Mechabellum - One Tech to Win Games

I'm drn and this is our third game in this week's tournament. It's a great game with some good back and forth, but one choice will define who wins and who loses. Hopefully it's us, but if not we'll learn!
Hope you enjoy watching as always. Anything you think I've done wrong or could do better please let me know, I'm always looking to improve both my gameplay and the video quality. Thanks again for watching!
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[@Nushnark]

Nice little editing gag at 3:27, that one gave me a good chuckle.

[@Drone_101]

Haha, always try and sneak one or two in! There's a fine balance making them not feel out of place but still stand out for people who'll appreciate them. Thanks for noticing!

[@craigpriestley7990]

Good match! I dont think I build melters often enough. They answer giants really well and have very strong tech. I just keep having to deal with boats! Which i guess melters take down pretty well. GG drn!

[@Drone_101]

Thanks! Was a fun game! Melters are good so long as you can stay on top of the chaff battle, if they get Crawlers all the way up to their feet it's over and the MP will die to any other carry in the game. What they excel at is rapidly killing tough units and popping shields so here it wasn't the ideal choice really but their range is respectable and their health is decent too so you can make them work in lots of situations which makes them a fairly reliable game ending unit, if and only if, you can clear or out last your opponents chaff!

[@Drone_101]

What a noob! He talks about how important Mobile Beacon is less than a minute in then doesn't buy it until 11 minutes!

[@_DarkEmperor]

1:29 quoting Stalin.

[@Drone_101]

The quote is oft attributed to him but its exact origin is uncertain as there is no record of him actually saying it. It does rather capture the essence of the Soviet Union's ability to produce a vast quantity of equipment in WWII, even if the quality wasn't always the best which is why the association has stuck. Have a great day and thank you for watching!

[@sensha5470]

I think the melting point was a mistake. Four pheonix are the right pick there every day of the week even if he didn't have giant hunter.

[@Drone_101]

Yeah, in reflection you're probably right. Kind of the same argument that Enhancement Module on the Giant Hunter turn was probably the objectively better choice that early in the game in terms of economic benefit. Sometimes I'll try different things to test them out, I wont pick terrible things but if it's in the top two of the choices offered I think it's reasonable to spread out a little. Plus I just think Melting Points are neat! Don't like running both Sniper and Phoenix at the same time, but of course I could've just sold the Snipers or ignored them and never teched them up. Hope you'll forgive small miss plays but do keep letting me know when I make them so we can all learn and improve, thanks!

[@sensha5470]

@@Drone_101 Hey, you're still miles better than me. I make my comments with the benefit of hindsight which you don't have while playing lol. I personally love giant hunter for how it controls a game. Giant hunter massively changes how the lategame plays out and makes it more tech-based and spammy, which I personally find to be more fun than the transition to giant-centric play. The melting point wasn't necessarily a *terrible* option either, the pheonix are just so much better than any other unit in that scenario. The melting point really only answered the vulcan, it didn't gain a secondary use until you got crawler production. The pheonix chew up the vulcan almost as easily, fight decently into the opponets inevitable pheonix pick of their own, and are waay better generalists. I could be overestimating them, since the pheonix is one of my goto units for a backline carry, and having them and snipers overlapping roles does suck, but 4 pheonix is just too good to pass up. Doubly so in the scenario where there really isn't much for the MP to actually do.

[@fisheatcorn]

If you skip the save replay but view battlefield, you can still save replay by going into the menu.

[@Drone_101]

Oh thanks but I don't record from replay files. Prefer recording live gameplay because I think it's far more interesting when both the viewer and I don't know what's going to happen! I used to use OBS to record but was getting some stuttering and dropped frames in late game rounds, so I switched over to nvidia's Shadowplay, but the longest it lets you record for is 20 minutes at a time. Which is normally enough but on the longer games (usually the most fun ones!) it sometimes isn't quite enough so I lose the first minute or two of footage if I'm not careful and watching the clock. It's totally my fault and something I should be more vigilant at paying attention to. Just a lot going on all at once and trying to be informative and at least mildly entertaining at the same time as playing a tourney game and giving it my all can be overwhelming at times. Sorry if the lost footage is annoying, I'm doing my best and hopefully slowly getting better at it!

