>>96173570
>One thing I don't understand is why

First, define "fixing" it. Second, backwards compatibility is a huge selling point for BattleTech, and once they've discarded that, it's gone forever. Third, *most* of the issues are only a problem in a tournament or pick-up game format with bad or minimal communication between participants. Since the game is *intended* to be played primarily in a GM'd campaign format, where the GM can serve as a brake on most of the real problems, changing the rules isn't a big priority given items 1 and 2, above.

>stupid question for the thread, as I don't have any reference material handy at work
Is there any actual difference between IS and Clan Artemis IV systems? Say I take a pod-mounted Artemis system off of a Nova, and slap it onto an IS tech LRM system mounted on a Sunder. Does that work or not? The tonnage and crits are identical, and both systems are pod-capable, but I can't recall if the system is interchangeable between Clan and IS missile systems.

Stackpole to the face.