The Heroes of the Inner Sphere have arrived! - Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries DLC Playthrough EP 1

[@Booma4142]

TTB had a video about the MW5 devs answering some of his questions, one of those questions was about why your A.I. teammates didn't use all their weapons or fired their weapons rarely if ever. The answer turned out to be that the A.I. fires their weapons in the weapon groups the player sets them up in, while taking into consideration their heat limit, so if you want your A.I. teammates to fire their weapons more often set up every weapon in individual groups.

[@Baradul]

That's good intel!

[@excessmaterial]

Yeah can confirm it did increase the fire rates of my guys. They were being more active once I did. Pretttttty stupid though!

[@MrOrdosan]

@@excessmaterial its a smart stupid thing. because it also kinda sorta gives a small amount of 'control' to your AI. like making them only fire all there missle points together. or having a mech set for dual PPC alpha as compared to only shooting 1.

[@kalnaren]

It even goes beyond that, and prioritizes weapon groups. So for example if you have MLAS in group one but LRMs in group 2, the AI will try to prioritize range for group 1, meaning it will run to close/medium range and NOT prioritize firing at long range. So if you have something with long range weapons, put them in weapon groups of a lower number than shorter ranged weapons. The AI will use the shorter ranged weapons in higher numbered groups as the situation allows, but won't immediately try and move into range of that weapon. I'm surprised this wasn't noted in MW5's limited documentation or tutorial or whatever, as it's a rather important piece of information for adjusting how your AI lancemates work.

[@excessmaterial]

@@MrOrdosan I mean it's "smart" in the stupid way that they didn't just program the AI better and we have to sidestep it's stupidity to force things in our favor lol, but alright.

[@roberts.wilson1848]

One important aspect. For ALL mechs that you give AI lance mates, give them separate weapons groups for EACH weapon. They will not shoot if the heat is too much for multiple weapons in the same group. So instead of 2 M lasers in one group, create one group for each laser

[@Baradul]

Alrighty!

[@logion567]

@@Baradul or at the very least, leave group 5/6 for that

[@roberts.wilson1848]

@@Baradul .this info is from official devs answering to TTB, and they specifically said this should be done for best lance mates shooting

[@gamester512]

Or maybe set them to Chainfire instead?

[@INSANESUICIDE]

@@gamester512 from what I read they do not use chainfire if they would not use the weapon group all in one, poor AI coding if you ask me. A bit Sad as the game has Great potential but just like battletech it feels like a half done job

[@TauShasla]

not beginning with Steiner... Sad Scoutlance noises

[@bersigil4633]

Starting with Steiner does not give you a typical Steiner Scout lance, while other factions get scout lances... ANTI STEINER BIAS CONFIRMED!!!

[@bombomos]

Yeah but that enforcer kills above it's weight class. Amazing

[@DixonsCider]

@@bombomos as long as you get ++ or +++ gear any mech can perform way outside its weight class. Not to mention heroes or other patches have added straight up clan tech. There's erllas with less weight and more damage and so on. There's other -X tonne +/++/+++ weapons that are straight up clan techs

[@gamester512]

@@bombomos I almost always go Davion when I start up Career Mode, just for that starting Enforcer. But I do usually wander over into Steiner space sooner or later (especially once I start looking for Heavies & Assaults more aggressively). And besides, Steiner & Davion eventually merge into the Federated Commonwealth and essentially become one massive faction....so I'd argue that starting with Davion OR Steiner would nonetheless end up being a good thing for Steiner (and vice-versa for Davion with those who start off in Steiner space). I never start with Kurita since you don't get even one Medium 'Mech if you start with Kurita, you only get 4 Lights (IIRC, you get a Firestarter, Jenner, & 2 Locusts).

[@marksemple297]

400 ton scout lance :P

[@varlmorgaine3700]

"Our Locust is down, how could that happen" it is a Locust ... maybe he run against a tree or something :D

[@Rovers1783]

I'd say that it was taken out by a slight breeze.

[@marksemple297]

wind changed direction.

