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Netease Games has introduced the all-new Pilot Bond System for SMC / Super Mecha Champions! The newest major update to SMC introduces the Pilot Bond System to learn a little more about their favourite characters. It’s not just for flavour, as you can unlock skills too!
Continuously use a pilot in battle, or send bond items to your favourite pilots, to increase and upgrade their bond levels. With the new Bounty System, you can obtain plenty of these bond items! The missions will refresh daily, so complete them to earn rewards and send your love to your pilots.
Increasing a pilot’s bond level will open up system rewards such as skill books. These skill books can then be used to increase pilot talent levels and in turn, their combat capability. Pilot Talents are a set of passive skills linked to the pilot, automatically taking effect and lasts the entire battle. Each pilot possesses two sets of Talents, which you can upgrade. The system will be expanded and optimized in future updates so stay tuned.
Neutron Star is the newest Mecha to be introduced to the game, a combat Mecha used by an elite police force to maintain peace and justice in Mecha City. It may be small, but it has high mobility and extreme combat capabilities.
More updates will be coming, of course, so keep an eye out!
