Hero Spider, Atlas-K, Catapult-J, Grasshopper-5J and Phoenix Hawk-KK are all Mechs that can mount a AMS.
First impressions of MW5
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BATTLETECH has side-tracked me, but I always figured it was just a matter of following the timeline far enough toward 3050...
The Hero Mechs appear from the start when you have the money. The non Hero Mechs with AMS can take quite long until they appear.
Now my hope are the modders and/or an eventual DLC. After finishing the campaign and all HRQs by 3037, i don´t have real incentive to keep moving forward the timeline, as the procgen missions alone aren´t motivating enough to me (like in HBS Battletech).
I´m playing phoenix point again though
But anyone have a complete list of MW5 mechs? I´m considering a "pokemech" hunt.
I´m playing phoenix point again though
But anyone have a complete list of MW5 mechs? I´m considering a "pokemech" hunt.
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Sarna.net was updated and has the assault mech variants now. I hope its complete. Pokemech, here i go
Be neat if they moved to the "support slot" idea, and made AMS a support slot weapon. Would make all the heavy and Assault mechs that wander around with random small lasers or machineguns useful.
Don't underestimate the MGs. Decent firepower for no heat. I have 4 of them (tier 3) on my Mauler 1R, just grouped them up to fire whenever I fire the ER large lasers. With a single ton of ammo, I never have run out. And when the battle turns into a brawl, they are just awesome.
Just don't use this kind of grouping on a Mech the AI is gonna use. It will run into MG range before firing the ERLLs at all ;D
During my current and first playthrough the 4th Succession War came and went with me off in House Marik somewheres.Now my hope are the modders and/or an eventual DLC. After finishing the campaign and all HRQs by 3037, i don´t have real incentive to keep moving forward the timeline, as the procgen missions alone aren´t motivating enough to me (like in HBS Battletech).
I´m playing phoenix point again though
I believe the Davion and Liao borders shifted appropriately, but I never got a chance to dive into this what should have been a blazing inferno of a burgeoning HOT SPOT.
With so much in the game already (the emergence of the FRR, conflict border shifts, etc) if a gamer wants to be in on those events, the game should offer up notice of the events (a CNN News Flash of sorts) and maybe even some “Event Named” Contract’s.
I hope an update or DLC fix that, but the 4thSW wasn´t really explored in this game.
Border change seems alright, but St. Ives isn´t even in the map. And there´s only a single HRQ in what should have been a hot spot filled with them.
I also advanced to 3040. Not a single HRQ for the war of 3039... The game is good and i don´t regret the purchase. But it could have been great with just a little more polish.
Border change seems alright, but St. Ives isn´t even in the map. And there´s only a single HRQ in what should have been a hot spot filled with them.
I also advanced to 3040. Not a single HRQ for the war of 3039... The game is good and i don´t regret the purchase. But it could have been great with just a little more polish.
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Not surprisingly, my LRMs are accorded more than their fair share of shade here in MW5 too. : )
I'm truly glad some of you are really enjoying the game....unfortunately I cannot say the same. I'm going to bash the game so read no further if that is going to rile you up.
All this game did was push me back to HBS Battletech after not playing that game for several months.
MW5 to me is completely mediocre and feels like it really lacks any kind of polish...it feels like a damn Beta test that could have used another 6 months in QA. It has none of the charm or "Battletech feel" that MW2, 3,4, and 4 Mercs had.
There are times HBS Battletech seems low budget and wonky, yet its all worth it because the game is super fun and was obviously a labor of love. Battletech also seems to exist firmly in the MW universe. I don't get that feeling from MW5. It could have been called "Big Stompy Robot Battles" and it would be the same thing.
-I'll give it this much, the actual combat is not too bad, but the rest of the game is really rough and that hurts the action
-The story from what I've seen is terribly done and cliched. The revenge plot is a staple but I've never seen it done worse. The crappy B acting in the FMV scenes of MW4 look like Academy award material in comparison. The missions Ive played also seem to be really rote and just boil down to go kill everyone, could have used a bit better writing here.
-Graphically, the game looks really rough on my machine, very grainy and blurred textures on the mechs. The laser beams look odd. The environments do look good as do the explosions, so I will give them that.
-radar? what?
-mechs take leg damage and run just fine
-sometimes lance mates with long range weaponry run right into melee brawling range and negate all their weapons advantages
-after all these years no melee again?
-the magical spawning is still present and your allies love to run rampant through the things you are trying to protect as others have noted
-No Duncan Fisher
-The voice acting is atrocious and cliched. Ryana and the mech tech guy are just awful cliches. It would have been better to just have written text only. Thank the gods Adam Jensen is in the game to give some quality voice acting. But his floating disembodied torso that stares into space doesn't help.
-The dead character models are worse than Half Life 1, and its really odd feeling in 2020
Hopefully the game gets patched or better yet modders tweak the hell out of this thing.
All this game did was push me back to HBS Battletech after not playing that game for several months.
