Atlas with 2 Arrow Launchers? Hilarious! - Yet Another Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries Modded Episode 25

[@Aquagenesis]

Funfact about YAML If you don't have a good enough reputation with a house, they will actually deny you of buying certain items or weapons of a certain tier. So since Kurita doesn't exactly like you, they refuse to sell it to you. When you're in their good graces, they will sell it to you. Learned that after beating Liao so much

[@sammydavis5628]

Baradul kills Atlas in three shots: "The damage is not great...."

[@orbitalbutt6757]

EDIT: This was one of the most flat out fun episodes I've seen in ages. The crazed spending spree, the mech toys, and those Arrows. My lord. You weren't shooting missiles, you were launching rocket powered fists that pancaked mechs into big smoking craters. Absolutely hilarious, and finding three juiced up Silver Bullet Gauss Rifles was icing on the cake. Anyone clamoring for a fresh start should be thrown into prison, things are getting crazy and they're only going to get crazier. And as for the Banshee... The words Assault Battle Axe and Hotseat Cockpit reach me in my hastily dug grave. I hear the sounds of construction on the long foretold melee banshee and I begin to stir, disturbing the dirt around the septic tank, which I have managed to tunnel beneath using a crude shovel I forged in the earth from roots, a rock, and my own hair. The time draws near, the Banshee will take to the field and on that day I will return from my Dirt Exile. I will return to the surface world and abandon the soil, my kingdom, and resume my life as a pharmaceutical test subject. Soon. Very soon.

[@nathanielsmith7019]

The urban lord is not just an urban mech with fancy bits It's 70 tons That's why it took so many arrows during the first mission

[@nathanielsmith7019]

Oh you saw nvm

[@glenmcgillivray4707]

It's the original light mechs big bro. Now to see what an even heavier city fighting stomp lord could do with the rapid turn speeds of those arm and hip joints and no need for movement speed outside of acceleration to get back into cover.

[@derhrogard4901]

They actually failed the Arrow double bin. the one ton and the half ton hold WAY less ammo. But the YAML Developers seem to watch every episode, so my own Arrowlas will loose a lot of ammo the next days XD

[@sailorjerry4435]

When I play YAML MW5 career, I usually avoid the long toms and arrows, but after this vid, I think I will definitely give them a try. Definitely made me a believer of the double arrow atlas.

[@glenmcgillivray4707]

Build the long tom Atlas for a personal mech with an arrow perhaps. And bring a twin arrow minion with laser support mechs

[@namkha209]

Ah yes, the legendary Arrowlas. Only the Bara Skunk Werks can come up with something like this

[@rogerangelil5279]

I believe that these rare item that do not appear when in the shop, do appear when you check the market from the building screen in the mechbay (click on the component slot to see the option from your storage and the market). Problably some shop ''display limitation'' that is bypassed by the mechbay.

[@ohmybrowncow]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@orbitalbutt6757]

If someone can confirm this it'd be absolutely awesome to know for certain. Our man Baradul could get his hands on that gladiator armor then

[@fabucla]

I would so *LOVE* To see a Mechwarrior Mercenary game, where you can actually create a mercenary unit like in the books. Multiple regiments for deployment, organize the logistics. Maybe include air superiority and even space battle around the jump-ships. Why its always 4 Mechs maximum will never cease to disappoint me. And i have played and loved every Mechwarrior game from Mechwarrior 1 on DOS. And all the Mech Commanders and the current Battletech by Paradox. Even the multiplayer ones. But they all fall short. Even with Mods.

[@Toner_Cartirdge]

You should give MegaMek a go, there's a campaign mode where you can do all that kinda stuff. Gameplay is exactly like tabletop though, and it can feel spreadsheety sometimes. But it might scratch that itch!

[@fabucla]

@@Toner_Cartirdge thanks for the tip. That seems like it's worth a look. On the first glance it reminds me of Neveron from the early 2000s.

