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Trast posted:Are our valiant goon pilots working together on their attack plan? Have they elected a squad leader to ride herd on some of the less experienced pilots? What sunk the last bunch besides the Elementals on crack was not focus firing consistently. Hahaha. Or more reasonably a few of us are in the irc channel but not all of us, who we've never spoken to, don't have a uniform means of contact and don't all post  It has gotten to the point where once there is any need for coordination I'll just post my moves in the thread after PMing PTN so everybody else at least knows what I'm doing. (p.s. mechwarriors the Flashman is running 8 hexes forward this turn)
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| # ? Jun 23, 2011 18:21 |
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CrabGuard expects every good man to do his duty and scuttle to victory. In Blake's name.
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| # ? Jun 23, 2011 19:57 |
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This fine display of krab pleases me... and as soon as I get money loots i'm buying that scuttle avatar.
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| # ? Jun 23, 2011 22:05 |
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UberJew posted:Hahaha. .....put all my money on the Ponies. 
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| # ? Jun 23, 2011 22:17 |
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It is the miracle of the disorganised.
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| # ? Jun 23, 2011 22:27 |
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You can expect our glorious King Crab to always be within 5 hexes of where it was last turn. In this cases turn 1340 (unless someone else gets there first).
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| # ? Jun 23, 2011 23:05 |
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DatonKallandor posted:You can expect our glorious King Crab to always Am I doing this right? As someone who knows nothing about battletech aside from what has happened in this thread, I really want to see what the King Crab does.
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| # ? Jun 24, 2011 00:09 |
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UberJew posted:Hahaha. Hey, I'm totally down for some coordination. I have very little idea what I'm doing. Just email me at gothsheep0@yahoo.com with whatever.
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| # ? Jun 24, 2011 00:27 |
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MJ12 posted:F-L takes up 12 crits and is worth every one of them, because it provides virtual immunity against LB-X pellets and basically neuters most critseekers. Basically, any odd-damage weapons get shafted a bunch by how F-L reduces damage, which is pretty nice since quite a few weapons deal odd (non multiple of 5) damage. I'm not calculating protection per unit of weight, but total protection. You pay for it in weight, no question, but on a 95-100 ton assault, Hardened Armor turns it into a nigh-unstoppable juggernaut. Lighten up with an XL engine and some Endo Steel, and you'll have the tonnage to put in some headcappers if you have access to them, like cERPPCs. As a bonus, not even an AC/20 can headcap you. (You'll still probably die if you eat an AC/20 to the HD, but it's not a guarantee.) cERPPCs? Nothing outdoes Hardened Armor in terms of longevity. Absolutely nothing.
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| # ? Jun 24, 2011 03:37 |
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There is something to be said for a jump of 8 or more combined with stealth armor and incendiary weapons to give smoke cover and partial cover.
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| # ? Jun 24, 2011 05:12 |
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Defiance Industries posted:There is something to be said for a jump of 8 or more combined with stealth armor and incendiary weapons to give smoke cover and partial cover. I think that's called the "eight hour game machine".
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| # ? Jun 24, 2011 14:15 |
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A level II of king crab, can anyone match this scuttle? I think not.
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| # ? Jun 24, 2011 19:59 |
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Currently waiting on: Revenant Threshold Renaissance Spam I'm going to give them both a little more time (if, for some reason, you did not get your e-mail / PM, post in the thread and I'll resend it)
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| # ? Jun 24, 2011 23:34 |
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Finally home after two weeks of misery. Nice to see the players got some awesome mechs this time.  Flashman! If you get the Flashman killed UberJew I will haunt you for all eternity  Of course, I have a feeling those clan mechs are going to be brutal in these conditions. Especially that absurdly awesome Star Colonel.
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| # ? Jun 25, 2011 14:54 |
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KnoxZone posted:Of course, I have a feeling those clan mechs are going to be brutal in these conditions. Especially that absurdly awesome Star Colonel. Wait until you see what he's piloting.
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| # ? Jun 25, 2011 15:28 |
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KnoxZone posted:Finally home after two weeks of misery. Nice to see the players got some awesome mechs this time. The appropriate thing to do with the flashman is to run away, hide under a rock, wait til the battle is over, and get all the credit.
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| # ? Jun 25, 2011 15:52 |
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bunnyofdoom posted:The appropriate thing to do with the flashman is to run away, hide under a rock, wait til the battle is over, and get all the credit. With brandy, medals, and a congratulatory meeting with Comstar's senior officials to follow.
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| # ? Jun 25, 2011 16:05 |
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PoptartsNinja posted:Wait until you see what he's piloting. It's a Dire Wolf, isn't it? If it is, please say it's not one in Alternate Configuration C...
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| # ? Jun 25, 2011 16:44 |
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John Charity Spring posted:With brandy, medals, and a congratulatory meeting with Comstar's senior officials to follow.
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| # ? Jun 25, 2011 16:53 |
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bunnyofdoom posted:The appropriate thing to do with the flashman is to run away, hide under a rock, wait til the battle is over, and get all the credit.  WOOF WOOF!
