Massive Mod Finally Got Me Into Battletech.... Running a Full Merc Company

[@CaptainShack]

This is the kind of mod I live for. One that takes a game either I only played briefly. Or played for hours and moved away from only to have a mod fundamentally change the game in a way that makes me dive back into it Hard. Thank you mod authors. You rock.

[@CaptainShack]

@@sergioamendoeira6795 I've been told this. Do BTA first then jump into Roguetech. Its my on list of mods to check out! :D

[@joelcox5801]

@@CaptainShack From what I've observed Roguetech is a mod equivalent of throwing something at the wall and seeing whether or not it sticks, wholly unbalanced.

[@taranwright3493]

The performance of Roguetech is pretty bad too. I like it, but man does it run like shit after an hour of play

[@randlebrowne2048]

You probably should have used that fast vtol transport to hit those truck from behind.

[@merlockqueen4137]

Came here from the BTA community glad youre enjoying it!

[@realbloodydoves]

Hi, Captain Shack! Glad to see you're enjoying BTA. Wanted to respond to a few things you mentioned earlier in the video (don't have time to watch the entire video, just commenting on what I can): -You mentioned wanting true blue infantry platoons. Right now, that's semi-possible, but not in a way that plays well or looks good. Additionally, I've been unable to really determine a good role for true infantry on the BTA battlefield. However, it's something I've always got on my mind and may come to BTA one day if something good crops up to represent them with and if a good role for them can be found. -Performance is always on our mind and we try to incorporate performance gains wherever we can, whenever we can. As to the general slower speed of gameplay, yeah, that's just kind of a consequence of BTA being a much bigger game and experience than vanilla HBS BT. Comes with the territory. -BA with Claws: there are two kinds of BA, BA with Battle Claws and BA with Mag Clamps. Battle Claw BA can swarm enemies and tear them up. Mag Clamp BA cannot swarm, but they can still ride on friendly units. The trade-off is that generally Mag Clamp BA carry much much heavier firepower than Battle Claw BA. Your BA are all claw BA, I believe. -The reason why it tabbed off your Locust when you hit Careful Maneuvers is a base game "bug" (really, an unexpected behavior because the base game never had anything like Careful Maneuvers) where the game went "you used an ability, you ended your turn" and swapped to your next unit even though Careful Maneuvers doesn't actually end your turn. The game has no way to realize that and so tabs you to the next guy. Harmless bug, just mildly annoying, doesn't happen in combat.

[@Wulfbanes]

^ This guy (BD) is the modpack developer.

[@DoHi37]

BD is the voice of an excellent mod team... And what a voice it is...

[@b1ackbishop382]

​@@Wulfbanes Wulfbanes, again in the YT chats! You are supposed to be in my squad as my fire support specialist! Nice to see the BT community actively around. PS for those that don't know: Wulfbanes is one of the many great BT supporters. As such, you get to see him and hire him as a pilot in BTA. Really cool.

[@danilooliveira6580]

the only way I see infantry making sense is the same way that in the novels, they are there for missions mechs are not equipped to do, like assaulting a compound that you don't want to raze or if you need to rescue someone from inside it. or, of course, for security. so the only way I see it working is if you design missions that can only be completed if you have infantry. you could also have events that give you a different option if you have infantry. on that note, if its even remotely possible to add requirements for missions before you start them (like you can only do this mission if you have an aerospace fighter, BA or infantry), it would be pretty fun if you had some special requirements like you can only complete a mission if you have a mech with hands. like you are required to recover some piece of equipment, but to carry that equipment you need a mech with hands.

[@Strill_]

Infantry are defensive ambushers, and are hard to deal with in urban environments. Therefore Infantry would need ambush missions, or chokepoint defense missions, or urban extraction missions.

[@ovaldreamx4397]

Yay! The immersion level in that mod is amazing. It's also fun finding professor Tex and all the characters he voices. Looking forward for a series on this!!

[@CaptainShack]

He has more than one character? Muhahaha Awesome.