[@YjoIndio]

Reminds me of the Solaris 7 Vulture/Mad Dog in MW4:Mercs with double Arrow IVs :o

[@R.Specktre]

That's just awesome! I think there is a bug with the Gladiator armor. Every time that I see it in the Dropship screen and go to Equipment, it is never there. So if you acquire it on a mech in salvage, you are lucky. You could arc your ARROW shots up as you don't lose the lock right away...BOOMskii!

[@Jonathan9163]

think its supposed to be unique to the gladiator blackknight

[@R.Specktre]

@@Jonathan9163 Oh, that womps, but, I can live with it. Thanks for the info.

[@R.Specktre]

I put 1 ARROW IV on one of my Atlases...and that was plenty good. 2 is just devastating!

[@moffxanatos6376]

42:28 House Kurita: NOOOOO! Mech factories are to be captured! avoid damaging them at all costs!!! Baradul: Haha Arrows go Fwooom!

[@DanielAngenendtOAO]

Das sind mal ein paar geile Mechs ;-) Thx for showing it reminds me of Battletech just as a realtime-first-person-shooter 🤩😍

[@NinjaContravaniaManX]

16:08 Just started modding MW5 and found an insane hero Banshee, the 3S "Reinesblatt". That thing is just broken. It has a quirk which gives him a melee damage bonus and comes with a tier 5 battleaxe. Mine has an LBX10, 5 ER Mlasers, 1 ER PPC, 1 SRM6 (all clan), runs 101 km/h with MASC, can Jump, has a BAP, maximum armor and I tuned his actuaturs, TC and gyro for more melee damage. It does like 150 damage per swing. Playing that mech feels like a cheat. You take out entire assault lances in 4 swings. Dunno what those modders were smoking that night...

[@iOnlySignIn]

Fen Cheng would be very proud of this build.

[@taylorzuercher4764]

I don't know if Baradul noticed this in other episodes, but I've recently found that the first gray icon on the third row of the equipment store is actually the tab for cockpits, mech parts, C.A.S.E., etc.

[@krudolph7]

Hopefully he sees this and goes back to the planet with GLADIATOR to see if it shows up!

[@phantomwolf5227]

Yay the arrows with long Tom on the Atlas that right there is unbeatable fire power especially you're in a lance, you bring the hammer your team brings the shield and everything becomes a nail to you.... And guess what your the hammer

[@Somesortadog]

Hot Take, I love the building episodes.

[@orbitalbutt6757]

Lots of us do, my man. You are not alone. I love watching ideas turn into reality in the mechlab

[@elcdow2726]

Make sure that you click on the tab that's grey under 'ALL E'. That's where the weapon mounta and upper hardened etc hide occasionally!

[@FunkyBaconArts]

"Gimme a real opponent, gimme a mech!" >new target: Urbanmech

[@Crimsondragonblade]

I loved this episode. Also, love the smoke personally, love how immersive the battle seems. Side note, you actually got me into the Battletech/Mechwarrior games and I have also been looking into modding my own games because of this series. Looking forward to more episodes to come.

[@Tom_Foolery324]

Now that I've seen the double Arrow Atlas I can't stop thinking about the double Long Tom Anni, if such a thing is even possible. This episode was pure fun to watch, exactly the kind of excitement for the game and the audience that makes for great content. Thanks.

[@sohmingjian]

I run a double sniper king crab

[@derkylos]

You need to use the Long Tom Cannon to fit 2 of them in a 'Mech. They have less range than the Arrow IV and can't fire the alternative payloads...and there's an Arrow IV round that acts like the default Long Tom round, anyway...making Long Tom Cannons objectively worse than Arrow IV launchers, unless the enemy has enough AMS to reliably shut down your missiles, and, even then, I think the unguided Arrow IV round might be immune to AMS. (Also, Long Tom Cannons can't fire Davy Crockett rounds. Which is really the only metric by which an artillery piece should be measured...)

[@jesselatouche]

Nice battle axe!! Damn.

