Lets All Play Battletech and rewrite Inner Sphere history

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Bobbin Threadbare: Jan 2, 2009; I'm looking for a flock of urbanmechs.

I vote for the Lyrian Commonwealth.

I'd like to be a 'Mechwarrior, too. You should still have my e-mail address from the Star Trekkin' thing.

Bobbin Threadbare fucked around with this message at Jan 21, 2011 around 20:03

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:00

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# ? May 24, 2013 14:30

WarLocke: Jun 6, 2004; Senior Community Manager for BioWare's Fat Fucking Cock

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Bobbin Threadbare posted:

I vote for the Lyrian Commonwealth.

The problem with a Lyran group (other than leadership, but PTN's changes have managed to dodge the bullet on at least one of those) is that since they looove their assault mechs, a well-played group of lights and mediums can really gently caress you up.

Would be an interesting choice to play as, though, have to admit. Especially since you've got the Clans knocking on the doorstep from the start.

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:05

Kaboom Dragoon: May 7, 2010; Gentlemen, welcome to SA.

Now vote this thread 5, or pay the price of insubordination!

I'd offer to be a pilot, but Mechwarrior's one game I've never actually gotten round to playing. Played a little (very little) Heavy Gear, but that's about it, and I don't want to be too much of a liability: everyone laughs at the noob and all his silly mistakes until he sets the command transport on fire and kills 36 visiting ambassadors.

In any case, I cast my vote for the Davion Heavy Guards. Sure, we won't know what we're facing, but it gives ss the REALLY BIG MECHS WITH COLOSSAL SHOOTY BITS so in the end it all balances out, right?

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:07

PoptartsNinja: May 9, 2008; He is still almost definitely not a spy

Bobbin Threadbare posted:

I vote for the Lyrian Commonwealth.

I'm chalking that up as a vote for the Gray Death Legion.

Also, Focht is Frederick Steiner, and he's currently the General of the Armies of the Lyran Commonwealth.

... which means the Clans on that side of the Inner Sphere have to start out fighting the man responsible for kicking their asses in the real timeline.

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:09

WarLocke: Jun 6, 2004; Senior Community Manager for BioWare's Fat Fucking Cock

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PoptartsNinja posted:

Also, Focht is Frederick Steiner, and he's currently the General of the Armies of the Lyran Commonwealth.

I was trying not to 'spoil' that little thing.

But I guess for all we know it won't even happen now.

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:11

Tempest_56: Mar 14, 2009

Kaboom Dragoon posted:

Sure, we won't know what we're facing, but it gives ss the REALLY BIG MECHS WITH COLOSSAL SHOOTY BITS so in the end it all balances out, right?

Surprise! They're all Chargers!

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:13

wiegieman: Apr 22, 2010

I want to see some Kell Hounds.

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:14

Mukaikubo: Mar 14, 2006; "You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."

Yeah, not gonna lie, the GDL would be my second choice. If the current tide of Kell Hounds voting stops (please don't Kell Hounds are going to rule) I would probably tactically vote for them at need.

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:14

Kaboom Dragoon: May 7, 2010; Gentlemen, welcome to SA.

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Tempest_56 posted:

Surprise! They're all Chargers!

Big mechs. Colossal shooty bits.

I will not be swayed on this matter

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:16

Polaron: Oct 13, 2010; The Oncoming Storm

I almost voted Grey Death Legion but..Well..Kell Hounds. Kell Hounds rock.

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:17

WarLocke: Jun 6, 2004; Senior Community Manager for BioWare's Fat Fucking Cock

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Tempest_56 posted:

Surprise! They're all Chargers!

Oh poo poo, changing my vote to Davion Heavy Guard.

(Only if they really are all Chargers though)

Kaboom Dragoon posted:

Big mechs. Colossal shooty bits.

I will not be swayed on this matter

If you want big stompy mechs you should vote Lyran.

Here's the Lyran scout mech:

(It's 80 tons)

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# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:18

Dominus Caedis: Sep 17, 2007; Stupid Noob

Voting Comstar because who wouldn't want to work for the phone company while driving a 50 ft tall death robot. Also means we get to fight Clanners earlier and I hate me some Clanners. Will pilot if need be, no PMs but will put an e-mail up when needed.

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:21

Agent Interrobang: Mar 27, 2010; okie-dokie, loki

WarLocke posted:

Oh poo poo, changing my vote to Davion Heavy Guard.

(Only if they really are all Chargers though)

That would honestly be hilarious. Just an entire 24-mech company of NOTHING BUT CHARGERS. Fear the sting of 5 whole small lasers!

