this is not my favorite mech but was one of my most favorite mechs form the beginning. The Paragon mech!!!
Indeed, slap that longarm on your paragon and read the description of the longarm and how to get max damage.. Here's a hint... Use Paragon's dash ability to RUN STRAIGHT BACKWARDS while aiming/firing any longarm and youll see your DPS get bigger, bigger and bigger the farther away you get (75m-150m i think but dont quote me on that).
Now, before you think that's all to what they may call 'strategy' then hang with me because the best is yet to come: Lets make your paragon Sniper also a decoy. How? Here's how:
Currently, we are discussing sniper roles and distance weapon operation. Well, put an autocannon (another newbie fav) to fire from so long away that you'll do ZERO dps. This is for a reason. Autocannon bullets fly faster and more frequent than longarm blasts -so- when the enemy ('target') is being pelted with no damage every single one of them thinks in thier head 'well, this guy isnt huting me therefore he cant hurt me' thus your decoy role is comeplete. You are welcome! Also, if they have medium range weapons (like plasma, pulse or oh, autocannon) they are not able to damage you as youre also not damaging them. It dosent get any more complicated than that *I PROMISE*
Side note about the autocannon at max range that does no damage, it also hides you making you a grey blur as you send the entire clip of autocannon thier way.. You literally SNEAK IN THE LONGARM BULLETS!!! They wont know theyre dead untill they are selecting your next target.