When do I start finding new/better mechs?

[Knight Siegfried]

It's currently december 3019 ingame for me as I know some mechs come out only past certain years but unsure when that exactly is. I'm also at mercenary reputation 7.

I'm been stuck with the (Starter)Centurion, hero Phoenix Hawk, hunchback and crab mech for a long time after finally getting my lance mates out of their light mechs.

I've been warping a lot around in the orange bottom half of the map doing faction/campaign missions as I've earned about 45 million credits with about 10M+ components I can sell in my inventory.

Finding rare mechs at blackmarkets is extremely difficult as I've only spotted one this entire time which was a firestarter.

Any idea of where I can go look to find some heavy/assault mechs? I'm simply trying to prepare my lance for higher difficulty missions since I'm seeing a decent number of 40-50+ missions now. Medium mechs may be doing the job decently with a some near death experiences but I simply need something that can really handle more punishment.

Thank you for any help or advice you guys can offer.

[Wayz]

Just keep playing, Mech's will be introduced at points in timeline like you said and some will be announced in games news.
Keep levelling and moving toward the centre where the high level conflict zones & industrial lanes are.
You will start encountering new mech's soon, leg and collect=) Or headshot but if in too good a condition You prob wont be able to claim in salvage without the use of mods.

Start saving cash too, decent mech's have a hefty price tag and may find in stores to purchase.
if you have the lancers DLC you will come out of that with some nice mech's to call your own. Once started you are committed to that one though until conclusion.
Some missions on map also have reward mechs. A marauder is near the bottom in davion space I think and is not to hard to obtain.

[Wayz]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Mechwarrior5/comments/r1n8no/guide_how_to_get_the_free_wolverine_7h_in/
If nearby claim it, 100% free.
Best to work as you travel though rather than B line all over the map as it gets expensive if not earning as you go.

[Knight Siegfried]

Thank you very much for your assistance. I appreciate it

[Veritas]

In campaign mode the stores in the bottom right corner of the map where all the easy missions are won't give you mechs better than a phoenix hawk 95% of the time. The best things you can grab are centurions and hunchbacks from salvage.

Even 1 good hunchback variant such as the 4H or 4P will give you a pretty big upgrade in firepower to scoot over to the Liao/Davion border area where you can get some more mediums and potentially a heavy.

Even if it's a bad one, the first heavy is pretty worth getting because then you can use it to walk through walls on Demolition missions, which is way faster and safer since enemies are going to be spawning surrounding the base in waves, so getting finished sooner is good on those missions if you don't have overwhelming firepower

[Gorok Delvedeep]

you can grab a wolverine IIC if you know DEEPEST LORE.
for free

[Bovril Brigadier]

Originally posted by Knight Siegfried:

I'm been stuck with the (Starter)Centurion, hero Phoenix Hawk, hunchback and crab mech for a long time after finally getting my lance mates out of their light mechs.

Tells me that you are doing a Campaign rather than Career
Look through Steiner and Kurita Industrial hubs if you want Heavies and Assaults

Originally posted by Gorok Delvedeep:

you can grab a wolverine IIC if you know DEEPEST LORE.
for free

Unless its a mod Hellhound ain't in game.

[wardenwolf]

Originally posted by Strayed:

Originally posted by Knight Siegfried:

I'm been stuck with the (Starter)Centurion, hero Phoenix Hawk, hunchback and crab mech for a long time after finally getting my lance mates out of their light mechs.

Tells me that you are doing a Campaign rather than Career
Look through Steiner and Kurita Industrial hubs if you want Heavies and Assaults

Originally posted by Gorok Delvedeep:

you can grab a wolverine IIC if you know DEEPEST LORE.
for free

Unless its a mod Hellhound ain't in game.

It's a free Wolverine 7H, which is also called the Wolverine II (not IIC).

[Bovril Brigadier]

Originally posted by wardenwolf:

It's a free Wolverine 7H, which is also called the Wolverine II (not IIC).

Yeah thats the point. Wolverine IIC is the Hellhound (Conjurer)

[Gorok Delvedeep]

Originally posted by Strayed:

Originally posted by wardenwolf:

It's a free Wolverine 7H, which is also called the Wolverine II (not IIC).

