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[InnerSphereNews]

Greetings Mercenaries!

Piranha Games is very excited about the upcoming release of our fourth DLC for

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, Rise of Rasalhague.

Arriving January 26th, this DLC will also include a Free Game Update that includes a variety of significant improvements to AI performance and behavior, as well as many quality of life improvements that will make the gameplay experience even more enjoyable for our players.

READ THE DETAILS HERE >>>

[G2SC]

Always good to see smarter AI

[Clay Endfield]

40 Active Mechbays? Upkeep costs on those are going to be expensive. Also, how can a Leopard store and maintain that many battle ready mechs when an Overlord Dropship can only carry 36? Lol. Still, now we can have 3x Assault Lances + 1 Light Lance and 1 Medium Lance for rounding out our Drop tonnage. Gonna cost close to 1.5 million C-Bills per Quarter, unless those 8 subsidized Mechbays are cheap as hell.

[Glaive-]

Clay Endfield, on 17 January 2023 - 11:56 AM, said:

40 Active Mechbays? Upkeep costs on those are going to be expensive. Also, how can a Leopard store and maintain that many battle ready mechs when an Overlord Dropship can only carry 36? Lol. Still, now we can have 3x Assault Lances + 1 Light Lance and 1 Medium Lance for rounding out our Drop tonnage. Gonna cost close to 1.5 million C-Bills per Quarter, unless those 8 subsidized Mechbays are cheap as hell.

The implication in the blog seems to be that the first four mechbays are the ones from your own Leopard, while the remaining 36 are leased from what I assume would be other dropships.

Edited by Glaive-, 17 January 2023 - 12:04 PM.

[Andrewlik]

You are late
You said in the devlog it'd be monday at the latest
I declare myself mildly disappointed in you

Edited by Andrewlik, 17 January 2023 - 12:10 PM.

[Magic Pain Glove]

Daeron or Matt , could you further clarify / describe what QOL improvement means ? I know it might be hard explain but I would like to know.

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Try something new with the added first-person, conventional shooter controls-style mode for gamepad, keyboard and mouse

[nopempele]

Thank you. I was reluctant to buy MW5 because of the feedback about bad AI ruining the experience. Now I am seriously considering it. It is so rare for game developers to actually improve the AI post-launch. You've earned my respect and my money.

[Thorqemada]

Glaive-, on 17 January 2023 - 12:00 PM, said:

The implication in the blog seems to be that the first four mechbays are the ones from your own Leopard, while the remaining 36 are leased from what I assume would be other dropships.

Exactly my thought - you rent space on other ships!

Also i read that a Leopard has room to store more Mechs if you take the risk this storage room is not a Mechbay and oh boy, these Merc Units seem not to adhere to worker safety protocols...

Edited by Thorqemada, 17 January 2023 - 03:42 PM.

[LordNothing]

oh good, the 12 mech limit sucks for multi mission campaigns.

Thorqemada, on 17 January 2023 - 03:41 PM, said:

Exactly my thought - you rent space on other ships!

Also i read that a Leopard has room to store more Mechs if you take the risk this storage room is not a Mechbay and oh boy, these Merc Units seem not to adhere to worker safety protocols...

i always figured a mech sized tardis was involved.

still id rather they upgrade us to a union.

Edited by LordNothing, 17 January 2023 - 04:00 PM.

[Ralph Edwards]

Or start off in a Leopard and have the option to upgrade to a Union and or Overlord.

[LordNothing]

Ralph Edwards, on 17 January 2023 - 04:57 PM, said:

Or start off in a Leopard and have the option to upgrade to a Union and or Overlord.

yea, progression.

[Kano111]

AI Improvements! YES!

[-Ramrod-]

I would play Mech 5 but it won't recognize my joystick v.v . And I'm not buying a new joystick for 1 game.

[LordNothing]

-Ramrod-, on 18 January 2023 - 04:16 AM, said:

I would play Mech 5 but it won't recognize my joystick v.v . And I'm not buying a new joystick for 1 game.

you can probibly get it to work, but you got to edit a config file. see my joystick thread to see if anyone made a profile for your model. the joystick support is really underdeveloped.

Edited by LordNothing, 18 January 2023 - 05:54 AM.

[Glaive-]

Ralph Edwards, on 17 January 2023 - 04:57 PM, said:

Or start off in a Leopard and have the option to upgrade to a Union and or Overlord.

This is how I wish they had handled it from the start

[LordNothing]

when they teased the union in the promo, i didnt think it would get relegated as background scenery.

[LordNothing]

oh i finally got around to playing the kestrel lancers, the campaign is pretty good thus far.