[@dariusdurandal7501]

Maybe got stepped on

[@generaldistrust]

that what happens w/ low-cost

[@_vinterthorn]

That info about prerequisites for the use of MASC is actually in the tooltip text you got when buying it in the first place. It said it needed special slots on a 30 to 45t 'Mech. ;)

[@excessmaterial]

Baradul if you hit Overview (Q) in the mech market it will show you if it has DHS or anything else on the mech before purchase.

[@bernharderasmus9219]

So this is the first ever vid I have seen of this of this channel, this comment combined with the content made me subscribe.

[@AZK71]

Yes! Looking forward to this series👊 I must thank you from the bottom of my heart mate, i literally turned in my final paper this week and all these years studying at a university is over, i just got a new job yesterday and im starting on Monday. All these years you have been a daily pillar for me, your uploads have been with me through the good and bad, whatever has happened i have always made time to watch your content and enjoyed it. You have helped me to plow through the rough days when the exams have felt unpassable, the papers never ending, through tears and laughs. Thank you for all of these years, your dedication, daily uploads and mech mayhem, you have a impact on people you don't know but you shall know that we as your playerbase stand behind you and support you to the fullest, same as you have supported us! ❤️ I wish you and your family the best mate, thank you for everything!

[@Baradul]

Thank you so much for your kind words. It is amazing to read that I have such a positive impact on people. Thanks mate!

[@bersigil4633]

Congratulations for the big steps in your life.

[@AZK71]

@@bersigil4633 Thank you Ber!

[@cormstar293]

Omg its AZ in the wild. 👋

[@AZK71]

@@cormstar293 😁👋

[@mleslie4883]

They really should have hired Tex for the voice over.

[@wyattarthur5275]

They still like to pretend he doesn't exist, But the fans would have lost it if we got greeted with the full Tex Talks intro including the "Kindness Is Hard"

[@diehard200]

@@wyattarthur5275 why would they do that tho?

[@JesterWhoHelps]

@@diehard200 because he's been the voice of mechwarrior for a very long time.

[@MRwho35]

I think they gave him a ''nod'' with those fat stacks of cash in the menu screen

[@logandeathrage6945]

As Tex stated it was refund o clock after the epic exclusive bs pgi pulled on most of the fan base.

[@five2112]

I don't even know how I started watching your Mechwarrior series, but now I'm hooked and your accent reminds me of when I stayed in Germany for a spree! Friendly greetings from Australia!

[@sphonda]

just finished this playlist for the heroes DLC and I had a blast watching you navigate it all--thanks for the fun and enjoyable content!

[@LowbrowDeluxe]

It's interesting. It covers the same ground, but Harebrained's Battletech intro just hits different.

[@inspiraPaz]

It didn't help that it seemed like the voice director rushed the narrator during the intro. There was no time to inject real gravitas into his performance.

[@DevilPogoStick]

Battletech's intro and MW5's intro is definitely in the field of show, don't tell. The former showed us a story of humanity's rise to a golden age only to crumble to a near dark age of warfare thanks to its inherent flaws, the latter merely tells us this. The narrator isn't bad but the visuals aren't making it pop while Battletech needs no words to be spoken but is beautiful in its visuals.

[@inspiraPaz]

@@DevilPogoStick - Definitely it seemed like the narration was rushed to fit the visuals. And yeah, I liked the "Show don't tell" Battletech version better than this one. Oh, well. Maybe one day someone will balance out Franchise love/Game Play/Production Value in a way that honors the fans and excites the average Joe enough to become mechwarriors.

[@ArinorMephisto]

My biggest thing about the intros is the length. In the opening intros teaching you about the basic lore, HBS just slowly shows you the events and lets you interpret the images being shown. MW5 explains it (well I must say) but then dumps you right in. On the story intros, HBS takes you on a trip with your mentor and lady Arano, making the deaths pretty impactful. MW5, although the new story intro is leagues better, doesn't really give you time to get attached.

