Author Topic: tales from the battlefield rouge tech (Read 7908 times)

elf25s · « **on:** 30 September 2020, 20:06:34 »

ok had not played battletech for pc for about a year installed it and got rogue tech mod
lots of fun toys lots of fun options...love ot
so got every thing set up ik first mission
just regular half skull for warm up
drop about 135 tons
first round took me minute to get used to controls...fine second turn enemy contact enemy turn and enemy head shot on my commander...gone off the field
4th round 2 mechs down
5 gang bang on a last survivor

holy crap i dont recall AI being this bloody viscious!

and i loved it!

elf25s · « **Reply #1 on:** 04 October 2020, 17:03:50 »

finally got high enough to do a 2 skull mission...imagine my surprise when i came across a stinger lam!

elf25s · « **Reply #2 on:** 04 October 2020, 19:45:37 »

ok started new game i could hardly belive what showed n my stable
an urbie lam
;D

elf25s · « **Reply #3 on:** 07 October 2020, 12:09:04 »

ok came across a squad of elementals in toads ...they took my trebbie down in 2 rounds...nasty buggers!

elf25s · « **Reply #4 on:** 13 October 2020, 19:51:38 »

ok had a mission on ford(?) 2 skulls...nothing but urbies 12 of them ! ac 10 crew from hell ...lost 3 mechs at least i got my pilots tho

elf25s · « **Reply #5 on:** 23 October 2020, 18:38:37 »

allrighty just got new updated rogue tech had to wipe my company i was running but this one has as promised control of crawlers and gnats!
another changes i noticed so far are some pilots can use mechs and vehicles others only mechs ir vehicles and you can choose your drop zone to some extent

elf25s · « **Reply #6 on:** 26 October 2020, 07:09:11 »

ok since new update i had to start from scratch...
about 4 months into the career i wanted to puck up extra scratch so i picked up half skull mission about 150k
retrive crawlers from some guy because he did not pay....
no problem land no problem assess the situation no problem
get nuked before first round ...problem
out of no where i got creamed by huge artillery strike all mechs destroyed only one survivor game over no money to but new mechs or any mechs around me even if i cold buy pilots

started new company...and new game

Elmoth · « **Reply #7 on:** 26 October 2020, 08:41:39 »

LOL. Sorry about that, but it sounds hilarious and frustrating at the same time.
Seems the system has some features to make it extra hard that go bananas from time to time, like the one you describe. Sounds you had fun in the meantime, so I consider this a feature not s problem per se for what you say. It also complies with most Merc outfits not surving their first year.
Well played

elf25s · « **Reply #8 on:** 26 October 2020, 14:38:12 »

love it but at the time when i got nuked it was not funny lol

elf25s · « **Reply #9 on:** 31 October 2020, 08:41:32 »

ok half skull mission
assassinate some idiot
dropped in no problem
enemy dropped in with four light mechs...and promptly gets nuked to a man
round 2 target killed with 2 shots of 2 light ac 10 to the head
me smiling ;D

elf25s · « **Reply #10 on:** 09 November 2020, 13:21:25 »

one skull mission battle in bad lands
me being hot dropped between two lances
lance has atlas II the other king crab
guess who lost 4 mechs in one round?
lol

elf25s · « **Reply #11 on:** 13 November 2020, 20:39:12 »

om 3 skull mission capture base
no allies just lance of my 4 little poor lambs
defenders 3 lances of urbies mixed with ppc lrm 10 and 10/ac with other we will re arrange your face goodies because we dont like you
1 of my mech survived with major face surgery
repair bill almost 8 million mission pay out 3.4 million
repair time 4 months and 2 months for pilots

elf25s · « **Reply #12 on:** 15 November 2020, 18:31:27 »

easy scratch needed some points to up level my pilots...1 skull mission clean out enemy lance no problem 3 of my mediums and a light
every enemy mech wiped out last one flea heavy damage one leg standing...decided to do death from above with a hunchback...guess who did not survive the DFA?
my hunchie lost both legs pilot ejected flea still standing until i wiped it with firestarter by burning it to a cinder...me ? i just said that damn flea!

