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[BATTLETECH/MechWarrior] Old thread, like the carcass of a cored-out Locust.
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HBS does good shit in general. Their shadowrun games were pretty damn awesome.
I'm stoked for this game!
Well we did hit the stretch goal in the kickstarter to include Legendary Mechs and Mechwarriors (which they did say that they're still working on including later). But yeah, it won't be something to worry about.
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Firepower Skill Tree
Operations Skill Tree
Firepower Skill Tree (with all Cooldown hit)
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more nodes does not equal better, games developers.
Just need to wrap my head around the subtle tweaks they've done since the SP demo and now as well as differences between TT and this.
Yeah it is a mess and man did the mechs no longer feel like they were prior to the new skill trees. But I felt that the mechs felt like lumbering massive beasts now. Also you didn't have to skill out three mechs just to fully skill out the one you wanted. Also it slightly leveled the playing field for newbies I felt.
But other than that, it really is a pain to use and lights really don't feel like the super fast balls of doom anymore. Thus my posting of those photos to help others figure out the first two things you really want to do to make sure that you can fire more than the non-skilled mechs (or just be able to keep up with the skilled mechs).
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In the same vein, skill trees that are just "+0.x% to Whatsits" is also not very compelling.
Yeah I feel like League of Legends and WoW solved this forever ago. Less nodes with more dramatic, impactful results is always more interesting.
3DS FCode: 1993-7512-8991
I know this was directed at Bets...but more perspectives are good too, right?
From my experience:
Seismic Sensors are mostly going to be useful for brawling and/or ambusher builds. The range on the things got nerfed hardcore, and they now only report seismic results when you're standing still. Now, with that all said, I can kind of see them being somewhat useful if you plan on running stealth armor shenanigans.
Radar Deprivation can be entirely skipped if you have ECM or intend on being in full view of baddies and aren't interested in ducking in and out of cover. Personally, I run 60% (3 nodes) on everything not equipped with ECM.
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If you are a non-backer and pre-ordered through steam or gog you should already have the game on your account from when you pre-ordered
Third party key sellers like GMG might not have sent their keys out yet, though. Hopefully they will in time to pre-load (for Steam).
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Getting started with BATTLETECH: Part 1 / Part 2
not all of the backers have received their preorder keys yet.. they have a bit of a log to work through. (the preorder key is different than the closed beta key, and the closed beta will NOT update to the full game)
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Yep, GoG keys won't have a preload ability. So we'll have to download the game at launch time like savages.
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Ugh! That makes me seriously consider buying a 2nd copy on Steam so I can preload. Already taking Tuesday amd Wednesday off work. Can’t lose any playtime!
Maybe the game wont be super huge.
Probably be faster to download than it would be to decrypt the preload.
Oh God, I remember GTAV.
Preloaded it to my SSD. Then release day came it required me to have double the required space to install. My SSD was not that big back then so I uninstalled the preload and just downloaded the game. Hilariously I was able to do all that before my buddies had decrypted their preloads (we started at the same time).
So now I don't bother with preloads.
Folks should definitely post builds that they're having luck with as they go
The xcom 2 preload took for fucking EVER to decrypt!
*looks around, trying to remember what the heck they were doing last time*
*notices most mechs haven't even spent their HSP*
*brings out a much loved Catapult for old time's sake*
*notices all the new equipment from the timeline advancement*
So, uh, those RAC/5s sure are something, aren't they?
I remember decrypting HL2 when it released (because physical media installed a freaking encryped version)
it literally took an entire day.
Clearly as my reference is so recent, you can tell what path I've taken re: decrypt vs download.
Dual RAC5s with laser backup or pure RAC5s? I love how people tend to ignore a Catapult on the battlefield as well. No idea why, but they just look at amazement when they see one that isn't shooting missiles.
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I did not realize that when, months ago, I agreed to cat sit for my brother it would be for the same week that Battletech was coming out.
I won’t be able to play until the Monday after it comes out.
Debating lugging my whole desktop down just to play while i’m here...
Isn't a cat and a littertray a lot lighter than a computer?
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Island. Being on fire.
It’s two cats, and let’s be real moving and setting up a computer is way less work than herding two cats into crates.
Alternatively, aren't cats notoriously independent requiring little involvement from a person other than making sure they have food, a clean litter box, and a lap to lay on?
At least from my experience with my cats that seems to hold true.
Oh yeah, i’m mostly here so the cats have someone to ignore.
Bring the deaktop. Search your feelings, you know this to be true.
Are there any books set in the universe that are worth it and if yes, in what order should i read them?
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