[@xC4N4D14NB4C0Nx]

@@ArinorMephisto HBS intro summarizes then entire history of Battletech in less than 3 minutes and does so without the shitty monologue. It's the greatest piece of storytelling since Road Dahl and it perfectly summarizes a universe in conflict without applying any biases to the viewer. Also, lets be honest; The 'story' of MW5 (If you can call it that) is the most rehashed hack plotline they could have come up with. Seriously a ten year old could write that revenge plot.

[@Vulpine407]

Forevermore I will refer to Steiner as "Schteiner". Sounds so much cooler. Seriously though, thanks for the run-through. You've convinced me to go ahead and buy. I had fond memories of Mechwarrior 3, but was really worried about whether this game would would be good.

[@Icynova]

Thanks for the quick overview in the beginning. Just got the pack for PS5 and didn’t understand what the DLCs are. Will be cool to play through a Ras campaign after the main campaign is done 😎

[@sean70729]

Man your videos have helped me tremendously just wanted to thank you.

[@TheAngriestGamer.]

This is not lore accurate. Everyone knows stiner scout lances are all Atlases. Black pants legion said so, and tex is always right about BT/MW lore.

[@Baradul]

Backed up by King Crabs and Banshees!

[@jefbord]

Atlai

[@milanstevic8424]

@@jefbord hahaha

[@gamester512]

@@Baradul And probably an Annihilator or two. XP

[@silverthorngoodtree5533]

Mostly Zues's actually. But yeah.

[@raycearcher5794]

Coming to this game from MW4, I really like that it makes you spend more time in light/medium mechs. You learn a lot about budgeting your weight and keeping mobile when you're doing all your missions with 2 Assassins for a while.

[@Albert87nl]

better watch out for Merctech mod.. that stuff is wild :P and awesome.. also add Realismemod and thens tuff gets funky too

[@INSANESUICIDE]

@@Albert87nl been looking for good mods, could you point me at a couple and where to find them?

[@ArlanKels]

I miss the enemy mechs powering up in their bases and getting the alerts Or the random ambushes in story missions where that happened Or being able to order allies into mech repair bays.....and mech repair bays

[@Albert87nl]

@@ArlanKels rumor goes (thru ps5 trailer) that we get some sort of melee , so who knows , we get in future what you ask too :)

[@davidasteed]

luv me some Baradul vids! First Rule of Mech Finances: travel not until thou runnest a mission to make cash and justify the repair time

[@aaronargo5138]

Bro, I was amazed at how quickly you made a cool color scheme for your mech. Love the content

[@Mechmanjj]

Dude!!! Thank you so so much for letting me know it's now on xbox! Ever since I saw you play I have been dreaming of it. Now it's finally here! YAAAÀAAAYYÝYYYY

[@ix8750]

I love that one of the Factions gets an Assassin ASN-21 right away. That's the first mech I started out with on MWO and I still really like it.

[@loganholmberg2295]

Wow I'm so glad I held off playing this game even though I preordered it. It finally looks like it's in a state that I want to play.

[@rangerwickett]

I'm curious why the paper dolls - and the HUD overall - look so much crappier than in MWO.

[@SongOfChaos1]

@@rangerwickett Because it's trying to be more 'simulator' than 'FPS'.

[@tommcd8471]

@@SongOfChaos1 that doesn't excuse what a crap fest the Mechbay is though.

[@fiendishrabbit8259]

Baradul: I don't like jump jets. Also Baradul: I'm not selling any of those 17 jumpjets I have in my storage.

[@excessmaterial]

He will eventually. They never survive for too long.

[@boomer19450]

I love how people hate liao enough to not even give it a shot in the game.

[@dc-4ever201]

Don't worry I have equal contempt for Kurita, so it's not just a Liao thing 😂

[@Suodemon]

Liao earned all that ire for being shitheads. Kurita and Marik are right behind them in my book. Marik actually housed and supported the Blakists during the Jihad Era. And no Great House is a good guy, they all used nukes, Biological and Chemical weapons on populations.

