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/Attaxalotl #1 ProtoMech Fan 9h ago

If the map is rough, take the Catapult, if not, Archer

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u/StatsPilot 8h ago

What's driving your preference for the archer, if I can ask?

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u/Attaxalotl #1 ProtoMech Fan 7h ago

Archer has more Dakka, and the Catapult’s JJs aren’t needed on easy terrain.

Hell, I’d suggest taking the Archer if you know you can just stand it in one spot all game, even if the map is rough.