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Question : What, exactly, is the purpose of this category? Is it just to mention mechs designed for long-range? If thats the case, it should include all the LRM boat types. I really don't understand it. [[User:ClanWolverine101|ClanWolverine101]] | Question : What, exactly, is the purpose of this category? Is it just to mention mechs designed for long-range? If thats the case, it should include all the LRM boat types. I really don't understand it. [[User:ClanWolverine101|ClanWolverine101]] | ||
: (Should have replied here from the start.) I guess that they meant mechs who are primarily build for using direct-fire long range weapons. On the other hand, you could argue, using real world snipers as example, that it isn't a sniper if it can't head-cap from long range. LRM boats doesn't count because they use missiles and can do indirect fire. --[[User:Neufeld|Neufeld]] 14:39, 18 March 2010 (UTC) | : (Should have replied here from the start.) I guess that they meant mechs who are primarily build for using direct-fire long range weapons. On the other hand, you could argue, using real world snipers as example, that it isn't a sniper if it can't head-cap from long range. LRM boats doesn't count because they use missiles and can do indirect fire. --[[User:Neufeld|Neufeld]] 14:39, 18 March 2010 (UTC) | ||
| + | :: Still - I question its use, here. Occasionally, in the TROs, we'll see something like a variant of the Wraith switched the LPL for a ER PPC, making it an effective "sniper mech". That I can buy. This? This seems rather arbitrary. [[User:ClanWolverine101|ClanWolverine101]] | ||
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Purpose of this category?
Question : What, exactly, is the purpose of this category? Is it just to mention mechs designed for long-range? If thats the case, it should include all the LRM boat types. I really don't understand it. ClanWolverine101
- (Should have replied here from the start.) I guess that they meant mechs who are primarily build for using direct-fire long range weapons. On the other hand, you could argue, using real world snipers as example, that it isn't a sniper if it can't head-cap from long range. LRM boats doesn't count because they use missiles and can do indirect fire. --Neufeld 14:39, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
- Still - I question its use, here. Occasionally, in the TROs, we'll see something like a variant of the Wraith switched the LPL for a ER PPC, making it an effective "sniper mech". That I can buy. This? This seems rather arbitrary. ClanWolverine101