Dakka & Lasers Black Knight | Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries | Full Campaign Playthrough | Episode #28

[@chodie4u]

Black Knight-P is my favorite mech so far in the game, 2 L Lasers, 4 M Lasers and a lbx-10 does work!

[@enduria3478]

With lbx 10 solid slug it's a monster!

[@chodie4u]

@@enduria3478 absolutely! that's what I just upgraded to today, thing is a beast.

[@sadlerbw9]

I played that build for quite a while and it worked really well for me. I tried giving it to the AI, but it kept getting the AC arm blown off!

[@EllenbergW]

Or have mechs _only_ be sellable from Cold Storage. I mean, the mechs in the bays are those on active duty while those in storage are, well, in storage. Seems to be quite logical to sell from there instead of from your active bays.

[@calebdoty9090]

You know, exactly the way BattleTech does it, lol. It works just fine.

[@MrGrimsmith]

It's not rocket surgery from the code perspective either to just add a tab and you get to pick. One extra UI element, extra table generated to call the contents. It's referencing a flag that's already there as they know that the mechs are in cold storage to exclude them.

[@SaberViper]

@@MrGrimsmith you're forgetting the real factor here, PGI's disregard for its players. Why bother doing it themselves when modders will eventually do it for them?

[@bengaming3649]

Tell me about it. I am SOOOOO tired of having to strip one of my mechs in order to sell salvaged mechs from cold storage. How hard can it be to code it so you can sell from storage

[@EllenbergW]

@@bengaming3649 I've read on the forum of a little "trick". Apparently (I haven't tested this), you can sell a mech and buy it back for the exact same price and it comes back with all the weapons and equipment installed as you sold it. So you can sell one of your equipped mechs from your mech-bay, then sell the ones from your cold-storage and then buy back the "active" mech without losing any money and without having to re-equip it. Edit: I have tested it and it works. The mech even keeps the paint-job you gave him.

[@cg21]

8:55 I totally agree with your assessment regarding the UI changes. Marking Mechs in cold storage when at the market and having a simple "repair all non-crits" should be quick to implement quality of life patches for the game. And if the code is not messed up beyond redemption then it should also be quite easy to do so.

[@matthewwolff6013]

Love it!!! "Stalkers are slow." He says, as half his lance are atlases just as maneuverable.

[@TheRealGirochen]

If you use "G" you travel at the speed of your slowest mech.

[@gorkwobbler]

Here are the "cardinal" directions on the star map from lore: Up: Coreward, Down: Rimward, Right: Spinward, Left: Anti-spinward

[@gorkwobbler]

www.sarna.net/wiki/Galactic_Directions

[@robertdubois3448]

You got up and down backwards. "North" is towards the core while "South" is towards the Magistry of Canopus, Taurian Concordat, and Marian Hegemony.

[@gorkwobbler]

@@robertdubois3448 Edited! Thanks for the correction.

[@mikeharrington878]

Galaxies and galactic clusters do have magnetic north and south poles, which gives a z-axis for plotting directions in the galactic disk.

[@0meat]

"IT"S AN AMBUSH!1!1!" *Out of the buildings wonder 7 locusts with no armor and one shot structure to ambush the assault lance* "Like shooting well armed fish in an armored barrel."

[@yourearidiculouslunatic8435]

Those fish got lasers attached to their freakn heads!

[@user-lc5bu9bm7v]

24:28 I love the face after you say it like that XD "Im sorry. You had to go through that."

[@bujtorm]

McNally pulled a Leroy Jenkins there.

[@Baradul]

At least I got chicken.

[@rolandotillit2867]

The Mauler is my favorite assault brawling mech. 2 ac/10's or ac10 burst fire one tier 4 large laser and 3 tier 4 medium lasers and SRM 4 Artemis. Loaded with double heat sinks and you can throw out 4 alpha strikes before getting into heat issues. That's 78 alpha strike x 4. It's one hit kill on any NPC light mech. And because it's AC10 vs AC20 you have higher projectile speed.

[@Xhaleon]

MacNally did 989 damage and apparently knows how to spread damage. Wouldn't be a bad replacement for a human potato teammate in MWO.

