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Affi: Dec 18, 2005; Break bread wit the enemy

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I'll sign up for a Mechwarrior! Also is that MegaMek campaign still up and running?

Ps you will laugh at me for saying this but i've read some Battletech stuff and the best I remember is fanfiction

go go Soumi Warders

# ¿ Feb 3, 2011 21:05

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 14:24

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ShadowDragon8685 posted:

It is indeed, and still recruiting.

Oh I mean the interactive map campaign thing that you could fight over planets and such with. But this is cool too. I would apply if I had time.

# ¿ Feb 3, 2011 23:03

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I would say 1416 and 1417 and that bend is a good solid position to use during your advance, cover by trees and by hills. Sure it increases the likelyhood of headshots but... its a risk im willing to take.

# ¿ Feb 3, 2011 23:05

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They didn't bring explosives, it was in their other pants.

# ¿ Feb 3, 2011 23:07

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So what other clans are still around? Widowmaker replaced Wolf. Are there any other major differences?

Where are my beautiful Smoke Jaguars?

# ¿ Feb 4, 2011 15:57

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Under the rules of Battletech can Death Commandos be like hiding inside houses or in the woods between our intrepid heroes and their target?

How do mines work?

# ¿ Feb 7, 2011 00:20

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who would win a tyranid genestealer or jaime wolf in an atlas?

what im trying to say is lets just drop the wwII/wh40k discussion please.

# ¿ Feb 7, 2011 14:40

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Tempest_56 posted:

On-topic thought: Do we have hostile air support incoming, artillery, or is PTN just loving with us? Discuss.

I think its artillery. They could have hidden infantry too. I mean if our infantry can hide why can't theirs?

# ¿ Feb 7, 2011 16:34

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Will Battletech ever introduce aliens to stir things up and how do you feel about that.

Zerglings versus a Firestarter :smug:

# ¿ Feb 8, 2011 11:06

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I'd still like to be a mechwarrior

I hope you havn't stopped recruiting!

I gots the PM's!

# ¿ Feb 9, 2011 14:11

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bunnyofdoom posted:

Okay, so now that we know that, I think I'm gonna try and have my scout sapper rescue some then.

You don't have an APC :/

# ¿ Feb 9, 2011 15:50

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bunnyofdoom posted:

The point is more that A, I can move the hostages away from the enemy, while boobytrapping any that follow us, and B, he gets to be a hero!

go for it!

I'm on the Capellans side anyway, especially against the ridiculous space mexicans.

# ¿ Feb 9, 2011 16:11

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ShadowDragon8685 posted:

If you can resist the temptation to alpha

I always always alpha without fail.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2011 09:50

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Hob_Gadling posted:

In which situation would LB10-X outperform energy weapons of equal weight? A light mech would be better served with ER PPC and 6 medium lasers in practically all situations.

What it really comes down to though is that any mech with ammunition is worthless if you factor in flavour. Battles that last for days?

The cost efficiency of using lasers compared to LRMS and Autocannons is hilarious. You never run out of ammunition.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2011 12:28

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As a Inner Sphere house lord I would never comission a mech with ballistic weapons, imagine how much money you would save never having to purchase ammunition? After a few years of warfare you'd be able to buy loads more energybased mechs for the money saved.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2011 13:04

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Hob_Gadling posted:

It can carry Thunder and Swarm ammo for LRM, meaning no supply convoys or ammo dumps are safe. You can fit Inferno ammunition for the SRM launcher, meaning flash fires in the fields, forests and everywhere else that can catch fire. It has exactly one energy weapon, meaning that as long as the unit still runs it's a threat to unarmed targets. Even the strange movement profile doesn't matter as much since real life doesn't run in 10-second turns. One mech with a dedicated pilot, map with targets and some imagination can cause an ungodly amount of terror and trouble.

Exactly, and that mech has only one weapon with infinite ammunition.
Cost efficiency. Lasers can start brushfires too.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2011 13:23

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loving awesome

# ¿ Feb 13, 2011 21:32

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The Grasshopper, definitely, who cares about undergunning. My playstyle is to always close to brawling range and kick the poo poo out of the other dude, relying purely on luck and medium lasers to get ahead.

edit; ok so its not part of the bug trinity.. i get that.. beause it'd just win it hands down.

I havn't seen it in action but i'd vote for the Wolf Spider. Oh that not bug enough for you? :mad:

# ¿ Feb 16, 2011 17:45

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I love Ravens.

# ¿ Feb 24, 2011 14:59

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its worse and weighs more??

# ¿ Feb 24, 2011 15:21

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Doesn't ECM affect radar and such? So that you could power down your mech behind a building and if they didn't have line of sight they couldn't see you?

