Much needed RECOVERY - Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries Modded | YAML + The Dragon's Gambit 03

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  • The new Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries DLC "The Dragon's Gambit" has arrived. Let's take a look at all the gameplay aspects, story, new Mechs and weapon systems together. In this playthrough we will start a new career as a Mechwarrior thrown int o a conflict against our will.
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  • @maximilianschultz8244
    @maximilianschultz8244 11 місяців тому +51

    I would take the engine out of your cicada and put it into the Assassin and build it. Sell the Cicada carcass and buy a cheap core for the urbie.

    • @trevorreniger5670
      @trevorreniger5670 11 місяців тому +8

      Yeah. I live Cicadas, but that's the worst variant. It's an instant strip and sell for me.

    • @pRaX85815
      @pRaX85815 11 місяців тому +1

      This.

    • @HalIOfFamer
      @HalIOfFamer 11 місяців тому +3

      ​@@trevorreniger5670yeah cicadas can be amazing, once built one with an XL and 6 MP laser 4s. It could core most mediums in a single burst and because modular armor in this game is kinda op it was as tanky as a 55t medium.

    • @iamhuffman
      @iamhuffman 11 місяців тому +1

      honestly this is a great idea cause yeah that cicada variant is hot trash and having 4 mis hardpoints could be a good SRM mech with good damage output

  • @khorrum8906
    @khorrum8906 11 місяців тому +24

    I am a fan of kitting out an urbie, they can have so much armor.

    • @HalIOfFamer
      @HalIOfFamer 11 місяців тому +2

      Honestly it's ridiculous how I dread urban mechs early game. Imo they should flat out lose their quirk and they'd still be strong.

  • @adamsee4144
    @adamsee4144 11 місяців тому +12

    Your mechs are what you make of them. Even a Flea can be a menace on the battlefield when refitted with weight reduction components and advanced weapons.

    • @nravenz7538
      @nravenz7538 11 місяців тому +3

      Any mech is good with the right pilot, hell, i was topping the damage charts in my locust while my lancemates were in wolverines and marauders

  • @jamesvoicepro3345
    @jamesvoicepro3345 11 місяців тому +2

    I wanted to thank you. I have not been able to play most of the MechWarrior/Battletech games even though I have play the table top since the 1990s. As such, I have followed your content for years and have been living vicariously through you. Luckily, I did discover the $15/month Xbox subscription that allows Mercs to be played on line and have been loving it!
    Have you made any content that actually talks about your business, how you got this set up, and whether or not it’s worthwhile? I am at a cross roads right now and am trying to figure out my next moves. Of course, after all the time I’ve spent with you, reaching out was a natural source of inspiration.

  • @Scapestoat
    @Scapestoat 11 місяців тому +2

    Cicada with 6 medium lasers really carried my run.
    Even when I had plenty of Shadowhawks, the pilot affinity combined with the sheer speed and efficient pin-point damage just made it the ideal player mech.
    The pair of shield-arms are also great.

  • @WayneWatson1
    @WayneWatson1 11 місяців тому +5

    Who needs enemies to destroy the base when you got Baradul tearing it down 😂

  • @Cyberfender1
    @Cyberfender1 6 місяців тому +1

    You're off to a successful business. I like this game and your banter. You definitely have a voice for radio( a radio personality)

  • @MisterNi
    @MisterNi 11 місяців тому +7

    Good video Bara. I would say build both. The Urbie has pretty good armor for an early game 'mech and while I'm not sure in MW5, in MWO, the Assassin 21 is considered one of the better variants. Which one you build first, I would say whichever one can be repaired and refit first.

  • @thewaterless
    @thewaterless 11 місяців тому +5

    You can eventually do a lot with that assasssin’s hard points, once weight reduction items start rolling in. It’s a longer term investment than the urbie which would be immediately useful.

