What getting an early Marauder 2 feels like - MechWarrior 5

Finishing up my video on the Urbanmech, it shall release soon. Releasing this component of it separately because its more Marauder II focused than Urbie focused.
EDIT: AH CRAP I forgot to put the music source. The music playing is the Avenger theme from Xcom 2.
Audio sources in the video, greenscreen memes can be sourced upon request.

[@Andrewlik]

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[@cartho1103]

Taking a MAD-II 5A with a heavy rifle into a low difficulty contract should be considered a war crime

[@c182SkylaneRG]

Honestly, what they should do, is program AI to use speed to their advantage when they have it, and to retreat from an overwhelming force like that. That way, in order to get any kills at all, you would NEED to bring small fast 'mechs, because your lumbering "obliterate everything" assaults would never catch the opfor to even get a shot off.

[@combativeThinker]

@@c182SkylaneRG …son, do you have any idea how fast and how far heavy rifle rounds can travel?

[@tysanbyrd7532]

@@combativeThinker shell speed doesn't matter as much if the target is smart enough to hide behind hard cover, like a hill or a building, or even trees sometimes apparently

[@garycannon4644]

@@tysanbyrd7532 implying this mad 2 doesn't outright one shot those light mega early game

[@TustlePlays]

Haven't you heard of the Maxim Sensation Sweeping the Nation? "There is no overkill. Only open fire, and reload."

[@Mobius_118]

Imagine you're a pirate faction and you see a Leopard land. Out steps two Locusts and an Urbanmech and you think that it'll be another easy kill. And then a fucking MAD-II steps out behind them like an overprotective parent.

[@gamester512]

*Pirate:* "Pff! What kinda pathetic Lance is tha-" **suddenly sees the MAD-II walk into view** "Ohhhhhhh....shit...."

[@alexs5814]

"Don't ever talk to me or my children again!"

[@Whitewing89]

It's even worse than two locusts and an urban mech. One is actually a flea.

[@zlosov5817]

Discount Dan's marauder, it's definitely not a King Crab, we promise this time.

[@timebrain3188]

*just a normal crab

[@kurskfirebrand4494]

i wouldn't mind a king crab.

[@venerablebrothergoriate5844]

King Crabs kick ass. I managed to salvage one last night. Loaded her up with 2 RAC5s, 2 Srm6 Magpulses, and a large laser with hardened armor. She’s a fuckin monster. The double armor allows me to facetank just about anything with little issue, and the Magpulse srms can shut mechs down before they can do anything. Then I just take em apart with the RAC5s and large laser

[@beastboy0078]

"It's totally not crabs TM" Brand approves this message

[@zlosov5817]

@@beastboy0078 I would like to file a complaint about your medical department. It turns out it was not syphilis.

[@MephistonVMS]

Trip PPCs be like: "Alright we got a commando coming in, careful he's got SRMs" MADLAD 2: "What commando, all I see smoldering metal."

[@Tayvin4042]

@Mr. Miyagi I'm pretty sure that poor Commando would disagree XD

[@Tayvin4042]

@Mr. Miyagi I meant it as a joke, I wasn't being all that serious. I figured the 'XD' would show that.

[@Captain_Razor_88]

2 large lasers, 2 medium lasers, and a shoulders mounted PPC, upgraded as available. Eventually replaced with 2 large pulse lasers, 2 medium pulse lasers, and a shoulder mounted ER PPC. Also max armor, full jump jets, and enough heat sinks to run cool as ice in the Sahara. A worthy command mech.

[@Lunar137]

@@Captain_Razor_88 holy shit that's my exact build too! It just *slaps!*

[@CosmicCustodian]

@Mr. Miyagi what's considered lots then? I have an Atlas in my lance with 3 PPC's and 2 x AC10-BF. It works great but I know there is always better

[@kylesprenkel680]

Some combine merchant selling some Scandinavian people a marauder 2 "I HAVE MADE A HORRIBLE MISTAKE! Coordinator forgive me."

[@dan1273]

This made me laugh far harder than is should of.

[@toddtroyer1072]

Pretty sure that's a fall on your sword kind of mistake.

