Final Mission | Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries | Full Campaign Playthrough | Episode #37

[@AylorAivo]

I went and had a look at the second episode and it looks like this took ~17 years in game. The NPCs all aged very well.

[@harackmw]

My game was year 3568 at the end...

[@Clusterflak]

And in about 20 years of my characters timeline I could still NEVER UNDERSTAND A BLOODY WORD the enemies said! Were they all vocally retarded????

[@saber-jocky3436]

Consider that most of your time lost is spent in FTL travel. I would expect limited aging. It may have been 17 years, but it was probably more like 1 year of actual time at normal speed.

[@vantuz8264]

@@saber-jocky3436 in battletech universe the FTL jumps are instant. But FTL recharge takes days. So, no limited aging.

[@envynemo4170]

@@saber-jocky3436 there is no FTL in battletech there the KF jump drive that bends space and punches an hole for the jump ship to move through. No time dilation

[@jameslewis2635]

If I remember the lore correctly the next logical step for an expansion to this is the Clan Invasion which happens in 3049. That would lead up to the events of Mechwarrior 2 (the Refusal War between Clan Wolf and Clan Jade Falcon) as well as Mechwarrior 3 being the campaign to anhilate Clan Smoke Jaguar (both games happened at similar points in the Battletech timeline). Most likely the elder commander Mason would have been former Clan Wolf as they were responsible for gathering intellegence prior to the Clan Invasion and did so by sending in a mercinary outfit in the form of Wolf's Dragoons. Personally, I think a mod based on the idea of adding the missions from Mechwarrior 2 to this game would be excellent. I am hoping that, should we get an expansion/sequel to this game it has a campaign based on fighting off the Clan Invasion. This would be an easy fit to allow a continuation of the Commander Mason charecter as plenty of mercs would have been employed to delay the clans, even if the final battle (the battle of Tukayyid) would be between the most powerful clans and Comstar.

[@PeterPetermann]

the original mercenaries also lead into the clan invasion... something this game didn't really do :(

[@tankermottind]

Let's not create some silly Hyrule Historia fanwank pretzel to connect stories that don't need to be. They might all take place in the same Battletech universe, but every MW game is its own story and better that way.

[@PeterPetermann]

@@tankermottind nobody tried to "connect stories" we are talking about where the games place in the timeline.

[@tankermottind]

@@PeterPetermann Never mind then. That stinger is as good as confirmation of clan-related DLC or *something*. Also boooooo at the ending. Dullard nobody Commander Mason who is supposed to be descended from space aristocrats but lacks an aristocratic pimp name of any sort or any distinguishable personality, helps retrieve *a* Star League Memory core but not the one that actually mattered, lets Spears walk away with it like a chump, and is secretly descended from Clanners without having the decency to have a cool bloodname like Hazen or Jorgensen or Osis. And as far as achievements go, Spectre doesn't even *have* a name and completely dunks on him. Why can't they let us change history, *be* history in a MW game for once?

[@PeterPetermann]

@@tankermottind not sure where you take the "space aristocrats" from. It's not a comstar memory core but a star league one and I don't even know which one you'd mean by referencing "the" memory core, as there have been plenty. Also the complaint about no bloodname makes no sense at all. As for history, each of the games give you to be part of the history of the universe in some aspect, but tell their own story. Which is the best way to keep the overall sorry arch intact, while still slowing for a new and engaging story. If there is anything to criticize about this games story, it's the flat character development, the predictability, the lack of a good twist, and that it ends at a rather unsatisfying moment. Why would the main character who had put so much work into figuring out his father's story stop at this point, rather than to push forward?

[@CrazyGecko]

You know, it's funny to come back and what it all again. To watch this playthrough was my very first contact with the BattleTech universe, and needless to say, that ending with the clan insignia painted in the door just sparkled my curiosity over 9000. After, trying to find more stuff about, I ended up stumbling in the Tex Talks BattleTech and... Well, here I am, doing little videos about the things that I learn. If anyone had told me this game was not even the tip of the iceberg (since not on it is canon or, at best apocryphal) I'd not believed. Thank you Baradul. You may complain a lot about the game and later DLCs, but you had shown me the way into this Awesome place... AND TO MY BELOVED URBIE!