  • @windi3798
    @windi3798 11 місяців тому +10

    allied units follow team commands you order them not to fire so your allied forces will not fire too

  • @chemievideo
    @chemievideo 10 місяців тому +1

    u hit the J-Edgar so hard he just vanished into another dimension

  • @hurd136
    @hurd136 11 місяців тому +1

    There are 4 missile hard points on the Assassin, toss a lighter engine in it and set it as an early inferno brawler. Over heat the enemy and then smack em with those tiny hands. This will also allow you time to cool off.

  • @vincevassallo5385
    @vincevassallo5385 11 місяців тому +4

    I’ve just started a modded career and man is it tough to get out of the gate. The player-centric targeting by NPCs is ridiculous. Just keep swapping mechs to balance it out. Also some missions are far more difficult than their rating. Lastly, my starting missions were at least level 4 with nothing lower available. Hard but fun.

    • @tooheysnew11
      @tooheysnew11 11 місяців тому

      Is that the only way to deal with the focus on you? Or can you mod it? I'm struggling also and they just focus fire me 😂

    • @vincevassallo5385
      @vincevassallo5385 11 місяців тому +1

      @@tooheysnew11 sorry this is the only way other than hiding and lowering your damage profile. They will transition to whoever does the most damage. No mod as far as I know, but desperately needed.

  • @AcornFox
    @AcornFox 2 місяці тому

    "walk on up to the treasure to pick it up"
    OH REALLY THANKS RYANA

  • @apocolototh1948
    @apocolototh1948 11 місяців тому +3

    YAML has that one urbie with 2srm6 2srm4 and an xl engine. mean little thing, and ai pilots do really well with it.
    I vote for the urbie, urbies can usually hold up well into the medium mech stage of a run. In my modded run with the razalhague stage, I outfit the above one with hardened armor and it even held up in the heavy mech stage.

  • @skyanimal
    @skyanimal 6 місяців тому

    "Low level."
    At :05 you pull off an amazing Jump maneuver.
    Great job.

  • @dazley8021
    @dazley8021 11 місяців тому +2

    The Shadow Hawk is just such a reliable mech in this game. Had one early on, two lrm 5, two AC5 and youre solid.
    once you get access to endo and xl engine, 3 ac2 3 lrm5 is such a workhorse.
    OR you could put a Gauss on it, with JJ and lrm. nice poptart shooter.
    Another great one is the Cicada, theres a variant that has 6 or 7 energy HP all in the torsos, can fit a large and rest mediums comfortably.

  • @scorch3677
    @scorch3677 11 місяців тому +3

    if you haven’t already, try pressing capslock, it will toggle counter rotation on, which will mean you no longer need to manually counteract torso rotation when you turn your legs

    • @kazahani
      @kazahani 11 місяців тому

      That takes a lot of getting used to and it's nothing like any of the other MechWarrior games that have been made. I tried it and went back to default pretty quick.

  • @adamschaefer881
    @adamschaefer881 11 місяців тому

    Everyone craps on the humble Cicada, but they're great back-stabbers and harassers if rebuilt. I recommend downgrading to 7/11 to up-armor and add jump jets without using XL engine for survivability. My favorite is to load up with medium lasers and chain fire over alpha-striking, but swapping for single PPC to snipe with can work well too. The goal is to stay moving. Lights and low-end mediums are not built to brawl.

  • @jidlan1884
    @jidlan1884 11 місяців тому +2

    32:50 Hi Baradul, the special high tier loots are specific to the Dragon's Gambit campaign. I think the urbie is better thanks to the armor/ac quirks.

  • @EverCr0ss
    @EverCr0ss 11 місяців тому +2

    From what I've experienced there's not super rare loot on all the maps now, it was just for the dragons gambit missions.

  • @HalIOfFamer
    @HalIOfFamer 11 місяців тому +1

    Started a playthrough on your mod lost with light changes because somemechs were doubled and some equipment was just too ridiculous.
    My 2nd resource mission gave me a freeking battlemaster. Now I run 3 light mechs and an assault.

