Tigergeezer

It's very good in a hugger build with high HP.  It's OK in the build you've got, but a magma recoiler or flaming hammer might actually do you better in the short to medium term until you've got the inventory to make the best build (such as a no-en heat build)..  

Real food for thought there, Bland.  Not on topic, but since you have a bit of a knack for analysis, what's your view on introducing a way of fusing transformation relics, so, just for example, you fuse them to make the rank above in the same ratio as fusing items.  So two commons to a rare, three rares to make an epic, four epics to make a legendary.  Worth consideration, or just not a runner?  Having a zillion common and rare relics sitting doing nothing bugs me a little, but maybe it's just something to shrug and live with.

I'm actually a regular that comes and goes all the time. I'm just using an alt account would like to refresh my image in the community as someone with sense and reasoning.
Um, that's something that a lot of people have considered in past times. I'll give you my opinion on it tomorrow as a new thread. It's incredibly complicated.

Real food for thought there, Bland.  Not on topic, but since you have a bit of a knack for analysis, what's your view on introducing a way of fusing transformation relics, so, just for example, you fuse them to make the rank above in the same ratio as fusing items.  So two commons to a rare, three rares to make an epic, four epics to make a legendary.  Worth consideration, or just not a runner?  Having a zillion common and rare relics sitting doing nothing bugs me a little, but maybe it's just something to shrug and live with.

It's honestly kind of entertaining how no one can talk about trading without getting worked up.
Short opinion: No
Long opinion: Meh
Trading is a good idea, but it's overshadowed by many alternatives. I'm not even gonna try to cover those, but this game has too many issues and not enough depth to consider something so useful.
Supermechs is a grind game, trading reduces grind by as much as multiple years.
I have yet to figure out the psychology of Supermechs, and how anyone, (including me) gets entertainment out of letting a bot automatically run the same mission over and over again. I have a few working theories, but I'll save those for the future.
Trading can be balanced, no matter how broken it may seem, but in order to even consider it, there would have to be numerous improvements to the game, added depth, better progression, etc. Once the game is polished up and everyone genuinely enjoys hopping on to watch ads and grind for visible progression, THEN, AND ONLY THEN can the community as a whole have the chance to take a look at the entire SM economy and say "eh, why trade? we have a bunch of other options".
It would take at least a year, with a full-time working balance team with clear and accurate communication with the community to figure out how to balance trading.  Right now, Alexander is the only dev, and trying to figure out how to add such an unnecessary feature would take his entire life and probably destroy his relationship with the community. 
In short, trading is a decent but silly idea that all low-level players ask at some point during their playthrough in order to get something they want because they're too impatient to waste precious hours of their life  letting a bot run the game for them.
The game, and the community, has mainly been in shambles for the past few years, and in order to fix that, we have to stop making silly posts like this, and help SM grow. I would like everyone who has commented in this thread to think about something that needs to be fixed, changed, or improved and make a post about that instead of arguing over something so daunting that it will never get accomplished anyway.

Generally speaking, I think that your opinion shouldn't count unless you are R9 or higher, or actually have a Purifier that you use.
I don't think even a fourth of this thread's commentators actually own a Purifier, and probably haven't  even played against one. I would like you all to bear in mind that Purifier is a light, energy-free weapon WITH NO HEAT COST. It's lack of disadvantages are what makes it a premium weapon.
But just because it has few cons doesn't mean it is a strong item, you could, at most, get MAYBE 580 damage with it if your opponent had like -60 phys res. I would love to see a Purifier meta for the sole reason that it is fun to use. I think the only change needed is unlimited uses. It's meant to be annoying and hard to deal with, not a high-DPT item. 

Jokes obviously aren't allowed for you.  Censorious balderdash, matey.  Now gfgfhgfgrjherghe, there's a good clampdowner.

Base haters gonna base hate, I guess.  But just so the discussion is informed, I recall that it took about six weeks to get the base to four gold mines and two factories, one factory producing power kits, and I've never looked back.  I am now maxing my inventory at the rate of three items to maxed mythical every couple of weeks, so that I can experiment with different maxed builds.  Couldn't be doing that with silver boxes.  I'm able to autofarm OD8 on insane and get a nice rate of fortune boxes.  Also worth bearing in mind that  there are base buffs in the Arena shop, and they're good for getting the base moving quicker. 
 
But if you're intent on silver boxes, go ahead.  But maybe ask Alexander to merge all the "how long to disable my base?  I asked back in the Cretaceous period and still nothing" threads into one. 

