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[Eatit]

First things first. This is a good game. Kudos to PGI for exceeding my expectations. I enjoyed my play. I found some things frustrating and some things enjoyable. Overall though I had a good time and know that it will only get better.

I have played the campaign a couple of times. I reached rep 9 and started over as that mission seemed too hard for my AI companions. I thought I must have missed something. On my next play through I found that I hadn't missed anything. The mission is just incredibly hard. So I went back to my first play through and finished out. I'm a run in face first kinda potato and that doesn't always work out to well. Had to think more and take my time a bit.

AI companions are hard to manage in battle and don't manage themselves well.
I would like to see a Formation selection menu.

More importantly I would like to see an in-game method of recruiting Real Life People. Maybe offer a cut of the rewards or set a specific CBill reward for having them join me. Going to discord to recruit is ridiculous in 2019.

Formations:
Lets say 5 different formation choices. V, inverted V, T, inverted T, Line, etc.

I found many times that my mech had considerably more damage than my companions. At this stage I would like to move one of them to the point position in the formation without constantly telling them to move to a specific place in front of me. "Armor Sharing" as it were. More likely I would start the mission with one of them in point and save my armor for the bosses in the end fight.

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The formation above would have me in the middle. I should be able to decide who goes in each of the 4 positions of the formation.

This would be a major QOL improvement for me.

I would also like to see missions that I can achieve without companions. Single player, single mech, scaled missions to reflect that I only have one mech on the field. Maybe one that forces me into a light mech for recon, or an enemy calling me out for a mono a mono duel. Whatever story makes it work.

I don't know about others experiences but I have stood back and watched my companions alpha each other in the back, walk directly into team fire. Dude is shooting lasers just to the left of other dude and he moves left right into the stream and stands there. I've seen them walk over to a mech that is about to go critical and stand right on top of it. I've actually seen this behavior a few times. I know it's them when my back armor is going crit as there are no enemies behind me. "I know it's you, Leon!!!"

I would like to try some missions without these PITAs jacking up my mechs and costing me a fortune.


In the Dropship:

I would like to participate in the fate of MY Mercenary Unit more. It seems like I'm just following orders from Ryana. Is she the boss or am I the boss, it's unclear. She makes all the contacts she knows all the info. I'm just some dumb mech jock along for the ride.

I would also like to hire some help for Fahad. Dude complains a lot and I'd like to make his life easier.

Please spawn me in command and control, not in the mechbay. I'm the Commander damn it.


I raise my Glass to you PGI, Cheers!

Here's to hoping that the team at PGI will continue to improve this game with updates, DLC, and in-depth modding tools. I have faith that they will.

Thanks for all you do PGI. Don't listen to the haters. The people that are enjoying your work aren't generally coming here to thank you. They're in-game enjoying your work.

[Koniving]

Formations would be pretty useful.
Echlon left, Echlon right, Delta (Wedge), abroad, and whatever the V formation was called would all be very useful.

Eatit, on 18 December 2019 - 11:55 AM, said:

I would like to participate in the fate of MY Mercenary Unit more. It seems like I'm just following orders from Ryana. Is she the boss or am I the boss, it's unclear. She makes all the contacts she knows all the info. I'm just some dumb mech jock along for the ride.

Favorite part of the post.
Ryana definitely seems to be the boss, "I just need your approval."
"YES MA'AM! RIGHT AWAY MA'AM!"

"I took the liberty of ensuring that I get a hefty raise of all your profits, I just need your approval."
(The only choice is yes.)

[martian]

Eatit, on 18 December 2019 - 11:55 AM, said:

I would like to see a Formation selection menu.
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Formations:
Lets say 5 different formation choices. V, inverted V, T, inverted T, Line, etc.

I found many times that my mech had considerably more damage than my companions. At this stage I would like to move one of them to the point position in the formation without constantly telling them to move to a specific place in front of me. "Armor Sharing" as it were. More likely I would start the mission with one of them in point and save my armor for the bosses in the end fight.

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The formation above would have me in the middle. I should be able to decide who goes in each of the 4 positions of the formation.

This would be a major QOL improvement for me.

It is interesting that the old MechWarrior 2 actually offered various formations for you and your AI starmates.

[Lazor Sharp]

Yes, plz spawn me in the command room and not in the mech bay.... climbing the steps each time is a time waster..

and Lance Formations would be a great addition....

Edited by Lazor Sharp, 18 December 2019 - 02:11 PM.

[SuomiWarder]

You can hit tab and get the command screen. No reason to walk up to command.

[Five by Five]

Lazor Sharp, on 18 December 2019 - 02:10 PM, said:

Yes, plz spawn me in the command room and not in the mech bay.... climbing the steps each time is a time waster..

and Lance Formations would be a great addition....

No, spawn me on the gantry just outside of the mech cockpit. Most of the time I'm just hitting <Tab> immediate anyway, so the few times I do have to walk to go talk to someone, I should get the full experience of climbing out of and down the mech.

I've noticed when I have a single light AI and the rest are medium or up, the light usually gets out in front. Would actually like him a little further out front, but it's better than nothing.

Edited by Five by Five, 19 December 2019 - 10:28 AM.