TAG and NARC

[renoraider]

Hello fellow mech commanders. Was wondering if anyone could tell me how TAGs and NARCs work. Can I fire them in my Alpha strike to immediately activate the effect? Or do I have to use them first BEFORE I attack?

[Named]

You have to fire them before, so that the damage buff is applied for the other Mechs in your lance.
It would be (even more) overpowered if it applied to the alpha strike of the Mech firing it.

This functions very differently to TT, where I believe the buff did apply to the other weapons of that Mech, but it was an accuracy buff, not damage (accuracy buff would not be worth it in this game where accuracy is basically a non-issue for all non-rookie pilots)

[renoraider]

Many thanks!

[Martialis]

I just bought my first TAG weapons that I found at a BM and equipped it on two of my mechs. The very first mission, I managed to core a heavy mech which was tagged. +20% damage rocks! Needless to say, I am very impressed.

BTW, the AI is actually pretty good. I was playing a Tag Team mission, and the AI was pretty smart about going after tagged or otherwise vulnerable mechs.

[Named]

The AI of allied lances seems to include Mechs that you have just targetted (with any weapon) as a part of their priority lists.

They will still choose Mechs that are close with least amount of cover and evasion or very bad stability.

If there is no target like that, they seem to default to whichever Mech you just shot.