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[caseysrevenge]

Does any one know how the game decides to give a mech as loot ????
I have a lot of games where i win i can't choose a mech, because there is'nt one in the list ,only weapons and ammo ???
Is it the same as in Battletech ??? where you have to get 3 parts to get a mech ???
Legs gone is 2 parts , headshot 3 parts ,mech blow up 1part ???

[FRAGTAST1C]

You get entire mech as a salvage but it takes a great portion of your negotiated salvage share number. There's no partial mech salvage anymore.

As for seeing the mech itself in the salvage table, there's a % based on how it was destroyed. Headshots give it a greater % to show up while CT destruction lowers it and if the mech explodes, then there's an even lesser chance of showing up in the salvage screen.

As for the actual %, I don't have any idea. That said, I've seen some mechs show up in the loot despite having its fusion reactor blowing up.

[Aidan Crenshaw]

Don't leg if you want to salvage. Here's some chances hovering through the ether:
Killed by Headshot: 95%
Killed through CT: 25%
Killed by Legging: 10% (Keeps alive most of the weapons, though)

[Planedev]

There is a mod that increases the chance to salvage legged mechs and I think its more realistic

[Vellron2005]

In my experience, the chance of getting a mech in the salvage screen greatly reduce if you crit-out the mech's CT.

Headshotting and taking out the legs increase this chance, but you can still not get the mech.

[caseysrevenge]

Thing is you have to kill a lot of mechs before you can salvage some to the point of ridiclous much.Would be nice they give us the why and how to farm mechs.

[caseysrevenge]

Finally found something it seems the game calculates it as follows.

• Legged: 10% base (6% overall)
  
• Cored: 25% base (15% overall)
  
• Headshot: 95% base (57% overall)