3 skull mission playing like a 4.5

[Gimbooze]

Anyone else having this issue? Took a 3 skull mission, plopped down on it, and found that there were 5 heavy mechs and 3 mediums just waiting for me. Tonnage wise they were almost double what I had access to at the time for myheaviest. Is this normal? Is there a way to get a proper mission instead of this doubled up monstrosity?

[Capt Facepalm Picard]

It's random. load up the mission again and it comes with a different set of mech composition.

That's the beauty of this game. Every now and then it'll throw in a surprise.

Man up.

[MinenSpecht]

I got 4 skull missions playing like 2 skulls. 2 lances of 50 tonners vs my 75 tonners. They all get oneshot.

[Serious Jobs]

wait for the convoy of multiple PPC carrieres.. ouch

[Capt Facepalm Picard]

I would much rather have a long challenging battle instead of starting up a 3 skull mission only to get 2 medium or 2 heavy mechs in the field that die in the first round.

That kind of bullsh*t makes me feel like i wasted my time.

[Gimbooze]

Less about manning up and more about the reinforcements spawning with the main group. Tried it a few times, between sensor locks and lrm boats/ jagermech theres not much chance to even take advantage of positioning. 4 isn't beating 8 all at once. Not when the tonnages are about the same per mech.

[Gouf]

3 skull mission a battle mission they have 2 dragons and 2 PPC tanks and a reinforcement of a full jaeger mech lance and one dragon

[MAD-3R_Marauder]

Well, that's military life for you. Intel? You can't trust intel, man, they _never_ get it right!

On a more serious note, the skull rating are an aproximation and the force actually encountered varies by a full skull, I believe, so if you take a 3-skull mission, you can encounter anything from a 2-skull up to a 4-skull OPFOR.

That's what the "Retreat" function is there for. If you face overwhelming odds, you just bug out. I guess people are often forgetting that ability is there for just those cases.

P.s.: I agree that the reinforcemant spawning one or two turns into the match is pretty bad.

[Gimbooze]

I wasn't aware there was a full retreat option actually... Good to know! I wound up winning that match, though had one mech destroyed and my second best pilot killed. Its a shame you can't bargain for more than 4 pieces of salvage on most missions, lotta good stuff there I'd love to take with me.

[Rabidnid]

Remember also the planets have their own skull ratings. Maybe a 4 skull missionb on a half skull plant has some effect of the opposing forces composition?

[�[Dire_Venom]�]

Skulls and missions breifings sadly have little impact on what you'll face. Most of the time it'll just be random.
(Of course it still gets harder over time).
A 3.5 skull can throw more heavy mechs at you than a 4.5 , and a 4 has given me a mission with only 1 mech in it XD

Just an unfinished system that sadly doesn't live up to the rest of the game.

[scotteggers]

Hey anyone fielding more then a lance?!?!? Have you all unlocked the Argos totally yet? If now why did the give us the option of 3 sets of mech bays?!?!?

[EggJustic3]

Remember the skull rating is your bro's estimate of the difficulty based on the limited info he has.

I did a 4.5 skull mission and went for max salvage, ended up fighting mediums and a few small heavies.


"Less about manning up and more about the reinforcements spawning with the main group."

Yeah I hate this I usually encounter them in the same round and sometimes even first. In testing did they test with a lance of 4 lights?

[�[Dire_Venom]�]

Originally posted by scotteggers:

Hey anyone fielding more then a lance?!?!? Have you all unlocked the Argos totally yet? If now why did the give us the option of 3 sets of mech bays?!?!?

You can only ever field 4 mechs in the campaign from what I've experianced so far. Upgrading simply lets you have more mechs to chose from/store.
Kinda a stupid way to do it.
In skirmish it's based on Tonnage/Cost which makes light mechs a lot more viable. Wish the campaign was tonnage based too :/

[Tevu]

Originally posted by scotteggers:

Hey anyone fielding more then a lance?!?!? Have you all unlocked the Argos totally yet? If now why did the give us the option of 3 sets of mech bays?!?!?

One lance is all you get. If you dont understand the mechs variable, i suggest you go learn a bit more about what is light, medium,heavy and assault mechs roles. And there are specializations between those mechs too.

18 mech bays for 4 pilots is jut not enough. you allready wield 4 of each type and have only 2 extra for different combos, not good.

[sycoman2]

I just did a 3 skull that was interesting, a battle mission with reinforcements.
First go the reinforments showed up directly behind me right as i started shooting at the main force. The reinforcments were 1 light mech, 1 medium, 2 heavy. The main force was 1 med, 3 heavy. 4 of the heavys were 75 ton. My force was, a lazer tank knight, 1 ac 20 tank jaeger, and 2 med LMR boats.
My jaeger one shot the light mech and the med from the reinforcments, while my other 3 pownded the main force but i eventually got overwhelmed, with my knight in peices and my ac 20 out of ammo i knew it was over so i restarted.

This time i moved in the opposite direction looking for the reinforcments. I got them one at a time as they came over a hill and took almost no damage in the process, but this time it was only 3 mechs, 2 med and 1 heavy. I positioned myself to take on the main force and soon discoverd that they were all vehicles this time...... Nasty, OP as ♥♥♥♥ vehicles. The first one that came into view was a smr carrior which i killed instantly, the next one was a multi pcp tank that almost blew off my knights arm and the third was a duel ac20 tank which casually one shot my jaeger with a cockpit hit.

So on the 3rd try same strat, reinforcements were the same, but this time the main force was 2 heavys, and 2 of those evil ac20 tanks. Managed get them without any real damage this time though.