To keep upgrading your Mechs you need the
following resources:
- Niodes for your elite quiality mechs, upgrades and gear.
- Crystal for your standard quality mechs, upgrades and gear.
- Ferrite and Bioptics for both, elite and standard quality mechs, upgrades, bases and gear.
All mechs, equipment, weapons, upgrades and
base expansion are going to require from your reserves both resources, Ferrite
as Bioptics (with exception of instant upgrades, that require Niodes, or buy of
weapons by bulks, that requires Niodes for elite weapons or crystal for
standard weapons)
But what are those Ferrite and Bioptics?
Ferrite (aka Ferronite) – Resource:
Mechagalaxy.com
For centuries, mankind had built with steel, an
iron-based alloy doped with other elements to make the molecular structure of
the iron stronger. Ferrite, in contrast, is very pure iron threaded with iron
nanocrystals which are fantastically strong. First discovered on Earth in AD
1988, it could only be made by the microgram. Centuries later, the Illyrians
were able to produce it by the ton.
Ferrite is expensive to manufacture, and once
"cast" it cannot be malleably re-shaped like ordinary metals, though
it can be cut to shape using the right equipment. This limits its scrap value
from dead mechs; any ferrite parts you re-use have to be cut down to suit their
new application. Ferrite's strength makes it essential for structural
components of mechs and for machine parts used for a range of applications.
Bioptics (aka Neuroptics) – Resource:
Mechagalaxy.com
Highly adaptable neural network technologies
using optical computing rather than silicon. Dedicated laboratories grow Bioptics
in tangled masses like cotton candy. When mushed together, the neural nets
automatically link up to form multi-purpose algorithmic technology. These lumps
can then be "trained" to function as processing power, data storage,
or communication cables.
These advances in organic computers allowed the
creation of the helmet rigs worn by gifted mech pilots.
-------------------- Ways to acquire Ferrite & Bioptics --------------------
- Mission salvages
- Battles
- Retro feed or cannibalization
- Bulk trade
1. Missions
salvage
Yomi is reported to give the higher
amounts of both resources.
2. Battles
Every time you fight against another player’s
squad, you will earn an amount of each one of these resources, larger on
successful strikes and tiny on defeats, but even if you got defeated, you will
keep earning a small amount of both resources.
3. Retro
feed / Cannibalization
You can anytime scrap (sell) your gear to get a
refund of 1/3 their original cost. This will always include a certain amount of
Ferrite and Bioptics.
The most profitable ratio for this comes while
selling Fury Lasers.
There is a way to acquire Ferrite and Bioptics
without achieve experience, as long as you had crystal enough (could also be
done with Niodes, but that praxis is extremely expensive and a total waste):
As there are weapons you can buy by bulks,
paying only crystal, you can acquire several bulks to later sell the acquired
weapons to receive back not only 1/3 of the crystal, but also Ferrite and
Bioptics.
Basically, this practice is trading crystal by
Ferrite and Bioptics and a lower return of crystal back.
Currently now, the best weapon to buy in bulks
is the Fury Laser, as selling it will give you the best ratio of Ferrite and
Bioptics in relation to the invested crystal.
Without a sale (in which the profit will be bigger even), you invest 8 crystal to acquire 5 Fury Laser at the cost of four.
Selling back each one, you get:
1 Crystal
55 Ferrite (1/3 of 165)
44 bioptics (1/3 of 132)
So, from a buy in bulk and selling 5 Fury lasers you get:
5 Crystal (you lose only 3 crystal per bulk)
275 Ferrite
220 Bioptics
If you were in a hurry or tired to click too much to sell the gazillion of fury lasers you might end owning, you can try with envelopers (ice weapon acquire at level 41 and above. Tha trading rate is not as profitable as with the Fury Lasers, but still good enough and you will save your hand from be clicking too much.