Elite Forces

Name: Elite Forces

Another new version, this is a big one!

~~~~ Version 1. 6 – Aces High! -- ~~~~

## Design Notes

Version 1. 6 of Elite Forces is a bit of a redesign of the Elite Forces mod that adds new features, fix bugs/issues, and improves the overall EF mod experience. Previous versions of Elite Forces provided a potentially very harsh and punishing early game experience. This version, among other things, addresses that issue in particular by making the early game a bit more survivable. However, for those of you that want to retain the previous gameplay of a high difficulty across all skull/difficulty ratings, there is an available option with the addition of a "hardcore add-on" pack. Details of this add-on and all new features and fixed are detailed below in the v 1. 6 patch notes.

Additional news: Elite Forces is now also part of the Expanded Arsenal (v. 2. 0) Mod! If you use Expanded Arsenal, the base Elite

Forces (v. 1. 6) mod is included with that mod as of ver. 2. 0. You can get the

newest version of Expanded Arsenal here: https://www.nexusmods.com/battletech/mods/635

Version 1. 6 Patch Notes ~~PLEASE READ IF YOU HAVE USED PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF ELITE FORCES!!~~

New features and fixes for EliteForces v. 1. 6 -Aces High-

~~~ I would like to give a special thanks to Nexus user Hongooi2 for all their help testing v 1. 6 of Elite

Forces and providing a lot of excellent input and guidance! Thank you, all your

help was greatly appreciated and will not be forgotten! ~~~

~~ From this point forward there will again be one full feature release version of the EF mod, and an add-on pack that can be used for those that want an even more hardcore experience. (more details on that below)

~~ The features of this mod should now be scaled bit better to the difficulty/skull ratings of the game's procedural contracts. Elite Forces pilots and mechs will still enter the game starting at difficulty 3 (1-1/2 skull), however the quantity starts a bit more sparce then before. Dedicated lance formulation has changed, so players won't generally face dedicated lances that are packed with 4 Elite pilots in 4 Advanced Mechs in the early game. However, due to randomness of the dynamic pools and lance generation, this could still potentially happen! The occurrence of these forces will be more and more common as contract difficulty increases. This should improve the experience of those starting new games/careers, while still increasing the overall difficulty. Even in this case though, you will be feeling the full brunt of Elite Forces as you get into the upper difficulties. The exception to this behavior is with the inclusion of the optional "Hardcore Add-on Pack" (below).

~~ Ace pilots have been added to the game. Ace pilots have a more