Leveling Progression Sequence Request

4 / 6 Mediums
4 / 8 Mediums
6 / 8 Heavies or 4 / 9 Mediums
6 / 9 Heavies
7 / 9 heavies
7 / 10 heavies
8 / 10 heavies

A good gold hangar would be:
Trident Fury
Plasma Galahad / Taran Aphid Galahad
Death Button Griffin (Pinata / Aphid)
Plasma / Death Button / OrkanMag Rhino/Griffin
Orkan Lancelot

Hmmm... random musings and questions:

I agree with the jump from 4/8 -9 mediums to 6/8 -9 heavies, assuming we are using Ag heavies as the standard.  Rather than going 5/9 mediums and then 6/9, etc., go ahead and get the Heavies in there and get used to the bots one has to choose from so one can better plan that end hanger.  Something to consider... If one uses Ag Mediums in HS or Low gold, I've found that they will go lvl 8 and still be in the 6 Ag heavy tier.  Weapons can usually still be 9 - 10 on those Mediums, following the 2 levels more than bots for weapons guide.  Now, I am not 100% on this... but it is working for me when I run a 7-9 medium and an 8-9 medium, but I don't have a lvl 10 weapon to try those out yet, in conjunction with the 6/8-9 heavies. 

Now, once one throws in penalty bots into the equation... I get murky, as I don't know for sure that the penalty is still applied to them after they reach gold... I have not gotten a clear answer on that.  If one can treat them as normal mediums from that point on... well, would need to know that for sure.

As to your bot list, definitely some good choices.  However, I think that both Thunder and Mid-range Carnages are still viable up through mid-high gold, and the meta will continue to change, most likely in their favor, as the new buffs and balances begin to hit.  The Ancile bots and the heavy hardpoint variant of the shield's buffs will very likely change some of what we consider normal, as well as the various buffs and nerfs that will be stealth implemented along with the HP and speed buffs we do know about. 

So, all that is to say, that other bots may be included in that list without compromising the overall balance and/or utility of the hanger.  Fujin and Carny immediately come to mind, and the general consensus that the Wild West bots will need to be boosted to be worth getting will likely play a part in any future hanger planning, as well.

I have been playing with a lot of setups in the 6/9 -ish range, and have had some surprising success with what is considered less than optimal setups.  However, high gold and TOP tier are different, and if someone is planning to upgrade so that they can compete there, then the hanger you listed is almost a guaranteed winning hanger, in my humble opinion.

Thanks for reading if you stuck through it!

All good thoughts. I am also dying to use the Galahads I have but got smashed when I tried using them as mediums at 4/6 as they bumped me up too high into sometimes maxed hangars.


I think I will keep the mediums at bot L4 and raise weapons to W9; Then use W9 weapons on heavies with Heavy bot progression 6/9
, 6/10, 7/9, 7/10, 7/11


How can I use the Galahads? I just don't want to bump up the whole hangar too soon.  Maybe run Gals at 4/9 alongside heavies at 6/9 and see results.

Other than the Galahad question, this is a good next "phase" of progress toward Gold tier for me. I also want to "play" with a Carnage and probably integrate that to my hangar.

Thanks for comments. Others welcome still.

And I forgot to mention that I run a level 6 Rhino alongside the Ag heavies and never noticed a penalty.