[@connormclernon26]

The garden will be well watered on the day he appears before the Coordinator.

[@THEGRUMPTRUCK]

Started the game. 2 hours in (only about 4 missions) i sold half my mechs to buy an Atlas. Then after skimping and saving every last C-Bill i could get i was piloting that Atlas and stumble upon a shop with an Annihilator. That entire playthrough from beginning to end was afterward a cakewalk.

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

Getting two of the IS’s most notorious assault mechs within a few hours of starting the game does tend to make your life quite a bit easier.

[@joshfritz5345]

You should give the Stalker a go. The 3f variant can mount 24 SRM tubes, 4 medium lasers and 2 large lasers. The heat is incredible, but it can cut down 75 ton heavy mechs within seconds.

[@DarkElfDiva]

Annihilators do tend to walk as if they are slogging through cake.

[@ryancontant3394]

​@@DarkElfDiva which ia why you only take it on def missions. As the saying goes, if it can see you, you're doing it wrong.

[@devinhallsworth5531]

Marauder 2 and an Urbie? Great! Now you have TWO assault mechs!

[@VultureXV]

On my _fifth mission_ in a new RogueTech game (with Hell's Horses start) I managed to play a defense mission where each star had a clanner assault mech. I managed to get a *Direwolf* to eject using nothing but APC's and Elementals. _It had full salvage_ This is pretty much how I felt.

[@TheIcarusFalls]

Excuse my surprise, but how in the hell did you manage that with just APC's and Ele PA? I'm picturing this happening like that meme where the guy goes to stomp on a cockroach, and the roach pulls out a rocket launcher lol

[@VultureXV]

@@TheIcarusFalls Was a mix of luck and planning. I was playing Hells Horses so I had a bunch of very strong APC's to start (like two Epona Prime and another with a PPC and another hover APC). I utlized the APC's carry mechanic to hold a bunch of Salamanders and Gnomes while keeping my commander (protomech start) in line. Due to my speed (smaller vehicles going generally before everything else with power armor, lighter mechs, and protomechs) I essentially got into position and utilized the cover to dash between cover points to retain mobility pips and reduced sight, I had dispatched the enemy smaller 'mechs by separating them from the Wolf. Because they are also very quick on initiative, I would abuse the hold position mechanic to belay my initiative to the very end, essentially taking two turns of action in a row when I finally sprung the trap. I did my best to lure the enemy into a bit of a trap, keeping my units hidden behind cover while utilizing their slow speed. After surrounding the Dire Wolf, I sprung the trap, sending in everything to near point blank range (as it was dual railguns) while primarily hitting it with as much melee as physically possible. Basically, I gang rushed him after he took a potshot at one of my APC's and nearly killed it and kicked at his shins until he fell on his behind. Instead of a cockroach pulling out a rocket launcher, I smashed a bunch of clown cars at his ankles and ran a circus on his feet. Thanks to belaying my initiative, I took two turns of action with my ENTIRE force before it even got to move. The salamanders went last and nearly roasted the entire mech to 100% on the single attack (because salamanders are awesome that way). Direwolf ejected due to pilot failing their leadership or whatever mechanic it was.

[@mergins1958]

The biggest problem with the dire whale is you always have more tonnage instead of space to use it.

[@KingInBlack69]

​@@VultureXVthat is fucking based. Also hell's horses is 2nd best clan🐴🔥👍

[@violentinsanity4425]

As the founder of Violently Insane Solutions Mercenary company we approve this Message.

[@Kristerkry]

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[@bombomos]

As the CEO of SCREAMING DEATH Merc group, I also approve

[@violentinsanity4425]

@@Kristerkry It is not such a thing, its perfectly legal repossession of their only seizable assets......their lives. Unless you overheat their mechs and do a 'headshot' and take a mostly intact mech, gotta power wash the former pilot out but that is a cost i'm willing to have them pay.

[@violentinsanity4425]

@@bombomos We assume you scream when you die or scream after every you cause. If you fail to do either, we are then.....disappointed.

[@halcyondaze2535]

My buddy and I play as our motto being “we’ll do it for less” the polar opposite.

