Jagged Alliance Patch 1.03 Incoming!

[@chr_isso]

I see a lot of poeple dislike the MG nerf. But let me explain why this is important: The HK21 does about *28 DMG/AP* spent. The M24 does 8 DMG/AP spent. FN Fal does 5DMG/AP. Machine Guns are way too overpowered and need this nerf.

[@teknoid5878]

But they are inaccurate most of the time just spending bullets. I would also like to have more balance weapon selection. Most (good) weapons use nato rounds. There's only 1 weapon that use .55 bullets.

[@Carnefice]

@@teknoid5878 5.56 you mean? There are a bunch of weapons that use it. If you mean .50, then that makes sense because there aren't many weapons using it in real life either. And few would be available in a tiny war-torn African country

[@teknoid5878]

@@Carnefice yeah i mean .50, well i had a bunch of bullets. the rifle not even usable, it's cumbersome. At least they give us 1 or 2 more alternative like the M2 for high power turret.

[@brutal_chud]

@@teknoid5878 the MG emplacements are inaccurate, but a minimi or hk21 with some mods slapped on it basically shoots a laser beam

[@BLDalton85]

Yeah MG's are nuts. Setup overwatch with one or two and pop it off and they just melt as long as you can afford the ammo.

[@JordanAlexochannel]

I have two words for the devs, "Bobby Ray." That was such a fun part of JA2. They could include this store, and the weapons would come by boat to one of the chosen docs.

[@sirbowen4358]

Check out "Tony's Blackmarket" Trader Mod

[@udipta21]

Yes, we totally need the merchant/ shopping system back

[@fazum]

The stores are just ridiculous on JA3... just 1 item to sell by vendor.

[@TheSkunow]

The Inventory could use an overhaul. Having multiple squads in the same sector but not being able to push items around between them easily is annoying.

[@chr_isso]

absolutely! Inventory system is a shame!

[@marcogerner132]

My big hope is that this scrap metal based weapon modding system will be revised. The biggest bs ever. I can understand it to a certain extent with some weapon modifications, like barrels, handguards, buttstock, especially with old, non-modular weapons. Also that you need material like lenses and chips to repair optics etc. But not to produce high-tech optics yourself. I also wonder why the attachable weapon parts, like optics, suppressors, bipods etc., can't be detached so that they can be placed on other weapons. As in JA2, the high-tech-weapon mods should be found in the area, looted from enemies, or purchased from Bobby Ray or local dealers.

[@covellitenz]

Absolutely! Totally bizarre idea that your mercs are able to build precision machined parts and that attachments can't be swapped between guns.

[@dantauche7917]

This 100%

[@capieluky]

I totally agree with you with with handguards etc. and my opinion on scopes/optics is: Need high mechanical merc to attach it and spare some parts (like make moded mount for gun, targeting crosshairs etc.). Lenses and chips was crazy idea ( or maybe way to save time on develop).

[@Kwansmusic]

They should be a real time pause button. So you have time to plan.

[@herrvorragend3103]

There is a mod. But yeah

[@ИльяЗаболотный-е5м]

You are just too slow

[@matthewcarroll2533]

Agreed. Mod should just be in the game, like they're essentially doing with Evermine for difficulties below Hard. I am slow, but I also don't know where the enemy is going to spawn in on the map so planning ahead is impossible until they've spawned. (Biff wave fight, looking at you...)

[@udipta21]

What do you mean? I can pause the game already?

[@LuisContreras-gf2on]

They need to add the items store from the old games, buy ammunition, weapons and armor from the M.E.R.C store and ship it to some port or city.

[@ToTheNines87368]

I loved the machine guns by they were definitely OP. Barry's shaped charges as well. What I hope they will fix, because it's just so god damn silly is 1) Let us be able to tactically place explosives like c-4 before battle. Right now you can only throw it which is stupid and it alert enemies so easily. Some of the most fun aspects of JA2 was preplanning like this before battle. 2) Rocket enemies hurt my brain, they are like rocket propelled sniper rifles. They shouldn't be able to hit your guys that easily unless there is something to collide with behind them like a wall or the like. This might nerf them too much, but then give them a rifle side arm. 3) Same with grenade launcher enemies they just spam the attack again and again and always hits, even when you are indoor and it should be impossible. Breaks realism. EDIT: just look what he's trying to do at 3:43. It shouldn't be possible they are in a basement and the god damn roof should prevent it, it goes for both you and the enemies in this game. Yeah, so a lot of my complains boils down to how explosives either propelled or placed don't feel like explosives. Explosives feels like grenades and RPGS feels like rifles with rounds that explode.

