I don't get why hating minelaunchers is such a recurring joke in Multiverse. They have really good DPS if you just want to dump raw damage into someone with a sprinkling of status effects, especially with skilled crew and the reload upgrades. The fire one shits all over Sylvan. They're just also really expensive to use as your main damage dealer without a replicator/ancient recycler.
Honestly, a full loadout of launchers is probably a really good way to beat TOWR. I'll have to try that.