Have I missed getting the Raven?

[Captain Kyle]

Hoping for some help here. I've completed the Campaign before any DLC. I have both DLC loaded now and have started a new Career mode campaign.
If the 'Prototype' Flashpoint has expired without me completing it, does this mean I'll never get to see a Raven in the game on this career path? Is it possible that 'Prototype' may appear again after expiring in this career path?
Many thanks for any help!

 

[theCarthaginian]

Hoping for some help here. I've completed the Campaign before any DLC. I have both DLC loaded now and have started a new Career mode campaign.
If the 'Prototype' Flashpoint has expired without me completing it, does this mean I'll never get to see a Raven in the game on this career path? Is it possible that 'Prototype' may appear again after expiring in this career path?
Many thanks for any help!

You can randomly encounter the Raven like any other mech... but it is only after the Flashpoint when it first appears in the game. Now that you have completed that FO, you should run into them from time to time - but they are not plentiful in my experience.

 

[unclecid]

@Captain Kyle
if the Prototype FP expires before you get a chance to do it it WILL reappear and keep doing so until you do it.
this goes for all FPs.
and if you want to see the Raven the best chance is to take contracts where Liao will appear in mission as an ally or opfor

 

[mjbroekman]

If you're starting a new career game, The Prototype will show up first. But if it expires, it gets shuffled back into the deck and has to compete with all the other Flashpoints in order to appear.

 

[Timaeus]

You could also wait until the in game equivalent of Jan 1, 3027 to have Ravens start appearing.

 

[Captain Kyle]

Many thanks for the useful info guys! I'll just have to wait for it to show up again.

 

[unclecid]

If you're starting a new career game, The Prototype will show up first. But if it expires, it gets shuffled back into the deck and has to compete with all the other Flashpoints in order to appear.

someone made a mod....that causes the lower skull FPs to show up before later ones.
it does this each time a FP is chosen

 

[Amechwarrior]

someone made a mod....that causes the lower skull FPs to show up before later ones.
it does this each time a FP is chosen

I made FP Spawn Adjustments for this issue. Check the modding subforum for its thread.

The Prototype FP expiring is a double whammy. It only has a spawn weight of 10, the normal value. So once it falls off from its forced initial spawn, it has no greater chance of appearing than any other FP. The "Joint Venture" Hatchetman FP has a weight of 200, 20 times the normal amount. So if it expires, it is very likely to come right back on. For some reason "The Prototype" doesn't get this boost and I added that in to the mod.

Edit: Should anyone add my spawn adjustments mod in to an existing save, you would have to wait for a FP to expire or be completed before seeing any effect. By default 5 FPs can be available at one time and spawn one at a time every couple of weeks. The mod only changes the spawn weights, not the rate of FP spawning or total available.

 

[Ksyr]

What difficulty missions should I aim for if I want to get a Raven?

 

[mjbroekman]

Any time you're fighting Liao or pirate light mechs, you'll have a chance of running into them. Maybe also Directorate forces. But only after the campaign is done, if you're in campaign mode.

 

[LongRange]

So I completed both campaign and career modes before UW arrived. On one of my first city missions (maybe THE first) I ran into a RVN shielding a couple of Griffins and a Javelin. Was able to salvage the entire mech BEFORE the prototype FP. Used it during the FP and it made dealing with all those missile boats a lot easier. Kept the one from the FP also.

 

[_Firefly]

In my most recent campaign I managed to salvage a Raven which randomly spawned alongside one of the antagonist's 'mechs. I was lucky the pilot was a complete rookie and only took 3 injuries before being incapacitated, otherwise I would've blown the CT to smithereens. In game time that was several months after completing the FP. I haven't encountered another one since.

 

[mjbroekman]

Once you've finished the campaign, the Raven can spawn normally assuming that you've either completed the Flashpoint OR the date in-game is past a certain point (I forget off the top of my head).