On the Quest for better Mechs - Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries DLC Rise of Rasalhague 3

Welcome to Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries DLC "Rise of Rasalhague" playthrough. I will cover the whole gameplay experience, storyline, game mechanics and new Battlemechs that will come with the addon. The biggest parts of the new DLC are a whole new mini storyline that consist of 12 unique missions, the new Crusader Mech and some new gameplay mechanics that involve competing mercenary companies. Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries is a game about stompy Mech action. You take command of a mercenary company and try to grow your income, salvage Mechs and hire Mechwarriors. The game includes a campaign with a vast storyline.
The gameplay of Mechwarrior 5 is split in two different parts. On the one hand you will have to manage your resources, hire new crew members, outfit your Mechs and travel through the Inner Sphere star map. But the action starts as soon as you get into the cockpit of your Battlemech yourself to fulfill contracts on the battlefield to earn more C-Bills and progress the story. I will review the weapon systems, battlemechs, show you how to build the loadouts and train your pilots and take a look at all the different mission types and upgrades of the MW5 Heroes of the Inner Sphere DLC.
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[@Hawk013]

"You can walk through the fire and flames but the artillery shells actually deal damage" - Baradul 2023

[@naomy1701]

classic Bara: talks about not forgetting Airstrikes, then proceeds to forget about them >_

[@JawsTheHungryShark]

Hey man! New to the channel but i absolutely LOVE MW5 mercenaries. Got three careers with every mech and almost 60 k days in each. Here are some things i found helpful (for the vanilla game anyway) that i would pass along in case your interested. 1. If you want a great assault mech before your kestral lancers dlc, then the missions for house davion called "bring her home" is where you can get a few. You want high davion rep for the final mission, and dump all your points into salvage. There is *always* a MAD II (and a stalker,but thats less important) guarding the victor. Leg it and with a little luck you can get a beast of an assault mech 2. If you can manage to find on, grab an ANH-1X. The other variants are alright, but the 1X is a monster. Strap 4 lb10X SLD (even lvl 0 ones) cannons to it and there is no mech you cant core in two or less salvos if your accurate. That thing is my "okay, i need you to die and now" mech. Slow as hell though, so arty missions are a definite no-go for it. 3. Some cheap but effective mechs for your AI lancemate are Dragons, Centurions and Thunderbolts. They are usually fairly cheap and decently quick, but they've got enough armour to soak up some hits while you pilot your better mechs. 4. If you see the hero urbies or spider, GRAB THEM! they are cheap and you aren't actually gonna use them, but the double heat sinks on them are well worth the price. Throw them in cold storage and beef up some of your better mechs. 5. The mission is outta the way, but the hero archer (the argencourt) from house marik missions is lethal. Its a long way into the periphery, but well worth it. 6. I've found that bullying house davion and steiner has the least drawbacks, since when they become the fedcom coalition their rep is not transfered over (so if steiner and davion hate you, the coalition wont despite being a union of the two). More of a way late game tip though, and kinda interfering with #1. 7. Have a couple dedicated mechs for your lancemates only and a few for you only. beef up the armour on your lancemates (even if you gotta drop a weapon or 2) so they can be better sheilds for you and your power mechs. Some of my favourites for the AI lancemates are centurions and hunchbacks early game, thunderbolts and black knights mid game and atlases/stalkers late game. Haven't had a pilot die on me yet! 8. Stick to lower difficulty missions for a little bit and build up rep and money. Your best bet for salvage mechs is multi mission contracts with factions that like you and you'll be able to dump more points into salvage for them since a) you earned your money earlier and b) they like you so more negotiating points. All in all these are pretty basic tips, but they helped me out a lot in my game. Hope even one can be of some use to you and i look forward to your next video man! Cheers from Canada!

[@yavok]

Epic. Some great tips there!

[@shamrocksardonic2582]

The Rise of Rasalhauge start takes place after the Kestral Lancer missions.

[@JawsTheHungryShark]

@@shamrocksardonic2582 true, but these were for starting a new career/campaign with the major houses around 3015 in mind since the kestral lancers dlc is the first major contract you gotta prepare for. Not to mention whether or not its for the kestral lancers contracts, the MAD II would still be useful for the rasalhauge contracts. Thing's a beast of a machine, good for almost any mission.