[@hankczinaski915]

My thoughts exactly. RPG snipers and grenade spammers are super annoying. Atm C4 works basically like grenades, also proximity C4 sometimes is bugged and won't trigger. My other gripe is melee guys coming out of nowhere and killing mercs with two hits.

[@torqenv812]

Would like to see a possibility to load weapons/magazines with different kinda of ammo i one magazine. Running half empty weapons because you have a 15 rounds of AP ammo but still 300 rounds of standard ammo is a bit lame. Wish they brought back magazines altogether like in the previous games.

[@marcogerner132]

Mixed loading of magazines and ammo belts would be great. Oddly enough, that wasn't even in the JA2 1.13. I also think the magazines need to come back into play.

[@capieluky]

But this feature was in 7,62mm High Calibre games, so nothing new to games coming from Jagged Alliance 2@@marcogerner132

[@phuongming2449]

I just want them to bring back Bobby Ray gun store in the future

[@chr_isso]

I fear this could make the game too easy but generally: YES! We need and want Bobby Ray 😂

[@Carnefice]

​@@chr_issonot really, it just makes money more important than scrap, which makes no sense in the first place. I'd rather get rid of the scrap mechanic completely and just spend money on guns and attachments.

[@messire9837]

@@chr_isso Bobby Ray will be fine and not too much, as there are high end weapons in the game right now. Bobby Ray will be proposing their international equivalent, let H&K compete against Steyr, stuff like that. (min/maxers paradise, basically) Bobby Ray hopefully will be more of a sherry on top for the game, especially if it turns out being as impressively furnished as what 1.13 brought in in terms of weapons I'm only aware exist because that game's mod taught me about them. But I wouldn't bet on it, as their decline on 5.45 tends to suggest. Though 5.45 will be in game, wether they like it or not, massive amounts of different calibers will be modded in. So All Haemimont has to do not to mess up the game's success right now? very simple : Avoid naming whatever future JA patch beyond 1.129999 at any cost. If they don't wanna end up MDK'ed by some crazy Bear's pit forum afficionados already crancky knowing Rudolph Steiger and Dr. Laura Collins are AWOL as far as JA3 is concerned, right now. Crazies, I'm telling you. Even crazier than I myself do.

[@messire9837]

@@Carnefice Also I must admit I enjoyed what you gave me for a reading. Very much. Damn it's true I don't enjoy the scrap gamey mechanic AT ALL, just like I didn't enjoy it back in Deus Ex Mankind Divided, me thinks it's inspired from.

[@Carnefice]

@@messire9837 It just makes no sense to me. You tear apart an AK and then somehow you're able to make the pieces into a suppressor for a different AK? Along with a random steel pipe, of course

[@GordonShamway1984]

I say it again and again. This is the best game I have ever played in over 30 years.

[@ИльяЗаболотный-е5м]

Exactly this. I “gave up” on games a lot of time ago, but this game is really interesting.

[@dantauche7917]

BG III

[@GordonShamway1984]

@@dantauche7917 that is the game of the 2020 years 😅

[@teknoid5878]

JA is great, but BG3 is 10x better (litterally), from the game mechanics and especially storyline.

[@papalsaint1571]

Sounds like only snipers will be viable going forward. Hope modders roll back the MG changes at least

[@jonathanbourke305]

2nd playthrough, and even though half of my 12 mercs are using assault rifles, I'm basically single-shot "sniping" with them most of the time; who needs burst or auto fire? You're right, unfortunately. Case in point: do you want your explosives guy to spend half his AP running into a vulnerable position to throw a nade and NOT kill 3 enemies? Or would you rather him stay back with your line of death and pop a head off, then take cover and be alrmost invincible? I know what I'd pick in 9/10 tactical situations. Barry's shaped charges MAYBE alter the decision in the early game, but mid/late he becomes a sniper like everyone else; just one who has extra grenades "just in case."

[@dantauche7917]

There's already mods that do this

[@FunLion]

Agreed. Sniper rifles need a severe accuracy nerf, especially at close range. Even Livewire with her terrible marksmanship hits headshots left, right and centre. I’ve also found an M24 right after landing on the main land. Kinda destroys the progression system.

[@inquerion8867]

@@FunLion Yeah, headshot after headshot. They are OP. They should nerf them especially at short range.

