Worth getting. This does let you set up on Solaris and never take another merc mission again. Industrial zone arenas give you access to jobs that give you access to rare mechs and rare equipment while you are repairing and refitting. The gladiator experience isn't as good as Mechwarrior IV's. There is no sense of you moving up a leaderboard. The arenas are 90% just ordinary maps and do not feel like arenas at all. There is only one real arena (the scrap yard) and then those arenas that are for specific one time campaign missions, however the MW IV arenas are all superior because they are all arenas. The arena commentary is not as good as Ledoux's MW IV commentary, but they do have three commentators which is nice for variety. The campaign is good - Ledoux does a great job with what he is given, and the end twist brought a smile to my face.

Worth getting. This does let you set up on Solaris and never take another merc mission again. Industrial zone arenas give you access to jobs that give you access to rare mechs and rare equipment while you are repairing and refitting. The gladiator experience isn't as good as Mechwarrior IV's. There is no sense of you moving up a leaderboard. The arenas are 90% just ordinary maps and do not feel like arenas at all. There is only one real arena (the scrap yard) and then those arenas that are for specific one time campaign missions, however the MW IV arenas are all superior because they are all arenas. The arena commentary is not as good as Ledoux's MW IV commentary, but they do have three commentators which is nice for variety. The campaign is good - Ledoux does a great job with what he is given, and the end twist brought a smile to my face.