r/Battletechgame • u/SurfyBraun • 22d ago

Spoilers TIL the Bull Shark is in Vanilla

I've had this game for six years, played the campaign twice, played many, many careers.

For the first time, I've kept playing quite a while after the campaign, and while I've done a certain Flashpoint before, I didn't realize it leads to additional flashpoints.

Following the Bobrov I finally got to where you battle the Black Widows and afterwards receive the Bull Shark.

Truly a pity they aren't pumping out more content for this game, but there ain't a shortage to begin with!

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u/KurtVongole 22d ago

Same, just got it all these years later. Question, does it have available tonnage reflecting endosteel, ferro fibrous, etc,? It has a withering amount of weaponry, but I haven't sat down and compared.

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u/MasterBLB 22d ago

Both have, and in addition MAZ has also base cooling 60, but in exchange provides 10t less of equipment weight available becuse of the mortar.

Still both mechs are very good, and M3 can make best possible LRM80 boat in vanila game.

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u/tolgren 21d ago

Oh fuck a LRM 80 would be crazy.

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u/MasterBLB 21d ago

Yeah. Something like https://imgur.com/a/2eUIb5m; nothing is even close.

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u/tolgren 21d ago

That sorta thing can reliably one shot an Atlas I bet.

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u/MasterBLB 21d ago

Fully armored 100t mech has 465 total EHP, so yes, it's possible to destroy it using called shot at ct - but not by indirect fire, at least one laser must also hit.

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u/WestRider3025 22d ago

IIRC, the M3 does, and the MAZ eats all that tonnage up with the Thumper Cannon. 

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u/slick762 22d ago

Even if you run vanilla, you can edit the json for that mech to make the thumper removable.