The Mech Touch by Exlor

This novel is like a kick in the balls to the mecha genre, it's like fast food but full of cockroaches and shit. The author wants to make at least 10,000 chapters of this crap.
The author seems like a ball blower who sucks the government of his country, his history proves it.

The over all story is much better than many novels I have read. Although there were spots in the book I almost dropped it. Character development is limited and I feel somewhat forced.. like Ves's marriage. But being a sci-fi geek, the story has kept me coming back. This is differently not for everyone. Romance is bland at best, could have been much better.

The world building is great, of course it could be better. But it is keeping my attention so far. I love the tech, ships, and weapons as well as political and tactical decisions made. I served in the military and have traveled the world in between. Cultures and ideologies are huge pressures on local areas. I have seen the outcomes and differences while traveling from one country or region to another. Economics are a big factor as is religions. So it's nice to see the author playing to these.

Areas of concern for me have been the itty gritty tech breakdown and spiritual defining research. If the author focused as much on the character development and plot, this story would be my favorite. Of course I'm just a couch commander when it comes to writing and formulating novels.. so just my two cents.. but a good read in my view when I have time.

Story Developement:
it doesnt really "develope", there isnt proper cause and effects, No initiative earned, mc doesnt steer the situation. The different Arcs acts more like seasons, and since theres not much character developement either the MC just reacts to these seasons. So how does the story developes? It comes in the form of incoming settings or contrived events and system handouts, the system is the real mc and you get to see how Ves the fake mc fumble through the season with his gifts& handouts. However creating improved mechs has always been the sole progression of both character and story; unfortunately mech creation is almost handled somewhat like a stop gape in between long events most of the time.

writing quality:
Author doesnt know how to use 3 dollar words at al. He forced in words he doesnt fully understand for no apparent reason. Descriptive words such as ubiquitous or innocuos, inconspicuous should be used as an expression, extentuation, or subtle exaggeration instead or commonly thrown out for no odd reason: he should just use "discreet"or "obvious", "common" "harmless" instead.
Unfortunately when its actually time to use the 3dollar exaggerated words as expressions however the auther used translated french words instead for no reason?? je ne comprende pas¿¿ Is the author trying to break english with style?

The writing itself is exactly like a gradeschool textbook. If the quotes, action, story progressions are the textbooks diagram and illustrations that are easy to understand; then below each "picture" is a boring lengthy commentations, statements, and grossly false claims such as "all humans are based heartless creatures".

eg. mc says after almost having his company taken over "i forgive you this time but if this happens again ill fire you!" after this quote you get bodies of text on how firing him a "bigshot of some kind" would be bad news so although how blatantly beta the mc is there is a self consolation. Almost as if the author knows how beta it is and tries to do immediate damage control. Then he goes on a tangent on mcs pov on that statement alone. Then theresva claim on how "all humans are based greedy animals" and explains why this guy try to take over the company and hed do it again... etc etc drags on... other novels may just mention whats on mcs mind how he will deal with it or organise his thoughts, and react in his mind then execute it slowly. whatever doesnt leave the readers in the dark, treating readers like streetmarket bystanders.

world background:
a lot of varied backgrounds, a smudge of imagery shown in each at best. a paragraph of adjectives no more for every new setting.. its not enough and feels more like a canvas.

chacter design:
character doesnt grow, he started off as a hopeless beta with nothing and a thing for taking hits. In fact tve story progresses by the different things hes taking hits from which he does nothing to fix or change himself. taking hits from society before system, the system itself, his cat, business partners, engineers and other designers, bureacracy n gangs, politics n nobles, his mother,master, his famiky, his wife, his kid?. its his system that got him through everything or others doing it for him or telling him what to do.

its below average book but the effort made it a story still. Theres obviously no plot or any storyboarding effort. *to the gradeschoolers* story and plot doesnt mean the same thing

The thing about this story is that it has the potential to be so much better but the author keeps dragging it on with needless arcs which seem to have no other purpose than for a higher chapter count...The world building is great and is filled with rather intriguing mysteries....Sigh its just that its too late for the author to cut down on needles filler arcs....

3k+ chapters but he still can't be a pilot mech? Tf is this?

Estimated time till this is completed? Also what is this really about, I liked the legendary mechanic but does this Ves guy get any stronger or just better mechs?

It is a pretty good novel and I enjoy a lot about it. So if you are interested in Mech's I'd recommend the read. Even though for the first however many chapters the Author can't Pilot a Mech. I haven't gotten to a point in the story where he could yet so maybe it happens later *shrug.*

The Author doesn't seem to have a very clear understanding of physics, science, or warfare in general (especially in space) so if you are expecting life like battles (especially the large scale ones with actual tactics that make sense) you may get frustrated by their weird logic. Often more practical methods are not used in favor of more Mech on Mech battles. Which really isn't surprising as the Novel is about Mechs.

The good news is if you get bored of certain chapters that seem to be just a ramble you can skip without affecting the story too much. I'm around chapter 400, and could have probably safely skipped 1/2 the chapters.

Please update

If you like the genre but not this book check out the book called " Legendary Mechanic" seriously the best book I've ever read

The only reason I keep reading is because of the superb world building
Currently 3000 chapters in. I will hold it for now and wait for the chapter count to reach maybe 4000 since progress is really slow.