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| # ? Jun 25, 2011 17:06 |
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PoptartsNinja posted:Star Captain 0/1 Please tell me it's a Bane. Edit: The 120 lrm one. raverrn fucked around with this message at Jun 25, 2011 around 17:24 |
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raverrn posted:Please tell me it's a Bane. It's about time someone guessed correctly. I like the Bane. I think it's an exceptional design that gets overlooked far too frequently.
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| # ? Jun 25, 2011 17:25 |
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A Bane? Then we're looking at one poor Com Guard getting either sandpapered to death by a shitload of UAC-2s, or taking the closest equivalent to the Macross Missile Massacre. I'm not sure if I should be  or  at the possibilities.
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| # ? Jun 25, 2011 17:30 |
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PoptartsNinja posted:It's about time someone guessed correctly. That....that is awesome, actually. With that pilot, the range of its weapons, and the bigass hill that it is going to be sitting on top of....
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| # ? Jun 25, 2011 17:56 |
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KnoxZone posted:That....that is awesome, actually. With that pilot, the range of its weapons, and the bigass hill that it is going to be sitting on top of.... well poo poo... thas nooot good. one thing though is that it has limited ammo and tends to sandpaper... bad news is it can slap you in the head until you die from it.
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| # ? Jun 25, 2011 18:02 |
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I hope it's a ultra Ac 2 bane
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| # ? Jun 25, 2011 18:13 |
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PoptartsNinja posted:It's about time someone guessed correctly. You can't blame me for not guessing right. I've never heard of the Bane until now.
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| # ? Jun 25, 2011 18:19 |
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 Hate would be too kind a word, PTN. I thought our CrabGuard friends had a chance. I for one welcome our new Clan overlords. Also, every single time I'm looking at sarna.net, I still do a double take when I see an ATM launcher. Yes, I ask myself why is it carrying that. Every time.
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| # ? Jun 25, 2011 18:20 |
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AtomikKrab posted:well poo poo... thas nooot good. Feh. It's great if it's a stock Kraken, especially since (I assume) the Ultra roll will need a 10+ to hit with both bursts. I'd be much more afraid of a KGC-010 IIC and its two Clan ER PPCs and LB-10s.
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| # ? Jun 25, 2011 18:25 |
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ok, that bane is either carrying 10 ultra ac/2s (stock) 4 ultra ac/10s 120 lrm tubes over 8 lrm 15s pray that is jams or is the lrm launcher
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| # ? Jun 25, 2011 18:26 |
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AtomikKrab posted:ok, that bane is either carrying 10 ultra ac/2s (stock) You're joking. The LRM variant is far, far better, even with the cluster-hit malus.
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| # ? Jun 25, 2011 18:31 |
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Regardless of the Bane's configuration, if the players can survive long enough to get in close and start tearing away armor, say hello to ammo explosion city.
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| # ? Jun 25, 2011 18:34 |
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On the plus side, it's a Clan 100-tonner. I'd love to see if the Dire Wolf (Dire Widow?) has an equivalent.
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| # ? Jun 25, 2011 18:41 |
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The Merry Marauder posted:You're joking. The LRM variant is far, far better, even with the cluster-hit malus. And that motherfucker has two tons of ammo PER LAUNCHER.
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AJ_Impy posted:On the plus side, it's a Clan 100-tonner. I'd love to see if the Dire Wolf (Dire Widow?) has an equivalent. The B config mounts 4 UAC/2s, among other weapons.
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| # ? Jun 25, 2011 18:47 |
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I know all too well what weapons the DW B mounts. I was thinking more in terms of Portartsverse equivalent, given Clan Widowmaker subsumed Clan Wolf.
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| # ? Jun 25, 2011 18:49 |
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AJ_Impy posted:I know all too well what weapons the DW B mounts. I was thinking more in terms of Portartsverse equivalent, given Clan Widowmaker subsumed Clan Wolf. It's totally be a Dire Spider.
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| # ? Jun 25, 2011 18:52 |
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PoptartsNinja posted:I like the Bane. I think it's an exceptional design that gets overlooked far too frequently. I think mostly people just don't like spending five solid minutes rolling dice every time it opens up Axe-man posted:It's totally be a Dire Spider. Wind Scorpion.
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| # ? Jun 25, 2011 18:57 |
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Okay, true, the LRM variant is mean, but with the interference from the HPG, those missiles are less scary. Unless the penalty applies to Ultras too, in which case we're in decent shape regardless. Well, I mean as decent as you can be with a 0/1 pilot in 100 ton Clan death machine, that is. 
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AJ_Impy posted:I know all too well what weapons the DW B mounts. I was thinking more in terms of Portartsverse equivalent, given Clan Widowmaker subsumed Clan Wolf. The thing about the Dire Wolf is that you really can't improve it much. It needs all that space it has due to no endo/ferro for its weapons loadouts, and it generally makes extremely good use of them (especially the C, which is pretty nuts). I'm hoping for the regular Bane as well, it's dangerous but not instant gently caress you death. In a way, this is (slightly) better news than if we were facing a Supernova.
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