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The Mauler, at least stock, is pretty crap. I mean, 4 long-ranged machine guns? There's far better ways to reach out and touch someone then using an AC/2, much less four of them. Giving someone with ballistic skill an AC/20 is another prospect, especially with how the bot likes to get in close in just about all cases.

My solution to clan opponents is to reduce the clan force count until the battlevalue of both sides is about equal to represent the 'bidding process', and it has lead to tough but fair fights in my opinion.

I don't know, the main source of income from my games is salvaging and selling enemy vehicles in droves, it far outweighs whatever the contract pays.

That said, guerilla campaigns are brutal because of the complete lack of supply. If the consensus is to go for it, I suggest tripling whatever we think we need in way of supply, and make sure to bring plenty of limbs for all the mechs.

Quote from: a1s on October 24, 2017, 02:14:57 am

Salvage might be 70%, but it's from a poorly equipped enemy. We are unlikely to find anything really worth 1.5 million/month (and we're giving up loss compensation.) My vote goes to Propus.

I think you are highly overestimating the impact of the "poorly equipped enemy" here, and also underestimating the resale value of a mediocre unit. A Wasp really sucks, but it still sells for like 700,000 C-Bills. You only need to scrap two of them to get to your 1.5m mark.

Vedettes are a common and mediocre tank, but still sell for 250k. The 10 SRM launchers on a SRM carrier sell for a pretty penny. Ditto the AC/20 on a Hetzer.

Based off my current games, I would estimate the difference between 30% salvage and 70% salvage being worth at least 15 million C-Bills. That is way larger of a factor than 3m larger contract or 10% battle loss compensation.

orbital satallite networks aren't a thing in battletech, so long as patrols don't sight you, its quite possible to manage it, funny enough

Not for me, actually. That Locust is a death trap waiting to happen, because it simply CANNOT go against the opposition a heavy lance faces. Its nice to hit the weight limit for the weight class you want to be in, but it's better to do so by using designs in that weight class or just above. Sticking a light mech into a heavy lance means that it'll face heavy and assault designs that will chew it to bits.

The real trouble is that the AI seems to use its initiative pretty intelligently; it's hard to end up on top of vehicles at all times, and being next to but not directly on top of some of BattleTech's vehicles is infinitely worse than having to shoot it out with them at longer ranges.

I've gone ahead and added the various mechwarrior claims since the last update. Remaining are Captain Halit, Private Ngo, and Private Frajtov.

Edit: the pirate base defenders include 18 vehicles, two medium mechs, and 10 civilian vehicles, split between industrial mechs and armed trucks and personnel carriers.

Salvage rights primer:

Full/none: what it says on the tin.
e.g. 30%: after a battle, we get first crack at what we want to keep, but can only take 30% of the mechs/vehicles available according to C-Bill value. The salvaged units are ours to do with what we want. Some-to-most of them will be suitable for salvage only, too heavily damaged to rebuild.
e.g. 30% (exchange): the employer takes all the materiel, but provides us with 30% of the C-Bill value thereof.