[@Blazeskorchblue]

Where do you find him? Or is it random chance

[@PeferG17]

@@CaptainShack Grandpa Tex is hilarious...

[@avsbes98]

@@CaptainShack You have to play with Grampa Tex for a bit. He's amazing :)

[@Marinealver]

Shack: I have a mission to destroy the convoy! Shack* gets distracted by the escorts. Shack: How did the convoy get away?

[@dphalanx7465]

WoW. Seriously?

[@nanObytez-kb5ru]

I wanted to yell at him so badly! He always makes me want to yell at him whenever he plays a turn-based tactics game

[@Caitlyn3000]

Just wanted to say that this is the video that introduced me to Battletech and, months later, I'm running my own mercenary company. So, thanks Captain.

[@jaxartes7704]

Some general advice here. 1. After picking "Move" destination, as you're adjusting the direction you want to face, the color of the cone for firing arc indicates the optimal range of weapons you've got mounted on the mech. The more opaque, the more of your weapons are in optimal range. 2. Keep in mind that mechs with more than 1 type of ammo on board get to switch it during mission by clicking on the type of ammo you've got loaded. Same thing with firing mode - if you're in a pinch and are willing to risk damaging a module, you can for example unload LRMs at close range with decent accuracy. 3. You might consider dropping the jump jets. They're a good idea in theory, but in practice unless I'm playing on heavily forrested or mountainous terrain, they end up being wasted tonnage most of the time. 4. Machine guns have extra damage vs battle armor. Use this knowledge as you see fit. 5. Running missions for Local Government doesn't give you faction reputation. Locals and Independents, always first in line to get screwed. 6. That poor Shadow Hawk with a single SRM 4 and 4 tons of SRM ammo... "Look how they massacred my boy"...

[@colby1398]

I wish Shadow Hawks were good. But even in the tabletop if you do the math they end up C-tier at best. Which is a shame

[@derkylos]

@@colby1398 Some variants are good. Sure, the 2H is kind of sucky because it tries to do everything well and is missing 2 jump jets, but even just rolling back to the 2Hb is pretty good (I mean, anything with an LB 10-X tends to do quite well...) and anything 5 or later is a pretty solid medium (mainly because they added the missing jump jets, allowing it to actually fulfill a medium's role, rather than being a lightly armoured and armed assault...)

[@Vipre-]

Hadn't realized BTA had addressed one of my main pet peeves with the game, mech scale relative to environment. Nice.

[@Musabre]

That change is really nice, still not used to it myself. Keep guffawing when i realise how big stuff is next to my mechs haha. It was much needed.

[@colbyboucher6391]

Yeah, something that eternally frustrates me is that BattleMechs are canonically about 10m tall average (that was definitely the intent of it's creators), yet artists love to make them comically huge all the time and even stuff that _should be_ more accurate isn't sometimes. In Decision at Thunder Rift even an Atlas is like 13m tall. Cockpits are usually described as very cramped (except for when someone's been smoking too much and draws one with storage chests and a toilet inside...) One "level" in tabletop is six feet and trees are two levels tall, they act as cover for your entire mech, so... Thankfully Catalyst Game Labs released an official scale chart (hard to find online though) and they're being conservative as well.

[@sebastianayala5143]

​@@colbyboucher6391 Thanks fot this informative post. I have read Decision at Thunder Rift, but I cannot remember the mention to the size of the Atlas. Could you please help me to find the source? I'm thinking very deeply on this matter and I pleease request your help if you don't mind

[@colbyboucher6391]

@@sebastianayala5143 ...Honestly I was talking out of my ass a bit when I wrote this. There isn't even an Atlas in Thunder Rift. I was probably remembering that in the prologue at the start of the book mechs are described as "ten to twelve meters tall". The 13 meters figure apparently came out of Shrapnel Magazine somewhere but I only know that because some people on forums said as much. Supposedly the Vindicator is _nine_ meters tall in one of the novels. Something much more modern is an official scale chart that Catalyst Game Labs released in one of their Kickstarters, there isn't much about it online. In that the Atlas is nearly 15 meters, which believe it or not is bringing things back to a more conservative scale (Everything kept getting bigger over time). On the same chart the Phoenix Hawk is 11.7.

