u/Gailim

Since SoK launched nearly a year ago, we have been able to fit clan probes to any mech in the game, Clan or IS, regardless of whether they have an AP slot.

But the method for doing doing this makes it seem like a bug or oversight. You have to uncheck the "valid only" box on the inventory to be able add clan probes. Notably, this does NOT work for Clan ECM... only probes.

However, it's been nearly a year and a whole other expansion has come out and this jank method has stayed in the game. If it were a bug then one would think it would have been removed at this point.

Has there been any word on whether we were actually meant to be able to do this?

Managed to get a ride in between the storms

One last shot of the corkscrew.

The new one better have this shot (or something close)

Randgnid is done, even though it is not yet showing as done on the HUD the CG has hit tier 1 and the CG marker on the galaxy map has disappeared.

2 down, 2 to go. Carcosa is up next...

reminder, we need to actually finish the CGs to get the reward payout.

the CGs for Randgid and Carcosa have one tier, the one for Einheriar has 3 tiers but only accepts medium ships

Newegg just decided to flash bomb me like that...

I remember buying a core 2 duo and X1900 GT from them...

I'm old...

Just a heads up, but Season 3 just went on sale on steam.

it's only $6 off but this is the first time it has gone below full price.

just checked the PS store's website and didn't see a discount. so it seems to be only steam for the moment.

It's wierd that the ATM 3 and heat sinks in the CT stayed functional after taking so many hits. The CT was being held together with bubble gum and string...

Duncan Fishers Warhammer shows up in the recent entries list, but it doesn't actually have an entry in the database

If I recall, pre-CR it wouldn't even show up in the recent entries list.

So I guess now it half counts?

Some strangeness going on with the reputation gain in the Thumb war quest line.

I wasn't getting rep for the previous two missions (+0) and on the third mission I got -10 from my employer.

also, possibly related but the opfor on the prior two missions were showing as pirates not Kurita.

I just got to the invasion in my current save and noticed something strange. The DLC icon for one of my HBR-As says it's from the CR expansion, and the other says it's from SoK.

it's clearly the same variant. the only difference is that one was acquired as a mission reward from the SoK campaign and the other was bought on a mech market.

Not me thinking "well they are obviously hinting at an imminent CG in Colonia and they are giving people a heads up to get over there"

...

Fdev, if you don't actually mean soon then don't write "soon". it's been 10 days and two weekly updates.

nothing going on in colonia.

So have been running a new campaign recently with no imports. I hadn't played the main story in years, so I wanted a refresher before the new DLC. After I finished, I caught the bug again and kept playing till 3047, where I am pausing till CR.

anyway... one of my side goals for this run was to play mechs I didn't normally use. I am a big fan of the Battlemaster and it has always been my go-to fast assault, but this time around I wanted to give a fair shake to some others, and by far the Charger has been the standout.

The 1A1 is, of course, garbage. This was actually the first assault I managed to salvage in the game years ago and I spent way too much time trying to make it good at...anything...

I think that experience may have soured me a bit on the whole chassis. I also think I skipped over the 1A5 because it's default config seriously skimps on armor. To me, half the point of heavier mechs is fit more armor on them, I aways like to run them at max armor (shaved down to the nearest half ton). I think I filed it into the same category as the Cyclops (another mech I have slightly more respect for after this run). The 1A5 kinda rules. Max the armor, drop the AC/20 down to an LB 10-X (you should have at least one before it shows up in 3023) and you have a tough, fast (74 kph after speed upgrade), punchy mech that brawls with the best of them.

The 1P5 was also a nice surprise. initially it had many of the same issues as the 1A5, but after a few tweaks I found a very nice arena build. Just swap the AC/5 for an ultra, drop the SRM-6s down to 4s (ideally infernos), and drop the axe down to a sword then bam, a fun arena mech that can do all four damage types. I ran this until I finally snagged an HGN-VEST.

Of course there is also the otomo 3K-S, which... yeah it's good. But it's an otomo, so that kinda wasn't a surprise.

I am sure the regular 3K is good too, but since it's a 3049 mech, it now has to compete directly with Clan mechs which... no.

So this run was a lot of fun. Have I converted anyone to the cult of charger? Did any of you dismiss a mech chassis before later finding out it was much better than you thought?

I was doing some AX at the remains of Titan Oya since it is right next to the CG.

I noticed something extremely strange. every interceptor that shows up just spontaneously dies early into the fight.

so far it has happened to 1 Cyclops and 2 Basilisks.

I had only managed to kill one heart on the first two interceptors before it's health immediately drops to zero. on the third interceptor (pictured), I didn't even get through the first heart.

I am playing in solo so there are no other players around bombarding it with mod shards, and no weird network issues.

is this a known issue? has it happened to anyone else?