Posted 06 June 2017 - 06:11 PM

TheArisen, on 06 June 2017 - 05:15 PM, said:

I've been thinking about builds and I think anything bigger than a LFE325 might be too heavy to be worthwhile. Battlemasters & Wubshee get around big STs by mounting big engines & twisting off DMG. I think the Nightstar will be more like a Mauler or KC with better weapon mounts but not quite as good at boating.



Battlemaster and Banshee get by with big STD engines because they boat tonnage-efficient energy weapons. Conversely, the Mauler gets by with a small STD because ballistics have excellent range and are sustainable. I think the Nightstar sits sort of in-between. I think it's going to be an excellent long-range assault and only okayish at mid-range, save the brutal 9P and maybe the 9S. It will be horrible at close-range; too easy to get on its flanks and take a side out, just like the Marauder IIC, Stalker, Madcat Mk. II, etc.But a 300 LFE lets you do some dangerous things, with 52.5 tons of free space with Endo and some moderate armor redistribution (4 from each arm, 17 from each leg). Can squeeze another ton out of it with Light Ferro for certain builds. Running at 51.2, it isn't the fastest thing in the world, but I don't think that will hurt it too much. Mauler for DPS, Nightstar for big alpha.