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PoptartsNinja posted:If you could put your contingencies after your shooting orders in the future I'd very much appreciate it. I think I'm okay, but do I need to tweak my order formatting in future?
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Wolverine II I got convinced to do the following instead. Movement: Jump to 0910 facing 1010. Shooting: Firing Gauss rifle, Medium pulse laser then SRM at the pillager in that order in 1111.
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It's far too late for a revision, turn's mostly done.
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Okay then, my bad. Lets hope it goes well!
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So hyped to see how this turn went. With any luck, we can all high five, and then do a sweet slide over the hood of the dropship before getting the hell off this planet.
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Devorum posted:So hyped to see how this turn went. With any luck, we can all high five, and then do a sweet slide over the hood of the dropship before getting the hell off this planet. You mean, Carlos fails the piloting check for said sweet slide, then fails a consciousness check, right?
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LeadSled posted:You mean, Carlos fails the piloting check for said sweet slide, then fails a consciousness check, right? That is the far more likely result. "Well, we defeated the enemy in their souped up 'Mechs, but then Carlos had to try to slide across the dropship like an rear end in a top hat and took a crit to the head and died. Sorry Mr. Marik."
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Rise of the Phoenix: Tactical Update 10 A backhand blow from Caesar’s mace nearly split an enemy Marauder in half as it fell, showering the dusty badlands with shards of ceramic and steel. The machine twisted in midair, a strange pirouette that set it spinning on its back for a moment or two before it collapsed in a powerless heap. There weren’t many of them left now—but a sensible foe would have retreated long ago. Acolyte Kreszentia coughed as more acrid smoke filled the Gallowglas’s cockpit. Something in her machine’s chest was burning. Probably one of the air filters. The blue Shadow Hawk she’d been targeting leapt away, practically mocking her machine’s mobility. If she’d still had her Lightray, she’d have taught these Capellans a thing or two about piloting. They were skilled, but they fought heartlessly. Like the stories she’d always heard of the Death Commandos or the Warrior Houses, completely heedless of their own losses in the single-minded pursuit of a goal. That the goal was Kreszentia’s destruction was little more than an irritation for her, at least at the moment. She’d grown close to Carlos’s men in the months they’d spent on the run, and still had at least one to help avenge.   Movement Phase Timber Wolf - Deactivates CNI Shooting Phase Grand Titan (Player) - Fires LRM-15 w/ Artemis IV at Pillager Liu Bei (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement = 5): rolled 9, 12 missiles hit Head (4/9 armor remaining), Left Leg (14/42 armor remaining), Center Torso (22/24 armor remaining)! - Fires SRM-6 w/ Artemis IV at Pillager Liu Bei (3 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement = 7): rolled 5, miss! - Fires Large X-Pulse Laser at Marauder Guan Yu (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 secondary target - 2 pulse laser = 3): rolled 6, hit Center Torso (26/35 armor remaining)! - Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Marauder Guan Yu (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 secondary target - 2 pulse laser = 3): rolled 10, hit Left Torso (9/24 armor remaining)! - Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Marauder Guan Yu (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 secondary target - 2 pulse laser = 3): rolled 7, hit Right Torso (18/24 armor remaining)! - Gains 34 heat, sinks 34! Guillotine (Player) - Fires ER Large Laser at Marauder Guan Yu (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement - 1 targeting computer = 4): rolled 8, hit Left Arm (16/24 armor remaining)! - Fires ER Medium Laser at Marauder Guan Yu (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement - 1 targeting computer = 4): rolled 3, miss! - Fires ER Medium Laser at Marauder Guan Yu (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement - 1 targeting computer = 4): rolled 6, hit Head (4/9 armor remaining)! - Gains 24 heat, sinks 22! Gallowglas (Player) - Torso-twists to threaten hex 2214! - Fires ER PPC at Shadow Hawk Qing Long (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 4 enemy movement = 8): rolled 5, miss! - Fires Large Laser at Shadow Hawk Qing Long (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 4 enemy movement = 8): rolled 2, miss! - Fires Large Laser at Shadow Hawk Qing Long (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 4 enemy movement = 8): rolled 9, hit Right Leg (17/26 armor remaining)! - Fires Small Laser at Shadow Hawk Qing Long (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 4 enemy movement = 8): rolled 9, hit Rear Center Torso (4/7 armor remaining)! - Gains 35 heat, sinks 36! BattleMaster (Player) - Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Shadow Hawk Bai Hu (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 4): rolled 4, hit Left Leg (15/26 armor remaining)! - Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Shadow Hawk Bai Hu (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 4): rolled 10, hit Center Torso (6/28 armor remaining)! - Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Shadow Hawk Bai Hu (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 4): rolled 8, hit Left Arm (7/18 armor remaining)! - Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Shadow Hawk Bai Hu (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 4): rolled 6, hit Left Leg (9/26 armor remaining)! - Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Shadow Hawk Bai Hu (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 4): rolled 11, hit Right Arm (3/9 structure remaining)! Crit! - Fires Large Pulse Laser at Shadow Hawk Bai Hu (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 4): rolled 4, hit Head (0/9 armor, 0/3 structure remaining)! `Mech Destroyed! - Fires ER PPC at Shadow Hawk Bai Hu (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement = 6): rolled 9, hit Center Torso (0/28 armor, 9/18 structure remaining)! Crit! - Gains 46 heat, sinks 42! Archer (Player) - Fires LRM/20 w/Artemis IV at Pillager (2 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement = 6): rolled 7, 12 missiles hit Center Torso (17/48 armor remaining), Left Leg (9/42 armor remaining), Head (2/9 armor remaining)! - Fires LRM/20 w/Artemis IV at Pillager (2 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement = 6): rolled 11, 16 missiles hit Right Arm (10/33 armor remaining), Left Leg (4/42 armor remaining), Left Torso (7/31 armor remaining), Left Arm (28/33 armor remaining)! - Gains 13 heat, sinks 20! Wolverine II (Player) - Primary target already destroyed! - Gains 14 heat, sinks 20! King Cobra (Player) - Fires Gauss Rifle at Marauder Zhang Fei (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 smoke + 2 minimum range - 1 targeting computer = 7): rolled 8, hit Left Leg (0/16 structure remaining)! Leg Blown Off! - - Damage transfers to Left Torso (6/24 armor remaining)! - Fires ER Medium Laser at Marauder Zhang Fei (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 smoke - 1 targeting computer = 5): rolled 3, miss! - Fires Streak SRM-6 at Marauder Zhang Fei (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 smoke - 1 targeting computer = 6): rolled 4, fails to lock-on! - Fires Streak Marauder Zhang Fei (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 smoke - 1 targeting computer = 6): rolled 6, 6 missiles hit Right Arm (5/12 structure remaining (Crit!)), Head (7/9 armor remaining), Left Torso (4/24 armor remaining), Left Torso (2/24 armor remaining), Left Arm (5/24 armor remaining), Right Leg (30/32 armor remaining)! - Fires Flamer (Damage) at Marauder Zhang Fei (3 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 smoke - 1 targeting computer = 5): rolled 3, miss! - Gains 21 heat, sinks 26! Timber Wolf H (Player) - Torso-twists to threaten hex 1712! - Fires ER Small Laser at Pillager (2 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement = 6): rolled 7, hit Left Torso (5/31 armor remaining)! - Fires LRM-15 w/Artemis IV at Pillager (2 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement = 4): rolled 5, 15 missiles hit Left Torso (0/31 armor remaining), Right Arm (5/33 armor remaining), Center Torso (12/17 armor remaining)! - Fires LRM-15 w/Artemis IV at Pillager (2 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement = 4): rolled 2, miss! - Fires Heavy Large Laser at Marauder Guan Yu (2 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 secondary target = 4): rolled 7, hit Rear Center Torso (0/11 armor, 18/23 structure remaining)! Crit! - Gains 33 heat, sinks 36! Shadow Hawk Bai Hu (White) - Torso-twists to threaten hex 1116! - Fires Heavy PPC at Archer (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 1 enemy movement = 7): rolled 10, hit Left