  • @Hunter_312
    @Hunter_312 11 місяців тому +2

    The red loot caches are only for the Dragon's Gambit missions.

  • @AltreusGalvinam
    @AltreusGalvinam 11 місяців тому +1

    Feeling good about the pace I'm taking with rasalhague yaml, already at episode 50! Great video as always!!

  • @lorenzomari9233
    @lorenzomari9233 11 місяців тому +2

    The Assassin can be ok, but Urbanmechs with their armor quirks and 360 degrees torso twist are a blast to play and can be very effective with a good build. A 4 Urbies lance can reliably complete missions way above its pay grade.

  • @trevorreniger5670
    @trevorreniger5670 11 місяців тому +1

    Ohhh! That I'm going to have to look out for that UM-P69 Suburban from the 8v8 dual. Comes with 4x Flamers and 2x Inferno SRM6s *plus* a Supercharger. Load that up with small lasers and SRM4s and you've got a great little mech. Time for me to start a new playthru and look for that "Suburban."

  • @sebastianbarth1395
    @sebastianbarth1395 11 місяців тому +2

    I would personally build the urbie just beacuse you can have a decent amount of firepower with a lot of armor

  • @borland8513
    @borland8513 11 місяців тому +3

    An Urbanmech with a 150 engine isn't that bad. despite losing tonnage for weapons. But, the Assassin is 10 tons heavier. I'm always a fan of slowing Cicadas and Assassins down to 6/9 with a little jump capacity. So I'd say keep the Assassin over the Urbanmech. But, can you afford and find engine?

  • @Finleymcg
    @Finleymcg 11 місяців тому

    The grind is real.

  • @warrenbonin6175
    @warrenbonin6175 11 місяців тому +2

    only in the dragons gambit , tier 5 weapons

  • @АнтонКозак-и4ц
    @АнтонКозак-и4ц 11 місяців тому +1

    I'd recommend to build both. Assassin is good missile platform and urbie is sturdy. Both are useful

  • @Reoh0z
    @Reoh0z 11 місяців тому +1

    I understand your concerns, but I run 3 big mechs a lot. Not preferred, but when I'd have to run something tiny that would be crushed anyway its not worth the rebuild.

  • @PabloTheGucciWizard
    @PabloTheGucciWizard 11 місяців тому

    Hey Baradul. Since you really enjoy the harder starts maybe next time you can do a no mech start. I just recently did this, on accident. I'm not sure the exact cause. I used the Advanced Career Start mod, everything standard except for the starting year I set to 2015, just to see what that was like. The game started me with only 3 million C-Bills and no mechs. There was a single Urbanmech I was able to afford, and only a few places I could jump to. It was really tough and a lot of strategy has to be used to accommodate for the speed and ammo. I'm sure there are other methods to achieve a similar start. The only drawback I've found is that due to the year a lot of lost tech spawns since it's all old stuff. Not that it's easy to afford any of it. Just some food for thought if you want to do even more challenge run/starts. If you even see this.

  • @Acaios1
    @Acaios1 11 місяців тому

    29:58 I would have picked that beast SRM urbie 69, right there

    • @Acaios1
      @Acaios1 11 місяців тому

      You can use the Locust`s engine on the Urbie, And sell the Locust (too squishy). Urbie can have 2 ML plus machine guns (for you) or light/medium(?) rifle (for the AI). The assassin can be the next in line to be repaired or sold if you find something better.

  • @jharrison3873
    @jharrison3873 11 місяців тому

    I find the base defense missions odd, logically. Your clients want you to keep the base intact, but most of the time by the end I'm looking at a base with 2/3's of its structures little more than smoldering ruins and in the real world would be considered a strategic loss. In MW5, though, it's like, "Yay! You successfully defended the base here's your money kthanksbye!" even if all that's left is a couple of maintenance shacks and part of an outer defense wall. "Uhh, what base? Enemies could come in and finish the place off in ten seconds after I leave!" "Nah, we're good fam!"