[@jonathanbourke305]

@@inquerion8867 Preferred they just made the under-performing weapons better. Frankly, I think AP usage has a lot to do with it. Why spend the same about of AP peppering a guy with 3-6 rounds not killing him, when you could just pump all that AP into a massively aimed headshot and kill him?

[@rps215]

I kind of wish they add not just 5.45 but also .45ACP, .357, and 7.62x54. I guess that have to wait since there will be a lot of balancing to do for each. Adding 5.45 will mean that the AK-74 will be pushed down to the same tier as the AK-47 and it will be necessary to add higher tier weapons of both like AK-74M, AK-105, AEK-971 for 5.45 and AMD-65, AK-103, vz58 for 7.62x39. I hope they address the ammo crafting issue not mentioned here as well, part of which is making the HK21 OP as it is, as in how the hell is crafting 7.62x51 requires less parts than 5.56

[@DrZaius3141]

Weird patch. MGs are still far inferior to sniper rifles. Parts were never any issue whatsoever (finished my first campaign with 1200 left) Easy mode was already super easy (though relaxing the time pressure from mines makes sense), to the point where people had success with the worst mercs imaginable. (which is fine) Gunpowder was never an issue. Grenades being too powerful is a correct assessment, but they were always limited in availability so it's not like you could rely on them too much. Seems to me that the devs don't really know their game too well. Yes, bug fixes make sense even separate from balance issues, but it's still weird. Also, the word "mishap" doesn't have a "sh" sound in it, it's a "mis-happening", so to speak.

[@bauerhans-christian5616]

I'm against weapon nerfs. Wwapons should make believable damage, and that should mainly depend on calibre and bullet type. MG's are supposed to be devastating when set up. That's why they exist in the first place.

[@chr_isso]

Yeah, a lot of poeple suggested to keep them devasting on close to mid range but make them very inaccurate on long distances... Let's see what the modders will do!

[@unperson5713]

Thorough recap, thanks for sharing. I am eager to see the modding tools. Running an all IMP team with only 1 male / 1 female voice is confusing and suboptimal.

[@chr_isso]

Haha, all IMP? Crazy man. I'm in for lending my voice lol!

[@messire9837]

Running an all IMP team pretty much IS suboptimal in the first place, you know? Though it's not confusing, as you're pretty much cheating all kinds of relationships in the game. Not even mentionning the special abilities, as I'm pretty sure you modded that also to have the special you want exactly on the merc you want. >> How dare you mention 'suboptimal', you madmelad? Get out of my scythe before I get to tear you a new won with heat, you miserable cheat. May RnJesus curse your skin dyes for 88 generations.

[@unperson5713]

To those who may be curious. The only modded option I am currently using is multiple IMP. Every other setting is standard. What that means is simple, my medic never wasted any points on mechanical and my mechanic never wasted any points on medical. I believe this is called min/max, a form of meta gaming. It also means none of my team has special abilities, like wall hacks or overpowered self-replicating shaped charges. I have already completed the campaign unmodded.

[@messire9837]

@@unperson5713"my medic never wasted..." No, that's called performant strat edgic decision making, as far as the game's concerned. Also you obviously know how to roll this game, and I'd like to retract a few things I said, as far as the fact I'm standing corrected is concerned, right now. And proudly, I might add. Your employ of multiple IMPs obviously isn't about powergaming. And you're pretty much representing the way I play Jagged Alliance 2, so. (though two IMPs only, I love those rag tags too much to fooly embrass depending on the first) Though your playthrough must be lacking meta events from time to time, I wouldn't advise it. Let me like that last comment of yours in good faith. Also maybe you're not a NEW Jagged Alliance player. Or you're one with very high INT, Dr Clifford style... Or maybe 6 IMP style, who knows. Your business as far as you're not cheating. I wouldn't like to hear that from a JA player. Also you have the vanilla CTH on. There's my respect handed back to you, hands down even as an extra. Keep it going! Your computer loooves it when he gets to let you feel smart. And so don't we all? 😉

[@El_Cattivo1988]

I think it's a mistake to accommodate the players again with the mines. I was on Normal in my run before the patch that extends it ended up being $1.9M. With each patch they ensure that you are swimming in more money. And on the first run, most people won't play Very Hard.

[@Sumi96]

hopefully Bobby Ray + still missing merc's like Lynx! overall more mercs would be nice too. (and for me: i'm from germany...i really, really miss the german soundfiles! (they are open source from SirTech!) i understand english, but hearing the english voices plus "reading" in german kills a bit the "old" immersion.

