MechaStellar – Planned Updates

Near Future Updates

  • Additional Super Robot Profiles converted to VER10
  • Aura Battler Dunbine
  • Yamato 2202
  • Gundam Seed
  • The top 3 winners of the current roster poll

Roster Additions and Unit Tiers

Before we add a new Mecha series or unit to the roster it goes through playtesting in order to keep new units balanced with existing units. Typically a new series will spend at least 3 months in playtesting with some being longer, the entire G Gundam roster was in playtesting for 8 months, while Shining Gundam was in in playtesting for 20+ months.

The more feedback we get from players the faster we can get units released.

Since the game currently has a few hundred units to balance it is prone to design oversights. Occasionally a unit, trait, rule or some combination ends up overpowered. Once a player points this out it is usually rectified in roster update at the end of each month.

Lastly, units are broadly broken into three Tiers based on their Performance.

  • Tier 1 = Performance 0-4
  • Tier 2 = Performance 5-7
  • Tier 3 = Performance 8-10

For Mobile Suit Gundam this corresponds to the One Year War Era (Tier 1), Zeta Gundam Era (Tier 2), and Char’s Counterattack Era and beyond (Tier 3) with shows like 0083 straddling two different eras. One of MechaStellars primary goals is to allow for Cross-Era play, so Tier 1 units are a threat to Tier 2 units, and Tier 2 units are a threat to Tier 3 units.

However, Tier 1 Units are rarely a threat to Tier 3 units, so a stock Zaku II will rarely ever be able to menace Nu Gundam, which doesn’t make for a fun matchup. As such our current plans are to focus on Tier 1 and Tier 2 units. We will add Tier 3 units once we have a good roster of Tier 2 units built up. Our next major Tier 2 roster build up.

Long Term Updates

  • Narrative Campaign – Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: Beyond the Blaze (RX78-4 & RX78-5)
  • Narrative Campaign – Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: Blue Destiny
  • Narrative Campaign – Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden
  • Narrative Campaign – Super Robot Wars W
  • Gundam: Federation & Zeon Sandbox Mission Pack 11-15
  • MechaStellar RPG Mode

Completed Updates

  • MechaStellar VER 1 [2016] VER 2 [2017] Ver 3 [2019] VER 4 & 5 [2020] VER 6 [2021]
  • MechaStellar VER 7 Released [July 2021]
  • Gundam: Federation & Zeon Sandbox Mission Pack 1-5 [July 2021]
  • Gundam: Federation & Zeon Sandbox Mission Pack 6-10 [Nov. 2021]
  • Gundam 0080: Narrative Campaign [Dec. 2021]
  • Added Turn-by-turn Example of Gameplay [Oct. 2021]
  • Add new Gametype: Rampage | Defend the City [Oct. 2021]
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV) Unit Profile Sheets [Oct. 2021]
  • Pacific Rim Unit Profile Sheets [Oct. 2021]
  • Pacific Rim Narrative Campaign [Oct. 2021]
  • Getter Robo (1974) Unit Profile Sheets [Dec. 2021]
  • MechaStellar VER 8 Released [Feb. 2022]
  • Getter Robo Narrative Campaign [Feb. 2022]
  • Unit Profiles for Big O [Feb. 2022]
  • Mobile Suit Gundam – MS Senki (0081) [Feb. 2022]
  • Units Profiles for Gundam Wing [March 2022]
  • Unit Profiles for Escaflowne [Mach. 2022]
  • Narrative Campaign for Gundam Wing Missions 1-3 [April 2022]
  • Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory [May 2022]
  • Mobile Armor Profiles for Gundam 0083 [July 2022]
  • Stellar Warfare rules and Profiles for Salamis and Musai [August 2022]
  • Unit Profiles for Mazinger Z [Sept 2022]
  • VER 8 Gameplay Example [October 2022]
  • Additional units and missions for the Getter Robo Narrative Campaign [November 2022]
  • Supreme Robot Warfare optional module for small scale high power SRW games [December 2022]
  • Major Core Rules revision and Balance Patch [Jannuary 2023]
  • Core Rules Update to trim down the mental math burden [February 2023]
  • Mobile Fighter G Gundam [February 2023]
  • The King of Braves GaoGaiGar [May 2023]
  • The Brave Fighter Exkizer [May 2023]
  • VER 9 Core Rules and Wargame Rules Released [June 2023]
  • Gundam Wing Endless Waltz and G-Unit (Last Outpost) [July 2023]
  • Additional Profiles for Stellar Warships for Gundam Universal Century including Magellan, Chivvay, White Base, Zanzibar, etc. [August 2023]
  • VER 9.1 Core Rules released [October 2023]
  • Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann [October 2023]
  • Getter Robo G [October 2023]
  • After War Gundam X [November 2023]
  • Combattler V & Voltes V [December 2023]
  • Great Mazinger [December 2023]
  • Captain Harlock The Arcadia of my Youth [January 2023]
  • Unit Profiles for Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam [Feburary 2024]
  • Unit profiles for Da Garn [April 2024]
  • Unit profiles for Turn A Gundam [May 2024]
  • Unit profiles for Might Gaine [June 2024]
  • Unit profiles for Gundam Sentinel [June 2024]
  • MechaStellar VER10 Open Playtest Begins [August 2024]
  • Unit profiles for Space Battleship Yamato [September 2024]
  • Unit Profiles for low cost units like the Magella attack tank, Saberfish and RB-79 Ball and Zaku I [November 2024]
  • Unit profiles for Daitarn 3 and Brave Raideen [December 2024]
  • All VER9 UC Gundam mobile suits converted to VER10 [December 2024]