[@orbitalbutt6757]

I am salivating over the prospect of seeing it in action and since I have voluntarily exiled myself into a big hole I dug in the yard and buried myself until the Melee Banshee is unleashed and perfected, you can imagine the sort of problems this is causing me RE: mud

[@Revener666]

UM-AIV This variant of the UrbanMech replaces the standard weaponry with an Arrow IV missile launcher and ER medium laser. It requires an endo steel chassis and small cockpit to provide room, and the UrbanMech can only carry ten rounds for the Arrow system. Despite these limitations, it is still a decent fire support unit. Notably, it can be used to launch nuclear-tipped Arrow IV missiles

[@foobar1735]

The urbanlord showed up as a light mech with the triangle, it had no dots in it... gotta pay attention to RAC-carrying urbies ;)

[@Jacklangefeld]

Thanks so much for running the arrows! I was wondering if they were good. I am going to try them now. I have a longbow mech that they will go good on.

[@Khorvalar]

So many cool mods for Mechwarrior 5! :D

[@panzerlurch2629]

Bester Spruch: "Fernlicht ist an!"😅😉👍

[@foobar201]

They do make a very satisfying sound.

[@raccoonking888]

Love your content! Keep crushing it! Not only the Mech content but love your comentary.

[@Scapestoat]

The smoke and such is great. It is part of why I watch these vids. :)

[@tha_dealler4811]

I used to be a mercenary until i took 2 Arrow IV to the knees

[@roli1227]

Remember using them in Mechwarrior Living Legends. Had a blast :)

[@adrianmillard6598]

Every now and then, when you're intense or excited, your accent reminds me of Arnold Schwarzenegger in for example Kindergarten cop. :D

[@TheRobotsWillEatYou]

"we have a lot of money, that's what i want to say". 5 seconds later, "ah money, is now a problem" Never change Bara lmao

[@foobar1735]

With a range of almost 6 klicks, those arrows are going to be ridiculous for base destruction missions... :D

[@snakeeyes1970]

OMG the Arrows 🤣

[@danielreader4814]

Gladiator has shown up several times recently as rare equipment but it hasnt been in the store when i have looked for it, just like you experienced so i assume there is a bug in there somewhere

[@ItsDKoda]

I've seen a few in my campaigns but I never see weapons. Definitely a bug somewhere

[@jay7532]

This was a great episode! This series is just getting better

[@bigsarge2085]

Arrowtlas for the win!

[@johndorobiala5401]

How do you not have 2 millions subs? You've been around forever!

[@Leisurelee53]

What a terror. The menacing, slow stomps. The balled iron fists, held ready to strike. The deaths head cockpit. Staring murder at any foe. The twin... uh... chest mounted... massive.. Um....

[@michaelbaker8284]

If you go up to an XL engine you can fit a larger one in with extra engine slots for heat sinks. It is worth the weight if space is the concern.

[@michaelkimberling7307]

I remember playing mech commander 2 and turned an atlas into a indirect fire support mech with 2 long Tom artillery pieces as it’s only weapons. It was terrible but the initial alpha strike always mauled whatever it hit

[@Shedovv]

Man, I am glad I am not the only one who put 2 Arrow IVs on a Mech. Only I did it with the Marauder 9M. Crit Splitting update for YAML really came in-handy for that. It was one of the most ridiculous things I did in this Game. So Over-Powered and YET, NOT BROKEN. Because if any enemy gets close enough, those missiles become a BIG PROBLEM. Since you will either hurt Allies with the AoE OR wont be able to fire at all inside Minimum Range!

[@trathanstargazer6421]

Managed to buy a Atlas that came with a long tom and an arrow 4 on it. Crazy fun.

[@jamiesachtleben2946]

In before the arrow ammo gets balanced xD Edit: I go back to old videos just because I forgot to hit the like button on them xD, you make such good content bara.

[@feldamar2]

Battlemaster The melee variant? I gave it Supercharger and MASC. Uprated the engine. Gave it 6ml in the torso and then the battleaxe and tweaks to boost damage. 122 damage in one hit by the battleaxe. I grazed a pheonix hawk in the leg when it tried jumping over me and ripped it's side torso off and half the armor of it's center with migrating damage. Oh and it goes at 144kph. I forgot to mention that little bit didn't i? It's the fastest thing on the map and it's an assaultmech with a 7ton battleaxe swinging at your face. It's glorious.