[@chr_isso]

Damn i loved lynx! I'm german too and I decided a few years ago that german translations and synchronizations are just not good enough. So I'm sticking with english and ... most of the frustration is gone! But yeah, I know what you're talking about!

[@ИльяЗаболотный-е5м]

Just use English subtitles.

[@RhondaFizzleflint]

Hmm.... I can see the idea behind the nerf, but MGs are already a niche weapon and hard to utilise.... or out of ammo.

[@1981marecky]

Instead of weakening machine guns or grenades, in my opinion, it is enough to improve the AI. Now there will be less DMG but I understand that still a whole group of enemies will run senselessly where their friends have just died ?!

[@chr_isso]

Couldn't have said it better. I'll make a post in the official forums and ask if there are plans on improving the AI.

[@Strickl3r]

If they won't some ppls will complain that the ai is camping all the time. Player expectations nowadays are beyond ridiculous. The devs should do what they prefer, the game is fine, it is a good release. Just a bit to easy for my taste.

[@Bambeakz]

The inventory management drives me crazy. Why can’t I store mod parts, moneybags and gun powder in the quad inventory? And give me a option to start a mission in Stealth

[@herrvorragend3103]

There is a mod 4 inventory

[@dipperq]

who needs these patches, when you have mods!

[@chr_isso]

I would prefer a "better" patched base version and then get the mods on top. But ive always been a vanilla fan. Except for Skyrim lol

[@Querulously]

Enough ammo to use MG ! Great news

[@udipta21]

This game is badly missing a merchant/ shop system, like the old one.

[@chr_isso]

it is, yes.

[@fugusanyang5308]

It really needs an interface where player can view items, buy items and place it in their inventory space. Not as current where after bought, the item is in the floor 😂 which gonna pick it up again to put into inventory.

[@JohnQPublic11]

Please do a video on how to train the skills of your mercs. Thanks,

[@chr_isso]

Will do!

[@WayneManor666]

nooooooo , the mashine gun overwatch was so perfectly op.

[@sunwukong5023]

and much more in the hands of Ivan

[@AnelorGalor]

so i will opt out of updating my game then. i love going with 6 mercs vs 55 in a patrol too much. I want the carnage and that requires 2-3 LMG carriers :)

[@chr_isso]

Haha yeah you could do that!

[@MidnightHozz]

Livewire is very handy for finding enemies. If you have at least 1 bit of intel for the sector all enemies will be shown whether you have seen them or not. That said, in the entire game the only maps I have had turtling/hiding enemies have been the good place (above ground so you can easily get intel and take Livewire and be fine) and one of the end game underground boss maps. I am not a huge fan of single player nerfs. Half the dex tree is interrupt related and it is currently the best tree for LMGs or anyone that you use for overwatch. Are they going to allow people to respec after the nerf? I doubt it. The real problem with the game, and don't get me wrong I love it, I am on my third run, is that the AI is terrible. So stuff like LMG overwatch is supremely effective because the AI is brain dead. Right now 2 good mercs with any of the three moddable LMGs can protect the whole squad on almost any map. So after the path you will probably just need 3-4.

[@chr_isso]

Yeah, even in the DEV stream they showcase how the enemy runs into your overwatch even though his teammates have been shot before. And I fear modding the AI will be a pain in the butt ...

[@matthewcarroll2533]

This 100%, the AI will literally just charge you with rifles to get point-blank shots with absolutely no regard to now being completely surrounded by hostiles and their life about to end. Definitely immersion breaking but it's bearable for now since the game is excellent as a whole and I understand AI is among the hardest things to code in programs. Even some minor adjustments like no suicidal behavior (I mean, unless the enemies you're fighting qualify for that type of stuff) would be good. *Edit* Actually now that I think about it, I wonder if the aforementioned issue is a range problem? I noticed almost all the guns in the game, aside from sniper rifles, tend to have extremely low range compared to the line of sight and distances of open ground. So I wonder if the AI sees that they aren't technically "in-range" for a shot and it causes them to forget everything else and run in to get closer for a higher % shot? Could be a simpler fix if that's the case.

[@JohnSmith-tx3ys]

And she hacks stuff to make money. Only negative is the voice acting.