[@ARescueToaster]

​@@colbyboucher6391 KZbin doesn't allow linking websites apparently, but there's a scale chart / poster. If you Google: "CLAN INVASION KS POSTER- RECOGNITION GUIDE/SCALE GUIDE" it'll be the first hit from Fortress Miniatures

[@ovaldreamx4397]

In my headcannon, the Locust not only goes zoom but it can crouch almost down to the ground, making it have roughly the same profile of a tank. That way it can use a lot more things as cover than most other mechs. So locust be zooming from cover to cover and be as anoying as only a locust could be.

[@CaptainShack]

I love this idea. Talk about low profile or having an odd ball way of dodging.

[@PeferG17]

In the lore mechs can crouch and even climb things

[@Troubleshooter11]

Not only headcannon, but cannon. In the first couple of Battletech novels (the grey death legion trilogy) they describe several examples of a Locust crouching to make itself a small target.

[@Carnefice]

Canon

[@colby1398]

In the tabletop, Locusts only take up half a slot in a dropship, making them extremely efficient scouting lances. It only takes 2 of your 12 slots to bring 4 Locust. The rest can then be heavier.

[@williamy3947]

OMFG THIS IS THE MOD I'VE BEEN WAITING MY WHOLE BTECH LIFE FOR!!!! My last btech run was with Mission Control (bring 2 lances) and the other major mods adding the Clans and later era tech. My god, i get to relive my megamek days of tooling about with Mechs, armor, BA, aerospace, and squishies all at the same time *tear falls from eye*

[@obeastness]

pretty cool mod, you might like MechHQ, it's a free game that is highly customizable, it uses the core battletech rules, with tons of optional rules and house rules to use, there is no limit to how large of a force you want to command, of course it doesn't have the visuals that this game has, but I really like it at least.

[@henrycarlson7514]

MechHq ? Thank You

[@Krieg8418]

I play Roguetech myself, but still awesome to see you cover this game. Would love to see it as a series.

[@jonwest776]

Yeah I play Roguetech. I think it's better mod, but will watch how Mr. Shack gets on with this.

[@TimberWulfIsHere]

​@@jonwest776 rougetech runs worse than this mod tho

[@kettelbe]

@@TimberWulfIsHere wich one is better, running problems aside? thanks!

[@TimberWulfIsHere]

@@kettelbe bt advanced plays more like the og game but with more content while roguetech has a bit more content but skill trees and all that have been completely reworked.

[@jonwest776]

@@TimberWulfIsHere It takes ages to load up on my machine, there's some database optimization definitely needed.

[@callsignenterprise6895]

"I only have 10 shots with my AC20. This is why I want to swap out to AC2'" Said no one ever. :P

[@WickedPrince3D]

Well to be fair, I'd trade the AC20 for any other AC. Sure it's less damage per round, but battles usually take more than the 8-10 rounds you get per ton of AC20 ammo, and then what are you fighting with? Additionally, even the AC10 has almost twice the range, so you start firing at the enemy a lot sooner and have more shot options throughout the battle. One of my career runs I built a King Crab with an Ultra AC10 and a Gauss Rifle. That was devastating.

[@finncampbell4662]

A series on this mod would be so sick. This is my favorite BattleTech mod

[@DestinyTerraria]

You can check out prominent Battletech youtubers like Baradul who's done multiple series on BTA over the years. Granted, he's moved onto other things now but they are nice!

[@finncampbell4662]

@@DestinyTerraria oh I’m already a Baradul fan lol

[@thomasneal9291]

@@DestinyTerraria Bara hasn't done BTA in a year. there is a LOT of content that has changed since he last did it.

[@jaffarebellion292]

Looks like Battletech's very own Long War mod. I'm gonna have to finally bite the bullet and give it a shot. Excellent mod coverage as always.

