The Gauntlet has been thrown down.....

[Marc_Hicks]

So, this is my challenge. I have just under 500 days left in my current career, & approximately 6-8 hours worth of game-play time left to me before Heavy Metal/1.8 drop.......so can I complete my career in time, without ending it prematurely via bankruptcy?

In my favour, I now have 1 Assault Mech & Several Heavy Mechs......and am well on the way to completing a few extra assault Mechs to boot (sadly, I think an Atlas may be beyond me......but a Black Knight is do-able).

Wish me luck, everyone .

 

[Lighthorseman]

Same boat here, just running the clock down and waiting to start again

 

[Prussian Havoc]

Good luck, Good @Marc_Hicks! :bow:

Tel me, any ideas how you might run that first Career Attempt after HEAVY METAL is released?

I’m thinking Ironman, CT Destruction, MechWarrior Mortality, Pieces of Five, Hard Enemy, Slow MechWarrior Progression, Rule of Skulls (Lance Skulls will never exceed( Contract Skulls) and a Pirate Affinity (from the beginning I’ll actively work toward being Honored by the Pirate Faction.)

While I won’t be restarting until I get one, receiving a Phoenix Hawk right off the bat in my Starting Lance, really would be a treat! : )

 

[Marc_Hicks]

Good luck, Good @Marc_Hicks! :bow:

Tel me, any ideas how you might run that first Career Attempt after HEAVY METAL is released?

I’m thinking Ironman, CT Destruction, MechWarrior Mortality, Pieces of Five, Hard Enemy, Slow MechWarrior Progression, Rule of Skulls (Lance Skulls will never exceed( Contract Skulls) and a Pirate Affinity (from the beginning I’ll actively work toward being Honored by the Pirate Faction.)

While I won’t be restarting until I get one, receiving a Phoenix Hawk right off the bat in my Starting Lance, really would be a treat! : )

Hmm, my settings up to this point have served me reasonably well in my current career (in spite of some occasional hard luck ). Iron-man, pieces of 3 & CT Destruction mostly. I have managed to stay on relatively good terms with the Pirates this time around (my background involved a stint with pirates, so it seemed a good idea from an RP perspective)....& wouldn't mind going even more down that path this time. I definitely aim to push to complete more Flashpoints this time around.....most especially the Prototype one.....& I will of course be following all the leads of the Mini-Campaign! If I fail to get at least *one* of the Unseen, I will be bitterly disappointed .

I am also sorely tempted to try out the Kamea campaign again.....given the changes that have apparently been made .

 

[ntw]

So, this is my challenge. I have just under 500 days left in my current career, & approximately 6-8 hours worth of game-play time left to me before Heavy Metal/1.8 drop.......so can I complete my career in time, without ending it prematurely via bankruptcy?

In my favour, I now have 1 Assault Mech & Several Heavy Mechs......and am well on the way to completing a few extra assault Mechs to boot (sadly, I think an Atlas may be beyond me......but a Black Knight is do-able).

Wish me luck, everyone .

I'm in a very similar situation. ~400 days left and very limited playing time until Thu
I'm not sure I'll make it, and this was going to be the first career I got around to completing!
FYI I play with very similar settings (PO5/Ironman/CT Destruction/Stingy = 1.0x score modifier), but I'm also playing with BEX CE3025

 

[Zythen1975]

Good luck, Good @Marc_Hicks! :bow:

Tel me, any ideas how you might run that first Career Attempt after HEAVY METAL is released?

I’m thinking Ironman, CT Destruction, MechWarrior Mortality, Pieces of Five, Hard Enemy, Slow MechWarrior Progression, Rule of Skulls (Lance Skulls will never exceed( Contract Skulls) and a Pirate Affinity (from the beginning I’ll actively work toward being Honored by the Pirate Faction.)

While I won’t be restarting until I get one, receiving a Phoenix Hawk right off the bat in my Starting Lance, really would be a treat! : )

Good luck, Good @Marc_Hicks! :bow:

Tel me, any ideas how you might run that first Career Attempt after HEAVY METAL is released?

I’m thinking Ironman, CT Destruction, MechWarrior Mortality, Pieces of Five, Hard Enemy, Slow MechWarrior Progression, Rule of Skulls (Lance Skulls will never exceed( Contract Skulls) and a Pirate Affinity (from the beginning I’ll actively work toward being Honored by the Pirate Faction.)

While I won’t be restarting until I get one, receiving a Phoenix Hawk right off the bat in my Starting Lance, really would be a treat! : )

Very similar to me, still debating between 4 and 5 parts, I also do the rule of skulls with in 1/2 a skull Playing on hard, even is just a hair rough for me. I also make rare experienced mech warriors to focus a bit more home growing vs just buying one if I need to.

And to add a bit of extra strain on my economy, I build at least 1 segment of our home per month ( unless that would put me in danger of going bankrupt that month )

Starting lance all I really want is not starting with 2x the same mech, can be different variant.

What I am doing for pirates is I will take all pirate missions, I can also take all nonpirate missions that are not vs pirates. But will also only do missions on planets that have a pirate presence to not take advantage of the-not vs pirates part.

 

[Marc_Hicks]

Well, did a lot of missions......withdrew from 2 (one Good Faith, one Bad)......seriously, why do reinforcements always seem to contain a ton of Mechs with 6 BILLION LRM's?!?! Traveled a fair bit & managed to shave close to 150 days off of my career (now down to 340 days).

