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I skimmed the last few pages, so sorry if I missed someone posting about this, but I have a late-game question. I've seen pretty much every Assault variant in random merc contract missions by now, except the Atlas. Has anyone seen one in randomly generated missions in the campaign? I'd like to finish playing Mech-pokemon and go do my victory lap, but the Atlas has eluded me so far. I was thinking it might have something to do with faction rep, maybe the rep-locked 5 skull missions have rarer mechs or something, but I've gotten Liao to allied and I'm still getting "Faction rep too low" for the 5 skull stuff, so I'm just sort of aimlessly wandering around doing missions for reputation at this point hoping something changes. Any tips?
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Apr 30, 2018 08:25
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Rocketpriest posted:I'm kind of starting to feel like some other people in the thread do, medium mechs are really where this game feels its best. I think once I've finished the campaign and gotten at least one atlas, I'll start over, get the Argo and just medium it up forever. Another thing I'm disliking about the heavy/assault stages of the game is that every single loving mech, tank, or turret in existence is packing at least a few LRMs since there's so much spare tonnage going around. Regardless of how much you use the terrain to minimize the enemies you're up against at once, you're still going to be taking a few hundred missiles every single round no matter what. It sucks.
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Apr 30, 2018 08:26
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Dekkerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr  He 'died' doing a DFA in his spider to kill Grim Sybil. After the mission he was alive with 90 days in the med bay.  Dude is a hero and is my tank in nearly every mission now.
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2 SPOOKY posted:I skimmed the last few pages, so sorry if I missed someone posting about this, but I have a late-game question. I've seen pretty much every Assault variant in random merc contract missions by now, except the Atlas. Has anyone seen one in randomly generated missions in the campaign? I'd like to finish playing Mech-pokemon and go do my victory lap, but the Atlas has eluded me so far. The Atlas and King Crab are both super rare. I've seen a grand total of one in my campaign so far.
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Apr 30, 2018 08:28
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Mandatory Assembly posted:If I want to inflict BattleTech fiction on myself because this game is occupying my every waking thought, what are the least terrible novels to get? Bonus points for a similar period in the timeline as the game. -Decision at Thunder Rift -Mercenary's Star -The Price of Glory -The Sword and the Dagger The first three are a trilogy, so you should read them in order!
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Apr 30, 2018 08:33
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Skippy McPants posted:The Atlas and King Crab are both super rare. I've seen a grand total of one in my campaign so far. I've seen 2 King Crabs now, which is why I was wondering if the Atlas had some other requirement. I have a King Crab, thanks to an "Elite Scout" pilot on the 2nd Crab I encountered. 3 wounds isn't overly difficult on a target that big. Maybe that's just RNG being RNG!
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Apr 30, 2018 08:40
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2 SPOOKY posted:I skimmed the last few pages, so sorry if I missed someone posting about this, but I have a late-game question. I've seen pretty much every Assault variant in random merc contract missions by now, except the Atlas. Has anyone seen one in randomly generated missions in the campaign? I'd like to finish playing Mech-pokemon and go do my victory lap, but the Atlas has eluded me so far. 
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Unzip and Attack posted:HAHAHAHAHA just had an assassination mission come down to the last 2 mechs, my main guy and the target. I get the better of him, blow one of his legs off, then "we just received word the target is escaping" a red "exit" zone appears right next to him, he walks into it (maybe 2 spaces away) and vanishes, mission failed (and 3 pilots dead) The trick to this kind of thing is to stay close to your starting point and just waste time with seeking good defensive positions, then waste some more time methodically dismantling everything except your target. This way, your target has to run all the way back from your starting point when it finally shows up, notices the battle is now 4:1 and goes "nope".
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Apr 30, 2018 08:40
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Man story missions are cray. I filled my entire second bay from doing Panzyr. Could really use a combat log, knocked the Dragon out and didn't even realize it. Spent like thirty seconds looking for it and then kept my fingers crossed it wasn't just a los thing. I'm so superstitious about moving on from my Blackjack. The first time I swapped my Commander into a heavy they ended up getting knocked unconscious and the Blackjack was cored. But I've got this fancy new Dragon and I've had a second Shadowhawk just sitting here and as far as I can tell the Shadowhawk is just flat out better in every way.
