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* Hit locations are heavily dependent on facing. Rotate your torso to expose heavily armored or lesser damaged sides.  
* Hit locations are heavily dependent on facing. Rotate your torso to expose heavily armored or lesser damaged sides.  
  A valid tactic is to heavily armor one side of your mech to use a "shield".
A valid tactic is to heavily armor one side of your mech to use a "shield".


* Melee attacks and Death from Above (DoA) will fire all of your support weapons as well as causing heavy damage to a single hit location.
* Melee attacks and Death from Above (DoA) will fire all of your support weapons as well as causing heavy damage to a single hit location.
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* Do not be afraid to withdraw from a tough fight that isn't worth the losses you'll take. If you can manage to accomplish  
* Do not be afraid to withdraw from a tough fight that isn't worth the losses you'll take. If you can manage to accomplish  
  one goal of the mission before withdrawing, the client will count it as "in good faith", and award you partial pay.
one goal of the mission before withdrawing, the client will count it as "in good faith", and award you partial pay.


* Destroyed mechs leave salvage for you to collect after the mission; it takes 3 pieces to build a full mech. Destroying the head or  
* Destroyed mechs leave salvage for you to collect after the mission; it takes 3 pieces to build a full mech. Destroying the head or  
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* It may be better to eject a pilot and be down a man than lose the pilot permanently. The eject button is a small red square  
* It may be better to eject a pilot and be down a man than lose the pilot permanently. The eject button is a small red square  
  on the bottom left of the screen, in the mech readout window.
on the bottom left of the screen, in the mech readout window.


* When refitting mechs, Yang will perform every action you take, including shifting things around to make them fit.  
* When refitting mechs, Yang will perform every action you take, including shifting things around to make them fit.  
  For instance, if you click "max armor" to see how much you can fit, then strip it to keep fitting things, he will apply all  
For instance, if you click "max armor" to see how much you can fit, then strip it to keep fitting things, he will apply all  
  the armor and then remove it all when you finalize. This sucks up money and time; be careful with your loadouts!
the armor and then remove it all when you finalize. This sucks up money and time; be careful with your loadouts!


* Components will not appear as salvage if they are destroyed during the fight. If you want the AC/20 on that Hunchback,  
* Components will not appear as salvage if they are destroyed during the fight. If you want the AC/20 on that Hunchback,  
  but he is doing work on you with it, blow out his ammo rather than the gun itself.  
but he is doing work on you with it, blow out his ammo rather than the gun itself.  


* Enemy targets will focus fire on whatever attacked them for 2 turns after the fact. Use this to protect priority targets  
* Enemy targets will focus fire on whatever attacked them for 2 turns after the fact. Use this to protect priority targets  
  and attract fire to your heavier armored units.
and attract fire to your heavier armored units.


* The game suffers from extended pauses during all attacks, which can severely drag out the already slower paced combat. These pauses are in  
* The game suffers from extended pauses during all attacks, which can severely drag out the already slower paced combat. These pauses are in  
  place to make sure audio clips play properly ("I'm hit!", "Enemy mech down!"), but there is a way to eliminate these pauses and smooth combat out.  
place to make sure audio clips play properly ("I'm hit!", "Enemy mech down!"), but there is a way to eliminate these pauses and smooth combat out.  
  This change is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED:
This change is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED:
    
    
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