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What does the Swarm Attack do?
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Seraph
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| Posted: 03-Feb-2005 21:42 Post subject: RE: Mega Mek question |
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That's an attack command for infantry and battlearmor. Not sure of the rules for it as my infantry in megamek haven't been able to get close enough to use it yet.
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| Posted: 03-Feb-2005 21:45 Post subject: RE: Mega Mek question |
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On 2005-02-03 21:42, Seraph wrote:
That's an attack command for infantry and battlearmor. Not sure of the rules for it as my infantry in megamek haven't been able to get close enough to use it yet.
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Perhaps he means the LRM ammo?
I don't use MegaMek so I don't know if swarm is an option there for LRMs...
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| Posted: 03-Feb-2005 21:49 Post subject: RE: Mega Mek question |
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It is an option but it must be mounted in the initial stages of the game. And during weapons fire stage if you have two or more types of ammo for a given weapon you can designate which type you are firing that round.
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| Posted: 03-Feb-2005 21:55 Post subject: RE: Mega Mek question |
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On 2005-02-03 21:45, chihawk wrote:
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On 2005-02-03 21:42, Seraph wrote:
That's an attack command for infantry and battlearmor. Not sure of the rules for it as my infantry in megamek haven't been able to get close enough to use it yet.
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Perhaps he means the LRM ammo?
I don't use MegaMek so I don't know if swarm is an option there for LRMs...
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Nope, I'm talking about the infantry attack. I got my Cavaliers close enough to mount an enemy Clint IIC, but they never seemed to do anything.
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| Posted: 03-Feb-2005 22:02 Post subject: RE: Mega Mek question |
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after the infantry has swarmed the target, the next turn you give them attack orders. this attack uses the primary weapon and always hits. in addition, there is a chance at dealing a crit even thru the armor.
standard strategy is to do this, first leg attack the target mech. this does dmg to the targets legs and can deal crits to the leg actuators, even blow off the leg. this cripples the units ability to move, then you swarm.
the weakness is this, anytime the target jumps or falls when your have swarmed them. your infantry has a chance to fall off and suffer damage. also, if they move into lvl 2 water they can insta kill your infantry.
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| Posted: 03-Feb-2005 22:34 Post subject: RE: Mega Mek question |
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Yeah, the Clint fell down and skooshed one of my boys. But now I know how to use a Swarm! Yay!
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| Posted: 04-Feb-2005 01:50 Post subject: RE: Mega Mek question |
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Try Salamander battlearmour, swarm, next round set your flamers to heat instead of damage and let them rip.
5 salamanders. Each with 2 flamers. each flamer can jack a mech's heat up by two. Do your sums.
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| Posted: 04-Feb-2005 12:10 Post subject: RE: Mega Mek question |
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Salamanders are 4-leggers, right? Can they Swarm?
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| Posted: 04-Feb-2005 14:11 Post subject: RE: Mega Mek question |
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No, they're two leggers. And if Erenon says they can swarm, then I geuss they can. I've never used them.
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| Posted: 04-Feb-2005 18:45 Post subject: RE: Mega Mek question |
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They are two legged Clan battlearmour (or elementals considering that they are piloted by elemental pilots) designed specifically for urban warfare and anti-infantry operations.
it's armed with two flamers and an a single shot inferno srm. Its all about FIRE baby. It's the suit of choice for pyromaniacs.
Look here for some background.
http://www.battletecharchive.net/battlearmor/salamander.html
And yes, it can swarm, in fact it has boarding claws that may the job easier 
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| Posted: 04-Feb-2005 19:32 Post subject: RE: Mega Mek question |
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Ah. For some reason, I got the Sloth confused with the Salamander. Silly me.
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