So fun fact, the Mechs can tank Charger "charge" attacks, at least from the front.

[jbwjr]

Discovered this the other day and figured id share it, frankly I'm just surprised its a thing. You would think with how "fragile" the Mechs have proven themselves to be, A charger running at you full speed would mean the Death of you.

MUCH TO MY SURPRISE and AMUSEMENT, your Mech is capable of Tanking a Chargers "charge". If you see a Charger charging in your direction, as long as the Mech is Facing the charger (presenting its front to it), the Charger just bounces off you like it hit a Wall. And Far as i can tell this does not damage your Mech ether, cus their is a audible metallic "tink" when you do this.

Its certainly a good way to KITE chargers if you need to for whatever reason OR your mech is out of missiles.

FAIR WARNING: Once the charger has charged you, START WALKING BACKWARDS or away from the Charger, or the Charger will melee you and instantly kill the Mech and you with it.

[Eudicots]

The mech can also melee kill a charger in 2 hits.

[jbwjr]

Originally posted by Eudicots:

The mech can also melee kill a charger in 2 hits.

Really? So thats true then. The problem was the Melee button doesn't seem to work half the time. So hopefully that bug fix makes it more useable.

[Chaos]

You can tank the charge, I think 2-3 times before your mech is a goner.
But sometime, charger don't really charge at you, they will cancel their charge at the last moment then use their far more powerful crushing claw to 1 shot your mech instead.

[jbwjr]

Originally posted by Chaos:

You can tank the charge, I think 2-3 times before your mech is a goner.
But sometime, charger don't really charge at you, they will cancel their charge at the last moment then use their far more powerful crushing claw to 1 shot your mech instead.

Huh..... Swear i tanked like 6 of them, but maybe they do stop at the last moment then switch to their melee attack. Still, just back up and your good.

[Chaos]

Originally posted by jbwjr:

Still, just back up and your good.

That what I do, letting anything get close to this metal coffin is a bad idea in general.

[General High Ping]

Runs into you full speed...nothing.
*Slaps you with lil bug leg* dead.
The design choices in this game are baffling at times...

[Vivianite]

you have a lot of health in the exo, but it's not as high as you hope for, think like, 3~5 divers worth on medium armor?

[jbwjr]

Originally posted by General High Ping:

Runs into you full speed...nothing.
*Slaps you with lil bug leg* dead.
The design choices in this game are baffling at times...

The Legs are not "armored" i guess.

[onewhofound]

It would be nice if the Exosuit had some sort of indication of how much damage it had sustained.

[jbwjr]

Originally posted by onewhofound:

It would be nice if the Exosuit had some sort of indication of how much damage it had sustained.

It does have a few Visual ones. At some point the mech will start putting out black smoke, and then the LEGS will catch on fire and you will only be moving at a Hobble.