Posted 25 July 2023 - 02:59 PM
Here's hoping that the Longbow gets some of that magic Hardpoint Size bloat. If we're going off the stock configs and their presumed hardpoint scale, the 0W is going to have 2x Large Missiles, 2x Small Missiles, 2x Medium Energy, 1 small Energy, and around 25 tons left over after up armoring for weapons/ammo/equipment.
Compare this to a Battlemaster-1S, which manages 1 Large Missile, 3x Small Missile, 4x Medium Lasers, and 2x Assault hands.
Not looking too good for the Longbow, and that's without comparing to the numerous Archer and Crusader variants that could just straight up outgun it.
The 8C and 7Q Longbow Variants are going to be competing directly with the Stalker-3H, and if they don't get bigger Hardpoint sizes, they're not going to be competing with the Stalker-3H, they're going to be wishing they were as good as the Stalker-3H.
Here's hoping the 0W and 0W2 both get 2x Large + 2x Medium Missile Hardpoints so they can at least boat SRMs in a high enough count to compete with the Crusader. And I seriously hope the 7Q in particular gets 4x Large Missile Hardpoints, because without them, it'll never be used. Stalker-3H has so much more Firepower available to it, and I'd hate to see a new mech get written off.
The 8C might be the only one worth a dam, but unless it gets 7 or more Skill points, the Stalker-3H is just goint to be better than it too.