[@Genesis23OPB]

he pretty much knows all of these, hes been doing it for a few years in multiple playthroughs

[@JawsTheHungryShark]

@@Genesis23OPB true, but most of his playthroughs ive seen involve mods, while mine were vanilla game only. Besides, maybe these can help someone else whos new to that game and not playing modded same as me.

[@alphapu6644]

Big news for all fans of modded MW5! Wpnx330 just released the new update for the Pilot Overhaul mod. Not only is it DLC4-ready, there also are a bunch of new features, including community voiced pilots to find for hire. Can you -catch- find them all? Looking at the modlist from Bara's recent YAML playthrough, most of the mods have been updated or should still be good to go from what I have tested so far. Only two mods stick out: Fire and Brimstone (haven't tested, so can't confirm if it works without a DLC4 update) and maybe TTRulez_AI (DLC4 made some changes to vanilla AI behaviour, though Oraeon said at the mods Nexus page that apart from some mission types it should be fine).

[@matteparent2468]

Both H&B and TTrulez' AI work for me (I also use Xenopax's AI)

[@JTy1995]

You know. I’ve been cruising around your playlists and whatnot after just finding you. I gotta say.. you have a real good balance between playtime/technical mech setup/and mission narration, that you not only use the voice actors in the game but you also give your own. And I’ve gotta say you are one of the BEST MW5M commentators and creators! Keep it up bro!

[@DougDibrimi]

Oh remember if you pass up weapons or mechs as salvage, they show up in the Equipment list of the world you're at and you can buy them anyways. *but if you look in the Purchase tab in the mechbay, that's filtered by the slots of the mech you're looking at, I think.*

[@Seresh-j8m]

One tip for artillery missions. 64kph seems to be minimum speed for just being able move through a single artillery hit marker, but if they are stacked up in a line you'll have to turn.

[@shadekerensky3691]

Well I've managed it in a Stalker at 48.6 km/h shockingly enough.

[@Acaios1]

Supercharger/Masc or just 1 jumpjet* are also helpful. *Hit it just before the artillery explodes. As long as you don't touch the ground, you avoid the damage, even if you stand right above the red circle.

[@SmashFetus]

@@Acaios1 I feel like there are actual projectiles that come down cuz I was pretty high up and got smacked with one in.

[@Acaios1]

@@SmashFetus Hm. Good to know. I'll wait a few more days for the mods to get fixed, and when I get back I'll test it again.

[@rommelsantiago2899]

I always use my highlander for beacheads. I just use jumpjets and time it before impact to jump

[@pufthemajicdragon]

"Jenners are not very good" DUUUUDE! First time I took the Crimson Inclination questline the only light mech I had was a Jenner, and after being forced to run it in that last mission I fell in love with it. 4 ML is enough to take down most of your tanks in one shot. 2 ML will take down vtols. The SRM4s give you a good fallback when your heat gets too high. Tier 4+ weapons and the thing becomes a beast that can punch well above its weight class. And they are FAST. I've faced down assault mechs 1on1 with it with no problem. You should really give a Jenner another chance. The K variant is worth it if you can find it. It's a VERY different play style than you usually do, though.

[@hundebubi1410]

Nice! Was hoping for a new episode today. Just sat down to do my taxes. With this, even preparing the tax return is fun.

[@marksoler7338]

I took the year before the call to up my pilots, mechs, and equipment by doing a couple of side quests. Glad I did! Those main storyline jobs are serious!!!!!

[@wytfish4855]

50:55 YES! PLEASE! lol i kept screaming internally every time a melee opportunity arises but gets missed.

[@GaveLJorgensson]

That first mission made me wish for the headlights the mods provided.

[@OOTBPod]

One of the DLC transmissions gives you a free hero Pheonix Hawk (Kobold) and its pilot (Goblin). That's what I always use for the final mission for the hero Dragon.

[@FARBerserker]

i am finally back in my home office, hope i catch all your coming vids this quickly

[@bigsarge2085]

Those plucky Rasalhague-ians!

[@paganhorde4463]

Got to agree with he spider pilot who went NOPE! and stayed on the dropship. A spider walking coffin against 4 heavies?..... nope!

