Show must go on! | Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries | Full Campaign Playthrough | Episode #38

[@glazgogprime6905]

"I don't need medium lasers just go all ac10" says the player who always nearly runs out of ammo almost every mission even with energy weapons. Also again doing 50 percent damage to what your supposed to be protecting. And almost runs dry again in the first mission. Another lance and you'd have been toast. Always take an energy weapon for back up.

[@johncrosson7834]

Glad you decided to keep going after the story-line completion .

[@dukex123]

Cheeses christ! Can someone please tell him that the stalker is just as fast as almost all his other mechs?

[@Anubis78250]

My favorite Baradul quote "That Stalker is soo slow", this while he was piloting an Atlas. I think the main issue is he puts the Stalker in the last slot often. Any mech in the last slot is going to seem much slower because of the formation position, even more so when it's a 48Kph assault.

[@josephschulte1073]

@@Anubis78250 there does seem to be a issue where some assaults aren't moving as fast as they should be, especially if in the 4th position. I've sent my 4th pilot in a Annihilator to a position as far forward as I could, and gave him a head start. I passed him in my annihilator. So I put him in a atlas, did it again and caught him. I'll put the 4th spot as my sleipnir @64Kph and see where i end up with my 32Kph annihilator.

[@bradhedgehog12]

Yep. Even after the Main story is done the game still goes on. That’s what I like about in this game

[@basecoat1966]

Double heat sinks show up at some Hubs markets but they are listed above the Gauss ammo.

[@dakkath414]

That lrm carrier going sky high and almost landing on the commando was hilarious. You missed an ac10 burst in the salvage for that mission.

[@bertbargo7162]

15:00 HUGE thumbs up! YES

[@brothergrimm9656]

For demolition missions I equip my lance mates with whatever while I use the Spider Hero mech (twin AMS, Twin Flamers, Twin Machine Guns and 1 SRM) it's fast enough to evade enemy fire and missile locks on the way to the target and can run through the target and bring it down in under 90 seconds (which is usually before my big plodding lance mates even get there).

[@glez13gt]

The firestarter hero that has the 4xmachine guns and 4xflamers is also very good for demolition missions. For raids the raven hero can even do them solo. Since it is so fast even the igors that spawn after you destroy the objectives have a difficult time catching up.

[@DavidEdwards9801]

I bought that thing and I love it too

[@privacyfirst2790]

I'd like to see some more mission types... Ambush where the employer want you hidden in storage crates and you burst out after a lance/ convoy has gone past, but you can only bring mechs under a certain height or weight in order to fit in the crates... Or... Convoy defence!

[@Tmaxxnc]

i really hope they make DLC for this game

[@lightninglash5366]

PGI likes money. Clan DLC is money.

[@tawesssoabbox]

Bredäng is a suburb in south-west Stockholm, Sweden. It is a part of Skärholmen borough and is named after a former farm in the area. Bredäng has an 18th-century mansion named after its first owner, Jacob Graver. Bredäng consists predominantly of 1960s apartment blocks and has a camping site by the lake Mälaren. So that be some suburban pirates for you.

[@Fulmir-]

Burst Fire spread damage a ton though. So even though they fire faster you're wasting at least some of your damage with each shot, and shots that would kill directly with an AC-10 won't with an AC-10 BF. Also the AI definitely wants normal ACs, because they seem to be perfectly accurate when they actually shoot, so BFs just hurt them by spreading damage.

[@olivierpelletier9643]

I think it works depending on what year youre at (concerning your double heatsinks on the market). I found 4 of them randomly on the market yesterday with new chassis like the Mauler and I read it was because when you reach a certain year, you start seeing new stuff as time passes in the lore. Im at 3042 so that may be why! You are 10 years behind me.

[@elfbiter]

Well, RL Yakuza do tend to help locals after earthquakes in Japan so the mission is not entirely far-fetched. Mutual enemy and so on, probably - and public relations, of course. And Middle Way may refer to alleged Buddhism.

[@haroldbenton979]

I'm replaying the campaign again and I have found 2 anialator mechs for sale. So I now have the anh1x and the anh1e the ppc model in my lance. Hitting a locust with 4 tier 4 ppcs is instant critical damage to the center torso.

[@michaelmurphy3273]

I'm VERY glad you kept going on

[@dreamyrhodes]

Can you now try to make some missions with lights and mediums, tonnage limits? Or generally like you do in MWO one mech per day or something? I think it could become quite boring soon if you do missions with Steiner's Scout Lances only, after all the side-missions are all quite similar anyhow.

[@Faulkner108]

Yay! Much obliged, Bara!

