WildVector, on 23 April 2016 - 08:01 AM, said:
DON'T RUSH a triple purchase JUST to master a single chassis type, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ONLY HAVE 4 MECH BAYS.
It can be pretty boring to be stuck with a single game play type AND not being able to have fun.
Also a very simple manner of having diversity, fun and training all at once is investing in a chassis with different quirks. Example the Jaeger A, you can either go ballistic or missiles or both (with high bonuses) xD
Also that Ebon Jaguar is a very intuitive and affordable first mech, I can't recommend it enough.
I myself enjoy 'mobile turrets' and medium-long range peaking so I got a Blackjack, then a Jaeger, then my beloved Urban and finally a Stalker (different weights of the same concept). But that suited my play style like a charm.
Eventually those 4 made me hyped enough that i got a full resistance 2 pack and some special clan to test, Hunchback 2c, triple ams kitty fox, etc.
What I'm trying to pass here, is that you don't need to force/limit yourself to fully master a single chassis type and lose the fun and diversity of the game because of a mere 5-10% overall upgrade IF you do master it fully. There's more to the game in mean time than that.
My hardcore c-bill farmer is currently a LRM15 Mauler.. 1200-1400 damage on good matches and 450 damage on matches where I'm rushed and lose the match.. it's ideal for high latency games like when i partner with european friends.
There isn't a single way to play this game, so i suggest you try to have the most fun as possible and remember to ALWAYS tweaking the recommended builds to your preference.

NOT gonna bash this at all, but rather give it a LIKE.
It underscores the reason that trial mechs exist in the first place. They're there for you to TRY. See what you like, what grabs you by the short-n-curlies. Now, it USED TO BE that the trials were all stock configurations, and those were almost universally AWFUL. But now we have the Champion mechs that are all built to a configuration that was proposed by community members and voted on, and they're usually decent builds. Some are even, dare I say, REALLY GOOD. Give 'em a whirl.
The problem THEY run into, is that you can only trial ONE build on a given chassis through the trial mech system. And most likely, those builds aren't going to change. Might not even be on the chassis you want to try out (JR7-F(C) is the one Jenner with NO missile hard points, for instance). At the minimum, though, you'll get an idea of what the chassis is capable of, what it's strengths and weaknesses are, and you can decide from there and the abundance of opinion on the internet, whether it's right for you.
SOLID advice above, @WildVector.