[@thomashayden9809]

ignore the arty at your own risk. takeing those out would have saved you alot of repairs.

[@Maciek8]

Nice

[@marksoler7338]

Your PPC Awesome is going to be an important player later in the game!

[@doebeli1981]

Love the videos. I play this game alot and would love to play an "Army of 2" playthrough with you. I have a flexible working program.

[@MadmanJnr]

That Run and Gun mission was really cool. Best part would definitely be the added sound effects at the end. Pew Pew Pew 👍

[@reinhartkrempler7654]

I'm surprised no one thought to make a mechwarrior movie. The plot would be fairly easy. Drop ship arrives in earth's orbit and drops a few mech's to take over the planet.

[@aaronwolbach9880]

The fire starter would have been a good choice for the decoy mission. 4 JJ, 2 med lasers, 4 small lasers and max armor. But … in the call to arms dlc, definitely the phoenix hawk “Kobold”.

[@Warhammer_Gaming797]

i really hope you play mechwarrior 4 mercs after this, it's such a fun game and it would be so cool if you play it. especially with the new campaign remaster that just came out.

[@Thalanox]

I have a disc copy of that game. Tell me more about this campaign remaster, if you would.

[@w4cky7]

You need Purchase Salvage mod. Basically the way it works is you can pick any amount of salvage and there is just a fee for going over your amount of picks. So if you have the c-bills you can get what you want.

[@Thalanox]

That sounds convenient, but also almost overpowered. How is it balanced? Why would someone not just put all their points into the c-bill payout and then pick the salvage as they see it in the salvage screen?

[@TheInsomniaddict]

Man that Spider run of the last mission... I've only ever done it with the Loupe De Guerre, Crab 27SL, and the Vulcan 5T. I've never attempted to run that light.

[@nphil93992]

I usually use a Jenner, next playthrough i'll try either a Javelin or a Vulcan. Could also try an enforcer with AC10 BF and 2 M laser or Med Pulse

[@TheInsomniaddict]

@@nphil93992 64 kph is too slow, IMO. Even 81 kph with the crab leaves your flank exposed a lot of the time.

[@nellobarbieri1756]

Does anyone have info on a new marauder hero mech in this latest DLC? It is not listed on the website but it does appear in the Mech database. Does anyone have any idea?

[@jeanpierrewesthof928]

3rd Mission completly misses the double heatsink on the table.

[@blackforestguy9649]

Yeah, you better buckle up, the last Rasalhague Missions are INSANE!

[@Rapture9999]

If you can get your hands on the hero flea it’s absolutely overpowered, even on high difficulty missions. Kite at sub 200m moving at 153 kph with ECM

[@grantilis3811]

I am liking the new Merc system, though sometimes its a pain actually getting the other mercenary companies to actually engage or support. I have a 5 run streak where they did not participate.

[@Jamesrh1228]

I've used the "Anansi" hero mech for this mission. I like the uniqueness of this mission too.

[@patrickglaser1560]

Final mission of the rasalhague campaign is rough, definitely get more assault mechs

[@karlehamel]

I got clobered the first time. Noticed the second time that there are mech repair stations right before the final fight. That made it pretty easy. Shame you don't get the Hatamoto Chi though... I really wanted that giant katana.

[@orbitalbutt6757]

That last mission was tough as hell and I loved it.

[@WayneWatson1]

Sure glad I installed the updated mods (yaml stuff, pilot overhaul, etc) and imported my mechs. Makes it more fun. I did notice my black carapace isn't working as good as it did, but that's fine, I still kick butt 😁

[@EverCr0ss]

You're not thinking Merc enough my friend. You take the Firestarter, do the mission you need if for then trade it in afterwards.

[@opa_plays_mw5318]

I got stuck in the mud running CC#4 once, ran around a corner and powered down and just waited. It worked

[@igorbukovy4313]

Hero Trebuchet or star league Crab are good for the last mission of Crimson crusade.

[@zilch9496]

May have audio issues in this one. Sounds like you’re far away from the mic and echoing. Great play non the less.

