First of all, you wont get a bot with 4 industrial slots. You will get a combat bot which is able to use only two mining modules.

Transport missions are good for fast gaining of reputation which helps in manufacturing, but if you dont have access to the free movement on beta island (neutral bots being destroyed without any warning) this have no future. So try mining, its profitable too. Just buy an Argano and do some mining missions to know where is what to mine and gain extra credits on it.

About EP: If you're going to mine you're gonna need a Termis, this mech requires lots of skills for comfortable and efficient operating. You need to train skills to increase your capacitor, recharge and skills which reducing power cost of your medium mining modules. And dont forget to train skills which unlock this Termis for use.

UPD: You can craft whatever you want even right now, like light bots or ammo, such thing allways on demand. You just need an example of what you're going to craft and a decoder. But you will lose many materials, so train skills to increase factory minerals efficiency and gain reputation doing mining or transport missions.

Good luck.

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I agree with that idea, but on all firearms. Medium firearms would be a great sloution to be balanced between mech sredding and light bots busting.

Well, I could agree with this guy that mechs and heavies should find a better use than just PvE and intrusions.

Lets quit measuring our e-pingases, shall we? Topic is not about it.

GLiMPSE wrote:

300? My gropho does 600 sad

Even better!

Container wrote:
Kristan Delorian wrote:

Just dont go around alone, assaults are good friends of mechs to fight against lights.

See?  You just made the argument.
Train months of EP, spend hours/days farming NIC.
For a bot that cannot go around alone.
The bot that gets not taken on roams.
Great.  Just great.
Train more so you can get in a more useless bot.

Excuse me, but do roaming gangs contains 1 player and other light bots are AI controled? I guess not. There is people in such gangs, not a single player. And this is MMORPG goddamit, it means to be cooperated with other players. This is not all about you walking around alone and pwning everythin whats moving. Its all about cooperation with other players. 1 light bot can suck a thumb if it walks alone and been catched by a mech which can shoot for 300(!!!) meters, far beyond locking range of this light bot. The only thing this bot can do is run for its life.

And so what if mech is slow? Light bots cant approach to it without a threat being shot or heavily damaged. Even I can shoot light bots being armed with !AUTOCANNONS! Beat that, crybaby.

I dont know why you're so upset about mechs. Mechs can shoot light bots too. 1vs1 light bot goes kaboom. Or you want to kill 5 light bots with 1 mech? This is kinda unbalanced and makes mechs uber. Cruisers in EvE are bad agains frigates too, but people keep using them, because there is much larger targets to shoot and be effective. But we dont have them right now. Mechs against mechs are rare combats for now. Just dont go around alone, assaults are good friends of mechs to fight agains lights.

I think we should make our own fun without Devs point where and how. We have all the possibilities.

And there should be one thing that all megacorps should be intrested in, like a new beta island, the superior one, with fortresses and such kind of stuff. The desired land worth fighting for and controlling it. I think there will be all bots who will fight for it, mechs, heavy mechs. Maybe there should be something what light bots cant handle, like stational turrets which can shoot them down, but mechs and heavies can destroy them. Good point to make mixed and balanced squads.

But Im afraid if that will happen, it wont be any soon. We must be patient or create events on our own and have fun of it.