The Kintaro and Dervish! (MechWarrior 5 Mercenaries Heroes of the Inner Sphere Episode 19!)

[@GitGudFox]

If you wonder why an episode is uploaded late, then Twitter is the place to check! I post my updates on what's happening there! Anyways, these 2 Mechs were really easy to play as because turns out missiles are pretty good. Aside from their limited range, the SRM's very fast rate of fire can clear out large quantities of smaller enemies in moment; meanwhile, it also does so much damage that you can volley your way through a hardened target. Even large Mechs can be brought down with SRMs pretty fast because they're so fat that you're hitting with all the missiles. That's good to know because it means you shouldn't ignore that SRM-6 Javelin while piloting your Atlas. The missile volleys will tear up your armor in moments. We're at the stage where LRMs are becoming more effective. I find them to be challenging to use in the beginning of the game when all the enemies are so fast and constantly close into the minimum range of the LRM. Perhaps we'll be able to make something work with a NARC beacon and take things to the next level!

[@bandit2699]

Two Mechs that I definitely used quite a bit. Love them both - the Kintaro just has that bulky, brawler feel and the Dervish I enjoy just as much as the Archer, just for different types of roles. I do love that both Mechs are still quick and well armored, flexible in their loadouts. Feels like they're great anchors to build a lance with. You can always make small adjustments to slot them into a role that will work for what you need.

[@GitGudFox]

Yeah, I think a team of 4 Dervishes would be pretty annoying even for large Mechs since they're quick enough to stay away from dedicated close range weapons.

[@shayliakara]

I really love "History of Star League With Fox" Your lore knowledge makes this game one of my favorites. Just like you did in Battletech, which I still like a little more than this game. Mainly, cause I can control my team better.

[@GitGudFox]

I think it's important to know a bit about the history of the game we're playing. That's why I like to show the old 1980s art to remind people that this is a game with history!

[@thomasmckaig909]

First up big, shout out cat. I think I said before that I love when it appears. I really like the Kintaro so was super glad to see it, I think the reason I like it so much is because of how overpowered it is for its size and the fact that it makes me play something other than autocannons and rifles. I think when I originally used it I removed LRM5 and kept all 3 SRM 6 but changed the medium lasers to small lasers to get a couple of extra heat sinks. I don't recall it having the same effect on heat as your version does with just the 2 SRM 6 which still do more than enough damage. Haven't got a Dervish yet but the flamers + LRMs are a really effective loadout.

[@GitGudFox]

I think one of the hard parts about modding Mechs is a psychological thing with the hardpoints. You just feel COMPELLED to put a weapon in every slot. It feels like you're doing it wrong if you don't have each hardpoint filled, but I find that sometimes it's best to leave slots unfilled because a lot of these Mechs get out of control with their weapons and are constantly riding the redline of emergency shutdown... or have 240 armor.

[@Kodasa_Sinclair]

I love both the Kintaro and the Dervish, I've used both as SRM loaded brawlers and they're so good. As a lore hound, I'm loving the history discussions a lot.

[@GitGudFox]

It's interesting since I'd say only about half of the Mech history is something I already knew, so I am learning a lot about the Mechs as I go as well.

[@Kodasa_Sinclair]

@@GitGudFox That honestly makes it even more organic and interesting. Some commentors might even surprise you with facts you didn't know too.

[@GitGudFox]

They do. I absorb ideas from the comment section in every game I play.

[@shayliakara]

"I am happy to be in a Dervish, commander. They are an all around good missile mech, really... though no flamethrowers." - Valkyrie EDIT: "I see you added flame throwers! I am all in!" - Valkyrie

[@GitGudFox]

If we had Inferno SRMs in this game, we'd have missile flame throwers.

[@shayliakara]

@@GitGudFox Now that would be fun! I do wish we could see the enemies heat level though. It would make things make more sense when using flamers. Like, how do you know if its even working or if you are just doing normal damage?

[@GitGudFox]

You'll know it's working under 2 circumstances. 1) The Mech shuts down. If you have a lot of flamers, or if your lance all have a few flamers, and they gang up on a target, then you'll see the Mech just stop and slump over a bit indicating a shutdown. 2) The Mech stops fighting back and just runs around. You might not be able to shut a Mech down with 1 or 2 flamers, but you might wind up keeping their heat in the 80-95 range which basically prevents them from shooting and jumping since they'll immediately shut down.