[@MrGrimsmith]

Better pilot than me in MWO, that's for sure! I really need to get a noob friendly mech so I can learn to do things properly at some point...

[@tanatos5]

I'm using the Black Knight and I've really been waiting for this video! Baradul you rock!

[@IVoyager-lj9it]

Pretty sure I saw Annakin and Obiwan down there.

[@Clusterflak]

Obiwan had the high ground.

[@Specter-wt1wt]

Directions on galactic scale use galactic north south east west according to orientation by the center of our galaxy (a bunch of black holes or maybe just 1 cant remember)just an fyi. Keep up the good work, and as allways remember. -evil shall allways triumph because good is dumb- -Lord Helmet-

[@MrPeterhemm]

“McNally, sure about that???...MCNALLY DON’T DIE!!!” 😆

[@mikeharrington878]

Those lava biomes remind me of Lavastorm from good ol' Everquest....there's a game flashback for you! ;)

[@benlaskowski357]

Baradul! Repairs come FIRST! THEN have fun! 😁

[@peterimmel9642]

Are you going to do a new gameplay series when the game releases on steam?

[@arielfetters5662]

In my experience in Battletech and Mechwarrior, one is usually better off with fewer weapons and more HS than a mech's standard loadout. So one of the first things I do when getting a mech is remove some of the weapons to free up space for heat sinks. Most of my mechs then run pretty close to heat-neutral on normal worlds, though in volcanic ones it simply means I can fire more before I risk overheating. In ice ones though I can alpha strike the whole game and barely budge the heat meter.

[@avillegas8857]

Less weapons that always fire are better than more weapons you can't use.

[@arielfetters5662]

@@avillegas8857 Exactly.

[@Mohrrunkel]

@@avillegas8857 But the heatgauge is there so you can burst if necessary, so having a middle ground between too hot and neutral is also an advantage. Because what's dead doesn't deal damage anymore.

[@bartacus3521]

Holy crap, I have that exact same mouse and had no idea you could click the wheel to each side. Thanks for the tip, LOL!

[@Artificer1911]

250 for me is 2 atlases and a grid iron :D the selling from cold storage has not been an issue for me at all. I keep most of my mechs in cold storage until I need them, so I have plenty of room to pull the ones I want to sell out when I need them, and I am not spending near a million per quarterly. 15:48 *stands directly in a pool of lava* "The heat management is not great"

[@shocain2116]

Baradul press G to match your mech's speed to the max speed of your lance. That way you don't outrun, for say, your Atlas group ;) Keep up the good content! It's been helping me with my own gameplay so thanks!

[@bverkist]

A note on having a repair all option. In multi-mission contracts (especially 4 mission contracts) repair all could prove a liability. When each mission duration is only 8-10 days, you can only accomplish minor repairs (one or maybe two components) between missions. The liability comes in since there's no partial credit repair mechanic once you've started a work order (if your repair is 40 days and you cancel the order on day 39 you start from scratch). The current system forces you to at least look at each mech before you start repairs so you have the opportunity to choose what to repair. With repair all you'd end up with nothing repaired.

[@Mohrrunkel]

It's not like you would be forced to use the repair all button every single time (if it would exist), so the player still has the option to repair or not, as in your example, but when you are in a hub it would be a timesaver. There is no legitimate reason to not have that option, in any case it's the player responsebility to use it with care or suffer the various consequences.

[@baronvonchud403]

you know you can set weapon groups in the mechbays right? So you don't have to do it in the middle of a fire fight all the time.

[@brothergrimm9656]

That Black Knight model does REALLY well with Pulse Lasers in place of the large lasers.

[@petersmith6513]

RE: That last mission. Two Steiner factions, the year is 3027 and it's an ice planet. Can anyone say Silver Eagle? It would be cool if some of the missions touch canon events.

[@EllenbergW]

"This seems like an easy and fast mission" as he walks into half a company of assault mechs :)

[@robgraham5697]

Directions to use in interstellar space. Coreward: towards the centre of the galaxy. Top of the map in Mechwarrior. Rimward: towards the edge of the galaxy. Bottom of the map in Mechwarrior. Spinward: in the same direction as the galaxy spins. Right of the map in Mechwarrior. Anti-spinward: in the opposite direction as the galaxy spins. Left of the map in Mechwarrior. Hope that helps.

