Posted 14 January 2020 - 12:01 AM. Fans of the. Damage insurance coverage and extra c-bill payouts are consistently reliable sources of income for Negotiation Points, but there’s a major catch. For example, swap out that victor for another Awesome-Q and stick some LL-SB in it for the AI to pilot since. Ranks 16-30 grant 1 more base salvage share and you gain 1 more negotiation point for every two levels past 15. Adds Clan weapons to the game. this mod adds more negotiation points and more salvage share slots and max tonnage how it works vanilla = 1 negotiation point per level & 1 share slot per rep level this mod = 10 + 2 neg pts per lvl & 10 + 2 share slot per rep level installation extract folder to mw5mercs mod folder enable ingame in mods section restart game play w/ moar salvage ftw Added a Less OP Version and Separated the. Nairobi, 19 November 2023 – The third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution,. Most of the missions, or Contracts, the player will take during the campaign of MechWarrior 5 are procedurally generated at random systems in the map. I would love a mod that either makes reputation loss far less punitive or (even better) lets you negotiate less rewards for more rep just like HBS Battletech. 9k-- MW5 Mercs Reloaded. In fact, all missions will wait for you and have no. If gives you a flat boost to negotiation points for salvage and money, plus a boost to spawn rates for rare and hero mechs in the market , and a flat increase in how much tonnage you can bring into a campaign mission. A change to the option setting requires a new mission start for the new setting to go into effect. 78KB ; 46-- 590 . #6. so with the new dlc and new maps ive started to encounter some almost impossible missions. This mod has several versions which vary from eliminating the reduced gains (forcing all low level missions to give the same rep gain as higher level missions), on through an option to convert unused negotiation points into rep gains, similar to how HBS Battletech works. Unplayable mission on PS4. 144. After everything I have done I only have +1 negotiation point with them. You spend so much time/ammo shooting at helos and tanks that damage increases actually wind up having severely diminished returns. Showing 1 - 2 of 2 comments. There are some missions that have repairs mid-mission but they're very few and far between. CompanyRep. The raid mission has max negotiation points of money 5, salvage 5, insurance 3 and the War Zone has max of money 7, salvage 2, insurance 4. Mechs. Honestly It feels like MW5 in general is lacking a bit of depth. There are obviously many concessions for realism in MW5 but removing tonnage limits is essentially a cheat, considering the way missions are constructed. Also changes the reputation loss to be on par with the reputation gained when playing in lower level areas. Salvage shares are. Steam Workshop: MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries. Faction reputation only applies to the faction you are. In the late game, after I collected all the hero mechs, I started shopping around for Tier 5. There are some missions that have repairs mid-mission but they're very few and far between. When you sell salvage, you get 40% of the listed value. - Love MW5s contact negotiation scheme paired with BattleTech's individually salvageable 'Mech parts' system. Permissions and credits. Even the weaker pilots I've played with were at. Embracing the. The amount of change seemed to do more with the mission than the amount of Negotiation Points I did or did. The post Hostage. To add things to your mech or swap out components, you’re going to want to click “edit loadout. The COP28 climate conference will run Nov. Having watched a lot of YouTube videos about MW5 before the DLC, I was expecting salvaging mechs to be where most of my money comes from, but they did change the economy quite a bit with the new DLC. Activate the "BetterSalvageShares" mod in your "Mods" menu from the title screen. If you want them to show up late in the campaign/career, add the Mad Dog and Timberwolf mods. Also, When salvaging a. The main difference is, once you've dropped into the mission, everything is shown immediately in Battletech, including the objectives and extraction zone (where applicable) whereas in MW5, the extraction zone is randomly placed AFTER you complete all of the objectives and the. See below on what to do with. agafCollections . 2 from faction A, and one from faction B. 6MB ;This mod aims to first and foremost bring back the much needed detailed mech customization to MW5, along with new gameplay features. When you sell salvage, you get 40% of the listed value for weapons or 50% of the listed value of a mech (keep in mind any installed weapons/equipment are still 40%). You have to prep for three lances @ 270 tons, for example. I am very confused. I'd avoid the multi-mission contracts until after you have a full company (12) of mechs to deploy. 