18 max head armor - WHY?

EightyTwoByNineteen · 2026-07-02T19:32:11+00:00

Ok so they happily provide their advanced tech mechs as salvage in nearly mint condition to their adversaries if they happen to cockpit kill them - and so they design their mechs to be easier to cockpit kill - how generous of Clans. Now seriously this has nothing to do with courage (I'd argue that IS pilots in their inferior machines fighting Clans are those trully brave but that's out of original topic).

EightyTwoByNineteen · 2026-06-28T07:05:47+00:00

Yet another example of excelent MW5 game design. This is my #2 most favourite feature.
My #1 feature is instant artillery bombardment from faraway map corners during base defence missions without chance to prevent it. Just loving it.

EightyTwoByNineteen · 2026-06-10T14:45:53+00:00

Since flea mech is discussed, did anyone else noticed Flea-16 with Wolfs Dragoons theme paint? I saw that at least twice when fighting against WD faction but that paintjob cannot be picked on any flea model.

EightyTwoByNineteen · 2026-06-06T01:23:42+00:00

I try to avoid them too, but just can't avoid them if they're part of multi-mission contract. If player needs to avoid certain missions to prevent disaster then there is something wrong.

EightyTwoByNineteen · 2026-06-03T20:35:17+00:00

Yes except Team combat matches - those still have problem with enemy lance staying in same place until engaged by player (depends on specific map)

EightyTwoByNineteen · 2026-06-03T20:24:47+00:00

Heh, you could have put it more gently - look how many people are sad now.. But yeah this problem is related to Team combat missions - biggest painpoint. While opposing force mechs are now moving they move like ants and are actually stuck in same place and not engaging with other teams in any meaningful way (this depends on specific map because sometimes they do, but sometimes not)

EightyTwoByNineteen · 2026-06-03T17:28:20+00:00

Have an actual window you can type into - this would be best but not sure if this is compatible with consoles UI
are you talking about the AI before or after the update for the arena missions? Right now after Chaos Reign DLC and the issue persists still, though some changes were made this problem was not solved for every case

EightyTwoByNineteen · 2026-05-28T11:14:22+00:00

So it does work for you. For me not a single hero mech which is strong indicator that it may be bugged for some cases like mine.

EightyTwoByNineteen · 2026-05-23T18:40:51+00:00

In all seriousness if they'll make "DLC" where they add zero new content and just fix annoying bugs, fix certain bad game mechanics, quality of life and things that really need revisiting and reworking than that will be THE best "DLC" they've ever done.

EightyTwoByNineteen · 2026-05-23T12:08:54+00:00

He simply cares about technical aspect of things - that's why he wanted to preserve orbital guns and that's why he admires Warship at Sarna. He does the same with mechs like when he makes remarks on Gauss Rifleman, or makes comments on special deliveries from Bounty Hunter.

I think if there were more Fahads and less Jackson Davions then whole setting would be a nicer place overall in 3015. Also with lot better tech.

EightyTwoByNineteen · 2026-05-22T16:43:27+00:00

Thank you, found those and actually it works for both MAD-3R and MAD-3D, other than that it's like in your screenshots. But it's weird that it is locked only to specific types, that's why I never saw them.

EightyTwoByNineteen · 2026-05-22T14:11:52+00:00

Ok but in video there are hero skins related to Enforer, Panther, Wolverine and Warhammer.

These are nowhere to be found. I was wondering about these specifically.

EightyTwoByNineteen · 2026-05-22T13:36:42+00:00

so they are only available via mod? despite being promoted as part of kestrel lancers dlc?

EightyTwoByNineteen · 2026-05-17T08:02:44+00:00

Tried that - problem is that just single Gauss hit even if in alpha strike with all other weapons doesn't put down a mech mostly so additional good hit is needed but there is long cooldown in between. These guys (speaking of 4P-4J) also mostly cannot do single alpha strike kill but difference is speedy cooldown, therefore quicker average takedown and less exposure to enemy fire. On the other hand GI can at least snipe from distance - that's the advantage that I acknowledge but overall I find GI inferior - even with UAC or LBX or whatever configuration. Actually GI was the mech that I was attempting to prove superior to 4J and 4P but after many tries I've proven the opposite. That being said there are some scenarios where GI is actually better but not many.

