I agree with most of what you said but i do have a few points.
"How it is now:
Sort of the ugly duckling of the family, the AC/5 has no real strengths to make it stand out over the other ACs, especially the AC/2. You get only marginally better DPS than the AC/2 (3.0 vs 2.8), as well as identical damage per ton of ammo (150).
How it should be changed:
Increase RoF slightly, so that its DPS hovers around 3.2, and either increase its ammo per ton to 32 shots (160 damage per ton) or lower AC/2 ammo to 70 shots per ton (140 damage per ton)."
AC5's are straight superior to AC2's atm. Ac2's simply require to much face time to use effectively and if you have enough ballistic slots and tonnage to pack 3-4 AC2's you should be packing 3-4 AC5's. IE 3 AC5's are better then 4 AC2's.
best example being the MX90 with 6 AC5's, or Banshee with 3 AC5's and 3LL, when used properly both can outright face tank and win against a dakka whale at range.
you forgot the most important things about LRMS. that is, they should be fire and forgot at least when they are fired with a direct LOS lock. let them still hit terrain but they should continue to track their target and they will still be a weapon that is only as good as the target they are fired upon.
but...... real changes to LRMS and streaks will need to start with the Jesus box. otherwise i demand blue light shields, reflective, reactive and stealth armor. so we can have proper counters to ALL weapons. (this would also give FF a reason to exist outside of IS lights and almost all clan mechs, it doesn't do anything special like the other armors, but it does save weight)
Jesus box should be redone entirely, its still 7+ tons of equipment rolled into one thing (Angel ECM Suite, Stealth armor and Null sig all in one plus a magic "Jesus field" that reduces enemies radar range)
ECM was meant to counter BAP and Artemis, but instead BAP counters ECM and ECM still counters Artemis.
honestly i think we should just let pilots choose, let them have all three ECM, stealth armor and null sig and let them equip it on their mech if they so choose. maybe change null sig to cause the "Jesus field" so it doesn't just double up on stealth armor
but each should generally work as intended and if you want the maximum effect you need to install all three.
Edited by Col Jaime Wolf, 09 March 2016 - 06:34 PM.