All Long Range Missiles | Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries | Full Campaign Playthrough | Episode #26

[@AllaMortify]

House Steiner rep: "We believe someone is sending mechs out on false flag raids painted in another house's livery.", sees Baradul's mechs, "Wait. Isn't that OUR livery?"

[@ashurayasha]

Upon reading the title, I can't help but think the decision to go all LRMs had something to do with a certain missing Warhammer.

[@Finwolven]

I love the multi-mission mini campaigns as an idea, and the mini-storylines are cool. I just wished they made longer, more interesting, campaigns that could run your merc company through say, an actual planetary conquest campaign in a single border world. Then again, even with 12 mechs in your roster, your company is always going to be just one lance, so technically it won't be hired for anything more complicated than various types of Raid/Defense missions. Just wish they put a little more work on the mission structures in these games (not just MechWarrior, HBS:s BattleTech suffers from same problem). And let us buy better dropships, gorram it! Leopards aren't the only dropship in the Inner Sphere! It's not even the most common one (Mule and Union are!).

[@igorbukovy4313]

Yeah i miss second lance in some missions becuase it is not easy to kill all the waves with just 1 lance. I finished the campaign so it is possible but some missions were really painful. :)

[@totalutilitarian3292]

I would find it cool if you could have more mechs and have some missions where the restrictions are such that certain types of mechs are needed or you only can drop with 1 or 2. Have an actual scout mission you can't steiner your way through. Later have missions where you need long range support and a scout. Maybe a mission where you scout and when you find whatever the rest is dropped there and you just need to survive in your cicada while your assaukts clean up etc. Etc. They really where not creative in the mission, especially the high rewards could have been made special

[@igorbukovy4313]

@@totalutilitarian3292 yes more variety but maybe they will do it in new content via DLC. This is not the final product but i like the game, best MW game for me. All they have to do is fix issues and listen to their customers. I am looking forward to keep supporting this game.

[@davidmarosek141]

Bara, it doesn't matter what game you play, you ride the financial red line constantly. Lol! Love ya dude! :D

[@slate613]

Shenzeng 1st battle: "Stop killing everything before I can get a shot off!" lol

[@duelingdragons82]

21:10 K9 and a full Steiner Scout Lance made me happier than it had any right to.

[@KageRyuu6]

"God help me! There are bees in my cockpit!"

[@rolandotillit2867]

Dude, you know what I learned? Light mechs with jump jets are the best mechs for raids. They're fast enough to get to the checkpoints and outrun other mechs, they can steamroll tanks. What they lack in firepower they make up for in speed and agility. It's impossible to do some of these raids that have 3 or more targets to destroy with slow big ol' mechs. Put assaults on your team to draw some enemy fire, but you need to be fast so you don't all die.

[@igorbukovy4313]

oh yes, Firestarter is grear for that role.

[@bhmand1669]

@@igorbukovy4313 SPIDER! I'm kinda sad there's no MASC in MW5 (yet).

[@igorbukovy4313]

@@bhmand1669 nah, Spider is faster but does not have fire power. Show me some footage of your Spider and i might change my mind.

[@totalutilitarian3292]

The Cicada X5 is hands down THE BEST fast mech. I loved running it up until i started runnkng out of ammo because of too many/heavy enemies. With 4 Flamers and 2 SRM 4s you can wreck through demolition missions quite nicely. Otherwise my Black Knight with 6 flamers and 2 ppcs was als great for doing that! And losing a flamer arm does not bankrupt you like a similar build on a warhammer with the ppcs in the arm. Edit: the Blackjack hero is also great for this. 1 LPL for flyers, 86kph and 6 mgs and 2 flamers for. Also chews through any mech standing there in seconds!

[@igorbukovy4313]

@@totalutilitarian3292 good suggestions, thanks. I have not found X5 yet. I do not like the design of BJs so i am not using them, :D I know, i know, it is a stupid principle but never mind. :)

[@PressnellHomestead]

ive watch all the mech 5 videos each day, awesome content man. loved it

[@Nails077]

Do you like LRMs? Back in MW4 I fielded 8 mechs with 6 (if not 8) LRM 20s each. When the first hostile scout peeked over the crest, every single one of those LRMs fired at it. It was quite hilarious.

[@Paladin-1]

You were loosing Steiner Rep because, You kept going back and doing House Marik missions 🇦🇺 Hello from Australia 🇦🇺

[@igorbukovy4313]

yeah it makes sense to pick only one side and increase friendly status which gives more negotiation points.