  • @DougDibrimi
    @DougDibrimi 11 місяців тому

    pick every Spider you can, they sell for half a mill to over a mill each. I once started a game and pulled two Spiders for my starting lance, sold them both and bought an Enforcer with money left over lol.

  • @papertiger418
    @papertiger418 11 місяців тому

    Build and love and care for the Urbie; it's a classic😆

  • @gabriell1983
    @gabriell1983 11 місяців тому +1

    The Assassin probably has lower armour than the Urbie. Yes, better weapons, but a glass cannon that will drain your funds on repairs every mission. I avoid Sins like the plague

  • @okaylord
    @okaylord 11 місяців тому +1

    I love the hero Cicada. The normal one in the game I don't find them to be good. At least the Locust is cheap and low upkeep to keep them.

    • @kazahani
      @kazahani 11 місяців тому

      He does have the worst cicada variant, which sucks. I usually love having a cicada in my lance early game, you just have to find a smaller engine core to slap in it.

  • @WayneWatson1
    @WayneWatson1 11 місяців тому +1

    If you ever find a MGCannon 2 or Gatlas Cannon, take it

  • @trevorreniger5670
    @trevorreniger5670 11 місяців тому +2

    You're running Clan Invasion mod, right? I can't wait to see you in quad mechs. I have never had so much fun in MW5 as I do in a speed demon 35t quad mech.

    • @WayneWatson1
      @WayneWatson1 11 місяців тому

      I loved the flyers too. Death from above

  • @Palaschurk
    @Palaschurk 11 місяців тому +1

    Id say sell the assassin and work on the urbi, the assassin is just bad that sticklegged thing wont help ya but having a sturdy little trashcan could do wonders.

  • @vaughncollar8014
    @vaughncollar8014 11 місяців тому

    Only thing I'd do differently... I don't field a mech without at least two medium lasers. Machine guns and flamers are fun, but they don't kill mechs fast enough

  • @dakkath414
    @dakkath414 11 місяців тому +1

    rebuild the urbie first, keep both it and the assassin. Cannibalize the cicada for its engine or sell it if you have to.

  • @valentinlemaire9699
    @valentinlemaire9699 11 місяців тому

    30:38 I think that Hellcat wasn't supposed to be there... 🤔

  • @Myxale
    @Myxale 11 місяців тому

    I think the Firestarter is Baraduls spirit animal.

  • @ddrozdov01
    @ddrozdov01 11 місяців тому +1

    Urban is a mem and iconic slow death , i prefer the urban except the assassin

  • @OneAzzholesOpinion
    @OneAzzholesOpinion 11 місяців тому +1

    I'd build the Assassin over the Urbie! It has better weapons options and would be a better dps mech with 2 med lasers and 2 SRM4s, some cooling, and a slightly smaller engine to give it some more armor.

  • @perry92964
    @perry92964 11 місяців тому +1

    i really hope you get to try the guass rifle on legs cause if you dont get it soon once you start getting better mechs your gonna go down that rabbit hole of only big mechs

  • @glencole2926
    @glencole2926 11 місяців тому

    IMO Build both and scrap the Cicada AND the Javelin. take out their bits and then sell the husks.

  • @shramogbhandarkar6639
    @shramogbhandarkar6639 11 місяців тому

    My life has been consumed by this game

  • @williamcayescineas8961
    @williamcayescineas8961 11 місяців тому

    Personaly, I would have gone LRM For the javelin + smaller engine so there is less damage but still dps due to the range

  • @persuadedterror925
    @persuadedterror925 11 місяців тому +2

    Id say build the assassin and the urbie, theyre better than the locust & cicada

  • @kribris8250
    @kribris8250 11 місяців тому

    Keep them, build them, i mean both.

  • @jwoellhof
    @jwoellhof 11 місяців тому

    Build the assassin. 4srm2 + 2ml. 200 engine with 5 jump jets. Will smoke all content until you can get xl+dhs+endo

  • @foobar1735
    @foobar1735 11 місяців тому

    suburbie had a supercharger o.O

  • @nick_alderman
    @nick_alderman 11 місяців тому

    Go for the Urbanmech; really want to see it in action..!!

