11-30-2006, 08:50 AM
Weapon arms are one of the areas where either From gets it right or screws it all up.
In one game you find that the 69MG arms are god, but in the very next release you see them being nerfed big time. Hasn't From ever heard of a thing called a median? I guess not.
Anyway, weapon arms have great attack power, mostly. That's one thing that's going for them. Some even have the capacity to knock out other ACs with a few well-timed shots (lol MSP on mode 2 = 2 shot kill if all missiles connect). What they do not have is sufficient ammo. Once they run out, they're out. And whaddya know? No hangers. Not droppable for any speed boost either. I guess it would look weird if your AC could just drop its arms at will.
Most of the arms have midweight defense, but lightweight drain. That's OK, since you're not going to put any other weapons on your AC soon, disregarding backmounts.
So, final verdict? Same as Lord_Leperman. Some are very fun/useful, some are just plain garbage. My list:
Syura (against bladers only)
Taurus
MS/V
BZL (joust with 'em on mode 2... bam!
))
GRL
Cetus (mode 2 lolzzz)
EDIT: Oh yeah, I forgot, weapons arms can't be tuned, so no buffing of shell or energy defense. Still, they have sufficient and comparable AP to the rest of the arms to make up for this.
In one game you find that the 69MG arms are god, but in the very next release you see them being nerfed big time. Hasn't From ever heard of a thing called a median? I guess not.
Anyway, weapon arms have great attack power, mostly. That's one thing that's going for them. Some even have the capacity to knock out other ACs with a few well-timed shots (lol MSP on mode 2 = 2 shot kill if all missiles connect). What they do not have is sufficient ammo. Once they run out, they're out. And whaddya know? No hangers. Not droppable for any speed boost either. I guess it would look weird if your AC could just drop its arms at will.
Most of the arms have midweight defense, but lightweight drain. That's OK, since you're not going to put any other weapons on your AC soon, disregarding backmounts.
So, final verdict? Same as Lord_Leperman. Some are very fun/useful, some are just plain garbage. My list:
Syura (against bladers only)
Taurus
MS/V
BZL (joust with 'em on mode 2... bam!
))GRL
Cetus (mode 2 lolzzz)
EDIT: Oh yeah, I forgot, weapons arms can't be tuned, so no buffing of shell or energy defense. Still, they have sufficient and comparable AP to the rest of the arms to make up for this.
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