[@acehigh79]

We have seen the Steiner scout lance.....now it's time to see the only thing that scares them. The Urbie Death Squad! All trashcans all the time! Make the davions proud.......prove the legend...."no curbin the urban!" Ofcourse keep going.......just get the urbies online

[@DokturProfesur]

Ryana: "Comstar won't get the data." PC: "You said that *ON THE PHONE?!* GOD DAMMIT RYANA!"

[@acehigh79]

Space at&t has ears every where!

[@56bturn]

What did Uncle Tex tell us?

[@deltasworder1x]

Comstar: You have no choice

[@ZeroNumerous]

I mean we already know that none of this matters, since it's not like they found the Helm Memory Core or anything.

[@cliffcampbell8827]

Why didn't Ryana talk in code? Ryana: "Commander, about that package *wink* that your dad left us? Well I think it's time we head to the farm and open it up." Commander: "Huh? What farm? Package? Are you feeling all right Ryana?" Ryana: *gasp* "THE PACKAGE, YOUR DAD, THE FARM! WINK WINK, NUDGE NUDGE?!?!" Commander: "OOOHHHHHH right, the package....wink. I get it." Mechanic: "Uh, you know you're not supposed to actually say 'wink' right? Commander: "Uh, you know we're tight on funds, the budget is coming up and with access to those mech repair bays, your department is more of an expendable line item than a necessity at this point, right?" Mechanic: "Prick. *mumbling* I know where you sleep." Commander: "What was that?!?" Mechanic: "Um, I said... Uh, high flow bare flume steep. It's a mechanic's form of slang. It's kinda like a well wishing for superiors. *mumbling* wishing them well into the next life that is."

[@spooky0187]

Keep going, max your weapons and crew. Good hunting !

[@TubeYouViewer12099]

Future playthrough. Use only HERO mechs. You are a LEGEND afterall....

[@DrPeterMarsh]

Man when will Mech Commanders learn too send in all they're units at once?

[@ChadKanotz]

I have enjoyed the hell out of this series from the beginning. Thank you. I say keep going. There are plenty of mech variants to acquire, contracts to fulfill, and a map change to endure.

[@MrLeforian]

I wish that we could go visit Solaris and join the tournaments there.

[@DokturProfesur]

I'm willing to bet there'll be DLC by the Steam release

[@harackmw]

Mod idea confirmed!

[@AyoxinBlake]

Yeah I gotta say that's a disappointment. Both in Harebrained's Battletech and this. Damn shame.

[@DIEGhostfish]

@Florida Dad His VA's still a big Battletech fan, does shows with Tex and everything. They better get him back!

[@cliffcampbell8827]

@Florida Dad Duncan Fisher: "Know what time it is? Factory time."

[@robertjames8220]

Restart, once you get your father's Victor, pilot that, and NO OTHER MECH.

[@56bturn]

'Wouldn't that be a spectacle?' Understatement of the 31st Century there, Ryana.

[@wooohooo103]

The red star in the door is a dead give away: It is the symbol of the Clans. Look at the faded star on the top right of the doors... That was the original SLDF Crest. Can't wait for the Clan invasion DLC.... To me, it's only a matter of WHEN (provided nothing goes wrong.)

[@glez13gt]

Aside from the Centurion and Javelin you start with, you can only deploy hero mechs and rare mechs(only the blue ones that have lostech weapons, not the pristine common ones) into missions, and once you buy one you have to retire either Centurion or Javelin. So basically a rare mechs only run that will force you to grind early on, but the game requires you to grind anyway to enjoy all content. You finished the game at year 3031 and the game only starts to sell lostech rarely at around 3030, starting with pulse weapons if I remember correctly, they apparently unlock in tiers. Also many mechs are locked by year, that is why you never saw a Mauler because they appear at around 3038. At around 3040 lostech goes from rare to uncommon in stores and you finally can buy Gauss which is the last lostech to unlock on stores. Not every store will have every lostech available, but every store should have at least one kind of it.

[@bthatguy1068]

Restart and do salvage only, no buying anything.

[@efirizaki5656]

Bad idiea the salveg sistem sucks

[@bthatguy1068]

@@efirizaki5656 that's the point

[@adamcepeda8774]

Salvage only is a great challenge. I second that.

[@avillegas8857]

Nuzlocke rules in effect. Nickname all mechs. A destroyed mech is gone, don't sell, cold storage forever. Downed/injured Mechwarrior is considered dead.

[@AntonMikhaylov]

@@avillegas8857 kinda iron man mode maybe?

