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RBA Starblade posted:Lmao strafing runs are broken as hell, I love them In Roger Tech, missions can end without killing everything: - if BA are all that's left, and they weren't part of a unit; if a lance has 4 mechs/vehicles *and* BA, killing the mechs/vehicles counts as a lance kill. If the BA is one of numbered units, it has to die. (Correction: too many words there, "it has to die" is all that's needed.  )- if there's a hard mission objective that's completed (or failed? I dunno, never had one end like that); defend base has a turn limit, and even if you killed nothing and have only one building left, when turn X hits it's mission over. If your primary objective is complete, usually you can extract from the designated zone, but I'm of the "don't leave nothin' for
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My 35 ton VTOL carrying my 8 ton krupp BA killed a 70 ton jaeger II in a single turn by holing it's rear armor. The BA LBX is loving amazing.
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So BTA users, I've just installed this (and reinstalled BT for the first time since I played it post-kickstarter), and I had a popup about campaign flashpoints. My question is: Do these have a time limit? I didn't start anywhere near Arano space (I'm like 54 days away from the flashpoint) and I'm not super excited at the prospect of racing down there. Can I just do it at some indeterminate time in the future, or do I need to get the ball rolling if I wanted to do the campaign in the BTA career?
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They reappear but you won't repeat them though the rewards don't really scale so doing them earlier is better but the stories pretty fun. I did a lyran start so i'm halfway across the IS and slowly making my way down but i literally just got a 95 ton mech from a comstar assassination mission and now got 6 heavies soooo the rewards won't really matter hahaha.
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Arghy posted:They reappear but you won't repeat them though the rewards don't really scale so doing them earlier is better but the stories pretty fun. I did a lyran start so i'm halfway across the IS and slowly making my way down but i literally just got a 95 ton mech from a comstar assassination mission and now got 6 heavies soooo the rewards won't really matter hahaha. Yeah, I just rolled Panzyr with a Goliath, Awesome, Catapault, and a Champion. Shockingly, the Directorate Hunchback did not hold up. It really ain't worth it from a score standpoint, but it's been years since I played the campaign originally, so it's still nostalgic and amusing to completely run wild on the missions with an overpowered squad.
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Apr 15, 2022 09:06
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I always try to collect royal or medium clan mechs just to do those missions as some of them are really fun plus BTA has reworked some of the rewards. The claw for example is actually super fun but beware some of those missions as in vanilla all the loadouts were horrible so facing 3 lances of medium mechs wasn't an issue when they'd all overheat for half the fight but now that the loadouts are fixed you can get killed really drat fast haha. So far i got a tricked out royal phoenix hawk and kintaro loaded with clan tech but i'm gonna deffo grab some omni mechs just because of the built in BA hand holds.
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Azhais posted:So BTA users, I've just installed this (and reinstalled BT for the first time since I played it post-kickstarter), and I had a popup about campaign flashpoints. My question is: Do these have a time limit? I didn't start anywhere near Arano space (I'm like 54 days away from the flashpoint) and I'm not super excited at the prospect of racing down there. The normal flashpoints expire, But the Arano Campaign and the Heavy Metal flashpoints do not expire.
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Apr 15, 2022 14:43
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I wish they scrambled the flashpoint locations like BEX did, heading south sucks lol
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RBA Starblade posted:I wish they scrambled the flashpoint locations like BEX did, heading south sucks lol Agreed, there痴 no way I知 spending like 3 months flying back down there from clan space now. In other news, I got a couple complete salamanders and my first apc off an ambush convoy, looking forward to trying those out. It only took missing literal dozens of 75%+ shots at a vehicle with a single remaining structure point to finally end the mission. Also picked up the HAG40 mauler on the last planet, its kinda dumb. It痴 got a 550 alpha with no recoil, no real heat and a range of like 1km after a little work. Admittedly it痴 slow as poo poo, so with a bad spawn it値l never actually make it into los before the mission is over.
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Roger Tech's latest updates have open the salt mines again - recoil-induced knockdown. Heavy ballistic weapons (artillery, RACs/HGRs/railguns) can knock down the firing mech if not braced before firing or otherwise mitigated. Dual-arty non-superheavies are the most affected, I expect... I know mine are.  Oh wait, my arty acts as *arty*, and parks until it absolutely has to move, never mind...Alekto on Discord posted:RogueTech MechRiders 1.2.2.4 The BA garrison sounds hilarious as well, not sure about the resupply/repair stuff. I'd have to give up offensive power both to field the vehicle, and while it's being resupplied it's not shooting. Someone also posted their build for a Hunchback packing a Long Tom (arty, not cannon) and full armor, which made me giggle. Only three tons of ammo, but LT blapping has a big AoE... sorry about your reinforcement drop, bro. Sounds like the Dreadnought gyro is getting nerfed soon, as well - might be a Savebreak thing. Buuuut, with the new knockdown mechanic, I want to retry A Beautiful Day again - be nice to see those RACZillas/Thumperillas faw down go bleedout after shooting at me. (Of course, I have to *survive* all that to enjoy the pratfall.)