[@GitGudFox]

The Capellan Confederation would make a very advanced flamer family weapon called the "plasma rifle." 6 tons 10 damage 10 ammo per ton (would be higher in MW5... equal to likely 40 ammo per ton) Causes 7 heat on hit (flamers do 0.5 heat) Shoots at a medium range similar to large laser The plasma rifle basically shoots cartridges of styrofoam at enemies. When the weapon is ready to fire, lasers super heat the foam cartridge, instantly causing it to go from solid... to liquid... to gas... to plasma which is then ionized to become magnetic and violently projected with magnets. To make the ejected plasma aerodynamic, the barrel of the plasma rifle is designed to fire out a toroid of plasmatic energy. A toroid is basically a ring or doughnut shaped thing... similar to how some people can blow smoke circles with cigarettes. The toroid spins as it travels giving the plasma momentum and force. The target of a plasma rifle is immediately struck by a mixture of energized plasma as well as molten styrofoam that cooled on its way to the target slamming with physical force and cause instant evaporation to whatever it touches. Lastly, if the target survives, the extreme heat is immediately absorbed into the Mech. The weapon was seen as a bit barbaric and dishonorable because the heat would indiscriminately burn everything it touches in the event the MechWarrior missed and hit a building... or intentionally shot a building, but House Liao, due to being on the losing side of the Succession Wars, has no problem with the weapon if it helps preserve the Capellan Confederation. One of the Clans would adopt the weapon and alter it a bit which removed the kinetic damage of the weapon but increased the heat delivery to 10... up from 7. The weapon would not be invented until like 3068 though which is why we don't see it in MW5.

[@MrFireSpy]

Awesome, A Kintaro now.. Thanks :) Another fantastic episode!

[@GitGudFox]

It's a pretty good Mech!

[@quaze420aa8]

The kintaro's armor display looks like a featherless chicken to me. So for this the dervish was became my favorite missile boat.

[@assassinsnake8109]

Glad you always explain all the mechs, always forget these things :-)

[@GitGudFox]

Yeah, makes things a little more fun!

[@shayliakara]

Did you ever do the Summers battle? The one where you fight the King Crab, along with an army? That mission was intense and really tough. But I won the King Crab for my work. Though, I am not really sure how to use it. It has 4 Ultra AC5s on it, but the weapons seem kinda bad in this game. Have you been able to make Ultra ACs good?

[@GitGudFox]

I've never even heard of that battle yet actually.

[@scorpionriden2301]

It is a new dlc mission fox appears very late in the game

[@bandit2699]

That battle is nasty ... but very worth it!

[@shayliakara]

@@GitGudFox Oh yeah, it is a little later. But I really hope you play it, cause it is intense.

[@Kodasa_Sinclair]

@@GitGudFox I recommend regularly checking your objective log from the operations tab, it'll show you hero mech quests that are available to you, regardless of how far away they are. Notable quests are: X marks the spot Stop the Launch I forget the name but it involves the group "eyes on democracy".

[@valruhn9213]

Awesome episode really like the redesign of turning the Kintaro in tho a close range shotgun rocket mech

[@GitGudFox]

Admittedly, it's already basically that kind of Mech, but I really needed those heatsinks to sell the SRM6s.

[@centurywarlord]

In my playthrough I never get to buy nor salvage a Kintaro. Good to see it in action.

[@GitGudFox]

It's pretty good if you like SRMs.

[@kellgaste7386]

Heya Fox! Outstanding Episode as always sir! : ) I completely agree with how you ultimately redesigned the 2 Mechs. I favor the Dervish over the Treb as a Medium Missile support Mech (Love me some Missiles!). It can take more punishment and dishes out more than it ultimately takes if played as a Support Mech. It also has much better speed! Kintaro is not my favorite Mech but I wouldn't refuse to pilot it if it came to it, it just doesn't fit my preferred play style. ; )

[@GitGudFox]

Sometimes they can be tricky to fit into missions since they don't cleanly fit into a 200 ton mission without having a few smaller Mechs, but they definitely perform well.

[@Lensver03]

Cool mech, and thanks for the lore!

[@GitGudFox]

These Mechs had a more interesting background!

[@FrenziedRoach]

Just started a new career in this game starting in Kurita space and picked up a Kintaro fairly early. Realized quickly it didn't take much to get the AI to turn it's back on me and it's speed would mean I wasn't baiting my AI lancemates for too long. So I dropped the LRM 5 for an SRM 4 and went back-armor hunting. It sits in the red after 2 volleys of SRM's... but I usually don't need more than 2 volleys and I'm usually laughing like a crazed maniac the whole time. This thing is fun as hell!

[@GitGudFox]

Yeah, you'll begin to notice that the AI tends to prioritize some Mechs while ignoring others. If you pilot Mechs they are less inclined to attack, you can score many brutal rear armor attacks.

[@astromonkey1757]

I love the kintaro, after the shadow cat(i'm also a filthy clanner) and the timby it's my fav IS medium, especially in a brawly configuration like yours, never played the dervish but it seems to me similar to the kintaro, except you went for a mix of lrm and srm. The kintaro is super powerful even against heavy mechs and to some extent those wide CT assaults, fantastic mech.