[@Aquagenesis]

GG Baradul! This was one fun LP to watch. Your enthusiasm and involvement on top of skill in this was top marks. Definitely will drop a sub on your Twitch.

[@rmo917]

I just went back to the start with OP light mechs and SPL's and started smashin' I'll never understand why every mech warrior mercs game ever tunnels you into assaults and never lets you use lights again, especially late game.

[@TemplarianAS]

This is why I still play MWO -- light mechs are my favorite class.

[@dreamyrhodes]

That's what I said. All the missions lure you to pack the most tonnage and firepower as soon as you can afford it and just smash everything. No tactical play with lights or mediums just pure tonnage and firepower to the maximum.

[@adrianscott4288]

Agreed. I'd love to see more light Mech action

[@ZuhriaAlfitra]

I'll never understand how single light mech can wreck an assault like in MWO 😂 It just unrealistic. Sure they got the speed & agility, but with ability to boat certain weapons to make it has an adequate firepower to backstab or keep circling & eventually killing an assault, for me it not realistic at all.

[@BigSlimyBlob]

Totally agree. The game absolutely pigeonholes you into using assault mechs. There are virtually no missions where you have to use a fast mech to scout or complete objectives strategically or use skirmish tactics to combat a much stronger enemy force. You have to voluntarily go under-tonnage to do stuff like that, and it's not an option in all of the most important missions of the game. Imagine those few last missions in a Light mech... Mission variety in general is a huge problem of this game, so let's hope that they're going to do something about it.

[@mikegould6590]

SPOILERS . . . Mechanics and visuals: A+ Story and RP: D-. No choices in the storyline, and zero interaction with NPCs outside of "talk to mannequin in X location". Written by high school level or less writing staff. Result: long repetitive slog to Clan Blood Spirit reveal. (My guess) Gameplay was fun to watch, but story was forgettable. That's not on Baradul. That's on the writers of this game.

[@vantuz8264]

They had a star map with important data carved on a wall and a memory core's contents downloaded into an iPhone within a second. And the protagonist is a "roger that" answering machine That's not D-. That's a solid F.

[@LupusGr3y]

Wonder if spears is also a clan infiltrator who just wanted to keep knowledge about the clans out of Comstar hands by getting there first. Considering no memory cores are found after 3028 of significance.

[@orbitalbutt6757]

Spears is not particularly well developed as a character (none really are) so its definitely possible, but Interstellar Expeditions has almost always been in opposition to ComStar's attempts to squash all knowledge of Star League tech that isn't under their direct control, even back when they were just a bunch of genealogy nerds and hobby archaeologists.

[@josephschulte1073]

BTW, this is THE function of the annihilator. Point defense and mech deletion. Did it the first time with a mixed lance, reloaded it just for giggles with a Anh-1A, 1-X, and 1-E with a KGC running dual gauss/erppc. I actually had to sit around and wait for the timer to end after clearing all the mechs.

[@prze7744]

The hole Story just to find a clan facility and introduce the first dlc..

[@calumdeighton]

You didn't notice the red star on the blast doors? Still, good load of loot, and the story is over with. Time to freelance, and earn C-bills. I'd suggest you go for the Rasalhague reaches Baradul; might make a small mark on the Inner Sphere.

[@tawesssoabbox]

I have heard of this new democratic republic forming as a wedge between the Draconis Combine and Lyran Commonwealth. I am sure this new and blossoming nation will have a long and prosperous history... Yes... nothing bad will happen.... nothing at all... For the glory of the free rasalhauge republic...

[@patcchan]

Baradul, I've really enjoyed watching your playthrough of MW5 series. I've just started my second playthrough myself, and am really enjoying the constraints I placed on myself. I think you would find them enjoyable and challenging as well. Basically, no buying mechs except for hero mechs, and no stripping of hero mechs (ie: all the double heatsinks that come with them stay on them. You can rearrange them, like move from arm to torso, etc). You can change weapon loadouts though of course. Purchasing weapons is allowed of course. This I found made me use mechs I otherwise wouldn't have, and also adds more consideration into which planets to go to for missions (inspect which possible factions you might be going against/pissing off). Making the leap from light mechs to mediums was challenging, but the starting Centurion helped. Going from medium to heavies is a lot more challenging. Just got lucky and found a Black Knight Partisan on the market though ...