[@phuongming2449]

Anyone got the problem when you can't use all of action points to move your merc??? After the update it seem like I can't move my merc using all of my action points. For exp: if your merc have 11 ap you can only move him using 10 ap, if you try to move to the tile that cost all 11 ap the game won't let you do it for some reasons 😅

[@chr_isso]

Yeah it seems there is some kind of bug with the stance changes...

[@GrantPlays547]

I like this game my friend👍😍👌

[@JohnSmith-tx3ys]

This may sound strange, but after playing a lot of JA2, I always preferred the delayed gratification of getting a rifle after struggling for a good while. In other words, instead of “tons of guns” I want it to give me crap guns. Then when you finally get a rifle, it’s a really big deal.

[@chr_isso]

yeah! and with Kalyna you can get an OP Rifle from the get go. This is not .. too balanced, im with you on this one!

[@dexfm8927]

I wonder how many know that you can get black powder from pipe bombs

[@chr_isso]

Yeah I made a video on that. I mentioned it in my Keep! Sell! Scrap Video

[@Songfugel]

3:37 This change alone is worth the patch! Also for fudge's sake, allow us to select units with hotkeys and give us a hotkey/option to disable mouse select of units to avoid misclicks when precision moving/looting! The amount of frustration caused by these things alone are the cause of 80% of my frustration towards the game ps. hope they allow us to select fire mode and target mode options for extra costs for overwatch. I'd especially love an overwatch mode that targets feet only or allows easier toggle of burst/single shot overwatch shots in overwatch. Additionally, allow overwatch mode to wait until the target leaves the cover, before trying to take the shot, not taking an impossible shot at the cover when 0.1 seconds later the target is running in open field to dismantle you... basically, allow setting up how impossible shots the overwatch should allow, and allowing us to decrease the overwatch cone up to the default value But yeah, can't wait for these patches to come up

[@chr_isso]

Agreed. There's still so much potential and room for adjustments - some poeple will get famous once they release their big modpack aka JA3 1.13 or something like this. Overwatch options would be nice, but I guess this would be too complicated for the absolute newcomers to the game. I always opted for options and possibilities in the official forums, but .. yeah now we're here. But you can avoid a lot of the overwatch frustration by setting the overwatch cone in the right direction!

[@covellitenz]

The lack of selection hotkeys was the first thing I stumbled over, especially noticeable in the real-time phase.

[@ИльяЗаболотный-е5м]

Seriously? You can click on a portrait to select a merc.

[@Songfugel]

@@ИльяЗаболотный-е5м That is unbelievably slow (especially on ultra-wide screens) compared to cycling them with exact hotkeys

[@ИльяЗаболотный-е5м]

@@Songfugel It’s not a Starcraft 🙂 You don’t need to be that fast. But hotkeys won’t hurt anyway.

[@tilting_cat3344]

Seriously nerf accuracy and damage of mg? They want to make the game sniper stealth kill simulator?

[@chr_isso]

it already is. but the MG were really op, set two up for crossfire and you can mow down tons of enemies.

[@tilting_cat3344]

@@chr_isso it is literally the role of mg tho,a weedwacker if you will

[@ИльяЗаболотный-е5м]

Role of MG is more to suppress the enemy, it’s too inaccurate.

[@ElNinjo1982]

I dont get why they dont add 5.56 ammunition. It would be more realistic to find these ammo if you can find the weapons at the battlefield and wouldnt change much in terms of balance if they add these instead of increasing blackpowder drops.

[@chr_isso]

5.56 is in the game. They wont add 5.45 (as for AK74)

[@ElNinjo1982]

@@chr_isso yeah thats what i meant

[@pascaldifolco4611]

MG nerf seems a bit overdone but we'll see

[@arturnienartowicz7213]

I'm happy with how the game runs, works and is balanced. The only problem I have is it sometimes just crashes back to windows. This needs fixing. All else I'm happy with (so far, and it's true I just got one mine back and killed the bad guys around Pantagruel). I will not be installing the patches I guess.... Thanks for the warning. I love how granades work. How do you say granades are overpowered if a direct hit with a stick granade sometimes doesn't kill an unarmored baddie!

[@chr_isso]

I have crashes when using the "Take All" Feature from the Sector Inventory.. but besides that, my game runs stable. When do you have crashes? Well in a lot of videos you can literally see enemies being obliterated by grenades. they applied too much damage due to a bug.

[@fazum]

No one can create a thermal vision google from scrap. They should allow taking these part to sell or buy.