5MB ; 1. Adds new tank and VTOL variants. No Rep Left Behind. -Mission types that will be best for you when first starting out are going to be Raids and Warzones. when in the negotiation screen, just add a point anywhere and watch the table. Only the negotiate portion is working. Here's a look at some pro-tips for bringing in cash. I'd also recommend one of the mods which lets you get 5 salvage points per 1 negotiation point used. If I could spend negotiation points on it or upgrade the ship to hold more sure but it just being a random number on "random" missions infuriates me to no end. For example, a setting of 1. Also, When salvaging a. #1. 1 efficiency means the capability of removing 0. When spending NEgotiation points, you get more cash for the cash option now and the insurance rates are better. Customizable with (Bobbert's Mod Options ). The find system button is not even present. New Negotiation Upgrades You can now modify negotiation points from the pre-drop screen after accepting the contract. Yeah you're given those points on a per-mission basis. first mission after intro missions i got a defensive mission where im supposed to protect a base, but for some reason the arty around the base is active AND HOSTILE and. Tired of having to waste all your negotiation points on salvage shares, just in case you encounter and headshot that nice mech you always wanted? Look no further! 15KB EDIT 2: I found them. That's what I want - Spend ten or more negotiation points on C-Bills I want it all - Spend ten or more negotiation points on Salvage Shares Insured against the Clan Invasion - Spend ten or more negotiation points on Damage Payout Expensive Junk - Spend more than 40 Salvage Shares on one 'MechHave more rep. A lot of the faster mechs will actually perform quite well and be much, much less expensive compared to an Assault mech. So, here's one idea I like: Engagement Zone Intel. I had read a post recently that suggested that leaving Negotiation Points unused, the Loyalty point reward (how much a faction likes or hates you) increases. So if you put a single point into it and got 400K worth of coverage, and you took 500K worth of damage, then you'd get the full 400K payout. You can use this to your advantage if you have several missions available. Steam Workshop: MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries. Money. Smash and Grab By Jon Michael , Wiki_Creation_Bot , Giolon , +4 more updated Dec 10, 2019 This is a walkthrough for Smash and Grab, a campaign story. I added functionality to spawn clan missions at proper date if YACM is installed, let my mod override it. The next mech mod coming to MW5: The Hellbringer/ Loki in a new and improved version of the classic. If you click max armour, it splits it evenly between front and back for the torso - you don't want this, you want to mostly be front. Now the game does not count inventory (like how many M Lasers I have) properly, and the mission payouts seem to be all set to 250,000 and go up by that amount when I add negotiation points. 2. As you fight for a faction, you’ll gain standing with them. As you increase your reputation level, you get more negotiation points. These cheats are part of our PC Game Pass collection. #2 MischiefSC Member The Benefactor 16,697 posts Posted 11 December 2019 - 08:35 AM Drive reputation with a house way up. A change to the option setting requires a new mission start for the new setting to go into effect. Plus, the limited hard point selections in MW5 vs. Out of the three, I was happiest with the Kurita/Draconis Combine for starting ‘Mechs. Join. The more difficult contracts will require BattleMechs with higher tonnage and better weapons, but the. Since you will be tonnage restricted, don't go all fat and try and shop for crazy stuff. I find putting a point into coverage helps a ton when grinding for faction rep. Also, When salvaging a. A1M1_SupplyRun_Scenario. So MekTek is back, apparently. This mod makes machine guns projectile-based as opposed to trace-based a la vanilla MW5. Contracts and Reputation : r/mechwarrior. Unused negotiation points now roll over to the next mission in Multi-Mission Operations ; New Front End and Leopard Updates. - Love MW5s contact negotiation scheme paired with BattleTech's individually salvageable 'Mech parts' system. Similar to the Reasonable Reputation Rewards mod. Could not find the answer to that anywhere. If you have a heat capacity of 10 before and install a heat sink, then you effectively add 10% of the total heat cap. net, the homepage for MW5 says that Multi-Mission Contracts "offer dramatic gains on both Reputation and Standing gain with the faction offering the contract. Reply ohphee. DLC5 official. Also, if the mech doesn’t already have a variant putting an energy weapon there, then it would require editing the 3d model and textures. This means you have to pull in about 600,000 salvage for every 3 points just to. g. Unused negotiation points now roll over to the next mission in Multi Mission. Combining hard points is not possible. Click here to view the spreadsheet in a separate tab! Shout if anything needs updating but this includes everything in game as of 16 December 2019. - Increases the maximum amount of negotiation points that can be put into c-bills/salvage/damage coverage. Unless you pick up something you’re going to use in which case a point of salvage is worth 