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Apr 30, 2018 08:44
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Radio Free Kobold posted:i laughed more than i should I can't take credit- https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3383329&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=964#post417177510
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Apr 30, 2018 08:47
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'Keep these NPC APC's alive and they will keep the base defences running, giving you the edge you need, mercenary!' *Turn 2, both NPC APC's drive away from the base into the middle of an enemy lance at full speed.*
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Apr 30, 2018 08:51
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Unlucky7 posted:How do I use light mechs correctly? I get that they are for scouting mostly but it feels like they are straight up useless in a fight. Do I just have them retreat and hope that an enemy does not so much as look at them funny? Reserve until after enemies move, attack them. Next turn because you move first 
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Apr 30, 2018 08:54
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How do I get Dekker to stop being sad that Glitch called him on his bullshit Civil War movie? He's had that debuff for months, Glitch stopped being happy about it ages ago.
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Apr 30, 2018 08:59
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e: ^^ As far as I can tell, people keep spirited buffs/debuffs if they would've worn off when that pilot is in the medbay. My glitch was hospitalized when her Good Spirits should've ran out after like the 3rd mission in the campaign, and she's had it ever since. I've had a few repeats of that scenario, all when they were injured. Malek Deneith posted:I can assure you don't need 5 skull missions. I saw two while running 3-3.5 skull ones before triggering War Council cutscene: RNG it is then, thanks! I'll keep playing this fun game then content in knowing I'll run into them eventually. Related, but does anyone know what the mechanics on Faction rep are? Did some digging around the internet and came up blank. Is there a level above allied? I'm at something like 250 rep with Liao and it's still not giving me access to the 5-skull rep-locked stuff.
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Apr 30, 2018 09:02
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Is there a sort of time limit I can't see for doing story missions? I have the first real post-post-post tutorial (they really should've let us skip tutorials) mission sitting while I grind some sweet robit money around. From what I gather, story missions are there to forward the difficulty of random missions but I'm in no danger of running out of half skull missions right now.
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Apr 30, 2018 09:04
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2 SPOOKY posted:Related, but does anyone know what the mechanics on Faction rep are? Did some digging around the internet and came up blank. Is there a level above allied? I'm at something like 250 rep with Liao and it's still not giving me access to the 5-skull rep-locked stuff. Allied is the highest for individual factions.
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Apr 30, 2018 09:06
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2 SPOOKY posted:RNG it is then, thanks! I'll keep playing this fun game then content in knowing I'll run into them eventually. You can change the effect of faction reputation in SimGameConstants.json, by default they're pretty low. something like +1/+2/+3 half-skulls over your current global max? Ctrl+F your way through SimGameConstants and look for [rep level name: loathed, indifferent, friendly, etc.] "MaxContractDifficulty" to find the values you should change. ... I have no idea if it works in an ongoing campaign. Maybe?
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Apr 30, 2018 09:07
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Galewolf posted:Is there a sort of time limit I can't see for doing story missions? I have the first real post-post-post tutorial (they really should've let us skip tutorials) mission sitting while I grind some sweet robit money around. Malinger all you want! The only thing you miss out on are the things the story mission unlocks like more bays, upgrades etc!
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Apr 30, 2018 09:14
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Synthbuttrange posted:Malinger all you want! The only thing you miss out on are the things the story mission unlocks like more bays, upgrades etc! If you overdo it, It looks a bit silly, though. I've wasted almost half a year now and I'm planning to do the second story mission in a month or two. The way this is going, the princess will take her throne like less then a year before the Clans are coming. 
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Apr 30, 2018 09:20
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Goons, I have another nth number of "help me build a decent lance/build" question. I've got a few mechs now and can touch wood easily handle 2 skull missions but still don't have any proper heavy mechs. I've got three mainstays in the lance but it's the forth spot that I'm trying to work out. Further, which should be the next on the list to replace. I'm currently running the following A 4x ML and slightly up armoured Jenner (with an ace pilot) A LRM (1x LRM 20++, 1x LRM 15++ & a LRM 5+) boat centurion (PC boat - going up tactics tree) A melee/brawler shadowhawk (SHD-2H) model (2x SRM6s, 1x SRM4, 1 LL+ & 1 SL+) The fourth spot has the following contenders. Wolverine (WVR -6R - 55t) Another Shadowhawk (SHD - 2D) Starting blackjack (not really a contender honestly) Vindicator Enforcer. I feel like it should definitely be between the wolverine and shadowhawk but I have no idea how to build mechs. Any thoughts guys?
