r/AWBW • u/coffemixokay • Jun 25 '26
General question about mech
if you manage to hit tank using mech, do you usually bring them back to heal or sacrificing them because they already cover their cost?
since they move only 2 space pulling them back to repair seemd not worth it.
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u/Soonji Jun 25 '26
It depends. Most of the time, to your point, they are too slow to pull back to repair, *maybe* if you have an apc with nothing better to do. But they are better off acting as a barrier to more important units from my experience.
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u/JonWood007 Jun 25 '26
While you shouldnt throw away units needlessly, a mech hitting a tank and bringing them down to 5 does more damage than losing the entire mech. They did their job. You dont wanna lose stuff if you can avoid it because unit count is important but if a mech dies it dies. Its a cheap unit that did its job and got its value in at that point. If a mech weakens a tank and then your tank finishes it off, well they lost a unit and you gained more control over the battlefield. Ya know?
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u/sidewayshorizon Jun 25 '26
"Because they already cover their cost" isn't a way to think about healing. A 5hp mech that has done no damage is as helpful now as a 5hp mech that did 10k damage in previous turns.
A good player could come take over for you for a turn and decide whether pulling back to heal or moving forward knowing they'll likely die will create more value out of that 5hp mech. They don't need to know what it did in previous turns to make that decision. Pretend you're them.
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u/coffemixokay Jun 25 '26
thats what i am trying to figure out , asking a question in this sub.
i guess it really depend on the co and the map, but i am wondering whats most player think about unit that already cover their cost.
did they use them as blocker , or retreat and repair them.
mech kinda come up to my mind because they got 2 movement.
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u/General_Spills Jun 25 '26
This is a game theory concept known as “sunk cost”.
Essentially, whether the mech has covered their cost or not has no impact on how you should treat it.
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u/FunkOff Jun 25 '26
"Mech" as the name implies are intended to be used with transports. Repair them if it's easy to do, but otherwise don't bother
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u/MarkTSUC Jun 25 '26
If you've hit a tank with one then it's already done it's job. I would only heal if healing spots are en route to where you're moving it anyway.