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How...exactly do you use Mission Control? I have 3025 Extended, and would love to run a second lance. I downloaded the 1.0, and put it in the mods directory, but I don't see the option to change anything
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This sounds dumb, but I downloaded and installed the Bigger Drops mod, and I can tell it took because the post mission briefing has slots for 8 mechs, but on the deployment mission screen....I only see 4? How do I add the additional mechs?
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May 20, 2020 14:15
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Gwaihir posted:I'm not sure if that mod does it by default or if it's a 3062 thing, but on the Argo upgrades screen I have to upgrade the ship to support more mechs and heavier total drop weights. So check engineering? holy poo poo this, thank you. Didn't realize they integrated it with the story.
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May 20, 2020 17:40
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I'm using an AC/20 equipped Wolverine as a backstabber; is there a better 5/8/5 Mech with enough free tonnage to run big hoss until Lostech comes around with XL engines?
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May 20, 2020 23:11
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Technowolf posted:Shadowhawk, because the AC20 will be in the protected torso instead of a vulnerable arm. Shadowhawk is 5/8/3, and can't be bumped up.
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May 21, 2020 00:41
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I've never been able to successfully load a mid-mission save. I just treat it as an anti-scumming measure, albeit a frustrating one.
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May 21, 2020 02:44
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Klyith posted:What is the 3? Number of jumpjets? You can add more you know! Nope. Tried it. It was 5/8/3 in the original 3025 Tech Readout, and I guess they stayed faithful.
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May 21, 2020 05:19
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Conspiratiorist posted:Are you using mods? 3025 Extended, yeah. Guess they restrict it there. Kurita started running XL Chargers around the War of 3039, didn't they?
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May 21, 2020 05:40
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RBA Starblade posted:"VehiclesCanPanic" to be fair as soon as the Awesome rears up to punt the turret a few football fields away, I'd be out the door too
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May 21, 2020 16:57
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Random thought- I wonder if the DCMS banned the Yellow Bird marching cadence
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May 21, 2020 18:03
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Marik has those sweet, sweet rangefinders.
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May 22, 2020 19:41
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I'm a long ways away from the Clans (by my timeline, Kurita is just now putting the screws to Jaime Wolf) but I plan to be up coreward when they first come, maybe a few years earlier to pirate it around with Oberon. Are there any flashpoint mods that add battles/campaigns from the 4th Succession War, War of 3039, or other timeline goodness?
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May 23, 2020 16:12
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Huh, I found a Medium Laser -. -2 to acc. Even the flavor text talks about how poo poo the Argra 27 C is.
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May 24, 2020 22:27
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Is the Longbow the uber-missile boat? I can't think of a heavier Mech that would be in the game with as many missile slots but I'm not up on all the obscure ones. Basically, is there a missile equivalent of an Annihilator?
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May 24, 2020 23:46
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PoptartsNinja posted:Yes, but it's a Clan 'Mech. ? Longbow is pre-Star League, even. You thinking of the Naga?
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May 25, 2020 00:07
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Gwaihir posted:The "yes"was in response to the "is there a missile Annihilator?" (It's the Kraken 3) D'oh! Misread.
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May 25, 2020 00:19
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fennesz posted:Does anyone know how mech salvage works? I downed a Marauder without exploding either arms or legs but I only got one piece of salvage back. I could have sworn I've gotten 2 or 3 pieces back from other rare mechs I'd done the same to. Headshot = 3 pieces Legged em = 2 pieces Cored em (CT) = 1 piece
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May 26, 2020 00:41
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Pharnakes posted:Well gently caress. Three big ones to choose from, here's a fantastic post breaking down their differences https://www.reddit.com/r/Battletechgame/comments/ghz2bx/so_you_want_to_install_a_modpack_a_guide_to_chose/
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May 26, 2020 20:38
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Doing a miniature version of Wolf's Dragoons' tour around the Inner Sphere just to raid everyone's faction store. - Allied with Davion to stock up on AC++ (too early in the timeline for UACs, gotta make nice with em again later), - then Canopus for those sweet +10 damage medium lasers and +3 hit defense gyros, - then Marik for those sweet sweet 120m rangefinders. Trying to cozy up to Liao now to see what they've got, then going to BUSHIDO SPACE to close out the 4th succession war. Wish they had some flashpoints around big stuff in the 4th War like hunting down Teddy Kurita with the Lyrans (or alternately, making the Elsies look like fools with Teddy), or helping the Dragoons at Misery or Wolcott.
