Moving Mechs from storage to bay???

[BigSexy]

Seems like this should be a simple task to do, but can't for the life of me figure out how to move a mech from storage to bay? In the bay there are slots. Even clicking on the (+) in the bay slot does nothing. I have mechs storage, but the say like 1/3 Parts. Not sure what that means, I bought them from store. Can't seem to do anything with them in storage, so not sure what the point is if you can't some how use them.

Thanks for any help.

[desrtfox071]

What 1/3 parts means is that you don't have a mech in storage. You have 1 of 3 parts of a mech in storage. Until you have 3 of 3 parts in storage you won't be able to ready the mech, obviously, because you don't yet have a mech to ready.

[BigSexy]

Originally posted by desrtfox071:

What 1/3 parts means is that you don't have a mech in storage. You have 1 of 3 parts of a mech in storage. Until you have 3 of 3 parts in storage you won't be able to ready the mech, obviously, because you don't yet have a mech to ready.

ok, so how do I get the other parts to get a completed mech for those I have in storage?

thanks

[wesnef]

How to get parts:

Kill the mech in a battle, and gain parts as salvage.
Buy more parts from a store.

Of course, this requires you to either run into the mech in a battle, or for a store to have more parts in stock.

Stores also sell complete mechs. You need to look at the listing, it has a different icon for parts vs whole mechs, and whole mech prices are much higher.

(Buying a complete mech is so much more expensive, because it's balanced around higher difficulty settings: more than 3 parts required to build a mech, and mechs built from parts have no equipment for free. If you aren't using those settings, buying 3 parts will be a much better deal than buying a whole mech.)

[BigSexy]

Thanks. I will have to try and look for the other parts of the mech, although not sure what those are. Just know mechs I have are both 1/3 Parts.

[BigSexy]

Ok, I now see when in salvage it does have a display of 'You have x/3'. So this is how I know to get more of what I need. I assume in the store it will show me the same thing?

[desrtfox071]

Originally posted by BigSexy:

Ok, I now see when in salvage it does have a display of 'You have x/3'. So this is how I know to get more of what I need. I assume in the store it will show me the same thing?

Yes.

The stores usually only offer one part of three (no not two) or a full mech. The full mechs have no "parts" mentioned and are substantially more expensive.

[wesnef]

When you're killing mechs to get more parts. . .

If you kill it by:
- destroying the Center Torso, there'll be one part in the salvage pool
- blowing off both legs, there'll be two parts in the salvage
- killing the pilot (destroying head, or doing enough injuries), there'll be three parts

You still need to actually pick/win the parts from the salvage pool, of course.

[maerchen]

And here comes the important part of choosing salvage over flat c-billl payout.

Assassinate missions for example have lower overall salvage drop but the assassination target can be of higher tonnage.