Good PPC Mech | Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries | Full Campaign Playthrough | Episode #20

[@inciacci549]

That last mission. It's almost physically painful when that happens. "Oh, you have 30 salvage rights? Sorry, we couldn't get any mechs for that. So anyway, here's your pool of tier 1 mods." "10 Salvage rights? Gee, what a shame. What shall ever will we do with all these pristine assault mechs and tier 5 mods?"

[@stormthrush37]

Yeah, that's really beginning to piss me off. This game visually looks great but I just can't get over that. I'm nowhere near as excited about playing MW5 as a result. This either needs to be fixed or someone needs to create a mod to fix it.

[@texteel]

@@stormthrush37 the game is a framework at best. Wanted to tell a story in a given time period, so half of the mechs are missing. The random spawn is retarded, whoever thought that was a good idea to implement should be fired. No event, shoot repair shoot repair.

[@xedrickOG]

@@texteel It needed to have a secondary lance you could command like mw:4/ Or the ability to command a lance of armor and or air assets

[@hktscuba4346]

if you're short on heatsinks take the mechs your going to sell and put them into cold storage. it will strip all components, doesn't take any cash or time and you can move it right back into your mech bay. If its in cold storage and has components move it to the bay then back to storage for the quick strip.

[@DIEGhostfish]

Very good plan.

[@JoshSweetvale]

Another idea for financial efficiency. While jumping, repair only the cheap stuff, and do expensive repairs once outside the warzone.

[@sarahlange1002]

Ha ha! Thank you Baradul for making a Christmas post! I'm away from my family and friends this Christmas and, as an addict to your channel, this video brings be great joy! Merry Christmas, God bless you and have a happy and healthy new year!

[@realbloodydoves]

"Why does the Rifleman have more armor on the arms than the JagerMech?" Because the Rifleman has less guns. The Jager has quad ballistics, with ammo. Additionally, to go the same speed as the Rifleman, it needs a slightly larger engine which weighs a little more. Having checked, the Rifleman-3N has 7.5 tons of armor. The JagerMech-S has 6 tons. So it's natural that the Rifleman has a little more armor in general (this is a reason why I like the Rifleman more than the Jager).

[@Grimmwoldds]

Incorrect. MWO Patch 1.4.169 on the 15th of May, 2018. Structure / Max - Armor Redistribution: The following 'Mechs have had some of their Arm Structure and Max Armor Points re-distributed from their Arm Locations into their Torso locations: Jenner Jenner IIC Cicada Jagermech Stalker PGI simply copied pertinent stats from MWO into MW5, resulting in all four(Jenner IIC isn't in MW5) of those mechs having weak arms. Not as much of an issue as it might seem as they changed it due to stats saying they lost side torsos(large hitboxes) before arms(small hitboxes)

[@Mohrrunkel]

Also defining "more or less armor" by the weight of armor is not reliable as there are mechs with ferro fibrous armor in this game. In case of the Jagermech the DD variant's max armor weighs 1.46 tons less, even though there is no difference in total armor points compared to the other variants.

[@manuellorenzo4655]

31:00 was hilarious

[@jong2359]

lol, it really was

[@Johny40Se7en]

22:22 you didn't have to restart fella, there's usually a straggler somewhere. Had that happen a few times. Most recently, when doing an assassination, we wiped out everyone except for the last target, which was a lone Timberwolf who'd buggered off and left their buddies, but that icon was still hovering over their base. We had to just wait a bit then they came walking at us from a canyon. Muppets 😛

[@gregshimmin5334]

Merry Mechmas mech warriors

[@igorbukovy4313]

Yes if you kill the target before it is marked you get this bug. I already experienced it.

[@TheExard3k]

Santa PPC is coming for you! 5P is a staple in my hangar. So great with the hardpoints and two shield arms compared to the 5H. Got 2x PPC and 4x MPL on him.

[@severdislike4222]

Your pilots will use your assigned firing groups on any mech you've piloted. Been using that to change AI behaviors so they don't eat so much incoming damage.

[@Genesis23OPB]

how did you manage to put them on defensive firegroups?

[@bunk1860]

I would appreciate if you could take the time to explain this a bit more to us, I am really interested but my brain is not connecting the dots.

[@DIEGhostfish]

How does that work? Just unbinding certain weapons?

