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Calax posted:Wasn't saying he was Stackpole "Only these characters ever get a spotlight!". But he does tend to play up Cassie as some sort of hand to hand goddess. In Black Dragon there are four "My god she's good" moments within the first 2 chapters. She loses more than half the fights she gets into.
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Olothreutes posted:Now you need a commercial done by President Camacho. Oh poo poo. That's good. I see him saying "I got a message for all you motherfuckers over at Irian: what the gently caress is up with this poo poo y'all be buildin? Why don't you build a goddamn Mech for once? Trebuchet? Blackjack? A motherfuckin HERMES II? Bitch are you serious?"
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Defiance Industries posted:Fixed. Nice try, son. [/quote] Pfft, please. Like DI would ever sponsor a democracy. Quiksell, now...
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The Lyran Commonwealth has a democratically-appointed advisory board, thank you very much. We heartily support its existence because of it being limited to only commoners and Barons. You see, Steiners and Kelswas? Doonses and Bradfords? Hard as gently caress to bribe. You know how hard it is to offer Duchess Margaret Doons something she doesn't already have ten of? Now, an elected commoner, like Henry DeCalidor? That's another story.
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Olothreutes posted:Now you need a commercial done by President Camacho. Now he needs a commercial where cans of Mountain Dew fly at high speeds towards the open cockpits of 'mechs dropping from orbit.
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Bobbin Threadbare posted:Now he needs a commercial where cans of Mountain Dew fly at high speeds towards the open cockpits of 'mechs dropping from orbit. Great, now I am picturing a comercial just like this one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBBPJtqr34I) only involving Giant Robots and Mountain Dew.
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Defiance Industries posted:Oh poo poo. That's good. I see him saying "I got a message for all you motherfuckers over at Irian: what the gently caress is up with this poo poo y'all be buildin? Why don't you build a goddamn Mech for once? Trebuchet? Blackjack? A motherfuckin HERMES II? Bitch are you serious?" He should then go on to complain about how little violence there is in `Mech battles these days. If HE was president of their company, he'd build for maximum destruction (cut to a shot of a single light `Mech getting hammered by AC-20's until there's nothing but a crater).
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Also, he should complain about `Mechs only being a hundred tons and talk about his new thousand ton design (cue a picture of a factory with some colossal antennas poking out the skylights and a foot visible through the Atlas-sized doors). Lots of crits this turn. 
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PoptartsNinja posted:Lots of crits this turn. Oh dear. 
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PoptartsNinja posted:Lots of crits this turn. Meanwhile, at the Hall of Doom! PoptartsNinja's dice hatches another evil plan for our team of do-gooders. 
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Breakout: Tactical Update 20 Combat Phase H1 Rifleman IIC - Torso twists to threaten hex 2908! - Fires Large Pulse Laser at G9 Shadow Hawk (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 4): rolled 3, miss! - Fires Large Pulse Laser at G9 Shadow Hawk (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 4): rolled 10, Left Arm (4/14 armor remains)! - Fires ER Small Laser at G9 Shadow Hawk (3 base + 4 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement = 10): rolled 4, miss! - Gains 26 heat, sinks 42! H2 Cougar D - Fires Large Pulse Laser at S4 Sunfire (3 base + 2 range + 3 movement + 1 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 7): rolled 9, hit Right Arm (12/22 armor remains)! - Gains 21 heat, sinks 25! X1 Banshee IIC - Fires ER PPC at S4 Sunfire (3 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 1 enemy movement = 4): rolled 6, hit Left Leg (13/28 armor