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:22

Kenlon: Jun 27, 2003; Digitus Impudicus

Agent Interrobang posted:

That would honestly be hilarious. Just an entire 24-mech company of NOTHING BUT CHARGERS. Fear the sting of 5 whole small lasers!

Twelve, not twenty four.

Four mechs to a lance.
Three lances to a company.
Three companies to a battalion.
Three battalions to a regiment.

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:25

Axe-man: Apr 16, 2005; Give me a big Axe with some ammunition and I'll give you Somerset.

WarLocke posted:

Oh poo poo, changing my vote to Davion Heavy Guard.

(Only if they really are all Chargers though)

If you want big stompy mechs you should vote Lyran.

Here's the Lyran scout mech:

(It's 80 tons)

and it moves 2 1 2

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:26

WarLocke: Jun 6, 2004; Senior Community Manager for BioWare's Fat Fucking Cock

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Dominus Caedis posted:

Voting Comstar because who wouldn't want to work for the phone company while driving a 50 ft tall death robot. Also means we get to fight Clanners earlier and I hate me some Clanners.

Awesome, I get to use this image again:

Agent Interrobang posted:

That would honestly be hilarious. Just an entire 24-mech company of NOTHING BUT CHARGERS. Fear the sting of 5 whole small lasers!

We'd be the recon company of course.

(Also a company of mechs is only 12, 4 4-mech lances (traditionally); a battalion would be 36 mechs)

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:26

PoptartsNinja: May 9, 2008; He is still almost definitely not a spy

Agent Interrobang posted:

That would honestly be hilarious. Just an entire 24-mech company of NOTHING BUT CHARGERS. Fear the sting of 5 whole small lasers!

Shooting is not what you bring a charger to do. Chargers are your team's linebackers.

... that makes me want to come up with a 'football' scenario.

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:27

Agent Interrobang: Mar 27, 2010; okie-dokie, loki

Kenlon posted:

Twelve, not twenty four.

Four mechs to a lance.
Three lances to a company.
Three companies to a battalion.
Three battalions to a regiment.

...you can tell how long it's been since I played this.

Awright, that's it, cracking open the rulebook and figuring out just how much knowledge-seep there's been.

PoptartsNinja posted:

Shooting is not what you bring a charger to do. Chargers are your team's linebackers.

... that makes me want to come up with a 'football' scenario.

I thought the Linebacker was the team linebacker.

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:27

Shiva Asori: Mar 4, 2010

Put in a vote for Kell Hounds.

I also wish to be a mechwarrior, but this would be my first time so I'm willing to wait, so I can see how play properly.

You can use email or forum PM to talk to me.

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:29

WarLocke: Jun 6, 2004; Senior Community Manager for BioWare's Fat Fucking Cock

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PoptartsNinja posted:

... that makes me want to come up with a 'football' scenario.

"Locust-ball"?

Agent Interrobang posted:

I thought the Linebacker was the team linebacker.

Ahahahaha! Hah... Oh, man... a Line-

AHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Omnimechs after 3050 are all junk.

(Seriously why would you ever need more than a dozen or so chassis when you can swap out armament and have 3 dozen 'official' loadouts or whatever)

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:31

Polaron: Oct 13, 2010; The Oncoming Storm

WarLocke posted:

"Locust-ball"?

Kick-The-Urbanmech.

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:32

Agent Interrobang: Mar 27, 2010; okie-dokie, loki

WarLocke posted:

Ahahahaha! Hah... Oh, man... a Line-

AHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Omnimechs after 3050 are all junk.

(Seriously why would you ever need more than a dozen or so chassis when you can swap out armament and have 3 dozen 'official' loadouts or whatever)

Yeah, pretty much. I mean... OMNIMECH. The whole point is that they're modular, and thus, you don't need to keep making new designs. Especially not stupid-looking ones.

Besides, everyone knows the best OmniMech is the Summoner.

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:34

cookieman: Jan 19, 2009

Sign me up as a mechwarrior, and put my vote down for the Northwind Highlanders

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:34

SirPhoebos: Dec 10, 2007; THE STRONGESTER!!

PoptartsNinja posted:

Shooting is not what you bring a charger to do. Chargers are your team's linebackers.

... that makes me want to come up with a 'football' scenario.

Battlemechs playing football? Hmm...sounds like an awsome idea.

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:34

Mukaikubo: Mar 14, 2006; "You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."

PoptartsNinja posted:

Shooting is not what you bring a charger to do. Chargers are your team's linebackers.

... that makes me want to come up with a 'football' scenario.

There's already a giant arena in the Steiner Colosseum on Solaris. Let's go for it. Biggest bowl game EVER!

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:35

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I vote Death Commandos and I also vote Crazy-rear end North Korea-Inspired Capellan Confederation led by True Leader Max.