300k. 12. json file, start up MW5, and close it out. When spending NEgotiation points, you get more cash for the cash option now and the insurance rates are better. Basically, consider how much damage do you expect. And you have to get to an Evac Point, but the whole time that lance of mechs gets to follow you and shoot at you. Adjust Salvage Shares, CBill rewards and shares, tonnage, negotiation points, difficulty rating and reputation by scaling the in game values. It's not hard to cheat money in general, but if you are trying to earn more money through gameplay, first, you earn money through contract, first to think is negotiation points, finding mods that let you earn more points, second is how much you can earn in the battlefield, Mods that powerup your mechs while mods to add more to heavier mechs to sell adds. MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Campaign Missions detail the game's main story, seeing Commander Jake Mason rebuild Nik's Cavaliers to seek revenge against the Black Inferno. The Hellcat aka Hellhound from Mechwarrior 4 has now arrived as a mod for Mechwarrior 5 Mercs. At a certain point, it seems like certain factions become a write off. As the timeline advances, the two houses will inevitably merge into the Federated Commonwealth, and all of their territory will be operated by this new assembly. Yep broken. MachineGun" or something similar, that means it didn't find the weapon and it needs to be looked at. Thank you, great video! I would like a clan invasion in MW5, I would certainly pay $40 for that but I don't think PGI can handle it. After taking the Treasure Hunter Cantina Quest, the game will designate a specific mission for the appearance of the item. Also, even after FedCom, pure Steiner and Davion contracts still pop up and your negotiation points DO stay in place. The biggest adjustment is a. Steam Workshop: MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries. Media . Also each negotiation point in salvage (= 2 salvage rights) is usually worth at least as much as the payout would be. Having watched a lot of YouTube videos about MW5 before the DLC, I was expecting salvaging mechs to be where most of my money comes from, but they did change the economy quite a bit with the new DLC. 5MB ; 1. Your available negotiation points are based off your general mercenary reputation and your standing with the faction that employs you. These greatly. After years of battle, he has finally given up the practice of counting his kills. Follow a quest for glory and revenge. Media . It's good for testing out build ideas, too. Some Early MW5 Tips. Spend up to three points. Do missions which allow you to allocate more salvage points. But all that aside, I just wanted to point out that once you're in the game's main menu, you can select mods from the list, and then there's a button to open the appropriate mods folder somewhere on the right, so you can be absolutely sure you're in the right folder. Money. My collection of MW5 mods to make it easier for people to jump into co-op streams on twitch. Put your negotiation points into scrap, then damage repair, then. Reasonable Reputation - negotiate. Learn to prioritize and focus components. I went to test it out last night but the game crashed halfway through the mission :/But negotiation points don't raise in between (unless you gain a reputation after one of the missions). Max your front armor if you can without giving up needed equipment, too. If you’re in good standing with a faction, you’ll receive bonuses when negotiating with them or using their markets. Collections . CommunityI don't really seem to appreciate large ballistics. Define the issues or terms you can use during the negotiation and think about new factors you. If you don't believe you'll be damaged much, that negotiation point can go into something more useful. Of course, with each Contract comes negotiation, and with each victory comes consequence. stupid in the first mission you cant go to the pick up point over the coast side to avoid the Tyr mechs. As I understand, each of them offer negotiation points based on reputation. I am unable to find the system to finish the quest. I seem to be having a bit of trouble with the intricacies of MW5 economy and would appreciate some sage advise. Yarls Wolfbane Jun 1, 2021 @ 1:16pm. RepMod_NegotiatedGain: (Negotiated Gains/Loss Clamp) Unused negotiation points are used for increased reputation gain with the employer (up to +20). So while having a hatred reputation with the Independents, your actual faction could be - 20 000 (very theoretically). It's often overlooked by most players (and not without reason) because the list is long, the mechs are not listed in any discernable order, and if you only have the Core game, it's fairly irrelevant. I would love to be able to use negotiation points for more rep. Last edited: Dec 19, 2019. Once you start fielding assaults, you're gonna want that coverage. So you're a brawler. Seems that, in at least my game, as the timeline progressed into the 3040s, Steiner and Davion united into the Federated Commonwealth. Unzip the MOD to this Folder so it should now have the SMMO [Star