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chocolateTHUNDER posted:At one point in the game are you supposed to "graduate" to heavy/assault mechs? Seems like I'm running mostly mediums right now (main lance is a Centurion, Blackjack, Griffin, and uhh something else like that idk i forgot) I just completed the ammo cache mission in campaign. I also just passed that mission. I've got a Grasshopper, a couple of Dragons, and a couple of Quickdraws. I only use the Grasshopper and one Dragon so far, though. Still got a Centurion LRM boat and Shadow Hawk. I just salvaged a Jagermech last night on contract.
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CommieGIR posted:Meanwhile, House Steiner begins their invasion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6MWxW4VmEA that has to be one of the worst dub jobs I've ever heard.  I never played the German version and I'm glad for it now.
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I just did the "Escape" campaign mission where you face off against 3 Assaults and I was a bit nervous about that. The very first alpha strike against the Zeus popped the head clean off. Hah. It wasn't even a precision strike. It's actually a pretty easy mission, I just played it completely wrong the first time around.
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Largepotato posted:The Chameleon has a special place in my heart from the Crescent Hawks' Inception. I didn't know what I was doing but I loved that game
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So after I completed Babby's first campaign and also a career run, I wanted to do an ironman run on higher difficulty. After just one mission, I can't quit the game anymore - as in, it literally will not let me exit because it thinks we're still in combat. It's on the ship screen, though 
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Q_res posted:I literally beat the entire Arano Restoration campaign without losing a single pilot, there's literally no way that supposed system exists. same
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sean10mm posted:Big gun instant kill headshots aren't ~efficient~ compared to endless ML/SRM spam, but they're fun as hell. I like having one Heavy or Assault with JJs, AC20, and punch mods. Put a master tactician in it for better initiative (plus the command computer you get in that unique CP mech) and it's a death machine. There aren't too many mechs in the game that will withstand a called AC20 shot to the back torso. If using a Banshee (I forgot which variant is the right one to use for this) with punch mods in both arms, you can deal some ridiculous 240-250 in melee damage. So really, the AC20 is just there for closing in. TotalLossBrain fucked around with this message at 16:53 on Oct 22, 2019 |
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Well poo poo. I wasn't going to buy this but I lost interest in XCOM2 for the moment and I need something to play. Also the season pass is discounted right now on Steam. I paid $16 and change for the season pass which takes into consideration that I already owned the other two DLC.
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Bubbacub posted:Does this happen instantly? I've started a few new careers and it's never come up for me. Dramicus posted:How are you guys getting this box? Does it come after a few missions or something? I continued a save from a pre-Heavy Metal campaign. The box popped up immediately after hitting the advance time button for me.
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jng2058 posted:I'd prefer to restart for a Career, since you'll be hilariously overpowered by the end of the campaign otherwise. Yeah I've done it both ways. If you campaign first, you'll just breeze through most flashpoints and some of the contracts can be challenging, sort of. Starting a fresh campaign, the flashpoints provide a nice line of progression in difficulty, required tonnage, and gear.
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gently caress, I'm over ten hours into this expansion and the only upgraded weapons I've seen/have are LBX/2's. I seen plenty of the new mechs though. Also, despite having well over 200 hours into the game, I just now realized how terrible the Banshee 3M really is. My Orions mount more weaponry than that! I keep the Banshee around for its insane punch mods, but it's too drat slow to effectively meelee. Is there any use for it?
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Nov 25, 2019 18:19
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Fauxtool posted:are there any good options for running dual gauss rifles without sacrificing too much armor and smaller weapons like medium lasers? I did this with both the Campaign Highlander and a King Crab.
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Keltar posted:So is there a game plan for missions where you got to plant beacons while dealing with all the base defences and mechs? Going too slow is no good and rushing in seems suicidal. Either way tend to get chewed up mighty good. I like running 3 heavies or assaults and one light or medium mech with lots of JJs and the right pilot. The heavies keep the enemy busy while the little guy rushes around, relying on cover and evasion. Edit: A variation of this that I once tried: 3 big LRM boats pinning the enemy down from further away instead. TotalLossBrain fucked around with this message at 05:49 on Nov 26, 2019 |
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I'm loving this new DLC. I had about 210 hours into it before then and was kind of tired of it. But the new flash points, the new mechs and special abilities, and best of all the new kickass weapons really breathed new life into it for me. I just completed the timer on my second career at 240 hours. I bought this DLC and RDR2 at the same time because sales, but have barely an hour into the latter by now. All my time went into Heavy Metal.
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My current lance is two Atlas', one King Crab, and the Bull Shark. One Atlas is close to 600 DMG, and none are worse than 400. They gently caress poo poo up. With my stable of maxxed out pilots, each of them can one-shot an Assault.
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RBA Starblade posted:Welp, there goes the NARC++ and Snub Nose ++ on my Orion. You really want mechs with good heat management and pilots with coolant vent for that Flash Point, given that it's in the lunar biome with heavy opposition. It helps to sneak around the edge of the map to space out the opposing force.
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Zore posted:People use Multishot? I found it useful for two things: 1. Aggro enemies in any defend base/escort mission 2. Get that achievement for killing two mechs in one round/one mech.
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I built something fun out of an Assassin for some of the Urban Flashpoints that have a 55t/200t drop limit. Just a single SL, max jump jets and armor, and two meelee++ arm mods. LOL it jumps across half the map and punches for 90 DMG + 50 STB. It's not super great, but the low drop limit missions usually have trash opfor, so....
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so the extended Dobrov Flashpoint kinda petered out in play-through. After coming across the Black Widow for the first time, I received a notification that the ship had been found again and that I should hurry because Kerensky would also find it quickly. But nothing ever showed up on the Star Map. In fact, I am now out of Flashpoints to do altogether so I guess I missed the end of this?
