3186

Eh what?

Imho the story was quite bland but the gameplay was interesting.

I shelved the game once I’d broken the power curve and was regularly coming up against Atlases, precisely because the story wasn’t enough to engage me.

The only bit I liked was the twist where someone killed someone they maybe ought not to have done.

3187

I dont want story. I want the ability to set up epic MP games which I have always wanted to do on table top, with combined arms, scenarios and objectives.

3188

Hey that tournament never happened, did it? Well it still could…

3189

A modkit to make our own scenarios would be epic

3190

We should, but life got caught with me, and balance changes were coming down the line.

And how to organize it.

3191

At this point I’d be so rusty my ass would creak.

3192

Most strategies people have for beating it don’t involve trying to kill all the heavies in the way, merely survive and accomplish the objectives. One that I thought was kind of neat was having a very fast mech reserve to move after the heavies, jump onto the beacon location for one round, then move before them the next round, and jump out. Apparently that counts?

3193

The random nickname generator on this game cracks me up.

I just went into a mission where my lance was piloted by Peanut Butter, Noodle, Lobster and Bacon, which sounds like a pretty tasty Clan-Inner-Sphere-Fusion-Stir-Fry. We won easily and Lobster had the most kills.

Now I want stir-fry.

3194

Now that it’s been a bit, for those who bought the expansion, has it been worth it? Is the career mode alone worth it?

3195

I started a new game on the career mode.

I must be 15 hours into it and I have seen a couple of new planets and a couple of interesting missions. But I have not seen hardly any new content. I have seen a couple of flashpoints pop up on the Inner Sphere map but the lowest was 3 stars and that is not going to be doable with a lance of light mechs. So perhaps I am missing something but is there any new content for the beginning of the game or is all of the Flashpoint content for the mid- and late- game?

3196

It seems like the content is aimed at mid and late game.

All you are likely to see early on the new medium mechs, at least in my experience.

I did my first flashpoint last night and it was tough, but fun and rewarding. Got several good quality items and three mech parts, one of which filled out my second Orion.

Judging by the patch notes, the flashpoint missions include well known characters and units. I wish they had put a couple that are doable earlier in your career.

3197

I started a new campaign so still early. I have seen Hatchetman twice, the jungle environment 3x , and a new mission where you have to get to 4 points and plant a satellite beacon, and stay on 2 of those points for 2 turns then evacuate before reinforcements arrive. I have not tried any flashpoints.

3198

Something important to know: you can not get flashpoints in campaign mode until after you’ve completed the main story. You can get them any time in career mode but, as others have noted, they seem to be aimed at mid and late game in terms of their difficulty and requirements.

3199

I started a new career like people suggested upstream. It takes a while to get going! I have 10-12 missions under my belt and I still haven’t looted a medium mec.

I did somehow fit an AC20 in a firestarter. Perhaps not the best design. Glass cannon with 6 shots.

3200

SERIOUSLY?!?!? OMG that frustrates the shit out of me. A couple days ago I had to make the decision whether to go Career or Story, but I noticed that Career mode had a time limit it seemed so I went Story instead. And only now do I find out I won’t get any Flashpoint stuff until completion. Ugh.

3201

If you’ve not played the game before, campaign is the right choice. Flashpoints are, as previously noted, intended for more seasoned players.

That said, I’m not aware of any time limit in career mode - what gave you that idea?

3202

Um, in the upper left hand corner when you start is says 1200 days left. And then you click on it and it has a whole scoring system. Which implies to me you have 1200 days to wrack up the most points possible.

3203

Ah. Yeah, that’s when it gives you a score, but it doesn’t actually end your game - career mode is open ended.

3204

Good fuck. I wish I’d known that about 20 hours of gaming ago. I really, really don’t want to start over. I literally just got the Star League era Highlander.

3205

Enjoy that toy, I had that through the rest of the campaign and that Gauss Rifle blew many a limb off.