[@chr_isso]

I'm pretty sure there will be an addon for this. Community was quite split over the crafting system, I agree man!

[@ShadePL]

I was surprised when I saw a mine still generating cash, even though it was depleted. Now I know why 🙂

[@chr_isso]

New patch? 50% on easy and 25 on medium

[@fazum]

I'm not so jungle stuff. It's line a far cry rpg now. Can they return to Alberta? Maybe in a next dlc or game.

[@chr_isso]

100% we will get an arulco mod!

[@legitimatehumanbeing8746]

your ja3 vids are pretty good. i think they need to make knives and parts scrap able, i have so many knives and steel tubes...

[@chr_isso]

Heck yeah, knifes should be scrapable, i agree! Steel tubes are sp common, they should change that for sure and make it so you get more lenses and chips

[@アキレス-j2r]

can't wait for the all the weapons mod

[@inquerion8867]

They should nerf Sniper Rifles a bit. I'm killing everything with upgraded Gewehr and there is no penalty for short range attacks which is weird.

[@mnap89]

There is a bug where granades and rockets can hit enemies throught non destructable walls

[@sunwukong5023]

and love that

[@dominic5121]

is there a way to not have to use the patch, the combat is hard enough

[@jkbonn1]

This patch will make machine guns useless, so a sane player will use mostly sniper rifles.

[@chr_isso]

I dont think it will be so bad. Lets wait and see how it turns out.

[@Nightwindale]

Black powder, lol. Where's our muscets then?

[@Zetler]

Can you review some mods?

[@pobah]

Does anyone know when the patch is coming? (1.03 i mean)

[@chr_isso]

Dude ... in the first 30 seconds of the video i write: expected 04.08 .. if we get unlucky it will come at the weekend or beginning of next week.

[@pobah]

@@chr_isso big letters in the screen, my bad man.. you are right, i think i went temp blind or something mb

[@marcogerner132]

I've already noticed that the developers don't really care about weapons and ammunition. 7.62x39 WP for AK-74 and Dragunov? Really? 🤪 My hope lies in some kind of 1.13 mod for JA3.

[@chr_isso]

yeah they simply should have made an "more Weapons" option in the game and implement more calibers, just like ja2. but i guess they were on a budget and had to make the decision to leave this to the modders.

[@TheWarlock97]

Meanwhile me on console waiting for a release other then rage

[@chr_isso]

Oh man. Install it on your company's laptop lol

[@JCarlos-DasReich]

Is MG being so good now a bug?

[@chr_isso]

Yeah more or less because of the AP Bug/Overwatch Bug. Also with a good merc it hits almost guaranteed, making absurd high dmg... if you can afford the ammo

[@Avery_33]

You can place it right now with 0 AP left and get the full 5 or 6 interrupts in enemies turn. In that way running it on a good spot will let you kill everyone in two or three turns.

[@dontanton7775]

Mate, it's called miss-hap. Not miSHAP :D Just saying ;)

[@messire9837]

