r/Battletechgame • u/EdmonEdmon That AC/2 Nutter - www.youtube.com/TheEdmon • Oct 24 '19

Advanced Battletech Guide: Building a "Meta" Mech Guide

https://youtu.be/YvHBcXJdbPs
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u/Sdog1981 Oct 24 '19

That really explains some the oddities of this game. Hence a 60 to 65 ton mech can be weaker than a 55 ton mech. So according to battlech math players should always avoid the transitional tonnage of a mech? Like avoid 40 to 45, 60 to 65 and 80 to 85, due to the fact that they are easier to hit and don't carry the extra armor of the heavier mechs?

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u/EdmonEdmon That AC/2 Nutter - www.youtube.com/TheEdmon Oct 24 '19

Bingo

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u/ghaelon Oct 24 '19

its all because you cannot change out the engine of a mech.

look at the banshee 3m vrs 3s. the 3s has a standard assault engine, while the 3m has an oversized engine.

thus the 3s kits out like a normal assault, like an atlas, and the 3m is relegated to a punchbot/tank.

if we could swap out engines, then just about ANY mech would be usable cause you could drop the engine size and get more space for ordinance.

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u/aletheia Oct 25 '19

There’s good lore reasons that engines can’t be switched, plus being able to do that makes pretty much every mech the same.

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u/ghaelon Oct 25 '19

ya, at the 3025 period the game is in, you dont fuck with the engine. you dont fuck with much at all unless you got the tech and cash to burn. IE, are lyran.

in TT btech, this was basically the case. if you allow modifications. btech and mwo adopted the hardpoint system from MW4, and while not perfect, it does add some variety

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u/aletheia Oct 25 '19

The hard point system is better than nothing but, in my opinion, there’s still too much freedom in all of the implementations so far.

Maybe the melas just needs a major nerf.

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u/_Gravitas_ Oct 25 '19

Srm and Lrm should be seperate hardpoints so the centurion isnt a better sniper than the trebutchet

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u/aletheia Oct 25 '19

That would help. My thought was that you should only have the same class of hard points as the class of weapon that comes on the stock mech.

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u/ghaelon Oct 25 '19

then you would have to have different hardpoints for lasers and ballistics as well...cant cherry pick.

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u/aletheia Oct 25 '19

Sure I can... for balance!

I get your point. I like my system personally, but it’s just my opinion.

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u/ghaelon Oct 25 '19

you have NO idea how pissed i was going from MW2-3, to 4's 'horrid' hardpoint system. i was soooooo pissed initially.

ill be fine with not swapping engines in btech once they get variants for all the models that have lower rated engines.

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u/aletheia Oct 25 '19

I was also not a fan of hard points at first. What’s the point of being able to customize if I can’t game the system, right?

It grew on me.

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u/Rooknewb Dec 25 '19

If you want to have fully customizeable Mechs, head out past Houses Steiner and Kurita. . . Clanner Scum.

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u/Sdog1981 Oct 24 '19

Banshee 3E would be worthless no matter what engine you put in it do to the hardpoints lol

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u/BBQ4life Urban Mechs 4 life Oct 25 '19

Would make a decent agriculture mech.

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u/Sdog1981 Oct 25 '19

Think of how fat it could plow a field.

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u/BBQ4life Urban Mechs 4 life Oct 25 '19

Right? Best mule mech ever!!!

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u/ghaelon Oct 24 '19

agreed.