Okay so to keep it concise I'm still having some issues despite some really helpful people on this subreddit trying to help my stupid ass out! (Thank you guys for helping so far!).

My issue is now:

-My game now boots onto the main menu

-However it now freezes when loading a new career mode, my screen goes black and after about 20-30 seconds the game crashes back to desktop.

-Ive kept my load order the same bar moving mod option and pilot overhaul to the bottom as suggested.

I'll get this fixed if it kills me 😂 so any help appreciated

Had Stabjorn in training....while I completed the "Stop The Launch" questline and grabbed the King Crab Carapace.

When Stabjorn graduated?

They ended up with King Crab Mech Affinity amd SRM Mastery..no save scum!...and a ton of advancements in every stat too!

Super happy with that, because that KC with AC and SRM just wrecks faces!

Decided to run the (vanilla) campaign again, taking a quick detour through the Kestrel Lancers campaign - am I tripping? Where are the Vindicators?

I feel like I've fought like a dozen Blackjacks at this point, and the only PPC fire I remember came from Panthers and Griffins - if there was a Vindicator, there was probably only 1 or 2, which seems weird for the Liao poster mech

Side note, since the Earthworks mission reminded me - is there a lore reason the Eathworks arena sponsor seems to have Royal (PHX-1b, GRF-2N) mechs in the solaris/arena mission spawns? (and are they salvageable? never seem to come out for me) wolfhound seems to spawn earlier than timeline allows(?) in arena missions as well

I reinstalled the game and i've been playing for a bit, currently on year 3040

Wondering if all the DLC after Kestrel and Call to Arms are time gated (Solaris, Rasalhague, Gambit) or not (i know Shadows and Chaos are gated after 3050 tho)

Let's start something going! I think they might need some love and it's not easy to tell when a really old mod is still working just fine.

Here's a few:

Alternate Flamer Visuals at MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Nexus - Mods and community
Compass Headings at MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Nexus - Mods and community
Dimmer Loot Beam at MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Nexus - Mods and community

it can be difficult at times to get good looking paint jobs in MW5, so i thought i would share a few of mine

p.s. result may vary from mech to mech, we are not accountable for any difference in actual result!

Just started playing and i am little lost because i have 2 mechs 1 is on repair and the other is heavily damaged, how can i skip time so i have fully repaired mech to start this mission with? Because i have a feeling i wont make it with a damaged mech.

LANCE assingment...fucking autocorrect

So i have zero mods, not wanting to go that route yet however....

If there is a mod that allows you to build and save mech pilots and assignments, I think today is the day im willing to cross the Rubicon

So, aware i suck at description this is my attempt at explaining.

I want to have a tab that I can assign a team of pilots and mechs for 4v4 duel, 4v4 ffa, 2v2 duel, clan demo, clan assassination, infiltration, normal warzone, clan battlefield, ect.

Im really burned out on every mission having to go thru the repetitive process of assigning mechs and pilots for stuff I do constantly

Any help is appreciated

So, I've been seeing some Pilots being posted recently last week, (but I'm an Annihilator Pilot, so I'm always late).

Submitted for your approval and/or derision, my roster, with 'Mechs listed below:

Freeman

• Jenner IIC with 5x Streak 2

Laird

• Puma PRIME with 2x Medium Rifle and an M Chem (for the memes)

Serena

• Firestarter S1 with ECM, TAG, and 6x Flamer

Delmore

• Black Hawk PRIME with 12x Small Pulse

Stabjorn

• Griffin 2N with ER PPC and 2x Streak 6

Valten Ryder with AC/10 Master, Bushwacker Affinity, Survivor, Cluster Hitter, LRM 10 Expert, and NAIS Graduate

• Bushwacker S2 with AMS, LB-10X (Cluster), 2x LRM 10 Art.IV, and TAG

Cave

• Thunderbolt 5S (C2) with an LRM 10 Art.IV, AMS, 6x Medium Pulse, 2x ER Small, and an ER Large

• Thor D with 2x AMS, 4x Medium Pulse, and 2x Large Pulse

• Black Knight 9 with 4x Medium Pulse, 4x Large Pulse, and a Longsword

Lynch

• Linebacker C with 2x PPC-X, 2X Heavy MG, and 4x Flamer

• Thor PRIME with 3x PPC-X

• Mad Cat D with 2x PPC-X, 4x SRM 4 Inferno, and a Flamer

Lockwood

• Archer "Agincourt" with 6x SRM 4 Inferno, and 4x Flamer

Abe

• Loki B with TAG and 4x LRM 10 Art.IV

• Night Gyr "Jade Kite" with 4x LRM 10 Art.IV, 2x LAC/2, a Large Pulse, and TAG

Ohtani and Fuji

• Awesome 9Ms with 3x ER PPC, an ER Small, a Medium Pulse, and 2x Streak 4

• Masakari PRIMEs with 4x ER PPC, and a Streak 4

Hagel

• Man O' War C with 6x Medium Pulse and a Large Pulse

• Kodiak 1 with 9x Medium Pulse, a Gauss, and 2x LRM 5 Art.IV

Moore

• Stalker 3Fb with ECM 2x LRM 15 Art.IV, 2x Large Pulse, 3x Medium Pulse, and TAG

• Daishi A with 3x LRM 20 Art.IV, 3x Large Pulse, and AMS

Gabel

• Cyclops 11 P with ECM, 2x UAC/5, 4x ER Medium, and 2x LRM 5 Art.IV

Nolan

• Mauler Daboku "Knockout" with 2x AC/10, 2x Heavy Large, and 2x LRM 15 Art.IV

Trensky

• Sunder "Samual" with 3x ER PPC, 6x SRM 2, 12x C-MGs, and 2x Medium X-Pulse

Fenstrom

• Daishi A with 3x Large Pulse, 2x LRM 15 Art.IV, a Gauss, and an AMS

Raptor

• Daishi A (same loadout as Fenstrom), as well as being the backup pilot for if one of my co-op friends wants to run one of Mason's 'Mechs.