Torso (0/24 armor remaining)! - Fires ER Medium Laser at BattleMaster (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 secondary target = 8): rolled 6, miss! - Fires ER Medium Laser at BattleMaster (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 secondary target = 8): rolled 7, miss! - Fires ER Small Laser at BattleMaster (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 secondary target = 8): rolled 7, miss! Warhammer Gong Gong (Black and Orange) - Holds fire! Shadow Hawk Qing Long (Blue) - Torso-twists to threaten hex 2014! - Fires ER Medium Laser at Gallowglas (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 7, hit Left Torso (8/15 structure remaining)! Crit! Marauder Guan Yu (Green ACE!) - Fires Large VSPL at Grand Titan (3 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement - 1 pulse laser = 2): automatically hit Right Torso (0/31 armor, 7/21 structure remaining)! Crit! - Fires Large VSPL at Grand Titan (3 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement - 1 pulse laser = 2): automatically hit Center Torso (20/42 armor remaining)! Marauder Zhang Fei (Silver and Red ACE!) - Torso-twists to threaten hex 1512! - Fires ER Large Laser at Guillotine (3 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 heat = 5): rolled 5, hit Rear Center Torso (0/10 armor, 13/22 structure remaining)! Crit! - Fires ER Large Laser at Guillotine (3 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 heat = 5): rolled 11, hit Rear Center Torso (5/22 structure remaining)! Crit! - Fires LRM-15 (HE) at Guillotine (3 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 heat = 5): rolled 8, 6 missiles hit Left Arm (2/20 armor remaining), Rear Right Torso (6/7 armor remaining)! - Fires LRM-15 (HE) at Guillotine (3 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 heat = 5): rolled 12, 9 missiles hit Left Arm (0/20 armor, 8/11 structure remaining (Crit!)), Head (5/9 armor remaining (Pilot hit!))! - Overheating! Pillager Liu Bei (Red and Gold ACE!) - Fires Gauss Rifle at BattleMaster (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 5): rolled 12, hit Left Torso (0/28 armor, 17/18 structure remaining)! Crit! - Fires Gauss Rifle at BattleMaster (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 5): rolled 8, hit Right Torso (11/28 armor remaining)! - Fires ER Medium Laser at BattleMaster (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 5): rolled 7, hit Right Leg (26/33 armor remaining)! - Fires ER Medium Laser at BattleMaster (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 5): rolled 7, hit Right Arm (1/28 armor remaining)! - Fires ER Medium Laser at BattleMaster (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 5): rolled 8, hit Right Torso (4/28 armor remaining)! - Fires ER Medium Laser at BattleMaster (2 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 5): rolled 5, hit Right Torso (0/28 armor, 15/18 structure remaining)! Crit! End Phase Shadow Hawk Bai Hu - Critical chance in Right Arm! 1 critcal hit sustained! - - ER Medium Laser damaged! - Critical chance in Center Torso! 2 critical hits sustained! - - XXL Engine hit! - - Gyro hit! Marauder Zhang Fei - Critical chance in Right Arm! No critical hit sustained! Marauder Guan Yu - Critical chance in Center Torso! No critical hit sustained! Gallowglas - Critical chance in Right Torso! 2 critical hits sustained! - - Engine hit! - - Jump Jet destroyed! Grand Titan - Critical chance in Right torso! 1 critical hit sustained! - - XL Engine hit! Guillotine - Critical chance in Center Torso! No critical hit sustained! - Critical chance in Center Torso! 2 critical hits sustained! - - Gyro hit! - - Engine hit! - Critical chance in Left Arm! No critical hit sustained! - Must pass a 3+ consciousness test: rolled 7, succeeds! - Must pass a piloting test or fall (4 base + 3 gyro hit + 1 massive damage = 8): rolled 10, succeeds! BattleMaster - Critical chance in Left Torso! No critical hit sustained! - Critical chance in Right Torso! 