Is the BJ-1 the only starter mech you can get in the campaign?
- Thread starter godmonkey
- Start date
-
We have updated our Community Code of Conduct. Please read through the new rules for the forum that are an integral part of Paradox Interactive’s User Agreement.
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, and sometimes a headshot is just a headshot.
(apologies to Sigmund Freud)
(apologies to Sigmund Freud)
But with how that first mission is scripted to use JJ wouldn't the starter mech have to be one with JJ thus not allowing the cent, hunchi, and kintaro unless you start with a modified one.
Oh good point, I wonder how that would work. Probably be a game breaking thing. I might try it sometime just to see how the game would handle it. Modding in a starter mech that doesn't have any JJs I mean. Unintended consequences and all that just for the lulz.
One minor change: "We're going to certify you for Royal Guard on this Blackjack BJ-1 before you go out on the mission. It's just a formality for those watching to prove you're capable of handling a BattleMech, kid."
Eesh, that atlas II would cost you an arm and a leg to keep running. You'd be bankrupt quicker than any Ponzi scheme.
Given what happens and the likelihood of it getting left behind, that would be completely hilarious.
Or...
We need to qualify you on a mech, but your family mech isn’t ready yet. So I’ll check you out in this Blackjack
Same thing, just the "Royal Guard" is what they call the unit you wind up in at the start. Not SLDF Royal Guard, that's . . . that's something else.
"We just happen to have an Atlas II lying around you can borrow while we check you out on a mech... "
"Why is the guard full of broken down mechs when you have an Atlas II?"
"Funding"
"Why is the guard full of broken down mechs when you have an Atlas II?"
"Funding"
Actually since mech monthly costs are fixed, ammo is free and armour repair is also free (structure is *not* )
An atlas might be too cost effective early game
An atlas might be too cost effective early game
A mod I could envision, though (sadly) not mod myself, would be one that gave you a choice of mechs depending upon the house you select, with a significant variety in the choices available, including weight choices. The weight could go as high as maybe an 80 ton Victor as a starting mech! There would however be a significant balancing factor.
The starting 'lance' you get once you are in the first mission with your leopard born merc friends is dependant on the size of your starting mech. For every ton over and above the default 45 ton Blackjack your choice gave you, two tons is removed from the tonnage of your starter lance. If you selected say Steiner for an 80 ton assault starter mech, your compatriots would all be piloting locusts!
Whether it should work the other way is not so obvious. Would taking a Jenner for a starting mech warrant replacing the Spider with an Enforcer?
The starting 'lance' you get once you are in the first mission with your leopard born merc friends is dependant on the size of your starting mech. For every ton over and above the default 45 ton Blackjack your choice gave you, two tons is removed from the tonnage of your starter lance. If you selected say Steiner for an 80 ton assault starter mech, your compatriots would all be piloting locusts!
Whether it should work the other way is not so obvious. Would taking a Jenner for a starting mech warrant replacing the Spider with an Enforcer?
After my first playthrough, I might mod it to use like a Grasshopper or something for the starter, if only to have a mech that'll be MINE and have the emotional impact for a large chunk of the game instead of only as long as it takes to get an ok Heavy option. Family Mech, needs to have some staying power!
Your starter mech is a Star League treasure, the secret of which has been closely guarded for generations. It has an XL engine and double heat sinks! Something never otherwise seen!
Bet you would consider 'that' mech special and keep it around till the end game.
I want interesting, not ridiculous.Your starter mech is a Star League treasure, the secret of which has been closely guarded for generations. It has an XL engine and double heat sinks! Something never otherwise seen!
Bet you would consider 'that' mech special and keep it around till the end game.
And even that open to debate until I've played through the main story once.
Your starter mech is a Star League treasure, the secret of which has been closely guarded for generations. It has an XL engine and double heat sinks! Something never otherwise seen! Bet you would consider 'that' mech special and keep it around till the end game.
Why would I want to keep a Griffin GRF-1DS?
I would be happy to play a campaign in which I started with a Marauder with an XL engine, and NO other mechs with which to equip my other pilots. In the longer game, it would still be a cheat, but it would not necessarily be a cakewalk in the earlier parts of the game. And by the time you are into the later parts of the game, I am not sure that it would be all that imbalancing.
I expect we will see several options for starter mechs with mods, fairly quickly. I would not be at all surprised to see a few mods similar to the OP ones I have mentioned.
I expect we will see several options for starter mechs with mods, fairly quickly. I would not be at all surprised to see a few mods similar to the OP ones I have mentioned.
If it is in Would not mind a thunderbolt 5SE. If JJ are needed for the starter mission.