Unit Requests

  • Alex, Kampfer, Hy-Gogg and Z’Gok E [August 2021]
  • Big O [March 2022]
  • Gundam Mudrock [March 2022]
  • Freedom & Justice [Draft April 2022]
  • Wing Zero & Epyon [Draft April 2022]
  • RGM-79N-Fb [May 2022]
  • Gridman [Draft May 2022]
  • Sazabi & Nu [Draft June 2022]
  • Zeta & Hyaku Shiki [Draft July 2022]
  • Nightingale & Hi-Nu [Draft August 2022]
  • King Ghidora [Draft August 2022]
  • GoLion [Draft August 2022]
  • Burning and Master Gundam [Draft August 2022]
  • Gelgoog & Gundam variants [Sept 2022]
  • Evangelion Variants [Sept 2022]
  • Big O Megadeus Army [Sept 2022]
  • Mazinkaiser and Shin Getter Robo [Draft October 2022]
  • Gyan MP, Cannon and Krieger [January 2023]
  • Black Tri-Stars Zakus [February 2023]
  • Tequila Gundam [Feburary 2023]
  • Nether Gundam [March 2023]
  • Zeong [April 2023]
  • Kondo’s Revival of Zeon [Requested April 2023]
  • Dra-C Heavy Custom [May 2023]
  • Code Geass [Draft Created May 2023]
  • Space Runaway Ideon [Draft Created 2023]
  • Gundam Wing G-Unit (Last Outpost) [July 2023]
  • Musha Gundam [Draft Created August 2023]
  • Armored Core [Requested August 2023]
  • Getter Robo Armageddon [Requested Sept 2023]
  • GM Spartan [October 2023]
  • GM Striker [October 2023]
  • Big Tray and Gaw Carrier [October 2023]
  • Gundam MK-II [Draft October 2023]
  • Gundam Barbtos [Draft October 2023]
  • X-1 Crossbones [Requested October 2023]
  • Aqua GM and Marine Gundam [2023]
  • Blazing Shadow – GM Raid & Raid Light [Dec 2023]
  • GM Quel [Feb 2024]
  • Braves – Da Garn & Goldran [2024]
  • Gundam Seed [Draft Created 2024]
  • Shin Getter Robo [VER10 Draft Created 2025]