What about lg 18? It has lowe AoE, true, but also lower scatter.
I would change pack howizter for lg18 any day.
Keep in mind that it costs 480 and it's high risk - high reward unit.
You obviously have never used lg18 much before. You do know that Lg18 costs 420mp - it's a high risk - low reward unit.
Scott shares AoE with lg 18 and has higer scatter so lg 18 should wipe more often than Scott.
I've had lg18 auto-fire for 40 minutes to have 20 kills. Scotts get better kills due their ability to quickly reposition themselves for a shot and move out. And when I use scotts it feels like they magically track moving units too. I've won a totally outplayed match against OKW when my 2 scotts roflwiped 2 vet4 obers upgraded with IR scoped stgs.