[@UberMunchkin]

Hi Baradul, I wanted to say I have really enjoyed this playthrough series, thank you for the content. You had asked previously if anyone had any ideas for restrictions to apply to a new playthrough, well I have a couple of ideas. 1. Mech Class Lock, an oldie but a goodie, you have 4 slots, one Assault, one Heavy, one Medium and one Light, in each slot you must run a mech of the appropriate tonnage or less. So in the Assault slot you could run anything, but in the Medium slot you can only run Medium or Light mechs. 2. Money only. This strikes me as interesting. The idea is that when negotiating you must always pick money first, then damage coverage and only salvage if you have negotiation points left over. This means you will be very limited in what you can pick up from the battlefield but should be able to get more from stores, I'm interested to know if a money only run is a viable choice. 3. Dedicated Roles, you must field one brawler, one long range support, one mid ranger and one missile only mechs, for added difficulty, pick one of these roles and you may only pilot mechs in that role.

[@frankb3347]

The timeline is getting really close to the formation of the Free Rasalhague Republic. It would be interesting to see how they handle that in game. I hope you play through till at least March 13 3034.

[@Aggronok]

It's hilarious hearing the pirates complain about their administration buildings getting destroyed. Such good, fiscally sound ruffians.

[@MashUpMasterVoivode]

Have you considered running a full Stalker/Catapult LRM build? I figure since you're German you could call it the LURM STURM!

[@igorbukovy4313]

I think that quad LB10XAC with solid slug is better than quad AC10BF. AC10BF deals more damage but also produce more heat. Shot guns fire pretty fast.

[@xiaowei1374]

light-medium mech only, solo, there.. PS:as for the annihilator, 4 LB10SLD kills everything in seconds..... PS#2: If you wanna play head shot, try Thunderbolt TopDog, 1 PPC for range, 8M laser for head shot...

[@smoessmee]

It's been great watching the series. Only thing I don't like, and it's to do with the game, is the way the difficulty builds and builds until it basically becomes all assault - all the time. I'd much prefer if there was areas that you were much more restricted in tonnage and that way you could keep the medium or light mechs around and swap them in and out to meet the op requirements.

[@omegatame5226]

yeah they do withhold tech if they hate you

[@koLourBlynd89]

Yeah, DHS will show up in Markets once you progress the timeline to around 3048, when the Helm Memory Core is really starting to become wide-spread and production of tech discovered becomes more regular; Before then, DHS only show up on Mechs.

[@glez13gt]

Actually they start appearing around 3030, even Baradul a few episodes ago had one offered at the market and he never saw it. The thing is this game is so randomized and so buggy that it is hard to tell what is an actual game mechanic or a huge bug. I have seen pilots being offered in warzones, I have seen missions being offered outside warzones and I have seen hubs with empty inventories, I have seen rare mechs not having the blue box and symbol. Hopefully when the mod tools finally release people will get to see how the game mechanics actually work.

[@TurbotoTaLL]

Keep n eye out for the Hero Atlas, it has 3 medium energy on both arms and does 64kmph.

[@petersmith6513]

Hopefully this playthrough continues until March 13th, 3034.

[@michaelmurphy3273]

Comment of the month

[@vincevassallo5385]

LBX 10 solids are the only way to arm your Anni. Keep the MLs for back up and non-mech kills. Has anyone noticed your rep stops changing once the campaign is over? I have played dozens of missions for certain factions and cannot change my rep with them. This sucks since I cannot increase my salvage and have lost tens of heavy and assault mech salvage.

[@johnlanham9057]

Carry on my son !!! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@Dusty.Spinster]

Im surprised you still have not found double heat sinks. It takes some work, as not every system will carry them, and when they do its not very often that the stock refreshes. That said, I have 50 double heat sinks in stock by checking every industrial system every time I go to repair. I've got so many doubles in stock even the AI gets to use them.

[@michaelmurphy3273]

The headshots are so damn cool

[@fubarme]

The Dheatsinks thing drives me crazy so deduct 1: You are mythic Merc (like me) 2: Your faction standig is on some markets Hero ( like me) 3: YOU are at 3032 in the Timeline( not like me)so in conclusion it must be the time sure you overlook somtimes the 1 Doubleheatsink but i got way more have about ca. 40 of them and when im going to the Industrialhubs and make a little tour most of the time i get abou 5-10 doubles butt I am way beyond the Clan Invasion in the time ca. 3080. Greetings from Berlin ps. good Gausscannons to get is still rare

[@gaborcsordas1782]

one question: why dont you use Ultra AC5's in arms\LBX10's in torsos with some more ammo and some medium lasers?

[@ChadKanotz]

You get access to double heatsinks...sometimes.

[@scrpnsting8276]

If you are able to find a mech with AMS I'd love to see that in action.

