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[Yusuf Khan]

Thinking about taking advantage of this sale and get a hero mech for that extra C-Bill earning.

I have Cent AL / AH and wondering if YLW would count as one of the three variants for pilot skill purposes?

If not, should I just get Ilya, or is there other recommendable candidates?

[Ace Selin]

It will count to mastering the Centurian mechs and Yenlo is a good mech according to all who play Cents (not me)

Edited by Ace Selin, 05 June 2015 - 05:06 AM.

[Rogue Jedi]

the Yen Lo will count for mastering and is not a bad Mech, also the 30% cbill boost will be a huge help.

Its major downside is when you loose the AC20 arm you have very little firepower left, if you put in a standard engine it is very durable (like all Standard engine Cents)

as for what does and does not count, the variants with a letter in brackets behind its variant is counted as the same as a standard variant with no brackets , so anything with an (C), (F), (G), (I), (L), (P), ® or (S) at the end of the model number count as the same variant as the standard version but as heroes all have a unique variant designation they count as there own model

Edited by Rogue Jedi, 05 June 2015 - 05:35 AM.

[Yusuf Khan]

Thanks for the replies, guys.
How would you rate YLW amongst the Hero Mechs (esp. ones on sale right now)? One of the stronger ones?

[Ace Selin]

Out of the sale mechs definitely one of the better ones and one of the better heroes all up.

Only other hero on sale i would get other than the Yenlo would be the Oxide.
Some like the Ilya (low slung arms though) & X5 or TDK for light mechs.

[Rogue Jedi]

my opinion is that the Illya is the best of the heroes currently on sale, as someone who usualy prefers fast Light Mechs I rate the Yen Lo Wang as the second best Mech in this sale, with the X5 in third.

The FS9-E is my all time favorite Hero Mech, unfortunately it is not in the sale this week

[Erghiez06]

Ilya is amazing.. For this sale I've purchased the Yenlow, the Ilya and the X5. All are pretty good. So far I am enjoying the Cicada platform for the most, but that Ilya is an amazing platform.

Centurion pilots swear up and down that the Cents are good. Maybe I'm just terribad, but I remain unconvinced. I like the Yen-Lo-Wang, but I feel as if it has a bit of a learning curve or only comes into it's own once you are pretty deep into the CN9 mastery. On its own it feels a little weak. The X5 and the Ilya for instance are strong right out of the gates.

Both screenshots are my first time with the X5 and Ilya. I wouldn't even consider myself a halfway decent player, but these two are fun and effective. I havent bothered taking a screenshot with my Yen Lo Wang. Not that the platform isn't good, just that I can't seem to use it appropriately.