BattleTech game play, can I have more then a 4 mech team?

[HotDog77]

This is the first time I have posted a question in steam.

This BattleTech game that is here on steam is based on a series of games that came out around the early 2000's if that is a clue to how old I am lol. The game series was called Mech Commander, and Mech commander 2 with those two games there was a weight tonnage that you could have two big Jaegers mechs or 6 small Anabas mechs if you had the need based off of mission profiles. Way later in both game quest lines allowed for more mechs by weight although it was more near the end of the mission lines.

In BattleTech the game I hade four 95 ton Banshees before I ever started the first story line mission, I have not seen any where online if there is a upgrade for more then a four lance team, is there a upgrade that allows 8 mechs or more? I am still early kinda early in career game play.

[Drab]

Go to the game in your library, click on discussions. Post this there.

[Ogami]

Like Drab wrote, next time click on the game in your library and then "Community Hub" to reach the game specific discussion hub.

But since i know the answer to your question, no you can never have more then 4 mecha in your lance deploy during a mission. Its a hard limit. You can have more mecha and swap them out and put others in storage but 4 units is the limit for the entire game during any mission.

[feytharn]

Originally posted by HotDog77:

This is the first time I have posted a question in steam.

This BattleTech game that is here on steam is based on a series of games that came out around the early 2000's if that is a clue to how old I am lol. The game series was called Mech Commander, and Mech commander 2 with those two games there was a weight tonnage that you could have two big Jaegers mechs or 6 small Anabas mechs if you had the need based off of mission profiles. Way later in both game quest lines allowed for more mechs by weight although it was more near the end of the mission lines.

In BattleTech the game I hade four 95 ton Banshees before I ever started the first story line mission, I have not seen any where online if there is a upgrade for more then a four lance team, is there a upgrade that allows 8 mechs or more? I am still early kinda early in career game play.

Just for fun and giggles: Battletech is not based on the Mech Commander games, but both the recent Battletech game and the Mechwarrior games are based on a boardgame that exists in various incantations since 1984.

[Rez Elwin]

Not in the base game, I know you can have 2-3 lances in Battletech Advanced 3062 after an upgrade.

[Werecat101]

well the fact is this game is based on the Alpha strike rules not the original TT rules, which places it firmly around 2013, now whilst the Alpha strike rules are just a rebuild of the original rules to make the game run faster on a TT its still where this game came from.

It also owe some of its changes to MWO.

its a very distant cousin not a closely related game to any of the previous mech warrior games.

[wesnef]

While, yes, it's an adaptation of the tabletop rules, with various things taken from more modern stuff. . . standard tabletop matches in the late 80's edition were 4 on 4. That's certainly how 90% of all the home games and convention/tournament games I played were.

[ProSandoval]

Originally posted by HotDog77:

In BattleTech the game I hade four 95 ton Banshees before I ever started the first story line mission, I have not seen any where online if there is a upgrade for more then a four lance team, is there a upgrade that allows 8 mechs or more? I am still early kinda early in career game play.

There's a super cool mod/overhaul called RogueTech that allows you to field more than 4 units, I believe. You can even use tanks, from what I've read. I planned on downloading it after I complete the campaign.

[Werecat101]

OK Rogue Tech has 8 mech or vehicle slots and an additional 4 slots are vehicle only, these become available as you upgrade the ARGO.

the vehicle types include tanks ,vtols and a variety of other vehicles. over 2500 mech types and over 1200 vehicles are all part of Rogue Tech.

[Wobbliest]

Originally posted by steve:

OK Rogue Tech allows has 8 mech or vehicle slots and an additional 4 slots are vehicle only, these become available as you upgrade the ARGO.

the vehicle types include tanks ,vtols and a variety of other vehicles. over 2500 mech types and over 1200 vehicles are all part of Rogue Tech.

On top of that it provides the full inner sphere map to explore. More custom events. a much more detailed mech lab with a ton of equipment, upgrades, weapons, ammo types etc...

Only downside is with all that stuff the load times are a bit long.

[desrtfox071]

Originally posted by Wobbliest:

Originally posted by steve:

OK Rogue Tech allows has 8 mech or vehicle slots and an additional 4 slots are vehicle only, these become available as you upgrade the ARGO.

the vehicle types include tanks ,vtols and a variety of other vehicles. over 2500 mech types and over 1200 vehicles are all part of Rogue Tech.

On top of that it provides the full inner sphere map to explore. More custom events. a much more detailed mech lab with a ton of equipment, upgrades, weapons, ammo types etc...

Only downside is with all that stuff the load times are a bit long.

And that if you aren't familiar with the ruleset the learning curve can be high, and that because of the increased detail and depth and extra mechs, games last a lot longer. (some may see that last point as a positive rather than a negative).

[talemore]

Tonnage is in the Multiplayer. Can be added to single player. Design flaws as movie camera taking too much time on every mech, AI move each mech at a time instead of all at once. Player can do it but not the AI. Extra dlcs added missions who should been the basic game design. It's a power fantasy and your 4 have the strength of 16 mechs

[graystripe]

Originally posted by talemore:

Tonnage is in the Multiplayer. Can be added to single player. Design flaws as movie camera taking too much time on every mech, AI move each mech at a time instead of all at once. Player can do it but not the AI. Extra dlcs added missions who should been the basic game design. It's a power fantasy and your 4 have the strength of 16 mechs

AI can't move all their mechs is due to "initiative".

light mechs got the highest initiative, medium mechs, their initiative is 2nd to light mechs.

heavy mechs is 3rd, assault mech is the lowest in initiative.

if enemy got 2 heavy mechs and 2 assault mechs, the heavy mechs will go first then will it be the assault mechs next.

so your complain about "AI can't move all the mechs at same time" is wrong as you failed to take "initiative" into account OP.