[@seere3rd]

I like how the game does not shy away from the fact that you are frequently a tool of oppression. Like powerful people that have money pay you to make themselves more rich and more powerful frequently at the expense of common decency or goodness.

[@monkeybusiness673]

Man, I feel really bad for enemy Spider pilots. Whenever I see one, my inner exterminator jumps up and I just have to ruin their day....Poor SOBs!

[@ogrehaslayers605]

The Cataphract is amazing in this game.

[@tyrindel]

the free hero mech with uac 5 is fun as hell in vanilla

[@Metylaner]

i did that scout mission with an assassin once - granted i used mods -, had heat missiles and an .. i think lbx 5? the shotgun like autocannon and destroyed the Mechs there myself, took a few attempts but was fun and different.

[@Bakuryu0083]

would be nice to have the option to pay extra to make up for extra salvage picks

[@Acaios1]

there's a mod for it

[@Jay-ql4gp]

I managed to do my first DFA yesterday. I was in my HM Highlander and....I landed on an Urbie! 🤣

[@docthorr]

Ye old Highlandet burial❤️

[@TheGantus]

First i was so Happy to own a crusader, i lost my mind, now i just loosing my arms.

[@Forlong21]

You can walk over turrets to kill them save the missiles :)

[@Acaios1]

19:15 Some months ago I was compairing the numbers (from YAML) tier1 "ML+1single heatsink" versus "Chem ML+1ammo". A medium laser was just better (also it never runs out of ammo and no risk for ammo explosion). The large chem laser though, was indeed better than a LL (mostly in terms of heat). I wish it was the other way around, for example 2LL to deal with targets in range as you get close to an objective, or a turret or a tank here and there, and once you get into the objective and get into a mech fight, you could use let's say 4 chem medium lasers, for more rapid fire with less heat.

[@perry92964]

when the game first came out the large chem laser was almost equal the a large pulse laser but for some reason the nerfed them, they did make the game a bit easier.

[@Acaios1]

@@perry92964 This reminds me of another game I play, Warhammer Vermintide 2. Whenever they released a DLC they had some a bit OP weapons or classes, to make people buy them, which were later nerfed (as the price of the DLC got lower eventually). P.S. That said, it's one of the best games I've ever played.

[@TheInsomniaddict]

Battlemaster with 6xMChem is pretty good. With that density you're often looking at over-damaging many targets so the loss of damage isn't too bad. You also have the heat to follow up with an ERPPC. I also found 4xSChem+2MPL or 6xSChem on a Warhammer-6L to be pretty good.

[@andersonwalworth7330]

the dragon hero mech is supremely good

[@caradellinowazer2988]

Crimson Crusade 4....you obviously never tried to just run over the com stations ;) Same like artillery, hard to shoot but easy to run over.

[@Nopenotyou]

They removed the artillery from the last mission of the Dragon chain? Huh.

[@DougDibrimi]

Just a thought, I know you're playing unmodded atm, but man artillery is unbalanced - fast mechs can't be hit, slow mechs can't avoid being hit. I use the Artillery Tweak - Slow Artillery mod to give double the evasion time before the shell hits, and it's absolutely perfect for 64 - 48kph mechs. Another artillery-related one is No Camera Shake for Artillery - absolute lifesaver for fighting around those bases. AI isn't affected by the shake so it's fair imo.

[@jhonrock2386]

I haaaaate beachhead style of missions, more so when Im piloting assault class mechs.

[@sotakustyle2654]

@Baradul - @ 46.10 - Why didn't you just stop/cancel construction order on the Spider instead? you would have saved Time by not advancing time line - Battlemechs >> Work Orders >> Select 'X' on the Mech you want to cancel/stop construction order. You also get a partial refund on the works not done yet.

[@Joules_Burne]

I can't not take out the artillery first. It's so annoying in a slow mech. They always launch when you're looking up at flyers.

[@zsoltbartha6562]

When are the 'yet another mechlab' and the rest of the mods up to date again? I bought the DLC but waiting for the mods to drop.

[@eric81757]

I reactivated YAML last night and it went fine.

[@alexstoyo7850]

Isn't there an mod that allows salvage off the battlefield could be bought in the store/black market of the world you were on?

