Honestly, I see no reason to mix and match missiles. I would never put 2x SRMs and 2x LRMs especially in such a small grouping. Think about the tube design on the Atlas... At max, you get 1x 10 missle tube (on the Left Torso) ... every other missile mount is a 6 max (SRMs) or 5 max (LRM) As you have them (LRMs) now... Say you weapon grouped them into chained LRMs .... AMS will cut them down Say you weapon grouped them into linked LRMs... you get some hits but overall its not fast enough of a recycle or consistent enough to cause really damage the enemy. Overall I feel your LRMs are just wasted space and not effective in the fight.
I disagree. LRM's on an Atlas are to ensure you are supporting your faster, light mechs. They are not there to do the most damage, but to support your other weapons.
I think you don't run the atlas a lot. I was polite before with rating you at "Average" on this build. It looks like you are trying but you did zero to turn your oversight into a positive. Let me break it down (the obvious problems I see with this build): You upped the engine to the 3x DHS threshold yet for no reason you went as high as you did (since the STD325 was a better choice for the weight) You put an Endo-Steel upgrade in for no real reason but to cover bad build choices that required more tonnage. You put essentially 2x LRM5s (in theory 1x LRM10) on a mech to fill missile slots... If you were looking for effectiveness you would have just got the LRM10 and done a full Salvo (Since there is (1) 10 tube slot on the mech) for effect (getting through AMS) or realized 2x LRM5s need to be chained fired paired up (see Catapult) with more LRM launchers if you really want a saturation effect.. Your overall DPS is very low and you have no way to support the weapons you put on it without chain firing everything... BIG POINT: You basically took an assault mech and turned it into a support mech.... It neither excels at range nor close up because you never decided to specialize it. Hint: The 4Ms are there to point you towards LRMs OR SRMs... not both.... The amount of tonnage you waste that could have been helpful as an assault is appalling. The BAP is a total wasted on this mech because you diversified missiles so really, only 2x smaller damage (LRMs) weapons benefit from this and though it does counter the 150m ECM bubble, you don't have streaks on it to benefit so generally, it seems like wasted tonnage So you can either take this kind advice and improve on it or leave it here. But be a professional. If you dislike that someone counters your build and tells you the truth, don't run off to their builds and start low ranking it.