[@scheikundeiscool4086]

Wow the exposition in this game. Such great writing.

[@naomy1701]

hmm interresting idea, restart with constraints.. but limit u to med mechs is not gonna fly long, and same for weapontypes, but: what about u limit urself to only 3 mechs, or to limit urself to undercut the allowed tonnage by 10-20% or something along those lines? tho that might be a tad bit more interrestingonce mod pack came out and modders all over the world can make all sorts of amazing mods for more mechs and better AI and whatnot ^^ (EDIT: Either way its been a hell of a Ride, well done ^^)

[@pierrevillemaire-brooks4247]

Thanks for sharing this experience with us all and congratulation on completing what I hope is only the first chapter of this epic storyline. I sincerely hope that the devs are keeping a close eye on this game and its community and that they are currently working on adding new content and also making minor improvements , such as the AI and how interactive and realistic the environnement is. I'm not sure about how the online economics are working at the moment in real life , but I've heard a few amazing stories about how this fantasy futuristic epoch evolved with the discoveries and creation of new technologies that could fuel many more hours of game play. Take care buddy :-)

[@SDxKeeper]

Restart for sure. Salvage and constrained builds are most interesting. Limit to one assault per drop. Never use double heat sinks!

[@dakkath414]

Keep going with this for a while, then start a new playthrough. New game limiter: you may only keep one active mech of any weight, so only one 100-tonner, one 95 tonner, etc.

[@jackellis8134]

keep on going, I want to see what come s next

[@hurrricaneRCG]

you could travel around and finish all high reward-quests (the yellow kringel on the star map). that way you can enjoy some endgame, you can revisit low threatlevel worlds (and play mediums and lights again) and wont be playing the 08/15 missions exclusively. plus, you will now be able to buy many 3049-variants of mechs (with XL and lostech weapons) and outfit them with your tier 4/5 lategame weapons

[@czeslawpi]

You said at the end of the mission that you thought you could fight your way out of it. I would enjoy watching that - deploy with the Nightstar, Annihilator, King Crab and a long-range Atlas? It would be interesting to see what combination of mechs would work as at the end you had 5-6 enemy mechs in your face.

[@josephschulte1073]

12:10 "they actually dropped two of them at the same time." It gets better :)

[@docnightfall]

I suggest that Baradul should do a regular poll to decide what the goal will be for the next week of videos. Like, to gain max rep with a particular faction, or to equip and play every mission type with a whole lance of LRM builds only.

[@Nanolis]

There's plenty of possibilities for restrictions; Only able to use reward mechs, no salvage(hero mechs might be available). If a mech is destroyed you are forced to sell, if the pilot lives, flip a coin to dismiss or not. Only able to use stock loadouts to the best of your ability, if you can not replace say an SRM6, can only use SRM4 or 2 instead of swapping out LRM's. Same weapon type or nothing. Only Tier 1 or 0 weapons allowed. No LosTech/advanced equipment run? (Double Heatsinks, Gauss, ER, Pulse, Streak, UAC, LBX) Tonnage limits, either a percentage handicap or set penalty. Something along the lines of 75% drop weight or under 50tons of max. Mech limits such as mediums only, or only allowed a limited number of heavies. Only allowed to drop with three mechs at any given time. Only allowed to use pilots up to a certain level of skill. 20-30 or along those lines. (possibly excluding freeman or other reward pilots) Could do something really convoluted and weird like rolling a dice if there is a mech you really want to buy. If you roll a 4, 5 or 6 you can buy it. If you roll a 2, 3 you have to buy (the next most expensive mech?[not of the same chassis]) If you roll a 1 you have to buy the mech and sell it for a critical failure net loss. If you can still afford it, you can roll again.

[@vincevassallo5385]

Life after the campaign is pretty good. 90 to 100 level missions if you're game. I say go for it. Play on. For a challenge, you can give yourself some goals, like collecting as many hero mechs as you can, or upgrading all your weapons to tier 4 and 5. Plus you could do the campaign again with only energy weapons. You have seen how effective SRMs and LRMs are, so now try it without them. I don't think it's possible myself.

[@martinjelinek1382]

The King crab you got is absolutely lethal if you try and funnel the enemy one at a time through those ramps going up. you can just stay behind the horizon and shoot them two times in the center torso with Ac-20s. the enemy doesnt have more than 60 armor there. Perfectly balanced mech :D

[@tokusatsukeyblade797]

There is nothing more satisfying than giving Comstar a bloody nose.

