Just due to I bothered to point this out to begin with, in the interest of completeness, The Automaton still exists. In the Ranged AT selection list.
It woulda been funnier to see the AT get punted along with the rest of this unpopular idea.
I don't want people's ideas to fail but it's good to see bad ones get their justice. The more spectacularly the better in the case of spectacularly bad ones...hehe.
Anyway! Carry on..