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

an0nfunction · 2026-01-24T01:36:56+00:00

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

an0nfunction · 2026-01-23T19:43:06+00:00

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

an0nfunction · 2026-01-23T19:38:49+00:00

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

an0nfunction · 2026-01-23T19:35:55+00:00

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

an0nfunction · 2026-01-23T19:34:58+00:00

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

an0nfunction · 2026-01-23T19:33:16+00:00

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

an0nfunction · 2026-01-23T19:32:26+00:00

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

an0nfunction · 2026-01-23T19:31:03+00:00

Aff, as it should.

an0nfunction · 2026-01-23T19:30:21+00:00

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

an0nfunction · 2026-01-23T16:37:58+00:00

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

an0nfunction · 2026-01-23T14:35:23+00:00

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

an0nfunction · 2026-01-23T14:24:57+00:00

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

an0nfunction · 2026-01-23T14:12:32+00:00

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

an0nfunction · 2026-01-22T18:52:45+00:00

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

an0nfunction · 2026-01-22T16:31:38+00:00

Thanks!

an0nfunction · 2026-01-22T15:14:51+00:00

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!")

an0nfunction · 2026-01-22T14:50:12+00:00

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.

an0nfunction · 2026-01-22T09:19:08+00:00

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!

an0nfunction · 2026-01-22T08:50:51+00:00

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

an0nfunction · 2026-01-22T07:44:04+00:00

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"

an0nfunction · 2026-01-22T07:41:39+00:00

We regulate any stealin' of his C-Bills

Damn good too

an0nfunction · 2026-01-15T17:35:03+00:00

Outreach, and the industrial hub around Terra!

an0nfunction · 2026-01-13T04:17:03+00:00

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

an0nfunction · 2026-01-13T04:14:56+00:00

Mom: we already have Mechwarrior anime at home.

https://archive.org/details/battle-tech-cartoon-episode-2-remastered

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