[@mjrmarkov6950]

I enjoy House Liao, number one House imo. Why? Well everyone hates them and no one loves them. Gotta throw in with the back-stabbing underdogs. I'd still rate Marik pretty low though, Nuking Civies is pretty bad even if Comstar says it's ok. Bad Marik

[@Suodemon]

Heh, look at Star League without Kerwnsky leading them. They ignored and threw out the Ares Accords, conquered the periphery states cause people had territory that didn't fly their flag. Edit: correcting my stupidity

[@excessmaterial]

Liao is a great choice in Roguetech though because you often get or can buy stealth and ecm equipment really early compared to the other Houses.

[@syedmehdi7659]

You can always hit Q at the purchasing screen to see the equipment on the selected mech bro. Nice videos always :)

[@evilactions1749]

For the masc and ecms ect there is a new button in the mechlab called "upgrades". That is where you place them.

[@DixonsCider]

No. Certain mech models have a slot for them. So far I've come across a special 'agincourt' archer with slot for active probe, a black knight with a slot for a probe, and a stalker of all things, with an ecm slot.

[@evilactions1749]

@@DixonsCider Yeah its days later and found all this out. Other than a few random mech like the Raven most of the mechs that have the new slots are the new campaign mission hero mechs like the Agincourt. They are few and far between sadley.

[@DixonsCider]

@@evilactions1749 unfortunately. And they're mostly all shitmechs. Really only the ecm stalkers is good because you can give it 2llas, 4mlas, 2lrm15 and max out armour and dhs the bleep out of it. Still range brackets and runs hot as F.... but it IS a stalker after all.

[@evilactions1749]

@@DixonsCider Having a 60 Dragon that can run 84 kph and still pack fecemt firepower isn't bad either. And another useful one is the Raven that can carry a Bap and Guardian.

[@DixonsCider]

@@evilactions1749 mw5 just randomly handed me a supermech. Passing through steiner territory to murder some kuritans for steiner rep, amd one of the border industrial linked worlds was selling a hero mech (lol cicada) and other planets had some rare mechs and equipment. The rare mech they had Battlemaster 1p. Big energy slot in arm. 4 torso lasers, a srm4, and an ecm and bap slot assault mech with great armour and speed. I lucked out and found a max tier large pulse laser, so my arm laser is headcapping shit left and right.

[@NightMovementVS]

Hi, as a swiss boy, i'm not a native english speaker but i can easily understand you so many thanks for the let's play :) Atleast im training my english at the same time :p

[@juanisaiastzanikian2436]

Im really liking this game. I come from Armored Core so im new to all this, but its definetly scratching my mecha itch. I think im gonna get the DLC once I I finish the campaign.

[@GARGOYLEVINE]

Thanks for the vid, very helpful, been playing mwo since beta but im running this on xbox!, the controls are surprisingly good, running the 3rd person view, has a little of that good ol mech clunky-ness and none of the bounce that you mentioned you were getting, thanks again, GV

[@paulgregoriou8520]

I had the same smile on my face when watching that incredible intro!

[@KrillinTime]

Yes Baradul MW content!! Finally got it to work last night after a full reinstall. Like the ever so slight variation to starting mechs. One thing I'd like to see in another DLC is the ability to really build your unit and have a second drop ship and even if you can't command them in the field be able to assign mechs/pilots and take missions that way. Just another mini game for a more realistic feel to running a merc unit.

[@Hacker_lyx]

I'm excited for career mode. hoping it brings new life into the modding scene at least

[@hicro7726]

Same, I doubt it will spawn something like Roguetech, but a man can hope.

[@harumaronnet1709]

You will love the special missions also superchargers are nice

[@deathfighter661234]

Really looking forward to this! I've been loving your content for a while since i found you and this makes me wanna buy that game.

[@mysteriousfox88]

mission variety is going to be key for an infinite mode, the egs version was so repetitive

[@diehard200]

Is there variety now?

[@Tuulos]

@@diehard200 I doubt it, sadly. It seems the devs haven't done all that much between releasing MW 5 in Epic and releasing in Steam, GoG etc.

[@xC4N4D14NB4C0Nx]

One new Biome it seems. Not great but its the first time we actually got new maps when we asked for them lol.