I was but a gnat's wings away from gaining a Highlander.......just needed one very solid hit to the head from my Master Tactician (the Commander, who is currently in the Awesome) & it'd have been all mine. Sadly, as an Assassination target, the Mech tried to do a bunk & I never had any opportunity to get a precision strike to the head from that moment on. I did manage to grab one piece of it, though......but I'd be surprised if any more turn up before the end of the week!

Also, I managed to lose *all* of my progress with the Pirate faction, just 'cause one of my pilots has a gambling problem, & was 2,000,000 C-Bills in debt. Yeah, sorry, I'm not paying that.....nor am I giving up my best pilot to scummy card sharks .

 

[Corraidhin]

I was but a gnat's wings away from gaining a Highlander

By the time I'd finished my first campaign run I had a full 3 bays of assorted Highlanders. I can only imagine how terrifying it would be for an OpFor to see that strolling (or bounding) over the horizon.

 

[stjobe]

By the time I'd finished my first campaign run I had a full 3 bays of assorted Highlanders. I can only imagine how terrifying it would be for an OpFor to see that strolling (or bounding) over the horizon.

*bounce, bounce*

 

[Icewraith]

Well, did a lot of missions......withdrew from 2 (one Good Faith, one Bad)......seriously, why do reinforcements always seem to contain a ton of Mechs with 6 BILLION LRM's?!?! Traveled a fair bit & managed to shave close to 150 days off of my career (now down to 340 days).

I was but a gnat's wings away from gaining a Highlander.......just needed one very solid hit to the head from my Master Tactician (the Commander, who is currently in the Awesome) & it'd have been all mine. Sadly, as an Assassination target, the Mech tried to do a bunk & I never had any opportunity to get a precision strike to the head from that moment on. I did manage to grab one piece of it, though......but I'd be surprised if any more turn up before the end of the week!

Also, I managed to lose *all* of my progress with the Pirate faction, just 'cause one of my pilots has a gambling problem, & was 2,000,000 C-Bills in debt. Yeah, sorry, I'm not paying that.....nor am I giving up my best pilot to scummy card sharks .

Assassinate mission= Leg ASAP.

I still have like 700 days left on an attempted Kerensky run, and I don’t have a ton of time during the week. No way I’m finishing this up in time for Heavy Metal. Fortunately I just need to pokemech Assaults, I already have the other three categories.

 

[Ken-Sw]

My current career just ran out the clock ( I do not keep score ) Seems like a good place to stop and wait - Start a new campaign when HM drops
My current top lance
Black Night
Cataphract
Orion
Thunderbolt
My A team pilots are all 10's
I have lots of pieces of assaults but no complete one yet
I might do another flashpoint or two if I get bored waiting.

 

[Marc_Hicks]

Assassinate mission= Leg ASAP.

I still have like 700 days left on an attempted Kerensky run, and I don’t have a ton of time during the week. No way I’m finishing this up in time for Heavy Metal. Fortunately I just need to pokemech Assaults, I already have the other three categories.

As I said, the Mech had its back to me almost the entire time......so a precise leg shot was also not possible . Apologies for sounding dense, though, but what is a Kerensky run? I know that Kerensky was the guy who mass jumped out of the Inner Sphere, & took all the SLDF tech with him.......& I know about Natasha Karensky, of course......but how does that apply here? Genuinely curious .

 

[Prussian Havoc]

As I said, the Mech had its back to me almost the entire time......so a precise leg shot was also not possible . Apologies for sounding dense, though, but what is a Kerensky run? I know that Kerensky was the guy who mass jumped out of the Inner Sphere, & took all the SLDF tech with him.......& I know about Natasha Karensky, of course......but how does that apply here? Genuinely curious .

Score high enough (a score of 784,000 points) on a Career Attempt and you can earn the Steam achievement named for Alexandr Kerensky.

 

[Icewraith]

Score high enough on a Career Attempt and you can earn the Steam achievement named for Alexandr Kerensky. Which is a score of 784,000 points.

I think either the cbill or travel is going to do me in, or my “don’t kill reputation too quickly to maximize contract availability” strategy is going to screw me over on reputation.

 

[Prussian Havoc]

I think either the cbill or travel is going to do me in, or my “don’t kill reputation too quickly to maximize contract availability” strategy is going to screw me over on reputation.

To me it is the Cbill requirement that is the long pole in this particular tent.

Good luck! :bow:

 

[Kereminde]

So, this is my challenge. I have just under 500 days left in my current career, & approximately 6-8 hours worth of game-play time left to me before Heavy Metal/1.8 drop.......so can I complete my career in time, without ending it prematurely via bankruptcy?

In my favour, I now have 1 Assault Mech & Several Heavy Mechs......and am well on the way to completing a few extra assault Mechs to boot (sadly, I think an Atlas may be beyond me......but a Black Knight is do-able).

Wish me luck, everyone .

I have 200 days for my stream game, but lately I've only been "allowed" about 90 minutes per day before suddenly Twitch stops accepting the stream. Very annoying. (I appear to be about to make "Regular" rank though.)

 

[Marc_Hicks]

Sad to say that I only shaved around 70 days off of my career.....& am now down to 260 days remaining. My plan is to just hunt out Flashpoints from here on out. Took on the one featuring the Flak Jackals, & managed to nab myself an Orion & a Cataphract.....not to mention a couple of Gauss Rifles. I then went to take on the Extracurricular Activities Flashpoint, where I got to put my Gauss Rifle.equipped Orion to the test. I must say it performed remarkably well, in spite of copping an AC20 hit from a turret!

Oh, & a bout of Periphery Pox hit the Argo at the worst possible time!!!