You'll have a Centurion CN9-AL, Dragon DRG-1N, Hunchback HBK-4G, Jenner JR7-D, Panther PNT-9R and a Trebuchet TBT-5N to fight. After some dialogue, the mission is complete. This is 2 full lances with 8 fully armored mechs in total, including: An optional mission objective is to preserve 3 or 6 ammo crates. I tried this with a setup of AC10, Mlaser and SRM's. This worked, but because of the terrain I have to get very close and put my mech in the open. Check out the store and if there aren't any Catapult parts (or whatever Mech you're aiming for) complete a mission. Battletech Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. Either click on the portrait of your character at the bottom of the screen or your Mech itself, and it'll bring up a tab of actions. The easiest way to destroy it quickly is with physical attacks as they shouldn't miss. If you've got a light mech, keep it away from the Jagermech, it's equipped with 2 AC/5 and 2 AC/2 and 2 M Lasers. There's another Heavy Drone armed exactly like that and a Medium Drone with 2 M Lasers, AC/5 and SRM6. Reinforcements will be 3 Assault Mechs: a Zeus ZEU-6S armed with AC/5, L Laser, 2 M Lasers and an LRM15, a Battlemaster BLR-16 armed with 2 MG, an SRM6, 6 M Lasers and a PPC, an Awesome AWS-8Q (yep, that's what it's called) armed with an S Laser and 3 PPCs and a Medium Mech, Griffin, armed with an LRM10 and PPC. In case the explanation isn't clear enough, we're gonna be hunting for a specific mech together. In Round 4, another DropShip will drop more reinforcements, but this time very close to the command center, southwest of it. Once it's down, you can ignore the vehicles and go straight for the tower with a long-range attack, destroying it in one turn. To that end, I'm sending you to capture a Directorate munitions dump. Going the shortest way from Silo Bravo will take you to yet another hill you can use to your advantadge. Once you've destroyed both Mechs, don't bother destroying each individual turret and aim all your weapons at the generator. Attacking the vehicle with a physical attack or close range shots will quickly dispose of it. Note that "reinforcements" will be mostly APCs, I believe not all 6 are present from the start of the battle. I don't know how many transports there are, but I managed to kill 2 this way before losing far too much of my forces. This is how I wish XCOM felt. Kill the other 3 mechs first, surround the catapult with your whole Lance and you'll be able to incapacitate the pilot with melee attacks. I fielded 2 Centurions, a Thunderbold and a Dragon. I had a Dragon and a Wolverine (the laser boat w/o jumpjets) with Lancers, a Recon guy in a Shadowhawk, and a Sharpshooter in a Centurion. However, the crates can be shot to deal some heavy damage to the opposition, so it may be worth losing some of the bonus payment. Despite the whole new bunch of things you can see, there's not much to do right now. . oh, and with higher tac skill you can ID mech/tank weight well before visual. Remember they only have 90 HP, and 7 armour. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. You can go for any of its variation, since the planets attributes required are the same. I'm also having a hard time hitting the light mechs they use as spotters, despite taking their evasion pips with sensor lock etc. Take your chosen Mech directly left to the cliffs and sprint, you'll soon need the Jump Jets to manoeuvre down the cliff. Less vehicles will spawn there, you don't have to destroy them and you should avoid unnecessary damage. Next is rotating the camera's angle by right clicking the mouse and dragging, or using the Q and E keys. It should be feasible. Take advantadge of its short range and attack him from the distance. But i will try it this (third) time. The transports escape and it's dull, but you'll win without getting nuked. Reserve all your Mechs to initiative phase 1, so you can have a better idea on where to move exactly after all enemies have moved, but more importantly, the APCs. The first part is not really that hard, and the mission will go smooth if you manage to escort both APCs without destroying many turrets. Be aware that it might be a little too far standard range weapons. Assistance with mission: Liberate Smithon. Yea, but I want those ammo trucks though. Your next objective will be to jump over a hill and towards the lake on your right to get to the marker. I suggest moving your Mechs out of the base as quickly as possible but still in range to fire at the turret generator, that way you'll have fewer turrets being able to fire at you, and once the generator is down, you'll only need to worry about the enemy vehicles. Behemoth and Glitch can perform long distance attacks, but you will likely miss or do little damage, I suggest you keep them sprinting until you get there with all your units. If you do the same, note