So far so good. But i have a question. (spoiler warning)

[Bibig00n]

Game runs good so far on my PC at max setting.

My setup:
16-Core AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, 4700 MHz
Gigabyte B450 Aorus Elite V2
AMD B450, AMD K19.2 FCH
Memory: 32689 МБ
16 ГБ DDR4-3000 DDR4 SDRAM DIMM4: Kingston KF3600C18D4/16GX x2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 (24 ГБ)

My question is wtf was that with Trial of Position? I'm long time Mechwarrior veteran. Used to be the member of Russian Ghost Bear Clan back in the days of MW3 and MWO. I fought in multiple Trials, including Trial of Position. And i did not expected the stab in the back from the devs. Forcefully not allowing to kill 3 mechs in the Trial? Wtf? For the sake of the story? Why couldn't you assume that player can win the Trial and earn the higher position and adapt the story accordingly? Destroying player's mech in cinematic, not even giving a chance to fight third mech? What a low way to force the story. I'm utterly upset with this start.

[Last Seraph]

Think of it like GM fiat in a tabletop game.

Yes, it upset me, too.

[MittenMarauder]

It is not the only time they do that either, fortunately one of them is at least in your favor.

[Bibig00n]

Originally posted by MittenMarauder:

It is not the only time they do that either, fortunately one of them is at least in your favor.

What do you mean in my favor? In my favor would be giving me an opportunity to fight whole trial, not destroying my mech in cinematics. They might at least give a chance to fight, but destroying it in combat to some crit hit. But just taking control out of the player and showing defeat in cinematics is a low move.

[MittenMarauder]

Originally posted by Bibig00n:

Originally posted by MittenMarauder:

It is not the only time they do that either, fortunately one of them is at least in your favor.

What do you mean in my favor? In my favor would be giving me an opportunity to fight whole trial, not destroying my mech in cinematics. They might at least give a chance to fight, but destroying it in combat to some crit hit. But just taking control out of the player and showing defeat in cinematics is a low move.

I think you misunderstand, I am not disagreeing with you. I am merely pointing out that the game does it several times, but one that particular time I did not mind.

Without spoiling it, in a particular mission you have to protect a mech and regardless of the state the opponent is in, the outcome is the same. This is in your favor, because no matter how good you are, that NPC is not going into that fight fresh.

The Trial of Position is really dumb, because if you only get 1 kill and die, you lose the game. If you get 2, the game refuses to let you go for 3. Personally, I think they should have just made #3 the low blow you are expecting and that would have at least solved both problems (the 3rd kill and that other character).

[Bibig00n]

Originally posted by MittenMarauder:

Originally posted by Bibig00n:

What do you mean in my favor? In my favor would be giving me an opportunity to fight whole trial, not destroying my mech in cinematics. They might at least give a chance to fight, but destroying it in combat to some crit hit. But just taking control out of the player and showing defeat in cinematics is a low move.

I think you misunderstand, I am not disagreeing with you. I am merely pointing out that the game does it several times, but one that particular time I did not mind.

Oh, ok i did misunderstood you. sorry

[Crimzin]

Yea I didn't like that either, i was about 60 - 70% health and wondering if i would be able to do it, Seen it was a Mad Cat and started to worry then BAM, no need to worry anymore lol, I thought my character smiling and cheering was pretty cool tho, laying on the floor in a twisted wreck.

[MittenMarauder]

Originally posted by Bibig00n:

Originally posted by MittenMarauder:

I think you misunderstand, I am not disagreeing with you. I am merely pointing out that the game does it several times, but one that particular time I did not mind.

Oh, ok i did misunderstood you. sorry

No worries, I get it. I should have clarified my original reply, but no harm no foul.