remains)! - Fires ER Small Laser at S4 Sunfire (3 base + 4 range + 0 movement + 1 enemy movement = 8): rolled 10, hit Center Torso (29/34 armor remains)! - Gains 26 heat, sinks 22! H3 Wolf Spider A - Fires ER Medium Laser at G11 Shadow Hawk (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement = 6): rolled 9, hit Left Leg (5/19 armor remains)! - Fires ER Medium Laser at G11 Shadow Hawk (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement = 6): rolled 8, hit Center Torso (6/23 armor remains)! - Fires ER Medium Laser at G11 Shadow Hawk (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement = 6): rolled 5, miss! - Fires ER Medium Laser at G11 Shadow Hawk (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement = 6): rolled 8, hit Left Leg (0/19 armor, 11/13 structure remains)! Crit! - Fires ER Medium Laser at G11 Shadow Hawk (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement = 6): rolled 7, hit Left Arm (0/14 armor remains)! TAC! - Fires ER Medium Laser at G11 Shadow Hawk (3 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement = 6): rolled 6, hit Right Arm (0/14 armor, 4/9 structure remains)! Crit! - Gains 32 heat, sinks 38! X2 Exterminator - Torso twists to threaten hex 1122! - Fires Medium Pulse Laser at G1 Phoenix Hawk (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 partial cover - 2 pulse laser = 8): rolled 6, miss! - Fires Medium Pulse Laser at G1 Phoenix Hawk (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 partial cover - 2 pulse laser = 8): rolled 12, hit Left Arm (1/10 armor remains)! - Fires Medium Pulse Laser at G1 Phoenix Hawk (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 partial cover - 2 pulse laser = 8): rolled 11, hit Right Arm (3/10 armor remains)! - Fires Medium Pulse Laser at G1 Phoenix Hawk (3 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 partial cover - 2 pulse laser = 8): rolled 3, miss! - Gains 22 heat, sinks 26! X7 Vindicator - Fires LRM-5 at G11 Shadow Hawk (1 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement = 6): rolled 11, 5 missiles hit Left Leg (6/13 structure remains)! Crit! - Fires Medium Laser at G11 Shadow Hawk (1 base + 4 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement = 10): rolled 7, miss! - Gains 10 heat, sinks 24! X9 Cyclops IIC - Holds fire! - Gains 2 heat, sinks 30! X11 Merlin - Fires PPC at G10 Shadow Hawk (0 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement = 5): rolled 6, hit Right Torso (0/19 armor, 7/13 structure remains)! Crit! - Fires Medium Laser at G10 Shadow Hawk (0 base + 2 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement = 7): rolled 7, hit Right Torso (2/13 structure remains)! Crit! - Fires Medium Laser at G10 Shadow Hawk (0 base + 2 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement = 7): rolled 7, hit Left Leg (1/13 structure remains)! Crit! - Fires LRM-5 at G10 Shadow Hawk (0 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 minimum range - 1 iLK = 5): rolled 8, 2 missiles hit Center Torso (14/18 structure remains)!! - Gains 24 heat, sinks 27! H6 Gargoyle Tjris - Activates EI Implants - Torso twists to threaten hex 0722! - Fires Heavy Large Laser at G1 Phoenix Hawk (1 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 heavy laser + 1 partial cover - 1 targeting computer - 1 EI Implants = 7): rolled 7, hit Left Torso (2/18 armor remains)! - Fires ER Small Laser at G1 Phoenix Hawk (1 base + 2 range + 3 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 partial cover - 1 targeting computer - 1 EI Implants = 8): rolled 6, miss! - Gains 35 heat, sinks 36! G1 Phoenix Hawk - Fires Medium Laser at X2 Exterminator IIC (2 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 smoke = 9): rolled 5, miss! - Fires Medium Laser at X2 Exterminator IIC (2 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 smoke = 9): rolled 12, hit Right Leg (16/21 armor remains)! G9 Shadow Hawk - Torso twists to threaten hex 2711! - Fires HVAC-10 (Acid) at H1 Rifleman IIC (2 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 partial cover = 6): rolled 10, hit Left Torso (damaged reduced to 5/15 structure remains)! Crit! - Fires Medium Laser at H1 Rifleman IIC (2 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 partial cover = 8): rolled 7, miss! G10 Shadow