Will the Avenger variants be getting any component size or grade upgrades to account for its larger size?
TL;DRThe reworked Avenger only gets larger wing weapon hardpoints, with no internal component changes, and its nose mount is now a general size 4 mount, with the Tigerstrike gone for now but returning later as a general gun.
The only thing that's changed on that component-wise is the weapon hardpoints on the wings have gone up by one size. It still comes gimballed by default, but they're now gimballed size 2s, I think.
It got a weapon size upgrade, but as far as the internal components, there was nothing that required the internal components to change.
Nothing internal was changed component-wise. The main reason for doing that rework was simply that really cramped interior space, so making that a more pleasant traversal experience. And once we did that, the rest of it had to change because it looked ridiculous with just this extended and stretched middle section. You've got a mental image of the old Avenger with just the middle bit a third larger. It looks silly. And then when we did that, the guns on the wings looked tiny.
The other thing that changed is the nose mount is no longer bespoke and locked. So the Tigerstrike is gone for now. In its place is a size 4 mount with the size 3 Mantis, the new Mantis, on there by default. The Tigerstrike will come back in the future. It's just we didn't have time to make another size 3 Gatling just for that run.
Now when you say the Tigerstrike will be back in the future, you mean just in general, or it will be back as part of the Avenger default line?
It'll be back as a general size 3 ballistic Gatling that can go on any ship.