Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries
Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries
Graphics Tweaks and Adjustments v 0.1 zip file
or read our post on the website
or this post from reddit by Caviel
Game Guide – coming soon!
So we all know the AI is bad, and borderline unusable. I ran the same mission with about 20 different mech loadout’s and though is a small sample size, was enough to figure out a few basic rules i follow when building a new mech. Basically the way the AI seems to work is that it takes the lowest range weapon and try’s to stay within that range. At this range, it spams ALL weapons. This means if you have 3 LL, Gauss and a flamer, the AI will fire the LL’s and Gauss at 90m.
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To make LRM’s work, remove anything with shorter range then a med laser. Slower mech’s also help.
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Pilot weapon stats seem to be accuracy related. Defence stats seem to do almost nothing.
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At about 8 in weapon stats on single long range only build will kill almost all the tanks and helicopters.
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The AI is set to auto assist if they have no target. Simply firing any weapon at an enemy will cause all AI’s to fire at it.
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Sit a stalker or super LRM or long range only mech on a hill before a fight.
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The AI will try to max heat without over heating. that means it will fire a single laser constantly instead of waiting for an AC-20. Fast cooling or heat neutral builds are essential
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Gauss is god mode with the AI. A single hunchback with 2 med lasers and a Gauss often out preforms 75 toners.
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Telling an AI to hold fire while in a fight will drop agro, and preserve the mech. So will ordering it to stand in the middle of no where while you finish the mission.
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To scout, order the scout to the location with hold fire enabled. Use form on me if it gets engaged.
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Put double heat sinks in every engine slot for every AI mech. They usually lose arms, rarely lose shoulders and even when destroyed, rarely lose anything in the head or CT.
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Hitbox is way more important then stats. Light mech’s at higher levels will dodge most everything even with a recuit, where assaults will just soak up damage even if they are elite.
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