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:35

Kenlon: Jun 27, 2003; Digitus Impudicus

WarLocke posted:

(Seriously why would you ever need more than a dozen or so chassis when you can swap out armament and have 3 dozen 'official' loadouts or whatever)

Sanest explanation: Omni-mechs aren't entirely omni. Reconfiguring a machine to use a non-standard loadout takes significant time/effort due to all the tweaks needed (gyro balancing, electronics and targeting reconfiguration, etc). So, what you get are pre-designed setup packages (Prime/A/B/C, etc) that can be quickly swapped in and set up.

You're a Khan/saKhan/House Lord/Natasha 'I will gently caress you up' Kerensky? You get a custom layout.
You're just a mechwarrior? You don't.

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:36

Polaron: Oct 13, 2010; The Oncoming Storm

Agent Interrobang posted:

Besides, everyone knows the best OmniMech is the Summoner.

Warhawk, darn it. Or the Marauder IIC.

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:36

Agent Interrobang: Mar 27, 2010; okie-dokie, loki

Mukaikubo posted:

There's already a giant arena in the Steiner Colosseum on Solaris. Let's go for it. Biggest bowl game EVER!

Wait wait. I have the perfect name for it: Rasalhague Ball!

Polaron posted:

Warhawk, darn it. Or the Marauder IIC.

IIC models are not Omnis.

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:37

Kaboom Dragoon: May 7, 2010; Gentlemen, welcome to SA.

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Mahoshonen posted:

Battlemechs playing football? Hmm...sounds like an awsome idea.

There was a tabletop game that was basically American football with giant robots, but I'll be damned if I can remember what it was though.

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:38

Polaron: Oct 13, 2010; The Oncoming Storm

Agent Interrobang posted:

Wait wait. I have the perfect name for it: Rasalhague Ball!

IIC models are not Omnis.

Doh.

Been a long, long time since I did any Battleteching, clearly.

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:39

WarLocke: Jun 6, 2004; Senior Community Manager for BioWare's Fat Fucking Cock

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Agent Interrobang posted:

Yeah, pretty much. I mean... OMNIMECH. The whole point is that they're modular, and thus, you don't need to keep making new designs. Especially not stupid-looking ones.

Serious discussion: I honestly can't think of a reason why you would need more than (maybe) 2 omnimech chassis for each weight bracket (20, 25, 30, etc) except for maaaybe one or two 'special snowflake' designs for each Clan.

Kenlon posted:

Sanest explanation: Omni-mechs aren't entirely omni. Reconfiguring a machine to use a non-standard loadout takes significant time/effort due to all the tweaks needed (gyro balancing, electronics and targeting reconfiguration, etc). So, what you get are pre-designed setup packages (Prime/A/B/C, etc) that can be quickly swapped in and set up.

Yeah, I get that line of reasoning (even agree with it) but there really wouldn't be an '5 loadout maximum' rule or whatever. You can just eas easily have a Masakari-J or Nova-N, etc.

WarLocke fucked around with this message at Jan 21, 2011 around 20:43

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:39

wargames: Mar 16, 2008; official yospos cat censor

Northwind Highlanders just like in my lp of Mechwarrior: Mercs. Also I want to die in a mech so my email is monkeygames@hotmail.com

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:41

TildeATH: Oct 21, 2010; Kala Jefe El Presidente Del Revolucione al Jihadi TildeATH "Tilde" Kabilla il Jong.

Grand Spy Mistress of the United Nations

Magnanimous Negotiator of Mars

Intrepid Discoveror of Truth

Glorious Grand Duchess of Mimas

Whoops, also volunteering for glorious death in battle.

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:41

Agent Interrobang: Mar 27, 2010; okie-dokie, loki

WarLocke posted:

Serious discussion: I honestly can't think of a reason why you would need more than (maybe) 2 omnimech chassis for each weight bracket (20, 25, 30, etc) except for maaaybe one or two 'special snowflake' designs for each Clan.

Serious answer: mostly, Clan Coyote having nothing to do besides design mechs since they never really fight anybody, and the requisite inter-clan 'we have the best unique designs' pissing contests.

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:41

Angry_Ed: Mar 30, 2010

Also their fascination with totem-mechs plays into it although that could fall under the "special snowflake" category.

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:43

Mukaikubo: Mar 14, 2006; "You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."

Really, because chicks- even clan chicks- dig sexy mechs.

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:49

Pladdicus: Aug 13, 2010

Any idea how much we would need to learn about the game system in order to function properly as pilots? Read a gamebook end to end or just a familiarity with the game world?

# ? Jan 21, 2011 20:51