[@macbrown99]

I know Merctech has this feature, I'm not sure if there's a standalone mod for it. There is a mod that allows you to essentially purchase extra salvage shares when selecting items after a mission, which can be nice for those times when you have 38 salvage shares and there's a Marauder 2 that costs 40 shares.

[@alexstoyo7850]

@@macbrown99 Both Mod's would be good, buy extra shares and also if you see more goodies they end up on the planet's Market.

[@fatalorgasm755]

Somehow I dont get new missions after the second, anyone Else with this bug?

[@GalmLead]

Is it me, or is this game harder after this recent update? I can't say I ever remember having such a hard time with the early game doing a full proper play through rather than starting with the new expansion.

[@HardcoreCasualGaming1]

It's not just you. They definitely upped the difficulty.

[@MisterNi]

Still a good experience. I'm glad I didn't ever let myself get used to YAML, because Vanilla keeps it lore accurate as to what you can and can't add to a 'mech.

[@deadsalmon4115]

Funny story, in "lore" you can put pretty much whatever you want with enough time. Hard points are made up by video games to make customization more interesting.

[@MisterNi]

@@deadsalmon4115 I'm going to sound like a bit of a nerd/geek here but hardpoints are actually an integral part of the BattleTech 1.0 Ruleset. It was in the Activision MechWarrior series where you could stuff anything into a mech as long as it fit. I think starting with much later 5.0 Ruleset, that became more standardized and that's the Ruleset that YAML is running on. The Mech Lab having designated hardpoints is very much a 1.0 Ruleset, as it's to also balance the weight and force distribution of the weapons, including recoil. If you ever get a chance to look at some of the original BattleMech schematics, they're actually very detailed and seem very plausible to build if myomers were a thing with giant stompy and shooty human controlled robots.

[@deadsalmon4115]

@@MisterNi you may be correct, but I wasn't talking about classic Battletech was I. I was talking about "lore" I.E fiction and blurbs wherein weapon swaps which do not match type or number of hard points happen on the regular.

[@MisterNi]

@@deadsalmon4115 That's still BattleTech 1.0 Ruleset. You have a certain number of slots to fit a weapon system, and you can downsize whatever weapon hardpoint you want, but the remaining slots then become unusable. You can think of it as the hardpoints on say an A-10 or F-15 or F-16 or choosing the size of cannon to put on a tank turret. You can load whatever you want of the same weapon class like in a military combat plane, but if you undersize, then you're ineffective and if you oversize then you might damage the tank and injure the crew. With BattleTech, the crew is one person and is considered a Pilot.

[@deadsalmon4115]

@@MisterNi I'm talking about taking a hunchback and replacing the AC/20 with 8 medium lasers and heat sinks. Not replacing the AC/20 with and AC/10 and accepting the lost weight.

[@savagegamer1681]

Man I want to love this game so much but I can't get used to the movement of mechs I know how it works but my brain scrambles durring combat ....sigh Mayne I should just keep at it ....

[@alenvire]

There is a mod that allows for paying for more shares at a higher % cost

[@JS-mh9uu]

Repair the grasshopper or drop it :P

[@TheGantus]

I changed the MLaser for MGs, much better now.

[@rolandotillit2867]

The hero dervish makes the crusader obsolete.

[@tyrindel]

i cant play with out mods anymore yaml once your used to it i cant go back

[@Khalek420]

How is your night vision so clear and useful? M8ne looks freaking awful and feels useless

[@trevorreniger5670]

I couldn't do it... I had to reactivate mods. I needed my DHS kits and engine options. I'm a cheater. 😆

[@659009stan]

What’s with the poor quality? Am I the only one with 360p?

[@artotheharlequin]

you are not the only one 😢

[@matteparent2468]

you probably were watching shortly after it was uploaded and KZbin wasn't done sorting out the encoding for the higher qualities

[@nphil93992]

@@matteparent2468 Have to agree, i have just watched the episode in glorious 1440p

[@IdleRain]

Never liked the vanilla crosshairs

[@Kaname1981]

Anyone else stuck watching this is 360p?

[@PaulBeetge]

Teach me master

[@KodyFurlong]

You can go in with a heavy or assault mech, and just kill the 5 mechs on your own as well to complete the mission. I did that once in a medium mech.