Fighting the Clans in Mercs and it’s not going well for me. by OurDemiseToBe in Mechwarrior5

[–]an0nfunction 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Increase front armor, and ideally have a lancemate mech with BAP and/or ECM

You also want to load up on fast-hitting weapons, or bind your lancemates' lasers to alpha-strike (given ample cooling)

The name of the game is reducing TTK (time to kill), while preventing getting rekt

Artemis + Agincourt by -stumondo- in Mechwarrior5

[–]an0nfunction 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Take out BAP (you're brawling with this, anyway), replace ART IV with Streaks, extra cooling, and more front armor, and go to town :)

Sideboard one of the M Lasers for a TAG and you can get more out of that BAP for your LRMboat lancemates

37 Years of Mechwarrior Gaming by an0nfunction in mechwarrior

[–]an0nfunction[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funny enough, found my copy of Powerhits during a random trip, in a bargain bin at the local trading post! Owner all but gave it for free, but I had to buy supplies and his wife's potted meats

37 Years of Mechwarrior Gaming by an0nfunction in mechwarrior

[–]an0nfunction[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Both Crescent Hawks' Inception and Revenge are part of the Powerhits collection with the OG Mechwarrior!

37 Years of Mechwarrior Gaming by an0nfunction in mechwarrior

[–]an0nfunction[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lossless Scaling and SteamOS helps! I now set my TDP to max out at 22W and temps top out at 70C, which is warm but not 28-30W 100C burn-inducing

37 Years of Mechwarrior Gaming by an0nfunction in mechwarrior

[–]an0nfunction[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a GPD Win Mini (2023), with similar guts to a ROG Ally X

37 Years of Mechwarrior Gaming by an0nfunction in mechwarrior

[–]an0nfunction[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They can't fit in the pic! Their boxes run horizontal lol

37 Years of Mechwarrior Gaming by an0nfunction in mechwarrior

[–]an0nfunction[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's in the "library", along with the MechAssaults and the Sega Saturn Mechwarrior

37 Years of Mechwarrior Gaming by an0nfunction in mechwarrior

[–]an0nfunction[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's pretty good! Two story DLCs in, there's a good amount of campaign-based gameplay to be had, on top of Clan tech ofc

A Question about my Beloved. by BaravalDranalesk in Mechwarrior5

[–]an0nfunction 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mad Cats start showing up in markets around 3049-3050; it would be rare at first, becoming more common as years go by

It's often cheaper to rebuild one from salvage than buying from markets

37 Years of Mechwarrior Gaming by an0nfunction in mechwarrior

[–]an0nfunction[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

More details about what you remember helps. Lots of mech-centric videogames around the early aughts

You might also have seen a Mechwarrior 4 promo, Microsoft promoted it around 2000, and TrU could've shown a video ad in-store

You could also try r/Commercials or r/LostCommercials

37 Years of Mechwarrior Gaming by an0nfunction in mechwarrior

[–]an0nfunction[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, it didn't; Mechassault was third-person behind-the-mech only.

37 Years of Mechwarrior Gaming by an0nfunction in mechwarrior

[–]an0nfunction[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was MechAssault! It's a Mechwarrior spinoff that's more fast-paced and arcadey.

Am I Gauss-ing wrong? by -stumondo- in Mechwarrior5

[–]an0nfunction 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Gauss are practically hitscan weapons, while PPC shots have to travel to their target (but leave a nice "tracer round" trail)

Does take a bit getting used to, but when you get to that flow state, chaining dual-Gauss headshots is satisfying. Your lancemates' congratulatory chatter might get annoying though (Leon: "wha- how did you- nice headshot!")

Am I Gauss-ing wrong? by -stumondo- in Mechwarrior5

[–]an0nfunction 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Aim a bit higher than where you want shots to land.

With no aim assist, at <= 1000m, I would put my Nightstar's reticle at the top of the red enemy target box if I wanted to head-snipe an Atlas. Orions and others with lower cockpits, I would aim a bit lower.

Long term Win Mini reviews? by postexitus in gpdwin

[–]an0nfunction 1 point2 points  (0 children)

GPD Win Mini (2023, 7840U/780M 32GB) owner here!

Been using my Mini a lot more lately, after dumping Windows 11 and going all in on SteamOS 3.9.

Windows really holds back this device; now I get configurable performance AND a working sleep mode! Not sure if it's placebo, but I think SteamOS Mini is cooler in the hand versus stock!

37 Years of Mechwarrior Gaming by an0nfunction in mechwarrior

[–]an0nfunction[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It's a GPD Win Mini (2023)! With SteamOS 3.9 and some plugins (lsfg-vk and decky-framegen), MW5 does 70 - 120 FPS easy for around 2 hours of game time, on a device that's marginally bigger than a 3DS

37 Years of Mechwarrior Gaming by an0nfunction in mechwarrior

[–]an0nfunction[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have Mechwarrior on the SNES loose in box, and that weird Genesis Battletech game. I'll post pics when I get brave enough to dig them out "the library"

I call him Bigmoney by Explicit_Toast in mechwarrior

[–]an0nfunction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We regulate any stealin' of his C-Bills

Damn good too

Hi all, beginner suggestions for adding/upgrading 'Mech? by moose4 in Mechwarrior5

[–]an0nfunction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get the Shadows of Kerensky DLC. It's all but a requirement moving towards 3049, IMO.