MW5: Heroes of the Inner Sphere -|- Rise of the Black Dragon
Today on "As the Inner Sphere Turns," we field a 3 man lance; once on purpose and once due to enemy action. We also start the "Rise of the Black Dragon" high value contract. Lot's of action, lot's of mistakes. Let's play MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries!
Welcome to our newest MechWarrior 5 career play-through. This time we are taking in the roles of spoiled Steiner brats with lots of money (but no skills). In this preview episode we will take a look at the mods we will be using as well as the mods I've made specifically for this series. If you would like to play along using the Roam Start mod you can find it on the discord (link below). I'll walk you through the initial setup so that we don't have to waste any time in episode 1. I'd like to thank your channel members for their continued support and they will once again be partaking as our starting (and hopefully finishing but no promises) pilots. I will NOT kill Oliver first this time. :)
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System
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 3.8GHz
64 GB of DDR5 RAM
NVIDIA RTX 3060
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JgnYNF8_Kc
Lairan Studios has announce the release date for their much heralded Baldur's Gate 3 game. (Aug 31st btw) Let's take a look at the release trailer and have a short discussion on whether to play it or not on the channel.
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System
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 3.8GHz
32 GB of RAM
AMD Radeon 6700XT
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLUSjN7Bos4
Battletech Extended 3025 - Twitch Livestream Archive - Mod Showcase
This is Twitch Livestream footage. We are playing Harebrained Schemes' Battletech with the Battletech Extended 3025 mod. The mod was created by Haree78, Justin Kayse, and don Zappo. You can find it (and many others) on Nexusmods.com. Extended 3025 is a lore-friendly mod with scaling difficulty. There are 3 basic difficulity / simulation levels along with the standard difficulty sliders. It includes a number of other mods as part of the pack, most notably the Full Inner Sphere Map, Pilot Quirks, and Mech Quirks. It is a great mod pack with an amazing community behind it.
We are focusing on getting Twitch followers involved in the playthrough and interaction with other streamers as I attempt to reach affilliate status on Twitch. We started the save on Aug 14th, 2019.
If you would like to be part of this save and our Twitch community please swing by the channel. I stream during the afternoon Sun-Fri (California time). Exact hours are on the Twitch page at twitch.tv/mellowseven
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mellowseven
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/c/MellowSevenGaming
LBRY: @MellowSevenGaming
Intro Song: Fix Bayonets by the Marine Corp Band from the YouTube Audio Library
System Specs
cpu - AMD Ryzen 7 2700X cpu
motherboard - ASUS ROG Crosshair VII Hero
graphics - NVIDIA GTX 1070
ram - 32GB Corsair Vengence 3000mhz
drives - 1TB Crucial M.2
250GB SSD
1TB Western Digital Harddrive
2TB Western Digital Harddrive
keyboard - Corsair K63 Wireless
mouse - Corsair M65 Pro
monitor - LG 34WK500 - P (2560 x 1080 75hz)
microphone - Shure 48
microphone interface - Behringer UMC22
camera - Logitech c922 Pro Stream
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfGUl-7y7yQ
I decided to jump into a longer save using the mods created by Templar1984 and the Templar's Pirates. These include the Clan Invasion Mod beta, the Maps and Vehicles mod, and the Cantina mod they have created. I've also included Coyotes Missions and Von's Biomes as they are listed as necessary for the Vehicles and Maps mod. We have since added a few more mods. The full mod list is included below. Links to the Templar's Pirates discord can be found on the Nexus Mods paged linked below.
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is a first person / sim game based on the Battletech tabletop universe. Modding is supported. It is a fast paced, entertaining window into the Battletech universe from the makers of Mech Warrior Online.
Clan Invasion Mod (beta)
https://www.nexusmods.com/mechwarrior5mercenaries/mods/622/
Clan Invasion Map and Vehicle Mod
https://www.nexusmods.com/mechwarrior5mercenaries/mods/642
Cantina Mechlab
https://www.nexusmods.com/mechwarrior5mercenaries/mods/639
Full Mod List:
vonBiomes
TTRulez_AIMod2
YetiJSAnimRem
XenoPax Optimize 2.5
Vehicles and Maps (Clan Invasion)
Clan Invasion (beta)
Start_3041
SMMO_V3_06 - logos
Mechlab
Coyotesmission
better_crates
#mechwarrior #clans #modded
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw1ctNvUxQU
Rimworld - Tribal Goblins 15 | Let's Play - Steam Workshop
This time we are trying to do a medieval/tribal only. So no guns for us or for other factions. We are using the Tribal World mod to accomplish this. We are going to be starting with goblins! There are a bunch of race mods added so we will continue to see additional races as factions but also as additional pawns we might recruit.