elf25s · « **Reply #13 on:** 10 December 2020, 10:35:16 »

allrighty
bounty hunt
3 and a half skulls
drppped down no problem ruins of a city fine.....3 lances of urbies of at least as many flavors...bounty urbie lord(?) unknown armamement my lance gone in 2 rounds
problem

elf25s · « **Reply #14 on:** 14 December 2020, 22:07:01 »

finally got my drop ship to have 8 drop bays...well loaded up for a bear 3 skull mission 18 mill in c bills
dropped in thought gonna have a hard time pirate lance
ended up a lance of 5 fleas no damage
pissed that it was only fleas...when i was spoiling for a fight

elf25s · « **Reply #15 on:** 19 December 2020, 03:33:38 »

ok assassination mission 3 skulls 1.7M c bills
drop 2 lances it took me a while i got mackie in one lance
defending lance 1lance some light crawlers with mix of gnats 2 lance 3 medium mechs
target mad cat mkIII
easy work...until mad cat came in range and unloaded all of its latch on weapons rockets and mortar straight at mackies head...end result i had to scrape the jelly of the cockpit onside and out and had to hire new pilot

elf25s · « **Reply #16 on:** 28 December 2020, 01:05:49 »

easy mission training lance
2 skulls 1.2 c bills
dropped urban environment....
2 lances of fleas...easy money right? nope artillery strike armor reduced to cinders mechs left limping...survived. ooops reinforcements 2 mad cats...guess who is not coming back from that mission?

elf25s · « **Reply #17 on:** 23 January 2021, 23:44:02 »

got a nice 4 skull mission 2 lance drop just under 200 tons
destroy base wipe out the defenders...
landed fine
hit done next thing artilery strike 1 2 3 4
guess who is not coming back from the mission? repair bill over 10 mill 3 month stay for pilots in hospital

elf25s · « **Reply #18 on:** 25 January 2021, 22:16:19 »

finished a battle mission made some c bills
got annihilator...
went to put the bad boy from pieces done and all fun with weapons and armor and engine...went back into mech bay and the anihilator has a skin of mechagoszilla

elf25s · « **Reply #19 on:** 07 February 2021, 11:09:44 »

ok decided to go toward the galactic north since i almost maxed out my pilots. my ultimate heading is toward pentagon worlds and make my money as i travel...
well easy mission no prob 2 skulls just 1.7 mill in c bills only a lance shows up.
i came down with two lances..simpke clean out the area mission
came across a lance of wobbies...
ok took me 6 rounds to kill a stinger...a lousy stinger that had been pounded on by 2 lances...

elf25s · « **Reply #20 on:** 08 February 2021, 15:21:02 »

ok is it my imagination rogue tech is trying to make everything into a LAM?
i thought i came across a MAD CAT LAM

elf25s · « **Reply #21 on:** 23 February 2021, 10:59:15 »

ever so slowly i am making my way to pentagon worlds...so far low rsistence ...but one
assassination mission 2 skulls 1.2 mill in c bills quick buck...riiiiight.
dropped with 2 lances and a lance of gnats
opponent 2 lance of nothing but clan mech mix of really pissed off mad kitties mix standard mk 1 and mk 3second lance ebony jags and mad dogs....my target atlas mk2
i made it with my catty 1 medium laser and one leg to stand on got paid and my repair bill 17 million in c bills on plus side i was able to get 2 mad kitties and parts to make mad kitty mk 3

elf25s · « **Reply #22 on:** 28 February 2021, 21:13:38 »

ok back on ford had go back 3 month flight time thanks to a contract i picked up...silly me
fine 4 skull mission about 4 mill in c bills
2 lance drop
and 2 gnats

