surreal swan
All damage to heat-dissipating armor from heat-causing weapons is halved (round final damage up) and the
heat dealt by such weapons as well as all other external sources (including fire) is reduced to 0. The only exception is magma.
The heat generated by entering or occupying magma hexes is nullified, but the damage is unaltered, and a ’Mech with this armor can still become bogged down in magma.
supple sun
Yup and no heat
hardy lava
Still not sure I'd use it, but it definitely needed the buff: even now, this remains the weakest armor type in the game outside deliberately-inferior things like Primitive Armor
Reflective armor still halves plasma damage, right?
supple sun
Could see this being used for TSM builds so you don't have to care on externals
hardy lava
Ah, but they removed the heat effects
I agree with that completely, that was honestly a shock when I noticed it
hardy lava
Could see this being used for TSM builds so you don't have to care on externals
I don't understand that argument. You don't explode because you have non-optimal heat
supple sun
I mean you might cause 14 external can throw you up to 25 total heat
supple sun
I mean its one of the few choices where I might look at it but......
ashen epoch
I don't understand that argument. You don't explode because you have non-optimal...
yeah right hnow one of the best ways to literally shut down TSM mechs are external heat sources. so having something to avoid that is useful
kind gust
The TSG-10L thanks CGL for their service to the Confederation. The other HD armor users are still bad, of course, but at least they’re a bit less bad now that it's not strictly better to just pile on more DHS. Also means it operates basically the same as BA fire-resistant armor, making it easier to remember the rules and having a nice bit of in-universe continuity between similar techs.
full briar
I really, really love plasma rifles so now I have to be very wary of anyone that knows this and chooses to employ this armor against me
night kestrel
Credit to LiaoScot for the specific implementation: it wasn't unified with the BA treatment before.
kind gust
I really love plasma as well, but given the "quality" of 4/5ths of the canon designs with it, and the costs to cary it on customs... Not really that concerned about it showing up frequently in the future, even with this buff
supple sun
Im with Disher. I dont see many negatives to one of the scariest guns. This armor would hurt to play against with those
kind gust
The big negative to plasma is that it's BVed as if it does 17 damage all the time, not 10+1d6 heat to the most common type of target (with most targets having DHS)
full briar
I mean it makes sense for the armor to be good against it, that would be a topic for the Plasma Rifle rather then the armor