BNC-3E "WRATH OF GOD" (1x LBX10, 2x Llas, 2x MLas, 3x AC2, XL340)

Leaving out parts of people's points takes them completely out of context. You see each point seperately while the mech is a whole. Example:

You say the hardpoints are high, which is true for some of them, yet some are clearly on the bottom-mid section of the side torso as can be seen from the mech's model. This means that you cannot produce maximum DPS with only exposing the high hard points, while you can do that with a Jager (assuming the jager does not use energy hardpoints, as per your 5AC2 build).

However high the other points may feel to you, exposing the bottom half of your torso is significantly more than you need to do in a jager. That means you simply have to walk up further, give more area for the enemy to target, and walk back down further. That, combined with slower speed makes you a vulnerable target. You have armor to back it up, but while a jager might pop back before people's reaction time kicks in and subsequently for their shots to reach your position, the banshee will have to use much more of its armor against the incoming fire.

Thus, either you 'play like a jager' or you get maximum DPS, not both at the same time.

A hypothetical situation with arbitrary numbers: Assuming a 1 second reaction + shooting time (which is reasonable for unexpected things), the jager going back and forth in 1.5 seconds over banshee's 2.5, the banshee will take triple the damage a jager would, and the armor is not triple as high. ergo, the jager playstyle is much less effective on the banshee, unless the actual numbers are a better ratio than the armor ratio between jagers and banshees (around 1:1.5)

I did not claim firing at 350m is an absurd viewpoint, I said that a lot of pellets start missing at that range already. I claimed firing the LBX at long ranges was, which was implied by mentioning the 1620 maximum damage range, which I used as an example. Interpret it as 'firing an LBX at 1620m is a complete waste of ammo', which also counts for 1000m and ranges where LLs might still be doing reasonable damage.


EDIT: sorry for keeping the cold mood. Happy fun times will come after exams.

 

This is how I would rain 20 DPS of pain on people running at pretty decent speed, or equipping a STD320 to be running longer.

 

Just increase armor instead of getting an XL355. It'd only be worth it for the number of 66.6 kph