Yeah thats the point. Wolverine IIC is the Hellhound (Conjurer)

no it isn't. the hellhound is an omnimech. with clan weapons and all

the wolverine IIC you can pick up is a wolverine built out with clantech internal ♥♥♥♥.

[wardenwolf]

Originally posted by Gorok Delvedeep:

Originally posted by Strayed:

Yeah thats the point. Wolverine IIC is the Hellhound (Conjurer)

no it isn't. the hellhound is an omnimech. with clan weapons and all

the wolverine IIC you can pick up is a wolverine built out with clantech internal ♥♥♥♥.

No, it isn't. Because it isn't a IIC. It's a Wolverine 7H/ Wolverine II (no C to be found). There's no C. There is...no C. Just...can't find one.

It also doesn't have "clan tech", it has LosTech.

https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Wolverine_(BattleMech)
"WVR-7H
Similar in many ways to the 7D, the 7H, referred to as the Wolverine II, was used by the Royal Brigades of the SLDF starting in 2770 and was also an upgrade of the 6R. It utilizes an Endo Steel structure, Ferro-Fibrous armor, and double heat sinks to increase combat capabilities. Extra armor protects the legs, while CASE protects all the ammo bins. Like the 7D, the autocannon is upgraded to an Ultra-class model and the medium laser is upgraded to a pulse version. In addition, the SRM-6 is slaved to an Artemis IV Fire Control System to improve the accuracy of the individual missiles. BV (2.0) = 1,301[28][29][30]"

The Hellhound is not an omnimech, either. None of the IIC titled mechs are omnis (that I'm aware of).

[Bovril Brigadier]

Originally posted by Gorok Delvedeep:

no it isn't. the hellhound is an omnimech. with clan weapons and all

the wolverine IIC you can pick up is a wolverine built out with clantech internal ♥♥♥♥.

Virtually everything you have just said there couldn't be more wrong if you tried. As Wardenwolf said no IIC is an Omnimech.

[Gorok Delvedeep]

Originally posted by Strayed:

Originally posted by Gorok Delvedeep:

no it isn't. the hellhound is an omnimech. with clan weapons and all

the wolverine IIC you can pick up is a wolverine built out with clantech internal ♥♥♥♥.

Virtually everything you have just said there couldn't be more wrong if you tried. As Wardenwolf said no IIC is an Omnimech.

. ok, since you are going to be a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ on purpose and ruin it for the OP by making me spoonfeed you spoilers...

Its a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ wolverine from CLAN wolverine with a CLAN xl and other CLAN TECH. which makes it a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ IIC. like every other IIC. it's a free special snowflake mech like phelan kell's wolfhound IIC except without clan guns.

NOR did i say it was an omnimech you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥♥. how about you shove your deliberately obtuse idiocy up your own ass and root around in their until you find your tiny tiny brain lodged firmly inside the massive gaseous anomaly you call a head.

[Wayz]

I thought it just had an xl and two advanced weapons. both lvl 1 I think. Handy at the start but outlives its usefulness quickly.

From Sarna:
WVR-7H
Similar in many ways to the 7D, the 7H, referred to as the Wolverine II, was used by the Royal Brigades of the SLDF starting in 2770 and was also an upgrade of the 6R. It utilizes an Endo Steel structure, Ferro-Fibrous armor, and double heat sinks to increase combat capabilities. Extra armor protects the legs, while CASE protects all the ammo bins. Like the 7D, the autocannon is upgraded to an Ultra-class model and the medium laser is upgraded to a pulse version. In addition, the SRM-6 is slaved to an Artemis IV Fire Control System to improve the accuracy of the individual missiles.

Obviously the CASE serves no purpose in MW5 though.

[Gorok Delvedeep]

Originally posted by Wayz:

I thought it just had an xl and two advanced weapons. both lvl 1 I think. Handy at the start but outlives its usefulness quickly.

its a 55 tonner with huge spare tonnage thanks to its clan tech

[Wayz]

Originally posted by Gorok Delvedeep:

Originally posted by Wayz:

I thought it just had an xl and two advanced weapons. both lvl 1 I think. Handy at the start but outlives its usefulness quickly.

its a 55 tonner with huge spare tonnage thanks to its clan tech

"was used by the Royal Brigades of the SLDF starting in 2770" The mech Predates the founding of the clans though.