Oh! Wow, good to hear your point about the game switching back to real time whn there are fewer enemies, but for tme, and manyother players the main point we're looking at is: 'we are most DEFINITELY playing a Jagged Alliance", that is way more to the point than even wasting precious seconds on your video telling about the fact it's a QOL change. Duh! Please do take that comment with the cheatpile of ironical humor ebedded to it, of course. >> You sir are the one who just taught me I'm about to restart the entire game even after that minor QOL patch, and I have to thank you for that, feels so good while eagerly waiting for that Baldur's Gate install also. I don't have to cry about the fact I wasted so many precious barrels anymore. >> Thanks for informing me about that patch, good sir. subbed. (Even if I HATE those best build/spoil explain everything (and wrongly) videos you make, I'm afraid to say. HEnce me being a little longer on the comment side, here, I'm not here to condemn your videos, simply to enlighten you about someting quite IMPortant in this game. Wolf and Henessy are worthless as far as teaching is concerned. As they're not specialists in anything worthier than... Fox teaching DEX to everybody else while listening to 'edge of Seventeen' by Stevie Nicks, for example. (Grizzly loves it when the best medic in the entire game gets to teach dexterity ONLY because he's here. Hence her best song ever to progress the narrative) ...Milita training is OK when it comes to Hitman and Wolf, though. And you know what? Grunty maybe the best merc hands down in the game, but nobody knows about that because the fact he's actually a night-ops sharpshooter/Sniper/bombardier/basically GOD on the battlefield isn't written with BIG LETTERS in his bio. Meaning the actual best tac-team involves Mouse, him, Ivan (but not if Kyle Simmons is here), his nephew Igor if not Shadow (kniving) and Buns (long range critical achieving what Grunty started with Uberraschung, that is superb with a dreamy sharpshooter silent M-14 completely free and doesn't make a habit missing (and the athletic perk to go with that, lack of cover not really being a problem for Grunty), and all of that especially when Monica Sondergaard is the only Miss allowed in the team, not MD. For Grunty reason (he's a running moral boost crowd controller, basically. So happy Grunty is MVP Grunty, even better than Ron Higgens the himself, I'd say even... And yet, no leadership competence check involved. This game is just magic. But also, MD's cool because he accepts working with pretty much everybody, no problem, that's his REAL perk right there. Also he's a MEAN scalpel, as all the fans do happen to know FIRST hand. So maybe someone should mod a mean scaalpel you can't unequip or something, that'll tell you what MD's about. He's a good medic, but he's not Fox as far as medical competence checks go. And it's a damn good one too, if you want those best MVPs working alongside Mercs you taught yourself. (Like.. No Buns around Fox, for example. And also, Mouse is OK, but in a different team. She's precious to the night ops team, as sh's the one teaching the tricks to Igor, not Wolf. Wolf is busy fixing massive amounts of M-14/Galil/Aks... you need ready in all sorts of configuration. For that is why Grizzly is here if you chose to work with Fox : to hoard the gazillions of weapons ready just for her in case any sort of contingency should occur, as Fox can pretty much act best in all sorts of situations, specialist or not. Like sneaking, for example. Again, what a perk she has for that. So yeah, to put it shortly, you'll be my 'hey guys, there's a patch incoming' channel, and I feel it's a good thing... Until you get to realise Jagged Alliance is a Wasteland like, not an X-COM light. Believing it's a tactical game is insulting to Jagged alliance. It's an open world turn-based RPG, with the BEST tactial elements ever, like Wasteland does, but it's most definitely not a tactical game per se as far as the gaming industry is concerned. >> Hence the fact your videos explaing what weapons do are useless, beyond maybe explain where to click to shoot the an audience so noob you might want to change your general approach entirely. Everything depends on every choices you made in the first place, there's no such thing as best whatever, there's no meta per se in existence, in this game. I'll keep using my Galils until the very end of the game because I know exactly how and for who I customized them. But I would get rid of these as soon as something interupts the contract. As these guns where meant for THEM, not for whatever best snipers I chose for my team while ignoring the fact all snipers in there are the BEST if you know exactely what to do with them. Hence the reason I chose the best sniping duo in the game, Buns and Grunty, because I know about the fact Grunty is a sniper, that's expressly and OBVIOUSLY ridden in his stats, he's a MAJESTIC natural sniper. (also he's got a secret win winds ratio, but that's in the code. All having to do with him actually being Sigmund and Freud, basically : such a kid, when Buns around I'm in to say. Also he's adorable. Everybody loves Grunty and so should you. Oh, and again, thanks for the patch, bro: you alleged end, (ha, ha, ha), but you'll see me wrong about that if you can gather the actual value of my somewhat cynical post for you. Sorry for that, it's my riding, not you. For I'm a Frenchman feeling constrrained to spit in glitch to get understood and it can be frustrating. Also I hate it when I see légion without the accent aigue... Those coke suckers... Ha, ha, ha, thanks for heeding me up to down there also. Don't forget these major points, it will change your approach to the game entirely. And I'm here to oblige, all Jagged Alliance bros are bros, even the miss taken ones, like Raven, for example as you know. Wishing you the best about maybe that hype pumped anew... Now you also know more mercs are coming. Or maybe you don't, as of yet. Yes, I've been hearing the devs through you, that's why I'm thanking you for real, here. Maybe not in August, but they will come. The WEIGHT they're improving the general gameplay right now tells a lot to Jagged Alliance connoisseurs. Welcome to the club, by the way. Always remember : RPG first. Not tactical. Tactical is second only to Harry, provided Hitman is a member of your team to heat it even when he doesn't need to, that old schmuck... For Hitman has a HUGE amount of respct for Grunty also. As Grunty is the only one not calling him an old schucm. Also there was Mike. But now, Mike is dead. Edgar Smorth nailed him, as it were... Welcome to Jagged Alliance. Also I see you're a new channel. Do it some good if you have the balls for it, JA2 1.13 is here for you. It's awesome, give it a try with a good look to important keyboard commands as well. Don't make the mistake believing it's an older game nobody will be interested in... If you treat it as an RPG weapon, not a tactical wet pun. Then again, you'll be meeting Stephen Rothman in there. Just for you to realize who Norma Jessop is waiting for to carry the entire game only within sults for good measure.

