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Re: What's your go to unit for Auto cannons
« Reply #60 on: 28 August 2015, 23:22:55 »
For medium mechs, the Centurion and Enforcer are great pairs...

but for Direct ballistic Fire Support, the Jagermech will always be my favorite.

and if I want to make people sweat, the Annihilator has a very special way of doing that.
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Re: What's your go to unit for Auto cannons
« Reply #61 on: 29 August 2015, 08:42:48 »
If I'm using an AC, it's usually mounted on a Thunder, Lao Hu, or Yu Huang. Occasionally, I'll run an Emperor or Snake.

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Re: What's your go to unit for Auto cannons
« Reply #62 on: 29 August 2015, 12:35:45 »
And the other half of the missile spectrum

Which would be what..  We have already done SRM and LRMs.
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Re: What's your go to unit for Auto cannons
« Reply #63 on: 29 August 2015, 15:34:08 »
Which would be what..  We have already done SRM and LRMs.
MRM's, MML's, (i)ATM's and RL's

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Re: What's your go to unit for Auto cannons
« Reply #64 on: 29 August 2015, 16:09:12 »
And Thunderbolts.
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Re: What's your go to unit for Auto cannons
« Reply #65 on: 29 August 2015, 22:09:39 »
MRM's, MML's, (i)ATM's and RL's

With the # of people who mentioned MMLs in both those other threads i feel THAT's already done.  So RLs and MRMs i'll give ya.
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Re: What's your go to unit for Auto cannons
« Reply #66 on: 30 August 2015, 03:01:52 »
Can't really nominate any canon unit, my "go to"s are always custom jobs to begin with. It's just not the same if it's a machine designed by somebody else.

That said, I do rather like putting autocannons of all stripes on them purely because dakka (note to self, you've not done enough with HVACs yet). I just don't do it in multiples all that often unless I'm either (a) explicitly modding an already existing multi-AC design and running with the theme or else (b) outfitting a slow assault chassis; most anything lighter, faster, and original gets at most one autocannon (of any type and caliber) to go with its other weapons because diminishing returns tend to set in too quickly after that.