[@Finwolven]

Roll a six-sided die and divide result by two. Roll that many times (1-3) on the following table: 1: Only published 'mech builds. If it's a variant, it's okay, but no custom 'mech builds. 2: Not allowed to travel to Industrial Hubs for just the purpose of repair - all 'mech repairs must be started immediately after a mission. Damaged bought 'mechs repairs must be started where they were bought. Your tech crews aren't going to wait for your say-so to tear into a blasted-up 'mech, after all. 3: No Salvage Allowed: You MUST take all C-Bills for your payday and purchase all your equipment and 'mechs from the Market, barring the minimum salvage points. Also, no damage insurance - unless you top out the C-Bill share. 4: Only multi-part missions - not allowed to do the simple cash-grab Assassinations and Warzones. 5: I Swear Allegiance To The Flag Of [Redacted]: Pick a major faction in the Inner Sphere, and completely max out your relationship with them. Only do missions for them, unless doing a story mission. 6: Never leave a Contract behind: Always do every contract on a system you're in.

[@TheGoodSirKnight]

Urbanmech only run. Can't wait. :)

[@frshunter]

He has no patience at all by his own admission. He would have just a few hairs left in his beard by the end of the campaign!

[@cliff8675]

Those elusive 60 level pilots are out there somewhere. Ramp up the skills and work on those headshots. And of course, gauss rifles.... If you did want to replay through,try dropping the tonnage 15-20%. If you repeat through enough, theory says, at some point you could complete the last level with a much lighter lance. You would have to be headshotting from the get-go ... every time. That would be impressive.

[@Curas1]

Yes I have a idea, please play all the heavy and assult mechs you haven't played in first person. There eere several mechs you oassed over or didn't like I really wanted to see played..p Taking missions in the houses you didn't really play in would be great to. I don't like the idea of playing 'just mediums' or such very appealing though. Maybe trying to play lances with mixed range weapons and sized mechs wouod be more entertaining as well. Whatever you decide I'm glad you can continue play MW5 Mechs. I'd like to see mw5 mostly, MWO like twice or three times a week and battle tech occasionally. ...and yes please upload your D&D game, thats a must!

[@cristophermorrison7574]

New series. Energy and missile only. Keep up the great vids!

[@iceberg54321]

Max of one assault, one heavy, and one medium mech per drop.

[@uncleripper3940]

*Сongratulations on the completion of the company!!!* Try to collect all the heroic mechs. ))

[@Birds_A_Killa_Now]

I would totally love to see you run the campaign with all Urbans. Clown Paint(like Von Rictofens flying circus) with only Balistics - only Ballistic ams no Laser AMS Urbies 4RMHELL!!!

[@retrosquadchannel2.050]

And here I am, thinking that those assholes from ComStar tracked down Wolf Dragoons' reinforcements, but all we find is retold story from Helm. Gray Death Legion has already survived all the shit - they had only 8 mechs and blew a whole regiment sky high. And the ComStar was playing dirty, but that is story for another time. There are three actual variants of background of Nikolai Mason: 1) He is from Clans, sent in alone to recon. Total bullshit - he needs a jumpship to actually reach IS from Clan Space and that is weeks of jumps. 2) He is a former Wolf Dragoon, he survived in a battle when even Jamie Wolf considered him dead. Probability - 40%. 3) He is a descendant from Wolverine Clan, contacted with ComStar. According to Sarna, Wolverine Clan had actual data on some caches in IS and beyond. Wolverines returned in IS in guise of unknown force. But some interstellar corps managed to uncover identity of Wolverines, but that happened just before 3049. Rumors say, that Wolverines became part of the ComGuard.

[@younger544]

I really like this game. This mission was awesome! The only downside to me in this game are all the tank and small fry spawns so I love this type of mission. I know they make sense in lore, but I want more missions that are just mech vs mech combat.

[@SirLucien]

I just beat the Campaign also, and was thinking of a "Single Mech" challenge play through of the campaign. Basically you go on every mission solo, no squad mates, but the Medium only Lance would be a fun challenge also.

[@adamcepeda8774]

Let’s all see how easy the campaign would be with full co-op lance. 👌🏽

[@purpleboye_]

Considering that the AI hasn't really improved since MW2, pretty darn easy.