[@Mohrrunkel]

@@DIEGhostfish No, that would be stupid, you would be carrying useless weight around. Also it doesn't change the incoming damage, but rather to make better use of their heat and thus increasing dps. For example putting all 3 PPCs of your Awesome on the same group with no other option will lead to her always shooting all 3 weapons, which is overkill for tanks. Also putting PPCs and S Lasers in the same group would be stupid, so create weapongroups for your AI that make actually sense. Another bad example are quad-AC2 Maulers with a chainfiregroup for the AC2s. Your AI won't make use of the insane firerate of the weapons by holding down the appropriate key. You as a player can spam the button and don't care about it being chainfire, but AI won't.

[@NinjaContravaniaManX]

Repairing salvaged Mechs before selling them is a bad idea, the repair costs are always much higher than the bonus you get out. There isn't much difference in payout for selling a fully destroyed mech on his last leg compared to a fully repaired one. The only thing that really impacts the sell price are the installed components. But often enough, you want to keep those. Here is what I do: I always have one slot open in my active mech bay for a salvaged mech. When I salvage a mech, I drag & drop it from active mech bay into cold storage and then back into active mech bay. By doing this, I'm stripping all the components for 0 cost and time effort (bug?)!!! Then I sell the naked mech no matter what state it's in. This is also helpful if you want to refit a mech which has more destroyed components on it than healthy ones. You will save a lot of money and especially time in the long run. Completed my first campaign in 3034.

[@DIEGhostfish]

That is a good plan!

[@PierreVB-514]

That Grass Hopper with dual PPCs and jump jets is absolutely epic but you look like you enjoy way too much guns to use it to its full potential. You also outlined two more flaws in this game. One , putting all weapons on the torso not affecting targeting in any way is a bit narrow sighted. Two , completing the mission without having triggered the scenario by being in the zone is simply disappointing. Thanks for sharing and wishing you the best for the holidays and beyond. MERRY CHRISTMAS :-D

[@Geltance]

Black knights are awesome energy boats in this game. 2 large lasers and 5 mediums are great

[@Grimmwoldds]

4:22 Remember when they changed a few mechs by moving armor from the arms to side torsos(JM and cicada in particular)? Pretty much every mech in MW5 is just ported from MWO(with a few oopsies, like the Dao Breaker which doesn't have 3 hardpoints per arm)

[@williamfawkes8379]

If only you could set weapon priorities for a mech, and then the AI would follow them. That way they would favor a PPC over a small laser.

[@ZuhriaAlfitra]

You can command them to hold on a position, they'll wait for the enemy to come, instead chasing them & start firing their long range weapons

[@Linerunner99]

@@ZuhriaAlfitra They won't adjust to the situation as it changes, though. A better way to handle it would have been assigning basic AI profiles and allowing the player to choose a profile for each pilot. Stand and Deliver, In Yo Face, Flanker, etc.

[@ZuhriaAlfitra]

@@Linerunner99 sure more advanced command features will be a lot better. But for now that's the only solution for that stupid ai

[@LandeTLSgPlus]

30:25 DeRpSHiP! interesting mental image that gave me

[@robertdobbs4156]

Your videos are the best man, mw5 looks so fun

[@starbomber]

I wonder if you can do the "trick" from MWO to "push" the PPCs to the shoulder mount...

[@calumdeighton]

Looking forward to what the Rifleman can do. It's one of my favourite mechs, next to the Warhammer. In MWO, I have AC-10 arms and Medium Torso lasers. It's ok as a Fire support second line mech, but don't get much team work gameplay to be honest.

[@igorbukovy4313]

Arm mouted mechs are not good. Jager and Rifleman sucks. They are really good vs tanks and helicopters but not versus mechs.

[@Yukon.72]

Good ppc mech.. 1/4 in the video - no sight of said ppc. NICE

[@louistetrault6729]

how do you redistribute weapons keys on the fly?

[@igorbukovy4313]

Arrow keys + CTRL.

[@kumarsalib722]

Louis Tétrault Arrow keys you move the selector, CTRL key to toggle, backspace to toggle chain fire for column.

[@theironangel767]

Specifically RIGHT control

[@jackellis8134]

wasnt expecting anything on christmas day, thanks! Now go have a Merry Christmas with your family

[@igorbukovy4313]

No, it is not weird, most likely the Rifleman has less side torso armor. Some mechs have different armor allocation.