[@Texas_Red_01]

In the mech repair bay mission, in the area where you must destroy buildings, be aware that not all buildings count toward your goal. Only the destruction of certain buildings contribute to the total, and they are not marked. So, as you break things, you must watch the progress bar. If you are doing damage, but the bar is not moving, then that structure does not count toward your goal; and it's time to pick a different target and try again. For example, at 14:48, Bara shuts his mech down from overheat while shooting a building, but the damage bar does not even move. Wrong building, wasted shutdown. So, just something to watch out for... :-)

[@perry92964]

in my game i have tons of double heat syncs you have to check the markets diligently

[@sadlerbw9]

I do check them religiously, but after completing the campaign I think I only found one or two stores that sold doubles. I still got a decent number from missions and such, but not really from the industrial zone shops.

[@Mohrrunkel]

They spawn a lot after a certain event in the timeline, which Baradul hasn't reached, yet. This has nothing to do with campaign progression or reputation, so his only source right now is buying hero mechs.

[@perry92964]

@@Mohrrunkel hes much further in the time line then i am im pretty sure its rng i also go to a lot of planets in the system cause they have different items ive been getting them since beginning. we just watched him go to repair and he checked for pilots and not the market

[@JoeBlow-mw3ux]

Bruh, so I recently purchased the Hero Black knight. I slapped LP lasers, M lasers, and a max heavy cannon, alongside all of my dps upgrades, and 5 double heat sinks. The total damage output is around 123, with the downside being a lot of sacrificed armor. But the weapons output shreds cockpits with a single click. It runs very hot, but with slightly increased heat capacity, I can completely destroy an enemy cockpit with one click, and still have room to function without the emergency shut down engaging. The tactic is effective for eliminating the most troublesome mechs in a firefight I can only shoot once every 30 seconds, because I have to wait for my heat to drop back down below 40 before firing another shot, but the output is insane. Its a one shot wonder. When I eliminate the opposing teams most dangerous mechs, their team usually folds very quickly soon after. With this set up I've noticed my teams overall healthpool decreases MUCH less. I've had situations where mechs being dropped off are destroyed as soon as they touch the ground. Very cheesy

[@frankb3347]

"South" is Rimward (towards the galactic rim) and "North" is Coreward (towards the galactic core).

[@NinjaContravaniaManX]

That mission is so much with all those near-dead mechs... I had a hero Orion with Gauss and PPC and was oneshotting mechs left and right like it was cod lol.

[@SlionsDotNet]

How comes you get those HUD dots showing cooldown status? Is that a mod?

[@williamv9058]

looks like "dad" was a "clan" spy. will be interesting later. I would play that victor if possible, when repaired.

[@koLourBlynd89]

K9 and CPLT-J are the Bread-n-Butter for Hero mechs to swap out some Lostech for; Each are 8 sinks and pretty cheap. There are a few other Heros and a few Rare mechs that do have decent, sometimes more, sinks in them but I just keep eyes out for those two mechs. But mmmm Urbie K9s.

[@koLourBlynd89]

Sad day... C1 was 1.5mil more than the WVR T.T

[@koLourBlynd89]

@20:17 Murica

[@arturo_cruz]

Heroic Blackknight is worth every C-Bill, it basically functions like a mech 10tonnes heavier while moving at a respectable speed.

[@deepakmdev512]

You can easily distinguish between mechs in cold storage and in mech bays simply by checking the weight. PGI's reason is kind silly. I guess they'll fix "soon".

[@ZeroNumerous]

A flat starmap would likely have the directions Coreward(toward the center), Rimward(toward the edge) and, Clockwise & Counterclockwise.

[@TheRealGirochen]

In most SciFi, it is Spinward and Trailing for clockwise and widdershins (counterclockwise).

[@ZeroNumerous]

@@TheRealGirochen Makes sense. Spinward and Anti-spinward would be sufficiently sci-fi-y words for it.

