[Territory Rating]

I was wondering if anyone could tell me what the fastest way to build up a territory's rating is. Every time we successfully defend a territory, the rating seems to go up a little bit, but some of the territories on the leaderboard seem really high. Our strongest one is ranked 7th in abandoned city, and is sitting at about 16000 I think. Is there another way to increase its strength other than by defending it? BecausE it's increasing at a very slow rate.

[Defending territory on fire.]

Ok. That's what we figured. I was just wondering if there was another way because nobody would ever show up when we would try to launch a conquest defense mission

[Defending territory on fire.]

A couple of territories on my world map are on fire, and I was told this is because our territory is under attack. But whenever we try to defend it in either a conquest or stronghold mission, no attackers ever seem to show up. Is there another way to put the fires out?

[Need Help Building a Close Range AC]

I'm trying to build it more for pvp. I don't care as much about the story missions. I haven't tried a pulse machine gun yet, so I'll definitely give that a shot. up to this point, I've kept it at medium weight because it has pretty good mobility (and I liked the idea of keeping my ap in the 30000's haha), but I'll experiment with a lighter build. Thanks for the advice man.

[Mercenary Ranking Help]

I'm also confused about the ranking system. it's definitely not mission success rate, because I haven't failed many missions as a mercenary at all, yet my rank is currently an E. I'm pretty sure the biggest factor is how much money you're making, because while I usually succeed on missions, Its not uncommon for me to not get paid enough to cover ac repair. So I've lost a lot of money as a merc and my rank has slowly gone down.

[Need Help Building a Close Range AC]

I'm trying to put together a unit that specializes in close range combat. I feel as if I have gotten pretty decent at the game, but am not quite sure if my AC is built well enough.

 

Here is my current setup:

 

Head: UHD-13 Galahad

Core: Surt CR114

Arms: KT-4S2/Svir

Legs: Cinto LG104-2

FCS: D/UFC-10

Generator: Sonne GNE530

Booster: BT-21 Shinatsu

Recon Unit: URD-36/EA

R Arm: Lotus BR429

L Arm: LB-66 Moonlight

Shoulders: CIWS-8/A

R Bay: KO-4H4/Mifeng

L Bay: Distel GT22

 

Since I got the game I've been playing almost solely as a mercenary, so I haven't done much with the single player and I'm sure there's much more to unlock as I begin progressing through the game. Any suggestions on a close range AC would be much appreciated.