[@stefanw6665]

some mechs come with very little stock armor on the arms, like jager and stalker. i guess the max armor is relative to the base armor, not tonnage like in mwo

[@igorbukovy4313]

@@stefanw6665 yeah, i think all mechs have lower armor values so the first thing i do is max the armor.

[@Grimmwoldds]

15 May, 2018 MWO patch 1.4.169 Structure / Max - Armor Redistribution: The following 'Mechs have had some of their Arm Structure and Max Armor Points re-distributed from their Arm Locations into their Torso locations: Jenner Jenner IIC Cicada Jagermech Stalker

[@stefanw6665]

@@Grimmwoldds thanks, that explains it. didnt hop into mwo for a while now

[@venomousgoose5023]

As usual, good vid. Hope you had a great December the 25th!

[@dauwse]

Face cam on the right hand side would be better. It’s blocking all the menus etc where it currently is.. great vids mate. Merry Christmas

[@dantauche7917]

What menus is it blocking? It's literally perfect where it is

[@Cryton12345]

I had found that the firestarter is FUN at being a great DEMO contracter

[@bhmand1669]

Spider for raids.

[@Cryton12345]

@@bhmand1669 PPC Spider?

[@bhmand1669]

@@Cryton12345 At 129 Km/h it more or less doesn't matter, so long as you never stop running.

[@nevermorefuzzy]

It seems to depend on the pilot but from what i can discern the A.I. are trying to get to a range were they are able to fire all weapons or have the most fire power. So yes the tier 3 SLasers are causing your pilot to move in too close and take way too much damage. Marry Christmas and Happy new year!

[@ostelaymetaule]

The bugs, all the bugs.

[@igorbukovy4313]

By the way you are not using crit padding at all in your builds, put those SHS to protect your weapons and ammo.

[@DIEGhostfish]

How does that work?

[@theironangel767]

@@DIEGhostfish Ok, so Primer: When a hit lands on a structure exposed area it has a chance to issue a 'crit' point to an item in that location. Each item gets 1 'Crit' strike to 'damage' which can be repaired and the second crit strike destroys the item. Providing the game uses the same rules as Table-Top it will only count slots that are occupied, empty slots are ignored. (note: large items may take up multiple 'Crit slots.' the BATTLETECH TurnBasedStrat game by HairBrainedStudios does a good job of showing the number of crit slots each weapon has) Crit Padding: Crit padding is the concept of stacking more items in one place to lower the chance that a crit will hit something 'valuable.' Don't forget that ammo will explode if it takes a crit and will DESTROY the area that it was in taking with it ALL items in that area. This is why you see people putting ammo in areas that don't get hit often (like the legs) and moving it OUT of the CT/Head and areas with expensive hardware or that would KO the mech if it took a crit. As an example, lets say you're in an Orion ON1-VA and your LT is down to structure (no armour left) you take another hit there and the game considers it a Crit. That location on the ON1-VA has (at stock) an AC10 in that torso. Since there is ONLY the AC10 there the crit HAS to hit the AC10. Now lets 'Pad' the area with 3 Single Heat Sinks (SHS) In that case the game will do the following logic (simplified): CRIT: [Count Number of slots used] THEN: [Issue each used slot a number] THEN: [RNG a number between min and max of issue numbers] THEN: [Issue 1 crit strike to item with selected number] Let's work through that process with the Padding: CRIT AREAS COUNT: 6 ITEMS: 1 SHS - 2 SHS - 3 SHS - 4,5,6 AC10 (IIRC it consumes 3 crit slots) RNG NUMBER: #2 CRIT STRIKE ON: SHS in slot 2

[@igorbukovy4313]

@@DIEGhostfish simply said, place heat sinks in the same mech part where you have weapons or ammo if it is possible.

[@Suodemon]

Doesn't look like this game has CASE for ammo either. So no way to isolate your ammo from crits

[@DIEGhostfish]

@@theironangel767 I will need tor ead more of that later. The game does seem to include the old Crit Slots as "Size" since DHS take up 3 size slots and one ton.

[@sonoskay]

Vid is a year old, but I wanted to say I absolutely love my rifleman, in MWO the cataphract is my favorite mech, but they seem pretty rare in mw5. So the rifleman is a good substitute. And Having 4 medium Lasers as a back up with maxed armor means despite it being only 60 tons, it's surprising tanky for the firepower it can pack.