[@krullachief669]

And then it turns out it's the Marauder II-J type with two LBX-10s and 2 SRM6s with four Improved Jump Jets meaning that yes, they do in fact fly now.

[@xXMegaUltraNinjaXx]

this sounds like the stupid prequel to the MADCAT II I'll take two.

[@texteel]

the only good thing about the sequels are the memes. Thank you making me laugh at them

[@bombomos]

Lmfao

[@vnelson000]

Oh they have that!!! OMFG🤣👍

[@redamonblood5165]

sounds like a angry version of the locust

[@ArchangelLunas]

Yeah, I about had a stroke when I started a new co-op campaign the other day, earn my first 15mil, go to 1 production zone, busted up marauder 2 for 7mill. Needless to say, all you heard was the seagulls from finding Nemo for 5min. Then I went to the planet next door. Busted to hell catapult and marauder for a total of 8mill and change. Sold a few salvaged mechs and all you heard, AGAIN, Finding Nemo seagulls for another 12min. Lmfao 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Vynirian]

the dream

[@nilegod1]

I play with the yet another mechlab and weapons with lore friendly mechs mods on. 400 days into new campain and i travel near terra and decide to stop cause i see they have a hero mech, it was fuck mothering Atlas 2 for 17 million. I sold every mech but my URB-K9. Then the gauss rifle went pew pew

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

Now tell me about when you found the weapon systems for them.

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

@@nilegod1 that Atlas must have killed *A LOT* of people to get that title. 😏

[@nilegod1]

@@OneBiasedOpinion its an atlas 2 from earth, that means it was a royal sldf mech during the amaris civil war. So yes, 9000% chance it has kills in the double or triple digits

[@tefras14]

Low level combat zone: Enemy Locust: Oh look another merc drop ship coming in... Enemy Urbanmech: I bet they are going to be some Panthers and shit in there fucking sweaty mercs. Enemy Tank: We are going to try to blow off their legs so you can kill them lads! Drop ship lands and a Locust walks out. Everyone laughs. Drop ship takes off revealing that a Marauder II Walked off on the other side! Incoherent screaming

[@MuchKoku]

*Marauder crests over the hill* "I feel fear... for the last time."

[@ryxtan]

"But Commander, our accounts can barely handle it!" "DON'T CARE BUY THEM ALL NOW!"

[@S71xx]

Ah the marauder2, the perfect backup for my urbie attack squad.

[@harvestblades]

Now a lance of Urbies w/ the lance commander in a MAD 2 is both hilarious & ridiculously slow.

[@connormclernon26]

@@harvestbladesmaybe. Maybe. But anything it hits is going to get vaporized

[@wolfo1931]

Wolfo's Warmongers endorse the purchasing of Marauder IIs to augment light lances to facilitate kinetic and energy based persuasion.

[@kimberlylopez3887]

This is where I would put my marauder 2, if I had one. I love this 😀

[@JGComments]

I got the 3 PPC version pretty early on. They aren’t too rare, but it’s awesome when you have your AI pilots all the way trained up on lasers.

[@Andrewlik]

Holy shit this video is blowing up This was a one off joke made as apart of my urbanmech video, never expected this to be my most popular video XD

[@gavinlongshanks5946]

Putting content aware scaled and distorted "Entire stock" guy in the thumbnail was a genius move. In fact the whole video is genius.

[@Andrewlik]

@@gavinlongshanks5946 His name is Jontron and you should watch him when he comes back from his next 6 month hiatus

[@gavinlongshanks5946]

@@Andrewlik OOOOHH! yeah! I recognize him now! That makes this video even better; supermegaBattletech-aged fanbase appeal achieved! (it may seem like I'm being a smartass, but I'm not, I love these videos)

[@Hybris51129]

You must have won the Comstar sweepstakes.

[@Wikid0Majik]

It took me months to stumble across a normal Marauder, you underestimate how bad/how many people want to get MAD.

[@NullnVoidDnv]

Lmao. First time watched this I was dying. Then I played the game and it's even more funny with the context. Build a balanced Lance unit... nah everyone gets a 30 ton-er except you.