[@AzureIV]

I hope you are doing okay there in Australia, due to all the fire. I'm from California, USA, so I sympathize.

[@xPryde]

The Stalker is by far one of the most effective mechs in the game. 4 SRM 6, 2 ER LRG/LRG Lasers, 4 MED Lasers, Mar armor, heat efficiency is 1.6+ and you can even adjust for SRM 6 ARTEMIS for a 100+ damage mech

[@igorbukovy4313]

that build is way too hot but i did not use DHS on it yet so that might be the reason.

[@bhmand1669]

While the Stalker looks really good. I'm fair sure UACs have higher burst damage potential, and Gauss rifles are better at headshotting enemies. Unfortunately the Stalker doesn't do ballistics.

[@Vendemiair]

Tried the Stalker for a while (for lancemates only) and for some reason it always gets beaten up, regardless of what pilot I use. That's why I stopped using it, and switched to Awesome, Mauler or Victor.

[@igorbukovy4313]

@@Vendemiair hero variant is in the game which has balistic hardpoint but i did not find it.

[@igorbukovy4313]

@@bhmand1669 nah AC5 BF is better than UAC5. UAC5 has ability to shoot while reloading but also jam, i do not like that.

[@gnuztokomi7166]

TAG on corpses makes them appear active. That small slot in the 8T's head is a good place for one imo. Happy new year from Oz, 2020 will be dawning coolish, here, thankfully; if a little smokey.

[@inside98]

This is kinda cool. I just did a similar high reward mission from the other side and attacked Steiner and Marik for Liao. I even painted my mechs in the respective colors.

[@koLourBlynd89]

Really awesome series to watch, love seeing other builds and experiences. Also excited to see a potential new follow up campaign after because, as I decided to take what I had learned before finishing my first campaign, I got back up to where I was in a fraction of the time and have gotten really good at understanding what is and isn't worth doing. In my first run it was 8150 elapsed days to get to Rep 11, and this second it has been less than 2500. Unfortunately I can see now how the game fails to really measure up to expectations, but I still find it amazing to play around in compared to other Battletech games.

[@koLourBlynd89]

@5:38 Our new patented Spring-Loaded Battlemechs get you right in the action! >.>

[@bryy2053]

@29:32 its interesting to see in a universe created to take place 1k years from now that we are still driving good ol dually pickup trucks :)

[@davidmarosek141]

Yea, you're in an lrm carrier, you need a crap ton of ammo. The lasers are mainly for defending yourself at close range, as opposed to primary weapons. The lrm's are your primary weapons and should be your focus on that build. My opinion, I could be wrong. :P

[@Artificer1911]

Oh! You're so close to my build on the RS! :D I use the LBX10 slug to get a closer projectile speed to the PPCs. It's great for pinpoint damage. Can't wait for you to get a bit further galactic north so you can start dropping 400t missions. They are a lot of fun.

[@566467]

I was like nooooo when you left one heat sink in the atlas arm

[@NeoGuyver81]

2h to New Year for me.. Happy New Year 2020 Baradul =) love your video see ya in 2020

[@JS-kh5ls]

Grats on all the new subs

[@robrooke5617]

Happy New Year's Baradul! From Canada!

[@michealnelsonauthor]

I find getting on the higher ground outside the city to help preserve it. You have to hit the all enemies quick to draw them to you, but once they turn aggro on you they leave the city alone. As do your guys… Especially if you keep telling them to get into formation. IE, sniping and missile boating styles from outside the city. Doesn’t work as well when you drive a brawler into the defended city to take on attackers… your team of bulls stomp thru the China shop with you.

[@mcosta6423]

I've seen so many hate on this game but I honestly can't see the point. Baradul is always excited about this game and I also enjoy it A LOT. It is what it is. Big Mechs smashing everything! I wonder what people expect of a game like this... Flowers, rainbows and unicorns? Same thing as expecting Doom to be kid friendly! Doesn't fit! Keep up the excitement, Baradul! You are the best when it comes to MW5! Cheers from Brazil and have a lovely New Year! \o/

[@Clusterflak]

It's the small details that detract. Yes it's great we have a new Mercenaries game but I went to Terra to refit and the planet looked like Mars at best. Hard not to be disappointed with stuff like that.

