u/Knightswatch15213

Decided to run the (vanilla) campaign again, taking a quick detour through the Kestrel Lancers campaign - am I tripping? Where are the Vindicators?

I feel like I've fought like a dozen Blackjacks at this point, and the only PPC fire I remember came from Panthers and Griffins - if there was a Vindicator, there was probably only 1 or 2, which seems weird for the Liao poster mech

Side note, since the Earthworks mission reminded me - is there a lore reason the Eathworks arena sponsor seems to have Royal (PHX-1b, GRF-2N) mechs in the solaris/arena mission spawns? (and are they salvageable? never seem to come out for me) wolfhound seems to spawn earlier than timeline allows(?) in arena missions as well

Or in general, was there anything that dropped the hero mech spawn rates?

I remember pre-SoK DLC, post campaign/DG campaign I could take my time going around and grabbing hero mechs, but in the gap between SoK and CR DLCs I could barely find any

Tbh I haven't touched nexus mods in ages and its very confusing to look at, so asking here

I'm not looking to fully overhaul mechs ala-YAML, mostly just looking for these

• XL ST deaths
• Ferro/Endo taking up slots
• engine DHS/lock heatsink types
• keep hardpoint sizes but don't lock slots / i.e. a large ballistic hardpoint resizes to only 1 slot if I put in an MG

(...unless YAML is more configurable than i thought and its possible to limit it to just these?)

Edit: seems to be applying to the incubus as well?

Mediums and heavies seem to go for 20-40 shares depending on condition

https://preview.redd.it/f3ekdnoe2ifh1.png?width=1405&format=png&auto=webp&s=74f5b46be718fec3cd529de75b996f1d7b8ad4bd

While Jenner IICs seem to always be 40+?

https://preview.redd.it/g9yqz5wf2ifh1.png?width=1405&format=png&auto=webp&s=775144ac360ff0cc578e76bd4a70777f6f45081c

Don't have a picture on hand, but hell even mostly intact Daishis/Kodiaks are like 47 shares or smth, only 3 more than the Jenner

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Edit:

different mission, but mostly intact kodiak is only 39 shares, and mostly intact gargoyle is 43 shares - both less shares than the jenner

The incubus in the pic has the legs gone/engine safe, so i can (sort of) understand that having even more shares, but still weird???

https://preview.redd.it/gxaum7jshifh1.png?width=1422&format=png&auto=webp&s=69de2071d9217c7acead2136e89375ebfea1d4e0

https://preview.redd.it/hm3vq4kxhifh1.png?width=1409&format=png&auto=webp&s=b6684717c3e851cc277eaa3a9a957524a83abbe5

Have all DLC, been playing a career from the Kurita start and going through all the DLC campaigns, just finished Dragon's Gambit (~dec 3039), and realized - I haven't seen a single ER medium laser, what gives?

So far the only lostech ive been missing is streak srms and er meds/smalls, everything else I've come across in decent amounts

Iirc, on the lbx/uac side of things, only lb10xs and uac5s existed initially/in Star League era, did something similar happen for er lasers?

Title; recently puro mga single player/solo nilalaro ko, this caught my eye pero di ako sure kung playable siya and/or kung may magagawa solo at all (like in Planetside), or if best in groups talaga, if there's a Ph/SEA community