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Apr 30, 2018 09:33
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Libluini posted:The trick to this kind of thing is to stay close to your starting point and just waste time with seeking good defensive positions, then waste some more time methodically dismantling everything except your target. This is very true. Slowing your roll on missions turns things into easy mode basically. You need to trigger the enemy to come at you and then they will as fast as they can, which means they get strung out and you can pick them off easily. I can only assume no one at HBS ever tried to play the campaign at all, anyone from HBS Confirm/Deny? Avoid all escort missions and convoy missions if you can, you can straight up fail these through no fault of your own. The assassination ones you can game enough to win. I was close to losing on Weldry with 4 basically undamaged mechs because your protection target just runs in and gets shot from every angle straight away. I saw the Cent chat a few pages back. It's a great LRM boat, I go for 3xLRM10's and a Large Laser. I don't get as much ammo but the LL gives you a bit of utility I'm finding. When they put a patch out I hope the stop my PC from trying to burn it's way to the centre of the earth whilst animating the Argo travelling.
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Apr 30, 2018 09:35
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Synthbuttrange posted:Malinger all you want! The only thing you miss out on are the things the story mission unlocks like more bays, upgrades etc! Ah, that's perfect. I've never played MW tabletop for like more than couple of games so I appreciate having some learning buffer in form of more equipment/money and slightly experienced pilots.
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Apr 30, 2018 09:36
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Zanziabar posted:
Enforcer. AC20 3tons ammo 2 medium lasers, armor max cept back and 2-3 heatsinks
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Apr 30, 2018 09:38
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Zanziabar posted:Goons, I have another nth number of "help me build a decent lance/build" question. I've got a few mechs now and can touch wood easily handle 2 skull missions but still don't have any proper heavy mechs. I've got three mainstays in the lance but it's the forth spot that I'm trying to work out. Further, which should be the next on the list to replace. I'm currently running the following I completed Weldry with a Vindicator (VND-1R) Shadowhawk (SHD-2H) Centurion (3xLRM10 + Large Laser) Blackjack (BJ-1) Don't underestimate the Blackjacks raw alpha damage, yeah it overheats something chronic but not until after the 3rd alpha strike really. I'm running basically stock mechs for my own perverse reasons, but they all seem capable enough. The Blackjack is not great but it'll carry you through. The Wolverine will help you capitalise on the stability damage that you're LRM boat can cause. Having all your mechs able to do stability damage can really help, the Shadowhawk is very similar in this regard. I'm a big fan of the Vindicator but that's because I love PPC's, You can try to punch some holes in with the PPC then crit seek with your LRM's etc. I think the Enforcer is just too short range really, you've really only got 2 weapons, the AC10 and LL which means you're not that comfortable at any range. I would say to fit into the Lance you've got the Wolverine would be best.
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Apr 30, 2018 09:50
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All this talk of mech customizing got me to fire up SSW. I am now an hour in and have created no less than six post-3050 upgrades of the Mackie, of all things. The thing is a surprisingly good zombie weapons platform when it's not saddled with primitive equipment.
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Apr 30, 2018 09:58
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Synthbuttrange posted:bleh well this exceeded my attention span This is glorious.
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Apr 30, 2018 10:07
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Aramoro posted:
Any thoughts on a wolverine layout that builds on that stability damage? I've got an AC20++ which I'd like to use as that was pretty enjoyable on the enforcer. Equally, I've got 2x LRM 15s++ & a PPC++ or an AC10+++ and AC5+++ that could be played around with.
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Apr 30, 2018 10:12
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Newbie questions. I've skimmed the last 5 pages and the OP, apologies if it's already answered. - Does the game reward specialising your mechs in brawl/medium/long range/indirect fire? Should I go hard on optimising ASAP, or is it better to have several options in the same mech? - Is there any kind of time limit or can I do as many non-plot contracts as I want? - Speaking of contracts, how does the savage negotiation slider works? I think that if I settle in X/Y, is X the number of picks and Y is the number of random poo poo I get, but I'm not sure. - Do I have to pay for Ammo once installed? - Does my lance weight matter at all? Heavier=Better or should I keep some lights around. - Any online mechlab I can use to tinker with my designs without having to buy stuff from the store first?
