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aww I missed you guys playing together.
my stalker now has 4ERLL, and for when I get closer 2x6 SRM and an MPL.
...and 10 heat sinks.
AMS to help with the lurm thrown in for luck .
I still overheat though, especially if I start trying to alpha.   
On chain the ERLL are not too bad, in fact I've even put the cooldown module for them on, as well as the extended range.

wait, it's reversed?
doh.

yeah I've had a horrible afternoon with it, every faction game that came up ended up being against a team where 8 or more were from a single faction, and our disorganised teams just got steamrolled.

So I got the 5M, and put 4ERL Lasers on it,
and even though you advised not to, I left three LRM10 with 360 ammo, just to see how it played.
It runs a little hot even with 6 double heatsinks, but not too bad if I'm careful, the LRM gives me something to shoot while getting into a good position to lase with, and advanced zoom makes for some nice damage to specific points. 
the std engine is a nice change from having to worry about loosing left or right torso.
I'll give SRM a go at some point, and maybe look at swapping out to fero fibre for the frame to give me a bit more weight to play with. it's nice so far though. 

Ok what'd be a good IS mech for a n ER Large laser and LRM mix.
I'm not a fan of low slung arms, as I like the ability to be able to pop up over a hill and take a snipe.

I guess I should start saving up for something so I've got more options than my three ravens. what should I go for?

I've started playing faction matches a bit more, they're fun, but I often feel like I die too quickly to contribute much.
in the quick battles I tend to go for a more support or long range role (i.e. narc, tag, and longer range weapons, as you can see from my raven setups) but it looks like IS tend to avoid missile for faction games so my support ravens are of little use.

I've gotten back into playin this recently.

I've got all three non realmoney ravens.
2x is set up with:
2ER LL
1 MR
AMS
with the advanced zoom I can do reasonably well on this setup. as long as I don't get picked on by another light, or get cornered by something heavier.

3L has:
1 pulse LL
Tag
Narc
I use this in a scouting/lurm support role. Initially I was doing fairly ok in this one, but I seem to have gone up a level or something, and lately as soon as the enemy spot a mech that has ECM, they just gun for it.

4x:
1 ER PPC
Tag
Narc
Another long range sniper, with a hanfull of narcs to get anything that gets close.
this one does well too, if I remmeber/can be bothered to swap out the advanced zoom.

I've got all three to elite, and all have XL 210 engines iirc, with a speed of 109.4
The setups can do pretty well if I can get myself in a position on the flank and don't become a target by a mech who's determined to chase me down no matter what.
seriously, I've had enemy mechs chase me right through the middle of my own team.

What do you guys do with your ravens?