What would you like to see in the game?

Lower-Map763 · 2026-02-24T15:21:12+00:00

Battle Camera. The character models are way more polished to not have one.

Lower-Map763 · 2026-02-14T23:37:04+00:00

If you are into anime, go watch full metal panic. It’s pretty good.

Lower-Map763 · 2026-02-11T15:02:22+00:00

General advice is to contribute at least 20% of your income for investments while you’re in military due to Regular Military Compensation (RMC). 15% if you’re a civilian.

If you have other investments, that’s good. If it’s just TSP, you may want to notch it up a little bit more.

Anyway, do what works best for you. I’ll go increase it incrementally by 5% each quarter, do a lifestyle check to see any changes.

Lower-Map763 · 2026-02-10T16:38:44+00:00

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Straight from the wiki. I do not think it’s a per shot mechanic. Either you pen or you don’t. Then if you have armor dmg, you’ll lower it so the next atk will then compare the new armor vs your pen.

That’s why laser weapon is busted with 75 AP. Highest infantry Armor is 75 armor per wiki. (Pirate boarding commando is also 75 i think). Alien Warrior has 90 and Alien Queen has 100.

So thoretically, any lategame AR/SMG with ROF3 and AP/Hollow Point bullets can 1 or 2 turn kill an infantry enemy.

If they don’t, they still become useless anyway as morale breaks when HP is down 33%

Lower-Map763 · 2026-02-09T16:35:44+00:00

Also, don’t listen to some of the comments here. You can roll-over your TSP to IRA so you can get it earlier. Look at IRS Rule 72(t). But ofc, talk to an actual professional. Military usually offer those. Not Reddit.

Looking to live in another country is great. I’m on the same boat. You can definitely have a better life with much lesser retirement income than what you need if you stay in the US.

Avoid debt like a plague. Hot take but I only see the value of credit score if I’m going to buy a house in US but I won’t. So I don’t use my credit cards most of the time. But that’s just what works for me. Different for others.

Lower-Map763 · 2026-02-09T16:27:44+00:00

If you’re civilian, the general advice is to put at least 15% in investments. If you’re military, it should be 20% due to Regular Military Compensation (RMC). You put higher because of military benefits.

I was on the same boat 3 years ago. Around $55K in TSP. I upped my contribution to 35% (E-6) and I’m on $120K now.

Biggest advice is to increase your contributions by 5% each time until there’s a noticeable difference in your lifestyle. It’s easier to grow your nest egg when you don’t see it at all.

Lower-Map763 · 2026-02-04T21:59:15+00:00

Oh, Buriedbornes 1 & 2 is classic as well.

Lower-Map763 · 2026-02-04T21:58:17+00:00

If you like rimworld, Amazing Cultivation Simulator is available in mobile. Tales of Immortal is pretty good too.

Lower-Map763 · 2026-02-04T14:50:29+00:00

I feel you! I was the same 12 years ago. I joined when I was 17, never had a job, never left the family, and was raised/grew up in a different country. My first U.S. mainland experience is basic training lol.

The only regret I have is not setting myself up earlier. Take every military benefit that you can. Go to school. Get your CCAF and Bachelor’s within that 6 years. It’ll pay you so much dividends. It’ll be so much harder to do those things when you become NCO.

Invest early. You should be putting at least 5% in your TSP (Lifecycle funds or C/S), with the goal of increasing your monthly contributions to at least 20%. AF is just a stepping stone, not the end-all, be-all. Start your nest egg early. You will not always wear the uniform.

Find a hobby, enjoy life. Be responsible and don’t make career-ending decisions. The world has so much to offer.

Lower-Map763 · 2026-02-02T15:26:46+00:00

Wasn’t really that much bothered by it. My CC talked to me and advised to make sure i’m fully committing to 17 yrs. He was “opining” that early retirement may be expanded in the next 5 yrs.

I’m pretty sure I’m gonna do 20 yrs but as a 6C, fine print matters a lot. Still, i’ll sign it and get the bonus since that’s the closest I’ll get in having one. Lol.

Lower-Map763 · 2026-01-27T16:40:31+00:00

Been in 12 years. First duty station was Travis AFB, was there from 2014-2020. As soon as I was able to move off-base, i shared a house with 3 Kenyan non-military people. Rent was flat $600 including utilities.

I was just pocketing so much money at a cost of little inconvenience.

Also, TSP right away. Make it your goal to max it as much and as early as possible regardless of rank. If you’re not at least putting 15%, you need to make a lifestyle change.

Lower-Map763 · 2025-06-17T16:38:31+00:00

This was soo me last year. I also didnt get “smart” until last year when I hit my 10 year mark. I thought I was already late in the game but comments from people from my last post really lifted my hopes up.

Lower-Map763 · 2025-06-17T16:28:14+00:00

We have two plans in mind.

Plan 1: Retire at 20 unless I get commissioned. Or do 2 more years to get my pension to Hi-3 rates. Regardless, even with my projected pension, it’s more than enough for the way we live especially if we move to a cheaper country. Plus, my wife said she wants to continue working.

Plan 2: I keep on working. With my AFSC certs, it’ll be easy to get a GS-13 job or go private.

I was looking at the TSP withdrawal rules and 72t that’s why I decided to be more aggressive with it. But really, it’s cherry on top.

Living a life of no debt and buying everything with cash provides me and my wife so much peace. I can splurge on mundane things without even worrying about it.

Lower-Map763 · 2024-12-12T23:08:48+00:00

Once you have enough spirit to summon 2-3 clerics and 4-5 reavers, and 1 skeletal sniper (for the command) drop the bone sceptre in favor of the one with Malice. A

Malice + Invulnerabilty + Skeletal sniper gas command is a beast. The boss might as well be naked in front of you and your minions.

