r/battletech • u/StatsPilot • 9h ago

Tabletop Classic Tabletop Long Range lobber preference

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.

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u/PharmaDan 8h ago

Both are pretty decent, especially if you got the Royal Archer.

Honestly Id go for the Archer cause of the Battlefists. Punching and potentially double tapping the enemy head and picking stuff up is useful.  What variant are you using?

That being said the Catapult does have a significant punch with its lasers and the jump jets are great for repositioning or rougher terrain.

Either one is a good mech, it just depends on the map and your preferences for when the ammo is gone.