[@Kalythia]

Kann die nur empfhelen für die AI piloten Smal laser raus zunehem. Seit dem macht mein Warhammer mit 2 ppc fast soviel schaden wie ich mit meiner doppel gaus King Crap ^^ Ich glaub das beste was man machen kann is wen du eh waffensystem streamlinst dan auch die reichweite der Lance. Hab sogar srms raus genommen und lrm 5 rein damit die nich immer in den nahkampf gehen.

[@jwoellhof]

Awesome is the one mech I head shot consistently. I think they've set the hit box like it was back when the Awesome was debuted in MWO. Instant head kill every time.

[@MrTBSC]

well this is pve .. so not many players you can piss off with ppc's or gauss ..

[@Mohrrunkel]

If you watched Baraduls Gauss video from the demo: Yes, for almost all mechs the entire head is the cockpit. Not the Atlas though, they probably thought it's too big of a target.

[@williamfawkes8379]

Yes. No small lasers.

[@WurstHans666]

"We can take it slow if we want ... Ok. Let's go in"

[@edabean007]

i figured out why the recoil of ballistic shots and ppc's feel so bad. the weapon does not recoil, nor the mech. It's the pilots head that recoils! like someone is pulling your head back every time you shoot. *starts googling for a trainer to remove head recoil*

[@naomy1701]

ok thats realy shit tho if thats the case, never noticed so far but thats realy lazy way to handle it

[@Linerunner99]

@@naomy1701 Just like they handle ecm by making your hud shake. Everything about this game is lazy... the mech lab, the spawns, the AI, the recoil and ecm mechanics... all of it.

[@quantumpeep8305]

Linerunner99 that‘s Piranha Games: Lazy

[@naomy1701]

Just imagine how godlike the Marauder, Stalker and Atlas will become once u can stuff them all with DHS >_< that will be soooo glorious ^^ btw, are u giving ur AI pilots commands to move/shoot specific enemys alot, or are u only doing that if absolutely need be? also at 37:09, u could have taken the BJ for 9 of the 10 salvage shares u held, did u decide against it, or did u oversee it? realy enjoy this series alot, realy entertaining.

[@robinenbernhard]

My Atlas D got now 88.8dmg 626 armor Cooling 3.0 2x srm6 art IV tier 4 + 3 ton ammo Ac20 BF tier 4 + 5 ton ammo 4x ML tier 4 9x DHS + 2 SHS It beast :D

[@naomy1701]

@@robinenbernhard Sounds Like a Legend Killer (and i dont mean the Hero mech lol)

[@ilmaripajola4387]

Did you know about that voice commanding system that can be sued to order your allies in battle, its crazy good!

[@Yacovo]

Thanks for the vdeio.

[@PreacherwithoutaPulpit]

With your play-style and affinity for going all in, wouldn't it be better for you to keep all the Double Heat Sinks you come across for your own personal use? I've yet to see any of your AI Pilots flirt with Emergency Shutdowns or have any heat management issues at all. While you on the other hand are pretty much always on the verge of shutting down if not in fact making it happen. There's also the fact that you will do a much better job of protecting them for the most part and they do appear to be fairly rare as well as offering one hell of a benefit to your play-style. Truly enjoying the content, you're damned good pilot and a lot of fun to watch...

[@Mohrrunkel]

Yes, AI does not shut down, but they will stop firing, so stripping their heatdissipation for personal gain is not a good way to make them better at their job. Their loadout needs to be balanced as well, that's why I'd recommend to play every mech of your lance a couple of times to make sure they have enough heatsinks and ammo. But I guess there will always be players that give sh*tty equip to their AI and then trashtalk them for doing no damage.

[@aY227]

What is engine heat sink slot?

[@dukex123]

An engine heat sink slot can only hold heat sinks, obviously. But it can hold a double heat sink in a single slot. Which can be quite useful. Especially because it protects the double heat sink.

[@aY227]

@@dukex123 Thank you.

