Given the extremely unlikely odds of people being within 9 hexes of a STK-3F for 7 1/2 rounds requiring further high explosive lessons, am I the only one who thinks that 2nd ton of SRM6 ammo could easily become another ton of LRM 10 ammo?
I love the -3F so very much, as while it doesn't have the big boomstick threat, it has enough firepower not to matter, has a tool for every occasion and thoroughly encourages riding the heat scale. Arm flipping is always a nice trick, though it's kind of needed to protect that weak rear armour. The ability to go deeper into the danger zone on the heat scale at the drop of a hat as well as the ability to still contribute while cooling down is much appreciated.
I dislike the vast majority of the upgraded paths as they seem to have lost some of this focus on rediculously overwhelming fire power in favour of some measure of heat balance. Giving someone a full alpha at range 5 on your last bins of ammo and turning a pristine heavy into a smoldering heap in under 6 seconds is a glorius thing and totally worth it.