[Campaign/Story] Hyades Rim

[unclecid]

@TLRoff
I have found that upping weight on the career leopard start fps for getting the Argo really helps in getting it quicker
Changed weight on each from 200 to 10000.
First time thru the Argo fps were competing with HR fps and took me about as long to get all three to pop.
Second time with changed weight digging in the dirt was one of first five.
Was able to complete all three a bit past 400 days in.
Also had to do lit of traveling.
Mitigated by traveling in 30 odd day hops doing a mission and moving on.

I also use higher then normal opfor difficulty.
Just added to it with a new mod called Elite Force.
Check the thread here about it.
Think it might be up your alley too.

Also mod called soft experience cap you should try.

 

[TLRoff]

You forgot "And if it is stupid and it works, it's still stupid but it still worked... this time......"

Some interesting flavor bits in there that could expand on pilot tags which may not be quite as borked to work with as unit tags as a couple mods out there to expand on pilot and commander quirks work interestingly well.. though I will state for the record the commander quirks mod doesn't like HR very much as of the 1.8 release.

 

[Hobbes__]

You forgot "And if it is stupid and it works, it's still stupid but it still worked... this time......"

Some interesting flavor bits in there that could expand on pilot tags which may not be quite as borked to work with as unit tags as a couple mods out there to expand on pilot and commander quirks work interestingly well.. though I will state for the record the commander quirks mod doesn't like HR very much as of the 1.8 release.

I just had a look at commander quirks on Nexusmods and I saw nothing that would conflict with HR. Either it's a different mod, or its commander quirks that doesn't like 1.8.

 

[unclecid]

commander quirks stopped working with 1.9 for me....couldnt get past commander creation to start new career.

 

[Hobbes__]

Meanwhile, I've finished my backlog regarding unit tags, and I'm feeling inspired, so I've started writing the 5th Flashpoint, Petty Tyrants And Bandit Kingdoms, which will be the first FP of yet another mini-campaign.

Like I said before, this will not be released as standalone because in addition to all the extra work required, I'd have to butcher its story. But it should have some interesting challenges

 

[juice14]

Hi just got this mod and want to say this is totally Awesome! How do I join the discord server? When I click the invite says expired?

 

[Hobbes__]

Hi just got this mod and want to say this is totally Awesome! How do I join the discord server? When I click the invite says expired?

Thanks for the warning - I've updated the Discord link on my signature.

 

[BARBOSA (Aries)]

Loved the ideas. Pity they didn´t work.

For the future (if you go back on that). In BT novels those ragtag groups often have "us vs the world" mentality and are fairly united despite the bickering, so while those events should pop up, they should do so rarely, specially the ones that end with people killed.

 

[TLRoff]

ALLRIGHT SLACKERS! H'es posted an update.. it's got another mission tucked away inside and he consented to (by obviously posting/updating it up) add addition to one of his stand alone FP's

Off to Nexus with you! (assuming your not as bad as I am and check it several times per day!)

 

[Hobbes__]

ALLRIGHT SLACKERS! H'es posted an update.. it's got another mission tucked away inside and he consented to (by obviously posting/updating it up) add addition to one of his stand alone FP's

Off to Nexus with you! (assuming your not as bad as I am and check it several times per day!)

The update is a bug fix for The Death's Mask, the first choice on that FP wasn't spawning the mission properly. Other than that no new content... yet (social distancing and quarantine due to coronavirus will soon change that)

 

[TLRoff]

On a related note to the current state of the world we are all dealing with and a particular mission in the chain. I did not have the argo's med bays upgraded when the Pox hit my crew... I have 6 pilots and the commander. 3 died. 50% mortality rate due to inadequate facilities. 2 of the pilots were two of my best, one was training up.

 

[Hobbes__]

On a related note to the current state of the world we are all dealing with and a particular mission in the chain. I did not have the argo's med bays upgraded when the Pox hit my crew... I have 6 pilots and the commander. 3 died. 50% mortality rate due to inadequate facilities. 2 of the pilots were two of my best, one was training up.

When I thought of that mission more than a month ago, I took the inspiration from what was happening in the world at the moment. I was kinda worrying that it would get to this point at the same time.

 

[TLRoff]

I don't think it will but man oh man.. go boy scouts.. "Be Prepared". I'll know for the future upgrade the damd med bays!

 

[Hobbes__]

I don't think it will but man oh man.. go boy scouts.. "Be Prepared". I'll know for the future upgrade the damd med bays!

One way to minimize the damage from this event is to take the FP early on the career so that your Mechwarriors will still be relatively untrained so their losses won't hit you as bad. Another is to keep a large pool of MechWarriors to lessen the chances of it killing your best ones.

MedBay will kills 2 Mechwarriors and injures 1, Pox Antivirals kills 1 and injuries 2. But it isn't easy to get the antivirals even during a full career.

 

[TLRoff]

so, your saying someones gonna die... Yep, welcome to the nitty gritty nasty battletech universe! Darn you Hobbes
I started a quick and dirty 2nd career easy mode to go see if I can poke a hole in your mission expectation.. should be taking the Jinxed FP any moment now. Making a point of hitting world that have has plagues to try and trigger the pox antiviral event. For I must test I must!

 

[Eximar]

Nvm

 

[Hobbes__]

A new version 4.9.2 was released today but it only contains updates to the unit tags and fixes.

Hopefully next version will be 5.0, which will contain the upcoming 5th Flashpoint, God Mecha.

Here's a teaser for the flashpoint.

Enjoy

 

[TLRoff]

all right.. manged in my second game to both get the hospital built and score the antivirals .. only lost 2 mech warriors this time...still couple of my aces but hey.. can't have everything..

Putting that game on hold until your update hits.

 

[TLRoff]

and while I wait I'll go give advanced 3062 a go.. Baradul seems to have great fun with it on his Youtube channel. That mod seems to be all about the fiddly bits.. YOURS has story and that makes it better far as I am concerned...

 

[Hobbes__]

And where's some news about the mod's current development state.

In the past weeks there was debugging FP work and balance changes based on reported feedback for players. And a lot of background design for the whole Hyades Rim story. And currently I'm finishing new events along with working on the already announced upcoming God Mecha flashpoint to prepare everything for version 5.0.

Meanwhile here's a peek at the current list of new Flashpoints, italics are working titles current under development, names might change, more might be added.
I. The Periphery Is A Harsh Mistress
II. Jinxed
III. It Came From The Rim
IV. God Mecha
V. The Death's Mask
VI. Petty Tyrants And Bandit Kingdoms
VII. Paradise City
VIII. Here Might Be Dragons
IX. Barbarians At The Gates
X. First Lord
XI. Horse Latitudes
XII. Dark Forest