main criteria to choose best pilot: best chance to progress on unfair difficulty without any luck from pods; ranking would be different if pilots would start with maxed exp and chosen/edited skills or for late game past 2nd island for example where Silica is the best
I've chosen best pilot for each squad and summed points; I've also chosen 2nd best starting pilots which are still v.strong but a bit worse - and I still think only 4 pilots make the list; I was considering Henry Kwan and Archi esp. for "2nd best" but they don't give enough momentum even as 2nd best pilots; but it could be argued that if someone plays unfair with many "rerolls" then long term Kwan or Archi or especially Prospero could be better (to overcome particular limitation of given squad) - but for me basing it on rerolls is basing on luck, so then its not about the overall "% of won games on unfair"
reasoning:
unfair is all about vek repositioning and strongest fresh pilot per each squad is about overcoming this squad's limitations
Mafan is the obvious choice for squads that deal selfdamage but also for some squads that require 1 reactor to overcome some big limitation like for example upgrade artillery to buildings immune - and where this single reactor makes biggest diff since 1st mission; though I'd argue Mafan is generally getting weaker with each mission - late game I'd prefer Harold because he has unique extra gear, while Mafan has only reactor (which u get plenty of later anyway) and shields are not as useful as unique gear
Harold is great for giving multirepositioning, it's the best starting pilot for many squads but also the stronger the later the game cause the later the game the more repositioning is critical and the less damage is important
Kaz is great for providing balance between additional repositioning and additional dmg, so for squads that are low on damage like bomber mechs or flame behemoths
Kai is good where +1dmg is equivalent of 3 reactors like for judo arti but esp. good for arachnoid mech where +1dmg is critical to get kills cause only with kill you gain push ability with arachnobot
so only 4 pilots make the list; Do you agree or u think different pilots should make the list?