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We currently have consecutive deployment missions and the next logical step would be concurrent development missions. This would work similar to consecutive deployment in that you fight to missions back to back but you pick to seperate lances before deploying. So you would pick one lance on the development screen hit next, pick your second lance then hit deploy. The deployment screen shouldn't need to look any different.

These missions could be both flashpoints and procedural. Ideally completing optional objectives in the first mission could effect the second mission.
For instance, defeating reinforcements in the first mission prevents/delays or changes the reinforcements in the second mission to be lower tonnage/skill level.

This would incentivize players to maintain more mechs and train more pilots. This could also be coupled with consecutive deployments so that you get two concurrent missions foloowed immediately by two more concurrent missions.

There are alot of things that could be done with this but I think just adding simultaneous deployment missons would add a new strategic element with radically changing the way the game plays.
 
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I like this idea, I like it a lot. Another aspect of this would be forcing you to train your pilots in such a way that they're able to form two well-rounded lances.
 

Justin Kase

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Would love to see this :)

The tools to do this are already in the game - I think. You could basically do consecutive deployment, but apply a timeout tag to the pilots and 'Mechs to prevent them from being used in the 2nd mission. So this should be achievable without too much additional effort from HBS.
 

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Exactly. That would be like the final mission of Red Hunt, but with you deplying on both fronts with with two different lances.
 
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Technically, I already have at least two lances ready to go, with the correctly skilled pilots.

In an indirect sense, the game pretty much requires it, as some of the Flashpoints are limited to middleweight drops only.

I also run with a third complete lance of nothing but modded Stalkers that can tear the holy hell bejezuz out of pretty much anything the game can throw at us. Complete with elite pilots that are specifically skilled up to properly pilot those fearsomely beautiful beasts....