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I got the Urban Warfare DLC (also Heavy Metal DLC, maybe Flashpoint too) and played city maps when they were part of the flashpoints earlier on, and I think I would see them randomly. But I realized I'm playing very deep into the campaign mode and I never get a city or tropical map. I will see an occasional Bullshark on the other side, so that should come from the Heavy Metal DLC.

Any reason I don't see city or tropical maps any more? I figured even once the scripted missions for each DLC were over, you'd still get to see those map varieties still. Any ideas?

The idea of ​​​​an AOE weapon is very interesting to me, but I haven't had any success with it. I find them quite underwhelming!

I have had some success using "2 turn" Artillery for destroying bases (mostly "attack and defense" missions). And the rest did not prove to be extremely effective.

What are your impressions, do you have any suggestions? It is especially interesting that they have different types of ammunition, especially for Mortars. But Acid and Fire also exist in SRMs and it is easier to use.

Some suggestions?

For those who have played both, what are the major differences between both mods? I am looking to get back into the game, but I am having a time deciding between the two. I know that Rogue Tech has a more in-depth Mech Bay, but other than that, what are the big differences?

This Mech looks cool and on paper should be great...in reality, nothing special! It is too slow and that makes it ineffective. If you try to make him a long range support you quickly run out of room for weapons and ammunition! Very frustrating Mech... How did you equip it, do you have any suggestions?

I am primarily a painter, but I did play this game, and I want to paint my Kintaro in Lady Arano's scheme to match her Kintaro in the game. I could (and tried) to just view it while in the first mission but it was difficult to get good angles/lighting in a way that I could clearly see the colors and patterns on the mech. Is there a way I could view her mech in the hangar? Did someone extract the mech's model so I can look around it and all? Any help would be appreciated.

I got an event that a convoy with one of my people on it (you, u/bloodydoves if you believe it) was gonna be attacked by some kill team. It sounded like there was supposed to be some mission to intercept the kill team, but I couldn't see one; I was doing a garrison contract. Was there a mission that I just couldn't take because of the conflict with the garrison contract?

This "bug" popped up only in missions against Clan mechs and I want to ask if it's a bug or if there's some special tech/feature of Clan mechs I'm missing.

In almost every single mission against the Clans, there will be one mech that I can only target with indirect fire weapons. Even if I'm standing 20 feet away in visual range, I can't target them. They just show up as that "orange wireframe" model you see when you're outside visual range of the enemy but they're on your sensors.

When I sensor lock them, I can fire my LRMs at them no problem. But I can't fire any other weapons at them regardless of range or line of sight.

Is this possibly a bug or am I missing something?

Mech Bay with BTAU:

- After repairing/replacing the core and engine, the repair alert still shows. Even after confirming, we still get a popup saying repairs are needed. It’s a bit confusing at first, and still annoying after.

- The “MAX Armor” button actually maxes out everything, but it goes way over the tonnage limit. So it’s basically useless, and we have to do everything manually.

- There’s no STORE shortcut from the Mech Bay... Damn it... You just spent 10 minutes micromanaging everything (without a useful MAX Armor button...), then you realize you’re short on ammo... Great... Now you have to cancel everything, go to the store, and start all the repairs again.

Am I doing something wrong ? Since everybody seems to prefer BTAU, maybe I’m missing something ?

Then of course BTAU gameplay is great but unfortunately these QoL quirks put me off every time.

***EDIT : thank you for the answers, someone pointed out there is a shortcut for MAX armor, here it is (and it's funny)

no STORE shortcut though...

https://www.bta3062.com/index.php/Keyboard_Shortcuts#Mechlab

Mechlab - Ctrl + Max Armor: This will enable the stupid vanilla-style max armor functionality that doesn't actually work don't use this.

Mechlab - Ctrl + Strip Equip: Will only strip weapons and ammo.

Mechlab - Shift + Strip Equip: Will strip all "grey" equipment (actuators, heat sinks, engines, gyros, upgrades, etc).

Mechlab - Shift + Armor Increment: Will increment armor by 1 point up or down instead of 5.