[@rush-hi8mz]

Ok

[@koLourBlynd89]

So, after restarting myself about half way through, I believe that continuing to play in the current save is probably better than restarting; There are a number, 14-16 to be exact, models of mechs that will ONLY be available once the timeline has gotten to 3048. While you could restart to do missions you were either unable to finish before the end, or just didn't get around to, those missions are, afaik, still able to be taken on after the campaign is over, so just continuing on allow you to better build a lance using mechs that you have not yet played. On top of that because Reputation with any House doesn't seem to really carry over or make a significant change in map or missions, restarting over really doesn't provide any sort of experience that is different from just continuing the save. When they add some new features that actually make starting over interesting, like an Ironman mode, or extending the story with DLC, but I say just keep playing.

[@rburt3]

I kinda want you to keep going, maybe diving into Steiner space or playing the reputation game at least for a handful of more sessions. While I'd watch a restart after that, maybe wait for and/or check out some interesting mods as they become available?

[@Friedbrain11]

Good...it nice you can still get more contracts :)

[@Genesis23OPB]

i would loved it if we could have entered the facility filled with georgeous stuff but then had to self destruct it all and leave through a side entrance instead of just getting lifted out

[@dredgewalker]

Double gauss rifles to the cockpit ends most mechs in a single shot if you can pull it off. Was able to kill all early assault mechs quickly while having only one ally get wrecked.

[@benlaskowski357]

"We can hold for five minutes." Me: BULLSHIT! NOTHING TAKES FIVE MINUTES!

[@orvarg1066]

absolutely keep going now you van just screw around and try different weapons combos and train your pilots to max. happy hunting baradul.

[@TLO_Yuri]

If memory serves correct, that's the symbol of the Clans. Are they implying that the PC and his father are descended from the Clans? I like to think so. Supporting evidence, well obviously the Clan symbol. That, combined with the fact it was confirmed that Nikolai stared outside the periphery and then moved in. If I recall the lore correctly, the Clan's lands were far to the "'North" of the Inner Sphere, where it it seems to be implied that Nikolai came from . Edit: Made this comment before watching all of the ending. It seems I'm correct. The PC is possibly Clan descended. All Hail Kerensky!

[@baronvonkristophe]

Alt playthrough. Ghost Battalion: can only run "unseen" mechs (Battlemaster, Marauder, Warhammer, Rifleman, Phoenix Hawk, etc.)

[@brothergrimm9656]

Best plan IMO, is farm as many C-bills as possible on the old campaign for when the clan war DLC is finally released (I've stockpiled over 400M on mine). But for my second campaign I've restricted myself to salvaging mechs only (no buying them at Hubs), it's much tougher and makes you really appreciate those speedy little Cicaidas and Firestarters.

[@Cenot4ph]

taking away any challenge.. we'll even have to see if they create any new content for this game to begin with.

[@brothergrimm9656]

@@Cenot4ph Perhaps listen to or watch the last AMA, it's already being worked on.

[@rickjames7391]

Make a chart with six options and roll the dice to have random difficulty enhancing challenges. 1. -25% tonnage (but still potentially 4 mechs) 2. Weapon range restriction (long or short) 3. Weapon type restriction 4. Mission type restriction 5. No repairs after this mission 6. Baradul solos the mission.

[@xenoaltrax485]

Play it from the start again, but this time you get to pilot only an urbie, lol. Your lance mates can get anything but you only get an urbie from start to end (well except of course for the first few missions where you can't buy an urbie yet, but once an urbie is available on the market you have to buy it and play it from then on).

[@Neithan02]

or in your next playthrough: you are no allowed to use any of the mech models you have used in this one... no thunderbolt no rifleman no Archer no Atlas no King Crab nomarauder no Orion etc so that you are forced to play different mechs and models,m which might not be the ones you would want to have or choose to take and for added difficulty: you are not allowed to use regular or rare mechs from the shop, you need to salvage the mechs you are using from the battlefield purchase and use of hero mechs is allowed though because not having double heat sinks is too punishing. or another idea: you can have all different tonnages for your lance but you yourself are limited to using light and medium mechs

[@ZeroNumerous]

There's just not enough mechs for that. He could only squeeze out one more game before he's literally out of assault mechs.

[@Neithan02]

@@ZeroNumerous and assaults are neccessary? And one run is one run... or do you wanna watch the same run twice? Only this time not 4 atlas but 4 king crabs....?

