

Since Epic now makes downloading and installing mods easy for MechWarrior 5 while also keeping those mods updated, this drastically cuts down on the amount of work needed to get MechWarrior 5 up and running. I also tried to use mods that were officially supported through the Epic Games Store as much as possible.

Feel free to discuss the role mods should play in a game’s development in the comments below.

And before any of you naysayers start your naysaying, yes, even I found a lot to dislike in MechWarrior 5. In general, my philosophy when it comes to mods is to try and keep the core experience as much as possible but fix everything that annoyed me. I’m not using all of them, but I am using some, and there are many others on this list that folks should consider such as MercTech and MW5 Mercs Reloaded. The Mods I Useįirst off, shout-out to Byte_Knight117 for making a giant list of mods every MechWarrior should consider for MechWarrior 5. Who knows? Maybe we’ll change a few minds today. While there’s still plenty of roughness yet to smooth out in MechWarrior 5 (and a pending update will hopefully do just that), I wanted to share with you the package of mods that I’ve personally installed, and what mods that I hope the community will make in the future. Knowing that mod support was a core feature for MechWarrior 5, I decided to sit down and wait for mods to take care of all those rough edges. Yes, the actual core combat portion of the game felt better than any other MechWarrior to come before (at least to me), but the more you play, the more you find things that really should be fixed. I admit, the initial shine of the first new MechWarrior game in years was enough to get me to overlook some of the game’s flaws. I’ve recently picked up MechWarrior 5 again after putting the game down relatively soon after it launched late last year. So, keep the personal attacks to a minimum as we explore the wonderful world of MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries mods! However, SOME of the comments that I’ve culled from posting have been a little bit… let’s call them “heated.” We’re all entitled to our opinions, but we’re not entitled to declare a holy war on anyone. We’re going to talk about some of those mods today. MechWarrior 5 is, admittedly, a flawed game, but mods fix many of those flaws, and I’ve been having a blast on my most recent playthrough. I know some of you hate this iteration of MechWarrior with a fiery passion that has inflamed the comments section from time to rime, and those comments are for the most part valid.