[@feldamar2]

Also. the reason for 200 rounds in the Arrow doubleammo bin was due to a change in Arrow. It used to fire 5 missiles and so the Double bin is equivelent of a Bin of 40 shots. But then they switched to a singular missile and forgot to update the double ammo bin to account for that. It has since be changed. So yes. It used to be ALLLLL the ammo. Now it's 40.

[@hgbugalou]

I LIKE the building and buying part honestly. Thats part of the reason I like MW5 over MWO content. Don't be sorry!

[@IRMentat]

28:30 STEINER SCOUT LANCE 1/4 achieved :p that said, looks like you can drop an ammo and turn that weight into a large laser

[@rickytempleton4181]

So damn crazy! Makes me want to mod my vanilla Mechwarrior 5 + dlc game.

[@tarron3237]

That's why I actually like limits and rules in games. Of course stuff like this is super fun and hilarious. At least for a while. But in the long run I think only very few people can resist min-maxing and powergaming, and ,from my experience at least, that can kill the fun in the end. Either because things get too easy, thus boring. Or systems with very many customization options can quickly become hard to balance, so eventually there's a 'best' config that severely limits your choices, despite all the freedom. Lots of options? Yes please. Total customization and freedom? Idk, maybe yes, but probably not. Anyways, glad you had fun Bara 😉

[@johnnyhellcop539]

Youre right! I actually tried a Triple Rotary Ac5 Annihilator and all the normal Mission got a Walk in the Park. 😄

[@Acaios1]

Yeah, artillery seems OP. The other day I lost 2 of my mechs and their pilots against 2 longtom+arrow Atlas. I reduced the artillery damage down to 25% in the options, and maybe will go even lower...

[@ytsks]

You need to do some lower tier missions (or get lucky) and find Wolverine-X mechs. Pirates and Kurita run it. It is absolutely crazy, with 5 Harjal self healings, full setup for melee mech - melee gyro, upers hardened, lower melee, hotseat, etc. It runs dual claws and like 2 lasers. Important part is you can take all the components, nothing is fixed. Setting up weapon hand with max melee damage, a battleaxe and the right assault mech it is true one shot. I don't run hot seat however, because TSM gives bigger total bonus, and it is very easy to make a super toasty build with a coolshot for emergency.

[@Acaios1]

He's not using the Harjal mod

[@Clasteau]

AHHH, the graphics are glorious. Wish my machine would run this. If I get my new job I am upgrading for sure.

[@chironchangnoi]

You're very entertaining and educational to watch. I'm flabbergasted that you haven't reached 100k yet! edit: you stripped that melee black knight to put it into cold storage. That took a lot of time and money. Why not just put it in cold storage, which strips it instantly for free?

[@kristoffermangila]

Goodness, that double Arrow Atlas is insane, just as insane as the Long Tom one!

[@BishopGantry]

That mech bay is so industrily gorgeous

[@moelongside9612]

A classical build for double arrow would be a catapult. Nice punch for a heavy mech.

[@merlinmech2552]

Really good vid. Drop the smoke...

[@Goldhawk7]

Barabdul! Congrats on making a Mazinger Z!!! I love it!

[@tiogah]

They were missing just behind the urban mech, that's why it took so many. The urbie died from splash damage only, it never actually took a direct hit

[@Dirge419]

Double arrows earned you a sub my good sir

[@MBroam]

Double arrow IV was great fun in Mech 2 Mercs and GBL :D

[@Jay-ql4gp]

Hay bales! Neat.

[@completelyrandom9914]

Loads up on Arrow IV. First mission out is called "The Long Range Missiles of Justice". ha!

