Does "Mech Destruction" difficulty option always kill pilot? Also...

[Second Batch]

I beat it on Ironman with slow mechwarrior progression, rare ace pilots, and new mechs start naked. I'm starting a new campiagn and want to add heavier enemy forces and something else.

1) Does the campaign option for "center torso loss = mech doesn't reappear on the dropship" affect pilot survivability? Is the Guts-based lucky save still in effect? By the wording it should be, but not sure.

Also, some general questions on pilot death.

2) Does the head blown off (AC 20, etc) = pilot dead no Guts check, or does it = your Health damage boxes are all full...thus Guts can save you?

3) Is the "lethal" wording while the explosions are going off ONLY from damage exceeding the head's remaining structure, or has the game worked in the rare "cockpit" critical hit from the tabletop game (slot #3 I believe)?

(edit: I guess you'd have to have a mech that still had head structure but a dead pilot [that didn't get previously beat down] to have evidence of this.)

4) I never really paid attention, but does center torso loss = all your health boxes are filled, even if they were not? I don't think so. the reason it's a little hard to tell if you're not paying attention is pilots are often beat up anyways by that point from side torso losses. I've had mechs cored out from CT damage before without other major damage, and the pilot survived. Did they have to roll guts? I don't think so. I think I remember the pilot being ready for action fairly soon after.

(Maybe I'm just really asking if CT loss = 1 pilot damage, or FULL pilot damage.)

5) It feels like the main hero cannot die from full Health boxes, or I'm very lucky, which I can attest I am not. However, can the main hero die from the head being driven to negative structure? I doubt it, but want to make sure. I imagine the game's waiting screen tips would mention something about this, or every scenario would have the "YourDude must survive" tag. Does your main character get to survive 5 PPC's to the head?

[Metophisical]

your main guy never dies, and i think the actual survivability is only based on how upgraded your med bay is

[Deckire]

1) No, it does not.

2) Yes. it wills compeletly kill off the Pilot.

3) Based on structure, their is no Critical Hit Cockpit. Once the structure is gone then it is death.


4) Don't understand what you mean by "All Health Boxes are Filled". Are you asking if a Center Torso is destroyed, will the Pilot lose all of their health? I can not say, I actually been spared of deaths overall, but from my knowledge, it has a chance for KIA, but more given a chance of Heavy Injuries.

5) The Character you created is Immune to All Deaths. If it is Head Shot, if it was CT Destroyed, if you get knocked down 6 times. The Main Hero doesn't die.

[Second Batch]

引用自 Metophisical：

your main guy never dies, and i think the actual survivability is only based on how upgraded your med bay is

I've seen it posted that your chance to survive full boxes is 10% per Guts, and I've also seen it posted that it's 5%+5% per Guts. The Guts description doesn't say it, but a waiting screen tip does (just not the math).

Also if it didn't there'd be almost no need for an "always lethal" difficulty campaign choice.

[Second Batch]

引用自 heroguanlet：

4) Don't understand what you mean by "All Health Boxes are Filled". Are you asking if a Center Torso is destroyed, will the Pilot lose all of their health? I can not say, I actually been spared of deaths overall, but from my knowledge, it has a chance for KIA, but more given a chance of Heavy Injuries.

Yeah, I'm just trying to remember if I've ever been CT cored by a few lucky big hits, with no other mech or pilot damage, and had the pilot die.

[your.sheepy]

1) Does the campaign option for "center torso loss = mech doesn't reappear on the dropship" affect pilot survivability?
No.

Is the Guts-based lucky save still in effect?
Yes.

2) Does the head blown off (AC 20, etc) = pilot dead no Guts check, or does it = your Health damage boxes are all full...thus Guts can save you?
Head blown off = Lethal Damage. Guts can still save you but at a much lower chance.

3) Is the "lethal" wording while the explosions are going off ONLY from damage exceeding the head's remaining structure
Yes.

or has the game worked in the rare "cockpit" critical hit from the tabletop game (slot #3 I believe)?
No.

4) I never really paid attention, but does center torso loss = all your health boxes are filled, even if they were not? I don't think so.
Yes.

I've had mechs cored out from CT damage before without other major damage, and the pilot survived. Did they have to roll guts?
Yes.

(Maybe I'm just really asking if CT loss = 1 pilot damage, or FULL pilot damage.)
Full.

5) It feels like the main hero cannot die from full Health boxes
Yes. Player character can't die in any way.

Or I'm very lucky, which I can attest I am not.
No comment.

However, can the main hero die from the head being driven to negative structure?
No.

Does your main character get to survive 5 PPC's to the head?
Yes.

Note that we don't see health boxes in combat. It's an hp bar that get deduced like most computer games. The mouseover hint even says Injury: 4/5 for "one box checked". Saying "HP Filled" or "Full health" when they actually mean "HP All Gone" is bound to confuse readers.

[SeriousCCIE]

I have leveraged my main character death defying attributes to great effect; he can be Captain Stupid as far as survivability is concerned, to draw away fire from more important or difficult to replace people.

Note that getting cored yourself tends to land your player character in the med bay for a long time--I have had my character be out of combat for months.