[@raleigh2747]

@@Tuulos Is multiplayer any better?

[@PCPAyLOAD]

Nice and easy transition from MWO to this. Love that its getting good reviews. Been playing MW since the good oll days of roll-play.

[@vexelicious]

You can use laser to cripple their foot first, then when they're slowing down, you can use your cannon. :)

[@derzweig205]

In order for the AI to start shooting more frequently, you need to split the weapon groups and go all in with heat managment. Otherwise they wait forever.

[@Baradul]

Thanks for the info. Will try that.

[@malcolmcuthbertson3359]

You can spike your reputation gain by not taking anything during negotiation , so maybe just repair and bare bone reward , much like battletech if you dont take everything in c bills and salvage you get rep instead . its more of a long term thing where you sacrifice loot now to get more loot option quicker

[@Baradul]

I'll check it out. Thanks!

[@foobar1735]

For the mech painting there was an option to "save as custom" too :)

[@Spidyy]

Nice voice acting Col. Markson

[@crazyshak4827]

Very first video of the MW5 career and Bara's already riding the ragged edge of disaster on his finances LOL

[@Baradul]

Did you expect something else? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@albertko1]

#barabroke

[@mgancarzjr]

That brokescale.

[@trith72]

I'm playing this on Xbox and it's amazing. Controller support is really a great addition to this game. I noticed it got better in the PC version but still kind of broken. On the Xbox its spot on.

[@hitandsunk]

That's good to hear. I was thinking about buying it for the XSX, because I don't have an PC at the moment.

[@rekersivegaming]

Hi Baradul! I've been subbed and watching your videos for years. I'm so excited about this DLC and I started a playthrough on my own new streaming channel! Not trying to snipe you, I know it's bad form to mention my channel in your comments, but I wanted you to know that you were my inspiration for even trying it in the first place. It's not something I would have thought I could do, but watching how much fun you seem to have, I wanted to give it a try. I love it!

[@wyvernrpgvideos]

The salvage rights have changed alot, I have managed to salvage many Mechs, Yes you still end up fighting a Highlander that requires more salvage rights than you have but that is kind of expected early on. Great video

[@Baradul]

My current plan is to griund faction reputation and then get all the goodies that I want :D

[@wyvernrpgvideos]

@@Baradul Cos you know you will always face the Mech you want at the wrong time, but see it in the shop afterwards lol

[@ADobbin1]

One thing I've always wondered is.... If space AT&T has total control over the hypercomm network, and I think the jump ships too and has such total control over high tech stuff, why haven't they long ago destroyed all the merc outfits, absorbed the mech pilots and their mechs and rebuilt the star league under their authority????

[@johndoucette6085]

Comstar only controls the HPG network. That's it. That's important, but the Great Houses have much more power than Comstar does.

[@JuergenGDB]

One of the coolest Bio's I have seen thus far was a Volcanic one. Mountains spewing out Lava, rivers of Lava... pretty cool. Plus the night sky with planets in the background makes it even more epic. As you keep getting more missions for a particular faction you get more loot rights. I have no problem getting up to 18-22 after a couple days of play. I also made the mistake of fixing mechs early on in contested areas.. you lose A-LOT of C-BILLS. Just go to an industrial noncombat contested zone.. fix and head back in. Or later have at least Mechs you can replace for the damaged ones. I basically run two of everything... much later on in my career of course.

[@junterkang2797]

really enjoyed your video, you do a good job on keeping the video interesting.

[@Baradul]

Thanks a lot :) I do my best

[@MrNoNameSoldier]

Awesome! I have been waiting for another play through of this. I can't wait to see where it goes, and what mods you add to it.

[@Baradul]

Mods are probably coming in later. I want to get a feel for the vanilla experience first.

[@Thomas-fz9xw]

@@Baradul It's for the best, showing us the base game first. Especially given that many mods won't work until they're updated... God, I hope someone picks up Reloaded and updates it.

[@pyrkol]

Nice coverage Bara, looking forward for a Merc unit growing up Roguetech style

[@Baradul]

Me too!

