I'm about to start MW5 for my first time and i want this start to be as good as you can go with the game:

- I see a lot of modding tools on Nexus Mods für MW5
- i see lots of DLCs for the game
- it's impossible for a MW5 beginner to understand/compare what's good and what's a waste of time

1. So, if you would start your MW5 journey today, what setup (mods+DLCs) would you recommend?
   
2. Regarding controls: would you recoomend using mouse+keys, console controller or Hotas/double Joystick?

Just spent 300 million C-Bills, 3 in game years, and 2 real life hours save-scumming these beauties.

Pure Vanilla. No mods.

They earn me 3 extra salvage shares apiece, and make every single mech they pilot faster, stronger, much tougher, and FAR more accurate. Plus they HATE clanners and are far more likely to avoid death and injury. Currently can't think of a better setup for generalist AI pilots.

And I'm enjoying every second of it. Got myself the Prime variant, and the only major change was dropping the SRMs out of it for more armor and cooling. Those twin gauss rifles, as well as 4HMLs and 2 MPLs are just a treat.

And of course we had to do her up pretty in the Clan Meth Weasel colors. Can't go dancing without a paint job

First, I want more DLCs. I don't care if the engine is about to fall over, I'll still buy it.

Second, I'm sure many of you know, but if you extend further into the clan zone ... there are other factions to interact with ... including ... Hell's Horses.

Missions like this expose major, nagging issues in the game. The STUPIDITY of allied AI. One of mine bots managed to ignore a movement order, block my path, and obstruct my line of fire twice. Overall, the difference between allied and enemy pilots is glaring. Only F1-F1 spam make them some useful... a little bit. BTW every single pilot here have a "gunslinger" graduate. Seems like allied pilots lethality stat is 0, so with 10% from gunslinger... ehm 0*0.1=0

The vets know this by now, but for new players or players who haven’t messed around with tag and/or streaks - using a tag with your srm boats and kitting ssrm’s instead of the other variants is an OP combo, especially once you can mount the clan variants.

Why tag? If you have an enemy selected, the instant you hit it with a tag you gain target lock. This is a massive time and frustration saver…. Once locked, you don’t need to maintain your tag - the lock works like any other.

Why probe? If you have a probe mounted, the lock will only ever go away once the probe’s range is exceeded, or you toggle a new target. Losing line-of-sight or having your reticle far away from the target will not cause loss of lock. The black market probe’s range is the highest at 550m, but the clan active can be mounted on any mech, even those without a probe slot.

Why SSRM’s? SSRM’s launched at a locked enemy will hone in on them. You don’t even really need to aim - just launching in the locked-mech’s general direction will do the trick.

On something like the Agincourt, you can map your tag to L trigger and your ssrm alpha to your R trigger and you really don’t need to use anything else. Your streaks will absolutely shred everything in minimal shots. IME nothing gets you faster TTK vs multiple enemies than combining tag/c-ssrm/probe. Having said that, since ssrm’s have a slower cooldown, you may want to split them up into a couple groupings so you can cycle more quickly. You don’t really need 20+ missiles per alpha to kill stuff since they’re all going to land. Even the best mech jocks are going to fluff much of an Artemis salvo, but streakers turn the worst aimers into deadeyes. It will make SoK and all the fast light mechs they throw at you kind of a joke…

It’s also a really fun style to play:) For extra laughs, try it out on a normally shitty (but fast) light mech like a Locust 1M and transform it into a murder-hornet that will make even a Behemoth shit their pants.

Edit: the tag insta-lock works for any homing missile. I didn’t mention stuff like ATM’s because I normally use ssrm’s within their range and ATM’s outside ssrm range, and my ATM targets are often outside the 550m bubble of my probe so the way I described the combo above where your lock sticks regardless of LOS doesn’t always apply. But you can definitely use this combo with ATM’s within your probe’s range and it will work exactly the same as described above.

What about a perfect pooper shot?

PSA…. Anyone else having a possible glitch where the Scorpion tanks with lbx-5’s absolutely cannot miss??? Third time running a mission on easy and they’ve cored me each run. Three tanks as I crest a hill lol

Subsequently, what are your favourite OSTs from MW5? I like this one, Judgement and Retribution and Nemesis from A&A.

The Diamond Shark dealership swears it's a standard model, but the interface is entirely in Japanese, and I swear someone scratched out the original serial number and word "Konig" in the cockpit.

I have to admit, I never thought much of the Centurion... 50 tons medium mech but slow as a heavy.

But now that I’m playing a new career mode starting in 3015 with all my hero mechs from the previous campaign, I have to admit that there is something deeply satisfying about cruising around in a medium, albeit a slow medium, wielding a Tier5 AC20 bf.

AC20s are dope.

Does anyone know of a mech variant with the ability to use both normal missiles and Arrow iv? Ive seen a few artillery capable battlemechs but i dont believe ive seen one that could run missiles with it. I got a pilot with LRM 10/15 and Arrow iv bonuses and id love to set up a killer missile platform. Any weight class is fine.

Hello all, (x-posting from r/battletech)

As the title says. I would like to find some screenshots of some of the mechs in the mech bay. The game did a really good job of selling the sense of scope of these machines, and I'm hoping to use some of these images to "introduce" the mechs in a tabletop campaign. (ideally POV is ground level)

Hoping someone here is the hyper-attentive archivist I'm looking for. Thanks for your help!

Prolly Phelan's folk who went separate ways after Bulldog lol

I am looking to get my hands on the Behemoth. I just picked up the new DLC today.

Is it the typical hero mech that just appears in industrial hubs or is there a high valu quest associated with it.

mate what in the actuall fuck is going on this DLC. I have never been so frustrated with ALLY AI this much. All my lancemates completelly ignoring all mechs. Getting in the way of literally anything i want to do. Was there any change to how the AI mates work?

Someone the other day said they liked my colour scheme so I ended up takin a few screenshots in my mechbay that I liked and thought I’d share ☺️

I recently decided to create like a triangle of Doom area where there was only three entrances that would funnel the enemies in but the enemies nine times out of 10 wouldn't take the direct line in fact they would follow me in but then they would back out as soon as they realized it was a really hot kill spot

I've never known them to do this before usually I could lure enemies and to do anything I wanted I could literally sit there AFK and just watch as my enemies died at my team's hands it's not like that anymore enemies are more reluctant to just follow you anywhere

I just started playing Mercs and I'm finding it very difficult. I'll be cruising along and then have all mechs destroyed on a mission and then I don't have enough money to continue. I've sold mechs and equipment but it's never enough to get me back to where I was with like 4 Mercs and 4 mechs. How do you progress when this happens? What am I doing wrong?