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Is that a wall or obstacle on the base's perimeter? Does it have any effect on movement?
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I really wasn't expecting Void-signature 'mechs. I definitely wasn't expecting Lance bullshit. I cannot wait for this new scenario to get going.  MVP: For all the reasons already stated, the Anvil OpForMVPSame as above, the Orion
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Mar 20, 2014 20:18
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Subterfrugal posted:I'd like to think that the fate of the Inner Sphere hangs in the balance between his mustache twirling and Duncan Marik's wiggling eyebrows. This is going to be fun!
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Mar 20, 2014 20:27
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Ice Fist posted:Is that a wall or obstacle on the base's perimeter? Does it have any effect on movement? It's a razorwire fence. So it provides about as much resistance to a `Mech as you'd expect.
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Mar 20, 2014 20:34
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Yea, does the fence have any effect on movement or line of sight? Can the enemy mechs hit the tents from where they are right now? What does void sig do exactly?
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Mar 20, 2014 20:36
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PoptartsNinja posted:It's a razorwire fence. So it provides about as much resistance to a `Mech as you'd expect. Combat Phase Mech Meets Razor Wire Razor wire rolls 12 - (TAC) Legs removed  This is battletech.
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Mar 20, 2014 20:37
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dis astranagant posted:The Osteon has max ferro-lamellor armor, C3, and 108/72/54 alpha strike damage that covers every range possible including some barely anything else can hit while also bringing some ridiculous disabling capabilities to bear. It's near immune to crits with all that ammo and both CASE II on top of reinforced structure. So yeah, more armor than an Atlas, about as much structure as 2 Atlases, enough ammo to wipe out a battalion and change (remember, this poo poo is Streak so misses don't use ammo), stacking resistances to critical hits, immunity to headcaps, AND enough damage to make wiping out that battalion pretty quick. So what you're saying is the clans of this era ought to field some in their next mission, somehow?
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Mar 20, 2014 20:41
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Affi posted:Yea, does the fence have any effect on movement or line of sight? It might give a penalty to a piloting roll if something else forces a piloting roll while you're standing in it? Otherwise no, it doesn't do anything except make the map look pretty. quote:Can the enemy mechs hit the tents from where they are right now? If they have line-of-sight. Tents are a height 0.5 light building with 1 structure, which means a single hit from anything will destroy one and they're not big enough to provide partial cover. quote:What does void sig do exactly? Makes the enemy harder to hit, but also makes it slightly harder for them to hit you. I'm going to come right out and say it: You're not going to protect everything. This mission is about battlefield triage. PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 20:46 on Mar 20, 2014 |
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Mar 20, 2014 20:44
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PoptartsNinja posted:I'm going to come right out and say it: You're not going to protect Corrected statement. The rain of fish cannot be stopped.
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Mar 20, 2014 21:15
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Dachshundofdoom posted:They're Clan tents, they hold twice as many people and are twice as weather-resistant but take up half the space. Oh thank God, I thought this thread was losing its touch. And besides, they're Space Mongols, so they're more yurts than tents.
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Mar 20, 2014 21:22
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So basically our brave pilots will have to kill more then two mechs for every one they lose. Or will there be friendly NPC mechs involved in the fight? This is going to be one hell of a difficult fight to win.
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Mar 20, 2014 21:26
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"Winning" is not on the table, prima facie. The raiders that don't just wade into the compound will presumably be up on the ridges to shoot down at the targets, so you could push them off, that would be fun.
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Mar 20, 2014 21:27
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Just as an fyi, putting your email in spoiler tags isn't going to hide it from bots. Just put it out there and make it easier for everyone to read.
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Mar 20, 2014 21:28
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Triage - The smaller they are, the easier they die. Fancy tech is all well and good, but light mechs versus Clan weaponry is usually short and one-sided. If you can hit a light 'mech or have good odds against its modifiers, do so. Range - The majority of stuff for this level IS is generally 15 range max, the occasional 18, plus LRMs and ERPPCs. Keep your distance and you should be able to get into advantageous situations. Should: There will be surprises.
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Mar 20, 2014 21:33
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Are those a couple of aerotechs? Could they help? 
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Mar 20, 2014 21:51
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PoptartsNinja posted:It's a razorwire fence. So it provides about as much resistance to a `Mech as you'd expect. Clan razorwire. Twice as painful to infantry and each roll is half the weight of IS barbed wire. Also comes with free bean cans which rattle when infantry are crossing the hex (IS don't get those because bean cans are LosTech).
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Mar 20, 2014 21:54
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Chronojam posted:Are those a couple of aerotechs? Could they help? You don't need their help. I'm pretty sure that's a fire engine...