[@privacyfirst2790]

Oh... Now what am I going to watch at work?

[@QisforQadim]

My continued playthrough I got tired of the slowness of the game, with the 3/5 assaults and the 2/3 annihilator. So I gave myself the constraints that the slowest mechs I'd use would be 4/6. It made the game move faster, a good amount of stress, and also used mechs I hadn't for a long time. Also some of the hero mechs really came into their own, like the Banshee and Battlemaster heroes.

[@josephzeug3891]

Glad you played this thru. Sorry though, not spending any money on Piranha Games anymore. Too much bullshit with their company.

[@burtvanheel128]

A year or so late to the party, but ,hey- I got here. Thank You, Baradul- you made a good series; good enough to cause me to binge watch everything up to this point and I'm looking forward to what you decide to get up to next in this game. I remember picking this board game up, way back when the first release was called 'Battledroids' and had many weekends in BSRG fun- and I just picked up a copy of this to have that kind of fun again. I noticed a co-op mode; any thoughts on that? At any rate, thanks again for doing this series.

[@Spharv2]

Shoulda taken the Banshee S. That thing is better than the any of the 100 tonners. Aside from the Annihilator, and it’s faster than it. Love it.

[@igorbukovy4313]

You can continue and start a new game at the same time, there are 4 slots in the save game menu. If you want a challenge so try second run with tier 1 weapons maximum.

[@bradhedgehog12]

Man that was a tough final fight. But made it. But it doesn’t end here....thankfully

[@AntonMikhaylov]

Yeah, enemies are all focused on player in this mission. I was able to finish it from the third try only. First time I was completely unprepared to what was coming. Second time the game just froze on me. Third time I tried to kite enemies around our indestructible dropship, letting all my lance mates to deal with enemies (and die eventually). I really didn't like the fact that I had to approach dropship from one particular side to finish the mission, and I almost died in the process of navigating to that one side.

[@HeeroYuy911]

No Auto Cannons! I think your addicted to them going to need to go cold turkey. You could always do a only Energy weapons run or Ballistics Only say good bye to you medium lasers you love to spam say hello to Machine Guns. lol Or no missiles or only long no short or visa versa.

[@dukex123]

Another playthrough without buying mechs! Only salvaged mechs are allowed.

[@harackmw]

That sounds painful...but intriguing

[@Genesis23OPB]

@@harackmw that really is painfull, as you need to grind faction reputation like crazy

[@harackmw]

@@Genesis23OPB Yeah I found that a problem, but my mistake was avoiding those "high reward" missions in the early and mid game because they often pitted you against your favorite contractor. I think there is about 20 hours of gameplay at least in just going after those missions all around the map, and it was late game before I realized it. I maxed rep with them very quickly.

[@Yacovo]

Thanks for the series.

[@borjewern2322]

Play one mech the whole campaign from start:) your pilots can use eny type of all the awilible mechs:) the Warhammer is a overall decent mech:)

[@ispyonthefbi]

This took me seven tries to finish and you did it in one... I feel so ashamed

[@HobagShizzlemah]

Did it first try, no components lost. How I did it: AN2H (4x LBX10SLD)+3x Atlas-K (mostly long-range+AMS) I did 4.500+dmg/26 kills, so all enemies were focussing me. I used both repairbays to stay healthy and I did not even have to rush to the Leopard but instead just killed all enemies and then slowly walked there (32kph :-))

[@vincevassallo5385]

I did it in 1, but replayed it to get a better outcome. The trick was to repair twice and stand at the Leopard for the final 5 minutes. In fact, use the drop ship as a shield and shoot under the tail planes at the enemy legs. I used the Nightstar plus 3 Atlases. Half my mech kills were head shots, which the NS is very good at.

[@TreyaTheKobold]

Hobag's build will definitely lead the way, the 4x solid lbx annihilator is the Fuck You of the game

[@norinvaux]

Restart and play only light mechs yourself. No limits on AI, but going light mech lance leader is always fun.

[@noscream3809]

Wahhh...I hoped so much, that you have to get into the gate and in there are left and right destroyed clan mechs!!!

[@AntonMikhaylov]

12:35 you don't know what awaits you... Hehe. 24:40 *ComStar intensifies*

[@harackmw]

Would spend 10 years flying around the inner sphere in search of a Banshee 3s again, 10/10.