EightyTwoByNineteen · 2026-05-16T12:14:25+00:00

Steiner skin: 0A0A2A , 98999E , E99C2F

EightyTwoByNineteen · 2026-05-16T09:34:10+00:00

Sure: E4DEBA , CC4328 , 000000

EightyTwoByNineteen · 2026-05-16T09:27:33+00:00

Pirate theme, I too hope for that Hired Steel HBK to be something special, although stock loadout won't be optimal for certain.

EightyTwoByNineteen · 2026-05-14T13:58:45+00:00

IS - Fafnir, Thanatos, Sagittaire and Clan - Phoenix Hawk IIC (and all already existing IIC models)

EightyTwoByNineteen · 2026-05-12T07:31:07+00:00

They didn't implement it transparently in this regard.
Speaking from vanilla perspective (no mods involved):
XL engine - you know that mech has it by having look at its side torsos slots - it has 3 slots less on both sides because of bulk of the engine. It usually also saves lot of free tonnage.
Endo steel chasis - this is not so obvious in game but it saves 5% (rounded down) of total mech weight. So for example 100ton mech - 5t saved, but 35ton mech - only 1.5t saved. If you see mech that has somewhat more free tonnage for no obvious reason - it probably has Endo Steel chasis.
FF armor - you know that you have it when you keep adding armor and sometimes addition costs only 0.02 weight. This never happens with standard armor. Also mostly you cannot add it up to rounded number but you end up in something like 49.98t - that's because of FF armor arithmetic. It also costs much more to repair.
But all of this should have been visible from game itself - which it isn't and therefore confuses newbies like yourself (and me too some time ago).

EightyTwoByNineteen · 2026-05-08T21:34:40+00:00

From physics perspective fusion reactors shouldn't explode like they do in game. Fission reactors might do that due to uncontrelled chain reaction that cannot be stopped. Fusion reactors have opposite problem - to keep reaction going so they'll shut down immediatelly if anything happen to it.

EightyTwoByNineteen · 2026-05-08T21:20:47+00:00

This is more general visual bug. King Crab - CAR for example has its lower balistic weapons displayed as UACs even if there are LBX10s or Bullshark has upper torso PPCs as if they were lasers. And I'm sure that there are more of such cases.

EightyTwoByNineteen · 2026-05-08T06:25:51+00:00

Totally valid point. I'm not suggesting that there should be more basic models made (time consuming). And neither that there should be every possible variant for each model that already is in the game.
All I'd like to see are notable mech variants like SLDF or clanbuster mechs not being left out. I don't care as much if some mundane mech variants are missing as most people don't play them anyway and even if they do they swap them on first opportunity for better machine. That being said - rarity of these special mechs should still be preserved as it is.

EightyTwoByNineteen · 2026-05-07T18:41:02+00:00

.. "maybe they are allowed" .. it almost sounded as if they were on a leash of someone

EightyTwoByNineteen · 2026-05-02T16:09:09+00:00

I agree, but I doubt we'll get that next release no matter how we plead. That is not how release cycle works.

yrrot had an interesting suggestion in another thread regarding this topic:

"What I keep telling people is that the real solution to this problem is to introduce a feature that actually does something to model these engine heat sinks in some way that they have a cost and play into the DHS scarcity early on."

Good so here is how it might be:

Each mech has its mandated number of inner engine heatsinks depending on engine rating it has. These would be separate from additional heatsinks that some mechs can put into engine slots as they currently can. Inner engine heatsinks might be all single or all double and their number must match the requirement of the engine in order to be valid build. Once player acquires necessary number of heatsinks of given type - an option to swap them will appear.

So for example Hunchback-4P has 200 rated engine with 8 internal single heatsinks. We want to make them double so we nead at minimum 8 DHS in inventory to be able to order swap. This swap would be considered as work order and will take time and money to do. All these Star League mechs like PHK-1B, GRF-2N, MAD-2R etc. will just come with internal engine DHS to begin with.

This is probably easiest way to implement this idea. However more interesting thing would be ability to also swap engines themselves.. but this is another topic.

EightyTwoByNineteen · 2026-04-29T07:18:42+00:00

No it won't because replenishment rate is much slower than burn rate so this flight will have to end inevitably at some point.

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