Amarius, on 05 March 2013 - 04:57 PM, said:
Ballistic equipped heavier mechs can boat them, but it's a waste of hardpoints,
My point is that plenty of heavier mechs have the hardpoints to waste. For example, f MG's had a DPS roughly that of small lasers, I'd definitely drop a pair in my CPLT-K2 (4xLL) and CTF-4X (2xGauss). Many a brawl would have gone my way and many a harassing light would've perished if I'd had just that little extra boost.