[@Musabre]

Ooo good reference. Definitely fits in alongside XCOM Long War, in terms of game style.

[@hannibalb8070]

Sold

[@henrycarlson7514]

@@Musabre What is Xcom Long War?

[@Musabre]

@@henrycarlson7514 A quick google and wickipedia read will inform you ALL you need to know :)

[@rpgmaniac420]

I love both the BTA and roguetech mods, so glad to see you give BTA 3062 a try, its the most "balance for fun" of the 2. Hope this becomes a long running series!

[@polyquaternium7]

another tip, physical combat ignores evasion and if you kick you can use all your weapon arm weapon mounts at the same time. The best way to deal with quick vehicles

[@spacedoutchimp4454]

Started playing MW5 and i see why you like the locust.

[@Syenthros]

Oh HELL YEAH! People rave about how awesome RogueTech is, but for me Advanced 3062 is peak Battletech CRPG.

[@thomasneal9291]

I've always hated roguetech. I keep trying it every few months or so, and keep gong back to 3062. main problem is that RT makes zero attempt at balancing all the random crap they keep throwing into it.

[@a.N.....]

in every sci fi premise Detroit is till dangerous, love it.

[@Oblivius33]

I'll warn those that might be interested. This game is made in Unity, it's code is made of dried up noodles and they get loose as you play it. Memory leaks are a thing and they will slow down your loading and actions unless you have a beef of an SSD. I can't play it for more then two or three missions before my pc begins to choke. It's not a problem with the mod, the mod tries what it can to fix it, but with all the content they added it swings right back into a code noodle soup. It's still probably the best Battletech game and mod at the moment, there's also Roguetech but boy that one is on yet another level.

[@MrTroch22]

The biggest problem with this game and mod is its gameplay. It's just to slow, every mission takes forever no matter how good your PC is.

[@OrionTheta1]

You know it is bad when BattleMechs can't even kill a "Flatbed Truck" fcol!

[@Chromehounds96]

To be fair, even in vanilla, there are a lot of options to speed up the gameplay, like skipping the movement cinematics, and speeding up enemy turns. The game can still be a bit slow, but it is more than twice as fast with the options set

[@WandererJester]

@@OrionTheta1it’s more hitting the target. Scrub pilots aren’t good at hitting things and some weapons are better than others. Plus melee exists

[@lycwydthoughts4640]

Huh? The missions don't take long at all lol.

[@artosbear]

God Mechwarrior 5 has the same problem with its NPC allies. You're just like how do you miss everything. Why are you walking at half speed. Why are you moving at all when I told you to hold in place. WHAT ARE YOU DOING

[@chonky2129]

This video should be the standard search result for anyone looking for an overview of this mod overhaul. Good job dude

[@MN-vz8qm]

... Biome filter is used to select a biome your company is adapted to.. for example, if your mechs have heat issues (tons of lasers of example) you would love cold environment

[@jdavidaiken]

This is the correct answer to the map filter question at 3:00

[@HalIOfFamer]

Good tip to improve action economy is to remove metal from the board. This makes it even more table top accurate. In TT you wanna preferably kill off crippled mechs instead of focusing on others because of how the initiative works there. In this game you wanna kill off enemies because the rounds will go by faster :D

[@colby1398]

Yeah, allowing your opponent to use their crippled mech as an initiative sink is a big mistake. Kill it and force them to activate other mechs before you, so that you get to respond.

[@jawwer00]

Not gonna Lie, I discovered Battletech as a franchise through a youtuber I like, and since those few months, I've fallen down the rabbit hole hard (at least when it comes to the video games and fiction sides of it) so this becoming a series on the channel would be excellently timed as far as I'm concerned.