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I really want BA in buildings for BTA. Hope they put that in soon now that RT's done it!
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Ygolonac posted:Roger Tech's latest updates have open the salt mines again - recoil-induced knockdown. Heavy ballistic weapons (artillery, RACs/HGRs/railguns) can knock down the firing mech if not braced before firing or otherwise mitigated. Dual-arty non-superheavies are the most affected, I expect... I know mine are. Sounds like this will absolutely wreck the meta from last season.
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jng2058 posted:I really want BA in buildings for BTA. Hope they put that in soon now that RT's done it! Unless I misread something, wasn稚 that in the latest patch? I generally try to avoid urban missions, so I haven稚 tried it since.
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If you're talking about BA garrisoning buildings thats been in BTA 2 patches ago and BA ambushing outta buildings has been in almost as long as BA have. The problem is BA in buildings is very dangerous because buildings can go down quick and leave your BA exposed but it's a great oh poo poo option like when a mech carrying BA gets knocked down so you hop off into a building.
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Holy poo poo, Salamanders get so many attacks. 10 flamers and 5 inferno srms per squad with nearly max armor. No jump jets though, unfortunately.
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Holy poo poo, piss. Air strikes are loving nuts and kinda OP hahaha. Did one of those missions where a 3rd party drops in midway through and i dropped an airstrike on the scrum and it finished off almost the entire battle. There were just a few mechs and vehicles left standing and i cleaned them up. 70k cbills well spent.
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Arghy posted:Holy poo poo, piss. Air strikes are loving nuts and kinda OP hahaha. Did one of those missions where a 3rd party drops in midway through and i dropped an airstrike on the scrum and it finished off almost the entire battle. There were just a few mechs and vehicles left standing and i cleaned them up. 70k cbills well spent. Yeah, even the default is basically free backstabs on the entire enemy lance, twice. I need to find one of the AC20 fighter contracts lol
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I can't *wait* for player airstrikes. "Oh hey, all you assaults supporting the superheavies? Faw down go BOOM now." However, even non-airstrikes can be fun, Here's Indibil showing how to stackpole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsM6v61o9kA
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Are there any smaller mods/mod collections people like or has everyone just moved on to mega-mods?
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sean10mm posted:Are there any smaller mods/mod collections people like or has everyone just moved on to mega-mods? BexCE is still pretty small and QoL; I would highly recommend it if you are looking for battle tech+, but not overwhelming changes. Also, if you don稚 already have all the DLC, check the title. The rest of us are just junkies with hundreds, nay, thousands of hours into this game, and need the hit of flying fully loaded vtols in with battle armor to mop up an air strike, because just stompy bots don稚 get us there anymore.
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Dalaram posted:BexCE is still pretty small and QoL; I would highly recommend it if you are looking for battle tech+, but not overwhelming changes. I played an embarrassing amount of this and X4 during the lockdowns lmao
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RBA Starblade posted:I played an embarrassing amount of this and X4 during the lockdowns lmao Oh I've played the crap out of this haha, I just bounced off the mega mods every time I tried them. I started a new game with a bunch of small QOL/variety mods a couple days ago, I'd forgotten what double-edged sword turning up enemy force strength is lol How it started: commander panic ejects from a Kintaro, Glitch in a Vindicator gets legged and then cored out by an enemy Thunderbolt SS, Hunchback G has an arm blown off and 0 CT armor left, last guy was a Trebuchet or something with MLs/SRMs. How it finished: HO HO HO I HAVE A GRASSHOPPER 
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I managed to salvage an Omega. Slow, ugly, heavy. It's a mech-deleter. One salvo and I'm usually left with one piece of salvage.
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Omega? Missing a golden opportunity by not having a mech called the Alpha that is the lightest one in the game
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Azhais posted:Omega? Missing a golden opportunity by not having a mech called the Alpha that is the lightest one in the game Flea, with one Small Laser or similar, one point of armor on all locations, and the biggest engine core that can fit. Optional: Supercharger/MASC/Lambo Booster/Quicsell or Zombie legs for ALL THE SPEED. (Roguetech)
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sean10mm posted:Are there any smaller mods/mod collections people like or has everyone just moved on to mega-mods? Here's my list of what I usually play with, minus various debugging/mod creation tools. Feel free to add on whatever extra mech/weapons mods to these are they should be pretty lean when it come mod conflicts. "BattletechPerformanceFix", "BetterHeadlights", "cFixes", "Colorful Combatants", "CrystalClear", "CT Ammo Mover", "Flashpoint Spawn Adjustments", "Flashpoint_Stock_Photos", "Flashpoint_The_Raid", "Friendly fire", "Little Ballistics tweeX", "MechResizer", "ModTek", "QuickCam", "ScorchedEarth", "TurretlessVehicleHits", "Better AI", For Mech resizer these are my settings. It's closer to 1:1 TT/lore scale without being so small you lose units in the trees. "Settings": { "defaultMechSizeMultiplier": 0.9, "defaultVehicleSizeMultiplier": 0.9, "defaultTurretSizeMultiplier": 1, "defaultProjectileSizeMultiplier": 1, "mechSizePrefabMultipliers": { "atlas": {"x": 0.95, "y": 0.95, "z": 0.95}, "awesome": {"x": 0.95, "y": 0.95, "z": 0.95}, "centurion": {"x": 0.8, "y": 0.9, "z": 0.9}, "commando": {"x": 1.0, "y": 1.0, "z": 1.0}, "grasshopper": {"x": 0.85, "y": 0.85, "z": 0.85}, "locust": {"x": 1.0, "y": 1.0, "z": 1.0}, "urbanmech": {"x": 0.95, "y": 0.95, "z": 0.95} }, Amechwarrior fucked around with this message at 18:50 on Apr 19, 2022 |
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Amechwarrior posted:Here's my list of what I usually play with, minus various debugging/mod creation tools. Feel free to add on whatever extra mech/weapons mods to these are they should be pretty lean when it come mod conflicts. I think I use most if not all of those already.  I do love SLDF Incoming and Panic System too. And Career Select Pilots so I get Glitch and Dekker in career mode.