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May 27, 2020 18:06
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sean10mm posted:After achieving 100 rep with the pirates for that sweet discount. Are there any all-pirate planets? Like core ward in the Bandit Kingdoms?
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May 27, 2020 18:55
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God I would love a scalable Battleforce. Imagine multiplayer games with people managing at the lance, company, battalion and RCT level.
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May 29, 2020 04:13
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Gwaihir posted:idk that Battletech itself really holds up all that well to huge fights. Not unless you hand craft it so well on every map to prevent large scale massed focus firing. It sounds cool in abstract, but, "A point of elementals I couldn't see TAGs me and then 20 arrow IVs land on my head" doesn't really make for great actual gameplay. You'd have to disconnect it from the cockpit or power gamers would cheese poo poo up with headhunter and min-max builds. Just pure strategic stuff.
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May 29, 2020 04:24
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Kurita's faction store is disappointing as all hell. PPC++ and Medium Laser +++ (the wrong kind), and Heat Exchanger +++ (the 4 ton one). Pffffttttt. I survived Death to Mercenaries for this?
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May 29, 2020 16:04
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Klyith posted:they do Snub PPCs too, and the +10 damage snub is the most broken OP weapon in the game Reintroduced in 3067 by the Snakes; I'm in 3030
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May 29, 2020 20:36
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Psion posted:you really need to preface most of your complaints that you're using some mod because nobody else here is going to remember or assume you aren't playing base game + DLC Hmmm, true. Is it a pretty even smattering in here between BEXCE, 3067 and RogueTech?
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May 29, 2020 21:59
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I enjoyed vanilla but I guess the thought of playing a version with the sourcebooks and tech readouts sprayed all over it appealed to me the most. I kinda bowed out of Battletech once they moved up to the Jihad (and never hosed with Dark Age, read a book or two and didn't like them) so this timeline is perfect for me. Roguetech seemed a bit too much when I read about it; I like how the regular game handles combat and didn't wanna gently caress with it too much. Actually come to think of it, the FedCom Civil War is what lost me. Not that I was a big fan of Victor Sue, but turning his sister into a literal cackling evil witch seemed like a dumb direction to take.
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May 29, 2020 22:41
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Sazabi posted:Jesus! Did they give the rabbit a diamond tipped drill? It feels like this is deeper than 40k. It's been a well-supported IP for close to 40 years, and they went heavy very early into novels and sourcebooks as a revenue stream. They published sourcebooks covering the entire 1000 year gap from now to the game setting for each nation that exists. It has a ton of lore, but diving in is pretty simple. There's Space Germany, Space Japan, Space China, Space (Idealized) Britain, and Space Balkans. Knowing that makes things a lot easier.
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May 31, 2020 07:00
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Grand Fromage posted:Wanna play these Pirates of Butte Hold. It's fun, but also probably a good idea to start packing your bags and heading rimward around 3048 or so. They were pretty much the canary in the coal mine, except nobody noticed it when it died.
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May 31, 2020 23:49
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Reindeer Flotilla posted:I'm running BT Extended 3025 on the most recent update, and the Davion faction stores only have AC2/5/10/20+++ weapons - I can't find UAC's anywhere. Are they somewhere special, or is something up with my install? The blessing and the curse of playing from 3025 on is that you get to see lostech re-emerge. Eventually.
