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02/28/15 04:53 PM
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King Crab KGC-015
IS TW non-box set
100 tons
BV: 2,163
Cost: 12,267,500 C-bills
Movement: 3/5
Engine: 300
Double Heat Sinks: 10 [20]
Gyro: Standard Gyro
Internal: 152
Armor: 305/307 (Light Ferro-Fibrous)
Internal Armor
Head 3 9
Center Torso 31 47
Center Torso (rear) 15
Right Torso 21 32
Right Torso (rear) 10
Left Torso 21 32
Left Torso (rear) 10
Right Arm 17 33
Left Arm 17 33
Right Leg 21 42
Left Leg 21 42
Weapons Loc Heat
LB 20-X AC RT/RA 6
LB 20-X AC LT/LA 6
Extended LRM 15 LT 8
Ammo Loc Shots
LB 20-X AC Ammo RT 5
LB 20-X AC Ammo RT 5
LB 20-X Cluster Ammo RT 5
Extended LRM 15 Ammo RT 6
Extended LRM 15 Ammo RT 6
Equipment Loc
CASE II RT
C3 Slave HD
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ghostrider
02/28/15 06:02 PM
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decent idea, but a pure ammo slow assault mech sounds like a moving target. Once you fire off the 12 lrm rounds, you have the same issue the atlas had. Short range weapons only.
Also if the stats read right, you have a whole 5 shots per cannon. Not something that would be considered good on an assault mech.
I would say this configuration is more of a target then an asset. At least the original had the large laser, which for an assault mech isn't much.
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His_Most_Royal_Highass_Donkey
03/01/15 08:17 AM
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Quote:
ghostrider writes:
Also if the stats read right, you have a whole 5 shots per cannon. Not something that would be considered good on an assault mech.
It has 7.5 shots per cannon. There are three tons off ammo.
I have to totally agree with your assessment of how bad of a design this is with its total lack of ammo for a mech that has no energy weapons.
Why argue if the glass is half full or half empty, when you know someone is going to knock it over and spill it anyways.
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03/01/15 12:07 PM
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It was supposed to be a sort of ELRM platform. It didn't work out so well.
Here's a better, more conventional King Crab.
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IS TW non-box set
100 tons
BV: 2,208
Cost: 12,928,000 C-bills
Movement: 3/5
Engine: 300
Double Heat Sinks: 12 [24]
Gyro: XL Gyro
Internal: 152
Armor: 305/307 (Light Ferro-Fibrous)
Internal Armor
Head 3 9
Center Torso 31 47
Center Torso (rear) 15
Right Torso 21 31
Right Torso (rear) 10
Left Torso 21 31
Left Torso (rear) 10
Right Arm 17 34
Left Arm 17 34
Right Leg 21 42
Left Leg 21 42
Weapons Loc Heat
LB 20-X AC LT/LA 6
LB 20-X AC RT/RA 6
MML 3 LT 2
MML 3 LT 2
MML 3 LT 2
ER PPC RT 15
Ammo Loc Shots
LB 20-X AC Ammo RT 5
LB 20-X AC Ammo RT 5
LB 20-X Cluster Ammo RT 5
MML 3 LRM Ammo RT 40
MML 3 SRM Ammo RT 33
Equipment Loc
CASE II RT
C3 Slave HD
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ghostrider
03/01/15 02:19 PM
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Try an archer, crusader, or catapult with the erlrms. Hell even a grasshopper might be a good platform.
The biggest problem with the king crab is the ac 20s. Too much is needed to keep them when you are looking for some extra weight.
I was going to ask why you didn't use the xl engine in the original, until I looked at the prices. If not for that, the xl in the original may have been what you needed to open up the weight for a long range energy weapon.
Though if you really want an erlrm platform, try a locust or other light mech. Now that would be something to reach out and touch someone type of unit.
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His_Most_Royal_Highass_Donkey
03/01/15 02:27 PM
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I would suggest dropping the ER PPC to a ER Large Laser. I would ditch the two extra heat sinks that you wont need not having the ER PPC. Then use the four tons you save for three more tons of AC standard ammo and one ton of Cluster ammo. I consider 10 shots each weapon the bare minimum number of shots for any weapon.
Why argue if the glass is half full or half empty, when you know someone is going to knock it over and spill it anyways.
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ghostrider
03/01/15 06:11 PM
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Would like to know if it is innersphere tech or clan tech.
Now I did think of a set of scenarios that the original posted mech would excel in.
Defense of a munitions factory is the main one.
A well laid out approach would give them a chance to fire at enemies, exhausting their ammo, and allow another unit to take their spot while they reload nearby. Something like this would mean the mech isn't at a big disadvantage. It could hold off a large number of attackers if they had no other way of getting in.
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His_Most_Royal_Highass_Donkey
03/01/15 06:52 PM
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Well since it says IS I am guessing its Inner Sphere.
Someone was remembering William H. Keith, Jr's Book Operation Excalibur about the Gray Death Legion.
Why argue if the glass is half full or half empty, when you know someone is going to knock it over and spill it anyways.
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I am now a General *pain*
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Edited by His_Most_Royal_Highass_Donkey (03/01/15 06:55 PM)
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ghostrider
03/02/15 02:24 AM
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It did influence the idea.
I had a few ideas about doing something like a long passage way into an underground factory before the novel, but no one would believe it.
Biggest problem using this mech for this idea is the lack of hands. Otherwise it would be somewhat of an idea mech to guard the factory. Have a reload bay behind several meters of ferrocrete or heavy armored walls.
With hands, you could actually use the mech to help production by doing some heavy lifting.
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