PvP Is heat meta still viable?

[CMDR EDGEL0RD]

Ok, the plan is:
Cutter with

3 fixed phasing pulses/bursts
4 thermal cascade pack-hounds​

and packhound the dude every time he SCBs.
Will that work?

 

[WorldsGreatestForumDad]

Ok, the plan is:
Cutter with

3 fixed phasing pulses/bursts
4 thermal cascade pack-hounds​

and packhound the dude every time he SCBs.
Will that work?

Hey there my dude. Was working with a friend of mine. Mr Sleepin. We did some tests and 3 heat lasers brought me to 95% from ~35% sitting cold in one burst laser salvo. It still punishes hot builds very well and works great on smaller hardpoints where Utility over-rides Alpha Dmg. Give it a shot.

He was in a chieftain.

 

[Morbad]

Will that work?

It will momentarily spike their heat and maybe cause some extra module damage, but it's not going to make much difference unless they are already running way too hot. Thermal load weapons barely stack anymore and having a bunch of them is mostly pointless.

You'd be a lot better off just stalling their SCBs with cascade rails.

 

[CMDR EDGEL0RD]

Ty all for answers.

I just went with 1 s4 pulse, 2 s2 bursts, 2 s3 plasmas, all phasing and with only one cascade pack hound out of 2. Works great so far.

Might even swap out LR PA's for short range ones. Its not like I hitting Fdls much with them.