Speak for yourself. Swann’s towers have been versatile. In some missions like Miner Excavation, you can hold the lines exclusively with just those. If nothing else, they’re great mineral dumps that eat up no supply.
That said, I’m in a similar boat… his P3 (Payload Director) is meaningless to me since I almost never use Hercs. I’ve gotten by with map knowledge. Only case was a Miner Exc. mutation where after one ship safely evacs, the next ship is IMMEDIATELY under attack, so it’s nice to literally jump right there (with units in tow).
I thought you just lose Super Gary? Gary is still there.