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[Creamcorn]

Our stat gain should be something that helps us blow stuff up or make more money.

[Akigagak]

Our stat gain should be something that helps us blow stuff up or make more money.

Blowing stuff up is how we make all of our money.

[Frumple]

Our stat gain should be something that helps us blow stuff up or make more money.

That'd be reflexes, perception (if they're usin' big guns or missiles), craft (snipin' an' salvaging), or charm (Better prices from everywhere.).

I'd probably say moar reflexes. Can never really have enough of 'em (well, at least until you're in the mid-upper twenties. Then you can probably let it slide.). Makes yeh harder to hit and hit harder with th'smaller guns.

[Josephus]

I still wanna see Lava Shark one-shot an entire mecha with just his sword again.

[Jack A T]

I still wanna see Lava Shark one-shot an entire mecha with just his sword again.

Not likely to happen.  That mecha was destroyed a couple updates ago.

[Jack A T]

Great.  Reflexes for everyone (1000 xp for the second increase of a specific stat, instead of 500), and I'm giving Revy her first new trait: Polymath. Polymath allows Revy to have 3 more skills without having to spend extra XP, which is quite useful.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Revy goes for Awesome Rewards, and is told to go off to Athera Spinner.

Revy: Art?  Culture?  Sounds valuable!

...what.  Revy?  Promoted?  Let's see, Revy:
*Destroyed 2 merchant ships
*Killed many police officers
*Is hunted by every cop in the known world
...Obviously worth a promotion.  TO THELES!

And there.  Revy's now a Corporal.

Revy: ...My own parents hate me now.  My own parents.  MY OWN PARENTS.
Lava Shark: Everybody hates you now, you're a mass murderer!
Revy: Shut up.  We're going to Athera.  Now.


Revy: Give me the details.
Riscuxda: Odd sensor readings outside, blow them up, you'll be paid.  Go to the Council Office.

Revy: You look like you could use some help
Esja: NO.

Revy: ...Look.  You're not a superhero.  Stop wearing that ridiculous costume.
Obvvos: But I like wearing this.
Revy: It's ridiculous.
Obvvos: Shut up, I'm leaving, my lance will stop you, EVILDOER!

Two policemen end up dead, as Revy wins yet another battle.

Cue explosions.

Revy: Oh great, this again!?!

This was, luckily, a lot shorter than last time.

We find a mercenary who goes by the name of Ufsiki and our foe Odbgu.  Odbgu runs, we fight Ufsiki.

It goes...badly.


Revy: HELL YEAH LANCEMATE!
Riscuxda: Cesena Spinner.

That...sucked.  No real choices at the moment.

[USEC_OFFICER]

Twiddle thumbs?

[Akigagak]

How much cash does Revy have? Enough for a new mech?

[Jack A T]

How much cash does Revy have? Enough for a new mech?

Not a good one, but her current one's still usable.  Repair costs were somehow less than the average mission's restocking cost.

[Boksi]

Heh, I've been playing as well. I have a freaking Zero Savin and my lancemate has a heavily customized Heavy Vadel. She also has 17 speed so she's way more deadly than I am, simply because she can fire more weapons in the same time frame than I.

Spoiler: I'm up to chapter 9 (click to show/hide)

I don't suppose anyone has any customization tips for the Savin?

[Jack A T]

IF YOU HAVE NOT READ UPDATE 11 YET, READ IT.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Revy: Another group of heroic protectors of peace...ugh...
Lava Shark: You know, if you had no-
Revy: Shut.  Up.


Revy: Whatcha offering?
Megomyju: Get me my datachip back, and I'll give you an assistant.  And money.
Revy: Sounds good to me.
Megomyju: Good.  Some raiders want it too, blow them up.

Revy: ...
Mesxe: She's my enemy too.  Prove yourself worthy to work with me, and I'll help you fight her.
Revy: Let me guess: duel.
Mesxe: No, blow up some raiders.

Revy: Oh.  Hi.

Revy: Something like that.
Odbgu: How about a little contest?  Whoever gets the datachip wins.
Revy: Sounds fun to me.

Yes, Odbgu likes Revy more than her own parents do.  That's probably not a good sign.

Lava Shark: ...what.

And so Revy loots the wreckage and sciences the map.  No, seriously, she sciences the map, allowing her to find X.

Ladies and gentlemen, dungeon crawl time.  Luckily, Revy has a gun.  For that matter, so does Lava Shark.  Unfortunately, the dungeon was crawling with huge things that had a habit of killing Revy in one shot, but the datachip was right beside the entrance anyway, so it was a victory.

Revy: One datachip, mint condition.  Except for the scratch marks.  And the blood.  And the acid.
Megomyju: Oh well.  Mission successful, have an ally.

Goimosf: Actually, there's no room in the lance.
Revy: Oh.  Go away, Lava Shark.

(Goimosf's mecha is far, far better, anyway)
Revy: Now, where's Odbgu?
Megomyju: Xianzai.

We need a new lancemate name!  And mecha colours!

[EuchreJack]

I'd name your new lancemate "Loserfish" and dump her for the rest of the game.  After taking her mecha, of course.  Lousy stats for mecha combat.  She's a brawler in personal scale combat, though.

[Blaze]

You might want to hold off on dismissing her just yet; there's probably going to be another inevitable dungeon crawl later. I believe you can kick her out and call her back in later though.

I don't suppose anyone has any customization tips for the Savin?

The default Zero Savin is loaded down with two separate loadouts, energy and projectile, which makes it really heavy.

I usually go with projectile, since it comes with craploads of missiles and its breaker cannon is really but it also has several batteries and that class 7 engine which makes energy weapons (and their low weight) really attractive as well (And less expensive in the long run, but by now I'm sure money isn't that big a problem). The problem with energy weapons is their overload level, and since the Savin isn't equipped with a High Performance engine it tends to suffer after firing those high DC lasers.

If you go projectile, rip out the batteries and combat lasers, take the machine gun out of your arm armor and mount some weapons with longer range like a Heavy railgun or Heavy gauss Rifle. With enough skill, you'll blow the living bejeesus out of enemies before they even get close. Whether to keep the vulcan interceptor and the extra sensor in your body depends personal preference.

I usually install some extra arc thrusters in the empty slots, but since it affects your MV and TR as well, try not to fill out every single slot out there. On the other hand, I ripped the two nuclear missiles out of a gigas and mounted both of them. They weigh 8.5 tons and only have a single shot each. But 8.0 of that weight is in the missiles which usually rip apart most enemy mecha before they get in firing range. It depends on whether you want the salvage and whether you have the money to pay to reload the damn things though.

Uninstall the target speed compensator  +1, you can head to Cesena Spinner and find a nice target speed compensator +2 or TR+2 program. Maybe toss in a long range scanner if you manage to find one.

Note: Most H. Gauss Rifles are SPD 1, but the Fortress Savin has a pair of SPD 2 versions. H. Rail guns weigh 10 tons fully loaded, but an overkill savin carries a pair that weigh a bit more than half of that.

[techno65535]

Grey Goggles. And her mech should be Grey and lime green.

[Jack A T]

So, um, any more suggestions?  There will be an update tomorrow.