Let's get more Hero Mechs! - Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries Modded | YAML + Rise of Rasalhague 31

[@GaveLJorgensson]

39:32 Only go for heavy rifles if you can stack them. They are light and small (crit-wise) and they hit really hard but they fire very slowly. They are not for DPS. Instead, they are good at pinpoint alpha. I had an Annihilator with 5 heavy rifles and a bunch of medium lasers which would alpha heavies and assault mechs off the field in a single shot. For whatever reason, NPCs would do tremendous damage when assigned to that mech!

[@macbrown99]

Heavy rifles really benefit from having multiples. 3-4 of them in an assault mech set to a single chain fire group is a ton of fun and can absolutely core large targets if rapid fired and be used very flexibly otherwise. Worth trying out in a Mauler, Banshee or some other assault, preferably one that can carry a decent bank of lasers as backup.

[@Kaibable]

I put 8 Light rifles on a ANI ^^

[@GhostRyderFPV]

Lancemate: "Batadul, did you know you're missing an arm?" ... "Pssshh, duh! _Of Course_ I knew I was missing an arm! I mean, who would leave the dropship without knowing they're missing an arm?! Sheesh"

[@RincetheWind]

"And now give me your mech, you can have the Jaeger."

[@Locke_jaw]

Its the Clan Ferro on the Marauder that is making it take so long to repair. 200% increase in repair time iirc.

[@haroldbenton979]

The Heavy rifle has a slow rate of fire but a pair will headshot most mechs. I have a pair on my MADII 5H and I can drop most mechs with headshots from 800 Meters.

[@plaguebearerbob8882]

That first duel was awesome

[@alenvire]

VonBiomes is honestly the MVP this video. Its amazing what someone can do to enrich the game so much. This is what MW5 should have looked like.

[@thomasspangenberg5328]

I'd love to see you try a double HAG20 build on the Jager. You've got 2 good ones

[@Socrates21stCentury]

I've never heard of a "Stone Rhino" .... Atlas is "Old School"!

[@mptesteroni]

Spheroids call it the Behemoth. It's on the cover of TRO 3055. www.sarna.net/wiki/File:TRO_3055.jpg

[@jarryan2136]

i built a charger in my last play through and pretty sure i gave him 2 large rifles and a light rifle with some med lasers with a xl and bunch of weight reduction , under ai control he just cored mechs with a good pilot, didnt even need to ever worry about him

[@douglasharbert3340]

Mad Cat or Vulture would probably be the most iconic, in my opinion....

[@Genesis23OPB]

Atlas overall, Mad Cat most iconic clanner. Atlas is the posterboy of the newest Battletech games so its arguably the most recognisable

[@TanguyDubois-v7w]

I think the strange feeling you felt when piloting your jagger is due to the fact that you linked/synchronased your arm and torso aim/twist

[@jamiesachtleben2946]

Yup, I had that on in my run and was wondering why my aim was so bad. Turned on counter rotation and ripped off some cockpits.

[@draygosiv]

You should be able to hop in each mech and turn on the lights and they stay on.

[@covahredro8370]

The Heavy Rifles would do well on the MadCat due to its 20% cooldown reduction on ballistic. Add in some other components and you can get the cooldown lowered even further.

[@renstimpy9313]

Atlas, carrying the weight of the world

[@eezaak21]

Atlas is iconic. The Stone Rhino is effing scary haha.

[@sambarney5100]

After dozens of missions I just realized that my Stone Rino didn't have max armor... all this time I've been thinking how squishy it is... However, even with max armor it still takes a lot of aggro, so I dropped the jump jets and added hardened armor. Will have 160+ shoulder armor and 200 center armor, once I get more patchwork I can add more armor. It just draws so much aggro!

[@albertko1]

Stone Rhino is just cool 😎

[@liljohn3877]

Just an FYI on the mech selection parts. It shows as 2(4)/6. The first number is the number of parts you have for the current specific model selection(ex; 2 Atlas-RS). The second number is the total number of generic model parts you have(ex; 4 Atlas parts). The last number is the total number of parts you need to have to construct the mech(6 Atlas parts to construct an Atlas) Unfortunately, nothing on the display says minimum number of parts to construct(I think you selected 3 or 4) Thanks for the great content.

[@robertstone3711]

You run well over hour on rogue tech why not here happy birthday BTW!

[@MrBrianHazard]

Hopefully he'll figure it out but he hit the caps lock button. It changes moves with the asd keys.

[@ptbrown121]

I know Atlas, but not Stone Rhino, but, after googling it, get the Stone Rhino

[@asmahasmalaria8596]

The Traitor is NOT a HOTIS questline, just a high reward quest. The only ones where you get hero mechs in Davion space are Bring Her Home (for the Victor) and The Conspirators (for the Rifleman).

[@doebeli1981]

Heavy Rifles are cheap allways avaiable and with that easy to upgrade. You like snipinig so its a worth a try. My King Krab with 4xHR one-shoted almost everything. Crazy Recoil but fun. Give it a go. You will like it.

[@AntExe-ey5my]

The Victor Mission line is "Bring Her Home". In case you want that mech.

