Where can I find a Catapult (any variant)!? Do different factions tend to use more or less different types of Mechs?

[Shadowcoast]

I've started a "guide" where I plan on running a ton of missions to see if there is linkage to factions and planets and the type of Mechs one would encounter during the Procedural missions.

Anyone able to advise me or let me know? If there is no linkage, I plan on deleting the guide. Any help is much appreciated!

***UPDATE*** I found Catapult K2's and a Stalker! Check out the guide below and the YouTube I posted on how I fought and salvaged these two Mechs!
Planet: Brinton (fighting on behalf of the Capellan Confederation)
Difficulty: 3 1/2 Atlas
Mission Type: Recovery

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1374260035
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW2ONywmVuk&t=1424s

[Shadowcoast]

mes_latoth eredeti hozzászólása:

... I happened to Head-shot the Awesome with an AC20 in the Grave robbing mission, which nicely gave me 3 parts of Awesome to pick up. Seems like there's a big factor in "how damaged" the mech itself is to how many salvage parts of it there are (makes sense).

Does it seem likely that shooting both legs off == 2 parts of salvage?

(And yeh, getting a few more PPC Catapults would be fun ) :D.

Yes! If you CT or ammo explode a mech, you get 1 piece of salvage. Blowing off both legs leaves 2 pieces, if you incapacitate a Mechwarrior OR blow its cockpit up, you get 3 pieces! Nice, I want an Awesome!!! I'm on the Grave Robbing Mission and plan on playing that one tonight!

[Shadowcoast]

AeonsLegend eredeti hozzászólása:

Fought 1. Don't even think I took its salvage because there was a Cataphract there as well.

Do you remember where you fought it and what mission type/difficulty by chance?

[mes_latoth]

Shadowcoast eredeti hozzászólása:

Yes! If you CT or ammo explode a mech, you get 1 piece of salvage. Blowing off both legs leaves 2 pieces, if you incapacitate a Mechwarrior OR blow its cockpit up, you get 3 pieces! Nice, I want an Awesome!!! I'm on the Grave Robbing Mission and plan on playing that one tonight!

Best of luck with it. I just laughed in disbelief when I headshotted that monster ... first thing I picked as salvage options of course. :D

[just.dont.do.it]

mes_latoth eredeti hozzászólása:

Does it seem likely that shooting both legs off == 2 parts of salvage?

Removing both legs == 2 parts;
Removing both RT and LT == 2 parts (this doesn't kill the mec, of course, but a mec with no RT and LT still only grants 2 parts);
Removing CT == 1 part;
Anything else == 3 parts.

[Sir Crashalot]

Seen quite a few Catapaults.
Pretty much any mission that can spawn heavies, can spawn a Catapault. I haven't seen any real pattern.

[Cormac]

sorry to take away your fun, but you can look into tghe 'code' of the game^^
catapult parts (both variants) can only be found on former star league worlds, no matter how rich/poor, manufacturing or not or science facility or not, not dependend on any faction or standing
edit: to buy the parts, for the mechs, i havn't found any file that changes the faction spawn chance for mechs

[yusuku13]

Catapults can be brutal to fight, but rock as vehicle killers when you got you're own. Multishot = two dead vehicles, and any mech with it's outer armor cracked open is sure to be in a world of hurt after two ppc shots.

I managed to finally get enough salvage to make mine after the destroy the dropship scenario.

[Shotgun]

i have a pcc catapult i think i got it on this moon against 3 veteran mechwarrior pirates there was a jaegermech and think other was trenchbucket radiation on ground too sorry cant remember planet
but i absolutely love my catapult :
ppc, LL , ML,ML MG MG MG MG MAX ARMOUR GIVE OR TAKE A PIECE

[CatsWithShoes]

i'm sure paradox will murder our wallets with carefully paced DLC

[max_fallout]

I feel they should added more missiles hard points to the the catapult C1 my self, i mean they gave the 65 ton JagerMech JIM-A 4 missiles hard points. i would have like to strip them medium lasers and maybe put LRM 5. but 2 missile hard points is kind of limiting for a classic missile boat in my opinion. But Make me Feel like i much rather use my 80ton mech for a missiles boat instead.

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/914671614873444448/36517B4E78AA4310E8CB10BEC2E9E89B1B7BB736/

[nobrien]

CatsWithShoes eredeti hozzászólása:

i'm sure paradox will murder our wallets with carefully paced DLC

this is not a paradox game.

[Shadowcoast]

Sir Crashalot eredeti hozzászólása:

Seen quite a few Catapaults.
Pretty much any mission that can spawn heavies, can spawn a Catapault. I haven't seen any real pattern.

Thanks! How many (roughly) would you say you encountered? No pattern between mission type?

[Shadowcoast]

Cormac eredeti hozzászólása:

sorry to take away your fun, but you can look into tghe 'code' of the game^^
catapult parts (both variants) can only be found on former star league worlds, no matter how rich/poor, manufacturing or not or science facility or not, not dependend on any faction or standing
edit: to buy the parts, for the mechs, i havn't found any file that changes the faction spawn chance for mechs

Thanks and question: when you say "parts" do you mean parts for purchase? So looking into the code, you're saying that each Mech could spawn on any mission on any planet? Assuming difficulty then would be the only thing that impacts this?

[Geawiel]

Thomas eredeti hozzászólása:

I'm pretty sure you have to advance the main storyline a bit. The first Catapult should show up in the mission where you have to destroy the Dropship. After that you should encounter them in other missions as well.

That mission got me my 3rd part. I ran across 2 others previously on a 3 skull mission. I've ran a ♥♥♥♥ ton of contracts before that. The missions came from assasinate missions, though I can't remember the planet.

[Shadowcoast]

the_hip_cat eredeti hozzászólása:

Thomas eredeti hozzászólása:

I'm pretty sure you have to advance the main storyline a bit. The first Catapult should show up in the mission where you have to destroy the Dropship. After that you should encounter them in other missions as well.

That mission got me my 3rd part. I ran across 2 others previously on a 3 skull mission. I've ran a ♥♥♥♥ ton of contracts before that. The missions came from assasinate missions, though I can't remember the planet.

Thanks! So both were assassinate missions before from what you can remember?