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 which Mechs under specific Gear pages.

List of all Gear Affinities

Name	Missions Required	Description	Gear List
Advanced Long Range Targeting	40	+1 Long Range Accuracy	Improved Targeting - Long
Advanced Medium Range Targeting	40	+1 Medium Range Accuracy	Improved Targeting - Medium
Advanced network	40	+1 Lance Probe Strength	Morrigan C3i
Advanced Short Range Targeting	40	+1 Short Range Accuracy	Improved Targeting - Short
Afterburner	150	+5% Jump Distance	Queen Upper Leg Proto Jump Jet Extended (SH) Jump Jet (A) Jump Jet (H) Jump Jet (S) Proto Jump Jet (S) Proto Jump Jet (SH) Syberian JJ (H) Partial Wing System
Airtrooper	40	+15% Jump Distance	Aerial Assault
All Range Tracking	40	+1 Accuracy	Variable Range Targeting
All Seeing	40	+25% Vision Range	Advanced Optics
Alpha Mike Foxtrot	30	+20% Jump Attack Damage	Land Air Mech Land Air Mech
Anti Mech Tactics	130	-20% Damage Taken	IS Standard Armored Elemental
Asskickah	140	+1 DFA/Kick Accuracy, +5% DFA/Kick Damage	Jade Talons Leg Spiked Boots Talons
AutoCannon Mastery	40	+1 Accuracy and -2 Recoil for AutoCannons	Accurate Weapon - AC
Ballistics Mastery	40	+1 Accuracy and -1 Recoil for Ballistics	Accurate Weapon - Ballistics
Barbarian	120	+10% Physical Weapon Damage and Stability dealt	Chainsaw Hatchet 1T Hatchet 2T Hatchet 3T Hatchet 4T Hatchet 5T Hatchet 6T Hatchet 7T Hatchet 8T Hatchet 9T Hatchet 10T Energy Axe Tail
Barrage	40	Breaching Shot	Multi Trac
Big Bad	40	+1 Lance Resolve	Intimidating
Black Ops	40	+1 Probe, +1 Local ECM	AR20 WarFare Suite
Black Ops Recon	140	-15% Signature and Visibility and +1 Local ECM	BA Stealth Mimetic FF Stealth Stealth Armor
Broadcaster	40	+1 Tactics for the Lance	Improved Communications
Broadside	160	+30% Stability Damage Dealt	Broadside Boomstick!
Camouflaged	40	-20% Visibility and Signature	OmniStealth
Cant Touch This	40	+1 Defense	Extended Torso Twist 360° Torso Twist
Careful Aim	40	+2 Offensive Push Accuracy	Hyper-Extending Actuactors
Cased Components	40	+50% Crit Resistance	C.A.S.E. III
CHOMP!	140	+10% Charge/Physical Damage	CHOMPAH Tail
Comfy Coffin	130	+1 Piloting, +1 Guts	Cockpit Small Advanced Cockpit Small Torso Mount Cockpit Rule #9
Cool Running	40	+6 Heat Capacity, -5% Heat Generated	Combat Computer
Coordination	40	+1 Lance Initiative	Battle Computer TC7000
Deep Fried	160	10% Heat Damage	Salamander Plasma Cannon Flamer Prometheus Dragon Breath Flamer (C)
Defender	40	+2 Guts	Industrial TSM Industrial TSM
Destroyer	120	+5% Physical Weapon and +15% Stability Damage dealt	Mace 1T Mace 2T Mace 3T Mace 4T Mace 5T Mace 6T Mace 7T Mace 8T Mace 9T Mace 10T Locust Stick Pole Planter
Energy Mastery	40	+1 Accuracy and -1 Recoil for Energy	Accurate Weapon - Energy
Facefull of Fist	40	+1 Punch Accuracy, +5% Punch Damage, +20% Punch Instability	Barrel Fist
FEAR ME!	40	+2 Resolve Gain	Distracting
Field Command	140	+1 Lance Resolve, +1 Lance Initiative	Adv. Command Mod C3 Unit C3i C3 Overlord Command
Firewalker	150	-10% Heat Damage Taken	LRM Hydra Cased Radical PDHS Kit I-RL5 I-RL10 I-RL15 I-RL20 Heat Bank Mk2 Cooling Jacket Radical Compact HS Kit Exchanger (C) Exchanger Mk2
Fisticuffs	40	+1 Punch Accuracy, +10% Punch Damage, +5% Punch Instability	Battle Fists ROAR!