that 4 turrets will spawn there after you destroy all the vehicles, along with 3 other vehicles from other sides. This won't destroy the target, but will destroy its cover and force it to move. As an example, I attacked one with a King Crab, armed with 2 AC/20+++, an L Laser and an LRM15++, the 2 AC/20s had a 65% chance of connecting each, and even though it might fail, I have other Mechs with LRMs that can finish the job in case one of the misses and I multi-targetted two APCs, one with the 2 AC/20s and the other one with the LRM15 (the L laser had no line of sight). Hi, I'm playing the campaign for the first time, and I'm up to the "Liberate Smithon" story mission. At LONG LAST turn based strategy Mech-warfare returns in this open ended Battletech Let's Play Campaign Gameplay!Subscribe for daily videos! Reserve your turns near the water and let them show their faces before you waste any turns. All rights reserved. Alternatively, you can navigate and take cover with a pilot with Sensor Lock, then just hammer the transports with LRM barrages. chevron_left. The Taurian Concordat governed Coromodir for many years. This mission becomes available after completing 2 regular contract missions after Liberation: Panzyr . You need to destroy these 5 enemies first before the pirate leader Grim Sybil appears with a new kind of Mech: a Quickdraw QKD-4G along with a last ally piloting a Shadow Hawk SHD-2H. We want you to claim them for the Restoration instead. now comes this 2 skull mission where you have to fight 8 medium&heavy mechs, who trigger on turn 1, have a shitton of . Awesome! Select your portrait or Mech again and choose the "Attack" and "FIRE" options to try and take it out. Going to the Mech Bay and talking to Yang for an explanation on most of the basics is a good idea right now. Conversely if the enemy is standing in them, prioritize another target. 2. This one you will optimaly pop on the heavy they send, or just if you see two or more other mechs. 2023 GAMESPOT, A FANDOM COMPANY. Talent Trees and Managing your Mechwarriors. Let's Play BattleTech Part 16 Gameplay! Talk to Sumire for a detailed explanation. Please watch as I start my BATTLETECH journey! Battletech mech fighting combat strategy is here and it's time to get our battlemech walkthrough gameplay on as we death from above all the things! When logged in, you can choose up to 12 games that will be displayed as favourites in this menu. Nice! Remember they only have 90 HP, and 7 armour. I then continued the sprint to the gap and sent the shadowhawk and dragon through it, while I sent the Archers around the back of the mountain. Lady Arano is determined to get him back. When the mechs were gone, I cleaned up rest of the turrets. Liberate Itrom is a storyline mission given by the Arano Restoration as part of the campaign in Battletech, available after completing a couple of contracts after Defense: Smithon. Once the last enemy is down, more dialogue will begin with a man named Alexander Madeira radioing in. Liberate Smithon Mission will not trigger Please explain your issue is in as much detail as possible. The terrain will be very uneven, giving you lots of hills to hide behind and work with. In this section, we outline our hypothesis that certain planets and factions deploy certain Mechs and Mech variants than others. Leopard: In the Leopard you can click on the 'Hiring Hall' to recruit new mechwarriors and on the 'store' to buy new Mechs, parts and weapons. You drop in the southern end of a map, on a small rise. As you get close, an enemy ship will drop a Shadow Hawk Mech in your path, giving you a second objective to destroy it. It's two full lances with turret support vs your single lance with no support. The UrbanMech actually reached the point of becoming a high-level stretch goal for the Kickstarter, and included having a plush, stuffed UrbanMech made as an add-on! Once you've moved, you'll be able to test out your weapons on one of two dummy Mechs. Useful to new players. Might get a good chance to use a 2nd crate, might not. When you finally destroy the fuel pumping station, a new lance will arrive from the east. The Jagermech and the Spider are by far the easiest targets, use Predictive Strikes and take Called Shots at their CT to get them out of the way, quickly, then you can play defense against the other 3. Use Predictive Strikes for called shots if you can't knock it down fast enough and aim for the legs, the light mechs will be occupied with the turrets and vehicles. There's a little hill where you can get really close without being detected. Click on the only available action "Move" and left click on the marker. No Idea to survive with all four mechs AND get both trucks without 3 assault and one fast Mech. Walkthrough updated Jun 12, 2017 IGN's BattleTech complete strategy guide and walkthrough will lead you through