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How are things with MWO now? For context I stopped playing sometime before the Roughneck/IS omnis were coming out. Playing HBS Btech has flared up an itch that must be scratched...
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Jun 7, 2018 15:35
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Logged back in after a loooong time. It looks like I lost some mechs and I'm trying to make sense of the new skill trees. It looks like it's per mech but how does that work with omni pods? The skill tree applies to the mech omni pod version or?
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Jun 26, 2018 19:35
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Thanks, clear on the omni pods and skills now.
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Jun 26, 2018 23:18
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So after coming back after a looong hiatus I outfitted my HBR like the OP and jumped in. The new skill tree is a bit bewildering but I can see the merits over the old system. I'm still trying to wrap my brain around the skill points etc since it looks like I earn them on a mech but still have to convert them to use them or something... Also I need to read up more on the current weapons and the timeline, I stopped grog'ing out on Btech sometime after the clan invasion so things like heavy lasers and the like are new. Gameplay wise it still the same, a bit disappointed the maps still look like I remembered without a lot of variability. Also pubbies are certainly still the same, clogging firing lanes, exposing butts, trying to run off and either lurm or play honorable space warrior. In between matches with the HBR I tried out some of the old fits I still had in the garage, and I'm pleased to see that the SRM Cent still does work. Lasting till the end of the match as a popsicle but still vomiting SRMs never gets old.
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Jul 2, 2018 15:16
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How is the Ilya for a ballistic platform the quirks if this list is accurate still look ok.
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Jul 2, 2018 16:35
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Dravs posted:3 UAC5 and an XL engine never forget So the same as it always was
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Jul 2, 2018 18:28
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How should I be thinking about the 'Heavy' version of lasers for vomit builds? In the case of my S Crow I like the high mount points for the ER-Larges to poke people out. Running the Heavy L's on the HBR the dmg is nice but I sometimes find myself sucked into the early game of trying to tickle enemy mechs across the map. Generally should I just replace Larges with the Heavy version or salt to taste on more range vs more damage?
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Jul 5, 2018 19:58
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Went back to HBS Battletech and playing that a bunch. MW5 Mercs calls softly to me from the ether but I've been trying hard to resist. Willpower eroding, love of battletech is lowering my expectations and bar for what good is.
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May 14, 2020 17:04
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Took the plunge and got MW5 with all the sales stuff going on from the Epic store. I want to like it but I'm having a hard time and I keep cutting myself on all the sharp edges. TLDR it's ok but it's not worth full price. MW5 feels like getting your favorite cookie only to find it's stale and someone added nuts to the recipe when it didn't need them. Walking around your leopard and interacting with lovely 3D modeled people is meh. Especially having to run from the hangar up to the cnc room for missions or communicating. The missions so far are all super cookie cutter and lack any substance. Despite having different objective/mission types they all feel the same. The missions feel pretty linear, as of yet I haven't seen any options for in mission choices or decision trees. Like you can't skirt around and blow up a turret generator to disable defenses, although in one of the first missions they had a few elements of go here and do this different thing. Apparently they improved the spawns but it's still bad, stuff just appears around you. The way they locked in the loadouts isn't great. The UI and navigating around is kinda clunky. For example if you get weapons blown off your mech and just hit the repair button it only repairs damage, it doesn't replace the destroyed weapon or component, even if you have them in inventory to pull from. You have to click a level down in the menu to see what weapon or component is destroyed. By comparison HBS Battletech did so many things way better with the characters, the UI, menus, the flavoring on the missions etc... I'm reputation 5 and I've been playing for a few hours so maybe the story and missions pick up at some point. Super 3 fucked around with this message at 20:16 on May 18, 2020 |
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May 18, 2020 19:33
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Yeah I should've mentioned I am running mods - it looks like the one that fixes spawns hasn't been updated since like JAN so I'll wait a bit. I need to grab the two AI mods for enemies and lance mates though. Running the bitching betty mod, a classic ui, better advanced zoom, and then a loadout one along with the volumetric rescale.
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May 19, 2020 14:41
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I have high hopes that the modding community will add content to this and make it good. I'm glad I jumped on it as is with the sale bc I'm ok with it at the current price point.
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May 19, 2020 20:24
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