Special Techs offer up more finely tuned loadouts, COIL guns give you reasons to stick with lighter Mechs for longer, and it’s all wrapped together by the biggest Flashpoint that the game has seen so far.īut the bigger question might be, where does BattleTech go from here? Though it might look mostly like a big bundle of new Mechs to play with, there’s actually a fair bit more going into BattleTech: Heavy Metal. If that’s what happens or not, Mitch isn’t saying: “I don’t want to spoil that, but it’s interesting what we did with it!” ”įeaturing two legends from BattleTech lore – the Bounty Hunter and the Black Widow of Wolf’s Dragoons – it’s set to be more involved than simply battling them and winning the right to uncover the Wolf Shark from its derelict cargo ship. “They only show up once in a while, and in order to get the next one, you have to complete this one, but then you’re travelling around a month later and something might show up on your starmap.
#Battletech heavy metal fell off truck series#
This is a series of those – I’m not even sure how missions are in the whole thing – and then they’re also linked by these events that pop up as you’re flying. Mitch explained, “There’s these Flashpoints all over the starmap that you can do and they’re little short stories, three missions long, or something like that. That’s wrapped up in the new career-long Flashpoint. Alternatively, you can keep running through a mercenary career and unlock them more naturally. It won’t wipe them out, but will significantly soften them for the rest of your team, not to mention doing a ton of collateral damage when fighting in an urban centre.įor most of the new Mechs you can, if you choose, accept a notification that pops up with your Mech Tech saying they came across an abandoned shipment or loot crate, filled to the brim with exotic new (old) Mechs. Thankfully it’s something that can only be used twice per battle, but it deals an awful lot of damage in a surprisingly wide area. The Bull Shark’s unique trick is a huge area of effect Thumper Cannon – flinging a shell up and over to punish any enemy Mechs too closely clustered together. He put on his VR helmet – for real – and he sculpted it in VR. He’s such a BattleTech nerd that he designed the Mech, the Mech loadout, everything.
“Actually, it was almost completely created by our Art Director, who used to do BattleTech cover art and stuff, so he’s perfect for this job too. something old, Mitch stated, “It’s actually easier to create a Bull Shark, to go, ‘You know there aren’t a lot of 95 tonne BattleMechs, let’s make one!’ It’s an entirely new creation for the game that is one of the largest and heaviest in the game. Of the new inductees into the roster, one Mech stands out from the crowd though, the Bull Shark. “That’s been a major request from fans It’s been like that for 35 years!”
“It keeps the useful in the game for longer, right?” Mitch said. You can only harvest energy to attack with during a particular turn, meaning that these weapons are uniquely suited to the fast-moving lighter Mechs, and they can output a prodigious amount of heat when used, making them a bit of a glass cannon. Think of the COIL like the KERS of a Formula 1 car or a hybrid road car, but with a much more hazardous usage. But what if they can take that speed and turn it to their advantage? Given how you’ll so often be battling against the odds, with a dozen enemies against your lance of four, a light, easily killed Mech is going to get squished all too easily, pushing you to select ever-bigger and more ponderous loadouts. There’s also a suite of new weapons, with the Coil a unique and new creation, geared specifically for lighter, faster Mechs to keep them more relevant deeper into the game. The Warhammer has increased energy damage, while the Matador’s Lance Command Module reduces incoming damage for the entire lance. You will at least have two of these Mechs, even if you don’t buy the DLC. Without mods, though, do they become too much of an advantage over the other Mechs in the game? It’s difficult to say, since you’ll always want to take the battle ahead of you into account and may want more general purpose Mechs, but if you’re gearing your outfit toward specific roles and have a particular plan of attack in mind, these specialisations will certainly come in handy.
#Battletech heavy metal fell off truck update#
People are already doing shit like that, so why don’t we give them tools to do it? We’ve exposed hooks in there for everybody to do what they want and go back to update everything if they want.” I mean, we’re a reasonably small team and there’s plenty to do.” However, at the same time, “That’s exactly why this was the right time to support modding.
It’s a shame, but none of the existing Mechs in the game will be upgraded in similar ways, Mitch citing “Time and expense and stuff like that.
0 kommentar(er)
