Take full advantage of those Targeting Computer benefits to buff your C-ERPPC. Hopefully (final) stats for the Targeting computer buffs will be released soon. alternate 2x C-ERPPC
If you are going for damage and ecm I'd suggest this, the C-ER PPC's are terrible honestly. The C-ER LLas, get better optimal, they have a tighter spread they generate a hell of a lot less heat, take up less slots, less tonage, and do more base damage.
That is a separate build and not what this is going for. You have to expose yourself for 1.5 seconds of that extra long beam duration. The C-ERPPC is point, shoot, back to cover.
Well, the clan ERPPC does 10 points to the hit component and then 2.5 to the left and right adjacent components. With the Targeting Computer Mk. VII, you have a +25% chance to crit with that damage (assuming the arc damage can also crit). It will be interesting to see if this results in more kill-shots on damaged mechs.
Better off running the 2x C-ERPPC version or the other C-ERLLas builds for the time being until Targeting Computers are added ETA 2 weeks in the next patch.
So the TC doesn't add to the range of the C-ERPPC, and I'm not sure if the critical bonus applies either. The 1x C-ERPPC + TC7 is too weak IMHO. The 2x C-ERPPC is obviously hotter but the punch is more worth it. EDIT: the TC does apply to PPC crit chance.
With the PPC speed nerf, it wouldn't matter if the range was extended. It is no longer a long rang weapon unless the target is REALLY stupid or oblivious. I wonder if the projectile speed is affected though...
In game UI shows "Increases AC (except LBX) and PPC projectile speeds; laser ranges; AC (except LBX), PPC, and laser crit chances." Assuming that's accurate, you would be getting no range, but still get +15% projectile speed, +12.5% crit chance, and all the sensor/zoom benefits. I think I need to give this thing a swing just to try it out!