[@dragon10449]

If you haven't checked them out already, I highly recommend Tex from TheBlackPantsLegion and Baradul. Tex (who is the voice of the character Tex in this video) has imo the best lore videos on mechwarrior in terms of entertainment and dedication to quality (the only downside is the long wait between videos, but u can't rush perfection and its always worth the wait), plus his voice just is perfect for listening to lore dump videos lol. Baradul has a TON of gameplay content for Mechwarrior Online, Mechwarrior 5, and Battletech (lots for the mod Roguetech). Easily imo the best channel for gameplay of those games as he is both entertaining and knowledgeable about the lore. Oh and definitely check out the Hired Steel animated series by TMC. AMAZING production and animation quality with serious attention to detail. Plus both Tex and Baradul are voice actors in it too

[@jawwer00]

@@dragon10449 I'm deep enough to know these youtubers . Can't wait for the Hunchback video Thanks for the detailed rundown and recommendation tho.

[@TempestsFist]

I've been looking forward to you playing this game for SO long shack. I hope you end up loving it as much as I do!

[@johnprzygocki95]

I am still just playing Vanilla, but excited that this will take me even further. Just awesome work !!!

[@GettinReal]

One of my few favourite games ever over the past five years. Errr, with Battletech Advanced 3060? mod and on sale was better after a shakey launch. It was one of those few games that definitely earns the " Just... One... More... Turn!!!" Titles haha! Can't wait to fire up the game and see the new features of the mod. Thanks for the video and link!

[@R3C0N1225]

Hey Shack, Longtime Battletech lover, I'd love for you to continue this series. I play RogueTech myself and it's probably my favorite game I've played, the depth of these mods is crazy. Anyways keep up the great content, enjoy.

[@Desu-Desu-Chan-San]

Just an aside, at 24:22 you wanted to spint and were confused as to why you went less than you would if you normal moved. The reason why is sprinting consumes about 50% movement points, also gives you a gain of about five points of heat, but you also gain the Evasive bonus which is +50% to attack evasion on top of increased range. Evasive decreases the chance to be hit by ranged attacks by 10% for each cheveron you get.

[@ghriszlybare2547]

Im so happy to find a fellow locust enjoyer! My friends hate me in MWO in the 1E. I can take on just about anything 1v1

[@kanpai44]

Please make this a series on the channel!!!! This sounds incredible!

[@Troubleshooter11]

I second this suggestion.

[@timmyjenkins2864]

The mod community took this game in their arms when HBS was done with it. Thank fucking god for the mod team.

[@Syenthros]

It's a shame HBS is basically gone and we'll very likely never get a sequel to this gem. Maybe one day...

[@cutestproductions8252]

Shack MWO gives you artillery and air strikes but they do cost the mighty c-bill

[@Brigand231]

Thanks for highlighting this one, I might just have to give it a try!

[@vralingfrostmere1561]

mechwarrior 5 mercenaries lets you call in air strikes but you have to use negotiation points to get them

[@bladeviridian7853]

More Battletech from Shack is something i wouldn't mind seeing.

[@eddapultstab2078]

I just showed up and liked and subscribed because you had me at "the locust is my favorite mech" mad respect for that. Although I love the locust alot but I have fallen for the champion, all though its made by the same company as the locust though.

[@therealshadow99]

As someone with 900+ hours in BT... Especially at lower levels you bring mediums and slower vehicles with heavy weapons to block enemy fighters, and throw everything fast at the cargo carriers. Otherwise they cargo gets away and you get hammered for nothing. Also I usually only have one or two 'blockers' and let everything else go for the win. You can clean up the fighters after.

[@dankjenna590]

I have put about 500 hours into BTA myself and still am quite far from having enjoyed the full spectrum of the new content. It's amazing to see you spreading the word of how amazing it really can be.

[@starwolf99]

You need to concentrate fire on one side. Every time you change sides, you hit fresh armor.

[@iain-duncan]

This mod is incredible! Once I downloaded it, I added another 300 hours to the game.

[@jameskirkland3187]

Here to suggest music from stringstorm Blood and Cred a Battletech themed piece about a mercenary commander who wants his pay Wings of Rage a 40k themed piece about Imperial air superiority That's it.

[@PeferG17]

Hey man I'm so glad you like it, you should reach out to Bloody Doves the mod maker, he and his team are awesome people and doves streams a bit so that would be cool

[@thomasneal9291]

he replied upthread.

