Legend of the Kestrel Lancers - NEW MW5 DLC! - Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries DLC 

For me, the worst thing in the late game was that you can only have 12 mechs in your bay (eleven if you want to grab someone new). Most of them assaults because you can't just alow mediums or light in your late lance

I'm afraid that the switching between the mechs in the lance IS the dumb AI fix. I don't want to have to keep switching between mechs just to make my lancemates do their jobs. Melee...cool...I want my Death From Above!

There were some improvements in the last update. Lights used much more hit and run. Using cover better. It was only a small incremental improvements but it was still a step further. I wouldn't care about the ai as much if they gave us more command options. You could tell them which range to engage at, move to a way point, protect a target. Disengage.

I remember playing MW3 or 4 and leaving my lance mates a the edge of a city or someplace because they actually made the mission harder with how stupid they were... basically was easier to deal with the mission with out them sometimes. LOL

Now I have a legit reason to pilot Banshee-3P other than it being a speedy assault.

Banshee: “My time has come.”

What does my favorite Battletech content creator have to say about this? TTB meeting and exceeding all my expectations as always.

Punching mechs in the face? YES PLEASE!

Awesome, the other day I was asking the studio what's next on their ps release vid... It's always nice to find out you're not just talking into the void. 👌

I'm so glad I can run this, I wasn't always so fortunate. Just getting into the VRWarrior however and I see how much I really need to work on a better rig. That said, let's hope none of this really breaks our mods for long... As it is, the mods really make the game a gigaton more enjoyable. And on that note, regarding your concerns about the AI, the saving grace is that you can actually make whatever you want in the mw5 editor, with the power of UE4+... o7 Good hunting, MechWarrior!

I think the mech switching is good for getting your Lance mates unstuck. Meny times the AI gets stuck.

Melee!! More reason to pilot an Atlas 100% agreed on the stupid AI. Imagine having proper AI code that leaves room for different AI pilot character types, like hothead, cautious, seasoned mechwarrior etc. It would basically just be different weightings in their behavioral script. So you wouldn't only have the choice between good and bad pilots, but you could also kinda pick the personalities you prefer. And of course, you could still order them around - and the way and speed they react could also differ. So many possibilities to flesh out those NPCs..

cool review, thank you as always

Hell Yeah! Glorious Melee Combat!

The number one reason why i have stopped playing the game is: none of my friends is interested in Battletech games so i have no one to Coop with. And soloing this game is unfunny to me. The team AI always sucks and micromanage them in realtime is stressful to me rather then fun. So i stick with MWO and Battletech.

I would have liked to see the madcat or madcat2 in this add-on

well i am looking forward to this, i feel it was a step backwards in the timeline progression. i dont want to rehash what others have commented on as for the AI problem as thats obvious, melee is a great addition. a proper mechlab should be implemented, buying another drop ship for more lancemate call downs, a proper SOLARIS 7 participation would be really nice. with all that being said i really hope the next dlc will an indepth multiple dlc Clan invasion SERIES after this. just my opinion. love the content and hope to see you put out more

WOW I would literally just going to buy this for the Melee lol so epic.

I guess we need to fear the chargers now.

Clan Wolf is next! WHOO!!!

Thanks for the Insight TTB :D

It would actually be cool if they added the ability to just full on customize a loadout for a mech like in mechwarrior online but without needing mods to do so. I play on console

I’m kinda disappointed that the new variants list didn’t include any mechs that traditionally equipped melee weapons but with the groundwork laid out, I’m hopeful that mod authors will make some for me lol

I've not had an overabundance of issues with AI Lancemates...my only real complaint being their propensity to stop a Defense mission flat while defending it. As far as problems firing, I've noticed that their behavior can be controlled by how you group their weapons (for the most part) and kit their mechs. For example, if I'm going to have an LRM boat in an Archer 2r, I remove two medium lasers and add two heatsinks since AI pilots typically won't make the decision to Overheat, so once they get hot enough, they'll close range and use medium lasers...continuously staying at heat redline...instead of waiting a few moments to sink heat and loosing another flight or LRMs. Since they're a Fire Support role, the loss of the two medium lasers in no way impacts their performance...in fact, it improves it...and by grouping weapons as one LRM20 in Group 1, both LRM20s in Group Two, and two medium lasers in Group 3 (for close in harassing vehicles) the AI tends to evaluate far better whether it needs 20 or 40 missiles to destroy a target, and thus wastes less ammunition and generates less heat. So, as long as my builds aren't on the raggedy edge of operability to squeeze every last point of damage out of them as if a highly competitive player were driving them, they tend to work just fine. There are some who would say "you shouldn't have to do that" and I might tend to agree if I were of the Min/Max mentality...but I'm not, and I don't think there will ever be an AI geared towards playing "POWER OVERWHELMING" playstyles instead of the "Enough is Fine" format they seem to be currently set at.

