I can't get past the initial connecting to server screen (this is desktop app on PC). Anyone else having a problem?
Fixed now so I've done the portal. Would have been VERY annoyed if I'd missed out on that one!
You have a Nightmare - upgrade that and replace the Battery Armour with it once it's boosted enough. Then you'll have weight advantage and can install resistance etc.
I fooded a Sorrow once and almost immediately regretted it. I was about to food a Swoop until someone in Arena said "Yr drone is meta now. You shld max it", so I did (thanks to that guy). I keep getting Claw, and tend to food it, because I have a couple of them maxed already.
I just got two in three goes on OD8 insane, after not getting anything for two days. It's just randomness. Got a Piercing Fox in one of them, which is the most worthwhile drop from a fortune box I've had in weeks.
With all due respect, I made rank 7 with no premium modules in any of my mechs, and a Nightmare as my lead mech's torso. Of course, if you are lucky enough to get X, Y or Z top notch item drop for you, that's what you're going to work with. But this a guy at rank 20 wanting to get some progress with what he can get.
TLDR - You might want to think about moderating that de haut en bas tone.
If you're rank 20, go for Nightmare as your torso, and max it. It's a very decent torso, and you can max it pretty quickly - it's light so you have weight to stack up some heat modules. It should drop from mix boxes as a common or rare. Or if you're building a pure energy mech, go for Naga if it drops for you.