[@DylanDarkWorld2]

Play the new survival and maybe upload a video of one! It’s definitely a good time 🔥

[@Drone_101]

Oh I totally have! The giant Crawlers and Snipers are so much fun! I've unlocked them all but haven't beaten Insane IV yet, my favourite strat is massed carry Crawlers which doesn't really suit recording videos of 3 fps gameplay :D maybe when I get a new CPU and can at least hit closer to 30 with all the madness going on it'll be more watchable!

[@paulocosta6401]

"**Mechabellum** is a **masterpiece of strategy and action**. The mix of **customizable mechs**, **intense battles**, and **well-designed maps** creates an addictive experience. The graphics are **stunning**, and the in-game **tournament system** adds a competitive edge. At **$14.99**, it's an **unbeatable deal**. Get ready to command your mechs and dominate the battlefield! 🚀🤖🔥"

[@Drone_101]

Found the dev's youtube account! :D

[@ianstandardYT]

Clean! *Spoilers* .(Does this even work?) . . . Red clicked themselves out of this I felt. Your decisions were solid but you called out their redundant single-target attack with the mm and phones. I wonder how this game goes if they got steel balls as you predicted, assuming they have mechanical division. Well-played!

[@Drone_101]

Yeah, we both made mistakes in hindsight - his overlapping Phoenix+Sniper, then both my EMP Techs didn't do much all game. Will admit I picked the first one assuming he'd take the Steelballs into the Tank+MP opponent don't know why I doubled down so hard, think maybe to "turn off" the stormcallers but that was never going to happen unless everything else was gone.

[@Stormwern]

I was going to pick this up but I saw it was being review bombed on steam, what's going on?

[@Drone_101]

Oh don't worry about that, it's still a great game! In January they added the Free Unit cards at the start of about 1 in 3 rounds. Some people really didn't like the change as it gave too much power too fast and added a degree of RNG to the game, but they've toned the cards down a lot since and tbh the game needed more catch up mechanics or people will just play the same cookie cutter net builds over and over endlessly. The Free Unit cards actually raised the skill ceiling because there's a lot of nuance to which ones you pick vs what your opponent does, but it does lead to some feels bad moments from time to time where all four cards are bad for you but great for your opponent. Part of the game though and they do help mix things up and let you play high level units that you'd never see otherwise. Can understand why some people don't like them but I think they're a fine addition personally but maybe I'm too much of a casual! :D

[@CypherC300]

When your opponent added all the phoenixs I would have gone hard into anti-air (more Mustangs w/ AA or more Snipers, maybe Forts w/ missiles). Do you think this would have worked or am I being too reactive?

[@erikvale3194]

Mustangs No, it's easy for Vulcan's to clear, especially if they have the bonus attack upgrade for 200dps. What I've done in the past though is Mass Elite Marksman. Good anti everything answer, and elite gives them a head start or the Elite upgrade. Does have the problem of lots of vulnerable bodies, can have problems with Seige Scorpian.

[@erikvale3194]

Looking at the Board Forts would've worked too, but it adds potential money loss from Giantslayer. But you have economy loss paying for mass and elite anyway. If going Giants however Overload would be better, ignores the Opponents Vulcan's and Stormcaller's damage wise, while having lots of good options for increasing damage or survivability.

[@Drone_101]

More Mustang's could've worked, would probably force us to double tech them with Range and Anti-Air though, as we took the "Heavy" card which cuts their base range by 20 so they'd be a little far forward putting then at risk of his Vulcans and Stormcallers. I was relying on our already established Marksmen and late game carry Melting Points to be their match - perhaps a little optimistically! @erikvale3194 Snipers would defo work and did work pretty well for us, we already had 3 on the board and finished the game with 5. I tend to take Range first then Anti-Air as the range is reliable and Anti-Air is great vs the heavier fliers like Wraiths and Boats that are so popular at the moment. Probably wouldn't take Forts into either Giant Hunter or Elite Phoenixes as they can out range the Fort Missile Barrage at level 3 which is a pretty easy break point for Carry Phoenixes to hit. Really wouldn't pick Overlord into Phoenixes by choice, ever, really. Sorry! Hope that helps!