It seems to me that PPCs might be the way-to-go for energy loadouts if the Large Laser takes progresively longer to discharge than a medium laser. I haven't personally seen any PPC or Large Laser footage yet, but I would really like to see how this balance is addressed.
I will concede that medium lasers should be difficult to use because they're light, punchy, and easy to go crazy with in the Mech Lab, so adding in a degree of aiming difficulty makes them more balanced. Large Lasers, on the otherhand, appear far less frequently and might get snubbed for other, punchier high-power energy weapons if they're too slow and spread their damage everywhere like a "cheap" medium laser.
Edit: I guess this wound up being a suggestion...
Okay, how do you feel about the laser durations we saw in the trailers, and what do you think a Large laser should be like? Should it be shorter in duration than a medium laser, equal to it, longer than it?
Edited by Prosperity Park, 18 March 2012 - 01:36 PM.