[@RstBfAl]

Sb gauss, arrows and long Tom's my goodness your mechs are stacked to all hell

[@jeffjr84]

I wish i could find a Melee BK7, and i was actually thinking about popping an Arrow IV on my Atlas D H 2 since its built to carry that weight. I got Lore based mech variants (YAML version) which is awesome just for the atlas II. Also i totally agree they should make any fire control laser on toggle instead of just having to hold side buttons on the mouse, i have to do the same thing on my Acer Nitro mouse. If you have the Atlas D H with SLDF Relic though it is also an Atlas II, this game is weird with the mods, sry i keep editing man im enjoying this video. (YAML Got an update over the weekend brother) an if you ever need autocannon ammo, house davion industrial zones, or northwind.. davion corners the market on autocannons in the inner sphere.

[@mclaine7342]

This is Madness! This is Arrow! So nice what the Mod Guys make of the boring Vanilla MW5 Game!^^

[@christianpagan6813]

As someone that doesn't own a gaming PC, I thoroughly enjoy watching you play modded versions of this. So many missed opportunities in MW5 🥲

[@SparrowNoire]

Excited to see what you do with those Silver Bullet Gauss Rifles! Maybe a Warhammer/Rifleman would fit them nicely?

[@orbitalbutt6757]

I was thinking Nightstar or a Cyclops but I could see a Warhammer. Those babies would be mighty vulnerable in the arms, though. Is there anything in the 85-100 ton range with two torso ballistic mounts? They might be better protected in the side torsos rather than the arms but I cant remember if the Sleipnir has two mounts or one.

[@MichaelJCaboose013]

Victor maybe?

[@vaserus5685]

@@orbitalbutt6757 Hero Cyclops, the Sleipnir? iirc has 2 torso ballistics. Not sure if you have the crit slots to stuff an XL engine in there too however. Hero Corsair would also be a good choice for close mount groupings.

[@DARKDUDE187]

Yup "well" not "good' "No collateral damage" is pretty funny too.

[@christopherdecock703]

We need a custom paint job for the double arrow. Should get saint javelin painted on that bad boy.

[@ItsDKoda]

I have a rags to riches campaign going with the dark ages - where I started with one pilot, one mech, and 1.5m cbills. I am now immediately stuck - as an arrow Urbanmech is stopping me from going any further due to arrows being SO GOOD and my poor Urbanmech and spider just can't survive

[@BLACKFLAME4941]

the confusion about the urbanlord^^

[@TchHry]

I like the smoke

[@kimberlynnkelly539]

Personally, I like the smoke as it lends something real life has, uncertainty. The smoke dissipation rate could be faster I suppose. Arrowx2 is hella fun. I want to see the Long Tom+Arrow build... GL!

[@smokejaguarsix7757]

Not making a dig at you but in combat smoke tends to hang around, especially at certain times of day, at night, when the ground is cold, when its wet, low wind etc. So it makes sense here.

[@hgbugalou]

Arrows seem better than the long tom. The lock on is nice for air targets and it shoots faster. Probably safer for AI pilots too that will use the lock on. Tag doesn't seem helpful though as its range is limited. I like the idea of squeezing a large laser in there though. Maybe two smalls and a large?

[@komitadjie]

Ah! Having played with the older version of YAML, before they figured out how to add a unique projectile for the Arrow, each missile's damage was broken up between a salvo of five LRMs (using the stock LRM-5 launch graphic), so the ammo you are seeing looks like it wasn't rebalanced. It's still the same number of shots as it had when it used five rounds per shot.

[@azureprophet]

Having basically a bucket of 400 cruise missiles ain't bad.

[@flagrantyeti]

"unwatchable" from the smoke is a bit excessive lmao such delicate little flowers :P

[@keithgolden77]

Arrow missile, also know by mechwarriors: god's hand of death

[@r30413]

Yes indeed, 1 mech delete button is not enough... edit: 31:13 urby has hyper what?

[@CyberChud2077]

Crazy

[@chodie4u]

Instead of the tag put an AMS and 1 ton ammo to round out the weight on your Arrowlas.