[@mcosta6423]

@@Clusterflak Maybe in 3000+ the earth will be just like this! Who knows! lol Kidding... I know what you mean and I agree! If you close your eyes to stuff like that the game becomes better, just like any other game on the market! They all, or almost all of them, have some details to polish!

[@totalutilitarian3292]

There are a lot of small really annoying things like not selling from cold storage or spawnrates where you just came from. But there is also some stuff that makes it a bit boring that i would expect from a modern game, like quirks to your pilots weapons or mechs, a cooler leveling system with more impactful decisions, more gear like maybe a targeting pc for more zoom or a coolshot. Maybe more accessible tactics with your buddies like a paused map where you can give them better manouvering input or a general tactic 'you stay back because dmg, my lrmboat has to brawl now to share armor' The mission types get boring as they are almost all a flavor of 'fck it kill everything' with basically 0 variation. I mean they even HAVE the mechanic of on field repairs and use it in 3 missions, that is IT! Finding in game salvage IS USED ONCE! I mean come on! It is like the first mission you play and then never again! You have multi mission scenarios and the high value quests why not add some actual decisions on the battlefield like idk: save person on point a or kill vip on point b which leads to unforseen results? I love the game don't get me wrong, but they missed so many chances of making it AWESOME...

[@MrRagequitnow]

" Tail end Charlie" was the phrase I believe you were looking for at the end of the video.

[@jeffantypasandbalbeewarthu899]

Love your videos, I got the hero catapult BB. It has 4 lasers and 4 srm6. I didnt like the atlas rs. Not enough fire power. Thanks for the srm stalker suggestion. Currently favorite mech.

[@Artificer1911]

What did you have in your RS? I have 2 PPC and an LB10 slug (all 4 pip) for pinpoint damage, which makes short work of components and is good for headshots, and then a stream LRM20+a (which I have recently upgraded to a gold) for anything else. It does a lot of damage, but I am also very aggressive with it from all ranges.

[@ZuhriaAlfitra]

My stalker always cost me side torsos and its components and weapons, either I piloted myself or my lance. The spread damage of missiles just not doing well to take down assault quickly. My atlas D with ac20bf or atlas RS dualPPC ac10 is better. Or even better, my kingcrab 0000 with dual gauss & ppc

[@totalutilitarian3292]

@@ZuhriaAlfitra my experience is the crabs like to loose arms way too much. Too high gauss consumption because they are rare af.

[@naomy1701]

Happy New Year Baradul, und 'nen Guten Rutsch wünsch ich Dir und Deiner Familie ^^

[@NAUNT88]

The LRM 'ST' launchers seem to find their target more often than the regular LRM system.

[@EllenbergW]

I think the ST launchers are better at hitting slow targets like assaults with a lot less spread, while the regular ones, with their "carpet bombing" pattern are better at hitting fast, evasive targets like Locusts or Cicadas. fast tanks and VTOLs.

[@igorbukovy4313]

Yes, stream missile launchers are better, spread is very low.

[@pogo1140]

Steiner Scout Lance, had to smile at that.

[@bretth6393]

The regular LRMs are slightly less accurate than the LRM-ST, but the ST variant has a lower fire rate. This is because the cooldown doesn't start until the last missile in the stream is fired. LRM-20 ST launchers suffer the most from this delay, with a 20% lower firerate than the standard variant. Using the regular LRMs with a TAG will give the highest burst damage and DPS.

[@G36_SoRRoW]

I thought your next story mission (the salvage yard) was unlocked already? Sometimes the story missions get hidden in logs on the home screen. I had to click view logs and actually track the story mission in order for it to show.

[@jimstruckmanjr7809]

You want to be the one with the tag,so you can tag 1 mach for your a.i. to attack while you engage another.

[@Nickunparalleled]

Atlases Assemble!

[@john-paulsilke893]

Nick Christie this is like the Super Friends with Gleek adding support along with the Boy Wonder, Robin.

[@Genesis23OPB]

is the plural of atlas bot atlae?

[@bryy2053]

Imagine being one of those helicopter pilots being ordered to attack a group of mechs? It would be an absolute suicide mission

[@cg21]

26:15 Because you keep taking contracts against Steiner as well :-)

[@generaldistrust]

Thx 4 amplifying the gameplay sound 🙏🏽🤙🏽

[@davidmarosek141]

11:34 - Sooo..... Based on that experiment, it seems you're better at playing long range support, Baradul. :)

[@bhmand1669]

Does that mean we can expect more lurming in MWO when he's done with MW5?

