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TaurusTorus posted:Darius is a devious fucker. Darius just told a bunch of random bastards there was a vault of Lostech at your location so you could get free salvage by killing them.
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Jan 13, 2020 20:04
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What I want to know is which enterprising pirate has found their own star league fortress, and is gradually doling out all that juicy lostech on the black market.
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Jan 14, 2020 01:15
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Jabor posted:What I want to know is which enterprising pirate has found their own star league fortress, and is gradually doling out all that juicy lostech on the black market. Surprisingly Heavy Metal might actually explain this. The most powerful pirate faction captured a derelict ship that's pretty much outright stated to be a Clan Wolverine ship from when they escaped the other Clans, and it was loaded up not only with all sorts of juicy LosTech like Snub PPCs and such, but some ClanTech and stuff that even the Clans don't have. They've been plundering it and flooding the Black Market with its goodies.
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Jan 14, 2020 01:32
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Polaron posted:Are there any mods that make flashpoints available during the campaign? I don't know how to make a mod in this game, but it's a 20 second change. binge crotching posted:Turns out it's really goddamn easy. It's a 1 line change in one of the milestone files. The initial flashpoint spawned in a system I couldn't normally travel to, but I was able to click on the flashpoint and go there and play with a Hatchetman.
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Jan 14, 2020 01:36
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Sky Shadowing posted:Surprisingly Heavy Metal might actually explain this. Its not just a might. This is explicitly stated in the campaign.
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Jan 14, 2020 01:54
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Organ Fiend posted:Its not just a might. This is explicitly stated in the campaign. Yeah, but the black market being rife with LosTech was a thing before Heavy Metal was released, wasn't it?
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Jan 14, 2020 02:05
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Not nearly as much, and regular stores will have some now as well.
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Jan 14, 2020 02:06
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Sky Shadowing posted:Yeah, but the black market being rife with LosTech was a thing before Heavy Metal was released, wasn't it? Oh yeah, it was. I think that HM is their way of retroactively explaining all of that.
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Jan 14, 2020 02:10
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Glad to see they're still doing the "tee hee, your 2 skull mission is actually two lances and there's an assault mech too! ~*~random~*~" tee hee" bullshit. Remembering why I bounced off career mode last time 
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Jan 14, 2020 03:17
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Purr Objectives posted:Glad to see they're still doing the "tee hee, your 2 skull mission is actually two lances and there's an assault mech too! ~*~random~*~" tee hee" bullshit. Random contracts in career and campaign can both go 1 skull lower or higher. If there's an assault it should be crippled unless it's a gimmick contract at that point
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Jan 14, 2020 03:22
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Yeah what you should be paying attention to in addition to the skulls is the max pay. If it seems like higher pay than you'd expect, you might have drawn one of the "identical" contracts that they offer that are disguised to make you think you know what the mission is before they spring a surprise on you. Like just today, we landed and then Sumire said "hey boss these 'Mechs are bigger than I thought" and then another faction landed a lance and I killed them all and won.
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Jan 14, 2020 03:45
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RBA Starblade posted:Random contracts in career and campaign can both go 1 skull lower or higher. If there's an assault it should be crippled unless it's a gimmick contract at that point Yeah I'm just being salty. I zigged when I should have zagged and got bodied. I need to remember that withdrawl button is there.
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Jan 14, 2020 04:12
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Also, if the mission has "Titan" in its name, it guarantees to have at least one Assault.
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Jan 14, 2020 04:16
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I’m a noob who has read nothing. I started campaign mode and did the prologue and first mission where you get hosed on the cash. What is the difference between campaign and career mode, can you roll over into career mode after campaign, and should I be negotiating for more c-bills or salvage? And are there weight limits for dropping your lance on missions or just go crazy with heavy as you can?
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Jan 14, 2020 04:23
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pmchem posted:What is the difference between campaign and career mode, can you roll over into career mode after campaign, and should I be negotiating for more c-bills or salvage? And are there weight limits for dropping your lance on missions or just go crazy with heavy as you can? Campaign is the main story, career is a mostly-procedurally-generated freelance campaign. You can keep playing freelance after you finish the campaign. It depends. There's no strong right or wrong answer, especially since the 1.8 patch. Almost always no weight limits. It'll be really obvious if there are any weight limits, and I don't think there are any during the main campaign.
