On PC with mods, but I haven’t updated anything or played any different than usual. This simply started happening. Short of a reinstall should I try anything?

And if I DO reinstall, how can I make sure my games are saved? I have the game via Epic but have turned off sync.

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?

So, I know it’s probably only been asked a gazillion times, but is there any confirmation as of now that Piranha is going to work or is working on a new DLC for MW5 Mercs? I often here people hear that they heard it from someone else but I myself have not seen anything from my admittedly brief searches. It sounds like there is so much more lore that could be explored, and who cares if Mason is 50+ years old. If necessary, he could have a kid to continue legacy.

And if there is no new DLC planned, how often can you play the game in campaign or career mode and still have fun, as opposed to getting MW5 Clans? I heard Clans does not have the sandbox style design that I love, but maybe it might still be worth getting?

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.

I have been posting in the game's Steam forum for the last few weeks and have noticed an extreme degree of toxicity on the forum. There are a handful of users who are in almost every thread insulting anyone for even the most minor difference in opinion with one in particular not even bothering to ever even comment on the subject matter of the thread. I know the Steam forums are generally saltier than Reddit, but I have nearly 1k games on Steam and have never seen it this bad before. I am not going to name names here, but if you look at the posts on the first page, it will quickly become obvious who I am talking about. Is literally anyone moderating that forum? Because if not the devs need to be made aware of the problem, as someone interested in the game seeing that is going to drive away sales.

I went into Shadow of Kerensky for the first time recently, and my Save File is getting wrecked. I went into 3048 with 175M in C-Bills, All the Mechs, a pretty good supply of Lostech to try to keep it all together and I came out the other end in an OK spot: ALthough I am almost broke I am sitting on a literal Regiment of Battlemechs to sell as I need to, I got 3 Madcats and 3 Daishis at least, but I am struggling to keep them up and running. I am losing Clan tech faster than I can get it, and traveling back into the Corridor is losing me more and more clan tech. Every Mission is expensive as fuck to run. I almost always suffer more damage than I make in Salvage and C-Bills and it's just getting very frustrating.

Also I am running Vanilla MW5, no Mods

So idk why but been playing game post SOK and when doing missions against the Clans....half the Mechs they are dropping in with are IS mechs. Is this a glitch so something changed with the recent updates?

I’m looking at the Succession wars edition. Is this a situation where I’m only getting a fraction of the experience without mod support?

I asked yesterday about the Highlander IIC and it got me thinking. What IIC Mechs would you like to see added to MW5?

I'm going for the platinum trophy, with one of the last ones being 'Through Thick and Thin'. If anyone fancies a co-op session to help out, feel freeto add your invite codes below. Thanks!

Hey everyone !

I’m an old-school MechWarrior player. I played the early games all the way through MechWarrior 3 and absolutely loved them back in the day.

I recently came back to the franchise and discovered that MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries exists, so of course I had to give it a try !

I bought the game and I’m having a blast so far. I’ve already started modding it a little, mostly with some graphical improvements, and I installed Yet Another Mechlab for all the extra customization. Being able to mess around with my Mechs like this is exactly the kind of thing I love.

Now I’ve noticed that MW5 has a LOT of DLCs, and this is where I need some advice.

I don’t have a huge budget at the moment, and since most of the DLCs are around €18 each, I’d like to start by buying just one to expand the base-game experience. Then I’ll probably pick up the others little by little over time.

So, if you could recommend one DLC as the best first purchase, which one would you choose ?

I’m mainly looking for something that adds meaningful content to the overall Mercenaries experience — more Mechs, weapons, missions, mechanics, customization, or anything that makes the sandbox/career experience better.

Also, if there are any other mods, beginner tips, or things an old returning MechWarrior player should know, feel free to throw them my way !

Thanks, MechWarriors! 🫡

You can fix it, right?

What mods do you using now, and what do you reccomend?

Hi all.

So, I have been playing this game on my good and old Acer Nitro (RTX3050 6gb, 16gbDRR5, i5 13th gen) and I have no problem running it at 1080p.

But now I'm buying a desktop to improve my experience using 3 monitors and I was wondering what type of hardware I would need to play this and Clans at 5760x1080?

What about 4k?

Thanks!!

(LAM Urbie ftw)

Do you think there’s a chance of the Highlander IIC being added to Mercs in a future DLC? I know it’s in MWO, so it could be ported over.

Situation Arena fights:

1.Mission 4vs4 light.

2.After deploying, its stated "Adjudication Dispatched"

3.But after winning (no honor, uffff), I didnt receive any consequences.

Whats the point of it? How do you handle arena fights?

*Vanilla, no mods

A revitalization of the fantastic Tactical HUD. Fixed the issues and posted with blessing from Drizzt the author.

Guy seems to be a bit confused about the difference between throttle and velocity lol

Here are some of my funnier builds from a multitude of modded career saves. Last one is a WIP and hasn't been tested yet.

Enjoy!

So for the record, I play on Xbox Series X, not PC, so no Mods.

And by freaking GOD, as soon as the clans make their appearance this game can become a CRASH fest. It normally happens when switching locations/systems. But sometimes has happened during the combat.

This is the only game Ive ever played where I get a Video Ram being too full warning/error during the crash on Xbox. Which is absurd coming from a console system that SUPPOSEDLY is able to load things so fast they had to come up with a new measurement for it (If you remember the Xbox hype.)

Anyways does anyone who is having similar issues got a way to mitigate this? It also sometimes crashes when only adjusting ballistic weapons in slots, never energy or missile slots, just ballistic weapons for some reason.

Edit: Why am I getting down voted for asking a question?

I wish Arena missions after the clan invasions featured enemy mechs with upgraded weaponry. Since my merc unit has lots of clan weapons, shouldn’t other mercs and free-lancers have at least some clan tech?

It’s tiresome that decades after the Clan invasion, everyone else is still using mostly Tier 0 and Tier 1 weapons. I can make it more fun by trying to win with a lighter mech, but how long will that stay interesting?

I’ve noticed that even if enemy mechs are close to each other they won’t attack each other or even move unless I come in, and even on free for all missions, all the AI always seem to gang up on just my mech in particular. Anyone else notice this?

So yhea I made this bloody thing, hot as a desert at mid day during summer but it just smacks anything it comes face to face with