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TA Balance Mod

Current Version: 1.14

Overview

This mod was created to better capture the feel and pacing of weapons from the classic BattleTech tabletop game.
All weapon damage is based on a 10-second damage model — for example, the AC/20 is designed to deliver roughly 20 damage per 10 seconds, and all other weapons are balanced relative to that baseline.

Because armor values in MechWarrior 5 are roughly double those of the tabletop version, this was factored into all damage calculations.



Design Philosophy:
Weapons with travel time, ammunition requirements, or large spread patterns receive higher modifiers, while hitscan or non-ammunition-based weapons receive smaller boosts.

For example, an AC/2 and a Machine Gun differ in classification — the former is projectile-based (affected by travel time and ammo), while the latter is a trace weapon (instant-hit), resulting in different scaling.


Ammunition-based weapons gain higher sustained damage potential but are limited by their ammo supply and the fact that they now have a spread factor.

• A Medium Laser can fire indefinitely (unlimited potential damage).
• An AC/20 with one ton of ammo caps out at roughly 224 total damage.

All projectile-based weapons — Standard, Burst, and Rapid Fire variants — use the same ammo bins. To make each feel unique while maintaining shared resources, I adjusted them as follows:

Burst Weapons: Long cooldowns, higher per-shot damage, lower sustained DPS, lower heat generation, higher damage per ton of ammo
Rapid Fire Weapons: Short cooldowns, lower per-shot damage, higher sustained DPS, higher heat generation, lower damage per ton of ammo


Total Ammo per ton: 50


The original game's weapon levels were all over the place and rarely consistent. This caused some weapons to benefit way more from higher levels than others. I have gone through and adjusted everything to have up to 4 beneficial quirks and a CBill adjustment that impacts the overall performance of the weapons.

Below is the breakdown of each quirk amount and level:


Below are the quirks for every weapon type:




To bring Clan weapons closer to their lore-accurate performance (without making them overpowered), I implemented the following range-based distinctions:

Inner Sphere Weapons:
• Optimal range = what would be Medium range on tabletop
• Damage tapers to 50% at maximum range

Clan Weapons:
• Optimal range = Long range (also serves as max range)
• Maintain stronger long-range performance but lose excessive “Tier 6” stat bonuses for balance

This ensures Clan tech maintains its long-range edge while staying balanced within MW5’s gameplay mechanics.


Further tweaks are planned, including:
• Continued balance passes based on gameplay feedback and testing
• Strive to give each weapon type its own personality
• Create a on-hit critical system that will either increase the damage of the hit or cause damage to internal systems.
• Work on creating different ammo types that affect how certain weapons operate.


Feedback is always appreciated!
If you have suggestions, encounter issues, or want to share your own data, please leave a comment below.
Your input directly helps shape future updates and refinements.


Mod should be compatible with most mods, as it is just adjusting base weapons. Any mod that adds other weapons would not follow the same balancing and may be overpowered.

Tested and works with the following:
• YAML
• vonMissions Arenas & Solaris7
• vonBiomes