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Jan 14, 2020 04:32
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pmchem posted:I’m a noob who has read nothing. I started campaign mode and did the prologue and first mission where you get hosed on the cash. Campaign is a lot easier, since the priority story missions pay a ton of cash. Once you're done it does roll over into the sandbox mode that career is, but usually by then you'll be able to stomp everything you run into. Career mode starts you out with a timer to rack up a high score, but doesn't actually end at that point. You can keep playing as long as you want. For cash/salvage, I usually just go max salvage early on so I can get better weapons/mechs. There are a couple contracts where I know there won't be good salvage because of all the vehicles instead of mechs so those I do max cash.
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Jan 14, 2020 04:34
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Cease to Hope posted:Almost always no weight limits. It'll be really obvious if there are any weight limits, and I don't think there are any during the main campaign. Can confirm no weight limits during campaign. I modded to open up travel when the Argo was available, and by the time I got back to the campaign proper I was dropping Steiner Scout Lances while the campaign was still throwing lights around. A couple timed missions came close to the wire while Kamea bitched in my ear, but I had no problems.
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Jan 14, 2020 04:36
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binge crotching posted:For cash/salvage, I usually just go max salvage early on so I can get better weapons/mechs. There are a couple contracts where I know there won't be good salvage because of all the vehicles instead of mechs so those I do max cash. I've gone about this both ways in a couple careers each. Especially since HM, going full cash early - up to 2.5 skull missions - allowed me to buy quality mechs from stores/black market and equip them with nice stuff much earlier in the game than I would have gotten with full salvage.
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Jan 14, 2020 05:06
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binge crotching posted:For cash/salvage, I usually just go max salvage early on so I can get better weapons/mechs. There are a couple contracts where I know there won't be good salvage because of all the vehicles instead of mechs so those I do max cash. I generally do the opposite of this, early on it's easier to buy a new light mech than to salvage them. I start salvaging when I can reliably fight mediums. Also vehicles can be a good way to get +variants of weapons because they carry a ton of them.
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Jan 14, 2020 05:36
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TotalLossBrain posted:I've gone about this both ways in a couple careers each. Especially since HM, going full cash early - up to 2.5 skull missions - allowed me to buy quality mechs from stores/black market and equip them with nice stuff much earlier in the game than I would have gotten with full salvage. Yeah, the new availability of lostech plus the heavy metal weapons really changes the equation on cash vs salvage when you're first getting geared up since you can't salvage any of it. Swapping in LBXes or Ultras for vanilla autocannons is a pretty solid upgrade over a lot of stock builds even if you change nothing else, and other goodies like snub nose PPCs, COILs, and double heat sinks are easily within your finances if you go straight cash. LBXes and snubs in particular are absolute godsends in an early campaign because your gunners suck and you only need to get a little piece of that dipshit Locust to ruin his day, so now you get in a couple clusters and take off an arm where other weapons miss entirely...not to mention all the random head hits, those are nice too when AI pilots are out there with only 3 hp.
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Jan 14, 2020 05:59
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If you take Pirate vs Local Gov't missions for cash early and luck out into getting early Black Market access...anakha posted:The black market is hilariously busted in vanilla. I actually did an Evil Overlord laugh when I discovered I could field an Atlas II for only 6M.
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Jan 14, 2020 07:00
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Thanks all. I’m playing no-DLC vanilla campaign.
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Jan 14, 2020 14:01
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anakha posted:If you take Pirate vs Local Gov't missions for cash early and luck out into getting early Black Market access... Looks like I need to start a new game... Just started with no DLC. Fun so far, it's nice to be able to play without needing a pile of charts, books, and minis.
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Jan 14, 2020 17:29
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Is there a completed video lets play of the Heavy Metal mini-campaign? I accepted the bribe because I was roleplaying a money-grubber (totally not because I lost my A-team on the previous mission) and I want to see the "good" ending.
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Jan 14, 2020 20:27
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I'm looking to play this on PC for the first time, and am I gimping myself if I don't pick up all the DLC/expansions from the get go?
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Jan 15, 2020 05:09
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PJOmega posted:I'm looking to play this on PC for the first time, and am I gimping myself if I don't pick up all the DLC/expansions from the get go? You'd be missing out, yes. The expansions are very much worth it, scoop up the season pass.