[@AgentMazgunn]

Hes gothic, names Baradul, mega beard tail and he sounds even more gothic than the whole shizmic + mechs. You are a genre. awesome

[@jha7623]

Amazing video subscribed

[@bombomos]

I just picked up an AC20 Enforcer. It's the bees knees for early game. Literally became my favorite Med over night. I legit melt heavies

[@Nabo42]

With my Enforcer I went with a tier 2 burst fire AC 10, two medium lasers, maxed armor, 2.5 tons of ammo and a couple of extra heatsinks (removed the jump jets). The large laser cycle time was a bit too high and the extra damage wasn't worth the heat spikes. I found that being able to pretty much constantly fire without running hot or exhausting ammo to be better overall.

[@gamester512]

I actually like the Hero Jenner (especially early on if you can find it) as a quick little murder-machine loaded with just 4 SRM4s. Then spend any extra tonnage on either armor or heat management and the thing becomes extremely lethal at close range while also being so fast that it's pretty hard to hit.

[@wykelized]

Finally. More MW5! Just started last night. Beyond excited to see your play through.

[@Baradul]

Which faction did you start with?

[@wykelized]

House Steiner but I almost started with Davion.

[@manjujuju]

I hope we can still have roguetech daily, that's my favorite series 😁

[@Baradul]

sure. I prerecorded a bunch

[@SeamonsterK19]

you can hold q in the market to show what comes in the store mechs

[@xMtF54x]

Got the regular game today will grab this in a week or so thanks for this!

[@Baradul]

Nice! Enjoy :)

[@grahamelliott9506]

cicadas in MWO : easy to core cicadas in MW5 : hard to core

[@zarris2389]

The one mech game i had the chance to play sadly was the mechassault series but i wish I could have played the mechwarrior games.

[@niuqoteen8918]

Streaks are absolutely amazing for early game vs all the light mechs.

[@twodaves9480]

'I don't want to play Liao... Let's play Davion'... Video liked! lol

[@Daktangle]

"Back stab with my AC10." Ah, I see you too have played a 3rd Ed D&D half-orc rogue with a battleaxe! Also, Mechwarrior 6 on Unreal 5, with that micropolygon tech would be amazing.

[@toms781]

The narrator during the intro video sounds like Optimus Prime.

[@tonysauruswrexu4623]

I think he is the same guy that told the story in “Homeworld”.

[@heavymetal19610]

Solid content, cheers!

[@mthwbridgewater774]

An update for those who mod their game: *Reloaded* and *Merctech* are not working Check your mods you’ll most probably have to run the game stock until modders are going to update their mods 👍🏻

[@mthwbridgewater774]

@A V sadly this is true mod author is not interested in updating

[@TheJamesthe13]

BBBut all my mods are broken! WAAAAA!!!!! edit: Managed to get Missionsfb, NoFriendlyFire, RemoveJumpShipAnimation, ScaryTanks, & the Weather fix mods to all work so far. No reloaded, no TTRulez so far

[@stagimar9956]

jump jets actually seem worth it now, I am enjoying them and I didn't use them before

[@killcat1971]

I recommend replacing the AC10 with a burst model, at least until advanced tech is available, you can trace an enemy with it.

[@DixonsCider]

Burst ac also do more dmg if you hit with the full burst

[@franciskelly5147]