[@naomy1701]

remove the small lasers and maybe change the SRM for LRM, or just take out SRMs and use 4 Meds, but anything in terms close range weaponry is bad for AI pilots, they run forward like insane and dont seem to care for friendly fire either

[@naomy1701]

regarding the Ultras... hard to make a call there tbh, but most likely the AI wont make use of its Special fire mode as u assume, its just not smart enough for complex things it seems. they run up close to enemys, dont care one bit if block ur line of sight, and in terms target solutions they shoot whatever is closest instead of whats the biggest threat -.- i realy hope that the Mod Kit will enable ppl to Mod the AI pilots for being more usefull and smarter, at least to a degree

[@naomy1701]

and congrats for the find of 7 DHS ^^ realy nice =)

[@naomy1701]

also damn! that lance at 15:46 looks Like it will wreck shop, what an interresting mix ^^ and feel like u're as well set up with mechs as u can be for the tonnage limits ur Missions are set in atm, realy cool

[@naomy1701]

thats a crappy Bug, that a Mission cant be finished If u kill the target before u got Close enough, especialy since the Game Said " that is our target"

[@Masstastico]

My Rifleman build in mwo has two rotary ac 2's, two mediums, two er mediums and double heat sinks instead of single's plus upped armor. Served me well, might do the same for you

[@MrTBSC]

no rotaries nor mrms in MW5 ac5 burst or UAC at best as for a racmech i went with a roughneck dual rac5 + 3 ER SL

[@basecoat1966]

Where does one buy gauss ammo? I received 2 gauss rifles as a mission reward but no ammo. Haven't seen it in any markets I've visited.

[@FreakShootA]

Gauss ammo is only in stores if a Gauss is in store... But after you are in year 3030 LosTech will be more frequently in shops.

[@basecoat1966]

@@FreakShootA Thank you!

[@tarron3237]

Just demolish a house (you know.. 'protect base' mission for example) and use the steel beams 😉

[@willius8463]

awesome 8q = good ppc mech )))

[@ItsDKoda]

The AI needs a massive overhaul. They're too stupid. I can't stand defense missions because I have to move so far away from the objective so they don't nuke the place before the OpFors

[@Richard_Cranium]

The AI is absolutely broken . I've seen better AI in games that are 10 years older than MW5. I have a pilot that likes to only stand in front of me . If I try to move or reposition the stupid pilot will mirror my movement and I'm back where I started with a friendly mech in my way.

[@gauzl1266]

They don’t actually take much percentage off when they destroy buildings, I’ve used the buildings for cover and have never had trouble keeping the base over 30%. Also the AI is much smarter in this game than say MechWarrior 4, they actually follow your orders and keep up.

[@TheCherry1994]

@@Richard_Cranium The AI of MW3 and MW4 absolutely dwarfs the AI of MW5.

[@mikeharrington878]

I love running a Grasshopper when I can't run a bigger mech, but I have the damned time with PPC's. I usually throw ER large lasers on in their place. Much easier to aim and not waste shots.

[@HypnoHustler]

What does your game setup look like?

[@theironangel767]

You should check out the Kintaro KTO-GB Hero Mech, that thing is a bloody Demon!

[@gf6368]

cyclops can run 2 balistics in torso, maybe a warhammer too

[@Nanolis]

One assassination mission I had one target follow me away from the point and I hadn't noticed, so I had to go out and find them to finish the mission. Might have also been what happened.

[@SpacemanSpliff101]

Rating !

[@Fyrwulf]

You know that you can scroll your mouse wheel to zoom in, right?

[@P4R4LL4X]

you should find some Gauss rifles!

[@Mohrrunkel]

Little spoiler: There is a point in the timeline where lostech does become more available, so you will see more Guass in the future ;)

[@Genesis23OPB]

i wonder how long the rifleman will keep his arms.

[@sonoskay]

In my experience, not long. The AI tends to keep them longer than I do. But I also use them more often than the AI does and do roughly 2 to 3 times the damage they do.

[@Dragonjagga]

1tipp checking Barracks does mather got 3 50lv pilot, or more precise 1 lv 51, 1 lv 55 and 1 lv 50

[@Minuz1]

Yeah, I've gotten upto 59 skill pilots in the endgame.

[@gauzl1266]

Keep looking and you’ll find lvl 60 pilots, I ended my game with 3 lvl 60 pilots.

[@PDaniek]

I found that ER Large Lasers are better than PPC for fighting and if u have a 5 level Laser that has more than 1000m+ range instant buy

[@Aquagenesis]

Nobody tell him about the ER PPC Tier 5. ;) All seriousness, it becomes more of a "can you hold that laser to spot while a mech is running around" or "hit and does the instant damage" I definitely keep the PPCs on me when there's a small mech running around since trying to hold a laser on a FS, CDA, or Locust is bad enough.

