Which to max out? EM 12's or 16's? Hear me out.
I have two pilots for EM's. I have both the 16's and 12's 2 upgrades from being purple stars, and I have the $$ and A-coins to max one out.
Initially, I was gonna go with the 16's, since they're more powerful. But then I started thinking...
The 16's currently 1-shot most opponents, but the 12's don't. The 16's are locked into my panther, since he's the best sniper mech, and his shield is perfect for sniping - oh, and he's one of the only mech's that can hold 2x 16's.
The 12's on the other hand, get passed around. Right now they're on Stalker, but I also move them to Surge, and when I get my Eclipse maxed, i'll probably use them on him as well. Whichever doesn't have the EM 12's gets the Arc 12's.
Soooo, now i'm leaning towards the 12's. But I don't want to mess this up, since i'm F2P now that the game is locked down by the stupid implant removal fees, I probably won't be upgrading anything else for a long time.