Hawk - Fires Medium Laser at H1 Rifleman IIC (2 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 partial cover = 8): rolled 6, miss! G11 Shadow Hawk - Fires HVAC-10 (Acid) at H3 Wolf Spider (2 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement = 4): rolled 4, hit Left Arm (4/24 armor remains)! - Fires Medium Laser at H3 Wolf Spider (2 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement = 6): rolled 8, hit Left Arm (0/24 armor, 11/12 structure remains)! Crit! S1 Mackie - Holds fire! S2 Battlemaster - Fires Heavy PPC at H6 Gargoyle (2 base + 4 range + 1 movement + 3 enemy movement + 1 Heavy PPC = 11): rolled 4, miss! S3 Awesome - Torso twists to threaten hex 1304! - Fires PPC at X1 Banshee IIC (2 base + 4 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement = 7): rolled 7, hit Center Torso (0/47 armor, 24/30 structure remains)! Crit! - Fires PPC at X1 Banshee IIC (2 base + 4 range + 1 movement + 0 enemy movement = 7): rolled 4, miss! S4 Sunfire - Fires Heavy PPC at X11 Merlin (2 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 Heavy PPC + 2 light woods = 9): rolled 6, miss! - Fires Heavy PPC at X11 Merlin (2 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 Heavy PPC + 2 light woods = 9): rolled 10, hit Left Leg (4/19 armor remains)! End Phase: G10 Shadow Hawk - Critical chance in Right Torso! No critical hits sustained! - Critical chance in Right Torso! 3 critical hits sustained! - - LRM-5 ammo hit! - - Crit transfers to Center Torso! - - - Engine hit! - - Crit transfers to Center Torso! - - - Gyro hit! - Critical chance in Left Leg! 1 critical hit sustained! - - Upper leg actuator hit! - Ammo explosion in Right Torso (0/13 structure remains)! - - 78 damage transfers to Center Torso (0/18 structure remains)! `Mech destroyed! - - - 60 damage vented harmlessly! G11 Shadow Hawk - Critical chance in Left Leg! 2 critical hits sustained! - - Heat Sink destroyed! - - Lower Leg Actuator destroyed! - Through-Armor Critical chance in Left Arm! No critical hits sustained! - Critical chance in Left Leg! 1 critical hit sustained! - - Upper Leg Actuator destroyed! - Critical chance in Right Arm! No critical hit sustained! H1 Rifleman IIC - Critical chance in Left Torso! 1 critical hit sustained! - - Double Heat Sink destroyed! H3 Wolf Spider - Critical chance in Left Arm! No critical hits sustained! X1 Banshee IIC - Critical chance in Center Torso! 2 critical hits sustained! - - Engine hit! - - Engine hit! Piet’s Banshee was dying. It didn’t take a genius to realize it which, fortunately, she wasn’t. It didn’t take a technician either, which was also fortunate. Piet would’ve killed anyone who disparaged her so. Even a civilian bystander would have known the Banshee was in trouble, its ferro-titanium bones still glowed an angry red through what thin scraps of armor still clung to them. Even the `Mech’s computer knew it was doomed, alternating critical warnings and depressing diagnostic figures with an imperative that the pilot attempt to eject. Piet ignored it, reaching across the confined space to pull the chipset that controlled her ride’s automatic ejection system. Just another critical warning for the computer to slowly scroll through. Her hands settled on the controls, her eyes focused on the world beyond her heads-up display. Her lips pressed together in a grim smile. There were still enemies on the field, and she would kill them all. It was going to be glorious. Mission Objectives: Secure the Dropships (incomplete) Hold off the 1st Kestrel Grenadiers (incomplete) Optional Defeat the 1st Kestrel Grenadiers’ 2nd Battalion (33/40) Death Commandos: Defeat more Kestrel Grenadiers than the Hell’s Horses (16) Hell’s Horses: Defeat more Kestrel Grenadiers than the Death Commandos (17)  Key: H1 Rifleman IIC, H2 Cougar D, X1 Banshee IIC H3 Wolf Spider A, X2 Exterminator IIC, X7 Vindicator, X9 Cyclops IIC, X11 Merlin, H6 Gargoyle Tjris Enemy Movement Mods: S1 Mackie +0 S2 Battlemaster +0 S3 Awesome +1 S4 Sunfire +0 G1 Phoenix Hawk +3 Jumped G9 Shadow Hawk +2 Jumped G11 Shadow Hawk +0 Player `Mech Status  Enemy `Mech Status 
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Feb 27, 2013 02:12
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7 to Go, Drop the hammer down some more guys.
