Ironman Career Mode

[rzickgraf]

If you get bored after the main campaign start an ironman career. The mechanics are the same but there is a higher intensity level due to the the ironman settings-in the campaign game I would do the search across the galaxy for lostech or +++ items but with the timer counting down every day I just focus on completing as many missions as I can. Game is far from perfect but it is still enjoyable. Flashpoints is a glimpse of what I hope is a standard feature of the next game. (along with the abilty to control more than one lance and a larger map---

[tolshortte]

ya ironman in career is brutal. warrior injuries, mech damage, all adds up to time you dont have to waste. even traveling becomes a process where you want to plan not just the next step but the 2 or 3 after it and then have to change it if it all goes really well and your tonnage increases more than expected.

[p.sahlstroem]

Love Ironman Career mode as well, makes the game feel fresh again for me :-)

[wesnef]

Yeah, but racing the timer is there regardless of whether it's Ironman or not.

(honestly, all "Ironman" means to me is "chance to get f'd up by a save file error". So I just turn it off, even though I never reload.)

[Captain Australia]

What's your best score to-date using the factory settings ? (iron man, 3 salvage, normal everything, unequipped chassis)

I had a crack at it and got to 440,000, with about two months left on the clock and a hope that completing the MRB rating and earning a few more C-Bills would push me over the 480 needed for the next achievement tier.

I wander away to do some life stuff and then my little kid comes up to me "Daddy, I made the spaceship fly !"

He'd commandeered my computer in secret and spent my last 60 days or so zipping around the galaxy, probably choosing random events willy-nilly.

Tempted to try again and have a crack at 480+ ... but can't conceive of a galaxy where I could possibly break the 720 and 760 (or whatever it is) major career achievements.