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goatface posted:You don't need their help. I'm pretty sure that's a fire engine... It's a Mobile HQ, actually! 
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Mar 20, 2014 22:05
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Awww. Does it at least have a mobile kitchen?
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Mar 20, 2014 22:12
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goatface posted:Awww. Does it at least have a mobile kitchen? Didn't someone make a very specialized food truck for one of the in thread competitions?!
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-Troika- posted:Just as an fyi, putting your email in spoiler tags isn't going to hide it from bots. Just put it out there and make it easier for everyone to read. Unless the point wasn't to hide it from bots.
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Mar 20, 2014 23:14
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Gwaihir posted:Didn't someone make a very specialized food truck for one of the in thread competitions?! I'm wondering when those 'mechs/vehicles will be coming into play, honestly.
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apostateCourier posted:I'm wondering when those 'mechs/vehicles will be coming into play, honestly. A routine resupply mission for the 1st Crucis Lancers goes awry when the Jade Falcons launch a preemptive assault in the Lancer's rear. Now a convoy of food trucks finds itself in the middle of a battle between a Trinary of Falcon omnimechs and a battalion of hungry Crucis defenders. It is up to Goon truck drivers to navigate the battle and reach the Lancer's outpost without getting killed or captured by the Clanners. ...I would vote for this mission.
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KnoxZone posted:A routine resupply mission for the 1st Crucis Lancers goes awry when the Jade Falcons launch a preemptive assault in the Lancer's rear. Now a convoy of food trucks finds itself in the middle of a battle between a Trinary of Falcon omnimechs and a battalion of hungry Crucis defenders. It is up to Goon truck drivers to navigate the battle and reach the Lancer's outpost without getting killed or captured by the Clanners. Okay, but what about the other winners? There's the warcrimes Spider, and I think there was a tie for third.
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Specialist Contest: Winners! Standard Winners Schreck Field Bistro by HelterSkelter  An 80-ton battle restaurant, the only reason we’re not seeing it in this mission is because it’s an Inner Sphere design. The Schreck Bistro is our first place winner! TBT-3CS Trebuchet by GenericServices  This one’s less likely to see actual in-mission use, but the thought of a Trebuchet flailing around in space is greatly amusing! The Spacebuchet is our second place winner! SDR-5K-T Spider IFV by apostateCourier  I don't have much to say about it, but it did win third place! Winning ZEU-9S9 Zeus by AtomikKrab  Dakka-dakka-dakka-dakka-dakka-dakka-dakka-dakka-dakka-dakka-dakka-dakka-dakka-first place-dakka-dakka-dakka! PTN Picks! Igni Firetruck by goatface  Actually submit your awesome entry next time! ‘F’ is for Fire Truck! It’s also for ‘First Place.’ VND-5R Vindicator by dis astranagant  Filthy peasants! Ahahahahaha! Second place! PTN FLE-22 Flea  I have plans for this, berryjon. Such plans. PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 03:46 on Mar 21, 2014 |
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PoptartsNinja posted:PTN Well, that's certainly a 'mech. I admire the purity of its design.
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Wales Grey posted:Well, that's certainly a 'mech. I admire the purity of its design. Half its weight in GUN, that's the only qualification I had for building this Mech. If I had a 15T Gun, I would have slapped it onto a Hollander instead.
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Huh. Could've sworn my Spider was higher up in the vote count.
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People wanted to see my fluff so here it is: Introducing the VND-5R Counterinsurgency Battlemech Sometimes no amount of mustache twirling and sleeping with murder cults can keep those lazy servitors in line. In times like these we have no choice but to swiftly and mercilessly put them back in their place and the Vindicator 5R does this like nothing before. It is lightning fast and able to leap tall buildings and other obstacles with incredible ease. 10 small pulse lasers and ample heatsinks allow the VND-5R to cut through rag tag bands of rebel infantry like they weren't even there and keep doing so for as long as necessary. Such firepower can easily demolish any improvised combat vehicles or armed industrialmechs they may have assembled. You may find yourself wondering if the 9.1 million cbill price tag is worth it but that just shows them that you mean business.
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apostateCourier posted:Huh. Could've sworn my Spider was higher up in the vote count. The Trebuchet beat it by one vote. Edit: Whoops, you're right! I knew something looked off! I'm gonna be honest though the ability to carry seven guys just isn't very useful, but I'll find something for it to do! PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 03:45 on Mar 21, 2014 |
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PoptartsNinja posted:The Trebuchet beat it by one vote. So it did. drat. Though, I thought the top 3 were winners?
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berryjon posted:Half its weight in GUN, that's the only qualification I had for building this Mech. If I had a 15T Gun, I would have slapped it onto a Hollander instead. I would say "gauss rifle" but I already invented the Hollander back on page 329 so suck on that.