The new DLC has made changes to the way Negotiation point strategy works, to some extent. In the pre-DLC game, you basically wanted all salvage and you wanted to salvage a mech, which was the best way to make money. In the current version, cash is king, in my opinion. I just started playing when it hit Steam, and having watched all of Baradul's first run play list, I was expecting to use most of my point on salvage, but it turns out now the junked mechs you get are worth significantly less on the market than they used to be. Also, they increased the amount of C-Bills you get out of cash and Insurance. Insurance is good in missions you expect to take some hits in, to a point. Salvage is often terrible, and cash is your best bet, usually, as it is now, in my opinion. The new Cantina contracts are fun, but you should know that when it asks you to "Kill 10 J. Edgars" it doesn't count EVERY J. Edgar you encounter as tallies toward that. It will send SPECIFIC targets at you in the missions, which I assume would not be there otherwise, and ONLY those adds count towards kill quotas. Some of the contracts are like "Kill 3 Archers" and I've killed 5 now but they were not the "special" ones you have to kill, apparently. I currently have like 4 kill quotas going and I only get one or two kills towards those quotas per mission. For some of the smaller stuff, like VTOLs and so forth, you get more than one per mission, but if you have to kill 3 Archers, you MIGHT get ONE in a mission, but you also might not. You can have at most 6 Cantina contracts in progress at a time. The kill quota ones take the longest to fill. There are some Cantina contracts that ask you to "acquire 2 Black Knights" or something. Three things you should know about this. First, you have to GIVE them the mechs to get the Cantina mission completed (and the money they give you is about half what you'd pay for them on the market). Second, you CAN just buy the mechs, guns, etc that you need to fill out the contract, you DO NOT have to salvage them. And lastly, sometimes it asks you to "acquire 2 Black Knights" other times it asks you to "acquire 1 Thunderbolt 5S", which is a specific make and model of mech, and it WILL NOT accept ANYTHING else, not even a BETTER version of the mech. The same goes for contracts that ask you to go get "3 medium lasers lvl 2". It will ONLY accept tier 2 M Lasers for that, not tier 3, not short burst, not pulse, it has to be EXACTLY as described in the contract.

[@BrigidtheMechLady]

" I don't want to play Liao" No one wants to be a Cappellan.

[@TheCoyote808]

Even a Cappie doesn't want to be one.

[@LeDechaine]

I want that white flash when mechs explode in MWO.

[@Baradul]

That would certainly be interesting.

[@STRYKER1467]

It ends with 3049 i cant believe they stopped 7 months before the clan invasion... there MUST be some sort of DLC.

[@ImranPangilinan]

Finally a proper review

[@Вулфиштейн]

Локуст в модификации 3v - крутая машина, способна разобрать любой другой мех на запчасти. И чем тяжелее противник, тем интереснее он разбирается :)

[@richardt769]

Refreshing until Baradul dropped the vid

[@mungaloidender]

I immediately sold both locusts. Bought an assassin swapped the srm for a second lrm 5 then did exactly the same loadouts for the enforcer and spider. I used the assassin myself. Should have sold the spider too. 2 meds were useless for anything but turrets and choppers.

[@psyko2666]

Finally got this game on Steam, and now I can watch AND play!

[@willholden-harrison4472]

Its good to see u back in mercineris baradul

[@Albert87nl]

3035 nicee!! soo. the Fourth Succession War: jsut ended! Mechwarrior 4. was in the Fedcom civil war. circa 3062 67 . mhh. i like where Mw5 is heading too :)

[@ArlanKels]

The reason the Locust died there is because when the AI starts shooting buildings during Demolition they tend to prioritize the buildings over anything attacking them. It can result in them literally dying due to stupidity. I was weeping when you didn't click the "Overview" button on the Firestarter hero to check out the double heatsinks it had

[@johnvaclavik773]

ok im on board. its going to take a few for me to catch up.

[@LeoH3L1]

Rather than waste those days, if there's a system one jump away with a mission, it's better to jump, which can cause you to get repairs done, do that mission, then jump back again using the time to do repairs, that way you're earning in that time period.

[@Kingwolf_555]

Gotta say, good choice for starting with the Federated Suns. Glory to House Davion!!!

[@lelouche25]

Gotta love how even when House Liaoning offers you the good shit. Nobody wants to fight for the Capellans lol. Federated suns for life, Inner Spehere now and forever!

[@THESocialJusticeWarrior]

The first one was my first online game :)

[@demonye4905]

Exciting! Can't wait to play it..

[@odinulveson9101]

Love the different story cinematic, several steps above the original which was just rushed and sudden..... I would look alot forward to career mode but first burn throug the campaign. ALso i got the game on vanilla xbox one, there might ve no infantry due to lack of power but tve controls and options are very good!

