<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=190440.msg9313833#msg9313833">Quote from: PaladinZenaku on 11-12-2013, 02:48:12</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Well earlier Sel Nar gave the ranges for most of the weapons we are using and that shows ER PPCs and Guass Rifles are longer range weapons than LRMs. The only advantage LRMs have over those two weapons is the ability of indirect fire.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>It's also a weight limitation; Missile weapons tend to strike a balance between weight, Heat output, and damage, but tend to be ~very~ scattershot.<br/><br/>Ballistic weapons are hilariously heavy, but run cool, and do reasonable damage.<br/><br/>Energy weapons are fairly lightweight (only 7 tons per PPC, versus 12 for an Autocannon/10) but pump out a fuckload of heat (10 hear per PPC versus 4 heat from an Ac/10, using the earlier comparison).