Der Hesse, on 29 February 2016 - 10:22 AM, said:
Indeed most pulse laser boats in IS have higher DPS then their clan counterparts. But in many situations all structure buffs of the world don´t help you to survive the try to close in on the enemy that has way higher range.
And if you compare pug matches you´ll see that most matches are poke matches, if you like it or not. And there clans always win because of higher range and higher alphas. DPS doesn´t help you when the enemy cools down in cover.
"Way" higher range? It's not that huge of a difference. Only really noticeable with medium lasers. Also Clan mechs don't have that big of a advantage in poking. You are correct they can use their higher alphas and get back into cover but trading at IS optimal ranges there is not much of a difference.
IS DPS mechs can use their much lower duration to poke out, do their full damage really quickly and get back into cover faster. Clan mechs have to expose, stayed exposed for longer to get their full burn out making it pretty easy to focus them down as they poke out. Not to mention the IS have quite a few mechs that have a lot of high mounts and really good energy quirks. Stalker and Battlemaster being prime examples. I'd really love to see a Clan mech out trade them in good cover and at their optimal ranges.