Flexibility	40	+2 Piloting	Integrated TSM
Flexible Internals	40	+3 Heat Capacity, -6% Heat generated	Modular Weapons
Gauss Mastery	40	+1 Accuracy, -1 Recoil and +100% Crit for Gauss	Accurate Weapon - Gauss
GERONIMO!	40	+15% DFA Damage and Stability, -50% DFA Stability Self Damage	Reinforced Legs
GO FASTAH	40	+1 Walk Move Point	Adv. M.A.S.C.
Guardian	120	-10% Stability Damage Taken and +10% Damage Resist	Combat Shield 1T Combat Shield 2T Combat Shield 3T Combat Shield 4T Combat Shield 5T Combat Shield 6T Combat Shield 7T Combat Shield 8T Combat Shield 9T Combat Shield 10T
Hardened Plates	40	-3% Damage Taken, TAC Immune	Rugged Easy to Maintain
Heavy Gunner (CT)	40	+2 Center Torso Accuracy, -15% Stability Damage Taken	Spinal Mount Turret Mount
High Command	40	+1 Lance Resolve, +1 Lance Initiative	Command Mech Battle Computer B2000
Hull Down	40	+1 Max Evasion	NarrowLow Profile Nimble
Hunter	40	+1 Probe, +10% Sight, +5% Sensors	Integrated Searchlight
I See You	40	+1 Sensors/Probe Detection, +10% Sensors Range	Improved Sensors
Im a Leaf on the Wind	40	+1 DFA Accuracy, -25% DFA Stability and Damage Taken	Stubble Wings
Imperceptible	140	-15% Signature and Visibility	Queen's Carapace Void Ferro-Fibrous (C) Stealth LAM Chameleon LPS (C) Chameleon LPS Black Carapace NSS
Indomitable	160	-5% Damage Taken	Hardened Ferro-Fibrous HarJel Internal Repair Systems Ferro-Lamellor (C) LAM Lamellor
Juggernaut	40	10% Crit Resistance, -5% Damage Taken	Reinforced Structure
Just a Flesh Wound	40	+3 Pilot Bonus Health	Cowl
Laser Mastery	40	+1 Accuracy and 1 Evasion ignore for Laser	Accurate Weapon - Laser
Leaf on the Wind!	120	+20% Stability Threshhold and Max	LAM Flight Systems LAM Flight Systems
Lifeboat	40	+1 Guts, +1 Piloting, +1 Pilot Bonus Health	Improved Lifesupport
MachineGun Mastery	40	+1 Accuracy and 1 Evasion ignore for MachineGuns	Accurate Weapon - MG
Marksman	160	+1 Specialist Accuracy	HH AP Gauss Rifle(C) HandHeld 2xLRM5 (C) Clan Laser Rifle (L) Laser Rifle (M)(C) Avenger Rifle HandHeld StreakLRM5 (C) HandHeld StreakSRM4 (C) Super Shotgun HandHeld TAG (C) BOOMSTICK! LBX10
Melee Mastery	40	+1 Accuracy, +10% Damage and Stability dealt for Physical Weapons, Punch and Kick	Melee Actuators
Missile Defense	130	+1 AMS Damage, -10% Missile Damage Taken	Integrated Adv. AMS Proto Laser AMS Laser AMS BoltOn AMS Integrated Advanced Laser AMS Laser AMS (C) Integrated Laser AMS Proto Laser AMS Adv. AMS
Missile Mastery	40	+1 Accuracy and -1 Recoil for Missiles	Accurate Weapon - Missiles
Nothing to See Here	40	+1 Local ECM, -10% Signature	Jammer
Obvious Controls	40	+1 All Pilot Skills	Ubiquitous
One with the Machine	140	+1 All Pilot Skills	Cockpit TM Interface Cockpit Interface Torso Mount DNI Cockpit Cockpit Interface Buffered VDNI w Small Cockpit Cockpit Interface Vehicular DNI DNI MKII Cockpit Gear/
Overclocking	140	Headshot Enabled	FCS Adv TC
Physical Weapon Mastery	40	+1 Accuracy and +15% Physical Weapon Damage and Stability dealt	Yen Lo Wang
Pinpoint Rockets	160	+1 Missile Evasion Ignore	Imp. RL20 MARS Rocket 10 Extended Arrow IV OS Artemis+MML 10 Corsair MRM20 ATM 9 (P) SM Heavy RL20 Hydra MRM40 (P) Arrow IV (C)