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sean10mm posted:It's this, click on systems near the bottom of the map and you should find it. It happened to me. It was indeed obscured by the Black Market icon. Thanks goons!
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RBA Starblade posted:It's beautiful I have found three DHS in a couple of stores and bought them all. I think they were around 200k each
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Patrat posted:You can semi reliably buy Gauss rifles and double heat sinks in the systems with star league remnants, I am not sure where one would get that many ++ damage snub nosed PPCs though, I have literally seen a total of maybe four snub nosed PPCs for sale in my campaign full stop. That's how I found my DHS: I started going to SLDF-marked systems just to go shopping. On a side note, I have found plenty of Snub ++ for sale in a lot of systems.
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Keltar posted:Stuck between two legendary mech warriors? That takes some ingenuity and creative thinking since their mechs are going to be even crazier than your OPed machines. My 395t lance took a tiny bit of armor loss during that engagement, nothing else. I didn't even move from that forested spot you mention. Endgame feels insanely overpowered now. I have 3 x Atlas, 2 x King Crab, and the Bull Shark, all fully kitted out in murder setups.
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Cyrano4747 posted:What's the story with getting access to the black market if you're at rock bottom rep with the pirates? Still 2.5M? Is it even possible now? I was sitting at -99 rep with the pirates and still had black market access. Then they demanded 2.5M for me to keep access. I declined and lost access. A while later, they offered to give me access again, for 2.5M. If you finish the Heavy Metal FP, all of your faction reps go up substantially, including the Pirates. It brought my price modifier from 1000% to 50%.
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After finishing my current career with all of the new DLC content, I started a new campaign with the intent to transition to career after. A couple of observations about this: 1. You do not get the Heavy Metal loot crate at the start of a new campaign. 2. Going for full cash this time is working out well. I've got plenty of cbills to shop for nice stuff, which leads to... 3. The new weapons are OP. Four hours in, I was doing decently until I went shopping in a well-equipped store for a couple LB-10X +, a UAC20, plus a few other things - and now I'm just blowing through contracts.
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Deptfordx posted:Well. My shiny new SSD and an extra 8Gb of Ram arrives tommorow, so here's hoping load times get a little more bearable. eh...I got an (older) SSD, 32 GB RAM, and a 1080 Ti. Load times are still long and the game isn't super smooth.
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On my current play through I've been very careful to maintain my rep with the pirates. It's now sitting at +11 and I just bought a brand new, fully equipped Annihilator from them for just 12M cbills. They also have an Atlas-2, fully decked out with DHS, but it is $28M and I don't have that much
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Keltar posted:Holy poo poo. They mixed Xenos and Mechs. is it a xeno-boner?
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BadAstronaut posted:Is there any reason why after equipping the NARC Beacon thing I get told I don't have the right ammo for it - does it need something specific from the store, and not SRM/LRM ammo? Yes this NARC thing actually needs ammo which can be bought separately. I don't see it for sale very often, though. I'm now sitting at +22 rep with the pirates and am "liked". They have started offering me up to 4-skull missions.
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Fauxtool posted:quad UAC10+++ Annihilator is pretty cool until you try out quad gauss+ hrrrmmmmmm.....I've got three Gauss++ and a single std Gauss by now.
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weird. I got nearly 300 hours on both Windows and Linux versions without ever encountering this convoy bug.
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RBA Starblade posted:I used to put JJs on everything but now I only do it on something I intend to flank with because with coolant vent I just load up on as heavy an alpha as possible for two-three turns, vent, keep doing it I took the same route with my last career. I had one JJ-equipped, faster mech and three other mechs with focus in armor and firepower. I mostly used a Grasshopper and Black Knight for this, and with Heavy Metal the Assassin is pretty nice for this even mid-career. It worked pretty well indeed.
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I've done a bunch of 3-5 skull missions for the friendly local pirates and now they are honored to be buds with me. Rep:92
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Keltar posted:Is there any group that sells gauss ++? I have found them at various black market stores.
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Keltar posted:Davions. They will be your best friend with all your UAC needs. Pretty sure almost every store has UAC ammo
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I've got to try that Atlas-2 build. I'm currently steamrolling 5-skull contracts with a lance that dishes out slightly north of 2100 Alpha damage.
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I just bought an Atlas-2 on the black market to strip it off its DHSs so I can make my other Atlas-2 into the 6xSnub PPC that appeared earlier upthread. You know, the positive aspects of a good pirate reputation aren't that great - I sit at 100 rep and get a whopping 10% discount. Edit: I guess you also get to have that hilariously named achievement.
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And Tyler Too! posted:My Christmas wishlist is 2x Gauss++ (if they exist), and an Atlas 2, so I can build a "not Fafnir." They exist. I have three of them.
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Ravenfood posted:The Gauss ++ is the same as the Gauss + in terms of tonnage. It only gains a reduction of 3 critical slots iirc, so isn't much better. I rarely feel pressed for physical space in mechs unless I'm just going ham with DHSs, and those are less necessary if you're going Gauss heavy. I've only ever found the regular and ++ versions, never just the single +. sean10mm posted:Two UAC20++ on my King Crab are hilarious, but also bad for salvage since for every 120 damage hit to the head on a called shot you're doing up to 360 damage everywhere else lmao I also run a couple of KC's with dual UAC20++ and if I am after salvage or running a pilot who doesn't have great recoil buffs, I alternate between the two cannons. Less damage and no penalty at firing time.
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S.J. posted:So I haven't touched this since a couple weeks after the initial releases, I'd like to assume all the DLC is worth picking up? I wouldn't pay full price for it (primarily because there are always sales going on) but yes - all three paid DLC packages are great imo.
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