[@Clusterflak]

ER PPC seems to be an almost instant hit as opposed to normal PPCs where the bolt seems to travel slower. I don't use them much so maybe it was just that one I had.

[@koLourBlynd89]

Yeah, AI works based on minimum ranges of equipped weapons, so if you have LRMs and S Lasers in the same mech, AI will prioritize using the Lasers and going into the fray, even if LRMs are more the mech's focus. You can "trick" the AI by simply keeping ranges in mind when doing builds that AI will end up using, sticking to strictly long range weapons for snipers and focusing on short range weapons for mechs that will be in the heat of battle for AI. TAG and NARC might have different behaviors to them, as they are more support weapons and have no real minimum ranges, but max ranges of these weapons, if less than minimums of others, will affect a mech's behavior as well.

[@Mohrrunkel]

Or just order your LRM boat to hold a position, so it will not push into minimum range, but still will be able to defend itself from pesky squirrels with S Lasers if necessary...

[@benjamin.25junkie57]

the brawling atlas ddc can run two uac5s he has two arty spots in the right torso if u looking strait at it its on the left

[@qwertyui5086]

Piloting a javelin with 2xsrm6s tier4 and lance AI in 2 atlas with ac20bf tier4 and a stalker 3f with 2ppcs. Javelin clean those tanks and light mechs that always sniff up the assault's @ss. Can run up to a light mech and 2 shot or sometime 1 shot them if lucky, harasses heavies and assaults and take out their acs plus drawing attention and fire from them, while your lance AI rain hell on them. Setup mech with very similar load out and equally leveled pilot and enemy AI will less likely to target an individual mech which results in constant loss of weapons and huge repairs.

[@4unkb0y]

Rifleman has more armor because it's got a lower max engine rating.

[@rodmongodwood]

is there this stupid ghost heat thing in this game too?

[@IGDFC]

no

[@rodmongodwood]

@@IGDFC thanks. think im gonna get it then

[@MrTBSC]

since this is pve, no

[@acetraker1988]

Rifleman should be 2x AC5, 4x ML + Armour + HS. Remove the Damn Small Lasers from the WH that was right, the AI is trying to get in range. 4x ML or even another HS would be far better.

[@josephschulte1073]

Dual UAC5? Black widow? Usually found in Kuritan space along the davion border. Only 15,000,000 C-bills if your sworn enemy of the DC like I am. :) Edit: Nevermind, the BW has 4 small ballistic, not medium like I thought it did.

[@robinenbernhard]

My char bug it wil not get any exp any more when use srm or lrm :( that last one i need to get its now so close to lvl10 but stuck at 9/10 90%

[@noxwarlord4909]

Are you using artimis? We currently get no exp from artimis launchers

[@psyantologist]

Sigh, it's so ridiculous that one has to check Sarna to see the full equipment of a 'Mech one can buy. Oh well, still faster than saving/reloading xD

[@richardlayton7184]

I dont if its strange to prefer stock loadouts...but I do.

[@richardlayton7184]

I almost always strip jump jets...

[@oldman747]

From what ive heard the ai tries to get in range of all their weapons. If you hve a small laser and lrns equipped the ai will never use the lrms. I unequip smalls and flamers from all my ai mechs

[@grouchymax6451]

Dude, use rifles on the rifleman

[@igorbukovy4313]

Yes there are 4 Banshee variants i guess but most of the time you will find only these shitty variants but if you find 3S buy it, great versatile mech, 2 heavy energy hardpoints, 4 medium energy hardpoints, 2 small energy hardpoints, 1 medium balistic hardpoint and 1 medium missile hardpoint.

[@noxwarlord4909]

I run 3 banshees for my ai partners Most weapons are core so they are pretty safe One runs large pulse with srms other 2 lrms and ppc They are great

[@igorbukovy4313]

@@noxwarlord4909 Hero mech is solid too but 1 variant is really crappy, only 3 hardpoints, really garbage mech.

[@dukex123]

You should consider repairing in combat zones more often. The repair costs are quite low. So paying 50-70% extra, isn't a big deal. And the repair duration can usually be overlapped with travel time inside the combat zone and the time missions take. In the last few episodes, you spend around 60 days to travel to a hub, repair and go back to combat. Paying a lot for the travels and ofc the upkeep. If you had repaired in the combat zone, it would have taken ~40 days. Just to throw some estimated numbers around. Obviously though, you miss out on chances to check out the market and look for new hires.

