How about we change so it makes a bit more sense since as it is its more or less a dumb looking and (arguably) slightly inferior version of the Assault. And since the Assault is now the starter mech there is really no reason why it should exist in its current form.
I would suggest changing it to the elite model by default so it looks like it belongs with the rest of the mechs and not a walking appliance. Changing its special ability so it acts a bit differently than the Assault would be cool, maybe cut the heat generation 1/2 for period of time. Also maybe the secondary or prestige weapon could be changed so they don't have the same weapons, maybe the SA Hawkins.
Since it would just be stat tweaking, and modifying the ability code this should be a relatively quick and easy way to generate semi-new content.
Edited by AxionOperandi, 31 March 2015 - 10:35 PM.