How To Buy A Mech

That can be a bit of a tricky question. Some people recommend saving up until you have enough to both buy and fully outfit your first mech. I imagine that is so you really enjoy it when you start using it because it'll be a massive difference.

I personally have always just bought the mech when I had the cbills to start grinding the xp and just upgraded as I went, gradually getting better and better performance out of it.

Something else to note is that if you decide you want to buy one of the trial mechs, you gain the xp for it by using it before you even buy it. This might be pretty nice when it comes to the new trial dragon which is a custom build, should be decent to run and pretty fun also. I might even go so far as to recommend buying one of the variants of a trial just to take advantage of that extra xp you get from running it as a trial, if any of the trials happen to appeal to you.

Duar8, on 01 April 2013 - 09:49 PM, said:

Is MC needed to buy a Mech?
In other words, can I not purchase a mech if I don't spend real money on the game.

Always check for previous answers whenever possible.

is not needed.

the in-game currency earned by playing is the main method for buying mechs.

Below is how to buy mechs. Complete with pictures. And links to other helpful things.

Koniving, on 30 March 2013 - 10:39 AM, said:

Okay, let me break this down as someone who types more than 5 words.

In terms of lore, low ranked soldiers are loaned mechs by the house or company they work for. MWO refers to them as Trial Mechs. These are stock, lore-friendly, table top builds. Typically these builds have the idea you'd fire maybe twice in a ten second window. In reality most people shoot a lot more -- so the heat is bad on almost all of them.

That said, cbills are the in-game currency earned for playing. Capturing bases in conquest, killing enemies, spotting enemies with the R key (tap and a square appears) and holding the target until from an ally LRMs hit that target, and various other actions will provide you with cash based on how you perform.

You would use the trial mechs to play the game for now. There's a "Cadet Bonus" that pumps you full of insane amounts of cash so that by the time you have 25 matches you'll have enough to buy almost any mech within an 8 million cbill window. From there you can keep playing with the trials or jump up to buying your own. Some tend to buy a medium mech long before then.

Cbills have the

symbol next to it. Two numbers to the left of "Social" on the bottom right.

It is important to note that on these forums, any picture can be enlarged by clicking on it.

When you are ready to purchase your own mech, look at the mech lab, as shown above. See where it says "Owned Mechs"? You click on that first. You'll see an empty space as shown next to the JR7-F and Raven 3-L, it reads "Buy Mech."

Click on that. You'll see this next screen. I went ahead and selected the most recommended mech for new players that want to start out feeling great.

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As you can see on the right, it says I do not have enough

to make this purchase. When you have enough, you want to click "Buy CB."

Before you ask,

is a form of real money for those of us too impatient to grind for cbills. Personally I say use

for premium time or "Hero mechs", which are just a unique variant not available for cbills. Some are good, some not so good. It depends on how you play.

is also required to have more than 4 mech bays. You can probably tell I have a lot. Using

supports the game and the people making it. However it is never necessary to pay in order to play. All weapons are available for

.

If you do get the Hunchback 4SP, then as soon as possible I recommend upgrading to double heat sinks, and getting a standard 260 engine inside of it. There is little need to change its weapons unless you feel like experimenting. Some swap the SRMs (Short Range Missiles) for LRMs (Long Range Missiles) or Streak SRMs (Homing short range missiles). But other than that, changes are rare except for the occasional cannon-happy PPC (Particle Projection Cannon) user.

This last picture showcases the mechlab. (Note: I no longer have a 4SP; I maxed it out very easily, got over 100,000 XP with it after Mastering it, and eventually discarded it because matches were too easy with it. What you see below is a Hunchback 4J, as I haven't maxed it out yet.)
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I recommend watching the tutorial for mech lab to learn how to build your mech. It and many other training videos can be found here. http://mwomercs.com/...raining-grounds

Lots of advice on combat can be found within this thread, to include lots of video, text, etc.
http://mwomercs.com/...some-questions/

Once you have your own mech and have made changes to it, you may want to take a look at this link. It also has pictures, and tells you a bit about how to set weapon groups, some control changes you might want to look into, as well as some basics on weapon ranges and hud elements.

http://mwomercs.com/...09#entry2168909

Edited by Koniving, 02 April 2013 - 01:13 PM.

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