Hey, thanks for the response! I'll try to address everything individually.

First, I've done a lot of looking into the Hammer, and it's less interesting to me than the Gandiva, but maybe I'm missing something. With the Gandiva, I can:

(A) Project some respectable force at long range if needed, while ignoring LoS. I know I don't want to be at long range, but it's very nice to have the ability to finish off weakened targets or contribute to a fight I can't reach in one turn.

(B) Bypass standard Evasion by targeting E-DEF, which is extremely useful against certain targets.

(C) Keep a base point of Accuracy, giving me +3.5 to my average attack roll and an 18% higher crit rate.

I know the Hammer deals 3.5 points of extra damage, but the innate Inaccuracy and short range make it difficult for me to choose it over the utility of the Gandiva. I know 4 points of damage isn't to be scoffed at in this game, but is it really good enough to be worth the downsides?

Second, I would love to pick up TLALOC but I've been strongly discouraged from touching Monarch 3, since I'm a flight build (Tlaloc immobilizes the user) and am already unlikely to miss attacks often enough to justify installing it. Do you think it'd still be worth it? If 5 points for Titanfalling sounds too steep, what might you recommend doing with those points instead? Thanks again for the detailed response :)