Bounty Hunter Level 8 Reward: Pilot Named Raptor

[ProbablyLose]

31/60 skills, 45000 salary. By the time most people unlock him they have several lances full of pilots with higher skills at less than half the salary. Is there an actual reason he is more than twice as expensive as every other pilot? Meanwhile my pal Goblin has been with me since the earliest missions and he costs 10000, and usually leaves battles with minimal damage. I usually put him the in the Basilisk.

[unskilled-]

Get him early enough and he'll be 60/60 in no time.

Latest run I'm doing trying to assemble all the unique characters you get from missions; Dimitri Shenzen (first one I got -- no pilot left behind mission), Miasto Stabjorn (kestral lancers campaign), Milla Serena (kestral lancers campaign), Louise Fenstrom (Shadow Conspiracy, second one I got so far), and the infamous Raptor.

[ProbablyLose]

I will ask more directly. I have 16 60/60 pilots. He is more than twice as expensive as any of them, and is only 31/60. Is there a good reason that isn't obvious why I should pay to keep him?

[Rotiart]

Originally posted by ProbablyLose:

I will ask more directly. I have 16 60/60 pilots. He is more than twice as expensive as any of them, and is only 31/60. Is there a good reason that isn't obvious why I should pay to keep him?

In the vanilla game he's an immense boone, but yeah if you mod the game suddenly he's not so great.

[Bovril Brigadier]

Off top of my head I think he has a special AI profile that makes him a lot deadlier than normal pilots but I'll have to check whenever I can be bothered looking at the editor again.

[Zyrrashijn]

Remember that AI pilot's capabilities are not defined by the six skill numbers alone. In fact, they dont affect them that much.

[ForteDS]

Might have an AI level above Elite, but other than that possibility...

[George W. Kush]

idk what you guys think but in my game raptor magically survives when ever the mech i place him in gets blown to pieces including headshots

[Oxygenus]

Originally posted by Zyrrashijn:

Remember that AI pilot's capabilities are not defined by the six skill numbers alone. In fact, they dont affect them that much.

Wait what
And what does then? Personality?

[Cyzxxikz]

Originally posted by Oxygenus:

Originally posted by Zyrrashijn:

Remember that AI pilot's capabilities are not defined by the six skill numbers alone. In fact, they dont affect them that much.

Wait what
And what does then? Personality?

I do not know if special mechwarriors like raptor differ. But for the generic pilots rank is what makes the most difference LT<Captain<Major

edit: the skills are nice, but they only do what the tooltips for them say. rank is at the very least how accurate they will be (I do not know what else, hopefully someone will give a detailed explanation)

[Oxygenus]

Originally posted by Cyzxxikz:

Originally posted by Oxygenus:

Wait what
And what does then? Personality?

I do not know if special mechwarriors like raptor differ. But for the generic pilots rank is what makes the most difference LT<Captain<Major

edit: the skills are nice, but they only do what the tooltips for them say. rank is at the very least how accurate they will be (I do not know what else, hopefully someone will give a detailed explanation)

Oh, i think i forgot about rank system, thanks)

[ProbablyLose]

Originally posted by Rotiart:

In the vanilla game he's an immense boone, but yeah if you mod the game suddenly he's not so great.

I am not certain what you are implying. I didn't edit my pilots. I have been selectively hiring and grooming 60 cap Majors throughout my campaign. The only mods I use are YAxx mods. Nothing to do with my pilots.

[Grubfist]

Originally posted by Zyrrashijn:

Remember that AI pilot's capabilities are not defined by the six skill numbers alone. In fact, they dont affect them that much.

The rank and experience matter the most since it determines their AI, but those stats contribute quite a lot on the numbers side.

[Spirit_OK]

Originally posted by Oxygenus:

Originally posted by Cyzxxikz:

I do not know if special mechwarriors like raptor differ. But for the generic pilots rank is what makes the most difference LT<Captain<Major

edit: the skills are nice, but they only do what the tooltips for them say. rank is at the very least how accurate they will be (I do not know what else, hopefully someone will give a detailed explanation)

Oh, i think i forgot about rank system, thanks)

The rank is only a tag that hints at possible AI level. Majors could be Veteran AI or Elite AI and there is a guide how to tell one from the other.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2834500688

[Cyzxxikz]

Originally posted by Spirit_OK:

Originally posted by Oxygenus:

Oh, i think i forgot about rank system, thanks)

The rank is only a tag that hints at possible AI level. Majors could be Veteran AI or Elite AI and there is a guide how to tell one from the other.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2834500688

thank you.

[Veolfen]

So.
Does anyone know the type of AI Raptor has ?
Does he have an ELITE AI ? Or maybe an even better AI ?

Also his salary gonna be cut by half next patch.