Map Mouse Over] Folder in it. If you click max armour, it splits it evenly between front and back for the torso - you don't want this, you want to mostly be front. The next mech mod coming to MW5: The Hellbringer/ Loki in a new and improved version of the classic design. MW5 doesn't favor a defensive approach because there are essentially no in-mission repairs. Get a faction to like you so you have a decent amount of negotiation points, put almost all into cash and 1 into damage coverage if you like. The biggest advantage to having high rep with a faction though, is the negotiation points, which you will need a lot of to take mechs and valuable salvage There also seems to be a penalty later on for making a faction hostile to you besides just having low negotiation points, my guess is you should stick to an area of space and form alliances. I add the speed boost, so the KGC-CAR moves at a faster clip (55 km/hr) which helps when going to an evac point that's a bit far. CommunityEnemies are in groups, when you attack one in that group, the whole group wakes up and you have a set time limit to kill the whole group. You get points based on your MRB rating, which are modified by your reputation with the hiring faction. This mod aims to first and foremost bring back the much needed detailed mech customization to MW5, along with new gameplay features. The OPs mission lists a total of 19 points that can be allotted each worth 3 + bonus. 2b. This means you can buy things from them for less and sell things to them for more, in addition to getting more negotiation points when accepting a contract. Deactivate the mod in MW5. If you don't use your negotiation points does it help your rep increase faster per mission? Showing 1 - 4 of 4 comments. vanilla = 1 negotiation point. This is extremely important since you need as many points as early as possible in order to build your lance. Fight alongside your friends with a four-player PvE co-op. And while former Steiner and Davion conflict zones offer missions from FedCom, you don't seem to actually be able to earn any reputation or extra negotiation points with the faction. . . 30-Dec. MW5 mission. First Strike is the fourth campaign story mission of Act 2 and eighth overall. They look like the markers in beachhead missions. Business, Economics, and Finance. 23) When accepting a contract, don't forget to adjust the Negotiation Points. Mod manager download. You just pick the one with the most favourable negotiation options first and hope the others will get better afterwards. MW5 Clans will be the first game where 1 lance (or star) taking on armies makes sense. Big Mod Development News! vonHUD for Mechwarrior 5 will get a top-down style interface called "vonCommander" to order Mechs around with mouse clicks. I would love to be able to use negotiation points for more rep. ago. 12 in Dubai, marks the world's 28th leadership gathering to confront global warming since the first. Virus scan. Also, When salvaging a. It's bugged. Tired of having to waste all your negotiation points on salvage shares, just in case you encounter and headshot that nice mech you always wanted? Look no further!. The way Salvage Points work in MW5 Vanilla is just. Note, the multiplier is only applied when at least 1 Negotiation Point has been assigned to Damage Coverage on the Negotiations screen. Also, When salvaging a. Besides MW5, there is also the Battletech video game that is well-made and very fun. Having it over 15 makes absolutely no sense unless there's something in the future, some DLC that will allow you to have more points. Reputation Mod. Some Early MW5 Tips . Tier A are still really OP, and here you will find the best mechs. If you have a good arsenal, it's likely you'll take far more damage than you would get back in mech. Despite showing the same difficulty rating as the the previous story mission, it features a sharp practical. More NPs = more points into C-bills, salvage or damage coverage. (Amr Alfiky/Reuters) The annual United Nations climate summit will start next week in Dubai. (Optional) Beat Davion and Steiner. . As a BattleMech pilot you’ll rain havoc upon enemy ‘Mechs and targets, including tanks, ground vehicles, aircraft, advanced defenses, and reinforced bases. Unused negotiation points give bonus reputation. It can go into the millions up and down, it just caps the game effects for negotiation points. #4. tracks. The purpose of this mod is to cut repetition and provide MW5 with a better endgame and additional goals to strive for. Also keep in mind trying to keep a hub system within a couple jumps if possible, so if you take a lot of damage, instead of spending 2 months and a. More NPs = more points into C-bills, salvage or damage coverage. @spud_102 I didn't have the problem of a missing mods folder when I installed the game. With the Cantina mech-hunting jobs it. g. When I am running the multiple mission missions, and you can‘t repair mechs between missions, you have to prep for the tonnage in all three missions. 