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[BootHands]

What should I do with 15K GXP?

I'm torn between the following options:

Cap Accelerator - I'm that guy in the Spider who spends all game capping things and hoping his allies are good at stalling. I run from cap zone to cap zone at 150+ KPH, zig-zagging and laughing as missed PPC and Gauss shots smash into the ground around me.

Seismic Sensors - I've heard they are really good, but I've also heard they are getting nerfed. Not sure if I want to buy something with an uncertain future.

Buy everything at Elite level but Speed Tweak (I already have it) for my favorite mech - Self-explanatory.

Edited by BootHands, 07 June 2013 - 08:53 PM.

[Sephlock]

Don't use GXP for non GXP-exclusive things, you'll regret it in the long run.

In your case I'd suggest Cap accelerator, since that will be useful to you no matter what.

[One Medic Army]

Save it for things that can't be bought with mech XP, and I'd wait for modules a little longer, though Seismic will probably always be at least decent somewhere.

[Levi Porphyrogenitus]

I'm a big fan of seismic sensors, but if you don't do brawling they're a lower priority.

If you play lights much the capture module is a decent buy.

Do not spend GXP on things you can spend mech XP on, unless you have MC to burn. Today is a double-XP conversion weekend, so now would be the time to do it if you were going to at all.

[Sephlock]

One Medic Army, on 07 June 2013 - 09:04 PM, said:

though Seismic will probably always be at least decent somewhere.

Given PGI's record for nerfing things, I wouldn't be terribly surprised if it got nerfed into the dirt.

Still, I'm holding out hope...

[One Medic Army]

Sephlock, on 07 June 2013 - 09:11 PM, said:

Given PGI's record for nerfing things, I wouldn't be terribly surprised if it got nerfed into the dirt.

Still, I'm holding out hope...

So long as it lets you see some sort of mechs, where you cannot see them visually, it will be good in on River City.

[Spheroid]

Seismic, no brainer.

[Deathlike]

Seismic requires 17.5K GXP to be maximized... not 15k.

[John MatriX82]

I'm surprised no-one advices coolant flush.. 9 by 9 is pretty useful, imho should be the first consumable to take into consideration, although it shouldn't be unleashed every match or the earnings will get chopped down pretty fast.

Second mostly useful is the Seismic, but yes, knowing it will get nerfed it's better to wait.. but since the Op is a light user, maybe the Cap Accel is rather useful, probably even more than the cool shot.

And as anyone else told you NEVER employ GXP to level mechs. You'll regret that, this because GXP is the hardest thing to grind in the game, to level a mech you just need to use it; employ GXP to level mechs whenever you've got loads of it and that variant is so absolutely horrible..

[Bishop Steiner]

John MatriX82, on 07 June 2013 - 11:19 PM, said:

I'm surprised no-one advices coolant flush.. 9 by 9 is pretty useful, imho should be the first consumable to take into consideration, although it shouldn't be unleashed every match or the earnings will get chopped down pretty fast.

Second mostly useful is the Seismic, but yes, knowing it will get nerfed it's better to wait.. but since the Op is a light user, maybe the Cap Accel is rather useful, probably even more than the cool shot.

And as anyone else told you NEVER employ GXP to level mechs. You'll regret that, this because GXP is the hardest thing to grind in the game, to level a mech you just need to use it; employ GXP to level mechs whenever you've got loads of it and that variant is so absolutely horrible..

but I'm sitting on like 250K GXP.......

[John MatriX82]

Bishop Steiner, on 07 June 2013 - 11:28 PM, said:

but I'm sitting on like 250K GXP.......

I've 100k left too, but what if to unlock clan tech on is mechs we'll have to blow out thousands of GXP?

For those who keep playing since the main reset and have even the benefits of some premium time then GXP is easier, but from the perspective of a free player it's a pain to get.

Edited by John MatriX82, 08 June 2013 - 12:26 AM.