After the appearance of the Guardian super class mech, which
exceeded the 100 tons that seemed to be the ceiling of the highest technology,
we suffered an obvious shortage of equipment.
Some manufacturers were able to adapt some large pieces to
be used in the Guardian, but because they were pieces of great rarity, only
available in the Mystery Vortex, for the majority of pilots did not offer a
reasonable opportunity to equip the newly acquired guardians.
THE JOKE
Finally, the first pieces of equipment are seeing the light,
but to the great surprise of this pilot who writes these lines, they are not
only a disappointment, but a real fiasco or a bad joke.
Let's see:
CYCLOTRON CONTROLS
To be a cockpit module based on niode technology, it is by
far the worst in its class among which we could acquire for any mech above 80
tons.
PROS:
+ Decent increase in projectile damage by 4%
+ Good increase to ability to double damage 2x Damage 6%
And here are the advantages, now the drawbacks:
CONS:
- Very LOW precision, considering that it is an elite
cockpit. Only 4 prec is almost a joke that discourages the acquisition of this
module.
- Vulnerability to laser 3%. This vulnerability to one of
the most common weapons, and particularly lethal if equipped when fighting
against a Fext, is a really annoying tare, we repeat, when it is a piece of
niodes.
CONCLUSION:
Although the increase to damage is decent, the flaws are
sufficiently negative to be of no interest to acquire this piece, which also
has a very high price in niodes, considering what it provides.
INCREMENTAL PANEL
Well, the same ridiculous precision for this crystal cockpit
module. Again, we face a piece of low quality, even if it is possible to equip
it in a guardian's body.
PROS:
+ Reasonable increase to damage (2x Damage 4%)
+ Something of freeze, which never goes wrong (3%)
CONS:
- Low precision (4)
- Laser vulnerability 3% as with its counterpart of Niobium,
this is crap.
- Ice vulnerability 5%. If the laser vulnerability already
advised against this piece, the vulnerability to cold so brutal make it easy
prey of any Boreas.
OOM MODULE
Another "pearl" of some lazy engineer or caused by
a so early half developed research.
The lower speed seen in a propulsion module, a small boost
and vulnerability, make this piece somewhat suitable for junkyard.
PROS: ... Any?
CONS:
- Low speed (only +3)
- Low ballistic improvement (a little 2% of double damage
that does not justify the acquisition)
- Vulnerability to projectiles ... No thanks.
ANZU RUN
Enter the world of 105 tons a funny classic of pieces that I
would never equip.
In the first year of academy for mech pilots, you realize
that equipping Kickback is an idea only suited for madmen who are
self-mutilating or aiming for suicide.
Normally, the kickback flaw, comes from a power imbalance in
the pieces offering a high power, but this is not the case.
PROS:
+ With +8 speed, we get a speed slightly higher than normal
in a piece of glass technology
+ Decent increase in laser weapon damage (+ 5%)
CONS:
- That increase of laser is not very effective, because the
natural build of a Guardian does not contemplate them, reason why it loses
synergy.
- Kickback 20% self-inflicted 20% of damage done. A price
too high to get that speed that is far from extraordinary, unless you were
aiming to help your opponent to defeat yourself.
Yes, decent speed and interesting boost to laser, but at a
so high cost.
LAST CONCLUSIONS:
Given the many expectations and hopes placed on the Mechs
engineers, and in view of the results obtained, I believe that I will continue
to wait for decent quality equipment to appear before investing resources in
pieces that instead of improving the Guardian seem designed to sabotage it.
If it is not possible to acquire decent equipment more than
Mystery Vortex, then I will wait patiently for the day to come when I can
complete the equipment needed for my Guardians, who aside my Excalibur, the
first of the four Guardians I received and that is fully upgraded, are also in
a long process of upgrading.
In the while time, I will continue to use the traditional
BFM Of 100 tons, that have enough equipment to make them faithful companions of
battle.