no problem 2 lances are just crawlers and gnats...ooops reinforcemnts
3 gausszillas and atlas II
3 pilots gone gnats gone 2 mechs survive 70days worth repairs and hospital stays loss 9mill in c bills had to hire 3 pilots down to 24 mill in c bills

elf25s · « **Reply #23 on:** 04 March 2021, 14:32:29 »

allright took me 2 days of play to get back to my nice 40 mill in c bills...
went to back to traveling to pentagon worlds ...
ok a mission with 2 skulls 2.2 c bills destroy base easy peasy right?
well 2 defending lances against 2 of mine still cake walk
drop soon as i hit done i hear a whistle and next thing i see is a mushroom cloud k
result mission lost 3 mechs total loss 5 pilots are decorating the inside of their cockpits by doing the impression of toast and jam bill for 8.3 mill in c bills for repairs and parts along with new pilots and 6 weeks of repairs
as for me totally pissed and inventing new words to curse and add them to english language...while laughing at my self for losing it to such degree

elf25s · « **Reply #24 on:** 12 March 2021, 13:27:43 »

allright fun short mission 4 skulls destroy the base not worried 2 lances of clan mechs ...took me long enough...and a lance composed of 2 crawlers and 2 gnats.
drop no problem
drop complete...hit done enemy turn....nuked 3 mechs left all crawlers and gnats are gone enemy turn tom tom guns finished the last 3 remaining mechs
mission failed. bill 7 mech pilots are decorating the cockpits of their mechs in form of strawberry jam 3 pilots of crawlers and gnats are nothing more than ash.
5 mechs no recovery possible 3 that are left leave me with hole in my wallet to tune of 15 mill in c bills that includes replacement pilots down to 32 mil in c bills

so now i have to travel to some more advanced words or capitol worlds before i can have a complete lance in order to drop yah i have parts for other mechs in storage but incomplete imagine my joy because of that....

btw i play iron man mode so to those that dont know what iron man is you can only save after the mission and you do not reload to replay the mission you just failed.

Sir Chaos · « **Reply #25 on:** 19 March 2021, 15:51:51 »

Your summaries make it sound like RogueTech is recommended only for pretty hardcore masochists.

elf25s · « **Reply #26 on:** 19 March 2021, 18:16:39 »

Quote from: Sir Chaos on 19 March 2021, 15:51:51

Your summaries make it sound like RogueTech is recommended only for pretty hardcore masochists.

but the game is way worth the pain
try it you will be saying thank you sir can i have another very quickly
i stopped playing vanilla about a year ago after i cleared it 4 times i enjoyed it but AI was too cudly looked arnd found this mod and had been playing it at least 3 times a week
btw some missions are very misleading 1 skull mission easy tight? 2.3 mill in creds on completion you drop and you have mid weight lance to be met with 2 king crabs atlas II and a 20t crawler and it is random unlike vanilla

elf25s · « **Reply #27 on:** 19 March 2021, 18:30:36 »

still making my way to pentagon worlds
decided to stop and pick up parts after last drop repair...
well easy mission 2 and a half skulls 1.6 c biills clear out unknown scouting lance
easy does it
2 lances and 1 crawler drop in the tundra and woods...no over heat issues there figured even with reinforcements it will be 7 to 9 rounds.....riiiiiight
first enemy lance blakists medium mechs with the toughest armor 10 rounds cleared one round to just chill and next thing i know reinforcements arrive not one not two but lance of 5 mind you 5 LAMS including urbie lam...my armor was fine ammo bins at 95 % for missles and plasma canons and ACs. well that was fun 67 rounds to kill them 67! all 2 hours two friggin hours out of missles out of ammo just lasers and armor still almost at 85%...last lam i took particular pleasure with...punched and kicked to death... :Ddamn well worth it!
mission done cost for ammo 740 k repairs 630 k 270 k give or take for complete mission >:D :thumbsup:

