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[eminus]

do you have a suggestion on which engine to buy? by that which engine is mostly used in builds?

IS/CLAN
Light: ?
Medium: ?
Heavy:?
Assault:?

[The6thMessenger]

XL270, XL280, and XL285.

It's used with my Shadow Hawks, Warhammers, Roughnecks.

XL170 for urbie, the upgrade for XL180 isn't worth it unless you need space for DHS. Also XL145 for heavy ballistic Urbies.

Edited by The6thMessenger, 10 January 2019 - 07:01 PM.

[Angel of Annihilation]

The 300 engine is by far the most commonly used. I think probably half my mechs use size 300 so you can't go wrong buying a few 300 std, 300 LFE and Clan 300XL. Other commonly good engines are size 280 which is the same weight as a 275. Size 325 and 350 also a good option as many of my Assaults run these sizes. Size 250 is also a decent bet as I got quite a few mechs built with 250s as well.

As for types for general purpose usage I would only by Clan XL and IS LFE engines for the most part with the one exception being the 300 which I do occasionally find good usages for the standard version of that engine size.

Oh yeah, for IS lights and some IS mediums, IS XL engines make sense.

Edited by Angel of Annihilation, 10 January 2019 - 07:04 PM.

[GeminiWolf]

eminus, on 10 January 2019 - 06:52 PM, said:

do you have a suggestion on which engine to buy? by that which engine is mostly used in builds?

IS/CLAN
Light: ?
Medium: ?
Heavy:?
Assault:?

It completely Depends on the mech

[WrathOfDeadguy]

XL/C-XL 255, 280, 300, 325, 350.

LFE 250, 280, 300, 325, 350.

All of the above are engines you will find useful in lots of builds. Ratings below 250 are only of limited use in 'Mechs with sub-250 caps (or for troll builds), and any rating between the ones listed above are likely to only be of use in a handful of builds as well. Those are good starting points for builds, because they're either at the heat sink breakpoints, or one rating up where the next rating is the same tonnage as the breakpoint engine. You could probably also throw in the 200 and 225 ratings, and 170/180 for the 20-tonners... but at that point, you're spending less than 2m cbills on the engine anyway. You'll want to prioritize the ones that cost the most, to maximize your savings.

STD... don't bother, they're already cheap. Spend the cbills on the expensive engines while they're cheaper.

Edited by WrathOfDeadguy, 10 January 2019 - 07:28 PM.

[Angel of Annihilation]

GeminiWolf, on 10 January 2019 - 07:04 PM, said:

It completely Depends on the mech

This is true but I am assuming he wants to know which engines are the best when you want to stock up but don't know which engines you might need. I mean I honestly have at least 50 mechs running a size 300 and maybe 30 more running a 325 and probably at least a couple dozen with 280s in them. Point is, there are some engine sizes that are very, very commonly used or function very well as a starting point upon which to base your build around.

[Y E O N N E]

STD: 280, 300, 325

LFE: 225, 265, 280, 300, 325, 350

XL: 225, 255, 265, 280, 300, 325, 350, and get at least one 375

Edited by Y E O N N E, 10 January 2019 - 08:30 PM.

[justcallme A S H]

Y E O N N E, on 10 January 2019 - 07:41 PM, said:

STD: 280, 300, 325

LFE: 225, 265, 280, 300, 325, 350[/size][/font][/left]

XL: 225, 255, 265, 280, 300, 325, 350, and get at least one 375

^ This.

Buying 3-4 of each when I get on next. Happy days.

[Y E O N N E]

If you're Clan and play Lights, you'll also probably want an XL 170s for the Piranha 1. For IS, XL 180 and 170 for Locust and Flea, respectively.

[C H E E K I E Z]

Finally something semi-decent to drop a bunch of cbills on

[Teenage Mutant Ninja Urbie]

when also playing IS, I suggest you go for the LFEs first and foremost;
LFE280 and 300 being used most often imo.

when you buy a couple of mechs, you get many standard and/or xl-engines anyway; LFEs are rather uncommon on the lore-builds (aka the mechs you buy) we got atm, so go for them if you wanna stockpile.

in the end however, if you need a specific engine -now-, just go for that one. a running mech you like, build the way you like, is more worth than 2-3 mechs in the dustbin

Edited by Teenage Mutant Ninja Urbie, 11 January 2019 - 02:33 AM.

[ShiverMeRivets]

Perfect timing.
I need an LFE375 and blew away a ton of c-bills on recent mech sales that needed a lot of engine upgrades.
Good thing I waited with this one.
Maybe get XL400 for some LOL builds...

[Burning2nd]

who needs engines still?

[arcana75]

Burning2nd, on 11 January 2019 - 02:59 AM, said:

who needs engines still?

Count me as one.

[Jonathan8883]

I'm not sure I need anything. I have a couple of spare LFE 280s and 300s, and of course plenty of Stds. I don't use XLs much.

[LordNothing]

i find it amusing that pgi decides to do an unprecedented engine sale mere days after i just bought a bunch of engines. but its no big deal because i have way more engines than mechs, covering most engine ratings and all engine types. i do still need to fill in some gaps at the smaller end of clan xl engine spectrum, but there aren't a whole lot of mechs that can use them.

Edited by LordNothing, 11 January 2019 - 06:31 AM.

[NRP]

I wish the mechlab showed all of the engines you own, and which mech the engine is installed in. I think the Inventory only shows engines that aren't equipped. Makes it hard to find equipment when you have hundreds of mechs.

[process]

280, 300, and maybe just me, 330.

[LordNothing]

NRP, on 11 January 2019 - 06:50 AM, said:

I wish the mechlab showed all of the engines you own, and which mech the engine is installed in. I think the Inventory only shows engines that aren't equipped. Makes it hard to find equipment when you have hundreds of mechs.

i used to keep spreadsheets for this but they are horribly out of date.

[Belkor]

Is there really no way to mass buy engines? Sitting on 800 million cbills to drop on some engines.