[@KILLRAIN42]

My biggest issue with this basically re-release of the game is that all they managed to do was break all the mods that fixed the game while adding a bunch of stuff(sort of) and fixing non of what those now broken mods fixed. Salvage chance and salvage shares are still busted(cored mechs have better chances of being recovered than legged mechs and you almost never get enough shares to get anything but the lowest of the lower tier lights, mods fixed this but are now broken), the hud needs so much help and that "zoom" is just pitiful(something mods fixed this too, now broken), the only mod I know that still works well that fixed one of the biggest issues was the better spawn mod that forces enemies to be either on the map at the start or dropshipped down after the fact, instead of just spawning them in all over the map randomly when you aren't looking. Also lowered the spawn rates too, if memory serves. Point is I was excited to come back to this game but now I'm just stuck waiting and hoping to see modders come back and essentially redo all their work again just to make the game more tolerable.

[@alexanderhogan4546]

Large Laser on the Spider, it would be fast enough to keep a distance and snipe from medium range without getting involved with the heavy punching light mechs. It might be a bit outclassed by Panthers and Vindicators, but that's the price you pay for going twice as fast and being on the offensive without proper intelligence. I don't think the Enforcer will normally have that much of a heat problem. Acid rain is a real pain in the ass for cooling. My use of Short burst medium lasers is take 3 and chain fire them. the 4th one won't ever fire. Otherwise go ordinary medium laser.

[@AllForManKind77]

Just need some hints. Any possibilities that MW 5 Mercs will got another DLCs after Hero of Inner Sphere? Any possibilities that the story line of Cmdr Mason and his Mercs will be continued? Can Piranha Games Inc make it happen? and the year not stuck on 3049 only. Really want to see new DLC about Clans.

[@JGComments]

“Cooling is, eh.. ok.” “I’ll add a medium laser.” “That’s a lot of heat.” Good to know Baradul hasn’t changed during lockdown.

[@Haan22]

I'm fairly sure the guy doing the VO on the intor is the same guy who did the fantastic VO on Homeworld.

[@Zagoreni02A]

Bardul is back in the saddle, i mean mech cockpit. I knew he would return. We should make book, "Cronicles of Baradul and his adventures trough the inner sphere. "

[@docjerriko9751]

Oh this is so neato! Hopefully my mods will still apply to this dlc

[@DixonsCider]

Nope. Broke all the mods. And many aren't being updated.. so, fun.

[@GregAtlas]

Seems like most people were disappointed with the original release of the game saying that it was very incomplete and even boring. Do you think the DLC makes it a complete game worth picking up now?

[@austinhadley6086]

I would personally say yes. The crappy AI of the launch version has been fixed and the missions are more varied, which leads to a lot of fun shenanigans

[@Kaliblister]

the patch help a lot too. cuted my loading time by half and gained 20-30fps

[@NotaVampyre111]

I'm bummed. My Epic Launcher is crashing. I can't get the DLC or even launch the game. I'm sure there's probably a way around the launcher but I don't know it...yet. Great video as always. I'm looking forward to getting in there.

[@TauShasla]

would really love to have a lightmech for tagging and supporting around in the lategame. Sadly the game is locked to 4 mechs... would be cool if you could get a 5th slot for a max 30-40 ton mech or something like that also having presets on how the AI should behave would be cool.... dont want my lrm carrier constantly running ahead and facetanking in

[@TauShasla]

@Alaberti well 4 is not enough, so either we go up to 5 or 8 :)

[@adeludedpotato834]

yeah the brawly ai is a real hassle, on the plus side it means they're too stupid to use their range advantage on you

[@YourLittleMartian]

Has anyone seen if they added ground troops to the game? Im pretty sure I remember a video of them adding groups of soldiers that you could stomp over.

[@xC4N4D14NB4C0Nx]

Doesn't seem to be in yet, or if it is I just haven't noticed the bloody feet lol.

[@kilrakbloodfang2471]

OOoo the narrator sounds like the same male voiceover for Homeworld!!! :)

[@kilrakbloodfang2471]

At least in the beginning of the voiceover. Might have to look into that bit of info :)