This build is short and sweet. Pop the reds in the face with a 35 damage alpha from 600+ meters away. this build runs a little hot but with some trigger discipline you can rack up the kills/damage
I'd skip the BAP and 1 ton of Gauss ammo to mount an XL300 and an additional DHS. Also, always crid pad the Gauss with Gauss ammo! This build might be even better with both ERPPCs on the RA, FF and a STD engine so that the left side can be used for shielding. Can't do a build in Smurfy's as I am on my phone atm, but you can figure out somerhing for sure. STD 245 or 250 might even be sufficient speed wise with the former not requiring FF when removing the XL and BAP. Still very hot, though, but ERPPCs are that way nowadays. Edit: I managed it somehow....
Aylek, I like the changes! Would definitely make this mech more survivable. Ill be sure to test it out
Not even sure shielding would be my first reason to mount all weapons on the right side. Without the torso energy hardpoint (nor jump jets) the cataphract is horrible at peaking over ridges, but at least it's good at peaking around corners and I think such a build needs to work on this strength. So if you want mobility (because 62 kph is freaking slow!) and better cooling, I have no objection to an XL engine:
