Battletech....

Battletech, Battletech, Battletech.... I'm a bit obsessed with the game. It's still got my attention even after Two Point Hospital's release. I thought I'd have played enough Battletech by the time that came out. So I may be biased when I say it's a great game. I wasn't thinking I'd get the expansion but now I've done a total reversal.

I've not seen many problems as listed by the greater playerbase. Some load times are long, but not so long as to be annoying. The auto-action camera angles can be awkwardly random and block your view rather than enhance the action. The only 'real' problem I've seen was when my lance of mech's once loaded into a mission without textures. They appeared as a semi translucent bright pink. It looked odd but gameplay was unaffected. It may have been caused when my nvidia drivers updated and I hadn't restarted the pc....

I'm currently running a lance of Stalkers for fun. The mech and tech salvage they get goes towards upgrading the rest of the company. They(Stalker lance) are very effective. Especially against larger enemies. The number of KO head-shots I can get with a Stalker against an Atlas is bordering on comical. More on that later. 

My Stalker lance setup:

With the loadaout on each being:

With an overall tactic of "all in" alpha strikes on single targets.  Which does lead to a lot of overheated mech's. But they can take the punishment.

Terrain can both work for and against you. With luck and some maneuvering even a canyon filled layout can be made to work for you. Sometimes it's a case of hammering through with brute force. I've been pushing the limits on that front a little too much.

I could say again that the game is great but I'd rather show some of my game-play.
Proof is in the pudding etc.

Unleash the video's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First video is a snowy map victory, subsequent mech repair, pilot training, end of month report, travel to the next mission and that next mission in full, a loss of a win.

That last mission shown above was a victory in name only.
Here's that last mission on it's own, a true defeat of a win:

And just to hone in on that defeated win point, here's the last few maneuvers of that mission:

Well I did say I was unleashing the video's. Idle hands and long upload times....

Needless to say that last mission sucked. So I reloaded the pre mission save and replayed it. Thankfully it went a lot better, with a full 'proper' win second time around. 

As I mentioned earlier about head-shots; This mission gained me two full Atlas's's's's's's's. Nice.

A Casual Carebear