I did another thing - i pulled the Cicada out, put in a Mongoose instead, kept the Spider for objective reasons, and upped some Pilot Skill.
The Cics armor is so weak.. i dont know about it.. even the mong has thicker skin (yea no PPC too, but i dont feel very good with a "big" gun in a paper mech without jets when i know how much light strikers are gonna be used by opponents)
Anyway, uve had some great ideas and ill See how it all works out :)