[@JayRaxter]

Great builds~~~~~as always~~

[@Yacovo]

Thanks for the video.

[@LongShen1883]

The way my mechwarrior 5 game is set up my lance squad can actually snipe mechs as they're jumping/jump jetting fun watching it rain mechs around them and around me.

[@RPLD]

Wait until you get the Annihilator with 4 x LBX-10s

[@arielfetters5662]

I ran that in Mechwarrior 4, with jump jets, and it was evil incarnate :D

[@totalutilitarian3292]

I have an anni with 4 UAC5s. That thing shreds and has ammo galore and enough heat mngmt to keep the 4 med lasers for added dmg

[@mclaine7342]

God, i want this Mech so hard! :) I heared you can buy them in Steiner Territory?!

[@RPLD]

I don't remember where it showed up, it was just a rare mech drop. I think it was about $12m c-bills. It's slow as hell but it can chain fire all four cannons constantly with no heat issues. It's insane.

[@RPLD]

Just ran into a hero Atlas tonight. 30M C-Bills 😢

[@DamageKing1337]

I hope i will see soon a Catapult with big LRM20 and then ruin some enemys :D i like the Catapult

[@bernardoheusi6146]

Using a heavy is suicide in the point he is in. Stalker all the way. There is a variety with 2 LRM 20s.

[@bhmand1669]

It's not that bad, but you can't fit LRM40 in a catapult without sacrificing backup weapons, heat sinks, ammo, or armor. And you definitely need all of those things. I like the catapult but it is unfortunately just a little too light. The archer has 1½ additional free tons (after armor) which isn't quite enough to make up for that. I believe the Stalker-3H is the best LRM mech in the game with 2 large-, 2 medium missile mounts, and 40½ tons free after armor. I guess it IS the catapult's bigger sibling.

[@totalutilitarian3292]

@@bhmand1669 the archer has the great benefit of having 2 large slots in the torso. I find it a bit annoying having to constantly replace the arms in Stalker. But yeah later you just NEED the more firepower.

[@OGAmmoMonkey]

I have a brawling atlas. 4 MP. 2 SRM 6s and an ac/20

[@Icebaron2012]

i think you need to put the last few DHs into your long range death blimp. your getting too hot,too quickly with all those LRM barrages. I'd also go on another shopping bender; stop into Marik space again,take on some juicy contracts and get a bunch of LRM 10 or 15 streams - nothing like a 940m/s congo line of death. Keep an eye out for a Grasshopper 6K,7K (gravedigger),5P.

[@bhmand1669]

Deathblimp has no engine slots and very wide side-torso silhouette. They'd be in jeopardy. I do agree that it's quite hot. Ditch some lasers? The Stalker-3H has 2 large missile slots for LRM15s, but only 4 energy points. Might be more balanced heatwise.

[@bhmand1669]

Deathblimp has no engine slots and very wide side-torso silhouette. They'd be in jeopardy. I do agree that it's quite hot. Ditch some lasers? The Stalker-3H has 2 large missile slots for LRM15s, but only 4 energy points. Might be more balanced heatwise. Alternatively start chainfiring the LRMs, might also help with ammo conservation at the cost of burstdamage.

[@Icebaron2012]

@@bhmand1669 He could get away with it, there is risk involved no matter where you put your DHs. 3H is good, 3F would be better for what he wants to do - more energy hardpoints open while retaining the large missile slots. drop in a couple of 15s with 10s backing those, keep 4 medium lasers, 4 tons of ammo, a couple of DHs,SHs and go ham.

[@bhmand1669]

Either my sources are wrong, or 3F has 5 medium missile hardpoints.

[@acetraker1988]

You need to find an Atlas-A.

[@imperialinquisitor5364]

You should buy hero mechs strip them then sell them keep mechs you don't want to sell or not sure your selling in the mech bay cold storage. P.S Awsome videos i just subed two week ago maybe three?

[@Genesis23OPB]

why take an ac10 bf over a normal ac10? it just spreads dmg more

[@AsbestosMuffins]

I'm 2 atlas's short of a steiner scout lance. its quite the heavy brawler, though I tend to drop the ac20 for an ac10bf extra armor and more ammo

[@Terrafissa]

... the MAD is too double-tapping that UAC. You can even see and hear it distinctly at the end of the first mission when it's just to the right of you. Brawling AS7-D put MPulse in the CT, c'mon, you have them.