2 critical hits sustained! - - Medium Pulse Laser damaged! - - cXL Engine hit! Physical Combat Phase: Grand Titan - Kicks Marauder Guan Yu (3 base + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement - 2 kick = 1): automatically hit left Leg (12/32 armor remaining)! Guillotine - Kicks Marauder Guan Yu (3 base + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement - 2 kick = 3): rolled 10, hit Right Leg (13/32 armor remaining)! Gallowglas - Kicks Shadow Hawk Qing Long (3 base + 1 movement + 4 enemy movement - 2 kick = 6): rolled 5, miss! King Cobra - Attacks Marauder Zhang Fei with Assault Mace (3 base + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 mace = 6): rolled 8, hit Left Torso (0/24 armor, 0/16 structure remaining)! `Mech destroyed! - - Damage transfers to Center Torso (10/35 armor remaining)! Marauder Guan Yu - Kicks Grand Titan (3 base + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement - 2 kick = 1): automatically hit Left Leg (0/38 armor, 14/21 structure remaining)! Crit! End Phase: Marauder Guan Yu - Must pass a piloting test or fall (3 base + 0 kicked = 3): rolled 8, succeeds! - Must pass a piloting test or fall (3 base + 0 kicked = 3): rolled 7, succeeds! Shadow Hawk Qing Long - Must pass a piloting test or fall (3 base + 0 kicked = 3): rolled 5, succeeds! Grand Titan - Critical chance in Left Leg! No critical hit sustained! - Must pass a piloting test or fall (3 base + 0 kicked = 3): rolled 7, succeeds!   Player Status:   Opposing Force Status:    Special Rules:  Glare – Any unit standing above level 0 suffers a -2 penalty due to intense sunlight reflecting off the local rocks. All units attacking a unit standing above level 0 suffer a -1 penalty due to intense sunlight reflecting off the target unit. These penalties stack.Mission Objective: - Break Through (0/1) Orders Due: Midnight Tuesday! PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 04:10 on Jan 11, 2016 |
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Caesar Steiner, ain't no-one finer. That's mace takedown 2, isn't it?
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I believe you used the map movements from last turn e: based purely on the damage descriptions we need to push up and keep the remaining enemy mechs from touching Carlos too much. I'm worried about the remaining shadowhawk jumping in to get him in the back before we can extract him. Baudin fucked around with this message at 03:59 on Jan 11, 2016 |
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Baudin posted:I believe you used the map movements from last turn Yeah that's definitely last turn's map
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Absolutely brutal turn. Hilarious that we each kicked different marauder legs. Unfortunate engine crits for me and the Battlemaster, but that sweet headshot was worth it. Definitely getting out of range of Guan Yu if I can this turn.
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Defiance Industries posted:Yeah that's definitely last turn's map It's also last turn's mech stats as well.
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Jan 11, 2016 04:01
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It's fixed. In my defense, I had a pretty rough day today.
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Aw, that sucks  Now it's time to engage full  on the pillager not taking pilot hits!(Also I'm laughing super hard that for all the fire aimed at it, the open RT took no hits and instead it ate two headshots and enough damage to strip the LT bare as well.)
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Jan 11, 2016 04:14
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PoptartsNinja posted:It's fixed. In my defense, I had a pretty rough day today. No sweat, you do a fan-drat-tastic job.
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raverrn posted:No sweat, you do a fan-drat-tastic job. QFT, running this and dealing with all the mechanics and  is the work of a saint PTN.
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So laughing at shot placement aside, you guys lucked the hell out because Carlos still has a leg! Yay! Did the Green marauder and Pillager just not move this turn? they're still under ECM so they should be jammed, but if so, then great, Carlos can finally break LoS, while the King Cobra moves in to smash a third Marauder to bits. It's a sorta major miracle that the Guillotine is still standing, too, because holy poo poo. (And to think we were hyping up it's Thunderbolt buddy as a real zombie mech before it got headcapped turn 2!)
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Incidentally, I don't think there's anyone actually piloting those enemy 'Mechs. At least, not piloting from the cockpits. Despite multiple headshots, not one of them has taken a "Pilot hit" result over the entire course of the mission. You can actually see that in four separate places just this turn, enemy 'Mechs have taken damage to the Head and not suffered any Pilot Hit, while the player 'Mech who took some Head location armor damage got a Pilot Hit. I'm not familiar enough with the setting or rules to speculate what enables that, though.
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Jan 11, 2016 04:28
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How is that Guillotine still standing!? It should have died several turns ago.
