Some facts of life in Facebook Gameroom

#6 The Haechi and Rogatka may disagree with you ?

Most of this is true on any server, not just gameroom. Although I also disagree with #6 very strongly. Get a rogatka, you won't regret it. I shred heavy bots regularly with my Rog. Carnage is another excellent medium. Doc can be very effective. Don't be afraid to use mediums too.

Gotta love those matches where you're moving forward, taking beacons and you look around only to find you're alone. The rest of your team hasn't moved past the home beacon. Ahhhh...good times.

In my limited experience, if we have 3 bottle rocket players on a team, the loss happens almost automatically. Most of them are just making noise and not hitting anything.  I never seem to get on a team with competent rocket players. I always get on teams where the opposing side has laser-accurate rockets. Can't figure that out. 

#1 & #2 are misleading.  I run a 5/9 Orkan Cossack in Expert, and it works.  There are absolutely better choices, but controlling range, and using cover make a much bigger difference than a larger hit-point pool.  This is especially true with FB Gameroom as you will regularly face opponents with much better gear than you.  The larger health pool makes no differences if you can still be killed in 1-2 alphas.

Bot level is about surviving your opponents alpha-strike, your own pilot errors, and maximizing your speed.  Weapon level is about reducing the number of firing opportunities you need to kill your opponent. On balance, I think Bot leveling mitigates more disadvantages that you can't effectively counter with skill.

Controlling beacons wins games.  A light or medium mech can beat a heavy one vs. one through beacon control.

For these reasons I'd recommend balanced upgrades until your weapons are level 5, then taking your bots to level 9.  Also, incorporate one beacon-capping light/medium mech.  A Haechi obviously works, but a Rog, Gareth, or even a Cossack can fill the roll.

It is quite possible to kill heavy Mechs with Lights and Mediums. 

Thunder carnage (medium bot) eats heavy bots for breakfast

Zeus/Magnum Leo is one of my best performers. And yes, it's POSSIBLE to kill heavy mechs with lights, but only with a LOT of help. Or with weapons that are at level 12+. I am nowhere near that level and rarely face anyone who is.

From silver to diamond league I guess that lights and mediums can be very effective. Up to champion league the mentioned carnage, rog and even galahad can be seen regularly and shining. I am in Champion league android and have 2 rog orkans in my primary hangar.

The great advantage of these bots are their great mobility. You dont need a great health pool if you can evade even more of the damage and have the tactical ability to outrun your opponent and come back and strike when he is not expecting it. Rog and carnage are still belongs to the best choices for close combat maps.

The rocket patch were devastating for the lights, but not so long it was easily manageable to take down a leo or rhino with a gareth or stalker. Who knows, maybe Pixo will come with something to bring back the lights at some day...

FWIW, I killed countless Leos with my Pinata Gepard back when I still didn't have DB Griffin (which got the slightly upgraded Pinatas when I got it). Pinata level was between 5 and 7 I think, And Gepard was (still is) 5. (FBGR)

If Zeus/Mag works for you, then by all means use it.  You don't need 12+ weapons or spectator mode to reach possible on light vs. heavy.  What you need is situational awareness, and the ability to use terrain to your advantage.  A lance turns like a boat and his p-shield faces one way.  Flank him while he's focused on that Leo off yonder.  Get inside his e-shield and give him an Orkan-Rocket rub-down.  The point isn't to solo mechs.  The point is to grab beacons and be were he can't be, or hit him when he can't hit back.  The game has more dimensions than heavy-mech mash-up.  A well run fast mech exerts beacon control that a heavy mech can't.  Its why this thread has so many Rog recommendations.

Most advices in first post are good and solid. But specially in fb gameroom random game you can not "trust your team mates will do they job".
So you really need balanced set on bots.

Here are some of my thougts:

- What you buy first for gold: get 5 hangar slots. It WILL get slower later to get gold and having 5 slots is infinitely better then let's say even 2 Lancelots!

- Plan ahead! Think what bots and weapons you want to use later. True you can buy every bot and every weapon but sad truth is that not all of them are equal. Allso around level 9 you get "most of" what bot can offer. Most of speed, plenty of hull and around lvl9 weapons you can actually say if they will be any use or not (things like Natasha with 2x trident and 2x Pin or so WILL make you wonder why anyone would use it if you are in lvl6 bot with lvl 5 weapons)


- You want and need atleast one relatively fast bot, so called capper. There have been many match where I have not only made most kills but allso most of not ALL capping. It do not automaticly mean our side lose (I have many times win that 10 gold, 5 for capping and 5 for most damage).
So if possible atleast one fast bot, I personally use Kumiho. You do not NEED best weapons for it to be effective (I currently use only lvl7 Kumiho with 2x lvl7 Scourge. Still I have killed in duel bots like griffin using it)

- You need/find usefull atleast one tank. I personally use Raijin (at the moment lvl8 with 2x lvl8 Thunder) it is perfect for small spaces where enemy want to come. It eat quite fast griffins and other bots but is kind of slow. Allso what is mentioned before here, situation awareness. When to use it and how. It can deal and take huge amount of damamge but sitting or crawling slowly in open free to shoot for multiple enemies far away is terrible waste.

- There is reason why Griffin is so popular, have atleast one (most likely 2+) ready to be taken in your hangar. Plasma, rockets, bullets. Just do not try to duel face to face with it. For duels you can and should use bots like Leo. Level 8-9 Leo with 3x magnums and 1x Thunder (or Ancile) is quite good and way cheaper then Lancelot.

- You want and need one medium/long range bot (other then your capper). I am currently using only lvl7 Leo (with lvl8 Tempest + 3x lvl8 Punisher) because there will be campers and there will be fast moving small bots who try to cap and can outrun you. Griffin can be used allso (so colled russian death button is great for this but I use regular one with 300m range instead)

So my current hangar is bit of slow but most of the battles I can see difference I have made in the game.

Edit: allso, do not "fall in love" with your bots. There will become better, faster, more deathlier and so on bots. So even if you have that lvl12 bot with lvl12 weapons if you get later better replacement just accept it and start grinding it toward level 7-9 for trying out (with all weapons for it allso lvl 7-9) and leave your trusted old bot waiting for possible future use. Just DO NOT sell them if you have spend time and silver to level them up!