[@PeferG17]

@@thomasneal9291 Thanks for the heads up

[@MrMoli192]

Make sure Tex doesnt get hurt or his Clanner wife is gonna come after you!

[@ZombieKilla786]

This is so cool!!! I’d love to see further videos of gameplay!

[@Berathan-dnd]

Mech Commander 2 had some vehicles and airstrike call downs. You could call in fixed artillery and scout VTLO. Also field salvage craft that could put a makeshift cockpit into a downed mech so you could walk it off the battlefield.

[@elleeVee]

its seriously one of the best game mods of all time

[@OnyxheartWolf]

Shack the entire time those trucks were running away: "IT'S MY MONEY, AND I WANT IT NOW!"

[@adiuntesserande6893]

This sounds like it was made by people who actually know both the tabletop game and its storyline. I need to play this!

[@urfaes6878]

I filter by biome for those exact reasons. Lunar, desert and martian means I have heat management issues. Also, there's no cover, which compounds the heat management issue. I'll take urban or tundra any day.

[@majesticturtle7037]

hell yeah TEX as pilot!! legendary!

[@Xenozoology]

Imagine a massive online mech shooter game where players choose between factions to have an all out interstellar war over dozens if not hundreds of planets, systems, stations, asteroids or moons.

[@mranderson9553]

pravus and xp both doing a battletech video in short succession with little to no warning, when did i die and go to heaven

[@matthewkeebler2326]

Detroit? You'll come back from the mission with your ship on blocks with the engine missing... LOL

[@clauvyuga]

You could hire aerospace units in MW2 Mercs iirc, but that shit was broooken as heck.

[@wagonmaker5509]

with your BA's you should give the pilot sensor lock ASAP!!! then use them to sensor lock light mechs to the point that your mechs/tanks can destroy them. this is very important if your fighting Clans as even there medium and heavy mechs build up negatives to be hit, sensor locking them removes those bonuses they get making it easier for your mechs to destroy them.

[@martenkahr3365]

Yeah, those Burro Flatbeds are tricky like that in the early game. No real guns, but they're quick enough to build up decent evasion as they rush the exit, and they have a good amount of armor spread all around, so chipping them to death with LRM and SRM spam is much harder than getting in a decisive kick or AC20 round. If they're getting that close to the exit, you really do need to prioritise them, even if it means showing your back to the "real threats" for a turn or two. At that level, enemy pilots thankfully aren't good enough to reliably hit you, even in the back, as long as you build up some evasion on your turn.

[@riptors9777]

Sometimes the game will put you far behind the convoy.. wich basically makes it impossible to win the mission even if you have speedy mediums and lights. Had me one of those and one convoy vehicle reached the pickup point 1 turn before the others would have.. wich meant i had no chance of reaching it before the pickup.. it was the only vee getting away but still lost the entire mission.. bummer.

[@Bigboy_smooth]

Love this mod,definitely a good middle ground between roguetech and the base game

[@thomasneal9291]

it's better than RT by far frankly. RT just randomly adds absolute crap in, and wayyyyy too much of it.

[@tyriaelsoban8909]

I had the same problem, i can't get into the base game long enough to finish it but BTA keeps me coming back again and again, i've logged over 800 hours on BTA (mostly because my old pc was hot garbage and took forever to load anything) Also, those Hunter tanks ... they make fantastic run and gun scouts :D

[@RainbowFish-]

Have not played in long while but I cringed watching those trucks escape. I now want to play again with fresh career start, 1.Always go heavy. 2. Don't chase shiny objects and stay on mission. Gaining reputation with 100% mission success is more rewarding with faction. 3. Stick together and coordinate all attacks and focus fire on single target if allowable. 4. Target the the same side/ arm on single side of mech to weaken the enemy mech with all your mechs. 5. The green circles give cover and better to move on each turn to gain entrenchment. 6. Gunner/Entrenchment or Bulwark best 1-2 combo for skill IMO. The pilot is also good for movement after firing weapons.

