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>Even if it can jet sideways what good is that when you're floating above it and it's a sitting duck? I could see it being valuable in a meele but then I wouldn't want to just have 2 heavy weapons.
If you find yourself in either of those situations in a Rook you've messed up.
You use your sideways movement to GTFO and back to your team, with a full tank of fuel it can go fast enough that a Hoppertranny will struggle to keep up. You can't fight well in close range with the arm mounted weapons, they will either miss or hit two different parts of the enemy, then you'll overheat too.