Unit Affinities

Overview

Pilots gain one point of Affinity for each mission they undertake in a certain chassis to represent their familiarity with a particular 'Mech. The more missions they perform in that 'Mech, the better they will perform when called to do so again. This increase in skill manifests as bonuses applied to the 'Mech when the pilot reaches certain levels of Affinity.

Decay

Affinities decay if the pilot spends too long without doing a mission in a given chassis. This timer is tracked separately for all chassis a pilot has Affinity in.

By default, a pilot's Affinity with a given chassis will begin to decay 31 days after their last mission in that chassis. Once decay begins, the pilot will lose 1 Affinity in the given chassis per day unless and until they drop in that chassis.

Repairing the Argo's Beta and Gamma Pods increases the time before Affinity begins to decay by 10 days each. Upgrading the Argo's Training pods prevents Affinities from decaying below a certain value; with maximum upgrades, Affinity Decay will not decrease a pilot's Affinity below 40.

Global Bonuses

In addition to mech-specific bonuses, all chassis grant the same bonuses at 5, 10, 60, and 100 Affinity:

Missions Required	Name	Description
5	Warrior	+1 Piloting
10	Veteran	+1 Guts
60	Master	+1 Tactics
100	Elite	+1 Gunnery

Chassis Affinities

Chassis can provide additional affinity bonuses. You can find more information about each affinity under specific Mechs pages.

Gear Affinities

When gear is Fixed to a chassis and cannot be removed, it can provided additional affinity bonuses to the mech it is attached to. You can find more information about each affinity under specific Gear pages.