purchase voidrig or bone widow?

[dlaurence]

So looking at these two it looks like voidrig has the better abilities, and I kinda like the aesthetic a little better. The grind is out of the question, to be quite frank, for content I don't give a flatulent jump at the moon for. So which is the better buy? If no consensus probably go for voidrig for the looks, but not above flipping a coin.

[GreatPalm]

voidrig is big gun with legs, bonewidow is bad

[Goosetave]

If you're considering buying a necramech for the new war, i'll warn you in good faith, it's a bad idea. The new war is inconsequential to the state of the game after you finish it, it's all story, JUST story, and bad story at that. It's not worth spending money for, at all.

[NickelStiller]

Yeah, I agree with Goosetave. If you want to play the quest, I'd recommend to just farm any Necramech anyways, you don't even need to max it or even Master it (all the enemies are lvl 20 or something). The farm isn't that long, if you don't care about your Necramech being meta buit

But if you REALLY want to buy it, buy the Voidrig, no competition.

[76561198088409502]

Grinding is boring but worth over direct purchase, but if you are already doing it then by all means it`s voidrig.

[Pakaku]

It mostly comes down to their 4th ability: Voidrig turns into an incredibly powerful turret, but is stationary and energy-hungry. Bonewidow pulls out a big sword and struggles to stay upright while swinging it. Voidrig is the winner by far if you are able to manage its energy

Bonewidow's overall ability kit does feel more in sync, they all contribute towards the sword ability in one way or another. Voidrig's abilities feel kind of thrown together and not so great, except for the turret ability which is 99% the point of playing Voidrig in the first place

Bonewidow also has a shank ability that can be used to heal, and it disables the shanked enemy (really useful for denying laser Sentients in Orphix missions.) Voidrig cannot heal, only put on a pseudo-Iron Skin, so it won't regain any health lost between IS uses. But then again, being better at healing is a bit of a waste on a mech with an inferior 4th ability

[JHarlequin]

If you are buying them just to do the new war. Don't buy them. Just watch someone else. There really isn't any particularly impressive amount of new content and the quest isn't good enough to draw money out of your pocket. Don't buy them.

But if you absolutely must do the new war, it would still be better for you to just wait for them. Don't grind them, just don't bother looking at them as necessary until you manage to get the parts by luck.

There is no reason to buy or play either of the necramechs. Even the requirement of them for the new war isn't really a reason. And you will understand some day in the distant future after you finally build one why I say there is no reason, even for the new war.

[The Big Brzezinski]

Short version:

Voidrig is high damage. Good for eidolons, isovaults, and orphix.

Bonewidow is high sustain. Good for bounty grinding. Dominates railjack survival.

Both are vicious as hell with a maxed kuva ayanga.

[Emily Howard]

If you want to accelerate your progress getting a necramech, buy the built parts from other players with platin. If you want to skip as many steps as you want, buy a Bonewidow with 375 plat because you need to get rank 4 at Loid to get the Bonewidow blueprint.
DE reduced the costs building a Voidrig a few weeks ago so it can be aquired much faster.
But it seems Voidrig is the better mech (at least for general purpose) and it also comes with one of the best weapons.

And for the new quest: DE added the requirement just to keep more players off the quest - it is used for about 5 minutes and the section could have been done with a regular Warframe. Also how the section with the necramech ends is disapointing.

[fragball]

voidrig - and then get another skin on it for the looks ^^)