Weapon and Mech combo

[5starGeneralAlphaSnake]

What are good combos for Rim combat(Mainly farming)
I have:
Puma
2 precise laser rifle

Puma
Basic metal plating
3 Light transports(buckets)
1 precise laser rifle

Puma
Basic metal plating
2 Light transports(buckets)
1 precise laser rifle

Puma
5 light machine gun

511 points


Right now im getting long range rifles and im gonna exchange them for the light machine guns.

Should i start going for spiders?

I haven't researched past puma lvls.
I haven't researched anything.

 

[Winters (MechHero)]

My first bit of advice would be to make sure you use all the weight capacity of your mechs, if you only load a Puma with 50 weight of equipment it is pretty inefficient.

For farming Bots (the slow growing accounts that produce Raptors with 5x LMG) I'd recommend:

Puma
1x Basic Metal Plating
4x LMG
2x Light Transport

Stick with target, target closest, never change targets. This should kill the Raptors with no damage to you and get your mech some nice XP.

Against other players, if they do not have long range weapons themselves then go with a long range sniper:

Puma
3x Precise Laser Rifle
1x Light Transport Platform

Keep maximum weapon distance, target closest, then either switch targets every turn if they have a lot of mechs, when escaping if they have about the same number of mechs, or switch when destroyed if they only have a few mechs.

Against players with long range weapons, you want a mech that can do well up close:

Puma
4x Light Laser

Either, stick with target (if only attacking long range snipers) or keep max distance (mixture of long and close range foes), targeting as per sniper above.

There are better options available, but they use more advance technologies. The above mechs should be able to cover most situations for now though!

EDIT: Spiders are well worth researching when you can, they are good for raiding and for fighting and very flexible in what you can have them do.

 

[raptor217]

I personally use a puma with 2 precise laser rifles and 1 medium transport.

And my spiders, when not attacking/defending have one ion pulse cannon, 1 ceramic plating, 1 e22, and 1 large transport.

 

[5starGeneralAlphaSnake]

Should i make my own stuff?
I would need to research things.

If so, what should i research?

 

[raptor217]

This thread says who makes what: http://edgegamers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=129156

Just send them a message in game about an order, then you will ship them the resources and they will ship you the equipment.

 

[5starGeneralAlphaSnake]

So im gonna go for spiders,iron pulse,ceramic,and e.22,with either med or heavy.

 

[raptor217]

The heavy transport is helpful in clearing out big cities, but all you have to build is the spider, which will take a while to research.

 

[5starGeneralAlphaSnake]

Right now im working on lvl 4 AI
And im building up my tech lab up to 12

 

[raptor217]

The robotic work shop is the heavy hitting one resource wise, but good luck!

 

[5starGeneralAlphaSnake]

Yeah, and it takes like 7 for lvl 4

 

[raptor217]

yeah, that one was a pain! At the moment my research tree is using mostly crystal and energy so tell me if you need some gas here and there. And don't forget, bring up your power plants, the spider tanks are power hogs.

 

[5starGeneralAlphaSnake]

Right now i have 10 10 11 10 power plants.

 

[raptor217]

Your going to want about +900 cells per hour to sustain 1 spider tank fully equipped.