Shumabot, on 09 February 2013 - 11:27 PM, said:
Except that stalker is still, itself, fairly overpowered. The best hunch variant is the one with SRM6's, the best cent is the one with srms, the best cat is, the best awesome is, the best stalker is, the best atlas is, the best trebbuchet will be et cetera. There is a problem with the SRM. There are other problems with the catapault, certainly. It exists at that crossroads of weight and maneuverability where it can hit critical mass with dual ac20s or hexrm6's while maintaining good, safe, speed but the srm6 is not a balanced weapon. It's not even close to being one.
Give us weapons that compete with SRMs for short-ranged combat, then. We had only gauss rifles for ranged, then they made large lasers good. Suddenly, more ranged warfare.
Now PPCs are good, too. Wow, we've got PPC carriers keeping distance? WHAT A SURPRISE!
If you want to get close, you can do the following.
1) SRMs and facehug.
2) SRMs and artemis, to eventually facehug.
3) cling to people who are boating SRMs, so you can take potshots while they facehug.