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I can't find mech bay 4 or 5 in BTA3062. I've done the Argo upgrades. What am I missing?
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They shuffled those upgrades around, i think they're just 1 upgrade now but they have a very high chance of bugging out so they were talking about removing that feature all together. Next time i load it up i'll take a screen shot but i definitely remember seeing the upgrade.
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Today I learned: - Strafing Runs can't hit vehicles - Comstar will call in double reinforcements on base defenses - Comstar has a lot of vehicles with AC20s - Comstar's AC20s ignore the new damage reduction system Rip Scruffy, got headshot in a Blackjack Omni E: lol nvm they do, it's just still a little buggy. It's nice they can't miss though RBA Starblade fucked around with this message at 23:39 on Apr 23, 2022 |
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Yeah strafing runs can deffo hit vehicles and comstar/WoB run with that clan star system meaning 5 per lance so it can get really messy fighting against them--they're also considered, "end game" like the clans so they'll get max tonnage every deploy where other factions can get a negative roll and get lower tonnage. Basically don't take WoB/comstar lightly they'll roll deep every goddamn time haha.
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No I mean they literally dropped two reinforcement lances haha. The AC20 truck having precision ammo was mean though At least the Omni survived!
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Amechwarrior posted:"Little Ballistics tweeX", hey Amechwarrior I didn't find this one on the BT nexus. Is there somewhere else I should be looking for it?
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Arghy posted:Yeah strafing runs can deffo hit vehicles and comstar/WoB run with that clan star system meaning 5 per lance so it can get really messy fighting against them--they're also considered, "end game" like the clans so they'll get max tonnage every deploy where other factions can get a negative roll and get lower tonnage. Basically don't take WoB/comstar lightly they'll roll deep every goddamn time haha. They run six to a lance, or in their parlance a Level II.
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So I知 doing a new BTA campaign, and am starting to fade in Battle Armor. They are super squishy, super short range (except for the micro-gauss), super slow, and super easy to hit. They basically end up being injury farms, since losing one suit = injury. I知 already doing smart things like putting handholds on mechs to tow them around, and reserving until I can pop them off, fire, then re-mount. But compared to earlier BTA where I could field 8-100 ton assaults plus 4 100 ton vehicles, now being able to field 6 mechs, 2 vehicles, and 4 suits seems a pretty significant decrease in drop firepower. On top of that, I知 only doing missions up to 2-skulls right now, and am regularly getting them smashed up. I can only imagine what happens when I run into a disco battle master, or even a jumped up firestarter that evaporates them in one alpha. So I guess my questions are 1. Do battle armors get better later? 2. Is there anything that will make them more effective, or worth a slot?
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GD_American posted:They run six to a lance, or in their parlance a Level II. Ha a few times i thought they had 6 but i figured it was just part of another lance--now it all makes sense haha like that one time comstar had an absolute loving swarm of vehicles on a half skull mission. Dalaram posted:So I知 doing a new BTA campaign, and am starting to fade in Battle Armor. They are super squishy, super short range (except for the micro-gauss), super slow, and super easy to hit. They basically end up being injury farms, since losing one suit = injury.
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I can't tell if it's safe to shoot a mech with BA swarming on it or not. It seems like a coin toss
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Holybat posted:hey Amechwarrior I didn't find this one on the BT nexus. Is there somewhere else I should be looking for it? poo poo, that's a little personal mod made to adjust the visual/audio of the AC cannons. I never published it anywhere but I can post the files here in a few days once I get back home from a convention. Basically it makes ACs shoot a stream of bullets, does not alter game stats. Purely visual/audio tweeks by AC manufacturer.
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RBA Starblade posted:I can't tell if it's safe to shoot a mech with BA swarming on it or not. It seems like a coin toss I think the higher your accuracy, the safer it is, but I致e definitely killed my own BA doing that
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