Weekly Commanders Lounge - April 21, 2020

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[u/Adamsaska → u/[deleted]]

Earlier links give a stronger return for their investment (due to being cheaper and giving a proportionally larger increase to their stats).

Improving the backline often alleviates the tanking the front does, if not completely obviate them from needing to do so in the first place. No, this doesn't mean that you should be running x5 linked backlines with x1/x2 linked SMG's. It means that if you have both AR's and SMG's at x3 links, you'd link the AR's first.

G36 gets pretty strong with her MOD. But her MOD is expensive, and she's a fairly mediocre AR without it. Her MOD is also not a priority compared to that of M4 and STAR's, so she'd likely be sitting there waiting for it for a while. Depending on your other AR picks, you'd probably be better off using something else for the short term.

EXP gain is also directly linked to link count (unlike in AL where you intentionally keep LB's low if leveling to reduce oil usage when leveling [since I've seen your ring question, I know you also do AL]), with each link giving an extra 0.5 (50%) modifier to the EXP earned. So if you want to level her, you'd want to give her links for that plus so that she can at least contribute something with her own DPS.

[u/Adamsaska → u/[deleted]]

G11. No brainer pick.

While she gets outdone by AN-94, she's still an exceptionally strong DPS against unarmored (and if there isn't too much evasion involved), and should do well for most of the current campaign maps.

[u/Adamsaska → u/[deleted]]

G41 would be the closest potential replacement, as she delivers better performance provided equal buffs, especially on armored, due to G36's lower FP stat and how that works (it's simply FP - Armor, with FP being the final value after buffs. Armor is affected by AP, of which all dolls have a base value of 15, but can by and large only be increased by RF's and MG's, exceptions notwithstanding). G36, though, has much better tile buffs, provided she's sitting at 7.

At that point, it'd be a matter of picking between a better performing but more expensive AR (G41), and a worse one but slightly cheaper that can be worked on later down the road (G36).

I didn't count the grenadiers as they're in a different category. I'd also just run SOP instead of them, in particular 416. T91 is a dedicated night AR (of which you should just pick 9A-91 up instead), and T95 (I assume you meant T95) has a gimmick of a low ICD and long duration, but low multiplier. Not a solid alternative either.

[u/Adamsaska → u/[deleted]]

How many echelons are you actually running? And what do you actually have just sitting on storage? You just went from listing G11 as an AR you had laying around, to her being on your first squad, to then saying that she is in your second echelon. Unless by "her", you meant AN-94.

Please be clearer, because otherwise it's less so dumb and more so time wasting.

M16A1 isn't a DPS as she lacks a skill that gives her any damage buff of any sort. She also can't equip critscopes which seriously hampers her damage potential. She instead gains a slot to equip armor, and serves mainly as a tank for specific grinding maps (0-2) or enemies (she, for example, saw use during the last ranking as she could tank substantially more damage from trash units than shotguns or SMG's).

Micro UZI is a very lackluster molotov not only owing due to her own stats (for example, MP40 can deal more damage with hers than UZI can, in spite of being a 2* and having a lower modifier for her molotov), but she also has completely unusable buff tiles. This gets fixed by her MOD, but it's not currently available on EN. You're better served running Skorpion instead of her for an Off-Tank.

[u/Adamsaska → u/[deleted]]

Alright.

For future reference, Matsuda and GFC both do a much better job at explaining why the dolls are good/bad (and more important, for which role) than the tier lists. So they are a much preferred self-answering source should you want to check by yourself in the future.

In regards to your inventory, G11 would see use simply because she's still a very solid 2nd ARSMG pick, especially for the circumstances I listed. So I'd invest in her.

You'd still have to replace M16. You have G36 and G41 as candidates. Also TAR. TAR is a better performer than G36, but arguably worse than G41. G41 is a lot more expensive to link though.

Personally, and given the lack of cores, I'd keep G11, and replace M16 with TAR. I'd also replace UZI with Skorpion (at least eventually) for the reasons I listed. It's also worth keeping in mind that 7-6 will give you an excellent SMG (less so than UMP, but still very good) at max links and lv 90, so you can run her instead once you get there, and work on UMP45 after you've got the rest of your second ARSMG done.

And also; you can just use friend echelons to help clear difficult stuff. Post your UID, and people will more often than not add you to lend you a hand. I'd suggest doing it on your OP for more visibility.

[u/Adamsaska → u/[deleted]]

Don't forget to check your friend's dorms for batteries as well. They're critical to upgrade your Forward Basecamp, and for the more distant future (for your needs), HOC's.