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The thing about close combat capability is that if you plan on actually holding some ground or pushing forward aggressively instead of running away to keep range, the sheer numbers of enemies are going to be piling up and forcing you into ultra close quarters eventually, if you don't run out of ammunition first.
So being able to survive in close quarters is quite handy for BETA combat. That's not to say that you shouldn't do your damnedest to try engaging at distance out of the reach of Grapplers, Tanks, Destroyers etc., it's just a fact that BETA fights have a chance of devolving into close-up dust ups. Meanwhile high mobility long distance engagement works just fine for humans, except for that whole YF-22 versus YF-23 thing where stealth versus stealth ended up with them stumbling into each other at close range since they couldn't track each other, then ended up with YF-23 victories in melee.
At least, that's how I see it, I could be wrong.
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