Rince Wind · « **Reply #28 on:** 20 March 2021, 06:30:31 »

What was your lance rating? Because the chance that the enemies get support lances increases a lot when you drop more skulls than the mission rating is.

elf25s · « **Reply #29 on:** 20 March 2021, 12:48:51 »

did not look my merc is 820 i think
tbh never looked i just go in and try to have fun and earn c bills back to 56 mil in c bills

elf25s · « **Reply #30 on:** 27 March 2021, 15:58:55 »

ok today gods of the electronic dice had been uncommonly kind to me
as i am traveling along the steiners periphery to get to pentagon worlds i decided to stop and take a 5 skull mission
no problem mix of medium to heavies mostly clan 2 lances and finally got gnats and crawlers up to full strength
drop no issues waited 2 rounds enemy still not in sight comm burst telling me another drop ship is on the way unknown blah blah blah skipped a turn again and again. now i am on 11th round no enemy in sight...decided to move toward one of the 3 hills put a mech on top bam a see field burning and mechs going at it.backed up just into the edge of sensor range static burst telling me to stay the hell out of this one or be fired on. another comm burst complants about the wrong intel and lying on the contract. so i waited till round 22 one mech left ...well what got pounded by lrm gauss ac/10 and mine field? that poor poor zeus...
end report no damage just empty ammo less than 4k. and almost 7 mill in c bills ;D

now next mission ...i fully expect it to be full of death...mostly mine...

elf25s · « **Reply #31 on:** 28 March 2021, 20:36:56 »

tad busy done with the stuff i had to put up with...
allright 4 skull mission destroy smuggler base
dropped about 3 round walk into range of the base spoiling for tough battle
well ...digital dice gods were generous
arty strike 2 of them right on top of the smugglers base and lance that was still in between buildings gone all 3 tanks from lance gone
mission complete
not one shot fired not even nicked paint job 2.9 c bills
i think i should be scared and afraid the game is too kind...it will demand blood sacrifice o just know it

elf25s · « **Reply #32 on:** 01 April 2021, 14:56:18 »

ok 5 skull mission assassinate a spy at 4 mill c bills
2 lances one crawler...bad lands
dropped fine no problems cleared out lance of assault lance mechs fine in 6 rounds ...2 rounds of looking around for the target find it happy it is a first stone rihno i had seen. patience worn thin after pounding on it for 19 rounds! at the end not one part salvaged of that %^#^#@^^$!!! but got at least 2 parts of other mechs...

elf25s · « **Reply #33 on:** 02 April 2021, 23:45:53 »

decided to make a stop to make some scratch...5 skull duel
3 mill c bills
took an ebony hag down vs macke barely made it damn thing had so many bolt on rockets that you could not hit the mech with anything
at the end mt mech was playing strip tease after each hit from those rockets. finally was able to knock mackie down and pound its core to dust

elf25s · « **Reply #34 on:** 14 April 2021, 10:04:58 »

took few days break...stll only 1/3 of a way to pentagon worlds
battle bad lands mission 5 skulls payout 3.2 c bills
drop 2 lances with 2 crawlers
normal drop nothing for 2 rounds 3 round boom nuke drop almost got me woods are burning and lance of 5 mechs show up all medium and in that lance toads.
dealt with no damage...now reinforcements show up by twos thanks to drop ships coming in hot. total wave of 4 dropships no problem save for the 4th ship lance of 3 all assaults....2 king crabs and atlas mk III
victory! all out of missees some damage to jumpjets and heat sinks minor about 600k in bills and after costs i still end up with about 2.3 mill in c bills
now after salvage i was able to get atlas mkIII and parts for king crabs and amazingly a last part to mad kat/timberwolf mkI
JOY of JOYS!