[@nopda4095]

tbh there a bad thing in the game which is that the enemy AI will focuse fire on the player even if you were piloting a light mech meaning that you should have the highest armor value and your teamate should get the highest fire power possible

[@burnttoast.2017]

@@nopda4095 your teammates can't aim.

[@TheGuardDuck]

@@nopda4095 They target the most threatening damage source, which is usually you. They will also go for weapons that hurt them a lot, like that gauss rifle in that arm you forgot to maximize the armor for.

[@bombomos]

To be fair the AI now works hella good with a light mech. Sometimes I through on my locust PB or Spider with AMS and let them run house on enemy too far for me to walk over to kill

[@burnttoast.2017]

@@bombomos that's the ams doing all the work lol

[@geumsan7866]

XCOM 2 music gives me flashbacks...

[@Slizarus]

I was wondering where that came from, I was listening like "Um, I haven't played this.. Was this in the Battletech game?"

[@manictiger]

@@Slizarus Same. I knew it sounded familiar. Thought the exact same thing.

[@kylevidauri4869]

I remember being like Rep 7 and finding a fucking pristine Atlas D when my heaviest mech was a damn cicada.

[@jayive34]

The Cicada is terrible. I think it was designed as a prank.

[@joshuasikorski8124]

@@jayive34 We have designed it wrong on purpose, as a joke!

[@dutchvanderlinde248]

My earliest assault was also an Atlas D I found at like rep 5. On Terra in pristine condition no less. My favorite assault is actually the Mauler-KO though. Thing is gigachad if you build it right.

[@combativeThinker]

@@dutchvanderlinde248 How do you build it?

[@dutchvanderlinde248]

@@combativeThinker Two UAC/5s, two SRM 6 + ART IVs, and two Large Pulse Lasers. It just drills through components. The UAC5s are also good for getting rid of air and tanks if the LPLs are on cooldown.

[@Helltanz98]

This is one of the problems i have from a purely canonicity issue with video games in the setting. The Combine period, but in 3015, having MadII for sale to mercenaries when at this point Wolf's Dragoons had still had exclusivity of the mech /pedantic. They're still such nice mechs though.

[@ssjjshawn]

I mean as a Davion Merc I still got an early game BLG-1G from Kurita, which I then immediately used agaisnt them. 10/10

[@Helltanz98]

@@ssjjshawn Nah, man thats legit. I'm sure that totally happened in canon at some point. :D

[@burnttoast.2017]

Do you honestly think salvage doesn't exist? The Marauder ll is powerful but it ain't invincible.

[@Helltanz98]

@@burnttoast.2017 The Marauder II entered production in 3012, was a Dragoon's exclusive product produced for them by Blackwell remaining so until 3025. During the timeframe of early production the Wolfs Dragoons were in the service of House Marik there would be no mechs to salvage from their Alpha regiment and certainly none in the combine during this period. Like if this was a decade further down the timeline? Yeah 3025 I could potentially see as someone salvaged one, maybe. 3029 Sure absolutely. But 3015 for a mech that has only been in production for less than 3 years

[@burnttoast.2017]

@@Helltanz98 mate, the video shows that the player that was playing was in 3038, not 3015.

[@GuardianM25]

The Punisher joins the Super Friends, the ultimate crossover

[@superhakujin]

Marauder II is Sailor Uranus, then?

[@Andrewlik]

This took me 4 days to understand

[@nottelling6598]

More like Bazelgeuse in the early game, but yeah.

[@thya_6177]

Marauder 2: Omaiwa Mu Shindairu Some Random Enemy: *NANI??*

[@voiddragon903]

I affectionately call my Marauder ll “The Decapitator”

[@joshfritz5345]

I call my Stalker the EZ-Bake oven. It stays toasty warm with 4 MLs, 2 LLs and 24 SRM tubes. It will also delete an Orion in a single salvo.

[@jfraz6246]

Slapping lbx-10 rounds early in the game at the rapid is always fun

[@mageleader3699]

Another slam dunk, my friend!

[@RavenWolffe77]

Fun fact: You can fit a pair of ARROW-IV launchers-plus a respectable amount of ammo-into some MAD-II variants. Usually, there's also enough tonnage to spare for a smattering of MLs as well. For popping VTOLs, of course.

