Bishop Steiner, on 07 November 2012 - 05:53 AM, said:
Not true, but it is very build specific, and Endo is going to be the better choice 99% of the time. An example of Ferro being useful is when you are at max tonnage for class, and still have internals, but your armor is not maxed out. Now you can "buff" your armor. It IS more expensive to fix, but sometimes that extra few points is the difference between failure and victory.
Also in many 50 ton or lighter chassis, it is feasible to use BOTH, as most can't come close to filling all their crit slots (The exception being the popular CheezeBack laser variants, that need all the DHS or HS loving they can get. Darn, no free lunch for an annoying build.)
I Run a CN9-D with Endo, Ferro, DHS AND and XL engine. Mostly for the lulz, but it still has space to pack a Gauss Rifle w/3 tons of ammo and 2 medium pulse lasers (ala 3050 Yen-Lo-Wang). Fast and tough, has taken it's fair share of Atlases. On the downside, the critter ain't cheap, nor cheap to refit between matches, but I am still making money, not losing, so I ain't complaining.
Might drop the Ferro and the Gauss for a pair of Artemis equipped 6 packs tho... and a bigger engine! XD
Well okay, admittedly yes, for the smaller mechs who do indeed have the extra crit spaces, the upgrade is not a bad one, if you can afford the repair bill (most of us that are parts of premades will discover what we are truly made of once they fix the matchmaking system, and find out if we really can afford the upgrades, as opposed to what we've been doing for months and steamrolling other teams for target practice... yes, it is boring as hell, despite the common thought that we actually -enjoy- fighting PUG teams, because honestly we don't, at least not us in the Jade Falcon 5th Battle Cluster, we'd prefer real matches against real teams... no offense to the PUGs.) So I do concede the fact, as I have previously, that Ferro is not a bad choice if you can afford the repairs, and have the spare crit slots, but that is generally limited to your lighter mechs.