[@mynamejeff785]

Your fixed location is based upon where you are in relation to terra. Consider Terra as the exact center of the galaxy

[@tjbarke6086]

The Emperor Protects.

[@benjohnson8427]

If you can find a Jenner Oxide, grab it. So much fun. Find some high tier SRMs. With 3 Atlases supporting, it can hold its own against assault mechs in late game and is a really fun, dynamic hit and run style.

[@igorbukovy4313]

I think that the Victor in the salvage list is the same, it is not another one. This is how it works in the campaign. Remember when you salvaged Marauder and Warhammer?

[@ahistorie3236]

Unfortunately the Shadow Coup questline is currently bugged and you won't get the pilot reward. You can hold off on it but by the time they fix it you'll likely already have better pilots (unless she's automatically 60/60 skills). Edit: Also, killing assassination targets without triggering the marker can allow mission completion but it does occasionally trigger the bug you experienced. It's also dependent on you spotting them rather than approaching the point so bombarding the buildings to provoke them into approaching you can be both strategic and a time saver.

[@blazeroth]

SPOILERS. The duplicate mech thing happens in multiple campaign missions. In first strike you get the warhammer, but it also appears in salvage. Here, the victor appears as reward and also in salvage. It will happen again when you fight the king crab. It seems that certain mechs have a high chance or are guaranteed to appear in salvage for specific campaign missions. I feel like the annihilator usually is salvageable in the mission where you get the nightstar.

[@Genesis23OPB]

when did ComStar come out as the financer of black inferno? seems i missed that.

[@ixman]

I usually set up weapons groups in the bay. How do you do it on the fly?

[@BigSlimyBlob]

Now I know I'm the fool who put four Large Lasers on a Dragon, but I think it's totally fine to use Mediums in large slots like you did here. A Large Laser is 5 tons instead of just 1, so it takes up 400% more weight but only does 80% more damage. That's without taking cooldown into account and, more importantly, without taking heat into account. That extra 4 tons for every Medium instead of Large lets you install a whole lot of extra heat sinks. 6x Medium Lasers might not seem that powerful, but being able to spam them provides very solid sustained attack power. Ideal for intense fights where enemies keep coming, and those are usually the most dangerous ones.

[@sendoh7x]

BigSlimyBlob People equip LL for the range I think

[@BigSlimyBlob]

@@sendoh7x Yes, it does have 67% more range, which is its main advantage. It can also help frontload your damage. If your mech is fast and has poor heat dissipation, you can also skirmish. Come out to fire a bunch of Large Lasers, then quickly move back behind cover to cool down. Very little exposure to enemy fire, yet you still damage to do considerable damage during the few seconds that you come out. And with the insane accuracy of lasers, you can put all the damage into a single component, so it doesn't take anywhere as much total damage to destroy a mech. Too bad it's not much of a viable strategy in this particular game due to enemies constantly spawning on all sides and having to babysit the stupid AIs all the time.

[@Aggronok]

It's funny how she keeps emphasizing how they got the Victor like it's something you should be so happy to get at this point. You have four Atlases which means that your father was slacking since the best he could do was a Javelin, a Centurion, and a Victor before you came along and fitted the hell out of this company.

[@samborambo222]

I think galactic directions would be coreward (in), rimward (out), spinward (the direction of the spiraling of the galaxy) and anti-spinward (the opposite direction).

[@urishima]

"Hey, we are really sick and tired of these generals getting our soldiers killed. Can you take care of them?" "Sure, but what about the batallion of soldiers in the area?" "Eh, fuck 'em."

[@TheBardoftheAmericanRedoubt]

I think you should build your three lances based on speed, Heavy, Assault and I guess another Heavy (at this point). That way in Assault all mech's go at least this fast, and I would assume Heavy lance would go faster, but "at least this speed." That way the lance stays together more and you can use the faster lances for the missions where you need to walk all over the map.

[@Yacovo]

Thanks for the video.

[@stevestevenstevensen270]

Hey Bara i know you don't like it but you could play with the Victor for a mission or two. Nice to see a little change up. Keep up the good work.

[@igorbukovy4313]

Use F3 command otherwise your lancemates will push!