[@icemanplays7196]

I just got the game and I'm rep 5. With a Marauder 3R. My Lance looks like Jenner, Firestarter, centurion, then me in a freaking Marauder

[@TheBlastmeister]

i Know nothing about Mechwarrior Lore, but i do know that i love the Marauder. Some of my best games in MWO were when i was piloting the Marauder.

[@dementious]

I really do miss wrecking some light mechs who tried to strafe our LRM boats. Oh, you think you're slick? Here's some LASER VOMIT FOR YOU

[@wyvern_wolf2821]

A couple months late, but the Marauder is like the M1911 of battlemechs. I recommend going to the channel the Black Pants Legion. They have a playlist called Tex Talk Battletech, there latest video is about the Marauder.

[@Razgriz_01]

@@wyvern_wolf2821 Wouldn't the Warhammer be more comparable to the m1911?

[@cursedhawkins1305]

Honestly that’s nothing to getting a Highlander in Davion Space as a rare mech. Literally the best feeling in a playthrough to get either a few heavy mechs or an assault mech early on.

[@garycannon4644]

I found a hero highlander last week and the damn thing was a friggin beast I loves it untill I found the almighty atlas

[@churchA.I]

No way the highlander is above the MAD2 I love the highlander but I'd take a mad2 anyday

[@TheAchilles26]

Marauder 2 is heavier than the Highlander. I love the Blackwatch Highlander as much as the next guy, but the Marauder 2 is 100 tons, like the Atlas..... and comes with Atlas levels of armor.

[@Darknessblade4me]

First time i just collected like 20+mio creds and decided "let´s fly to a high level area and see what the trade hub got" *it´s an annihilator with quad LBX-10 and it´s fully functional* ... Let´s just say things got real messy, for anyone in line of sight that is.

[@kaelibw34]

Had something similar in my current play through. I have no idea why but I’m seeing anhililators all over the place. I got 6 of em and it is insane

[@justanotherrandomgamer1380]

Same here, earlier today I found an Annihilator a I so happy I freaked out but 15 minutes later I saw about 5 other ones and became old news already.

[@dutchvanderlinde248]

I can't bring myself to pilot that in anything other than defense and warzone. Even with the speed upgrade it's still only 37 mph! I swear I can scratch my balls, put the controller down and count to 15, and still beat an annihilator in a race from one side of a base to another.

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

@@dutchvanderlinde248 sure, but it’s not the Annihilator you have to outrun. It’s the quad RAC5s aiming at you.

[@dutchvanderlinde248]

@@OneBiasedOpinion I don't know if you noticed but those aren't in MW5.

[@dutchvanderlinde248]

@@OneBiasedOpinion and the King Crab Carapace could still do that better if they were.

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

Incredible Violence does tend to solve most short-term problems.

[@Ajc-ni3xn]

Hearing the music made me so happy

[@a15godzilla]

After I cored Koval's Marauder, I refitted it and named it after him a little out of respect, but mostly out of spite.

[@combativeThinker]

What model was he piloting?

[@gamester512]

@@combativeThinker Koval pilots a MAD-3R.

[@Sugar_K]

Best bringer of violence in the battle tech universe

[@spider0804]

King crab says hello.

[@garycannon4644]

Annhilator pitties the both of you

[@spider0804]

@@garycannon4644 Ahhh the mech that is larger than a crab with a head that sticks out like a sore thumb. For the same tonnage, the annihilator is much easier to kill with more of its internal body slots taken up by moving parts. Especially relevant if you use the mechlab mod and put something like an XXL engine on and the shoulders can not fit larger weapons.

[@garycannon4644]

@@spider0804 i play on the xbox so unfortunately i cant mod

[@garycannon4644]

@@spider0804 yes very true, how would you deal with it if it had 4 uac 5s on it though? I've tried that setup on the annhilator and it's just absolutely unfair lol itnshould be considered a war crime lol

[@snakes3425]

Seller: Okay so this Marauder is held together with only the power of friendship, the reactor has a number of dangerous leaks, most crucial systems are non-functional, and the remains of the prior pilot are still splattered about the cockpit so you'll have too... Fry: SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!!