[@drtyd00ify]

There needs to be a major dlc to this, something along the lines of a mission to retake all the SLDF goodies back from Comstar, so we can get a look at the "pristine" mechs......I hate teasers like that

[@MrGrimsmith]

Double heat sinks were really common for me well before this point but only in Kurita space. I made runs across just for those. They hated me, they were 15k each but worth stocking up on! Also worth noting - massive time saver on demolition missions I found to be to destroy the tall buildings you can stomp through from the bottom up. No point shooting at them, just stomp through the ground floor and take out the lot above at the same time :)

[@dhanapiereza5012]

My only concern is.... How can you stand piloting that snail mech.... Yeah it has good armour and weapons loadout, but still a snail.

[@glez13gt]

Starting 3030 they will rarely appear on stores, you actually skipped one a few episodes ago, they aren't besides single heatsinks, they are above gauss ammo.

[@frshunter]

Piranha released the MW5 editor just a couple hours ago!!!

[@awesomefatBruceLee]

They also said mod support will be coming shortly after! soon my friend, we will get our melee and directional jumpjets.

[@tjintell]

Any idea why "Fatal Error" keeps popping up? Random? .....really sucks when you have 2 part missions....trying to replicate you campaign story line :D

[@CVhurtig]

really interested in playing but i am amazed that you are still fighting cicadas. It seems like every mission has waves of cicadas and lights, have you noticed that? does it get boring?

[@rakdoss8455]

double heatsinks appeared around the year 3050 on my playthrough

[@Triple88a]

Sir, I'd wait to start a new game, folks are saying mod editor just released. Wait for modders to do their magic

[@justhjon2217]

Hey man you should just run straight through those tall offices. Not like you take damage anyways?

[@fomnik9276]

Baradul, try balanced lance: 1 light 1 medium, 1 heavy, 1 assault. Actually high skill evasion AI pilots survive long enough under fire in a light mech

[@williamfawkes8379]

LB10-X solid and shot use same ammo, adding AC10 just wastes wasted tons on 2x ammo.

[@jaggedcow8801]

William Fawkes you still need 2x ammo. He has 60 shots per gun. If he just removes all the AC10 ammo and adds LBXs, then he only has 30 shots each which is not much.

[@thegibbo7780]

Anyone else had the big green wedge appear between Lyran and Draconis, look suspiciously like a certain invasion ?

[@imichael2411]

I would like to see this mission fought with 2 heavies and 2 mediums.

[@randombloke82]

Does your standing with the faction running the market affect more than the price? I mean Kurita has been charging you an extra 5%, what’s to stop them withholding the best tech too?

[@Chamchamcham10]

14:58 there's a meme waiting to happen...

[@oldcodgerplaysgames9610]

Big download to the editor last night, so hoping to see some mods soon

[@madmax43v3r]

I have a feeling there is no convergence on arm mounts, at least on some mechs...

[@apiekarski]

Hello Baradul. You should try "Better Spawns" mod.

[@michaelmurphy3273]

WAS THAT HIS F...ING HEAD....THAT WENT FLYING UP IN THE AIR 300 FEET????

[@stonethatspeaks4596]

Sell your low tier crap. You'll have plenty of cbills

[@MrGeiermaier]

let's hope PGI made enough money out of this game that a clan invasion DLC will be made

[@nerdyrobloxgirl_yt1515]

I hope there is a way to share C-Bills to other users.

[@munemuso]

Baradul have you used any mods yet?

[@pimmelschilz6945]

I am really impressed how persistently you play this crappy game.

[@SasquatchChief]

Out of curiosity, if you manually set up the weapon groupings, do your AI pilots fare better?

[@adamrandell7946]

I think it has something to do with map generation, some maps they work really well and others they turn into a fail fest. Maybe a bug they never found, or one they could never figure out...

[@Faulkner108]

You'd missed a double heatsink in the 2nd mission.

[@shoggy3903]

is it just me or are Gauss rifle rounds not as effective as I expected?

[@LukeSeed]

Am I going crazy? Don't you have 2x ac10-bf at 3:16 ??

[@biglouie2330]

Baradul what is the website you use to see if a mech has double heat sinks on it?

[@avillegas8857]

Just add sarna to your search to take you directly to the mech's page on the wiki.

[@cg21]

Visit Terra!

[@joeljoel107]

Does the missions ever end?

[@svenhustedt8872]

greetings ;-)

[@quoror747]

Do some mech warrior online daily does please!! Love all your vids.

[@Anubis78250]

It's hard just to watch. I try, but I just sit here steaming about the Nightstar's cockpit being crooked. The Atlas, I can handle. I don't like it, but it's reasoned, I can deal with it. The Nightstar is just badly done.

[@frshunter]

I think the idea was that the cockpit is not located at the center of the mech but in one of the many beehive like windows off center but I admit that I'm not OCD that way and could see the problem for one who is

[@michaelkihlthau7164]

Armored core is better.:(

[@Shinzon23]

Still too much facecam