[@frshunter]

Love those things

[@harackmw]

@@frshunter In the hands of the AI they can be lethal, as the AI is much better at managing multiple weapon systems than I am.

[@frshunter]

@@harackmw I hear you on that one. Three buttons is about all I can handle. So I put all my mediums and srm's on one button chain fire or srm's and small lasers for a mini alpha (hopefully the lasers do not kill the srms never really paid attention)

[@harackmw]

@@frshunter try two er ppcs with 4 mediums and an ac weapon of your choice. It has the tonnage to load up on heat sinks to make it viable. I have all three AI with that or ER lasers and we tske most shit out at range

[@zevynozevyn3434]

I give you love from Humboldt County California

[@christopherrankmore1238]

Yes keep going but if you restart maybe have each mech restricted to a type of weapon eg one with lasers one with missiles ect

[@filipvucaj2475]

They'll find memory core,download the data and erase the same data from the memorycore so the ComStar doesn't get the hands on it ;).

[@pacchar1423]

play to 3050 or 3100 all tech available in shop doubles , gauss, name it its available

[@joeldoxtator9804]

I did this in a Thunderbolt with nothing but flamers because my useless A.I. team kept getting stuck on the terrain. Just dropped high armor team mate with me and ran around behind all the enemy mechs basically heat stun locking them all. Flamers are ridiculous in this game.

[@DangerGnom]

Just continue playing, and to avoid that the AI crashes every single of your hard build/earned Mechs, invite human players along the way? if this is possible. so having some fun together. maybe then you can bring up all your Mechs to maximum battle performance, without loosing to much good stuff along the way.

[@SilentSooYun]

Lead from the front! You (not your lance) are limited to Medium Mechs (or less) Story Time! You (not your lance) are limited only to whatever Mechs you receive as mission rewards, such as your father's Victor

[@Neithan02]

do a hero mech only playththrough and macxhine gun builds ^^

[@igorbukovy4313]

I had that stucked mech bug too in my second play through.

[@hujiaming6151]

Holyshit, turns out Mason's father was a Clanner! He was a Clan spy! Mason himself is a Clanner descendant, as well. So what, next chapter of this game will just be the invasion of the Clans!

[@Cameron0214]

Try using some mechs you ignored so far like the Battlemaster and Awesome. Both seen like they would be very good for the npc pilots and the Battlemaster would be good for you.

[@marcospritz2000]

Keep going!!!!

[@Johny40Se7en]

"Where's Ryana?" where else? she never moves 😅 24:34 enemy AI never get stuck do they... Friendly AI often seem like they've been binging on stupid pills. And they walk right in your line of fire. Muppets. This last mission's absurdly challenging, but wouldn't be as hard if friendly AI wasn't as dumb. A friend helped me out thank f*ck, and he got sniped through the cockpit by a Gauss RIGHT at the end 🤭😆🤣 P.s. that ending is so anti climactic. It's true what they say "They don't make them like they used to".

[@w4cky7]

I'd say keep going for now but if they happen to release some game changing update then maybe restart. Also there hopefully will be some good mods to try out.

[@williamv9058]

I'm sure that you noticed the size of that player map. plenty of things to do if everyone of the points has something attached to it. I can see why it would take a long time to get this game done, what with that kind of size and work needed.

[@Cenot4ph]

the missions are generated, the landscape that is, and much of the missions are copy/paste. Really the only difference is a bit in the introduction writing

[@wesleyshirley326]

Seeing you normally do 2 missions each video. Start over and each day you and your lance can only use one type of weapon..ie ballistic, missile or energy. That would make planning a bit more important. I would say no more then a wingman but I dont think its possible to do the last mission with just 2 mechs.

[@jimmysexton5634]

try to run the time to 3050 the time of the clan invasion. clan wolverine lol his dad was one of the fleeing clan wolverine , that would be so cool for a story line.

[@chodie4u]

Great playthrough, Baradul, I was entertained and watching you play actually made me break down and buy the game from epic store, I couldn't wait a year.

[@joekehr4269]

Played that mission with an Annihilator with 4xLBX-Solid (and some medium laser, but who cares). Them coming up the ramp made it very easy. Why are you using LRM? I found them quiet useless...

[@Cenot4ph]

LRMs are really dogshit. SRMs are much better for close combat take downs otherwise better to use ballistics or lasers

[@Faulkner108]

Hey, Bara! Go forward as you're now.