Threat is a cruel game. While it's perfectly manageable if you know what you're doing, the early hours of building your team and learning the enemies can result in a lot of loss in terms of life and time with how often you reload.
What can really help with all of this is fresh new gear. However, this is also difficult to find in Menac, and this is where the black market finds its place. You also need to make sure you have something worth giving up.
As Menace is in early access at the time of writing, the information below is subject to change.
What is the black market?
The Black Market is a menu option that you can access anytime between missions. Here you get a wide range of items available for trade. These cover all categories of equipment, from weapons and armor to complete vehicles and mechs.
However, the black market does not work with money. Instead, you have to trade your own goods to use their inventory. Each item has a value and you must match or exceed the value of the items you are looking for in order to make a trade.
Stock also available on the black market changes between each operation. This means that supplies should remain stable between missions, but should be replenished once the entire operation is complete. This gives you time to get more items for the trade while letting your inventory replenish at a reasonable rate.
The items on offer are also rarely stable. Mech walkers are rare, while smaller vehicles are more common. The prices are usually quite high as wellwhich requires you to offer much for little in return. As such, it's better to only buy what you need rather than stocking up on everything and running out of things to trade.
What are commodities?
When it comes to the black market, there are two types of items you can offer for trade. They are the first your own piece of equipment. These cost a lot less than what you can buy them for, but since they have no other purpose, it's always worth trading things you no longer use in your squads.
The second is commodities. These items exist solely for trading purposesand are the most extensive and consistent source of trade items. Most of what you get will be alien items, although there is a wide variety of commodities that you can get.
Sometimes, these will be offered as a mission reward or to complete secondary objectives, so it's always worth checking in the mission details before heading out.
How to get new equipment
There are currently only two ways to get new gear in the game. You too trade for it on the black market or get it randomly from completing missions and operations.
usually human enemy factions offer you the most pieces of gearsuch as armor and weapons, and these can be offered randomly at the end of missions. Even if you don't plan on equipping them, it's useful to have some extra for trading.
You are also usually at the end of the operation offered a choice of three items, usually weaponsof which you can only choose one. These also tend to be random, so you can't plan what you'll get.
That's what he does The black market is the most consistent source of new gearthough his own stocks are random, though at least you can see and pick exactly what you want from them, assuming you have enough to trade.
Hiring new commanders and teams
When it comes to acquiring new Squad Leaders, there is only one source after the initial selection of four, and that is through the black market. Here, you can buy documentation for a pilot or an infantry commanderwhich you can then rent from the Rent menu.
Each time you receive documentation, exchange for another one costs more.
It's a little different with Squaddies. With the Woo component on Impetusyou can passively earn more Squaddies for each completed mission. This can still be a small number, especially if you lose a lot of units in each mission.
In this scenario, it is your only decision head to the black market and hire more. Not only is it very expensive, but you only get five more Squaddies. So you really should try your best not to get hit. And invest in Med Way on Impetus to save downed Squaddies.
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