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Jan 15, 2020 05:15
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PJOmega posted:I'm looking to play this on PC for the first time, and am I gimping myself if I don't pick up all the DLC/expansions from the get go? I think it's a lot more fun with all the DLC, especially the most recent. The base game has a perfectly fine campaign and sandbox mode though.
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PJOmega posted:I'm looking to play this on PC for the first time, and am I gimping myself if I don't pick up all the DLC/expansions from the get go? If you're on Steam it looks like the all-encompassing season pass is the best overall deal. I'd say get the season pass, you should be able to get a good feel for how much you enjoy the game before you pass the refund limit time. The base game is fun and the campaign gives you guidance without being on-rails, but the expansions add a lot of cool features. I've been playing BEXCE career and getting some fun curveballs. I finished a mission for the pirates and got the agreed payment, but on the salvage screen there were 0 mech parts and I couldn't pick any of the equipment that showed. Salvage value showed as 8,888,888%. I'm assuming this is a bug, but I also like the idea of some shady pirates refusing to abide by the terms of the deal or cancelling my salvage rights because only 3/4 of their units survived. Twice in a row I've had 8v8 Tag Teams turn into 8v12. The first time was easy because the initial lances were scattered and the third mostly sat on the edge of the map idle until I went out of my way to take them out. The second time was much tougher, and one of the longest missions I've played. The initial lances were close together and made a solid firing line on a ridge, and the third came in shortly after the mission started. Davion's lance did very little to soak fire until halfway through the battle, but once they engaged we were getting knockdowns every turn. Very challenging but fun mission that netted me a full Grasshopper and a Gauss Rifle. Is there a visual indicator for Flashpoints on the system map? I kind of zipped through that part of the tutorial and I can't figure out how to find them.
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Jan 15, 2020 05:19
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A yellow circle around the system dot
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Vorenus posted:Is there a visual indicator for Flashpoints on the system map? I kind of zipped through that part of the tutorial and I can't figure out how to find them. I don't think they show up until you finish the campaign (your reference to a tutorial makes me think you're running the campaign).
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Jan 15, 2020 17:50
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Is there a way to create custom/edit mechwarriors and save them to a stable like in xcom 2? Is the option very obvious and I'm just blind or is there a mod?
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binge crotching posted:I think it's a lot more fun with all the DLC, especially the most recent. The base game has a perfectly fine campaign and sandbox mode though. Yes I would say play the base game campaign mode, then if you decide you would like to play more get the season pass and start a career. If you bounce right off the campaign then I'm not sure the DLC will change your mind.
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Organ Fiend posted:I don't think they show up until you finish the campaign (your reference to a tutorial makes me think you're running the campaign). I finished the campaign and started a career. A bunch popped up but I didn't do any and they stopped popping up. Because I had not paid attention when it was explained, I had no idea of how to find the ones that had popped up. Here's hoping it's not too late to find some, I really don't want to restart the game of watching 3/3 salvage turn into 2/3 because the enemy pilot ejected on what would have been a killing injury.
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Tried playing again after a long hiatus, and my restarted campaign immediately ends when a tiny spider jumps in behind one of the NPCs that absolutely must survive and hits him in the CT, coring him. Me a couple turns before that: "Oh, OK. That's the second time an enemy managed a rear attack. But it's a Centurion, I think that guy can take the damage." Second go around, I start remember how to actually play the game.
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Jan 15, 2020 21:39
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anakha posted:If you take Pirate vs Local Gov't missions for cash early and luck out into getting early Black Market access... Wait, how? I'm seeing each part at 5M, so that's 25M... and it's like 100k in deployment costs to drop it probably
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Jan 15, 2020 21:44
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BrotherJayne posted:Wait, how? There aren't deployment costs in vanilla so I'm guessing whatever mod you're on jacked the prices at the black market's lowest discount
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Jan 15, 2020 21:46
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BrotherJayne posted:Wait, how? Black market prices are inversely proportional to your relationship with the pirates.
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BrotherJayne posted:Wait, how? What's your faction rep with the pirates?
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It is 100% my faction rep with the pirates as well, I'm at... -9. Thanks!
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