This looks great too. I might consider losing two heat sinks for a couple more tonns of Gauss Ammo, I can go through 30+ rounds with only a single barrel on my Flame. I doubt you would notice the loss of Heat Efficiency since the Gauss generates so little. Mythweaver.:smile:
I agree with Mythweaver. I've been using this build with two fewer heatsinks and two more tons of Gauss ammo, I think I might like it even better than the quad AC/5 build.
I personally use a standard 250 but not SRM launcher, and also only 10 DHS. This allows me to zombie around. I also run 50 rounds of ammo as well.
Are you running low armor then? I cant seem to fit the lasers with the standard 250 build nor can i fit more than 4 tons of gauss ammo.
I'm with Myth, 67% efficiency is very high. Personally, while a single SRM4 is good use of the missiles, I'd save the tons there by getting rid of them, bringing me up to 5 free tons. That's AMS (3.5 tons left), an XL 280 (2 tons left) and then 2 more tons of ammo. Comparing this to something like your Super Quad 5 (4xAC5, 2xML) or the Gunslinger (2xAC5, 2xAC2, 1xML...would probably be better with XL), we see: Sustained - Max - Alpha Gaussaphract: 7.77-11.60-46 Gunslinger: 5.09-15.92-19 Super Quad5: 6.65-15.83-30 This build has the sustained DPS and the pinpoint alpha, but loses on maximum DPS. Considering that Pinpoint Alpha > Sustained > Max (by my estimates anyway), and this has better range, I'd say this is currently the superior design.
This is the only mech that I have ever gotten 6 kills with (I run mine with an XL 280 and 2xMG instead of the ML/SRM). The pinpoint alpha is incredible at all ranges. I love having the MG on the arm mounts with the Gauss because sometimes it is difficult to accurately hit fast moving targets with a Gauss at short range. With the MG I can simply keep the MG fire going in short-range combat and get a visual where my next Gauss shot is going.
How exactly do you run an xl280 in a mech with a 255 engine cap? not sure how to get smurphy to generate the small graphic in posts... This is my current version of the build, i just stumbled onto the idea because i happened to have two gauss cannons available, i tried it out and got 3 kills and 657 damage in the first drop...figured i had a winner. decided to see if there was a version on here. and here i am. the machine guns i could easily swap for an srm2 which would be more damage but dakka is fun...
I was referring to how the earlier commenter said he was running an xl280 in his...which is impossible. j/k lol
I just built one today. I can confirm that 10 sinks are enough and the extra ammo is welcome. The much is great - it's like Hannibal Lecter with a very sharp scalpel. I got over anxious on the first fight, found myself surrounded by four heavies and still managed to smoke one and blow off a few limbs before they shot me down. Five stars.
I just modded my build to 8 tons of gauss ammo and medium lasers instead of med pulse lasers...i am averaging 3-5 kills a match and between 300-700dmg i love this thing!