[@ИльяЗаболотный-е5м]

You wrote too much bro

[@messire9837]

@@ИльяЗаболотный-е5м Well, that's my job, I'm a rider. A .50 Action Express kind of rider. With bullet points and all the justifications going with.... Well, heat, as it were.

[@photogasm5]

Came for the patch notes, got spoilers for parts of the game I haven't been to yet in the first 40 seconds of the video. Turned off the video without even hearing about the patch notes. Won't be back.

[@chr_isso]

I'm sorry to hear but the infection was even in the trailers...

[@themangix357]

These Devs got their game wrong. *facepalm* Just give us the option to "Buy Online" ammos, attachments and guns just like WILDFIRE. They're trying to be Phoenix Point with these stupid "updates". Games are meant to be fun like XCOM, not a boring slogg like Phoenix Point!

[@chr_isso]

don't get me wrong here, i really like ja3 the way it is - it's fun and all. But I'm 100% with you that you should be able to buy equipment from a foreign "online" vendor. maybe they could make it so that you get an airdrop somewhere on the map and have to conquer it... (since there is no airport afaik)

[@spamrme1654]

A couple of weapons I'd love to see in game, M134 Minigun and flamethrower.

[@axotical8682]

Good to know. I just have to make sure not to install those patches. The game is good as is with added mods.

[@matohota]

Gib 1.13 pls!

[@chrisjackson3587]

before they do any of that stuff they need to fix the permanent debuff on team morale. looted the bone pile on ernie island, and barry has had minus 2 ap from 'sinful' the whole game.... i cant believe they didnt fix this when they created the system. in fact, there wasnt even a warning in game that that action might cause problems. it just happened, and then never went away. truly lazy programming. i created a 2nd squad after getting more money, and was amazed that at high morale they were all getting 12-14 [or more] ap's per turn.... they played like a dream.... then i trained up all their agility, and they were even more functional. i know theres a mod for it, i have that mod. but while its great theyre doing all this fiddling with the game, they really need to take care of the basics themselves and not rely on unpaid modders to do the work. i wanted to play an unmodded playthrough first, but was unable to do so because of this truly maddening game issue. great video, keep it up.

[@chr_isso]

I don't have that bug / debuff anymore? Maybe you need to do some good deeds or talk to the pastor to get rid of it? But it's an interesting oberservation, i'll write that down and check it out!

[@chrisjackson3587]

@@chr_isso hadnt thought about talking to the priest to fix it, though ive continued on that playthrough and have gone through smiley quest and talked to the priest, ice and fox still at -1 for guilty and barry -2 for sinful... im into november in the game now, so i dont think the priest fixes it. those members have participated in 'righteous' and 'proud' events subsequently with no change. i added the mod during this playthrough, so that is likely why the bug persists for some of the morale changers but hasnt fixed the ones that got me wondering. it seems crazy that this was missed when the whole system was thought up and put in the game in the first place. i read the 1.03 notes and was amazed they havent taken the time to fix it, i mean depending on your team you could have many of them with -2, much closer to quitting and just way less effective, but it does make it extra special when the team gets up to +3 and then finally barry can be in a good mood hahah love your channel, lots of great info here. thanks for putting the time in, have a great day

[@Zaitekno]

Your pronunciation of the word 'mishap' is not on point. It has two syllables. First one is 'mis' which sounds very much as the word 'to miss' like in "I miss you". The second syllable is 'hap', which is being pronounced the same way as the beginning of the word 'to happen', like in 'what happened to you'. There is no sh sound formed as in the word 'to shoot'. The s belongs to the first syllable and the h to the second. I hope this helps

[@chr_isso]

Yeah, someone else already pointed that out. Not a native speaker so I promise to do better next time ;-) I didn't think about the word being made from "mis" and "hap" like mis-happening, so the word was new to me. But thanks for clarification, always eager to learn more :)

[@Zaitekno]

@@chr_isso hey dw i aint no native english speaker either and I've made the same mistake back in the days with the mishap word so I kinda just wanted to tell you what helped me back then. Keep working hard, keep learning my man you'll be going places.