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Apr 30, 2018 10:23
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Mandatory Assembly posted:If I want to inflict BattleTech fiction on myself because this game is occupying my every waking thought, what are the least terrible novels to get? Bonus points for a similar period in the timeline as the game. Far Country
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Apr 30, 2018 10:25
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- Does the game reward specialising your mechs in brawl/medium/long range/indirect fire? Should I go hard on optimising ASAP, or is it better to have several options in the same mech? Mission dependent, but having an LRM boat on your team can help! - Is there any kind of time limit or can I do as many non-plot contracts as I want? Go nuts taking your time! - Speaking of contracts, how does the savage negotiation slider works? I think that if I settle in X/Y, is X the number of picks and Y is the number of random poo poo I get, but I'm not sure. Thats correct. - Do I have to pay for Ammo once installed? No you're paying for the ammo box. Ammunition itself is magic. - Does my lance weight matter at all? Heavier=Better or should I keep some lights around. Again mission dependent. Some require a fast speedy mech, i.e. convoy intercepts.
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Apr 30, 2018 10:26
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That said, convoy interception sucks. Same with escort missions.
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Fat Samurai posted:Newbie questions. I've skimmed the last 5 pages and the OP, apologies if it's already answered. 1: It doesn't give any specific reward for specialising, but it gives you full ability to optimise your mechs as you like. If you create super organised specialisations you'll likely get a tactical advantage just from doing that. 2: There's no time limit. 3: X salvage represents slots that you can use to specifically choose parts/equipment/mechs out of the salvage pot. Y represents salvage designated to you randomly from the pot. Ideally you want to have 2/3 of X so you can get mech parts quickly. 4: You have to pay for ammo as an equipment in stores, but then its replenished automagically and you don't have to pay for every single bullet. 5: Lance weight does matter as a way of matching difficulty. If the difficulty of the scenario is 1 and your lance weight is 3 you're probably sending down a lance that's overkill and maybe could swap in a light mech or two instead while leaving your heavier mechs for trickier scenarios. 6: Nothing that I know of.
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Xarbala posted:You can change the effect of faction reputation in SimGameConstants.json, by default they're pretty low. something like +1/+2/+3 half-skulls over your current global max? Ctrl+F your way through SimGameConstants and look for [rep level name: loathed, indifferent, friendly, etc.] "MaxContractDifficulty" to find the values you should change. ... I have no idea if it works in an ongoing campaign. Maybe? Thanks for this. Looking through this, it seems as though setting the Allied MaxContractDifficulty to a higher number (it defaults to 3) would be the change I'm looking for (assuming it works mid-campaign)? It's just puzzling to be at "max" rep (allied) and still have "Faction rep too low" blocking me out of missions.
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Apr 30, 2018 10:36
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Holy poo poo I just had a map repeat on me for the first time. I assumed outside of story mode they're procedural generated
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Apr 30, 2018 10:39
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Gridlocked posted:Holy poo poo I just had a map repeat on me for the first time. I assumed outside of story mode they're procedural generated None of the maps are. It's just the enemies you face/non-priority contracts that are proc gen.
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Zanziabar posted:Any thoughts on a wolverine layout that builds on that stability damage? I've got an AC20++ which I'd like to use as that was pretty enjoyable on the enforcer. Equally, I've got 2x LRM 15s++ & a PPC++ or an AC10+++ and AC5+++ that could be played around with. If you don't want to waste time refitting it then the WVR-6R is fine for this really. The AC/5 and SRM's all add up. I'm not a huge AC20 fan myself because of the range, but certainly the AC5+++ and you could see if you could squeeze in the LRM15 but that might mean sacrificing too much.
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aaaa fine fine I've been shamed into finishing it.
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isildur posted:Heya i don't wanna dig through the whole thread, but I really want to post that Kelly cartoon edit on my twitter. Who made it, so I can give you credit? Got a laugh out of me when it showed up in my feed this morning (retweeted by Austin Walker)
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