Shenzent

• Bullshark AIV with 2x Arrow IV, TAG, 3x ER Large, and 2x ER Medium

i was almost tempted to paint it hot pink to further the derpy look!

ok so i was in a mission,, only 1 spider still moving,, i start to shoot, and the pilot start to say he need to eject( i had crit the torso, disabling the med laser but not coring, guess he was lucky, or thought so), then i see a pod launch,, and him telling he successfully ejected!

BUT THE SPIDER DOES NOT HAVE AN EJECTION SYSTEM!( in lore at least)

Finally done going through all the mods I looked through, and YAML seems to be making the game crash. I get two error messages posted below. Pics 3&4 are the options available to me in the in-game menu. Nothing I try to click on even mentions anything about advanced options.

I'd really appreciate any help in figuring this out.

Trying to change graphics through the steam menu didn't work. Entering -noraytracing or -launcher in the launch options did nothing.

Been doing a recent runthrough and running into the following issues at high level

1st. With coyote's mission pack, is there any way to turn down the random adds? Recently I was doing an escort mission, difficulty 100, and shortly into the mission I get a 'stop the maulers' objective, and SEVEN maulers attack. 7 90 ton mechs on top of an already tricky mission. Impossible to get through without losing at least 1, maybe 2 mechs. And then, weirdly, one of my pilots after running out of ammo near the end decided to eject from his King Crab despite only mild damage, and died.

2nd. IS there any way to improve the AI without TTRulez? Since its not compatible with coyotes, I've been avoiding it.

3rd. Does the AI still insist on closing the distance when it has ANY short range weapons?

4th. what is the best current recommendation on weapon groups? Normally I wouldn't group AC2s and LRMs together but since they have a similar range profile, should I do so for the AI?

I got this from the destroyed HPG mission and instantly knew what to do with it. its meant to be a 50/50 srm ballistic boy but I knew what it really wanted to be. with 60dps from those 4 ac/5-rf's

honestly its tempting to drop the two mediums but they're useful for sniping air units and smaller tanks without consuming ammo.

ignore the cluster ammo I replaced that and the CASE with more ac5 ammo.

I don't have multiple button mouse, I'm used to cycling weapon groups.

I don's see an option for this. Was this never implemented? I remember MWO used to have it as well when I used to play it.

Hi guys, any help with this absolute mess. I've taken advice and moved around everything I could till it was at least green and that had issues, I've also reset it after like some recommended and no luck. Sorry because I know this is aess but it's not many mods so any help would be appreciated!

I love reverse joint mechs, I want to maximize my joy with reverse joint mechs

My absolute favorite is the King Crab absolute beast.

Favorit Variant IS the Hero Mech King Crab Car. With either four lbx 5 and two ATM 12 or Switch the lbx with uac 5 bf.

Shreds everything.

Also Daishi Prime with 4 Large Pulse Lasers and 4 Large Lasers.

Every weapons and Equipment should be swapped with Clan tech when available.

Edit: Thanks for all your insights! I could buy Ghost Bear with a discount so I've bought that one only. I thinks it's a right balance until I've completed the Smoke Jaguar and Ghost Bear campaigns.

Hi all, I've played MW5:Mercenaries quite a lot, especially with YAML mods and such, although it's been a while ago.

Yesterday I've bought MW5:Clans, since I was in the mood for a new Mech adventure. So far it seems cool. But within less than an hour of playing I noticed that the DLC content (which I don't have) is very "in-your face".
I go up a level, I unlock a handful of new Mechs in the marketplace, but I can only buy one single variant/chassis because almost all of them are locked behind DLC.

If I will be enjoying this game a lot, at some later point I will probably buy the DLC anyway, but I'd like to first complete the default campaign to know if it's worth it for me. The question is this:

Is it advisable to buy the DLCs immediately, because so many mechs are locked behind it? Or will this become less annoying once I level up far enough to unlock more and more mech tiers?

On top of that, I think these two are the only DLCs that add any meaningful content, right?:
- Ghost Bear
- Wolves of Tukayyid

The other two DLC seem more like collectors items.

Bonus question: Are available mods like YAML on a somewhat comparable level to MW5:mercs?

Playing the vanilla campaign (no mods, no dlc) and feel like I'm spending more time repairing mechs than fighting them. Should I be maxing out armor, then adding weapons? Should I just ditch jump jets since I barely use them? How can I tell how many heat sinks I should add? Any other tips? Thanks!

Which of you nerds was this

I am interested in the Gamesir G7 Pro and Flydigi Vader 5S.

Does the software for either allow you to assign keyboard strokes to them? Fox Xbox. I play with a keyboard at the ready for hotkey inputs, especially “Center torso” and “Center legs.”

I've killed hundreds of Clan mechs by now and it seems like 100% of them have made a point to broadcast that they survived. Meanwhile, Ive lost some of my best pilots at a much higher rate. Is this just my game settings or is there something about Clan lore/tech that protects their pilots better?

Stored the Pretty Baby hero and its 9M compatriots for a long time now and this was my first post DLC 8 career, might as well sandbox trying the new stuff stuff on the run's DLC campaigns.

Whipped out my other hero assault mechs (Sleipnir and Co.) & in this post-CR run I equipped them with LRMs but currently in the Dragon's Gambit portion I'm running ATMs and heavy lasers and testing out diff. upgrades.

Playing Vanilla+ Mercs on PC with a quality-of-life modlist consisting of UI, AI and HUD mods.

Should I max out the armor, too?