[@GitGudFox]

It seems like there are 2 main differences between the Dervish and Kintaro. The Dervish has symmetrical hardpoints but has 1 less medium missile hardpoint and 1 more small missile hardpoint, and the Dervish is jump capable. I guess another difference is that the Dervish is more slender with its arms more tucked in by its sides than the Kintaro.

[@richardcolvin8629]

Love your vids and humor!!! Could you do a vid on all the paint jobs you mention please 🙏 😊

[@GitGudFox]

Perhaps in season 3.

[@richardcolvin8629]

@@GitGudFox thank you fox, it would be nice to splash some paint on my mechs, "Phelankellrx78"on ps4

[@A_Anderson501]

You ever tried using the airstrike during a demolition mission? I haven't seen you use it when you have the option.

[@GitGudFox]

I wanted to save the air strikes for when I do a beach head mission.

[@A_Anderson501]

@@GitGudFox I actually watched your 1st season of nightmare zone in SoD and I've got to say you seem more energetic and lively and your editing skills have improved dramatically and I hope your sub count keeps climbing for all the effort you're putting into your video's, keep up the great work👍

[@richardcolvin8629]

How do you the bandit colors???

[@GitGudFox]

The checkered patterned ones? It's one of the color patterns. Everyone should have it.

[@richardcolvin8629]

@@GitGudFox the Grey with yellow, you have it on a centurion and hunchback, I'd love to try on my mechs

[@GitGudFox]

Oh, the "Iron Warriors" color scheme on Bandit's mech? One of the color schemes has chrome metal instead of paint. The grey is actually unpainted metal, and the "Iron Warriors" paint hazard stripes on their power armor, so I painted that way in commemoration of his favorite Warhammer 40k faction.

[@zefir55]

Hi pilots \( ಠ ͜ʖ ಠ)/

[@GitGudFox]

Hello!

[@blainehowes]

Hmm...I should use more SRMs... Rifleman is my current favorite mech, but I'm starting to get into the 70-80 ton mechs.

[@GitGudFox]

I'd say SRMs and small lasers are the best general purpose close combat weapons. I had a Banshee with like 8 small lasers as its close combat option leavings its PPCs, AC/10 and LRMs for long range, and those 8 small lasers will cut shit up fast and for very little heat.

[@Mkronox]

I really liked the dervish arms, I feel that if they where kind of zig zaged on the top and bottom they would be better for landing melee attacks, I also feel it might be a bit too tall, I would feel that being so tall with not the biggest footprint would make you easier to knock down if you get hit to much on the upper body

[@GitGudFox]

It's harder to hit though because it's not just taller, but it's also narrow meaning your hits have to be a little more accurate, and missiles raining down are just that bit more likely to hit the ground instead of you.

[@Mkronox]

@@GitGudFox good point.

[@iceberg54321]

Should have put three double heat sinks instead of 6 single heat sinks and 3 srm 6's in the Kintaro.

[@GitGudFox]

Lostech is temporarily banned from equipment loadouts in the playthrough right now. It's why the gauss rifle we got earlier isn't equipped on anything alongside the ER Large Laser, the pulse lasers, the artemis IV FCS, double heat sinks etc.

[@GitGudFox]

The exceptions are on the hero Mechs but only the stock lostech the variant comes with.

[@iceberg54321]

Dervish is a pretty bad redesign, you should have either gone full brawl with 16 srm's, or went full support with 4 lrm 5's which would given you six to 8 and a half tons (JJ) of space for more armor amd/or more ammo or kept the jump jets for positioning if desired. You also could have went with one lrm 15 and three lrm 5's, and an extra ton of ammo. That would give you 50% more long ranged firepower for the same weapon tonnage. You could drop the JJ for 2 1/2 tons of armor.

[@GitGudFox]

I don't agree. I already demonstrated that the Kintaro couldn't manage 12 SRMs without needing constant breaks from combat. The Dervish would perform EVEN WORSE with 16 SRMs, so I think that would make the Dervish worse. Uh, 4 LRM5s = 2 LRM10s. They're both LRM20, brother. It's the same tonnage and weaponry just in the torso. I also disagree with the LRM30. It was already demonstrated that the Trebuchet can't handle LRM30 at 50 tons. Being 55 tons is not going to make LRM30 more effective. You'd also be massively ineffective in close combat which is very common at this stage of the game with most Mechs moving faster than 81 km/h. I think both of your proposed designs make the same mistake the stock variants make: massive overreach of weaponry for a 55-ton chassis. I don't see myself using either of these proposed designs.