elf25s · « **Reply #35 on:** 20 April 2021, 22:34:49 »

allrighty still in kurita space on the edges trying to get to pentagon worlds...
almost 60 mill in c every one is healthy and mechs are 100%
decided to take 5 skull mission assasination for 2 mill in c bills
2 lance drop no prob right behind the target and the 2 enemy lances that were to protect teh target are at the other end of the board target is not facing me guess who got ppc enema laser enema with sprinkles of srms and lrms?
1 round target dead drop point formed almost on top of my lances 2 nd round evacuated costs are only for srms and lrm that came to less than 5k in c bills ended up with a little over 2 mill in c bills plus 2 parts of a very nasty marauder cII and gauss rifle and ammo

elf25s · « **Reply #36 on:** 24 April 2021, 22:47:22 »

k newest update to RT client now lets you purchase missing parts to you carwlers gnats and stompees
it seems to work by the planet and level of tech
not sure i like it or hate it

elf25s · « **Reply #37 on:** 26 April 2021, 15:04:36 »

today i saw something amazing! i had played vanilla game through 3 play throughs and been now hacking at rt for 6 months give or take and never saw AI jump.
and today for first time i saw a AI mech do a jump! it was a black knight!
AI actually JUMPED!

elf25s · « **Reply #38 on:** 03 May 2021, 15:44:27 »

allright from where i am at now it will take over 200days to travel to pentagon worlds and 1.9 mill in c bills in maintanance costs...i made about 70 mill in c bills...i figure if i make another 10 mill in c bills ill take that final plunge into the deep and reach the clan home worlds

elf25s · « **Reply #39 on:** 26 May 2021, 21:58:58 »

allrighty tomorrow is the day i have time to play and start toward pentagon worlds!
cant wait to have my butt kicked....ohhh and some one made a catapult LAM in there lol got 2 parts

elf25s · « **Reply #40 on:** 07 June 2021, 12:30:58 »

damn it cost me 8 mill to find that i took wrong fork to get to pentagon worlds

elf25s · « **Reply #41 on:** 14 June 2021, 11:28:58 »

I MADE IT TO PENTAGON WORLDS
at 12 mill in c bills travel costs and time 05 10 months made landfall on babylon

elf25s · « **Reply #42 on:** 18 June 2021, 20:32:02 »

babylon first mission finally got some time to mess with
golaiath scorpion 5 skulls no pentagon world has less than 4.5 skull missions
protect a lance so it can reach LZ easiest mission ever drop zone on top of the hill covered with heavy woods right behind enemy line all mechs are facing away from me leaving their backsides open 3 lances...all so defensleess and with trousers down around their ankles 3 rounds mission done no hits on me light damage to my charges over 3 mull in c bills minus 4k for ammo and coolant

elf25s · « **Reply #43 on:** 26 May 2022, 15:06:19 »

ok got busy and neglected the fame to a point where my save did not work due to update
ok so started new game over the weekend and found out the hard way by not reading updates that toads aka power armor is nasty...
a simple 1 skull mission turned into slaughter...mine
my lance 2 wasps 1 pheonix hawk and black jack with two crawlers
enemy lance 2 crawlers and a flea...along with a power armor squad...
3 rounds in i took out the enemy lance but the armor...
9 rounds later i have 1 mech left heayly damaged the phoenix hawk and armor squad finally stomped to the ground...how?
one of newest additions was armor can climb your mech and glomp you to death...and hurt your pilots while at it...

lesson one do not try to stomp the power armor...lesson 2 they will not let go till your mech or pilot is dead lesson three as they are hugging your mech with love you cant shoot them off or shake them off unless you eject

elf25s · « **Reply #44 on:** 27 May 2022, 16:38:58 »

ok 7 days in and new update again made my saves unplayable started new game and would you not know it i started in such deep periehery as my starting point i will not reach habitable system for at least 9 months!

elf25s · « **Reply #45 on:** 14 June 2022, 20:39:38 »

took me 7 months to make it into a clan space barely made it with only 600k to spare
got contract from clan wolf to kick jade falcons ass...just found out that LAMs seem to have a almost 90% melee accuracy rate