If the video game is fair game…
I’ve been playing BEX, and I suck at it mostly. I always play Ironman, so that entails lots of restarts. I finally have a merc company that has lasted a bit. I’ve moved up to 2 and 2.5 skull missions.
Needed some money quickly and took a 1.5 skull mission. Comstar showed up, wiped my lance it was the last mission in my current system, I didn’t know what I was going to do to not go bankrupt.
Discovered I had Shadowhawk in cold storage sold it, started taking out my “starter” mechs on half-skull and one-skull missions, I’m starting to become a bit more financially solid again and may have survived afterall.
Yeah, I don’t think the community here is big enough to separate HBS Battletech from the tabletop.
Always remember that there is a potential 1.5 skull variance in mission ratings. A 1.5 skull rated mission might actually be a 3 skull mission. Pay attention to the mission payout as it has much less variance. If it seems like it’s too much for the rating, it’s a setup and going to be way harder.