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Friday Fun Thread for September 12, 2025

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Still playing Silksong. Still getting rekt. I'm now stuck at the Last Judge, but at least there's more to explore now than when I was stuck on Moorwing. That was horrible hah.

I've been playing a shit ton of MW5: Mercs again. Haven't gotten to any of the new DLC content yet, but it's close. Jumped right into my old save, and been knocking out high value missions and Arena contracts. Now it's 3049 and it's getting so close. Can't fucking wait.

Also, finally got my favorite 4xAC/2 variant of the Mauler. But then I found a Bullshark for sale with 6xAC/2's! I fucking love infinite dakka out of my mech nipples.

Ok, dude. I've been binging this DLC since last night, and this morning the Clan Invasion finally started. I fly off to do that campaign, and on my first stab at the mission, the clan invaders get through armor crits on my cockpit killing me 3 times across 2 attempts at the mission. That sucked. A lot. Not fun at all.

I don't know what sort of RNG fluke that was though, because the next 3 missions weren't nearly as pants shittingly terrifying. There was a repair station in one of them to help service my fancy 6xAC/2 Bull Shark. Gauss is super effective against them. But even so, I only have about 10 or so assault mechs worth fielding, and 2 of those are Annihilators who are slow as fuck and a bit prone to shedding their arms and losing all their firepower. I'm just barely staying in the field, since it 1 of my mechs can be repaired in time for the next mission, 2 will usually be ready for the one after that, and the 4th might be repaired yet another mission or two after that. But so far I haven't seen a single clan assault mech either.

I went to put a C-ER PPC, C-MP Lasers and extra Clan Double Heatsinks on one of my mechs, and that refit is going to take 90 days!!! Not even sure I'll get it back before the campaign is over. We'll see.

Honestly though, this is quite possibly the best Mechwarrior experience I've ever had. MW5: Mercs has come a long way from it's launch. Almost 10 years ago now. As a platform, it's nearly perfection. The perfect canvas for any Inner Sphere adventure you want to have.

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