55. MercTech) Gain extra faction reputation by sacrificing negotiation shares and/or balances reputation gain and loss in out-levelled conflict zones. When russ kept saying how MW5 is the first MW game to have destructible buildings, it became clear he never played any of the other MW games, since all of the games since MW2 had destructible buildings. Thanks much for clearing that up. Permissions and credits. Unique DLs-- Total DLs-- Total views-- Version. uasset - Disables unspent points warning. They're in individually-authored "Scenario" assets that include the map and scenario specifications, which apparently also include the exact contract terms available (max negotiation points spends for salvage, bonus C-Bills, damage coverage, etc) e. CompanyRep. • They should let you choose reputation as a bonus to bid on with your mission points!!! Insurance, money, salvage, or rep. this mod adds more negotiation points and more salvage share slots and max tonnage. This of course. Man, that is so opposite of what some troll was telling me a while back when I said the MW5 system was one of the things preventing enjoyable gameplay. For example, after completing a base defense contract with Marik at "Indifferent" reputation, I had salvaged an Awesome, Banshee, Cyclops, Catapult, Blackjack, Centurion, and maybe a. • 15 days ago. Slip into the role of a mercenary, jump into your BattleMech and destroy your enemy on the battlefield with the help of our exclusive. I personally didn't start doing three parters till I had somewhere around nine bulky mechs. Also, scan the map for swag. Fans of the BattleTech franchise can. The High Value missions generally have great rewards and you really should try to do them whenever possible. 1: Awards cBill, Salvage Point and Reputation XP bonuses for deploying a lance under the recommended tonnage amount set by the mission. I have become hated with Kurita and want to repair my rep with them. Unlike, say, Minecraft where there are enough mods to moot major updates' content. You can get high negotiation point missions from every conflict zone by aligning with only one faction. I tried this. -Do any major refits or overhauls of mechs at industrial hubs. Right now the base seems to be 3 shares to start, and then 3 more shares per negotiation point spent. MW5 already seems to take quite a while to load between missions, the hub, etc. To begin each mission, the game gives you some number of "Negotiation Points" and you can allocate them into three separate areas: more cash, insurance coverage for your expected repair costs, or more salvage rights, which are represented in the form of Salvage Points. Some like the jenners and urbies are ok starters and filler mechs, but you really want to save up 4 to 9 million c bills to get heavier mechs in industrial hubs ASAP because its hard to find even medium mechs at first or even have enough salvage shares to get one from a mission when you have lower reputation or negotiation points with a. Sometimes it’s best to suggest that an issue be set aside for the moment and both parties. Having watched a lot of YouTube videos about MW5 before the DLC, I was expecting salvaging mechs to be where most of my money comes from, but they did change the economy quite a bit with the new DLC. This mod replaces the introduction cutscene cinematic on career start with a combination of the original MW5 cutscene and the Battletech (2018) cutscene personally edited to bring the best of both together for a more compelling and interesting experience. BUT, I don't know how to compile the files I've changed into something I can put in MW5, and I don't know where I'd put those files. But this table is absolutely fan fucking tastic. I just started using this mod for the first time only a few days ago and it has been WORLD-CHANGING in-game. MW5 Mercs ReloadedYou are paid 200K for those damages. There have simply been far too many to count. Ballistics. Manage an expanding mercenary company. They all work fine in every other program, including MWO and MW5 beta. It would be nice to spend Negotiation points on more things, especially as it's quite possible to wind up with so many Negotiation points you're calling airstrikes on random Harasser hovercraft for a lark. Increase it until you get a +5 Hero standing. Therefore the game will show warnings about unused points during the contract. This mod replaces nearly all existing MW5 Betty voice dialogue with MW2 and MW2: Mercenaries Betty dialogue, game sounds, and voice acting when necessary. Salvage Rights: As many Points as allowed. Even a single extra negotiation point is a couple hundred thousand C bills per mission, so don't shoot yourself in the foot by working for and against everybody. This mod can resolve the issue in multiple ways, by preference: Negotiated Gains: Unspent negotiation points give you bonus reputation gains on completion of the contract (up to +20, based on the proportion of available points unassigned. for salvage - beside improving REP with said faction - there's a mod called BetterSalvageShares. They might boost rep gains if you dont use them but I havent tested that. - DLC, Co-op and both Campaign and Career mode Compatible. Trying to tell me Archers and Hunchbacks have battlefists but Thunderbolts and Centurions don't. They are really important