This is the first series where we are using our subscriber list to name the pawns. If you would like to have a chance to have your name used in my games please leave me a comment. If you want a name that is different from your account name please let me know that as well.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us3aLInIc8E
FM18 | PFK Montana - GM Challenge | Mellowseven Let's Play
This is a series I am really excited about. Let me set the stage for you. Our hero is an ex-professional football player who was
forced to play abroad in Europe because of the lack of lower league association football in the United States. He ended up
playing for PFK Montana in Bulgaria and was part of the team that won promotion to Bulgarias premeire league, the Parva Liga and
managed to stay up for 3 years. Since then he has retired and moved into coaching. After paying his dues while working his way
up the coaching ladder, Mellow Seven has returned to Bulgaria to relive his glory days and take over the reins of PFK Montana.
The club is was just relegated back down to the Vtora Liga, but with Mellow Sevens return the fans are again dreaming of Parva Liga
glory.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC2WUO8-KIQ
I'm finally ready to try a long term play through of Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous. Pathfinder: WotR is the newest Pathfinder based CRPG from Owlcat Studios. We've given it a little bit of attention through the beta as well as an extended first look. This game, like it's predecessor has an additional level on top of its standard rpg components. Their first Pathfinder game had a Realm Management layer in which your character managed a kingdom. Wrath of the Righteous has a Crusade Management layer. I've yet to experience this mechanic (I even avoided watching other content so as not to spoil it).
We will be playing a Bloodrager Barbarian from the lands of the Linnorm Kings on normal difficulty using turn-based combat. Pathfinder allows you play with turn-based or real-time with pause but I prefer turn-based for Dungeons and Dragons styled games.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHxazhuvEMU
MechWarrior 5 - Mercenaries with DLC 3 and Yet Another Mechlab
This is a heavily modded save in which I will attempt to work my way through both story line campaigns. I've got a couple of house rules for this playthrough. The first is that we will take all of the cash on contract negotiations before we are allowed to ask for more salvage. The second is that we will attempt to only use mechs without hands! Initially we start with two mechs that have some of those oh, so unfortunate appendages. We will work to get rid of those in a reasonably responsible manner and then we will stick to those most pure of all giant stompy robots, those without hands! I'm not going to sacrifice the save to get to chicken-walkers and gun-hand mechs but we'll make every attempt to get there and stay there. This is my response to the melee DLC. :)
MODLIST (listed in the load order i am using, from last to first.)
Mod Options - Bobbert
CamoDropshipUCP - ReeseK40
TTRulez_AIMod2 - Oraeon1224
TTRulez_LanceMateOrderz - Oraeon1224
Coyotesmission - coyotekins
NoArtilleryCameraShaking for DLC3 - Lifeforce
Larger_Markets_3 - Merc
PilotOverhaul - Wpnx330
SMMO-V3-06 - Logos - JGood121
vonBiomes - vonSeiten
Cockpit Glass - Nek
ExpLogos_Mercs - G3n Zer0
Better Lighting Leopard Bridge - SankaraSamsara
Better Lighting - Minimal Fog version - SankaraSamsara
Mech Delivery - Bobbert
Purchase Salvage - Bobbert
Quad Mechs - Zombeh
StackedCrates - Puff
minimap topography - K'Braid
Lore Map - MercTech/PirateTech/vonSeiten
YetiJSAnimRem - Yeti
Lore-Based Mech Variants - YAML Edition - Mace24de
Yet Another Weapon - cszolee79
Yet Another Mechlab - cszolee79 and trueg
Mech_Bundle - CAB Team
Community Asset Bundle - MagnumGB
MW5 Compatibility Pack - MagnumGB
#mechwarrior, #battletech, #yaml
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0r6o0IDPmo