[@stvandy1]

After seeing this, I’ll stick with Mechwarrior 4 mercenaries.

[@Renegade-Master-88]

3 x PPC Klack Knight was my first headshots monster, until i got into a 6 Medium Pulse Lasers mech.

[@DemTacs]

Woohoo. A Black Knight Partysong.

[@cmdrryzenfoxx2135]

@ Baradul DId you know that when find "Rare" and "Hero" mechs you should not purchase them the first time you see them on the market. Exit the system and go to another, then return to the system and the mechs will be largely discounted. (Just make sure you have a good standing with the market).

[@foobar1735]

Reinforcements coming in "hot"... *smirk* ;)

[@ThePlacemat]

wish there was melee in this

[@Mystical_Socrates]

Hi Baradul, howare you mapping your weapon groupings? Do you have thumb triggers or something on your mouse? I personally find that really awkward to use. I prefer to just have 3 groups so I can use only the left middle and right mouse buttons. But I'm a little uncoordinated

[@Mystical_Socrates]

And... I just realized you talk about it in the video haha

[@metaouroboros690]

Hey Baradul, if you have some cash to spare I recommend getting a mouse with four extra clickable buttons. It really helps for Mechwarrior, and it's great for a lot of other games as well. There are a lot of decent mice with a few extra buttons available for a reasonable price out there. One of the cheaper name brand options is the EVGA X3. If you just want to try things out, you can buy some super cheap Chinese gaming mouse. If they've put enough effort into it to sell it at a store or spell everything right on the packaging, then I imagine it's probably about as good as a lower budget name brand gaming mouse anyways.

[@Fedorchik1536]

Black Knight! Finally!

[@hahano4281]

HOLY SHIT. I get around not being able to sell from cold storage by selling my entire company, then moving all my sellables from cold storage, selling those, then rebuying my entire company

[@efffvss]

They couldn't be bothered to distinguish between stored mechs and 'live' ones in the UI, so they blocked the ability to sell from cold storage? Wow, I knew PGI phoned in a lot on MW5 but that might be the worst yet.

[@perry92964]

you cant sell them cause there not in your dropship.... you kind of have to bring it with you to the market. it makes perfect sense to me. this isnt mwo

[@efffvss]

Yet you can instantly ready them for equipping wherever you are. Sorry, but they clearly are meant to be on your dropship, so you should be able to sell them (how you fit even the 12 active mechs in a Leopard is another, different issue).

[@Xhaleon]

@@efffvss I know they really love their asset reuse but they should have spent some time and money making the dropship a Union instead. Might have even been the original plan with the 12 mech capacity.

[@soupcansam75]

Oh please there is no way they actually thought that. It was a lazy ass mistake and Russ covered it with an excuse about on par in quality as "I actually can't sweat"

[@acetraker1988]

Black Knight should be all Energy, use the ER PPC and L Lasers with mediums in other slots and rest HS. Upgrade to DHS when able.

[@jackellis8134]

need to find some of those light hero mechs, buy them, strip the double heat sinks and then sell them

[@HobagShizzlemah]

Baradul: if you are still wondering why your AI is so hesitant with shooting/engaging targets.. Do assign weapons groups for them/their Mechs. Best is one weapon per Group. They will use all 6 groups and once you do that, they will perform better.

[@cyberwaste]

You can find double heat sinks for sale in different industrial hub markets around the starmap. I've found quite a few around reputation 9+ conflict zones. I never really enjoyed the Black Knight though.

[@Xhaleon]

You can have a galactic north if everyone agrees where north is. You could also just say coreward / rimward and spinward / anti-spinward, but that's a bit much for most.

[@DamageKing1337]

Sometimes Rare Mechs have Double Heat Sinks too :)

[@dakkath414]

Might need to do a between episodes farming run just travelling to different hubs searching for K9s.

[@maddygun]

Have question regards your loadout...the first Mission was quiet harsh on the Tonnage limmit...when you put 3 Mediums one light Mech together would this setup bring more Firepower to the Table? Not entery sure, because the AI seem's to struggele with light and Mediums quiet a bit...

