remodeling. |
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Nah, why mess with a good thing....
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bandit
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| Posted: 25-May-2004 07:45 Post subject: RE: Ultra Cannon remodeling. |
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| I think is a good idea
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Horhiro
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| Posted: 25-May-2004 08:41 Post subject: RE: Ultra Cannon remodeling. |
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yes, good call. With the alternate ammo for standard ACs and the RACs , I probably wouldn't use ultras because of the jamming.
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Nightmare
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| Posted: 25-May-2004 09:50 Post subject: RE: Ultra Cannon remodeling. |
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Yes, they should be improved. As they are now they're useless to me. I never pack UACs, unless it's a random stock mech for a quick battle.
Armies have certainly used unreliable guns in the past, but that's because they NEED the extra firepower. Why bother in Btech when there are other systems that work better?
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Feral
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| Posted: 25-May-2004 12:33 Post subject: RE: Ultra Cannon remodeling. |
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On 2004-05-25 06:19, Sir Henry wrote:
Nah, why mess with a good thing....
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Because it isn't a good thing anymore
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Sir Henry
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| Posted: 26-May-2004 06:27 Post subject: RE: Ultra Cannon remodeling. |
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AC anything is a good thing.
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AWAD
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| Posted: 26-May-2004 20:55 Post subject: RE: Ultra Cannon remodeling. |
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I concur. Special ammo can make things fun, one reason that it should have been standard only. Once RAC got them, UAC became an oversized club on a mech, what it was good for. Many tweaks can make the UAC more viable.
Can light/short barrel, or what ever they were called use special ammo?
AWAD- I had rules for what I called short barrel from a long time ago.
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Nightmare
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| Posted: 26-May-2004 23:20 Post subject: RE: Ultra Cannon remodeling. |
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AFAIK specialty ammo is usable only in Standard and Light ACs.
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Gangrene
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| Posted: 27-May-2004 00:16 Post subject: RE: Ultra Cannon remodeling. |
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Since when have RAC's been able to use specialty ammo? I don't remember that being in the rules.
As for UAC's jamming, I think it should be gotten rid of altogether.
[ This Message was edited by: Gangrene on 2004-05-27 00:18 ]
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Sir Henry
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| Posted: 27-May-2004 06:30 Post subject: RE: Ultra Cannon remodeling. |
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A Light Ultra AC???
Ultra LB-10X.... 
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Gangrene
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| Posted: 27-May-2004 20:37 Post subject: RE: Ultra Cannon remodeling. |
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Why was that a response to my post?
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chihawk
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| Posted: 29-May-2004 13:32 Post subject: RE: Ultra Cannon remodeling. |
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On 2004-05-27 20:37, Gangrene wrote:
Why was that a response to my post?
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It might not be...it's a "threaded vs flat" view thing.
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Sir Henry
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| Posted: 01-Jun-2004 06:30 Post subject: RE: Ultra Cannon remodeling. |
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It wasn't G.
I view the board in flat mode.
I just don't like the embedded quote structure that much. Those tend to take up a lot extra space...
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