C5: Plans

"Foundation Event: 'Hunt with brother East' has been set"

GoldenPalmAscender: I won't be able to join since I have plans to go blueprint grinding with brother GoldenHeadband.

4FacedAsura: That's fine brother palm, anybody else wanna come?

NorthEmperor: I can't come I have a deal with EasternPeak and 4FacedYellow, we planned to complete our five deities formation combo.

GrandMonarchoftheEast: You know sister asura, you should change names or brother yellow should since you guys have almost the same names.

4FacedAsura: Maybe you brother east should change as well since you're also matching with brother Easternpeak.

DollMaster: Guys stop arguing, so it's just me and sister asura that's joining brother east then.

GrandMonarchoftheEast: Let's meet up on the Serene Mountains entrance then agreed?

4FacedAsura: Agreed!

DollMaster: Agreed

...

Serene Mountains.

"Okay that's 100 credits for slaying a lv.10 Mechanical Beast boar, sadly no exp since I'm a mech but atleast it dropped an exp scrap for upgrading myself later when I have enough"

Maya reattaches her blade to her side and then moved on forward towards another spot, the Serene Mountains was a place in the Aurum star that was filled with creatures that don't aggro upon sight thus the name Serene Mountains but the creatures of this domain are powerful and should not be provoked by those Lv.20 players that have just unlocked proper combat mechs.

Within the game [MechHigh] there are different types of mechs that unlock at every 5 levels of the operator, the first one is unlocked at lv.5 they are the [WorkerMech]s these mechs are not fully suited for combat but can be used by beginners to level up to Lv.10, at which they would unlock the full garage function and the [TrainingMech], the [TrainingMech]s stats are higher than the [WorkerMech]s and it is equipped with a basic sword and ballistic pistol, this mech is only useful at levelling to lv.15 or lv.20, at these points the training mech becomes useless and weak compared to the ones now unlocked.

The Lv.15 mech is a true full unlock as it unlocks the [BeastMech]s and [HumanoidMech]s, both mechs are combat oriented and have their own advantages, the Lv.20 unlock would present the players with the [AlienMechs] and Energy Armaments, it may seem lackluster compared to the first two but the true target of unlocking the Lv.20 unlocks are the Energy Armaments, once one reaches Lv.20 it is when they truly graduate from being a newbie, reaching Lv.20 might sound easy but it's not due to the fact that [MechHigh] being highly realistic in some aspects, the mechs need to be repaired if damaged too much and the cost for hiring a mech repairman NPC is also quite high, thus players don't easily level up due to maintenance cost and they also need to recharge the mechs, recharging is free when in the garage but if you don't want to be stranded in a dangerous map you would buy energy packs to recharge on the road.

It doesn't help that the system of [MechHigh] is extremely stingy, normal beasts drop 5-15 credits while mechanical beasts drop 50-150, energy packs cost 1000 each and a quick repair pack costs 1500 each, only whales would be able to easily afford these and thus the normal players worked harder than them, yet still the individual rankings are dominated by Free Players rather than whales.

As for the beast rankings there are only 6, the Normal beasts, Mechanical beasts, Earth beasts, Heaven Beasts, Primordial Beasts, and Star Beasts respectively.

These tiers have varying rewards and are worth it to hunt if one has the capability, Star beasts are a rare occurrence in Aurum Star and they only appear as bosses of events.

"Hmm I need to hunt more since I want to upgrade, luckily I'm a [WildMech], I heal automatically and recharge the same way as well but still I'll need to buy a particle energy processor so that I don't need to rest from time to time"

Maya was now sitting down below a tree in the Serene Mountains, the trees here were quite high and large capable of comparing to some high rise buildings, a standard height for a mech in [MechHigh] is about 50-60 meters, the Valkyrie stands at the height of 54 meters and the trees were able to hide her body and only show her head when standing.

"I could use a camouflage module as well, these modules are light and shouldn't hinder my mobility at all, I just hope players don't hunt me"

Maya stood up and walked a few meters more where she then found a Lv.12 mechanical snake, the boar was easy to dodge since she had high mobility but the snake was an agility based beast so she might have a little trouble fighting it.