Welcome to MechSpecs! Hope you will stick around and discuss mech mechanics to your hearts content! Pretty nice build, I like the two LPLAS which are rare to see but not too crazy about a single ton for a five ton LRM rack. If you want it, should have another ton. Hm. Had to drop a heatsink and the engine down to a 300 (lost 2,8 kph) but by switching the LRM10 to two LRM5's I gained higher rate of fire. Also two more tons of ammo (54 shots instead of 18 previously) and two more jumpjets which I felt is highly appropriate on a dual LPLAS build. Each to his own, I think I'll try this one. Thanks for the thread.
I've recently grown more fond of the LPLs, using them in my hunchback instead of PPCs. I'd rather drop to regular LL though, since then you have a larger optimal range in which you can use LRMs and LL without too much damage drop off. LPL are really a brawler weapon and I'd play this more second-line. A thunderbolt is so survivable it's a waste to put an XL engine in, especially when you build it a bit like a frontline mech with some LRMs. Also, 2xLRM5 is 1 ton lighter and occupies the same amount of slots as an LRM10, but you take up 2 hardpoints. if you only use one of the 2 anyway, you might as well mount that. Starting from Lan's variant, I've made this STD280 version, also possible with STD275 and increasing the armor by .5 tons.