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Jun 1, 2020 01:25
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Reindeer Flotilla posted:I started in 3054(ish), I think. Sarna says they came back on the market in 3057. But if you make nice with the pirates, there's lostech a plenty on the black market.
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Remora posted:Hey ya'll. I was thinking about picking this up again, I quit midway through a playthrough because I got tired of losing characters I liked to random headshots and always being wildly outnumbered all the time on missions. Is there, like, anything I can do about that stuff, or is that just... the game, and it's not for me? Use the Bigger Drops mod for a second lance, which evens the odds a fair bit. Also Mission Control will introduce allied lances (with lovely pathfinding, but supposedly this week's update fixed it and I haven't downloaded it to check yet) As for not losing folks....well there is a "restart mission" button on the menu
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Also, recognize that Infernos are that weapon Most Holy. Shut their best Mech down instantly (with a couple of them) and keep it out of the fight.
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I went full ham with the Infernos and got a Longbow (the 4/6 movement variant), loaded it up with 8 infernos and a pilot with multi-targeting, and the feeling of taking 3 Mechs out of the fight (for a turn) at once was veryyyyy satisfying. None of them shut down after being hit by 2 Infernos, but they usually do kill their turn dropping heat and not firing. In general, I've had better luck so far with the Crusader 4L, the Liao variant with jump jets. 4 infernos, max armor, jump jets, a +60 melee Arm of Popeye actuator boost, and a large laser++ for something to do until you get in range. In urban maps, they're absolutely lethal. On wide open maps, you're hauling wide rear end open to close the distance to firing range, and sometimes it gets harrowing.
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Jun 1, 2020 21:08
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sean10mm posted:In Battletech tabletop are there any heavy mechs with abnormally small engines to make baby slow assaults? The only 2/3 Mech I remember besides 100 tonners like the Annihilator would be the Urbie. Wasn't the Mackie supposed to be poo poo slow?
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Jun 1, 2020 22:15
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When you think about, the UrbanMech is the most honest Mech
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Jun 3, 2020 05:59
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Klyith posted:I wonder if, in-universe, an asymmetrical mech or a chicken-walker or other non-humaniod mech is harder to learn how to pilot? So making a mech that's just a solid block of armor on one side would be like relearning to run after losing one arm. And if so, what does that say about the Atlas? Or all three. Imagine what that giant swinging cannon does to your CoG 
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Mission Control makes for some hectically fun games when you're running assault mechs, but I restarted and am running a lance of 50-55 tonners and it's loving ridiculous. No, guys, I'm pretty sure I'm not up to destroying 4 lances, 2 of which spawned flanking me and the 3rd and 4th which landed in consecutive rounds.
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Jun 3, 2020 20:36
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I just replayed this loving destroy vehicles mission at least a dozen times trying to figure out how to crack it. I finally did after about six hours. It froze at the salvage screen. This. loving. Game.
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1. If you've got the mobility, jump behind them, shoot them in the back. 2. If they've got the majority of their firepower in one arm (Panther, for example), try to move to that side of them and hit them from that side (the aim line turns from red to blue). That arm will come off a lot quicker. 3. Don't charge straight up the map. Many missions are designed as straight ambushes, sometimes from two lances, designed to chew you to bits. Flank em. 4. If you see Infernos for sale, snap em up. 3-4 of those on a missile boat basically nullifies the turn of an enemy Mech. Fire them at the most dangerous one the enemy has. 5. Small amounts of LRMs are useless. Large amounts of LRMs are glorious. Few things finer than waves of indirect fire chewing them to bits at no risk to you. 6. Hit the "glass hammer" opponents first- high damage/low armor vehicles or Mechs, such as the Rifleman. The sooner you silence those guns, the better.
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sean10mm posted:Anything with an AC20 must die immediately is my policy. Oh yeah. You see an SRM/LRM carrier? It must die. NOW. The longest loving animation on earth is how many missiles it hits you with.
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