I would like to have all threads moaning about the base disabled.  That would be nice.

I would like to have all threads moaning about the base disabled.  That would be nice.

I would like to have all threads moaning about the base disabled.  That would be nice.

I would like to have all threads moaning about the base disabled.  That would be nice.

I would like to have all threads moaning about the base disabled.  That would be nice.

Alexander has been dead more than 3 months ago.
you don't know???

I played Supermechs for more than 5 years, I loved playing the game for a long time.
I Also quit, because after the garbage update since 2017 and i lost my ACC.
I played this game alot and i was top player for a long time, Some legitimate grounds to review the game.
NOW The strategy is limited, The item gameplay design is horrible, The actual options you have in making a mech that isnt total garbage are insanely limited, The upgrading system is horrible and lets your item stronger with the same weight and just throws all concepts of basic balance out of the window.
in the Past, You have a Chance to get Mythical items from Common Boxes, Now You Can't get Mythical Items from Premium Boxes.
Most of this is just the game constantly inhibiting how good you can actually do. In any great competitive game , there are many ways for a great player to just woop some Bad ( players getting to top 10 with only 1 mythical because of their effective mech designs in old supermechs that was possible), But now, you don't really have those options. And because this game wants to make p2w players never fully satisfied to make more money. It's just gonna stay that way, Forever.
and Top clan Supermechs, Has absolutely nothing to do with real Supermechs, The top clan players pay alot of money, and because of that they are in games where they have enough items to feel like they are designing a mech, and not barely making a mech with the items they have. In real Supermechs you have a bunch of players who barely have a mech and a half, and really cant design anything better than what they have, with their current items.
At its best, Supermechs is just something to play in the background,
Most of the time this game is either: Too frustrating or monotonous
Most of the time people keep checking tabs out of the game (videos, memes, ...etc) and pay very little attention to the actual game, It just isn't engaging.
So i'm not enjoying the game, Nobody i know is enjoying it.
I think multiplayer games should reward the time and practice, You put into them, Instead of making 99% of the items you worked for useless.
I have nothing against you.
If somehow you have lost the moral ambiguity, intelligence, and patience to a game which company wants money (like all companies) then you should stop playing this game. Don't even bother to check it. It's a simple solution.

Keep on dreaming legacy player, that is never happening, what could happen id another reset, even that's a stretch, and it's still fun, just don't play like it's your life.

Claw requires a different setup because it's fixed.  I have Claw but don't use it for that reason, because I prefer mobility without having to use all the moving items (teleporter, charge engine, grappling hook) all the time.  But the HP of Claw is huge, nd you see a lot of successful players with it. 
 
But if you go for Claw then in my opinion you have to have Nemo, because Tonto is limited to range 2-4 and that goes badly with Claw's immobility.
 
My physical mech has Tonto and Massive Stone Feet, and it's going OK, although I'm thinking about replacing it with the backfire physical drone. - whichever one of the Protector drones that is (don't have one just now). 

It was an "experimental" buff that has remained.  "Cheap" was once cheaper then ordinary common, but not for quite a while now.  Just farm the ordinary commons and ignore the "cheap". 

http://www.puresimplicity.net/~oneeyedcat/misc/supermechs.html
Read the link. 
Inn2 months you can have good tokens and a level at 70-90 if farm enough. Luck with fortune boxes farming them in the right place. 

DAMN YOU, REAL LIFE!
 
Keep a beer in the fridge for your return.

DAMN YOU, REAL LIFE!
 
Keep a beer in the fridge for your return.

DAMN YOU, REAL LIFE!
 
Keep a beer in the fridge for your return.

For mean looks, it has to be Brutality.  

Depends on what level you are farming.  In 1v1 campaign, heat "boiler" mechs are best.  Arrange your resistance based on what you are going to face in the arena.  For example, if you want to farm Big Boy:

You don't have to make it exactly like this, but in my opinion this is the general pattern for a boiler that can beat the final boss.  If you use this to farm Big Boy, you should be able to consistently beat it, and that's how you would farm for fortune boxes.
If you're trying to farm OD6, this will also work.
This will also work to farm the last 1v1 side mission (i.e. for titan tickets).
Another way to farm could be to use a dual frantic build.  The 1v1 campaigns aren't so difficult.
If you're farming a mission with mainly energy mechs, make sure you have at least 4 energy engines and at least one energy-free weapon (like Annihilation).

Backfire goldmines.  Really bad idea.