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Back Hack posted:How is that Guillotine still standing!? It should have died several turns ago. Battletech gonna Battletech.
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How much heat does an Engine hit produce? 5?
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Yup!
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Back Hack posted:How is that Guillotine still standing!? It should have died several turns ago. It is a zombie mech, zombie mechs gonna zombie, unless something takes out the ct or head its not dead and a leg blown off just reduces it to crawling after you. Anyway, finish them, drop the hammer while carlos books it.
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Luckier that two of the three eligible enemy mechs didn't attack Carlos this turn, that was probably their last serious chance to clobber him and instead they've fatally split their fire. It should be much more feasible to get Carlos out of harm's way and completely surround and curb-stomp the remaining enemy mechs, unless by some complete random chance the blue Shadowhawk survives then goes all-in on a DFA. Hell as a nice bonus there's a chance the Guillotine and Gallowglas will make it out of this one and I was sure they were done-for. I wonder, do the Capellans even know Carlos is here? They knew he jacked the Grand Titan from before and his Gallowglas is on the field, although since they didn't expect the Corsairs to show up they might've gone into this fight expecting they'd have time to clear the field properly rather than having to bum-rush the leader. I guess this could've been like the first Crusaders mission where if the players had done something to give away that the Grand Titan was important they'd have figured it out but the players managed not to tip their hand? Regardless, the players owe a lot to the fact that they haven't played this like an assassination. Oh, and as for pilot hits, the Shadowhawks definitely had human pilots back when they made their first appearance (did any of them take pilot hits back then?). Although, the weirdness with their mood/status from before also suggests something's up. Dolash fucked around with this message at 05:08 on Jan 11, 2016 |
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raverrn posted:No sweat, you do a fan-drat-tastic job.
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Archer/Morgan Kell's Orders: Movement Phase: Advance one hex to 1320, turn to face 1420, advance three hexes to 1621, turn to face 1721. Firing Phase: Fire both LRM 20's and shoot both forward facing medium lasers at the Blue Shadowhawk in 1721. Melee Phase: Kick the blue shadowhawk in 1721
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Dolash posted:Luckier that two of the three eligible enemy mechs didn't attack Carlos this turn, that was probably their last serious chance to clobber him and instead they've fatally split their fire. It should be much more feasible to get Carlos out of harm's way and completely surround and curb-stomp the remaining enemy mechs, unless by some complete random chance the blue Shadowhawk survives then goes all-in on a DFA. Hell as a nice bonus there's a chance the Guillotine and Gallowglas will make it out of this one and I was sure they were done-for. Carlos is one good hit from a mission kill in two locations. He has more than enough allies remaining to win the fight without his help, so the first priority is probably making sure nobody gets shots at him from the right.
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Orders for the Timber Wolf: Thanks again for letting me run this mech for a couple of turns - it's a beast. Timber Wolf H Movement Phase No movement orders for this turn. Timber Wolf H Firing Phase Fire both LRM 20's, a single heavy larger laser and the ER small laser at the Pillager, currently in 1111 Contingency! If I cannot target the pillager I will fire the same weapons (both LRM 20's, a single heavy large laser and the ER small laser) at the green marauder in 1314.