[@TheToxicNomad]

it's way more in the galactic north from what I remember, so might be best to run some other quests from galaxy center in the meantime

[@mptesteroni]

@TheToxicNomad It's just East of where he starts this run. Starts at the FedSuns' Draconis March on Raman, and the last mission is slightly inside the Draconis Combine at Reisling's Planet.

[@manragon]

Don't fortet to upgrade your equipment especially the AMS so you get the higher tier ones

[@Bill53AD]

Atlas (inner sphere) is iconic, coming on the scene in 2755, Stone Rhino (Clan) didn't come until 2847.

[@slate613]

Guy from Midwinter Mini's has a 3D printed Atlas in Hero Scale for Warhammer 40K! It's nearly a foot tall and amazing! One of his mods made it for him.

[@madrush35]

@@slate613 i have done one at about 30 cms and in the processes of doing a 8 ft costume

[@Bill53AD]

@@slate613 I did a couple of 1:32 scale 3D prints as an experiment. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2TJnoaAo7-cnJo camera that was used was really poor quality

[@excessmaterial]

Not sure you really understand what "iconic" means. It has nothing to do with release year of a battlemech or comparing release years lol

[@plaguebearerbob8882]

The Atlas is far more iconic. The Stone Rhino is cool too but i don't think it has made as much impact either storywise or tabletop/game wise

[@Richy0326]

Hard to make an impact on the story when your commander won't let you move into the combat zone.

[@plaguebearerbob8882]

@@Richy0326 exactly! It could've been great! It could have been an overcosted waste! We will never know...

[@UberSprite]

I've played MW and BT since 1989, and never heard of a Stone Rhino until last week in your video... Maybe that's what happens when you step away for 15 years?

[@mptesteroni]

You probably knew it as the Behemoth (IS code name). It was the cover mech of TRO 3055 in 1992. www.sarna.net/wiki/File:TRO_3055.jpg

[@meeborggp9055]

Stone Rhino is a second line clan mech according to lore, so nothing important. In the game it is only efficient if you have all weapons at tier 5 because there are only 4 hardpoints.

[@meeborggp9055]

Ok, so the last mod-update gave the Stone Rhino a 3rd energy hardpoint in the center torso.

[@wulfwalker2514]

Just a thought. Why not take Hellcat parts and use it for missions that you might need a mech with a lower tonnage to round out a load and sell the Griffon?

[@darksuit9035]

lol i paused @ 30:36 (baras facial expression)

[@bigsarge2085]

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[@marksoler7338]

It's painful that you ignore pilot training and upgrades!

[@CAI8]

Do you think that a play through could be done choosing only a few pilots & planning out just a light to medium to heavy to assult mech progression & stick to just that? As if you were a pilot in your starter mech dreaming of what you would upgrade to whilst upgrading what you have as much as possible.

[@phelan_wolf5235]

Caps lock is what happened with your torso twist issue.

[@darkmoone9984]

Woohoo Mw5

[@BloodCrow93]

👍

[@robertstone3711]

Why not switch the tier 3 er medium laser in the madcat in your center torso for the tier 4 in the madcat right arm less chance of losing it!

[@trevorreniger5670]

Stone Rhino is cooler, but Atlas is more iconic. I'd still take the Rhino. 😂

[@Jay-ql4gp]

The Heavy Rifle would be good if the rof was actually decent. A Targeting Computer would make it better, but that's a lot of tonnage to make it worthwhile.

[@BeasantN]

Hi Baradul. I have a question please. I'm using the same mods as you but as of yet up at rep 10 I haven't seen one clan battle. Is there a special area that you need to go to or are they totally random?

[@Precursor99]

The "Advanced Career Start" mod gives you the option to select a Year in which you start. Clan Mechs wont show up until about 3048 which was the starting Year Baradul selected.

[@BeasantN]

@@Precursor99 Hi. I'm getting Clan Mechs in battles and for sale. I'm starting to get a dribble of clan kit in stores but no battles solely against Clans. I have that mod too so maybe I'll start over yet again using that date. Thanks for the reply.

[@RincetheWind]

While the Atlas is iconic, I would take a Nightstar over one 9 times out of 10.

[@bypass2054]

The atlas is the most iconic mech in the entire game. No way is the stone rhino more iconic.

[@FARBerserker]

Aren't you kinda close to Terra and isn't there a free pilot/mech there?

[@Coyotekins]

He is not exactly free. 5mil C-bills and also -rep with liao

[@victorlapin2080]

​@@Coyotekins who needs rep with Liao 😊

[@docthorr]

​@@Coyotekinshow do you get him ?

[@Coyotekins]

@@docthorr u gotta be rep lvl 8+ and go to terra.

[@docthorr]

@@Coyotekins there's a transmission there ?