[@Spore9996]

Insert any "YES" meme here.

[@OTheA]

Fuck around and find out has never been this adorable before 🤣

[@TheBluetiger5]

This is exactly how I feel about marauder IIs I named mine Michael after the Arch Angel of War!

[@thehammer4607]

I have had a revelation, the next mech game needs to be Mount and Blade but Battletech

[@SSGTWinters]

yeah jumped to a system to a mission for the turian conordant and while jumping found 2 more marauders i went from 60 million C-bills down to 10 million (refits repairs and upgrades) now i have 3 marauders and a locust !

[@ssFaxes]

#ChickenSquad

[@SSGTWinters]

@@ssFaxes brib legs for the win!

[@Beanibirb]

When a random system's Mech market has a rare Marauder II, Atlas, and Hunchback *evil laughter*

[@DWN-rk8tr]

Lmao the Metal Gear Alert at 0:33 gotta love it straight up thought I had a notification (its my sound for notifications)

[@moistjohn]

Pretending the urbie isn't commiting even more murder. I always assume urbie pilots are just hunchback pilots in training, and they will be promoted when and if they get their first assault coring.

[@KnightErrantRen]

Urbanmech is an egg from which a Hunchback hatches. And if it survives long enough, it matures into an Atlas.

[@zureal01]

omg, you did take the time to get the rear of them lol, way to go! lol

[@ivorymantis1026]

Here I am, just petting my Catapults like kittens, watching as they get reared by a Stalker.

[@CosmicCustodian]

Spittin' straight facts. I got myself a MAD-3 and it's insanely good.

[@starlightdragon2665]

Nothing says no mercy; like incredible violence. I felt this way buying the King Crab for the first time in Battletech. Oh... you have heavy mechs? Let me introduce you to AC20 and an ace pilot... Who rarely misses cockpit shots...

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

Closed-casket funerals all-around!

[@starlightdragon2665]

@@OneBiasedOpinion i literally had the mental image of this comic except instead of the marauder it was the King Crab and a bunch of locusts. Thats about what my setup was in Battletech (because all my good mechs got screwed by medium mechs) So you can imagine three colorful locusts and then a huge black and red colored King Crab saying "incredible violence"

[@combativeThinker]

Spare the meat, save the metal. I love it.

[@tristanbackup2536]

Hehe. When you have 4 Centurions with JC20 cannons. Can even rip an Atlas apart.

[@gamester512]

In my case, I'm *_ALWAYS_* on the lookout for a serviceable Battlemaster at the earliest opportunity. I love that thing when it's loaded with nothing but clusters of lasers. Makes it really deadly if you're good at scoring headshots with those lasers. Honestly, I wish the game allowed us to create our own custom "Hero" 'Mech variants that could show up in future runs in shops with whatever loadout and paint scheme it had upon being "saved" as a custom "Hero" 'Mech. Would be a nice way to add our own personal lingering "touch" to the game.

[@imanrobota4849]

Incredible Violence...

[@Mechabang]

And love!

[@peteramaranth85]

Xcom 2 music with mechwarrior 5 fits so bloody well

[@swissarmyknight4306]

This is my headcanon for all of the "B Team" missions from Battletech (2018).

[@Andrewlik]

At some point I'ma remake the meme in HBS BT if i get the mission type to spawn

[@monostripeexplosiveexplora2374]

nice offering to the marauding gods

[@attilakovacs5040]

*coughing with Awesome,Warhammer and Huncbacks in my hangar*

[@archmagosdeciuskronen1501]

I hope they add Clan tech officially soon. Marauder IIC would be fun

[@churchA.I]

Yes, no, yes I want a mad2c, no I don't want to hear clanners circlejerk about the madcat. More than they already do

[@WarPigz0]

This is GR8 mate

[@DeepInsideZettaiRyouiki]

Power of friendship...is betrayal.

[@aubearminimum]

Pretty much what happened in the multiplayer session but it was even more violent then this basically 3 years in and we upgraded the luck to find mechs and loot to 20% and then in concession we found a marauder, king crab and a Atlas in the span of 10 minutes lets say by the time Kestral Lancers campaign started it was easy with some of the other mechs we also found along the way........

