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Back Hack posted:I was just thinking that when I got mine. A heavy that moves just as fast as my Shadowhawk? Count me in...why is it so slower?  They're both exactly the same speed, the shadow hawk just animates and runs faster!
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Eldragon posted:Finally getting a chance to play this game, and so far it seems like the best btech implementation yet. It depends, if you push for salvage prepare to meet half a dozen shitcats. If you push for payment, you’ll headcap a thunderbolt and an orion on your third move.
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ditty bout my clitty posted:It depends, if you push for salvage prepare to meet half a dozen shitcats. If you push for payment, you’ll headcap a thunderbolt and an orion on your third move. This is the absolute honest truth. Very early game I would weight money though since most of the time you will just see poo poo for salvage, especially since it'll be a ton of vehicles.
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Apr 27, 2018 21:10
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Apr 27, 2018 21:11
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how did this reinforcement bug make it through testing?
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Apr 27, 2018 21:13
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I would take cash for missions with multiple objectives since they apply a flat multiplier to your earnings, but most of the time in the early game money isn't very useful. For whatever reason, assembling salvaged mechs is instantaneous so you quickly reach the point where you have a constant supply of Locusts and Commandos that you can use to fill out the team while the others are being refitted and repaired.
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Apr 27, 2018 21:18
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:how did this reinforcement bug make it through testing? Difficulty is just swingy in general. Even if the reinforcements didn't spawn immediately as in the bug, fighting 8 kitted mechs even with the damaged property is still a tall order.
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ditty bout my clitty posted:It depends, if you push for salvage prepare to meet half a dozen shitcats. If you push for payment, you’ll headcap a thunderbolt and an orion on your third move. Truth 
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Apr 27, 2018 21:21
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Woozy posted:I would take cash for missions with multiple objectives since they apply a flat multiplier to your earnings, but most of the time in the early game money isn't very useful. For whatever reason, assembling salvaged mechs is instantaneous so you quickly reach the point where you have a constant supply of Locusts and Commandos that you can use to fill out the team while the others are being refitted and repaired. Last night I took a mission to destroy a base and those usually have multiple hidden objectives (such as destroy all the turrets). Asked for ~600k and almost no salvage and cleaned the map, with all the bonuses I ended up getting closer to 900k, and most of the enemies were heavy vehicles and light mechs so I didn't really miss out on the salvage. Cash becomes a bit more important than salvage as you start getting into upgrading your Argo.
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So the Highlander's Gauss Rifle is one-of-a-kind, in this game? If you lose it, it's gone?
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Apr 27, 2018 21:31
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:how did this reinforcement bug make it through testing? It is possible it isn't a bug. That there's just more stuff than you're expected to handle and you're just expected to withdraw.
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Apr 27, 2018 21:32
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I had to pass up hiring a mechwarrior with the exact skills and stats I was looking for because I couldn't bring myself to hire someone called "Death Krusade" with an appropriately gritty background and face full o scars. loving lovely kickstarter nerds 
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Apr 27, 2018 21:33
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RabidWeasel posted:I had to pass up hiring a mechwarrior with the exact skills and stats I was looking for because I couldn't bring myself to hire someone called "Death Krusade" with an appropriately gritty background and face full o scars. loving lovely kickstarter nerds You did the right thing, that guy is dumb.
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I'm coming to Battletech from a MC, MC2, and MW3+ background, all later in the timeline, so it is kind of weird how few guns there are. I wish there were different SRM/LRM munitions types at least, since I assume those aren't lostech.
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Apr 27, 2018 21:36
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I know I should sell all these light/med mechs but I keep thinking that I might need them. That there may be some mission that requires fast mobile flankers and poo poo. But who am I kidding - I have 3 thunderbolts and a highlander. The only mechs I need now are more assaults.
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Mordja posted:I'm coming to Battletech from a MC, MC2, and MW3+ background, all later in the timeline, so it is kind of weird how few guns there are. I wish there were different SRM/LRM munitions types at least, since I assume those aren't lostech. Most actually are, unfortunately. Inferno rounds are still around, but very few mechwarriors are crazy enough to load those into their mechs, since they tend to explode when hot. Infernos are popular with infantry carrying one-shot should-fired SRM tubes though. I wouldn't be surprised if someone mods in Inferno SRM launchers (they'd be a separate entity from regular SRMs however), though they probably can't add the fun "roll to see if your ammo explodes inside you when reaching certain heat thresholds" part. As for having more gun variety, just be patient, people are already working on that.  Galaga Galaxian posted:I'm not that into the clan era myself, but don't worry man, modders will work on this poo poo. They're already doing some early ground work and experimenting. You'll have all your cool (dumb) clan mechs from MWO and stuff.
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Yeah, I saw that post, almost makes me wish I'd put off buying the game, haha. It would be cool if modding takes off in a way that really mixes things up and adds to the game, though.