[@xxgrimriverxx9845]

I really wish I could figure out why I get MASSIVE FPS drops to 5 FPS when mechs spawn or die but the game runs 60 FPS 2k on most high settings(RTX off) normally even during heavy fighting. Changing graphic settings doesnt stop the FPS drops and xenopax mods barely help, its just when mech spawn or die is the only issue. :/

[@MisterNi]

Most people don't know Clan 'mechs all that well. Of the Clan 'mechs I'd say the Mad Cat Mk. II and the Dire Wolf are probably the most famous. The Atlas is iconic because it was chronologically the first 100 ton Assault 'mech. In terms of lore, super heavy 'mechs came before 100 assault 'mechs, but in BattleTech lorecrafting, Kerensky coming up with the 100 ton Atlas assault 'mech came first. 🙂

[@ala5530]

MSK-6S Mackie: the first 100-ton 'mech

[@MisterNi]

@@ala5530 In terms of BattleTech lore yes, in terms of lorecrafting no, the Atlas was still first. Still though, the Mackie is still a very significant part of BattleTech lore though.

[@MisterNi]

@Shaun Templey I'm not sure why your reply isn't showing up but I'll just quote and reply to you this way: "Samuel Hwang The Mackie came out only after extensive contact with the Clans. In fact, about the time the Inner Sphere went after the Smoked Jaguar. They never figured out how to build and pilot the 100 ton Mechs, until the Atlas showed up and proved they were possible, even thought the plans for the Mackie were very old. The reason the Mackie were not attempted further, is due to such Mechs as the Victor." No, the Mackie is in fact the first 100 ton Assault 'Mech design IN BATTLETECH LORE. The person who replied to me, ala5530 is right about that, and the Star League Defense Force (SLDF) were the Star League, not the Clans back then. In terms of when that piece of lore was added to BattleTech in terms of when it was lorecrafted in, the Atlas was the first 100 ton Assault 'Mech. Much of this lore was being created not only at FASA for the technical data and the story lore were being added at certain social circles where people meet up to discuss such things such as Washington DC. That was the very early days of BattleTech when a lot of adults in DC considered BattleTech to be for "virgin space sci-fi nerds". A lot of non-nerdy people did in fact like BattleTech but wouldn't say so publicly due to the stigma associated with being a "tabletop nerd". As a result, a LOT and I mean a LOT of people went on a decades long evangelizing of BattleTech with various TV shows, video games, new game IP and culminating with a lot of at Microsoft also wanting to see BattleTech then MechWarrior also succeed. and also buying the IP to both outright. If a lot of people didn't really WANT BattleTech to succeed then it probably would've died off and faded away long ago, or maybe the Japanese would be trying to do something with the IP. A lot of us here in America wanted to keep BattleTech a distinctly American IP though as Japan does their own Mecha stuff their own way anyway. A lot of people however wanted to keep BattleTech uniquely American with of course influences from around the world as is the American Way.

[@excessmaterial]

Lol what? Entirely wrong. The two most well known clan mechs are without a doubt the Mad Cat/Timberwolf and the Mad Dog/Vulture. Like way more than the Dire Wolf. There are people who don't know jack shit about Mechwarrior that know about the previous two.

[@MisterNi]

@@excessmaterial Yes, because your random opinion is more worthwhile than someone's else. STFU and GTFO troll.

[@UberSprite]

@Baradul Can you turn on lights, switch mechs, turn on lights, switch mechs, turn on lights, switch mechs, turn on lights, switch mechs to original?

[@hgbugalou]

IMO insect walker mechs are always cooler than man-like bipedal mechs.

[@TheDashACorner]

Maybe I'm wrong here to ask this. But I saw you can buy Clan stuff in the shops. We reached 3050 now and can fight clans. But we are unable to buy clan stuff yet. Does this happen at a later date? We are also more or less using your mod list.

[@neerGdyahS]

Does he have a mod that changes how the missiles look? I hate the cartoony vanilla missiles.

[@hgbugalou]

Arrow Urbie? 🤣🤣🤣

[@mikewhitaker2880]

TBH i'm surprised quad mechs have yet to be coded in.. i can understand the reluctance to put them in MWO, but since MW5 is mostly single player, i don't see why not... specially since they added in other mechs they said would NEVER get added to MWO such as the Hatchetman... either way i had some fun times running a Sirocco quad mech on tabletop years ago.. was a challenge to run..

[@danielreader4814]

There is a Quad Mechs mod that adds the Revenant as a pilotable mech (I know its a drone but the mod makes it a mech), and it is probably my favourite light mech. The mod also adds the Scorpion but its a truly terrible mech, fun to meme with but otherwise a waste of tonnage

[@christianhennebold8274]

Markab Heromech?

[@Warhammer_Gaming797]

Day 2 of asking baradul to play mw4 mercs. Fun fact, Mw4 mercs has the stone rhino as a purchaseable mech. it also has the behemoth II, though non-cannon it has a hardpoint capable of mounting a railgun.

[@DougDibrimi]

I want you to know, your long-term use of the Mass Effect music built up in me and I ended up replaying ME1. And it's all your fault :P

[@maximilianschultz8244]

Awesome's are 80 tons. 95-tonners are more than Awesome.

[@MysteryMastery69]

Stone rhino looks imposing but isnt really worth it. Ill take an atlas over stone rhino any day.

[@Somesortadog]

In truth 31 episodes of just dakka is getting boring lol, I know he loves his ballistics but holy crap lol

[@Keldrynn]

ATLAS is more iconic