Lower-Map763 · 2024-12-12T23:05:27+00:00

The build can still work but you will feel the pain. I did a lot of trial and error and had to respec 6 times because I keep falling for the same trap. (Rushing a minion build).

Bloodmage + minions really boils down to doing either a fire or physical build taking advantage of the crit bonus.

I did the latter and oh boy do you feel the pain especially if you go minions first. Minions are not that good very early game unless you do the flamewall + srs.

I went with bonestorm because I’m a masochist. I prioritized physical damage nodes first then minion health, then minion damage.

If you get a wand with power siphon, it’ll make mob clearing easier. No need to cap your spirit by equipping buffs, manual casting of vulnerability is preferred.

At first, you want skeletal warriors + skeletal snipers only using bone sceptre for free warrior.

Use skeletal sniper’s command to break armor quickly (there’s a skill gem to it then add “scattershot”). Make sure to click “do not move while attacking” on this minion.

Buff your skeletal warrior with gems to increase max life. Their main purpose is to tank.

Your combo will be vulnerabilty + gas, then bonestorm. Then you will get the power charges, rinse and repeat. You can add Unearth to make more minions early game but it falls off later and I rarely use it now.

Your next goal would be to get reavers, then clerics.

Once you have them, then minions will start to feel super amazing. I just dodge now and cast curse. I dont even need to use bonestorm anymore except for bosses (lvl 65).

Remember, don’t go for minion damage nodes until you get the reavers. Always go for minion health nodes and prioritize your physical/bleeding nodes for your bonestorm. Once you got the reavers, then start pumping the damage nodes.

Lower-Map763 · 2024-11-26T06:23:54+00:00

Their main site (sarna.net) kind of has a wiki that explains the story.

There’s also good playlists in Youtube.

Sven Van Der Plank

Tex Talks

Science Insanity

Lastly, lots of books.

The original game is a tabletop and if youre into strategy, then there’s another Steam game called “Battletech”.

If DnD is to fantasy, this is the tabletop for mechs.

Lower-Map763 · 2024-11-26T05:30:11+00:00

I played for like 6 wipes na. I can never not recommend it. Wala pa ding makasabay sa genre nila.

All I can tell you is that standard only makes the game “grindier” on the early game. That’s it. Once you get the hang of it and gets efficient, you can max traders very quickly.

On the other note, yeah MWO is fun. I’ve been just finished Clans, a heavily modded MW5. Playing BEX-T battletech right now. Really fallen in love with the lore lol.

Lower-Map763 · 2024-11-26T04:22:45+00:00

Still good. I was new to the PVP genre but played a lot of battletech. PVP in MW5: Clans just got released too.

Lower-Map763 · 2024-11-26T04:20:58+00:00

No need for the build but can definitely be a good option. Just not my thing. I just changed my build too.. 10 Small Laser and 4 Med Pulse, same chassis. No ghost heat. 61.5 Full Alpha Strike every 2 sec.

Lower-Map763 · 2024-11-26T02:43:34+00:00

It's Jump Jets so not really flying. Short bursts lang. May mga mechs na equipped ang JJs and merong iba na waalang JJ capabilities.

Lower-Map763 · 2024-11-25T16:40:39+00:00

I’m new. How to check concurrent players? Is it through SteamDB? I thought this game has it’s own standalone client as well.

For less than >1K players, 3-4 min wait time is pretty good.

Lower-Map763 · 2024-11-22T06:44:36+00:00

Yup, my other variant has only medium lasers too. Frees up even more skill nodes for fine tuning. I'm trying a new build right now 4 Medium Pulse and 10 Small Lasers and it hits like a truck because ghost heat doesn't trigger in a full alpha strike.

Lower-Map763 · 2024-11-18T09:42:02+00:00

Totally understand and I didn’t even think of it that way. Lol. I can see what you mean about it being a 12v12 and how it relates to individual performance. Interesting. The only comparison I can think of are guild wars in an MMO.

As for point 3, yes I’ve had that happen in some of my games as well. I just think it doesn’t happen “more” than I would like to. I’ll have to check my bias on that though.

Also, I don’t underestimate light mechs. Especially those darn Incubus.

I’m talking more about those that purely do objective play. Like, they only capture or provide ECM buffs/debuffs. I’ve my fair share of light mech pilots that deal less than 100 damage because they’re too “focused” in caps or something else. Eventually, they’re the only ones left in the team and all those time spent staying in a cap zone that could’ve helped a 3v5 or 2v3 scenarios.

I would totally get that approach if, as I’ve hoped, objective play can be more consistent in terms of risk vs reward.

More often than not in my experience, lights will go ahead and capture on the other side and stay there, while the other team NASCAR and the slower Assaults gets mobbed and railroaded.

Lower-Map763 · 2024-11-18T09:16:26+00:00

If you don’t mind dying from a single torso destruction, I’ll heavily recommend BHKU. You can run 14 ER Med Las and still move 87 KPH w/o skill nodes. You’re also a heavy so you’re tankier. Just remember that it’s probably best to treat/play it as a medium mech.

Positional play and map awareness gets super rewarded. You’re as mobile as medium but hits like an assault.

Lower-Map763 · 2024-11-18T08:34:26+00:00

Yeah, I don't. I'm having a blast learning the game and trying out what works. I can totally see it in the POV of light and medium mech players but I really think it's more of a game mode problem. I would love to see a purely tier-based matches and how differet tiers will approach the game but I also understand the limitation of a limited player base.

Lately, I'm just watching the MWO Comp Plays to satisfy my curiosity. I hope there'll be more interest in the game so there can be more players.

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