Some stray shots caused enough damage to certain buildings that plummeted a mech of mine to the ground. In the matches I played on the urban maps, I managed to have the upper hand for most of the duration until a few things happened. The new Urban biome in Battletech is a lot of fun because it allows for a lot of cover and ensures players will have better strategic positioning against the enemy lance.
Between the two mechs and the new biome (described below), I had a blast playing on the new urban maps with the new mechs. It packs a meaty punch and I thoroughly enjoyed using it in tandem with the Raven. The Javelin is definitely a heavy hitting mech in practice. Obviously, once the Raven is revealed, the ECM ceases to function due to sensor locking capabilities and line of sight. As such, any mech that is not situated inside the dome is discoverable by the enemy lance – which might be a good way to bait mechs out of position. As mentioned previously, the ECM appears as a dome overtop of the mech that is equipped with it and shields other mechs underneath. I wanted to try them both and I found that using the Raven’s ECM ability to hide the location of my lance extremely useful in various missions. New EncounterĪttack and Defend is a challenging new mission type where your mercenaries must destroy an enemy’s base to stop a steady stream of attackers before they can overcome your forces and knock out your employer’s base.In one of the new urban maps I used both the Raven and the Javelin in my lance. The Gallant Urban Assault Tank sports a variety of weapons to fight at all ranges with speed and agility, the Packrat is a battlefield support vehicle equipped with a prototype version of ECM, and the Rotunda is a reconnaissance vehicle equipped with a prototype version of Active Probe. New FlashpointsĪ wide variety of new branching short stories that link together mercenary missions, crew conversations, special events, critical choices, and rare bonus rewards. The Javelin is a compromise between speed and firepower, with close-range knockout power. The experimental Raven 1X sports an advanced electronic warfare package that combines ECM and Active Probe systems into a lightweight component. Meanwhile, ‘Mechs equipped with Active Probe can reveal, locate, and target enemy units that would otherwise be hidden. ‘Mechs equipped with Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) and nearby friendly units are obscured from enemy targeting systems and immune to indirect fire. The return of these lost technologies will forever change the 31st century battlefield. Destroyed coolant exchanger buildings, and broken electrical transformers that disrupt targeting will drastically change the battle as you go. Every building in the new urban biome is fully destructible, so you’re never more than a few salvos away from a new line of sight, or the defensive cover of high-rise rubble. Street brawls introduce new tactical gameplay challenges as ‘Mech combat moves from wide-open natural landscapes to vast urban sprawls. Urban Warfare brings ‘Mech combat to the vast cityscapes of the Inner Sphere! Electronic warfare, large-scale building destruction, environmental mechanics, new enemy units and more make the urban sprawl a whole new battlefield.
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