[@luna775]

Dont think i didn't noticed the xcom music..what? you thought theres no dmca in the future? If there's still general motors in space, im pretty sure you will be hearing about us through the review board. XD

[@oceanbytez847]

Ngl its the same in battletech with BTA. Big stompy mech makes other mech go boom.

[@phantommauler3602]

3 playthroughs, all have advanced past 3060 in the timeline and I have yet to see a marauder II appear in any stores T-T You are one lucky son of a gun.

[@PSC4.1]

Same with me, I'm still pissed at how hard they are to salvage. Even with all my points in salvage in "Stop the Launch" I couldn't salvage the marauder 2 that showed up, and what's worse is that I inflicted as much damage on it as I could without destroying the core, ripping off its arms, destroying a leg and killing the pilot with a perfect headshot.

[@combativeThinker]

@@PSC4.1 What was your Lyran reputation? Mine was only at, like, +3 and I still got it.

[@lamikal2515]

@@PSC4.1 I think the salvage point cost of a mech is related to it's direct resell value. So in a sense, clean headshots are punished way more than rewarded, in regards of salvaging.

[@THEROOKIE6666]

Do as much damage to the mech as possible and as long as the reactor doesnt go critical there is a CHANCE to salvage the mech, sometimes the faction your working for takes it right off the bat

[@gamester512]

And then I run into one relatively early on as an enemy and managed to headshot it to death and claim it for myself once the mission was over, so I didn't really even have to pay anything for mine! XD

[@dragonkhight3315]

Yes. I like this new weapon.

[@jamesjarvis1592]

Bruh loving the xcom2 music over this lol

[@MrKrozius]

Without ghost heat, I slapped 6 LLsbs on it. It just melts everything. Incredible how 1 mech can carry you from 20-25 difficulty missions to 50+

[@bthsr7113]

That many machine guns tells me they weren't half as sweet as they appeared.

[@gangarthethief]

When a marauder and a cannibal loves each other so very much they make a baby its called the legendary iconic one of the most violent chaotic Mech out there THE MADCAT MOTHERFUCKERS its all the love within a literally death machine lol literally madcat i am they war

[@lornbaker1083]

The core concept Behind the light lance Is 3 light. And a medium or a very fast heavy to act as their fire support and Engagement commander. Once the recon is done the light lance is meant to run away Well the medium to heavy acts as its fire support to field their backline so they don't get chased. It fires the little guy's fall back the little guy start to fire, The fire support unit falls back. So on and so forth until you get back until you're within side your own lines. At which point you begin static defense With the intention of wearing down your opponents until the point where they start to flee at which point you will most likely be still stable enough to begin to. Pursue and destroy With the entirety of your Unit not just including your scouts but also your Medium cavalry your heavy brawlers and your assault fire supports.

[@user-zv6th8fh8v]

I've been hunting for this wehicle all over the galaxy more than 10 ingame years! Accumulated mоre mechs than it is reasonable to count including a couple assaults from the Kerensky exoudus fleet. Futile. And he gets it EARLY!

[@miguelperez9906]

Incredible violence made me think of death company

[@Dazzxp]

It is possible to get the Marauder 2 is 3020, thus far at this early time i have only seen it spawn in Stiner territory, and is exceedingly rare. In that out of so many play through i have only came across it once at that time.

[@8076A]

I have bankrupted myself on several occasions for shiny new toys that I could scarcely afford to repair. Because nothing says "Fuck you" like 2 Atlas' wading in for fisticuffs backed up by 2 Marauder 2's providing heavy volleys of fire.

[@Super_Citizen_Paimon]

I refitted my Marauder II with nothing but pulse lasers, call that a face-melter.

[@MoreEvilThanYahweh]

Lorewise, shouldn't finding a MADII on the open market in the 3030s be next to impossible without sucking up to the Dragoons and Blackwell?