[@Shishomuru]

I really hope the next Mech Warrior has more emphasis on the actual mech building. Compared to the modding scene the game is very bare bones in vanilla as far as what you can do and customize.

[@juangonzalez9848]

15:10 “Is 59 good enough” Unless my eyes are worst then I though, I swear that’s a 68

[@Acaios1]

That's the base stats, before adding the quirks. However, given that Baradul will stop this campaign again at some point, he doesn't really have to worry too much for only getting 60 base pilots, as he will probably not max them out. Also, a 59 with the right quirks is better than a 60 with quirks that are suboptimal according to your playstyle. For example, I like the quirks that buff the defensive stats, especially shielding+evasion. (An alive lancemate has higher dps than a dead one with 20 on missile stat)

[@Stefan-Amann]

Mit Kanonen auf Spatzen schießen 😁

[@davien1840]

Another great episode and really enjoying the series. Even got me to purchase the game DLCs. Might be being blind but I'm not seeing the mod list for this series and they are not in the description like I found on the last series. Can someone point me to it?

[@shinotenshi45]

He has a video a few weeks back for the mod list. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqGTZXxqm5mJmqc&ab_channel=Baradul

[@macbrown99]

Wait until he grabs the Yrrot hero Atlas and throws a pair of Sniper Artillery cannons in it. Feels like a God of War throwing tactical nukes around the battlefield.

[@Loral-Niran]

Only change I think the game needs now is allowing all mechs to equip weapons if they have a hand slot for it. I find it odd that only -P variants can use knuckles when you can just slab them on. Those Arrows are nutty with how they tear through mechs and the amount of Ammo you have is maddening. I think you could take on waves of mechs for 2hrs and come out mostly unscathed.

[@Paehrin]

Nice ! I just picked up the game since it's on sale... Got a quick question : What mods are you running ? my interface looks really different ^^

[@roylongley5378]

How about Jump Jets to help with clearing obstacles with the Arrows?

[@manjujuju]

The arrow will probably get nerfed because of this video 😂

[@shinotenshi45]

Pretty sure the gladiator pat is bugged the NSS armor however does exist cause I've found a couple, not sure why it didn't show up for Bara.

[@Jacklangefeld]

Also I advanced the timeline past 3050. Get ready. You haven't seen anything yet. :)

[@MarvinWestmaas]

Don't worry Bara some people like tinkering with builds just as much as gameplay... infact I sometimes skip entire missions with your RT vid's just to skip to the salvage picks looking forward to next video's new building...

[@nuclearmonster6601]

Yo, I came up with some Marauder-IIC loudout for MWO the other day if you are interested in making a video on one of them (I can send more specific specs such as skill trees, equipment, etc) Anyways, I was able to fit 3 C-UAC 10s onto one of the torsos, it was quite effective at killing enemy mechs, the problem was it would run out of ammo pretty quickly. The other build U made that I prefer is 3 C-AC-5 and 4 C-ER Medium lasers, while it has less damage output, it's much more versatile, can fight even after running out of ammo, has more ammo, can keep up a consistent rate of fire, be used for short range, mid range, and long rnage combat, etc.

[@josephhunt1297]

Arrow IV is only supposed to have 5 shots per ton of ammo LOL

[@michaelgray4964]

Try the Atlas D with an Arrow IV and a Long Tom, both at level 4. It's unbalancing as hell, but it's big fun killing tanks over the horizon and then snapshooting a running Flea. Hilarious.

[@JS-mh9uu]

The smoke isn't unwatchable, it's just really annoying, i want to SEE the mechs explode. Especially those arrows, man they really buffed them, they used to fire more like a LRM 20 now it's 1 ammo per shot, which is just crazy. That should not be 200 Shots per double. Should be more like the Longtom 20 shots per ton 50 per double. Also love the searchlight there is also a Sniper Sensor somewhere, 600 range added. Would def pick everyone of those Urbar lords you see, get more Rac get more AMMO. I did the Double Hyperlaser thing, you won't like it. Continuous damage but massive heat build up. I would rather it was huge damage huge heat with a long cooldown.