>>2329547I just gave you a list of reasons why Aya is good in the R-3 Powered all by herself. Good dodge combine with decent tanking, nice support attack, good range. Like I said, she's not awesome out of the box like Rai (though even Rai has trouble dodging in his brick at first, and he takes hits like the rest of his family - badly) or gets a great robot like Ryusei, but she gets the job done.
I'll give you the normal R-3 is lame, but you have that for maybe...two missons in OG1? It's not a big deal.