Love a clickathon!
Oh yes, I mean I know the plebian masses want more for free, but I'm not like that.
I admit that I certainly take umbrage when certain clan mates are constantly delivering a stim pack and feel that something should be said, but I put that down to their inate stinginess rather than any issue with the system itself.
And yes, there is much to be said about getting a mech and I do feel sorry for those who don't strike lucky in that manner.
But the thing that really excites me, the thing that makes me go 'OOOOH!' is when I get a delivery of something nice, something I've had my eye on but is maybe the wrong tonnage, the stuff that you could do with loads of but can't justify the cost because it doesn't fit in your main attack formation.
Take the Scrub Grub.
Love a Scrub Grub!
Now admittedly I got mine for free, but they would normally cost 331 Ferrite, 168 Bioptics and 19 Niodes for an engine that cranks out 19 speed. More importantly, the magnetic flux from the capacitance modules accelerates any ferrous projectile slugs to give an increase of 3 percentiles points to damage output and can cause a sideways deflection that gives an 8% chance of fork.
Comparatively speaking, and bearing in mind this is clearly Beta class mech range, its only a 5% speed decrease off the flat out Wankel Rotarys, Radiums or Gargons. And those extra little bonuses make it such a useful addition.
At lower levels damage bonuses like that are a very nice addition, but the fact is that thaose low level mechs will be with you for a lifetime as they become specialist formations.
And it is at those higher levels, in the fast hard fights of with high damage ouput weaponry when if you get hit then you are dead, that is the point when getting overlap and multiple kills becomes almost a necessity for survival. That forking weaponry could well mean the difference between victory and loss, life and death.
Just imagine a few of these on something like a Novum in a light tonnage fight.
Submitted by David McCallum #701548