Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries announced.

Yep, had a couple of those in my most recent career.

The Steam release broke a lot of mods. Teams are having to rebuild their packages at the moment.

Janx said:

Gonna check this out again. Any mods I should look into or any improvements in the DLC that would make it a required purchase?

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There are several mission chains in hotis that reward you with hero mechs, and there's a cantina mechanic that provides you with extra mini-missions for more loot. I think it's worth the purchase.

As far as mods go, I only run 3 atm. No Friendly Fire, Remove JumpShip Animation, and Reasonable Reputation - No Difficulty Squish.

That last one is mandatory imo, they made this really stupid change for the rerelease where your faction standing gains start getting throttled if your rep is too high above the conflict zone, but your losses stay the same.

Erronius said:

I'm glad you mentioned this, because I didnt think that would bother me much but it ended up annoying the #*^$%@# out of me

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Yes it's an absolutely terrible change and it blows my mind that I've run into multiple people who defend it.

also this, dunno why its previewing the whole goddamn post instead of just linking to it.

AI on AI FF turned off by default? Interdasting. This should have been in at launch PGI...

Leadsalad said:

This should have been in at launch

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let's be honest, the epic exclusive period was early access.

I never hire that voice or that goof ass helmet.

60 pilot? Nope.

Yeah, the Sleipner hero is a beast. 100% recommend buying that when you see it and keeping it loaded up. It's good for the AI too since the expensive bits are in the torsos instead of the arms (my poor, poor KGCs in AI hands).

Nightstar is more accurate due to the better convergence on arm mounts, but you really cant beat the safety of torso mounts.

Did the final five campaign missions tonight in coop, they were actually quite fun compared to how nightmarish I remember them being with AI pilots.

Is this game good yet? I only made it a few hours at launch before I quit in disgust, but I still want a good mech game damnit.

ronne said:

Is this game good yet? I only made it a few hours at launch before I quit in disgust, but I still want a good mech game damnit.

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Beggars can't be choosers. Game is still deeply flawed but the gameplay is fun.

New expansion announced, coming out in a week (sept 23rd)

Looks great.