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Apr 27, 2018 21:44
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Galaga Galaxian posted:I wouldn't be surprised if someone mods in Inferno SRM launchers (they'd be a separate entity from regular SRMs however), though they probably can't add the fun "roll to see if your ammo explodes inside you when reaching certain heat thresholds" part.
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Apr 27, 2018 21:46
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Scrapping a mech for c-bills isn't as profitable as putting it in storage and then selling it.
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Apr 27, 2018 21:48
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Filthy Monkey posted:Curious to see what modders come up with. This is definitely the type of game that the detail-oriented type modders salivate. Look at what has happened to JA2 over the last ten years. This game scratches that same type of customizable, tactical itch. I just hope that HBS makes it easy enough for them to work on.
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Are all the Mechwarriors created by KickStarter backers? Cause when I see an obvious one I never hire them.
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Apr 27, 2018 21:50
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The KS backer mechwarriors have a KS badge next to their rank icon.
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Apr 27, 2018 21:51
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They're also the only ones with nice, 2D portraits, unfortunately.
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Apr 27, 2018 21:52
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I forgot what their name was but I thought "oh there's a dude I would just march into the fray in a locust"
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Apr 27, 2018 21:56
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Got a glitch where a few of my mechs aren't repairing their armor after one of the story missions, weird.
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Apr 27, 2018 22:03
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Mordja posted:They're also the only ones with nice, 2D portraits, unfortunately. There are a handful of unique/preset Mechwarriors that aren't KS backers. All the multiplayer pilots are in there for example. HBS calls them "Ronin".
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has anyone been keeping track of systems that sell mech parts i think ive domed one mech in my entire ~25 hours of playtime but my mech bay is basically a grave yard of 1/3 and 2/3 sets and there's a few id just rather spend the cash to finish
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peer posted:So the Highlander's Gauss Rifle is one-of-a-kind, in this game? If you lose it, it's gone?
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peer posted:So the Highlander's Gauss Rifle is one-of-a-kind, in this game? If you lose it, it's gone? Yeah, ditto its special heatsinks. I built mine into a sniper with an LRM 20, LRM 10, PPC and the Gauss rifle. It works really well as a backline fire support
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also where else sells those cockpit upgrades, i've only found one so far that i use on my commander but its a huge QoL upgrade to not have someone clocked out for a month next mission because an errant LRM just happened to give them a concussion while bulwarked with 4 evasion pips
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Galaga Galaxian posted:There are a handful of unique/preset Mechwarriors that aren't KS backers. All the multiplayer pilots are in there for example. HBS calls them "Ronin". Cool, will keep an eye out.
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Taerkar posted:Scrapping a mech for c-bills isn't as profitable as putting it in storage and then selling it. At the same time being scrapped is the only ethical thing to do with a Locust, lest someone else have to drive it some day.
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Berke Negri posted:also where else sells those cockpit upgrades, i've only found one so far that i use on my commander but its a huge QoL upgrade to not have someone clocked out for a month next mission because an errant LRM just happened to give them a concussion while bulwarked with 4 evasion pips I've gotten most of mine from random battles. Enemies start having mod parts when you're running 3/3.5 star missions.
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I can tolerate a bit of laggy graphics and camerawork and some odd hiccups here and there, but finishing a mission and watching MY dropship land and destroy one of MY own mechs is outright bullshit. There wasn't even a 'go there or don't stand here' area, it was 'we win, boom'. Who the hell QAed this. For something that's been in development so long, this is pretty stupid.
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Anyone know what I should do to get the Shadowhawk skin? I backed it at 50$ but when I got my key it was the regular edition instead of deluxe?
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Rascyc posted:Doesn't happen all the time is my guess. Half my assassinations are basically milk runs. Battles can be all over the place too. In about 20 maps with “reinforcements” I’ve never NOT had all the mechs come at me at once. I like the game but there really doesn’t seem to be much depth to the maps at all. It’s always two or three turns of sprinting to the objective, one big fight on some hilly terrain, then map complete. Even the prison break was pretty weaksauce with me just pushing left, clearing the power buildings and the first group, then breaching the wall and sitting there killing dudes as they came out. The mech vs mech gameplay is fun, the story is cool and the cinematic are awesome, but the muddy gameplay graphics and meh maps are keeping me from recommending it to friends.
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wow the reaction to that guy's mechwarrior piece has inspired RPS to publish three drat reviews of the game now.
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Kalas posted:I can tolerate a bit of laggy graphics and camerawork and some odd hiccups here and there, but finishing a mission and watching MY dropship land and destroy one of MY own mechs is outright bullshit. There wasn't even a 'go there or don't stand here' area, it was 'we win, boom'. The code is a curious hodpodge of various things crammed together into a game shaped thing. Just from poking around in the dll I can see a lot of things that would cause performance problems. Hopefully we'll get a patch soon to fix things.
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Impermanent posted:wow the reaction to that guy's mechwarrior piece has inspired RPS to publish three drat reviews of the game now. lol, they should have stuck to the initial review. the frantic backpedalling is hilariously dumb.
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I have managed to get a Kintaro but have no idea how to fit it, all the missiles?
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