[@ZeroNumerous]

Repair costs for (most) mechs range 80-100k, growing exponentially with lost limbs, torsos, or legs. At 'just' 50% more that's 120-150k. At 70% more it's nearly 136k-170k. The travel price going out of a combat zone is always less than 100k. That means if you're repairing more than 2 mechs then you're paying more in the combat zone surcharge than you are in travel time bills. On top of that upkeep only comes once every 90 days, so unless you're traveling across huge swathes you're always better off moving out of a combat zone to repair. Spending the time going to an industrial hub may or may not be better, but combat zones are always mathematically the worst choice.

[@dukex123]

@@ZeroNumerous To be honest, going out of combat zone to a non-industrial hub didn't even come to mind. It's a good point. And as you said, most likely the best choice. But I stick with my opinion that going to an industrial hub is usually not worth it.

[@dukex123]

@@ZeroNumerous Either I'm extremely unlucky or you can't repair your mechs outside of a combat zones. Unless you're in an industrial hub. So, my initial point still stands.

[@privacyfirst2790]

Hey Baradul, love the content... Do you have a bitchute account?

[@PraetorGix]

Riflemans are horrible mechs. They have the armor in theory but in the game they fall apart faster than a Spider. Squishy slow and hot PoS.

[@goatah]

Still better than a jaeger in my game, that little bit more arm strength is great if YOU are using the mech. The rifleman, blackjack and jaeger are all worthless with AI though.

[@rjpx947]

I'm not sure the bubbly dark texture on damaged mechs works...looks like you left your mech on a stick in the fire too long, like a marshmallow...

[@Trifler500]

It's supposedly because they use ablative armor, rather than the type of armor that blocks all damage if it isn't pierced, but does nothing if it is pierced.

[@GrimpakTheMook]

The cicadas must be like, the mech they put in just because they need a full lance and they don't have any other mech available. And yes, the last of the urbies is just a piece of twisted metal.

[@mynamejeff785]

I perfer the shopping videos, that was always my favorite part of Mercenaries, figuring out what to do with all the money

[@grouchymax6451]

Well, you just ruined the grasshopper, you take out the dbl hs and it does not work anymore.

[@joshstew85]

so sick of seeing locusts and cicadas. i hear there are ravens and fleas in the game, but i've yet to see a single one outside the shop.

[@josephschulte1073]

lol, omg do i want to drag your video to the right side of the screen so bad...

[@dzwinter7447]

Has anyone noticed how useless Rhianna is reporting on incoming enemy units. I mean honestly never once has she announced from the north or south she just says they are incoming and gives no practical intel beyond that.

[@raphaelcruise9807]

i have 2 king Crab and 2 Atlas i think I can get out unscathed on a Mission level 96 i was wrong 😂😂😂

[@smurfopax9056]

I works but depends on the map :D on some maps you can kill most Mechs before they are in Radar range.

[@igorbukovy4313]

Stream LRMs are much better than regular versions, you should took it, that was mistake.

[@dantauche7917]

Stream sucks

[@efffvss]

I do find it somewhat disappointing that enemy units don't have the correct colours, just using the MWO faction colour schemes. That works for MWO, but it's slightly irritating here where (for example in the final mission of this video) the briefing specifically names the OpFor as the Lexington Combat Group, a unit with a canon colour scheme, but the mechs in game are painted in the parade colours of the Davion Guards instead. It's just another of those little quibbles that makes MW5 look pretty phoned in by PGI.

[@stonerayven2455]

Oriente Fusilliers uses a blue/white scheme and the OpFor is supposed to be disguised as a Marik Unit

[@efffvss]

Firstly, not according to Sarna, both the Oriente Fusiliers and Hussars (can't remember off the top of my head which brigade the game used here) both have predominately green colours. The Hussars use a 2 tone green scheme, while the Fusiliers use green, black and lighter green. Secondly, the mechs Bara fights in this video aren't using a blue/white scheme, they're using the red/white/blue scheme of the Davion Guards (or at least the MWO version, which varies a bit by chassis so doesn't always match the blue sides, red centre/rear and white spacing Sarna states).

[@stonerayven2455]

@@efffvss The Ducal guard is also part of the fusiliers and all the coalition leaderships mechs use a Blue white scheme in the field. Sartna only identifies the unit as a wholes PARADE colors. And the Red/White/Blue hasnt been a thing in the field for any Davion Guard unit. THey always used a field camo to make them harder to spot from the air.