dumb question but would this mean mw5 sold fairly well with the push into consoles and decent amount of DLC, they still see it as a economically viable product

One of the banshee has masc, and goes around 90km/h, that thing is going to be a crazy melee build

Kinda disappointed there’s no new mechs only new variations, also disappointed there’s no mech bay expansion for multi missions

I would love to see a battle in space on a Starleague era Warships hull while it is attempting to orbitil bombard a planet

we need to get to the point of having clan mechs. The mad cat is a must have.

Yep. This is going to eat up another 600 hours of my life. Btw Cool mods. Thank you

The mech switching is their answer to the poor lance ai

Haven't played in a while, but isn't the ai still inefficient unless you group their weapons a certain way for them? It'd suck to switch mechs just to stop and re-group weapons all the time.

I wish they would add Dead Eye Gunther missions as a nod to MW2 mercs

Am I going to have to mech switch every time a wingman drifts right into my line of fire? Because that's gonna be a LOT of mech switching.

MELEE! ROCK'EM SOCK'EM ROBOTS!!! Now I just need a Berserker!!!

They should've called it Solaris DLC

If they are introducing melee are they going to add the hatchetman?

Still waiting on the madcat to be released

I'm not 100% on this, but i'm certain there are AI mods that improve what your lance mates can do, and how they function. If that's not enough, i do remember that you made a video 3 months ago explaining some dev questions where they said that they would be making changes, Hopefully that is added into the change log for Sept 23.

Morgan Kell should be on Melissa's side, because iirc he was giving Melissa away at the wedding, as her father Arthur Luvon has passed sway at the time of the wedding...as Luvon and the Kell brothers were all very close - Kell Hounds even originated from the nickname Arthur gave to Morgan and Patrick.

Looking forward to this :-) next I want clan invasion and solaris 7 campaign or league table to enter and fight to glory and fame :-)

Hope there will be cross platform play between the PS and the Xbox players!

I want front line spot of the 4th war!

is there a price of this yet

The AI's primary problem is that their accuracy-over-range table is really bad. It's not the only thing that needs improvement but its the main one. There's a mod on the Nexus that simply gives them the boss enemy type of accuracy table and it instantly fixes all their behaviors downstream of shooting bad guys. There's no need for a total overhaul like TTRulez to get them going. If vanilla AI are seen walking around not firing weapons with enemies in front of them it is really because they're overheating and missed all their shots, not that their AI broke. When you combine boss accuracy and engine double heat sink mechs (with mods or the few DLC ones that have them), you will see them fire constantly like madmen and deal as much damage as you do in the results screen.

No Axtman? WHAT? HOW?

Have they made any mention as to how much the DLC will cost? The free stuff is ok, but not really what I am interested in...

So we throw Atlases at the problem till victory? ok

PGI AI Intelligence!?!?! SNARF

I think the designers should add a setting AI performance level.

Ah.. there it is.. the single player campaign.. only took them 2 years to put one in ^^ But hey we get melee combat, that will be a first... lets hope the physics engine doesnt spazz out and we launch mech into outer space with falcon punches XD New biomes are allways welcome. No word on new mechs or tech though... then again that would be a tad difficult since its the 4th succession war.

Ok....I'm happy to get more content.....but where's the clan update? My personal favorite mechs are clan omni mechs ...I hate inner sphere rubbish.

Let me guess, all the mods will stop working now, right?

A lot of those ‘Mech variants are added by mods. I wonder how these will work with mods like YAML? May be a game breaker.

so in regards to the lance mate ai, I have seen better performance with mods, I think that the ai could behave better if they shared targeting data? lurm boats cant shoot what they cant see, if they simply change this I believe ai would be better, if they introduce sensor equipment to allow shared player targeting it may improve the ai somewhat. Also would love the ability to change formations, the mech swapping resolves the sending lancemate issue to evac and or scouting. Not sure how the weapon groups swapping will be resolved as ai cant use player weapon grouping all that well, will it allow player weapon groups vs stock ai ones? bit of a ramble, but all in all i think they are improving this for the better, new features are always good.

