Complexity in a mech design came with many implications. Often, both mech designers and the market believed that more complex mechs possessed a higher potential to perform better than 'simpler' mechs.
This was generally the case. However, this rule was a lot more muddier in practice because of the difficulty of maximizing the potential of a mech.
Many mech pilots, particularly those with below-average genetic aptitudes, often struggle to make full use of standard mechs. Some even never improved beyond the basics when piloting a frontline mech which heavily automated many features such as its targeting system and its locomotion system.
If basic knight or rifleman mechs were already too complex for ordinary mech pilots to fathom, what about advanced mechs?