[@Finwolven]

Bara doesn't like Pulse Lasers for some reason. I guess it's because they have less range and he's always complaining about Medium Lasers having too little range to deal with the pesky Warriors...

[@williamfawkes8379]

I did note the double tap at the end of the mission, but only that one time. They sure don't spray and pray.

[@bhmand1669]

I went back to rewatch. The UAC fires 3 projectiles per trigger push. I can't see the Mad-3R firing 6 in rapid succession. As for the pulselasers: They're heavier, hotter, and has lower range. The additional damage does not make up for the additional tonnage.

[@totalutilitarian3292]

@@bhmand1669 i was surprised when i did the math... they are only more efficient in slot usage! And lets be honest in a slow assault where you might have the tonnage the range actually is an issue and everywhere else either weight or heat is limiting. I would love to use ER Medium laser if there were any though.

[@Terrafissa]

@@Finwolven That raises loads of questions for me, honestly. An LRM 15-st shot takes down a Warrior (or a 10 with artemis), or a single-LL burn, or a non-Artemis SRM-6 volley, et cetera. To boot, it's a torso mount- you don't need your AA direct-fire on a torso-mount, there's not enough pitch on there for it anyways. *And* the AS7 would still have the arm Medium Lasers to take down Warriors anyways. There are a -ton- of reasons why putting medium pulses in the CT would have worked fine for a brawling build- it's not like he didn't have 10+ tonnes of mass remaining and enough space to cram in a bunch more heat sinks.

[@eaglegaming2301]

is there a time limit to the campaign, im the type of players who take things slow and enjoy the current stuff we have, meaning im already in 3035, and only level 9, and since this game takes place right before the clan invasions, I need to know if theres a time limit or not.

[@Vendemiair]

I don't think there's a time limit. I'm at Reputation 15 (max), it's already 3043, but I've only done six campaign missions.

[@0meat]

I'm not sure how I feel about the weapon hardpoint size system, it stops me from doing the ac/40 blackjack.

[@bernardoheusi6146]

It sucks, Battletech has the better system (the Paradox game)

[@bhmand1669]

The player in me don't like it. But design-wise I find it okay. It would be nice to get a bit more refining on it, a couple variants has the exact same hardpoints which makes them silly.

[@madmax43v3r]

Need a King Crab for that

[@omgilovesteak6484]

I love McWarrior's burgers.

[@zacharydutson6195]

Skip house Steiner, it turns into federated commonwealth and you lose all reputation bonuses. House kurita or the purple state, forgot its name.

[@bernardoheusi6146]

Marik

[@EHolly-sm1kx]

You should colour code your mech for their role. Helps you select and in battle. Add a tincture of another colour for either brawler or support mech.

[@EHolly-sm1kx]

Just noticed you mention that later at 22min.

[@quasadra]

so those atlas... do their cockpit has bees in them?

[@bernardoheusi6146]

In this game it's Locusts

[@MrGrimsmith]

That appears to only affect Freidrich 3 for some unkown reason...

[@Artificer1911]

Bees in the Cockpit?

[@bhmand1669]

@@Artificer1911 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWTdfGCGn9Ksgbs

[@jarrodmcc123]

Don't forget your new pilot!

[@jeffantypasandbalbeewarthu899]

Oh ya, have you seen the annihilator. I got the one with 4 lbx 10 and 7 small lasers. It slow as hell but It can punish. Top speed 32kph

[@Artificer1911]

LBX slug? That was my headhunter build in beta

[@jeffantypasandbalbeewarthu899]

Yes I'm using skugs

[@LazyLifeIFreak]

I think you're doing vast overkill Baradul, many of your missiles are not connecting and much of the damage is simply not being applied.

[@Finwolven]

LRMs aren't pinpoint weapons. Tabletop has usually upwards of 50% of a _connecting_ salvo just miss instead.

[@irgilligan]

Thats....how LRMs work...You can't have honestly expected to just rain 40 damage every salvo at long range....

[@LazyLifeIFreak]

​@@irgilligan No, there is a vast difference between firing 40 LRM's vs 20 LRM's. If the target only has 20 hp and you do massive overkill, how does that equal to effective ammo consumption? Please learn to read.

[@LazyLifeIFreak]

@@Finwolven No, there is a vast difference between firing 40 LRM's vs 20 LRM's. If the target only has 20 hp and you do massive overkill, how does that equal to effective ammo consumption? Please learn to read.

