[SPOILERS] Game Gripes.

Discussion in 'BattleTech (Harebrained)' started by Hollister, May 9, 2018.

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  1. MostlyHarmless

    MostlyHarmless Master of Recruits Staff Member Jarl SC Huscarl

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    I really only had two complaints:
    First and most importantly was the sheer number of pirates in the periphery with assault mechs. It’s like everyone and the brother from the inner sphere decided that they were overrated and sent them off to be scrapped in some back water world.

    Second is the inability to go anywhere in the inner sphere, I mean I enjoyed the little slice of heaven that is the campaign but it kills it for replay ability to not have anywhere else to go.
    Thankfully there is a mod for this, just hoping to find a mod to fix the abundance of assault mechs as well with out chancing too many other things.
     
    MostlyHarmless, May 26, 2018
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    Damion Sparhawk The Missing Link Viking

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    hoping for expansion to increase the map (star) size and maybe give us some more places to roam in the spheres, I share your gripe in this respect, but understand the limits involved in putting together the game with the resources available.
     
    Damion Sparhawk, May 26, 2018
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    MagnusEffect Administrator Staff Member Jarl SC Huscarl

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    Completely legitimate complaints, but thought you should know there is a mod for the latter:
    https://www.nexusmods.com/battletech/mods/148

    Might be using this for some Borg community project at a later date.
     
    MagnusEffect, May 27, 2018
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  4. MostlyHarmless

    MostlyHarmless Master of Recruits Staff Member Jarl SC Huscarl

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    I downloaded the mod a couple of days ago, just had to finish downloading the update to the base game (the joys of the drc free version is that you have to re-download the entire game every time you want to update, not a huge issue unless you have a slow shared connection then it takes roughly 26hrs to download and update, you could say that is my other pet peeve with the game in the lack of a decent standalone updater)
    I'm looking into seeing if you can get the innersphere map mod to work with the game without removing the campaign but no luck so far.
     
    MostlyHarmless, May 27, 2018
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    Lardaltef Well Liked Berserker

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    Like a sandbox galaxy mode with no campaign?
     
    Lardaltef, May 27, 2018
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    MostlyHarmless Master of Recruits Staff Member Jarl SC Huscarl

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    what I would like is the sandbox galaxy with the campaign, but unfortunately I'm not sure that is possible. With the InnerSphereMap mod and the Random Travel Contracts mod they recommend with it you get the open sandbox but no campaign story. You end up starting on Terra with the Argo if memory serves me right.
     
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    Lardaltef Well Liked Berserker

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    That would be awesome especially if there were random generated "mini campaigns" linked contracts for one employer. But they didn't affect the main campaign in any way.
     
    Lardaltef, May 28, 2018
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    I really wish I could field 2+ lances of lighter mechs instead of one lance. Especially in the missions with an initial lance backed up by vehicles and turrets then reinforcements coming in. 2 lances of Mediums would be the tactical choice for that type of mission as I could set one lance to focus down mechs and the other to clean up the support as quickly as possible. 4 mechs means enemy mechs often get free shots on my mechs while I clean out the dangerous but easily killed vehicles.

    There are also times I'd like to shift the battle but can't because I'm tied to a slow heavier mech instead of multiple lighter/faster mechs with about the same firepower as that one.
     
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    I think dev set limits are what stopped a lot of all this from happening. gotta remember they only kickstarted like 2.8 mill. With the game selling very well id almost bet that most everything you guys have mentioned (at least game mechanic wise) is on some plan they have for the next "whatever" we get as a game or DLC. They listen to folks and drop weights vs any 4 mechs has been a hot topic since beta. id be shocked and confused if we didnt see that in the future.
     
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