Talk:MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries/BattleMechs

Hello MW5 editors and fans! I've encountered a problem trying to update the database with the costs of all the 'Mechs. The price in the official technical manual seems to be different than in-game. For example, the manual lists the BLR-1G at 8,612,678 but in-game I found one at a Federated Commonwealth hub (brand new of course) at 9,473,946 at indifferent faction standing. Additionally, there may be some differences between playing the Core and DLC versions, as has been noted in the High Reward Quests. If no solution can be determined, I would recommend removing this column from the page. I think the majority of players have a +/- reputation with any given house anyway, which changes the cost values. -csdavis715 (Aug 27, 2021)

I think it would be good to remove it. There are some Mechs listed as quest reward or no cost, so that could be noted in the source column. jgrahl 8/27/2021

I concur with removing that column. (To sign your posts easily, use the button with the cursive lettering on the right-side of the button bar.) --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 17:55, 27 August 2021 (EDT)

I think we need to clarify which mechs we want to highlight blue as SLDF variants. There are a lot of mechs used in MW5 that, as far as I can tell from the Sarna database, are the same variants with the same weapons as they were during the SL era. But then we'd be highlighting a couple dozen more mechs. So far it seems only SLDF variants with Lostech weapons, FF, or ES have been getting highlighted. Please advise for consistency. -csdavis715 (9/25/21)

Hey csdavis715, Looking at the list I am not entierly convinced why they are marked blue in the first place. If it is to do with what technology they carry then it would make more sense to mark them as "advanced tech" or something. If it is for lore purposes we can likely drop the tag entierly.--Dmon (talk) 21:39, 27 September 2021 (EDT)

It looks like user Arcalane created/started the blue highlighting on June 21st this year. We can ask him/her. If we ultimately decide to keep it, we can change it to identify rare, non-hero mechs which we could typically only acquire by purchasing (as opposed to salvaging). Mechs like the BJ-1X or the ENF-4P. It might give attention to some mechs that fly under most people's radar. -csdavis715