[@quasadra]

He just need some lrm stream + artemis. They do almost pinpoint damage and usually just nuke anything less than an assault.

[@Omniseed]

My 200 ton lance has just become a Rifleman with twin PPC, twin ML, twin MGs, an Orion AC10+ML+SRM, and a T-Bolt with a large laser and LRM20 array. I'm hoping the Orion will be able to really clean up anything that gets close to LRM minimum range while the Rifleman and Thunderbolt sweep the field of adds before they can impose repair costs on me

[@igorbukovy4313]

You will be able to drop full Steiner scout lance soon, do not worry. If i am correct so those missions will come in Kurita territory.

[@Konsaki]

Setting up the Steiner Scout Lance there, Baradul? XD

[@pulsar943]

i'm amazed you haven't found any king crabs yet

[@igorbukovy4313]

If i am correct so King Crabs will be able to buy or salvage in Kurita territory.

[@Jaevwyn]

I honestly don’t like the king crabs anyway, it’s a walking head hitbox

[@pulsar943]

​@@Jaevwyn then avoid assaults they are all walking hit boxes

[@igorbukovy4313]

@@Jaevwyn Nightstar is worse in terms of big cockpit hitbox.

[@Jaevwyn]

Pulsar 94 other assault spread damage properly and don’t have stupid hitboxes

[@scrpnsting8276]

Maybe some of you guys can help,. Where do you get a TAG from? Been looking a bit and haven't found one.

[@Artificer1911]

I got mine deeper into Kurita space. Around planet Benjamin.

[@EllenbergW]

I'm pretty sure it's pretty (if not totally) random. I bought one very early in my campaign, when I was still running the starting Cent, Jav and Jenner.

[@scrpnsting8276]

Thanks all, I'll look around but especially Kurita.

[@Vendemiair]

You can find the TAG everywhere, especially as your reputation level goes up. At Rep 15, I see it so commonly in industrial worlds I just ignore it.

[@scrpnsting8276]

@@Vendemiair found one this morning. Not as common at Rep 9 but I'm sure I'll find more.

[@ScryeTheMindless]

I think I might of seen the AI first off a burst from the AC on the last mech from the first mission if that helps, but yeah I found if you want the AI to burst fire AC's, you're better sticking to the bf AC's

[@tylerchristopherson4245]

where the fu can you find annihilators? I played my first campaign all the way to reputation 15 and never saw one. I really wanted a mauler 2p never saw one of those either. :(

[@totalutilitarian3292]

I finished yesterday, never saw a mauler either. For 100 tons only found 1 anni and crab and the 2 atlas.

[@Vendemiair]

@@totalutilitarian3292 I have one Mauler, it's fairly rare because I've only gotten one and I'm at Rep 15 already.

[@Damitsall]

What is the difference between the LRM and LRM ART4s?

[@dchan6421]

Anyone else having problems with the "high reward quests"? I go to the planet but when I get there, there's no contract available.....

[@mynamejeff785]

They sometimes have time limits, if it takes you 55 days to travel there, but the conflict is over before then, then oh well, thats the risk you take on black operations work, they should still pay you a percentage for the effort though

[@Artificer1911]

You have to accept it from the right hand side around where the story quests show up.

[@totalutilitarian3292]

Yeah the high reward do not automatcally show up in the contract are but must first be accepted from the cockpit are. Sometime you need to activate part 2 or 3 there too to find where you have to go next.

[@dchan6421]

Thanks.......kinda wonder what else I have over looked now! Lol

[@totalutilitarian3292]

@@dchan6421 honestly: while they add a little bit of flavor to the game by having 4 senteces worth of quest info the overall benefit isn't very impactful. You might get a bit of lostech here and there but the mechs you get are underwhelming for the quest lvl feeling about 20 tons too light for the mission you are doing. And as you lose weapons rather frequently getting one cool one is not a gamechanger anyway. I mean it is practically impossible to shield a dmg side against random spawns of tanks and vtols most of the time... and a lot of the high reward quests are not good for grinding faction rep either as they are often for random corp nr X

[@haraldzurnieden1920]

At 10:40 did your Marauder doubletap the UAC5?

[@madmax43v3r]

Those T4 PPC in the AS7 arms wont live too long ...