MW5 to me is completely mediocre and feels like it really lacks any kind of polish...it feels like a damn Beta test that could have used another 6 months in QA. It has none of the charm or "Battletech feel" that MW2, 3,4, and 4 Mercs had.
There are times HBS Battletech seems low budget and wonky, yet its all worth it because the game is super fun and was obviously a labor of love. Battletech also seems to exist firmly in the MW universe. I don't get that feeling from MW5. It could have been called "Big Stompy Robot Battles" and it would be the same thing.
-I'll give it this much, the actual combat is not too bad, but the rest of the game is really rough and that hurts the action
-The story from what I've seen is terribly done and cliched. The revenge plot is a staple but I've never seen it done worse. The crappy B acting in the FMV scenes of MW4 look like Academy award material in comparison. The missions Ive played also seem to be really rote and just boil down to go kill everyone, could have used a bit better writing here.
-Graphically, the game looks really rough on my machine, very grainy and blurred textures on the mechs. The laser beams look odd. The environments do look good as do the explosions, so I will give them that.
-radar? what?
-mechs take leg damage and run just fine
-sometimes lance mates with long range weaponry run right into melee brawling range and negate all their weapons advantages
-after all these years no melee again?
-the magical spawning is still present and your allies love to run rampant through the things you are trying to protect as others have noted
-No Duncan Fisher
-The voice acting is atrocious and cliched. Ryana and the mech tech guy are just awful cliches. It would have been better to just have written text only. Thank the gods Adam Jensen is in the game to give some quality voice acting. But his floating disembodied torso that stares into space doesn't help.
-The dead character models are worse than Half Life 1, and its really odd feeling in 2020
Hopefully the game gets patched or better yet modders tweak the hell out of this thing.
Yeah, not riled up. : )
I hope PGI takes your feedback and that of others, and has the resources to knuckle down and get to work on improving the game.
I’ve already gotten my money’s worth of gaming from MW5, but whether through DLC, Free Update or a mix of both, I would most definitely look forward to and/or pre-order whatever PGI and MW5 have in store for us next. :bow:
I hope PGI takes your feedback and that of others, and has the resources to knuckle down and get to work on improving the game.
I’ve already gotten my money’s worth of gaming from MW5, but whether through DLC, Free Update or a mix of both, I would most definitely look forward to and/or pre-order whatever PGI and MW5 have in store for us next. :bow:
Not riled up either
I miss Duncan (and S7) too, i also hate the vehicle spawn and i wish we´ll get melee someday as well.
While i actually enjoyed the story and VA, i admit both (if not the entire game) could use improvement.
And there is a radar (it seems unrealiable because of the spawns). Losing a leg cuts 25% of your speed (should be at least 50%). I know because i lost one once
I miss Duncan (and S7) too, i also hate the vehicle spawn and i wish we´ll get melee someday as well.
While i actually enjoyed the story and VA, i admit both (if not the entire game) could use improvement.
And there is a radar (it seems unrealiable because of the spawns). Losing a leg cuts 25% of your speed (should be at least 50%). I know because i lost one once
Yeah, you basically get short time to exploit removing the leg of a fast mech. Destroy it, then finish it off on the torso.
But for large mechs you are better of coring or head shot.
But for large mechs you are better of coring or head shot.
I've had fun with the game, even with its spawn and AI issues. I just beat the story campaign the other night and wasn't disappointed. It went beyond the stock "oh no you killed my daddy I kill you (in 30 years wait up)" arc that I expected from the--frankly--absolutely terrible opening, tutorial, and shoddy in-game engine rendered Dad-Death...complete with a cliched backwards fall off of a random cliff.
I've sunk a ton of hours into the game and now am having fun playing PokeMech with the Hero chassis and playing different weight classes now that I'm done with the rush to assaults. Plus, it looks like there are some pretty good mods coming out to play around with, and the cooperative multiplayer is tons of fun as well.
Hopefully some patches and support from PGI fix some of the glaring problems with the game, but I've enjoyed it as is.
I've sunk a ton of hours into the game and now am having fun playing PokeMech with the Hero chassis and playing different weight classes now that I'm done with the rush to assaults. Plus, it looks like there are some pretty good mods coming out to play around with, and the cooperative multiplayer is tons of fun as well.
Hopefully some patches and support from PGI fix some of the glaring problems with the game, but I've enjoyed it as is.
Now that mods are happening, I can say that its way less annoying with tonnage limits removed. No playing tonnage tetris to start a contract.
Fingers crossed for mods adding HRQ.
Maybe the modders can tell the tales from 3016-3049 PGI didn´t.
After all, from the talk in the net if MW5 is successful enough to have any DLC at all, next stop is clan invasion.
Maybe the modders can tell the tales from 3016-3049 PGI didn´t.
After all, from the talk in the net if MW5 is successful enough to have any DLC at all, next stop is clan invasion.
well....at least (IMHO) an HBS effort will be worth playing out of the gate.