Polly!	160	+10% Sensors/Sight	Polly
PPC Mastery	40	+2 Eva Ignore for PPC	Accurate Weapon - PPC
Push the Envelope	80	-20% Jump Heat Generation	LAM Turbine Gear/
Resilience	145	+5% Crit Resist	Endo-Steel (C) Endo-Composite Endo-Steel Structure Endo-Steel Composite Reinforced C.A.S.E. LAM Endo-TSM LAM Composite Structure LAM Endo-Steel LAM Structure Gear/ Protected Actuators
Ronin	40	+1 Pyhsical Weapon Attacks, +10% Pyhsical Weapon Damage and Stability	Way of the Samurai
Runner	140	+1 Walk Move Point	M.A.S.C. (C) TSM Cockpit Hotseat Mk1 Endo-TSM
Shielded	140	-10% Energy Damage Taken	Blue Shield Particle Field Damper Glazed (C)
Smart Warheads	40	+1 Missile Evasion Ignore, +8 Missile Clustering	Artemis V
Specialist Mastery	40	+2 Accuracyfor Specialist and Physical Melee	Accurate Weapon - HandHeld
Stalker	140	+1 Probe, +1 Local ECM	Searchlight AR14 Sheathed Beacon Adv.UAV Warfare Suite Supercharged EWS Nova CEWS (C) Sensor Sentinel AR12 Sheathed Beacon Nova CEWS (C) Beholder
Steady Aim	40	+1 Gunnery, +1 Offensive Push Accuracy, +10% Offensive Push Chance	Stable Weapons
Supercooled AutoCannons	40	-10% Heat generated with AutoCannons	Improved Cooling Jacket - AC
Supercooled Laser	40	-10% Heat generated with Laser	Improved Cooling Jacket - Laser
Supercooled Missiles	40	-10% Heat generated with Missiles	Improved Cooling Jacket - Missile
Supercooled PPC	40	-10% Heat generated with PPC	Improved Cooling Jacket - PPC
Superior Stabilisation	150	-5% Stability Damage Taken	Omni Compact Gyro Omni Heavy Gyro Omni Gyro XXL Omni Dreadnought Gyro Omni UL Gyro OmniMech Gyro Omni Savage Gyro Omni XL Gyro Hyperion Gyro Stabilized UL Gyro Gyro XXL Gyro Defense Mk2
Swiss Cheese	160	-2 AC Recoil	RAC10 (BRRT)
Swordmaster	120	+1 Accuracy and +5% Physical Weapon Damage and Stability dealt	Katana Cutlass Sword Vibro Sword 1T Sword 1T Vibro Sword 2T Sword 2T Vibro Sword 3T Sword 3T Vibro Sword 4T Sword 4T Vibro Sword 5T Sword 5T Vibro Sword 6T Sword 6T Vibro Sword 7T Sword 7T Vibro Sword 8T Sword 8T Vibro Sword 9T Sword 9T Vibro Sword 10T Sword 10T Long Sword Energy Swords
The Large Bore	160	+100% Gauss Crit, +25% Gauss Stab Damage	Prototype Gauss Rifle BFG 9000 Prototype HGR AP Gauss Rifle Battery
Thrasher	120	+1 Punch Accuracy and +5% Punch Damage and Stability dealt	Hands Hook VibroClaws Ravage Claws Reaper Claws Claws Retractable Blade Spiked Fist
Tuned Actuators	140	+1 Punch/Physical Accuracy, +5% Punch/Physical Damage	Weapon Mount Heat Upper Spiked Upper Recoil Mk1 Lower Melee Weapon OmniPod Hand
Tuned Engine	150	-5% Heat Generated	Prototype Light Fusion Compact XL Engine 300 Supercharged Engine XL Fuel Cell (P) Engine XXL Engine XL Engine Engine Compact Engine XL (C) Engine XXL (C) Engine Light Gear/ LAM XL Engine Compact Heat Sink
Unyielding	40	-20% Stability Damage Taken	Stable
Vector Plottting	40	+1 Evasion Ignore	Anti-Air Targeting
WITNESS ME!	40	+1 All Pilot Skills	Easy to Pilot
Zeroed In	40	+4 Clustering, +10% Called Shot Chance, +1 Called Shot Accuracy	Experimental TC