[@Jaevwyn]

Hugo neither do their targets

[@WarBerGeN]

First... Happy New Year folks

[@HeeroYuy911]

ugh another Atlas, I can see you love them never been a hugh fan myself sure they are pretty nice in some ways but honestly there are way more assault mechs that are better. Tho I am curios about what mechs are in the game it seems quite limited as the missions tend to always show a few standard mechs nothing fancy, kind of makes me think the devs only added about 20 mechs with there variants into the game.

[@ZuhriaAlfitra]

The enemies surely will use the common mechs. They don't want you to get rare & hero mech through salvage

[@Mario-kf3ej]

I know what you are saying ... for me aswell Atlas is really boring mech from looks - sure its strong etc ... but its just Tin Man with scary face ... hardly cool in my book. More fan of Stalkers / Marauders etc :)

[@bhmand1669]

13 assault mechs with a total of 58 variants. 3 of them (13 variants) are 100tonners.

[@totalutilitarian3292]

@@bhmand1669 and so far i have found 5 of those 13 variants... 1 crab, 1 anni 3 atlas including one hero of them. This seems bland to me! Same with a lot of mechs! The stalkers you can find 3 variants but from almost all other assaults only 1 (other exceptions i remember is the victor and cyclops with 2 variants each). And i do not get the hero mech finding ratio. I had 2 jäger, 2 blackjack, 2 firestarter and 4 wolverine by midgame and was getting frustrated with them, itching for more variation

[@dustingramc7184]

Personally I found stream lRMs hit better. I always have lots of missiles miss when they are clustered. My LRM15 streams are my best friends on my Catapult.

[@dlamana]

Has anyone been able to find the Nightstar with four large energy slots? I only see the 1J that has a mix of energy and ballistics.

[@matthewhughes1950]

How do you check the equipment status of your friendly Max what button is that

[@richardtaillon1616]

Default key is "Q" if I recall correctly. Look for Target Friendly in the options

[@guyllaumehamel8261]

You should find youself an highlander 732

[@Krageesh]

I absolutely so not care for anything else besides the shooting. No tweaking neccessary, just slap the biggest guns into a mech, that'll do the fix for another year.

[@leifelliott3615]

Has anyone picked up a Black Knight? I'm wondering if it has the command console and if it makes a difference in mw5???

[@totalutilitarian3292]

No there are no fancy bonuses mechs have. Not like in recent battletech where they might have cool quirks and stuff. That is one other thing i miss. Addons like targeting pcs, special bonuses your pilots may have or even might be on mechs like say one has a bit more armor another one slot is bigger, one might move a bit faster or have a bit less base tonnage etc...

[@TheJadeJester]

1500 LRM’s? Skill not required for this version.

[@LostSoul23]

There is no Timberwolf in 5 mercenaries?

[@SpacemanSpliff101]

Rating !

[@igorbukovy4313]

UAC5 is worse than AC5 BF in every category, that was disapointing discovery for me. Yes, it can shoot during reloading time but it can also jam.

[@totalutilitarian3292]

The amount of time all 4 uac5 on my anni are jammed is surprising that is true. It would be cool to have a training mode to compare stuff like this bettet

[@igorbukovy4313]

@@totalutilitarian3292 i recommend you to swap UAC5s for AC5s BF.

[@aendzo]

Are you that guy you Streams league of legend wearing a teemo hat?

[@jeffantypasandbalbeewarthu899]

You should spend a few hours going from industrial hub to hub. Took me 4 hrs to get 50 plus double heat sinks

[@Nickunparalleled]

(Looks through Fingers)

[@Nickunparalleled]

Hahaha, the LRM Dance worked today! Well done, Bara ;) Enjoy your LRM Demo

[@talsine]

I miss Daily Dose of MWO, is that coming back?

[@danielkenny7522]

The Meta game of building mechs seems boring as hell. It feels almost like there is only one way to build mechs.

[@bhmand1669]

The critical point system in MW5 does shoehorn a lot of the designs.

[@jhwheuer]

Hi Baradul, could you stop playing with AI bunnies and maybe return to MWO? Missing the daily dose, and fall asleep watching anybody, including my son, playing MW5...

[@bhmand1669]

During initial launch of MW5 Daily Dose were still coming out. I think it's the hectic pace of doing both Battletech, MW5, and holidays with family that's the reason for less MWO. Also MWO playerbase went down rather drasticly after the MW5 launch. It's bound to pick back up soon, hopefully so will the daily doses.

[@shadowwarrior7338]

Guy is annoying