Mole, on 01 March 2018 - 03:49 PM, said:
The Mist Lynx works with 8MGs while also being slower and a much larger target complete with a payload that can be easily disarmed because its arms are huge. Why exactly wouldn't a smaller and faster MLX-G work?
1. The MLX has non-trivial durability quirks on its legs and torsos, and if you do like me and take 6x MGs with the A right arm you get +24 armor on that alone while simultaneously getting a free 7th MG through the +15% RoF quirk
2. The MLX has considerably higher laser punching power...so does the PIR for that matter; my MLX above has three Heavy Medium lasers
3. To get around the lack of laser firepower you need to lean even harder on those MGs, which you have less of relative to the PIR, and to really get the max firepower/ammo potential out of the chassis you need to be able to strip enough to get you to 8 tons of unused weight...which you can reasonably do on the LCT-1V with the durability tree nearly maxed thanks to its quirks.