Wait this is on PlayStation now? Oh boy I’ll finally use that PS5 for something.

i hope the mods dont break i cant play this game without them... like you said the vanilla stupid ai, with two mods the enemy and own ai is so much better or the coyote mission i dont want to miss them :) So fingers X that all go well!

they need to add campaign open lobbies and 4v4 lobbies.

... did the end of the trailer have a MadCat blowing up?

Mods can fix lance ai. But it would be better if pgi addressed the issue. 🤔

Broooo yesss

I'm expecting this to closely copy what was in the battletech expansions and/or base game. so expect melee mods you can install in arms to increase melee damage/stability damage at the cost of mostly slots with a bit of tonnage. Also, AI performance is relative. Better AI would be nice, but its extremely resource intensive to develop and on CPU etc to run. Making enemy AI dumber is probably a much easier solution for game balance, just script them to do "rookie mistakes" or something. Always need to remember when discussing how "bad" the AI is, its running both your team and your opposing team.

RIP my moded campaign 😕

Play with 4 regular players, like i do :)

No new weapons ? or mechs types also can you link it your carer mode ? .

Yeah...they invested ressources in developing the switching ability...instead they should have taken the problem head on, and improve the AI. Then there is no need for switching in the 1st place, if your lance mates are reliable. Additionally introduce somekind of endgame leveling feature for the AI (and something like that for the player), where the pilot gets and better with the most piloted Mech, by piloting the same Mech over and over. And i think that the new content will still suffer from the same fate as the maingame and the 1st DLC also...the poor AI performance.

Is it free or paid??

Lets pray they fix the Ai

Mech AI is designed that I think, either lazy or cause it is mech WARRIOR and not Commander. cause if AI does everything you as pilot would be too çhilled sitting in cockpit. Therefore yes it does make me always use the gangbang technique, 4mechvs1 situation very often. Developers wants me to do that. The Melee is what lacks in all series, it is really needed to give me a sense I am actually in a MECH for all these YEARS! Battletech has it and MW not, I couldn't believe that! BUT my biggest issue now is then, If they really want to make it as big as any other AAA game,.. THE infantry FIX it, squad of 5 near batteries or defensive positions, how hard is THAT!

You look better in a beard.

Music Production on PGI Trailers is very amateur.

At least one of the dlc packs should just be free. Kinda ridiculous for $20 for some shit that should already have been included.

Gamers that haven't PCs any more? Thats a contradiction^^

MW5 for ps5!?!?!?!?!? Hory shet TTB Can a poor console kiddie team up with you over crossplay?

The urban combat missions will probably melt my cpu 10 times faster than demolition missions.

so the literally just took MWO maps......what

well that is my money spent lol :)

when will the port this to multi player? MWO sucks compared to this game yet, MW5 sux for not supporting multiplayer. and i am not talking about doing missions with a couple friends. I mean PvP strait up.

Thank you bringing up AI it is the same reason why I stopped playing. If they want to say just play with other real people then thats another problem coop is so bad they get no money exp and cant bring their own mechs.

underwhelming. all theyve done for the most part is take what significant modders have already done for free, and have charged for it. yeah the succession wars missions im into, but thats it, everyones obsession with melee is ridiculous, it will be underused, underwhelming and pointless. and the mech switching is...fine.. i guess, but the novelty will wear off. disappointing. also, this will be even heavier on resources, in a game that is already very poorly optimised

Huch , wasn bei dir im Gesicht los ? Zu lange Homeoffice ??

When do we get the Clan Wars? The punching BS is just that ...BS! This is just a fill-in because they can't get a real DLC going for the Clan Wars I bet. Skins? I want content not pretty crap that does nothing for the game or story. If they finally put the radar where it should have been all along. Not impressed with the Mech switching. Want content and authored missions are so far the only ones worth a damn so far. So about all I get from this is some authored missions and a mechanic that is kinda stupid. I'll be switching to W10 to play this and one other game in a week. New biomes is a good deal. I bet they screw up the punching too...it should damage the fist and arm just as much as it damages the opposing Mech. Oh boy, now I get to wait for the mods to come out (eventually in a few months) before I can actually have a game that plays right for me.

Mechwarrior 2, 3 and 4 had good AI in that you could issue orders to your lancemates and they would do as you tell them. Want them to form on you? they could, want them to attack your target? they could, want them to attack the closest target? they could. Something like that would be better than just letting them go with no instructions.

HATCHETMAN WHEN!