[@churchA.I]

This MAD2 would likely be combat salvage sold by a mercenary group that fought the dragoons or Blackwell, and didn't want the MAD2 and preferred the profit of selling it

[@TheAchilles26]

The 4A should actually be fine by this point, it's the 5A that should be exclusive to the Dragoons and their closest friends

[@churchA.I]

@@TheAchilles26 interesting, but annoying, I prefer the 5A

[@araynortassadore3056]

Lmao shit was epic...instantly broke and instantly rich at the same time.

[@JS-mh9uu]

8 Large Chem lasers here we come.

[@GentlemanKane]

Me last night after obtaining a very rare king crab with dual ac20

[@KoeSeer]

Me: low on c bills Also me: buy Atlas on a whim

[@michaelbuehler3897]

*Incredible Violence*

[@tiagodagostini]

It was like that playing battletech (the turn based strategy PC game)... I found an early assembled anihilator.. sold my pants to get it and didnot even had to pay attention to the game because it became too easy.

[@kingkuma4112]

Yeah, I got a king crab right after the prison break mission in the campaign. The rest of it was an utter curbstomping.

[@chrisbingley]

I nabbed a Stalker just before the 'destroy the dropship' mission. Needless to say, my PC now has a LRM phobia.

[@darkbazerker2206]

now if only it was worth taking

[@RSColddawg]

I never got out of my Mad 4A once I got it. Disco Death Machine with upgrades.

[@remanscimitar]

Should've been the Capellan Confederation emblem tbh, they've been the cause of everyone's misery (even the exiled SLDF/pre Clanners).

[@jonharper4478]

In all the time I've played this game. That has NEVER happened to me.

[@Wikid0Majik]

I spent a few mil C-bills flying in circles, gave up, then found one not far from Terra in ex davion territory, after they merged with Steiner on my way back to where I was doing missions.

[@DarkRavin07]

Had that happen to me.. but it was a Annihilator... and well it deletes things.

[@pyrrhicwins5101]

UM represents love? Press X to doubt…

[@markfreeman4727]

when you find a maraduer 2 at all...seriously.....i've only found one ONCE in all my time playing, and i've got a near maxed out career mode!!

[@peterstein4376]

At reputation 5 I found a King Crab and had to have it....just did a 42 difficulty mission when I was doing 12-20. I feel broken.

[@jcgamer892]

Happened in one of my runs that I got a Mad 2 with a AC20 and twin PPC quite literally one planet over from the starting position....I sold everything to get it.

[@airstrik0836]

If what you consider early in mw5 to be 2038 Oct 29 then suurrreee....

[@eddybruch]

0:48 its so hillarious :)

[@ShroudedSciuridae]

It's 3038, you're only reputation 6. What have you been doing?!

[@Andrewlik]

I started in 3035 rasalhauge

[@Thunderchicken69]

I’m scared of Urbies now, more times than I can count I’ve taken a raid contract solo with no lance and have gotten swarmed by like 3 urbies slowly lumbering around me fucking my shit up shredding my legs to pieces

[@ssFaxes]

I added mods that make the c-bills side of the game harder. I have become very very financially afraid of Urbies and Hunchys lol

[@joshuabonesteel2303]

Is there necessarily a reason to take a contract solo? You are doing the work of 3 other pilots by yourself. It don't pay more, and the damage probably works out to be about the same.

[@Thunderchicken69]

@@joshuabonesteel2303 its called “fuck I just had my 3 mechs for my lance go down and can’t afford to fix them”

[@combativeThinker]

@@Thunderchicken69 git gud, lol

[@combativeThinker]

@@Thunderchicken69 Jk. What platform do you play on? PC? Xbox? I’m a pretty damn good mechtech and pilot. I can build you a death machine and use it too. Would you like some help?

[@scruffmaster0185]

*incredible violence. . .*

[@michaelgreenwood3413]

And love!

[@bombomos]

Im in 3077 and I've yet to see one. You lucky duck Xbox has no mods so unfortunately we can't name our mechs ... This is the perfect name

[@combativeThinker]

You can name them now.

[@logang7203]

I wish, but the mad2's weapon hard points are.... dumb like just let me put bigger guns on the damn thing

[@Vlamyncksken]

next up he can't repair or refit the damn thing because all his life savings were spent acquiring it lmao

[@224224josh]

that was a nice pheonix hawk though. green ranger lol