Developed by FASA and published by Microsoft in 2002, Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries is a stand-alone title and the most recent game in the Mechwarrior series. Mech4Mercs follows the design of Mech2Mercs, which expanded various elements of the original Mechwarrior 1 game. In Mech4Mercs, you play the leader of a newly commissioned mercenary group, recruiting up to 7 lancemates to aid you in battle. The game features a free market of weapons and mechs, a semi-linear mission series, 3 different endings, a tuned control scheme, hardcore chick pilots straight out of the FASA accounting division, and AMAZING improvement in voice acting quality. The game has a dedicated fan base who have released high-resolution texture packs, new weapons, new mechs, and hundreds of bug fixes.
Best time, Recruit difficulty: 1:06:42 by Janis 'Pendrokar' Lukss on 2008-05-14, done in 11 segments.
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Author's comments:
But only a great marksman with light mechs could even complete these missions. I am not really the one that could do it though I didn't really try to run just the 7 missions! So i earned some cash from Eaton missions to get bigger mechs and then take the 7 missions needed for Davion Campaign completion. The deeper I go into the campaign the more precise the enemy mechs become. Though I haven't tried but I think that if I take the harders difficulty on the last Davion Mission it would be the same as with the easiest.
Mech Choice:
* - I used
Light mechs:
Cougar* - In my opinion is the best light mech. Good enough speed. Plenty of weapon slots and tough enough to stay alive. Puma is too slow and easily gets overheated.
Uller - Used for mercs because of lack of Cougars.
Flea - Didn't have anything else to give to mercs. I think fleas are quite useless and their speed doesn't make it up.
Medium mechs:
Hellhound* - Can have autocannons added that do enough punch against torsos and armored enough to be as bait to keep my mercs alive.
Uziel - I like Laser weapons so I like Uziel that can have PPC's as sniper weapons.
Heavy mechs:
Catapult - Used because savaged from the third eaton mission.
Black Knight - The best laser based Mech. Nova cat gets overheated too fast.
Assault mechs:
Daishi - Can have a great arsenal of weapons.
Sunder - For PPC count
Longbow - Either as a finisher of mechs or a weakener of mechs.
Awesome* - 2 PPC's are enough to get high speed and normal amount of armor
Mad Cat Mark 2* - Can have jumpjets which are quite vital for the Overlord mission by jumping up and taking a shot at the Overlord. AI controlled mercs have some trouble targeting that dropship.