[@efffvss]

That's kinda the point, 'realistically' most units would use planet/biome appropriate camos (excluding a few mad units like the Sword of Light who iirc retain their red scheme) rather than parade colours when deployed. Also note I especially mentioned MW5's (and MWO's) use of the Guard's parade colours in my initial post. These games use that as generic 'Davion Colours' (the LCG being a firmly Davion merc unit, like the Big Mac are for Liao), which is wrong on multiple levels, and is especially galling when used on what's meant to be a false flag operation. I have no idea where you're getting the idea that FWL constituent states have a uniform field colour scheme for their 'guard' units, but it's immaterial (among other reasons, the flavour text at other points in the quest chain states you're meant to be fighting the 4th Fusiliers, not the Ducal Guard). The game is using Davion Guard parade colours (the MWO 'Davion scheme') for all Davion aligned OpFors (it seems to do the same for Liao and Marik (and I assume Kurita and Steiner) too, as I recognise the MWO schemes, but don't know which units they represent), which I find irritating and a symptom of the sad lack of overall polish in MW5.

[@stonerayven2455]

@@efffvss Mech commander games used the Kell hounds scheme for Kurita and Clan units. Alot of these devs may not have any interest in the Battletech universe. Thats an older problem than just the MW titles and just one that wont be fixed anytime soon sadly

[@noxwarlord4909]

If you guys find a mauler , not sure of the variant but it has 4 ac 2s Grab it for a certain mission you will know it when you get it AA ftw 😁

[@louis4679]

Baradul, there's nothing wrong with your narration/accent/grammar, I like to watch & learn from your mech management, weapons knowledge, financial (cbill), time/star system strategy management skills, but your battle tactics are slightly frustrating to watch. No offence 🙏

[@neogoterra]

if your hating the AI that much try playing with friends or fans?

[@MrTBSC]

.... yea, no fans ... i would rather not lose equipmeant to pottential incompetence ..

[@neogoterra]

@@MrTBSC you mean like the AI is already doing? But I will admit that there are people out there who would deliberately cause damage just to troll.

[@MrTBSC]

@@neogoterra ai can be manipulated, stupid and asshole people not .... i just had 5! matches today in MW:O were assaultpilots went and hunted lightmechs on their own instead of helping on the main fight just to end up getting heavily damaged or even killed themselves , 3 times we lost a match cause of that having lacked these mechs firepower and armor where neccessary ... in one case i went and tried to save a fool, died, and he continued to do jack shit helping the team ...

[@mikegonzalez1821]

First.nobody likes the warhammer the poor guy.would like to see at least the basic light and medium clan mechs from tech manual 3055 in battletech advanced 3062.

[@FreakShootA]

Warhammers are great. Especially the Hero Black Widow. But I have the same problems with Warhammers... When my AI Pilots them, every time they loose both arms and half the Mech... Lost soo many t3 and t4 PPCs because of that...

[@fabianmaryanowski2252]

Pls stop calling the mech Trebüscheeeee Baradul ;)

[@codyjackson3616]

Anyone else sick of that trash looking adam sandler movie advertisements?

[@Linerunner99]

Jesus........ rapes the Grasshopper which has its large energy hardpoints in TORSO positions and humanoid profile (making it one of the best heavies in the game) to stick everything in a Marauder which has nearly ALL of its weapons arm mounted and a massive profile. He really hasn't figured this game out yet....

[@GrimpakTheMook]

Have to agree. Marauder is basically a highly mobile ballistic turret with the arm-mounted lasers as backup. Either slam the biggest UA/C and run around doing pot shots around the battlefield or go LB-X and go shotgun support. Grasshopper is a heavy hunter-killer. Med (pulse) lasers, jumpjets, stack on armor and heatsinks and go murder the lesser than thou mechs out there.

[@vincevassallo5385]

Yeah, I think Bara is still thinking MWO about the MAD with the high torso ballstic. MW5 doesn't incorporate the same tactics. Your builds need to adapt to the AI's fighting style, both enemy and ally. I'm am having to unlearn stuff. Then I go back to MWO and get confused. ;)

[@frankt3277]

no multiplayer lol, what a joke

[@skipmage]

Broken promises; cancelled pre-order. Boycott MW5.