Hey guys, it's time for my version of the weapon balance mod after i played through the entire campaign. I uploaded it to the Nexus and also wanted to post it here:
The Weapon Rebalance Mod has some minor changes to weapon values to make them more balanced to each other. It reduces the power of extremely good weapons while underpowered weapons like the PPC, Large Laser or LRM10 are buffed to a reasonable level.
Link: Nexusmods
The Weapon Rebalance Mod has some minor changes to weapon values to make them more balanced to each other. It reduces the power of extremely good weapons while underpowered weapons like the PPC, Large Laser or LRM10 are buffed to a reasonable level.
Link: Nexusmods
If you played any BattleTech or Mechwarrior game (TableTop or digital) you know, that some weapons are simply better. While some adjustments where made in BattleTech (HBS), they still have their faults. This mod will make them more equal, so you are not forced to run 7-8 Medium Laser with SRMs.
How to install
1) Locate your BattleTech game folder - usually its at C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common or your SteamLibrary and open it.
2) copypaste the folder named BattleTech_Data (from the mod folder) into the BattleTech game folder. Say Yes, Replace all to the replace-dialog.
3) If you want to uninstall the mod, just copypaste the files in the Backup folder, they have the default value. (Right now, no Mod Manager support BattleTech, so this is the easiest method)
Versions
I added a version of the mod that does not have the added Medium and Small Laser nerfs, since a few people asked about that. Just choose one at the download-page. Have fun
Mod Changelist
Small Laser: -5 Dmg, -2 Heat
Medium Laser: -5 Dmg
PPC: +5 Dmg, -5 Heat
Large Laser: +5 Dmg, -5 Heat
SRM4: +2 Heat
LRM10: -2 Heat
LRM15: -1 Heat
This mod also changed all + weapons with a similar value. Pulse and ER-Models got adjusted as well, but retain their specific uniqueness.
Pulse compared to Base Model: +5 damage, +5 Accuracy
ER Model compared to Base Model: +25% Crit Chance, increased Range (60 Meter with Small Laser, Medium and Large 90)
This link shows you all weapon values on a Google Spreadsheet.
Why these changes?
In the base game, weapons like the PPC or Large Laser are simply not good enough, since their high heat and low damage values don't justify taking them over their counterparts. Why would you pick a 2 PPCs with 90 damage total if you could literally take 3 AC/5s for the same weight, and do 45 damage more?
This mod tries to make some weapon choices more similar to each other. For this, I used the base tonnage, 1t of ammo (if available) and the amount of Single Heat Sinks needed for Heat Neutrality to adjust them. Now, some weapons may have a counterpart in another class. These pairings are the following:
Small Laser / MG - Around 10 Damage per adjusted weight with 15 damage each, with a higher Crit rate and projectile count for MGs and a better Accuracy with Small Laser
Medium Laser / SRM2 - Around 4 Damage per adjusted weight with 16-20 damage. Medium Lasers still have the higher damage, which only changes if you take a lot of SRM2s.
Laser Laser / AC5 - Around 3.5 Damage per adjusted weight with 45 damage. AC5 has more range and Stab damage, while the Large Laser has a better Hit Chance
PPC / AC10 - Around 3 Damage per adjusted weight with 55 or 60 Damage per shot. The PPC has lower normal and stab damage, but has a nice 5% hit debuff for the enemy and a higher range.
SRM4, LRM10 and LRM15 - They are not a group of similar weapons, but their values got adjusted because they are outlier in their line.
Is this mod savegame-friendly?
Yes. Just follow the instructions.
Known Issues?
Not to my knowledge but i guess, every mod that touches the changed files will overwrite them and i did not include any weapons that are part of the main game. If you would add a weapon like Clan-Weaponry or other, mission weapons like the ER Medium or ER Small Lasers, they are not supported.
Changelog
1.1 - Fixed some faulty values with ER and Pulse Models
1.0b - added another variant of the mod that excludes the nerfs to Medium and Small Lasers as well new heat value for Pulse versions of these two Lasers. Pulse Laser do +5 damage, but generate 5 additional heat compared to the base model, while ER models have just a higher range while also generating 5 additional heat.
1.0 - Initial release
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