Mech of the Week: Canis

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

Yes.  It's in TacOps, of course.

[Weirdo]

What he said. Long story short, before firing you can dial down the power of any energy weapons. Each point of damage you lose also loses a single point of heat. So a Canis can dial down those big lasers to the point that they do 6 damage and 8 heat. Range and everything else is completely unaffected.

For the most obvious usage of the rule, a Black Hawk Prime can tune all of its lasers so that they do 5 damage, only generate 3 heat apiece, and still reach out to 15 hexes.

[Kerfuffin(925)]

.. is that actually a rule?

It’s a TacOps rule, you can choose less damage and less heat for energy weapons. Hellbringer can use it well too, with 12 heat 12 damage ERPPCs at heat neutral with a run

[Sabelkatten]

Optional rule. Quite horribly broken IMHO.

[Caedis Animus]

It's a broken one that makes sense, IMO.

Personally I'd only use it in a narrative campaign or something instead of an outright versus.

[grimlock1]

Optional rule. Quite horribly broken IMHO.

Granted I've never used the rule, but why do you call it broken?  Reduced heat, YAY.  Reduced damage, booo.

The only really abusable point I can see is dialing a Clan PPC down to 12 damage to still have a potential headcapper with slightly less obnoxious heat loads.

On the other hand, Prime versions of Puma, Hellbringer, and Linebacker become a bit more viable. And as Weirdo said, Nova Prime can turn into a running alpha, heat neutral crit seeker, which gets scarier the more I think about it.

[Sabelkatten]

Granted I've never used the rule, but why do you call it broken?  Reduced heat, YAY.  Reduced damage, booo.

The only really abusable point I can see is dialing a Clan PPC down to 12 damage to still have a potential headcapper with slightly less obnoxious heat loads.

On the other hand, Prime versions of Puma, Hellbringer, and Linebacker become a bit more viable. And as Weirdo said, Nova Prime can turn into a running alpha, heat neutral crit seeker, which gets scarier the more I think about it.

Damage and heat aren't reduced proportionally. For weapons with heat equal or higher than damage it’s not a problem, but the low-heat weapons can get downright silly.

[Wrangler]

I personally wish the Canis would get one last variant with Clan RAC/5s so the picture matches the Matt Plog's picture.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

That would be fun.

[glitterboy2098]

i still want an ATM version of some sort.

[Arkansas Warrior]

That has always seemed like a logical upgrade for a Coyote mech.