[SRS] Custom Cores & Criticism

quote Arc Royal

Sputi
Shrike: The design seems to overly reliant on the linear gun. The design's defense is low, as well as it's AP, which means it will need to be dodging alot, which is a problem in a quad with not much surplus EN and reliance on a big energy hog cannon. With your low armor and defense, the cannon is best used at range where you're not as likely to take return fire, but paradoxically that means they're more likely to avoid it's meager 10 shots. The overall feeling (in my opinion) is that too much is sacrificed to include the cannon to really be worth it.

quote Johnny_G

Are you kidding me? Man, f*ck the LIC-10; a pair of GLLs far outclass it in terms of straight up killing power.

quote RohinUltima

I'm sorry if this offends some people but if you need to rely on radar to pilot an AC, efficiently, you are lacking a good deal of ability. I do realize that it's a huge advantage to have radar in arenas like Born City or the Marine Base, especially the marine, but both arenas start you out in front of your opponent. If you lose track of them from there you are either too antsy a pilot or slow.

The above said most certainly doesn't pertain to heavy/slow ACs. If your foe has twice the movement ability I can understand that you'll need to see where he/she is jumping around if you cannot keep up.

And I completely agree with how useless ECM pods are...A trained monkey would have to be at the controls to not see the mine floating there. And if you are close enough to the person to be affected as the pod comes out then you shouldn't be relying on weapons that need to lock on. If you happened to be lured into the range of one then that's nothing but your own fault, if it even affects you that is. I do realize that close ranged ACs would have difficulty but if you are fast enough to be a close range AC you should be fast enough, and talented enough, to stay away and dodge while the ECM pod is in effect, if it even works at all.

Close ranged heavy AC? Very possible but that's another discussion. maybe I'll post a few design suggestions for that later.