[@dmcon222]

I would drop done to an AC-10 or LBX-10 over AC-2's

[@samuelroberts8509]

I would love to see you do a series on this.

[@TheKeyser94]

It would be a long series, every-time that you do a mission you need to take a break, and salvage better mechs for the next battle, because this game is not forgiving when it comes to later battles, where you are out numbers and out matched by firepower, they can turn you to shreds, if you began to find heavy mechs, medium, assault and heavy, and when you do that, the best strategy to salvage is either shot at the legs and if you cant do that, put at the side of the mech and fired, there is a chance that most missiles hit the head, giving you three pieces of salvage.

[@KawaiiSoulB42]

battle tech will be my favorite even vanilla. reminds me of front mission 4

[@babarbillal]

love this game. would love a full playthough

[@generalCraftworld]

is this where we make shack aware for the shadowhawk LAM (land air mech)

[@arkenfrost2914]

The Roguetech mod is like this one, but adds the clans, clan tech, clan mechs ex. So much fun.

[@ironroad2152]

BTA has the Clans as well, he just started in the side without them. You can even do a "Clan start" still a Merc company but you get a Clan mech and start in Clan space.

[@thomasneal9291]

this has clans too. it DOESN'T have friggen transformers in it though...

[@peterkallend5012]

The whole point of escorts is to distract from the valuable asset. The escorts succeeded in their task because they got you to concentrate your fire on them instead of on the convoy. The convoy it's made up of VEHICLES, which are vulnerable to melee attacks from 'mechs. Use your 'mech melee against them, not ranged weaponry. After the primary objective is dealt with, then deal with the escort units.

[@MrClassicor]

Ha, this is fun, you started ingame on my birthday :D In over a thousand years, sure, but horray for July 21st :D

[@K3flyn]

Filtering by biome is done if you specialize your company towards fighting in hot or cold environments for example.

[@ilanberci]

First time I saw a player take a Locust into Melee unforced!

[@Wolf-ln1ml]

You can't call in air strikes in MegaMek - you instead control the aerospace (or conventional) fighters yourself. Want to bomb a certain target? You might have to fly off the battlefield since you're not lined up properly (and wait for it to come back, depending on how fast it was when it flew off), and your fighter can be shot at by the enemy (harder to hit though due to the speed involved), but if you _do_ land a good strike, one or two good fighters can turn a battle around due to their ability to strike "behind the lines" - or _from_ behind of course, depending on your approach 😁

[@TheKeyser94]

Because they are forbidden, orbital strikes and nuclear weapons are forbidden in this galaxy, that is basically a post apocalyptic wasteland with the remaining royal houses fighting for the crumbs.

[@Jesse_IDG]

That title sounds hella interresting. But the acronym for that merc company name might raise some eyebrows among the more "ancient earth history" aware spacedwellers

[@thunder_chunder6491]

I love this mod, HBS BattleTech is a good game.... but BTA 3062 is amazing.

[@robocop1279]

I would love this as a series

[@landenmorton4543]

This looks right up my alley

[@elchjol2777]

Those were some surprising heavily armored flat beds.

[@StrayNickel]

Absolutely catastrophic to find yourself in orbit of Detroit

[@shadewolf0075]

1:20 I mean it’s a decent scout mech and my favorite target practice dummy for Marauder and warhammer

[@derpmaster9430]

This could make a great narrative series.

[@thesolarcrook7153]

I would love to see you do an actual series starting with this mod

[@ultrafusion4927]

Hey shack did you know you can garrison battle armor into buildings? Cool fact I learned reading bta's wiki!

[@harouki]

The main problem I have with Battletech and Mechwarrior 5 for that matter, is that the travel time makes me feel like I’ll miss out on things in the main story and just gives me useless anxiety

[@Vynirian]

At least with mw5 the only time sensitive thing (afaik, been a bit) is the kestrel lancers campaign, which you get several heads up messages and instant and paid-for travel to start it.