# ¿ Feb 24, 2011 15:57

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ShadowDragon8685 posted:

Yes, but that only matters if you're using Double-Blind rules and TacOps sensor rules and stuff. And unless you're grognard enough to have a referee who's going to ref a game and all, or else have two identical maps in different rooms with a ref running back and forth placing sensor tokens and stuff, that's all loving irrelevant before the advent of MegaMek.

Besides, powered down works without ECM and stuff as well.

That begs the question; Why aren't we playing with double-blind rules?

# ¿ Feb 24, 2011 17:08

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I just meant that MegaMek could track all of that, but you aren't using Megamek?

# ¿ Feb 24, 2011 17:33

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So what books should I start by getting? I just realiezed I loved reading about huge robots slugging it out.

# ¿ Feb 26, 2011 09:49

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Carbolic posted:

Here is the list of 'Mechs produced in the Combine in 3025:

Stinger LAM
Panther
Dragon
Quickdraw
Charger

Here is the list of 'Mechs produced in the Taurian Concordat in 3025:

Locust (x2 factories)
Stinger (x3 factories)
Wasp (x2 factories)
Commando
Hatchetman
Griffin
Thunderbolt (x2 factories)
Archer
Warhammer (x2 factories)
Marauder (x3 factories)

Is the Taurian Concordat really that powerful 3025?

# ¿ Feb 26, 2011 16:04

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Hey Poptarts, will you gather all your revealed changes to the inner sphere somewhere for easy browsing? All I can recall is that Katrina Steiner got assassinated in your universe and that Allard guy is working for Liao.

# ¿ Feb 26, 2011 20:06

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Divot kicking a Warhammer in the head :smug:

# ¿ Feb 27, 2011 00:54

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drat, I'm supposed to be rooting for the badguys :/

# ¿ Feb 27, 2011 00:55

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Well they were protagonists even more then the FedSuns.

# ¿ Feb 28, 2011 18:18

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Are we the baddies?

# ¿ Feb 28, 2011 22:35

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Gothsheep posted:

You know I'm kind of surprised with all the love the Capellans get here, that there's absolutely no love for the Free Worlds League. They're consistently ranked dead last in the great houses, yet people give the Cappies all the underdog support. Why does nobody love the FWLers?

I like the FWL because they have the Soumi Warders :gay:

# ¿ Mar 1, 2011 14:06

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For the next adventure we just got to fight the clans

# ¿ Mar 1, 2011 22:57

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PoptartsNinja posted:

Seize the Initiative (Clan): Whenever a player unit is destroyed, all Clan units automatically win initiative. Clan forces may not Seize the Initiative on two consecutive turns.

It's something they probably would do every turn in a row if they abandoned zellbriggen and you allowed it.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2011 15:06

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Zaodai posted:

I'd love to see that from a gameplay standpoint. The goon hivemind having their masterstroke turn into "Rocks fall, everyone dies."

"Clanners hotdrop, everyone dies"?

# ¿ Mar 5, 2011 10:35

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Am I right in thinking that the clans had way more jumpships and warships when they entered the war? I mean real space-battleships were rare as hell in 3025 right?

# ¿ Mar 6, 2011 17:17

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Defiance Industries posted:

Outside of ComStar's hidden fleet, the last warship in the Inner Sphere was the LCS Invincible, which was lost during the Second Succession War.

The Clans didn't use any for combat in the Invasion because they had nothing to fight against.

So basically you are all wrong, the clans could have conquered Terra and probably subjugated the successor states using only warships?

# ¿ Mar 6, 2011 20:12

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Volmarias posted:

Murdering your children slowly as you impotently fight to save them affects your morale, and makes you question whether you should really be there or not in the first place.

Maybe the Death Commandos have the wrong channel for the Calaberos? And so their demands aren't heard?

# ¿ Mar 8, 2011 18:36

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Is the enterprise Lp that good? is it a "you had to be there from the start" kind of good where you have to read every post in the thread ever to really appreciate it? Or could I just stick to PTN's posts and enjoy it?

I think I watched four or five, maybe six updates and it really didn't grab onto me. Should I try again?

# ¿ Mar 21, 2011 15:34

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Mukaikubo posted:

Frankly, the videos are secondary. I mean, yeah, they're interesting, but they get really samey, fast, mostly because... the game is really samey, really fast. The text PTN wrote is the star.

Yeah, I felt that way about the videos actually, but I also didn't pay very much attention to the text-updates. I'll give it another go based on this LP being p. awesome.

# ¿ Mar 21, 2011 15:44

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 14:24

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Option: A

Justin and Romano = Sun Tzu Allard?

# ¿ Mar 22, 2011 09:00

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