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I'm playing a bad game (MWO and apparently Dota - my bad taste in gaming knows no bounds) right now so I might as well explain why I'm doing these orders for the two mechs. My primary concern isn't what these mechs can do this turn as far as shooting is concerned, because they're going to be able to make those shots regardless of what I do. With that in mind I need to stop them from being able to attack Carlos next turn. The green marauder will be body blocked and prevented from hitting Carlos by either the Battlemaster or the Guillotine this round assuming he doesn't die. That leaves the Pillager and the Blue Shadowhawk as potential threats. Remember that any hit to Carlos at this point has a chance of mission killing his mech, which would be pretty terrible. The Pillager is likely going to either jump in closer to Carlos and try to kill him, or will attempt to attack any other mech in range. The Timber Wolf is both not mission critical and has a good chance of taking out the Pillager with his firepower, however if I close in to 1412 to keep Carlos close the Pillager could conceivably jump behind me to unleash his weapons from a relatively safe location - I'm staying back to deny that opportunity, and give myself a better to hit chance while also making myself an attractive target. I realize this could kill the Khan but that's an acceptable loss. That leaves the Blue Shadowhawk, Qing Long, which Kell's Archer and the partially intact Gallowglas can hopefully deal with this turn. This does place the Archer in a poor location next turn assuming Carlos does break through and the Shadowhawk survives - however the Archer can turn around and run to 1219 which would place him back in the thick of the fight next turn. There is also a chance I can either cripple Qing Long with a leg kick or do enough damage to incapacitate him through sheer damage. Kell's Archer is relatively unscathed and I'd rather have the Shadowhawk attack Kell rather than finish off the Gallowglas - having the Acolyte survive would be a good bonus to this mission. My expectation is the pillager won't survive this round - the other players should focus on killing him as best they can, and Caeser will likely be getting in close and personal with the Green Marauder, and the Guillotine blocking the green marauder from advancing on Carlos if possible. PTN: I hope you don't mind me sending in orders so quickly - I likely wouldn't be able to look at the map until late Tuesday without doing them tonight and the excitement of a fresh turn means I probably spend more time than I should looking at options.
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Zurai posted:Incidentally, I don't think there's anyone actually piloting those enemy 'Mechs. At least, not piloting from the cockpits. Despite multiple headshots, not one of them has taken a "Pilot hit" result over the entire course of the mission. You can actually see that in four separate places just this turn, enemy 'Mechs have taken damage to the Head and not suffered any Pilot Hit, while the player 'Mech who took some Head location armor damage got a Pilot Hit. I'm not familiar enough with the setting or rules to speculate what enables that, though. There are certain pilot skills / implants that let a pilot ignore pilot hits. Given that we're dealing with The Society I'm guessing it's the latter. Current turn thoughts: I'd really like to move down to 1413 and crunch the last Marauder, but that depends on what Soup Inspector's plans are. I could also go for the Pillager and hope my SRMs play havoc on his open torsos.
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Zurai posted:Incidentally, I don't think there's anyone actually piloting those enemy 'Mechs. At least, not piloting from the cockpits. Despite multiple headshots, not one of them has taken a "Pilot hit" result over the entire course of the mission. You can actually see that in four separate places just this turn, enemy 'Mechs have taken damage to the Head and not suffered any Pilot Hit, while the player 'Mech who took some Head location armor damage got a Pilot Hit. I'm not familiar enough with the setting or rules to speculate what enables that, though. Yeah, I noticed that as well.Guess there really isn't anyone in the cockpits controlling the enemy experimentals or they're protected from taking pilot hits in some way, though I think the former is out because I remember a fluff bit about Jeana Clay in the BattleMaster seeing an enemy pilot in one of the Warhammers struggling with their downed mech earlier in the mission. At least taking out the head and therefore the cockpit still eliminates the mech, like what happened with the White Tiger. Nice shot on Bai Hu by the BattleMaster there. Anyway, really damaging turn for both sides. Caesar gets mace kill number 2, making sure Zhang Fei stays down after blowing off a leg with the Gauss Rifle first. Will he get number 3 next turn by taking down another sworn brother of the Peach Garden Oath in Guan Yu? That Assault Mace hungers for more hydraulic fluid from the remaining Marauder, and you should oblige it. Too bad the Wolverine pilot couldn't get corrected orders in on time, some more damage could've been piled on the last sworn brother. Liu Bei did get hit pretty badly this turn though, and another turn or two of concentrated fire on the Pillager should be enough to put it down for good, what with all those holes in the armor opened up right now. If he goes down, looks like the Azure Dragon is the only one you have left to worry about, and he's a jumpy little fucker. Too bad the Gallowglas couldn't end him this turn or at least blow off his weak