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I'm so happy the firetruck got recognized. I love that thing.
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Can't help but shed a tear when I see what fine machines this thread put together. These contests always bring out the best in us. Truly, our legions shall shake the world as they march! (Because we got fat from eating at the mobile bistro.)PoptartsNinja posted:Edit: Whoops, you're right! I knew something looked off! I'm gonna be honest though the ability to carry seven guys just isn't very useful, but I'll find something for it to do! Recovering a tech/commando team loaded with precious, precious macguffins sounds like a fine scenario. Maybe give more than one Spider, though, in the event of accidental self-beheading. It'll happen one of these missions, mark my words.
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I went back and looked for mech ads that aren't on the list. Here's what I found! Crab Centurion Chameleon I should really write another of these... but about what?
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Mar 21, 2014 06:32
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I suggest picking one of the past mission MVPs. Complete with testimonial from the winning pilot.
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Mar 21, 2014 06:48
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MVP? Clearly the Ostroc. If ever something needed good press....
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Defiance Industries posted:I went back and looked for mech ads that aren't on the list. Here's what I found! Seconding this: anakha posted:I suggest picking one of the past mission MVPs. Complete with testimonial from the winning pilot. For reference, the MVP list with units that have been featured already removed: Cylene Campaign OpForce MVP: Hussar (Heishi Robert Finnigan (MIA)) Hostage Situation Player MVP: Wolverine Skinwalker (Bobby "Navajo Wolf" Begay (Bobbin Threadbare)) Hostage Situation Player-Controlled Inanimate Object Honorary MVP: Justice Foot (Lancelot (bunny of doom)) Hostage Situation OpForce MVP: Zhukov Heavy Tank Hostage Situation Player-Controlled Inanimate Object Honorary MVP: Inferno SRMs Vipers of Somerset Player MVP: Zeus (Leutnant Samantha Clover (Mukaikubo)) Vipers of Somerset OpForce MVP: Hellbringer (Prime) / Alpha Lucerne (Mechwarrior Drang) Operation Himinbjörg Player MVP: Javelin ("Hail" (TildeATH)) Operation Himinbjörg Home Guard MVP: Von Luckner Heavy Tank Operation Himinbjörg Loki MVP: Warrior Attack Helicopter Nadir OpForce MVP: Elementals House Call Player MVP: EXT-4NS Exterminator (Acolyte XXVI Evelyn Rush (W.T. Fits)) House Call OpForce MVP: King Crab IIC (Star Colonel Grier Seidman) Outfoxed Player MVP: Kit Fox (Star Commander Inari (Mary Annette)) Outfoxed OpForce MVP: PHX-2 Phoenix Hawk (Brian Seagroves) Delaying Action OpForce MVP: Ragnarok (Star Colonel Joshua) Saving Janos Marik Player MVP: Ostroc (Corporal Janos Valens (ActionZero)) Saving Janos Marik OpForce MVP: Bombarder (Ion Rush) Counting Coup Player MVP: Gargoyle D (Star Colonel Mitsukaze Ravenwater (Der Waffle Maus)) Caldera OpForce MVP: Bobcat Hard Landing Player MVP: Atlas (Terrace Williams (Krumbsthumbs)) Hard Landing OpForce MVP: Mars Assault Vehicle (Star Commander Wilberforce) Meltdown Player MVP: Po (Ethan Parkinson (AtomikKrab)) Meltdown OpForce MVP: Annihilator IIC (Star Captain Tithon Yeh) Breakout Death Commandos MVP: - Exterminator IIC (Mechwarrior Steve (T.G. Xarbala) Breakout Hell's Horses MVP: - Rifleman IIC (Mechwarrior Hastur (seekerwithin)) Breakout Overall MVP: - Gargoyle (Star Captain Tjris Amirault (Vlad Antlerkov)) Breakout OpForce MVP: - That Murderous Phoenix Hawk Hogarth's Heroes Player MVP: - Atlas II (General Thomas Hogarth!!! (Malachite_Dragon)) Hogarth's Heroes Opforce MVP: - Suburbanmech Steel Will: Yantai Reservation MVP: Firebee (Sgt. Major Anne Bellard (Tiny)) Steel Will: OpForce MVP: Cicada Now, some of those would be... odd choices, to be sure (Defiance Industries brings you... The Justice Foot! Applique decals of enemy 'Mech heads to be applied to your BattleMech's foot actuators! Only 9.95!), but still!
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Defiance Industries posted:I should really write another of these... but about what? Wraith or Anvil. Anvil: There is no Hammer, please ignore any mech with such a name.
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