[@ch1r0n]

Theres mod that makes selling from cold storage possible. Its so nice.

[@Mbbigum]

Happy new years! Just out of curiosity; you do know that when you select a system on the star map, you can wait out the repair time for the mechs right :D ? You don't have to always travel for it.

[@jbaldwin3092]

the leopard dropship should only be able to carry 4 mechs and two fighters.

[@sadlerbw9]

A Union would have made so much more sense. They made the model for the exterior of a Union, as it shows up in some missions, so I really don’t know why they picked a leopard as the dropship.

[@matthewwolff6013]

Justifying 4 mech only drops. Union has ability to deploy 12 in combat configuration.

[@sadlerbw9]

@@matthewwolff6013 True. However, trying to explain where the other eight active mechs and dozen or more cold-storage mechs are getting stuffed inside a Leopard requires some justification as well! I guess it is partly down to what you feel breaks the immersion more.

[@sniffermovies1122]

Now that there is a gold mine whatever chapter that is heck or calling that the money maker mission all those robots and that can make anybody rich as heck in mechwarriors5 mercenaries

[@tanchinchuan9221]

Anyone having issues with the campaign not loading? after a recent update all my saved files can be found but game fails to detect my saved games

[@Jacklangefeld]

For orientation, it's spinward or anti-spinward.

[@maximilianschultz8244]

Hey, you can now sell out of cold storage!

[@HHHThanatos]

Happy new year! tha

[@noxwarlord4909]

Anyone noticed the 3 "dlc" 485mb download in epic store?

[@Algebrodadio]

Energy weapon build in Mordor.

[@enduria3478]

I prefer knight over marauder, I hate having heavy weapons exposed in the arms! Partisan with lbx sld is impressive

[@tylerchristopherson4245]

I live dangerously 10 armor on the back lol

[@Hassy171717]

18:34 "This is the way" -- Baradul

[@jake120007]

all I can hear is "Party-san" and I don't hate it.

[@adamredmayne1326]

The Black Knight is the entire reason why my callsign is Templar, it's got it all, looks, armor, speed, toughness, and you'll never be able to outlast it's armament.

[@bernardoheusi6146]

Problem is obviously the heat. It sucks that even the Hero has no Double heat sinks.

[@basecoat1966]

Don't know if it was a bug but I didn't get the pilot as a reward for this mission.

[@noahbingley8078]

Did you do all of the steps? I haven't done it personally, but it's a chain of missions that lead to the reward eventually, I think.

[@Bloodbeard-os2xh]

Yea the pilot is level 55ish, harsh bug. She is pretty blood thirsty on the com's if I remember correctly which is nice

[@tomdibernardo1699]

@Baradul check out getting yourself a G600 same mouse wheel tilt with 3 mouse buttons and 20 total. It's like 35 bucks U.S

[@phalkhan9076]

Not sure if you have friendly fire turned on or off. But if on, turn it off. I watch you shoot your own team mates so often. Turn it off and save yourself the damage, and cash lol.

[@The6thMessenger]

Russ couldn't make players to distinguish cold-storage mechs from active ones? Sounds like business as usual to me.

[@agent8680]

Bro plz your on a very hot map. Doesn't the biom effect weapons fire?

[@kwaksea]

I feel kinda sad that there's no head tracking on NPC

[@igorbukovy4313]

:D 5 milions C-Bills is so much? Well, i do not hink so. :D :) 50 would be much. :)

[@michealnelsonauthor]

Meh my Partisan was taking far too long to pop enemies, so I went back to dual PPC instead of AC… Got my crushing damage back.

[@RenzorTheRed]

Why were all those enemy mechs red all over? Playing in lava?

[@ben8929]

It was a salvage and repair facility so basically all the mechs that Black Inferno salvaged in battle were sent there for repairs. He was fighting versus just salvaged, not repaired mechs

[@urishima]

The best part about this was the evil gal gloating, while she was just barely audible over the weapons firing. What a joke.

[@Pat_Scratchers]

you need to find some urban mech K9 2.5 mil and 8 double heatsinks

[@Zul_H]

lucky ryana is not like daruis in battle tech, remind you debt is low very time HEH!