What's the point of standard biped legs?

[Gzar]

Normal leg parts seem underperforming to me. I only use reverse, quad and tank since those have strong clear bonuses. I guess normal legs should be just good overall but their base stats aren't actually much better that those specialized types and I think you'd be better served with one of the special leg types in almost any build you can think of. Am I missing something?

[Call Sign: Raven]

Sometimes, there is strength in the middle ground.

[Proudly Toxic]

I don't like regular bipeds either. I'm either going to use Quads and be a flying artillery platform, I'm going to use threads and be an Initial D mecha, or I'm going to use reverse joints and be speed.

[Naiba]

I really want bulkier reverse joint legs. There was a set in one of the tutorials. When do you get those?

[Dreams of Fury]

Normal legs are for general speed, reverse joints for bonus jump height and dash speed......now that I've typed that I need to slap myself for not using reverse joints on a fight im trying to S rank...

[Funpire]

Originally posted by Gzar:

Normal leg parts seem underperforming to me. I only use reverse, quad and tank since those have strong clear bonuses. I guess normal legs should be just good overall but their base stats aren't actually much better that those specialized types and I think you'd be better served with one of the special leg types in almost any build you can think of. Am I missing something?

I use Tian-Lao / Tian - Q generally. Not that I need the Quad/Tank builds in NG+. I personally like the ability to have longer periods of assault boost and flight dodge to cover ground, ignoring most of the trash to burst down objectives. Bipedal gives more options for that, while also having enough armor to handle bosses in a rather brute force and sloppy manner.

[Proudly Toxic]

Originally posted by Naiba:

I really want bulkier reverse joint legs. There was a set in one of the tutorials. When do you get those?

You can get some medium weight ones from Allmind from Combat Logs, and I know you get a set of heavier ones eventually, but I don't remember if its chapter progression or NG+.

[Tustle]

The thing about the biped legs is that they're flexible, and odds are good with the right combination of frame parts you can mount any available weapon to an AC using them.

also style and maybe a little weebiness may be involved in one's decision to use biped legs but never you mind that

[FaceMcGee]

Heavy biped give you all the load of tank, without sacrificing boosters.

[thorin.hannahs]

Originally posted by Proudly Toxic:

Originally posted by Naiba:

I really want bulkier reverse joint legs. There was a set in one of the tutorials. When do you get those?

You can get some medium weight ones from Allmind from Combat Logs, and I know you get a set of heavier ones eventually, but I don't remember if its chapter progression or NG+.

Chapter progression they are called spring chicken.

[Funpire]

Originally posted by Proudly Toxic:

Originally posted by Naiba:

I really want bulkier reverse joint legs. There was a set in one of the tutorials. When do you get those?

You can get some medium weight ones from Allmind from Combat Logs, and I know you get a set of heavier ones eventually, but I don't remember if its chapter progression or NG+.

Chapter progression, around CH 4/end of I think is when I found my Tian - Lao's.

[Abewr]

As others have said it's for more speed. I used bipedal to S rank one of the really hard ending bosses. I'd drop from 350 boost speed with much lower QB speed and reload down to 313 if I had swapped to reverse joint.

[Redux]

Do not underestimate the value in low height bunny hopping. Bipeds have their place. They're fast, and have the least inertia.

[Sabaithal]

From my experience it goes like this:
- Reverse joint - High jump distance and good agility, but low AP and equip load
- Quad legs - Slower than bipeds with less agility, but not massively. Hover ability, which can definitely come in handy.
- Tank legs - Tons of AP, no agility.

Bipeds are a decently agile all rounder part.

[Bronaps]

I enjoy piloting a mech that is the jack of all trades for some reason.

[yuzhonglu]

For non-boss fights, I want a jack of all trades.