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#4457599 - 01/17/19 12:56 AM Punchin' Locusts  
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Started my 2nd Career mode in Battletech Flashpoint.... went bankrupt the first time after 2 disastrous missions in a row

Building up my stable of mechs, I'm running 2 Vindicators, Hunchback and a Shadowhawk loaded with SRM

Got the finance payment coming up so I take an easy 1.5 skull mission just to cover the operating costs for the month. Drop into a wooded area and in 2 turns I'm surrounded my 4 Locusts, chewing away at my armor with laser and machine gun fire. They are evasive and in wooded cover so I'm having a hell of a time getting my ( mostly ) green pilots to land any damage on them. This goes on for a few turns and I'm losing to these 20 ton pests.

F THIS

All 4 of my mechs close to melee range. PUNCH - leg off. PUNCH - CT destroyed, PUNCH - leg off, PUNCH side torso off and pilot injured.

I'm laughing at this point. The two legged locusts get their cockpits stomped on. Dead mechwarrior, threat neutralized. Crippled mech takes a Hunchback punch to the rear CT - dead.


... and then the tanks showed up. Man I love this game.


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#4457612 - 01/17/19 03:04 AM Re: Punchin' Locusts [Re: Clydewinder]  
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Scaliwag and Survivor
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Not sure how it works with smaller mechs, but for Assault Mechs I am now a firm believer in double main weapons.

I am also on like day 10,000 of my original campaign! Will get the expansion next month I hope.

Anyway, I am running the 5 skull, rep 20 or 23 with impunity. I purposely haven't tried a rep 25 one yet. I want to be back in practice before I try 8-12 Elite Assault mechs on!

Here's my main lance for 5 skullers:

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Yeah I still have all my originals. Have been sure I lost each of them at least once, especially Behemoth a few times.

Their loadouts:

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I have been having so much fun flying around and hunting rare stuff and smoking the bad guys I haven't really been thinking about the expansion. Behemoth has made head shot kills on assaults and heavies 3 times in a row! The other times only once in awhile. Soften them up with fire support then move the 2 AC 20 killers in and watch the parts fly! biggrin

The jump jets are a MUST imho. Keep those evasion hash marks up and live.



We blow stuff up real good!

Attached Files LineUp.jpgNix Atlas.jpgAC 20 Atlas.jpgAC 20 Crab.jpgFireSupport.jpg

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#4457629 - 01/17/19 07:16 AM Re: Punchin' Locusts [Re: Clydewinder]  
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Definitely a great game. I need to run through again. I lost interest after the campaign and having some lost tech I couldn’t use or find more of.
I want co-op and a jump in the timeline. Could be the perfect tbs game. I don’t know if thats in the plans for this one though.


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#4457664 - 01/17/19 01:28 PM Re: Punchin' Locusts [Re: Clydewinder]  
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More rare items, still not enough, with the new patch; and I haven't even bought the expansion yet.

Actually found ONE new Gauss Ammo in a store!...not a Black Market either. So now I have 3 so Nix can use both Gauss's/

The second Gauss rifle is from before the expansion! A bug I think... that I sure didn't complain about.

Behemoth was about to be killed in one of my previous 5 skull nightmares so I sacrificed Nix, who can't die, instead.

His Gauss was salvaged and when I looked there was another in inventory!

Co-op would be awesome. I haven't even tried MP since it isn't there.


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