every step of BattleTech from the title screen to the final credits, including every . Assistance with mission: Liberate Smithon. The SLDF Corps of Engineers built underground fortresses and . I failed a one skull mission earlier because a convoy vehicle got way too far ahead, just one and it caused me to fail regardless of having destroyed the rest of the vehicles and escort. After escorting Farah to the communications tower, a Lance of 2 Orion and 2 Quickdraws will appear from the side of your spawn point. The single player campaign is the story mode of Battletech. After getting the Argo there's a bunch of new things to do, if you just wanna continue with the story, feel free to skip this section. Espaol - Latinoamrica (Spanish - Latin America). Your objective is to destroy the garrison and save those ammo boxes. Is there a cheat to just skip missions? Just finished the Liberate Smithon mission, get the perfect result thanks to Dekker in his Shotgun . rip. The prison gate has 100 HP, it'll go down with 4 M Laser attacks. Then it will just go to loading and the wheel will perpetually spin with no change in status even after several minutes. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. videogame_asset My games. Sprint left towards the marked area near the ship, you'll quickly come across another two enemy vehicles. It really does challenge you to not only destroy the trucks, but not blow up any ammo crates as well. To negotiate a contract, click the CMD Center and then 'Contracts'. Keep sprinting along the border of the map, make sure none of the enemy mechs spot you until the last possible turn. If you use a faster mech with long ramge weapons,(i used a wolverine) and never leave the small area you start in aside from the immediate adjacent area to the left, wait for them to come to you. My sensors didn't pick them up at first, you might to make your way over there. Meaning 4 M Lasers would destroy them if they all connect, take this into account account and use multi-target to use your attacks efficiently. Thanks you are right. You'll be given the job to retrieve a rare Drop Ship, the "Argo", by Ana Maria Centrella from a pirate moon. Unlike last time, there will be 5 enemy vehicles that won't do much damage and can be taken out in one hit. absolute cakewalks. it's a story mission rated 2 skulls, I did 2,5 and 3 skull missions right before this and i was fighting groups of 2-4 light/medium mechs with the occasional single heavy. I like that you included some small resume before the videos, so we know what they are about. 2 pip however has pretty good chance to hit. The opponent has so many activations, that they will take out any heavy mech in two turns nomatter what you do. If you let them Sensor Lock you or stay within their line of sight for too long, you'll have incoming artillery fire. Note: This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts. as others have mentioned the key to winning the actual fight is taking out the LRM turrets top prio and blowing up 2 crates when 3+ mechs stand in their area (you get full reward with only 2 crates lost, 3-5 lost is -15% cash), to get the trucks let a fast, long range mech sprint left ignoring everything else and use the morale called shot skill to finish it of, my setup was: 1x close range centurion 1x long range centurion 1x sniper vindicator 1x melee dragon, all but 1 pilot died and the remaining one is 95 days injured and only lived bc it's the captain i think, all mechs are dust (winning move was DFO killing both mechs and scoring 3 achievments), Edit2: holy shit difficulty ramps up A LOT after you complete this mission, i am unable to do even 1,5 skull missions now and will probably have to restart the campaign.MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AT LEAST 4 HEAVY MECHS BEFORE COMPLETING THIS MISSION. Restarted it about 4 times last night before I finally pulled it off. First I used my lrm boat to take out any missle turrets. Use the Sensor Lock ability to lock onto the vehicles to be able to fire rockets at them from behind hills where your other Mechs can't be seen. Shooting just remove 1 pip and add heat to your mech. Valve Corporation. This item will only be visible to you, admins, and anyone marked as a creator. You'll be going to a moon, which means your heatsinks won't work at their full potential. As soon as the mission starts, take one of your Mechs, preferably one with Jump Jets, and try to sneak towards the control centre while you lure the enemy Mechs in with your three other Mechs. The difficulty is supposed to be 2 skulls, but it most certainly is not. Use those attacks if you want to lower their evasion. Please see the. Use the terrain to your advantadge, there's plenty of Marsh, forest and water that you can use depending on the circumstances. 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