The time in game will change the map, the events that are occurring, the units that are garrisoning planets, the technology available in different areas of space, the 'Mechs and 'Vees that the Op For is using. Force compositions are the closest to what the universe of BattleTech is meant to look like possible with very little apocryphal content, other than nods to what has been seen in other games or fun parts of the lore like the Crescent Hawks. 'Mech and Vehicle rarity is based on Xotl’s highly researched and well regarded D1000 tables and changes based on date, interpolating between the tables as days in game pass. Clans invade, ComStar and Word of Blake will be jerks, elite units may provide harder missions, the Bounty Hunter may hunt you. The whole Inner Sphere is represented, including the many factions, units and mercenaries populating the 'Sphere. Adding the universe of BattleTech in to the HBS game, with the official time line as written while also adding variably selectable tabletop inspired improvements to the game. Installation instructions are at the bottom of this post, above the credits section.īattleTech Extended is multple Expansions to the base game. Please use the discord bug report system on our server for any bugs found so we have a centralised place.īattleTech Extended requires an Extended specific save, it is not compatible with your previous non Extended saves. Brown when you need him.Come join our discord channel. Now I have to wait until a Modder fixes this so I can really enjoy it and feel it is the real Battletech IP, not some lame time slip and Kelvin Timeline or worse TIME WARP. So far all my hours have been spent with vanilla. Heavy Metal now forces me for the first time to have to rely on a mod to play the game in a realistic manner. Like I said, love the game, love HBS for giving us this love child of theirs but they can do better and I hope they fix this or a modder fixes this. It truly surprised me to see such a huge gaffe and mistake in the timeline of equipment make it to the market without at least a toggle to turn it off/on at start up. Especially since Jordan and Mitch were involved in these decisions. So saddened to see such a misstep by HBS. Is the game fun, yes, is it Battletech in the timeline they portray. This is a bummer for an old crusty grognard like me. Since Heavy Metal broke it completely.Īll three careers I have started with Heavy Metal installed I either started with gear that was 3050-3070 or could buy it on day 1 of my campaign. Now for the first time, I have to wait for a mod to actually play a career game with a canon timeline. Its fun, but not what I was hoping for or wanting. HBS completely broke the immersion of the game for a hardcore fan like me. I am having fun, but for me it is not a canon game now. I also wish they had produced more variations of the mechs. But new patch, new dlc, it will probably be awhile. I hope mods like the creator 3025 will fix this. It is a crying shame they chose to use the last DLC for the base game to completely break the canon timeline. I love the game, I love HBS, what they have done with this IP is spectacular. UAC came only as a 5, etc, etc, etc.įor me this is very much a Games Workshop rules creep issue, and I wish that HBS had actually put a toggle in the game difficulty section of the career screen to turn canon timeline on/off as a difficulty setting. ERPPC produced more heat, ERLL produced more heat. There were in the 3039 era prototype weapons of the above but they were limited and had severe defects. These are all clearly post clan invasion or 3050-3070 era.Īt the time this game is set in, there are lostech items that generally cannot be bought, could mostly not be fixed and finding ammo for them was problematic. Some things like UAC20, ERPPC, ERLL, LPL, LBX20 are canon but out of this timeline. Some of the things released are clearly made up by HBS and not part of the game before this release. Heavy Metal should have been in the 3035-3050 era and pre clan invasion. For me the introduction of the weapons is non-canon and way out of sync with the timeline of this game.
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