Right.
Lots of complaints from the crowded masses about how hard the raids are.
It's a fight, not a charity giveaway.
So lets go through some raid basics. Again.
The raids are hard. They are supposed to be. Its potentially the biggest prize pack there is in the game, and with a bit of luck you can come out with more booty than you can shake a stick at.
What they aren't, are PvP fights against a human opponent. You don't need balance and longevity in your mechs for a protracted fight; you need to disable or kill fast because the enemy is bigger than you, nastier than you and far far stupider than you.
Freeze is your friend, slow is your next best friend, but crit kill is what you want to... proverbially speaking, get in the sack.
And your best, most easily available weapon to do this with is the humble but ever popular Galaxy Eye.
There is a reason why such a low level weapon is theoretically restricted to 20 per pilot. Pound for pound, it is in my opinion, the best weapon in the game.
By the book, it has a cost of 28 Niodes, 465 Ferite and 217 Bioptics, or 112 Niodes for a 5 pack. Not that you can buy them anymore. In most cases though, you will have been collecting them from prize drops in missions or stripping them from mechs such as the Smilodon where they come in as standard.And what do you get for... well, in most cases, free?
43 Damage, which while under-powered at highest levels, is still better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. Speed rating of 105, which is way up the top end of the laser range.
Slow of 10 and crit kill chance of 10%. Two of the attributes we are after for a raid weapon, and they aren't exactly low values either. If you were trying to get crit kill in the sack, you just got yourself a free threesome.
OK, I admit its not the most pretty weapon you will ever see. Let's be honest, it looks like somebody is attempting to illuminate a cat's bum with a neon green flashlight (and it didn't help matters any when the Heroes head tech Q decided to remind me of the fact when he mounted one on my command Smilodon in, for want of a better phrase, a rearward firing position). It may be the feline equivalent of a blue moon, but that doesn't detract from what a brilliantly versatile keeper that this weapon is.
How much more do I have to say? You should never ever under any circumstance sell these off, no matter how hard pressed you are for niodes. There will always be something else that comes along. There will always be a formation in your lineup that these are useful in. There will always be a mech that you realise has a stupidly high crit kill that these can fit onto.
There will always be another raid. Go get some big nasties.
Submitted by David McCallum #701548