I think it's suffering from gout
Kidding aside, I haven't used Blood Asps that much because of the walking animation as mentioned by other folks in the community. But man I like the loadouts of these mechs
Only using QoL mods (visual & HUD) on vanilla+ Mercs
Just a heads-up
Not that of a game-breaking visual bug of sorts but I've been noticing that AC-5RFs is still showing different hardpoints on the Longbow variant of Wolf's Dragoons. So far it's only happening on AC5 RFs and not on other ballistics types.
And you fielded it on a contract immediately
For those who wanna do some fun sidequests or just want to get a rare mech more reliably, here's one of the ways to get a MAD II aside from waiting for spawns on an industrial hub, as a hostile drop with Wolf's Dragoons.
I was lucky to get a MAD-4A to spawn on a Kurita hub during campaign with a KGC-000, just one jump away to fight Black Inferno.
There are 5 scripted quests where you can get the mech as salvage:
All are MAD-4As given as salvage on scripted campaigns so far.
Two from Heroes of the Inner Sphere DLC
* Bring Her Home Pt. 4 - Victor Basilisk high reward quest (HRQ) from HOTIS DLC, unlocks upon reaching Rep 10 and the year 3023. Needs high enough Davion rep to maximize salvage share.
* Stop the Launch Pt. 4 - KGC Carapace HRQ, needs high enough Steiner rep.
Three from Solaris Showdown DLC
* Ticket to Solaris - FFA duo last chance qualifiers with Duncan Fisher @ Hardcore, first mech at the left of Mason and Duncan's spawn point.
* Let the Games Begin team - team FFA before the start of the final showdown @ Steiner Stadium.
* Showdown at Steiner Stadium - final mission from the DLC, 2nd wave of the gauntlet at the right side of the map after repairing your mech.
Never had the DLCs beyond HOTIS and Kestrel during my campaign run but when I bought the rest and imported to career I accumulated a hoard of rifles from my first ever career up to present.
I just whittled my rifles down to T5s due to inventory bloat but oh boy during this run I equipped it on my Cyclops lance and these things are gnarly. I fielded my Cyclops Ps along with Sleipnir with Gauss. Only using a QoL modlist for my vanilla+ Mercs consisting of visual, UI, HUD, and AI mods.
My first run usually had Hunchies as mediums but my recent go-tos were SLDF Kintaros w/ LRM/ATM. As a nice change of pace since DLC 8 I've been using hunchies and my current personal ride is the GI hero mech with my lancemate currently using 4SP, 4Js, RCXs and 4P discobacks in rotation. Current loadout are using AC-RFs, LRMs with ART IVs and standard lasers.
Using a quality-of-life modlist for my vanilla+ Mercs consisting, of visual, UI, HUD and AI mods.
Using a QOL modlist for my vanilla+ Mercs consisting of UI, Visual, Cosmetic, HUD and AI mods.
Been gradually adding mods for my vanilla+ Mercs for nearly a year now and finally I added some visual mods made by Lt47 and Merlockx Ultra Visual and Weather and Nostalgic Weapon effects respectively. Using a RTX 3060 and my FPS are between ~70 to 110+ fps with some dips but overall relatively stable.
Snord's Irregulars and DCMS Camo mods are added via a cosmetic mod made by Atomic Smoothbore.
Using one of Merlockx's visual mods, I'm using a 3060 and so far so good with high of 100+ fps and low of 70 fps, will try it on more spicy missions where there's a lot of things going on, I need to try Nostalgic Weapon Effects also by the modder later.
DLC 9 Announced: Ashes and Ascension
This was a very old video weeks after the release of Chaos Reign last May. Usually my Bullshark workhorses pre-CR is the BSK-3 missile boat, equipped with LRMs but now with ATMs.
BSK-2 was my first ever Bullshark purchase when SoK released, way back where clan tech spawns as prestige rewards on arenas before the invasion (and got patched a month later).
Kinda rusty on using the PPCs on Bullsharks and it shows and I'm definitely fielding a mechbay full of these mechs on my current run.
Only using a QoL modlist for my vanilla+ Mercs consisting of UI, HUD and AI mods.
Hoping for Inner Sphere mechs would be as dapper like Clan mechs on future update/patches. I strive to be as clean-looking clan mechs when repaired.
I'm using a very very old 5 year old unupdated cosmetic mod for as part of my QoL modlist on my vanilla+ Mercs.
My headcanon right now is Fahad was paid handsomely to buff the scratches out that it's now paying for his liver transplant after getting stressed due to unending repairs.
I know MW5 mech scales are all over the place, but hot damn my mechs in my current multi-mission line-up were all vertically challenged when put beside a Black Knight lol
I've been using this very very old QoL/cosmetic mod on my vanilla+ modlist from 5 years ago named No wear and Tear that removes the scuff off IS battlemechs but it's not updated to latter DLCs that added Hatchetman or Loaderking for example (but weirdly enough Corsairs have updated look with the cosmetic mod)
Been wondering game-wise for quite some time now why Clan mech models doesn't have scuffed designs vs Clan techs being battered. Lorewise can it be explained as such that Clan industry is kinda better faring vs the Inner Sphere
But it looks like Clan mechs in the game have different shaders? (please correct me if I'm wrong here). Any technical asnwers are very welcome.
Since DLC 9 announcement is happening this September
We need the Big Guy next DLC 9, my wallet is ready
Mason in the base with diamond shark merchants: if u sell the Mad Cat Mk2 to the Inner Sphere, can I avail a discount tho?
Final 3 missions of Shadow of Kerensky campaign, used stuff from last DLC 8 on this current run's Shadow of Kerensky campaign. Brought the hero and laserboat Annie along w/ nuke Bullsharks.
Using a Quality of life modlist for vanilla+ Mercs consisting of AI (i.e. rules of engagement, mission tweaks etc.), HUD (lance Status, pop-up zoom, battlegrid lance orders) and UI (marketplace QoL) mods.
Man's gonna drink his 5th Timbiqui Dark at 10 AM
Stored the Pretty Baby hero and its 9M compatriots for a long time now and this was my first post DLC 8 career, might as well sandbox trying the new stuff stuff on the run's DLC campaigns.
Whipped out my other hero assault mechs (Sleipnir and Co.) & in this post-CR run I equipped them with LRMs but currently in the Dragon's Gambit portion I'm running ATMs and heavy lasers and testing out diff. upgrades.
Playing Vanilla+ Mercs on PC with a quality-of-life modlist consisting of UI, AI and HUD mods.
Just finished my current career run, just mucking around with my post-Chaos Reign save, for fun I whipped out my old arena mech out from retirement recouping costs from current run.
Usually I run ADR-S for general farming purposes. Sometimes I just use mechs next that I fancy at the moment. For that might as well try those other mechs on arenas where you can earn money, T4s and 5 equipment and then clan tech (post-3050s) at the side.
Only using a QoL modlist for my vanilla+ Mercs consisting of AI, HUD and UI mods.