for the tabletop battletech, because those heatsinks do not. More effective as more points are used for reputation. That's not uncommon. Saaad. SynergiesMOD for Mechwarrior 5 is a full custom conversion mod in which I will address QOL and balance as well as adding new mechs, AI Hero mechs, and a will work towards a full suite of new missions, and reworked missions. He needed something to. Custom Female Pilot Portraits. MW5 Rebalance Economy. A1M1_SupplyRun_Scenario. Having watched a lot of YouTube videos about MW5 before the DLC, I was expecting salvaging mechs to be where most of my money comes from, but they did change the economy quite a bit with the new DLC. Components can be added to all of. For multiparters, I strongly reccomend having enough mechs to replace your entire lance after each round before doing them. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. Unzip into your MW5Mercs/Mods folder. 9k-- MW5 Mercs Reloaded. But as any player of MW5 who's put some time into the game knows, this isn't how MW5's salvaging system works at all. Salvage isn't very useful early in the game, during which you should be putting your negotiation points into C-bills. A negotiation preparation checklist can help you avoid this scenario by helping you think through your position, the other party’s position, and what might happen when you get together. 144. Collections . - Increases negotiation points scaled similarly to how levels 1-15 increase. -- Only the host requires it, other co-op players can have it to see the new ranks the host has obtained. and that is the "Renegotiate" mod that lets you change your negotiation point allocation after accepting a contract. Delete the modlist. In MW5 it would be the the other way around with the hardpoints being able to accept any combination of the appropriate weapon type that 'fits'. just keep doing and watching the table. Posted 29 February 2020 - 01:54 AM. You might need a TAG or NARC Device for precision Strikes. Reasonable reputation - negotiated gains / happy factions R causes the game to fail to reach title screen. That solo mission gave me almost 3 mill C-Bills and exactly 3 salavge points. I did a mission last night with 20 payout pips and 17 salvage pips. Negotiation Points : Flattened the increase of value. CryptoThis economy overhaul was built around Yet Another Mech Lab by cszolee79 and is not meant for the vanilla economy. Console Issues 🎮. View all 19. Frankly, I don’t see that the Activision/Blizzard buyout is going to make much of a difference for Mechwarrior. This is a list of mods that I know are compatible with Console. Published Jul 2, 2021 MechWarrior 5 is an entertaining adventure but players will need money for upgrades. uasset - Disables unspent points warning. The reason why there are the # of mechs in the game, is that PGI had to re-design the entire weapon system for MW5. This info is all based on the Core MW5 game. · MW5 Mod Load Order and Activation Manager # $. MW5 Clans will be the first game where 1 lance. A lot of the faster mechs will actually perform quite well and be much, much less expensive compared to an Assault mech. are gonna be kind of garbage. Like Harebrained Schemes' BattleTech game, each step of the campaign opens up as the player reaches certain Reputation levels, thus a number of. 5 would equate to 600,000 cBills Damage Coverage if the base amount is 400,000 cBills. Asset use permission in mods/files that earn donation points You are not allowed to earn Donation Points for your mods if they use my assets;. -Salvage Negotiations set to 5 value and scale back to 2 as you invest in them. The condition of the mech will affect the price, but fixing a mech just to sell it is not worth it. The resale value on such mechs is often more than the C-Bills you earn as a reward for completing most missions in the early game. Even the news section in MW5 hasn't changed in a long while. MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries honors the 30-year MechWarrior legacy very closely: in mechanics, in controls, and even in soundtrack. Having watched a lot of YouTube videos about MW5 before the DLC, I was expecting salvaging mechs to be where most of my money comes from, but they did change the economy quite a bit with the new DLC. Improve your reputation to get more points to allocate. Seems like a bug most likely. Delete the "Input. Also, When salvaging a. Achievements. Under Siege. Almost impossible missions early game. In short: If you want to create your own hero mechs, YAML. Can't continue to mission after distributing negotiation points. Salvage shares are potentially the most lucrative, since you might get an expensive piece of equipment for a mech or to replace a destroyed weapon. So once the Commonwealth was formed in my timeline I went from +11 negotiation points with Davion to -5 with the commonwealth-289 rep sworn enemy. Having watched a lot of YouTube videos about MW5 before the DLC, I was expecting salvaging mechs to be where most of my money comes from, but they did change the economy quite a bit with the new DLC. . This mod makes machine guns projectile-based as opposed to trace-based a la vanilla MW5.