Salvage vs Payment

[~xWraithx~]

what do you think is a better payout in the end and why?

[LupisVolk]

C-Bills. Why? Because the game is a massive C-Bill sink. You so much as sneeze out of turn you lose 200,00 C-Bills.

[~xWraithx~]

Cant you make C-bills on salling salvage?

[LupisVolk]

Originally posted by ~xWraithx~:

Cant you make C-bills on salling salvage?

Nope.

Don't even know why the devs would disallow that since that's one of the main money earners in the BTverse.

[dergefata]

I have to go with salvage. Pick chassis scraps and really expensive weapons systems and you can end up with a lot of value from your salvage. Plus, if you only buy the really special things and are careful with your expenses, you should have no trouble increasing your savings with Generous monthly expenses, and always taking either minimum of one up from minimum C-Bill payouts.

Three chassis scraps give you a whole new 'Mech, and once you start salvaging heavies, that's a lot of money earned or saved.

[Imperialus]

Depends.

Most story missions it makes sense to go for salvage over C-bills since you're more likely to come across shiny new mechs that you haven't seen before. I'll also generally go for more salvage on assassination missions since the target tends to be in a pretty high end mech.

Killing pirate trash, or other random missions though? C-Bills all the way.

[:WTF: Grendel]

Originally posted by LupisVolk:

Originally posted by ~xWraithx~:

Cant you make C-bills on salling salvage?

Nope.

Don't even know why the devs would disallow that since that's one of the main money earners in the BTverse.

earn salvage... construct a Mech chassis... sell chassis. Cbills... voila

[LupisVolk]

Originally posted by :WTF: Grendel:

earn salvage... construct a Mech chassis... sell chassis. Cbills... voila

For about 80% less than what the salvage was worth acording to the game. Genius!

[Veritas]

CBills is way better in early game. In mid game you want salvage so that you are building up a reserve of equipment to replace stuff you lose. After that you really just look at your financial situation vs "how badly do I want that mech right now"

[Eagle_of_Fire]

Originally posted by ~xWraithx~:

what do you think is a better payout in the end and why?

Depend of your immediate goal(s).

At the start of the game you'll want to take mostly salvage because you want to actually build up your forces. Later on you'll probably take mostly money if you're ok with your mechs.

Also it help to take only money when taking early mission in which you will only face vehicles. Unless you critically need more weapons to mount on your mechs you'll prefer the money in the end.

[Hellsing]

Yes you can make c-bills on salvage, you just sell the components, or once you have 3 parts of a salvaged mech you just sell the mech. You sell it in the shop...

Salvage vs c-bills I would take c-bills in the early stages of the game (always keep at least 1 salvage claim), and then swap to higher salvage once you get rolling... having the ability to take 3 or 4 mech chassis from the battlefield once you get larger mechs can net you a couple mill c-bills once you sell them, but at the start you really need cbills more.

[:WTF: Grendel]

Originally posted by LupisVolk:

Originally posted by :WTF: Grendel:

earn salvage... construct a Mech chassis... sell chassis. Cbills... voila

For about 80% less than what the salvage was worth acording to the game. Genius!

pros and cons dude... I buy a beater off a guy for $500, get new tires, tune-up, drive it for 1000 miles... I'm not getting my $500 back... I may get half that.

If you're not going to use the salvage... Mech preference or whatnot... sell the chassis to get something vs nothing

[MLEM MLEM MLEM MLEM]

Originally posted by LupisVolk:

Originally posted by ~xWraithx~:

Cant you make C-bills on salling salvage?

Nope.

Don't even know why the devs would disallow that since that's one of the main money earners in the BTverse.

Um, yes? As long as you're at a planet with a store you can sell salvage. Equipment, Weapons, and mech parts earned at the end of the mission is all salvage and you can sell the former 2 whenever you want. You can sell the mech salvage once you've collected 3 parts of the variant, which usually doesn't take long for the mechs you face often.

Unless there is a weapon with bonus attributes or a specific weapon/ammo that you want/need which you haven't found yet, I would say to usually pick mech parts as the salvage you can choose. Even if you don't want the mech you can still sell the chassis once you've completed them.

[~xWraithx~]

Originally posted by Snazzy Dragon:

CBills is way better in early game. In mid game you want salvage so that you are building up a reserve of equipment to replace stuff you lose. After that you really just look at your financial situation vs "how badly do I want that mech right now"

Sounds like a sold plan! Also like the idea of selling mechs for Cbills. im only on my 2nd contract.

[LupisVolk]

Originally posted by Half Asleep:

Um, yes? As long as you're at a planet with a store you can sell salvage. Equipment, Weapons, and mech parts earned at the end of the mission is all salvage and you can sell the former 2 whenever you want. You can sell the mech salvage once you've collected 3 parts of the variant, which usually doesn't take long for the mechs you face often.

Unless there is a weapon with bonus attributes or a specific weapon/ammo that you want/need which you haven't found yet, I would say to usually pick mech parts as the salvage you can choose. Even if you don't want the mech you can still sell the chassis once you've completed them.

Weapons, ammo and heatsinks+ sure. But mech salvage? Screenshots needed.

[FieserMoep]

Pick salvage if you know how to actually get decent parts.
Otherwise money.