leg, preventing him from doing much more to threaten Carlos in the position he was in, but they got some good shots in and opened even more holes int he armor, so it should be easier to deal with him in the next couple of turns when the two remaining brothers of the Peach Garden Oath harassing Carlos and his Grand Titan up north right now have been dealt with. Speaking of which, are those two still under the ECM jamming, preventing them form taking advantage of the C3 network to become Aces? They haven't moved yet, so that might not be the case, just something to keep in mind. Some unlucky hits taken by Carlos, the BattleMaster, and the Archer this turn. Good thing Carlos is still up though as none of the shots hit his Grand Titan's opened up leg. Unlucky a shot hit his Right Torso though, that's almost gone, and the Engine hit might complicate some things... The Red Corsair's BattleMaster also took an Engine hit and has open torsos now, and Morgan Kell has his Left Torso open, which might lead to some inopportune ammo explosions if Qing Long decides to target him this turn (I have no idea if the Archer stores its LRM ammo there, if that ammo has CASE so that getting hit won't be as bad, or if the only thing important stored there is engines and the LRM launcher). I'm amazed that the Guillotine and Gallowglas are still alive, what with the fire they took this turn, but they;re still pretty banged up with engine hits. Well, any damage they can provide with their much reduced firepower will help Carlos get away, at least. Looks like this'll be the turn that ends it if the two remaining brothers of the Peach Garden Oath are taken out, or if Carlos gets mobility killed. Really hoping for the former. You guys can do it, just bring it home now. GhostStalker fucked around with this message at 22:32 on Jan 11, 2016 |
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This is definitely a razor's edge here. Carlos is hanging on by thread. Anyone else amazed that Caesar has just been walloping the poo poo out of everything and then on top of that DOESN'T HAVE A SCRATCH. That's outright intimidating. Khans were made into legends for less. Would it be a good idea to knockdown/charge the green marauder? It's probably the biggest threat at this time to Carlos though I don't know enough about tt BT to say if it's a good idea at this point.
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Jan 11, 2016 17:20
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garland336 posted:This is definitely a razor's edge here. Carlos is hanging on by thread. I could charge the Marauder, but I'd have to move to 1621 and use MASC to get a good run up due to downed mechs counting as rough terrain. Such a short charge probably wouldn't do a great deal of damage and also means I can't fire any weapons, so it's more advantageous for me to just run up to him and fire all my weapons / hit him with my mace like I've been doing. If a couple other players take some shots at it too I'm sure we can take it down this turn. I am also really surprised I haven't taken any damage yet. I'm hoping for a FLAWLESS VICTORY, but so long as Carlos makes it out I'll be satisfied. Of course now I've said that we'll both be headcapped next turn.
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Jan 11, 2016 17:33
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Scintilla posted:There are certain pilot skills / implants that let a pilot ignore pilot hits. Given that we're dealing with The Society I'm guessing it's the latter. I'd definitely just do that. If Green is still an Ace soup inspector can throw himself in front of it in Carlos's current spot to lock it in place (Unless it wants to jump in the water, in which case, uh, great, kick it's head off). The Mace must claim more Marauder bones!!!!
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Jan 11, 2016 17:36
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I don't think the Marauder is an Ace - it's inside my ECM field along with the Pillager. But yes, the Assault Mace hungers for Marauders.
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Jan 11, 2016 17:38
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So,any tactical suggestions? Or can I only pray? If possible,I was thinking of trying to target the Pillager and CC its rear end. Or should I target the Blue Ranger?
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Jan 11, 2016 17:47
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VolticSurge posted:So,any tactical suggestions? Or can I only pray? If possible,I was thinking of trying to target the Pillager and CC its rear end. Or should I target the Blue Ranger? Moving up to 1215 and unloading on the Pillager seems like a good move. Fire as many Pulse Lasers as you can and at least some are bound to hit those exposed sections, plus you'll be acting as a blockade for Carlos.
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Jan 11, 2016 17:52
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Scintilla posted:Moving up to 1215 and unloading on the Pillager seems like a good move. Fire as many Pulse Lasers as you can and at least some are bound to hit those exposed sections, plus you'll be acting as a blockade for Carlos. Sounds good. But should I use the Command Console on him ,make him an easier target for my teammates? Or should I just try to blast him to Kingdom gently caress? Either way, I'm itching for some payback. 
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I don't think the Pillager is an Ace, but you might as well use the Command Console just in case. One way or another I have a feeling things will be decided next turn.
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