Classic Tabletop Long Range lobber preference

[u/StatsPilot]

My group is playing an Amaris War era campaign. The good guys are naturally the SLDF.

For the next game, it's recommended to either bring speed or range. My question is: what would the advantage be to bringing an Archer over a Catapault? The archer has LRM 20s to the Catapaults LRM 15s, but not even enough heat sinks to shoot and move. Both are the same speed, but the Catapault has jump jets.

I turn to the wisdom of the crowd if I might be missing something.

[u/Electrical_Catch9231]

Personally, I like the catapult, because you can jump in and commit with your medium lasers once your ammo runs dry, or beforehand if need be.