Most desired set of hardpoints

Three heavies on the Raijin, (even though I don't own one or even care to) would be a great improvement. I personally would pay real money for a bot that goes 80kph + and has 3 medium hardpints. I don't care much for heavy hardpints as they are too slow for my tastes and lights just don't do enough damage.

Looking at what we got, the Patton seems out of place to me. Only bot that can weild 4 of the same weapon without swapping like the gunslingers, and it's a silver bot. I think changing it to a 3x light, 1x medium would up it's firepower yet break up the 4-weapon set, bringing it more in line with the Leo, Vityaz, and Golem while backing off of Jesse's niche. Bot specs might need to be changed some as well for balance, but I think this could balance the game a little better in terms of overall weapon set balance.

As a bit of a tangent, I also like the idea of giving the poor ol' Destrier either a hardpoints makeover or a special ability of some kind. It's the starter bot, but also the only bot with a redundant hardpoint set and no unique ability. Here's an idea: give Destrier a unique ability to instantly flip a beacon from white to blue or red to white, 20sec cooldown. Get new players thinking beacons right off the bat and open up suicide Destrier beacon-capping shenanigans.

Shoulda included weapon-splitters/adapters in the poll perhaps. Are you talking straight-up trading down, or trading 1 slot for 2 lighter weapons?

If you had to choose one kind of splitter/adapter, what would be the most reasonable? How would you use it?

A medium-to-light adapter sounds the most appealing to me, but that also sounds like a recipe for Aphid shenanigans. Trading 1 heavy for 2 light might be more balanced and interesting. 6x Gekko/Noricum Natasha/Fury. 4x Magnum Carnage/Raijin.

This question gets out of hand because it could have such a wide-ranging impact and easily create OP builds. It's simpler to consider what we already have and what single change could create more balance and variety.

Well is was thinking of a 1:1 trade.

Rajin, Carnage and Natasha could carry 2 Tarans instead of Thunders... The Cossack could carry Aphids or a Magnum... And so on... There are surely more interesting options.

A 2:1 trade would also be a possibility, allowing the Rajin to carry 4 of the soon to be buffed Geckos, but a 2:1 trade might really be a problem for the whole balance of the game.

It was just an idea that came up my mind one day and i thought it would fit good into this thread.

I'd like to see more mountable devices in the game, that are no weapons, so each mech could be customized more to ones liking.

:-D

Got this very heated up discussion about "how many light weapons equals to one heavy"
And it is not that easy as you stated.
Heavy is NOT equal 2 or 3 light weapons, and Medium is NOT equal to 1.5 light.
So it would be nice to make 1-1 trade for some specific builds, but no complicated conversion rate.

Well, Thunder or Zeus is nice and comes pre-upgraded to lvl5

Well, I haven't been to Champions, but I heard it is a bore where only Gareth, Galahad, Lance, Griffin and Carnage could be player, so it's not a big loss for me :-D

Please tell me - why Zeus is no good in Champions?

Trident fury makes it in as well. Gary usually doesn't other than as a beacon capper. 12/12 Ancilots are largely the reason for the stale meta at the top. Its mostly a bunch of lances, db griffins, plasma Galahad, and a few trident furies. Zeus struggles because of all the shield bots. Trident fury can knockdown or weaken the thork lances and Galahads, as well as the Griffs.  

The Fujin is unique. It is actually more like 3x Medium and 1x Heavy. Maybe 1.5x Heavy since the shield is so strong. It's a medium bot that has the firepower of a heavy bot like a Griffin, plus it has an extra hard point.

This might make Golem too obsolete. At least in Silver, Leo already is probably second most common after Griff. I think a change to Griff would be more in line with game balance. It's currently the only silver bot that excels at high levels, and that diminishes Rhino usage a lot.

Thinking about it more, I'm okay with all the silver bots becoming mostly absolete in upper leagues. It's fine as long as they are varied and diverse enough to serve in the lower leagues for newer players, slowly being replaced as you progress. Griff is the one true exception to this. The Griff's hardpoints are what really seem out of line to me. Two sets of two ends up being really powerful. The Rhino has the same but its special ability disables the mediums. With Griff as a silver bot, it seems like too much.

If the Griff instead had 1 light and 2 medium, or 3 light and 1 medium, it would make the Rhino the only 2Lx2M, with that built-in disability. I imagine Plasma and DB Griffs would still see play in lower tiers, but not such overplay. And Rhinos would be more attractive over them for higher tiers then. The best Griff setups would still work well enough with 3 Mags and 1 Taran, or 1 Pinata and 2 Orkans. Still more firepower than Galahad.

Yeah, it's very important to keep in mind what else is out there and avoid making anything obsolete. That's why I laid out the info in the OP.

2 heavy and 1 medium on Raijin would also give it a unique weapon set, like either of my Griff suggestions above. I'd be in favor of this change as well at first blush.