[@Njordin2010]

There is nothing time sensitive in both games especially with mods (except 1 mission)

[@Syco108]

Looks fun. Wish I didn't have so much on my plate already

[@triniton8262]

Mech commander did have air and artillery strikes if I remember correctly. or maybe it was a mod, it's been few years since I played MC2.

[@FrozenMurican]

The MekHQ application allows you to run a full simulation of a mech company, down to infantry in apcs, tanks, and even space combat between frigates and starfighters if you so desire, and you can play as house/clan forces, not just mercs. It is, however, very very complicated, more of a hearts of iron to battle techs age of empires, especially the setup. also graphically its quite meh. but the depth is unmatched in battletech combat. it is tabletop rules though, so things die very very fast compared to any of the digital entries of the franchise. there is an amazing satisfaction in scrambling to rescue your ejected pilots in the middle of big stompy fights in an urban center

[@Grimfanden]

I bought the game, and i love the verse ... Almost not played it. Now i must try it agein.

[@stochastic42]

at 5:40 you have a single SRM 4 with 4 tons of ammo. 1/2 ton of ammo would have been enough. Better yet drop 3t ammo for a SRM 6.

[@MegaRazorback]

The VTOL you're thinking of in MW5 is called the Igor but thank god it actually doesn't exist in the lore given that the ONLY game it's ever been in is MW5 and there's never been any mention of a superheavy VOTL of that design anywhere in any of the other games or even any of the books, nor does it have and specs listed on sarna either so it's treated as a non-canonical VTOL. It's only in MW5 to provide a heavier hitting VTOL that supplements the lighter heli's in game.

[@rileylupo7878]

I wish you had infantry like commandos and they could take over structures like laser turrets, ALSO Mechassault was an awesome game, I still play 1+2 on my X-box

[@nick84788]

Was booting up BTA 3062 as I saw your video. I need to find Grandpa Tex...

[@kaseknife8740]

LETS GOOO!!!!! THAT MOD IS AMAZING!!!

[@nickybesters]

Looks awesome! However, in Steam there's no mention of the BTA3062 mod, just the DLC packs like Heavy Metal, Urban Warfare, Flashpoint etc.

[@Njordin2010]

It has its own website and launcher

[@TheGiggityG]

One of the best mods for the game.

[@Drax514]

Bro you need to do a whole video series on a career for this, or Mechwarrior 5 with mods. Please. For the love of Mecha.

[@davegreenwood2643]

I want a Battletech game that is more MMO based. Not an MMO, maybe some PvP and or Co-Op. But a game that lets me effect the universe on masses. Want to take over and planet for X from Y it happens. Huge campaign till it happens or fails. Opened ended as hell, with maybe no real ending. Basically a table top that will never end! But it is your universe.

[@MartyrPandaGaming]

The best you can get is something on the scale of main story of this game. The lore already has major events played out well in to the 3100s. It would have to take place at some point after that. You couldn't even get a game set in the Deep Periphery at any time before that, because you wouldn't get the "universe on masses" effect you want to experience. I'm not saying this to deminish you; you would be better off creating your own story. I, genuinely and earnestly, encourage that as well. Plan it out and then start working on a game for it. Make the games you want to play. It's what I have been doing myself.

[@williamchamberlain2263]

4:35 and then it turns out that the other guy has a Rifleman or Jaegermech...

[@DIEGhostfish]

I played Roguetech for a bit but the Devs' attitude just killed it.

[@thomasneal9291]

it's way more than just the dev's tude; they have filled it with crap like transformers now. it's just ridiculous.

[@Njordin2010]

​@@thomasneal9291 why 1000 comments about the same thing? Btw you can disable many things from RT

[@colby1398]

Yeah, the Rougetech devs are asshats

[@mickthick6170]

Classic Battletech ost being ballin asf

[@dragoon347]

Funny that the tex shows up on ur playthrough

[@228R_LavaDa1shi]

why?

[@dragoon347]

@@228R_LavaDa1shi just cause I never thought that an old utuber would make it into an established ones repertoire

[@thomasneal9291]

@@dragoon347 his voiceset he personally did for BTA.