  • @johnh290
    @johnh290 11 місяців тому

    the urby would be nice and tanky for a little while

  • @ronnieschuette9182
    @ronnieschuette9182 11 місяців тому

    Urbie, drop the assassin

  • @tyrindel
    @tyrindel 11 місяців тому

    urbie derby

  • @egeorge9561
    @egeorge9561 11 місяців тому +1

    i would like to know how a Goblin with a skill of 15 is a power spike in any way other then you have 1 more mechwarrior when you need 1

    • @sebastianbarth1395
      @sebastianbarth1395 11 місяців тому +1

      It has a max of 60, which means it will learn quick and quikly become a very good pilot, where is main pilots are still in the 15's

    • @egeorge9561
      @egeorge9561 11 місяців тому

      @@sebastianbarth1395 so what if cap is 60 its not like he would hit that cap in1 or 2 battles and a cap 30 and cap 60 take same xp per lvl

    • @sebastianbarth1395
      @sebastianbarth1395 11 місяців тому

      It would keep leveling up while his other pilots are just stuck at a low level, but I kind of agree with you, I would have just kept goblin.@@egeorge9561

  • @Colonel_Klink
    @Colonel_Klink 11 місяців тому

    Why not take a point or two of damage coverage? I would think early game, that'd be more important than some slight salvage rights. Cover the losses you can't afford to take early on with that damage coverage.

  • @cybermitheral
    @cybermitheral 11 місяців тому

    Ive been having issues with punching since I got DLC 5 where it just doesnt work then it does...
    I have both a mouse and keyboard option for melee and both fail at times.

  • @sebastianbarth1395
    @sebastianbarth1395 11 місяців тому +1

    I have the same mods as you and the ebon jaguar is glitched and can't take damage. Just letting you know (:

    • @WayneWatson1
      @WayneWatson1 11 місяців тому

      There is a key combo that will insta kill them. I wish I could remember it but I used it when I ran into that bug many months ago

    • @sebastianbarth1395
      @sebastianbarth1395 11 місяців тому

      @@WayneWatson1 Well tell me if you remember what it was. It's just annoying having to abort the mission or going to the last save whenever I see one.

    • @WayneWatson1
      @WayneWatson1 11 місяців тому

      @@mk211x9 yep, came here to post that, finally found it in my post history on steam. Thanks

    • @sebastianbarth1395
      @sebastianbarth1395 11 місяців тому

      @@mk211x9alright I’ll try that. Thanks

  • @gregorygriffin7803
    @gregorygriffin7803 11 місяців тому

    Build the assassin

  • @indignantlamentation6307
    @indignantlamentation6307 11 місяців тому +1

    Putting an AC5 on that Urbie is a good idea for some air defense.

  • @3lumpi3
    @3lumpi3 11 місяців тому

    Hey, wäre es möglich das du mal ein video zu guten early game mechs machst? habe mir das spiel neu geholt und bin mir nie sicher was man behalten sollte oder nicht. (ich nutze auch die yet another mods)

  • @AcornFox
    @AcornFox 2 місяці тому

    wait MGs are viable against mechs?! i thought they were just for buildings. im such a noob hahaha

  • @olafseverin9181
    @olafseverin9181 11 місяців тому

    what about urby with a gauss?

  • @tecFLY6
    @tecFLY6 11 місяців тому

    Hi there,like ya vids."kind of" is another term then "ish".grüsse dich,lass ma zocken

  • @gregfougere7447
    @gregfougere7447 11 місяців тому

    Assassin isnt worth it with the negative wuirks. Just fix the urban

  • @FARBerserker
    @FARBerserker 11 місяців тому

    bit late, but there it is!

  • @MrGeiermaier
    @MrGeiermaier 11 місяців тому

    sell urbi build assasin