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One Shadow Hawk down, another with a bum leg screwing up it's movement, most of our guys weathered the damage fairly well (Though that double Engine crit is worrying), and Steve finally got his paintjob scuffed.  Overall, not too bad of a round.
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Feb 27, 2013 02:27
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Yes, I've finally taken a scratch.  EDIT: Also, I think G11 has a Crit chance on its RA, it's taken structural damage there. Runa fucked around with this message at 02:40 on Feb 27, 2013 |
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Feb 27, 2013 02:36
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PoptartsNinja posted:X7 Vindicator Shouldn't the second medium also be in range?
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Feb 27, 2013 02:36
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PTN, there's a minor error in G11's combat section of the update. H3 should be Wolf Spider not Widowmaker.
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Feb 27, 2013 02:37
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Death Commandos still within one. There's still time, you've got them right where you want them. 
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GenericServices posted:Shouldn't the second medium also be in range? The what? That was a typo, nothing to see here. VVV Nah, just me loving up! Although it wouldn't be the first time that's happened in BattleTech cough Ebon Jaguar cough. PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 02:44 on Feb 27, 2013 |
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Feb 27, 2013 02:41
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landcollector posted:PTN, there's a minor error in G11's combat section of the update. H3 should be Wolf Spider not Widowmaker. Widowmaker's the IS reporting name. Like Mad Cat vs Timberwolf. EDIT: Oh, then I've completely forgotten what it's reporting name is! It's not in the OP, haha. Runa fucked around with this message at 02:54 on Feb 27, 2013 |
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Feb 27, 2013 02:43
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Seems the Rifleman might just want to move there.
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And so our ten seconds of relative peace come to an end in true BattleTech fashion.
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Feb 27, 2013 03:38
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Oh hey, I'm not dead yet. And I got an update about not being dead yet. Rad.
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FFFFFFFFFFFffffff- I was really hoping they would keep moving south there, but I suppose they have good reason not too. Means I either go out in a blaze of glory against S2 or I camp the hillside for a few more turns. Not sure if we need the single turn of damage I can deliver now or if I'll do Goonlance more good by hiding a few more turns. Really wish I still had something a little longer-ranged than this cannon right about now.
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Feb 27, 2013 03:45
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G9 is such a cute little trooper.
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Fraction Jackson posted:Oh hey, I'm not dead yet. You're right, my watch is about ten seconds fast. (Hopefully Lobo doesn't actually appear out of nowhere to kill you.)
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Zaodai posted:You're right, my watch is about ten seconds fast. Actually I died thirty-five minutes ago.
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T.G. Xarbala posted:Also, I think G11 has a Crit chance on its RA, it's taken structural damage there. This. But man, this is A LOT closer than I would have expected, I really expected Goonlance to get stomped in this one, but it's a bloodbath for everyone instead!
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PTN, shouldn't there be some end phase piloting checks? Or is this crack better than I thought?
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I've given up on tracking those this fight. I had PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 05:48 on Feb 27, 2013 |
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One Shadow Hawk goes up in an ammo explosion, one gets its leg mauled. The last Grasshopper quits the field, so Storm Company has been completely neutralized. The only ones left besides the Command Lance are the stragglers from Grey Company, and they number 3 Mediums: a badly damaged Shadow Hawk, and a Phoenix and Shadow Hawk that have taken some amount of armor damage. Sweep them from the field and then the remains of GoonCompanyStar can go and bring all firepower to bear against the Command Lance to finish this. Shame about the Banshee getting ripped up like that, those Engine hits are bound to hurt it shortly, although less no than a mech without double heat sinks... Still, that Banshee is a wealth of Clan tech to the Cappellan Confederation, and the Death Commandos will want to keep both it and the pilot intact to be returned to Sian. Piet may have different ideas, but lets see how this will play out. Oh and PTN, you still have H3 listed as a Widowmaker in the End Phase step when you were rolling for crits. Also, the results after the G9 Shadow Hawk hit the Rifleman IIC with Acid rounds is a bit confusing, because I can't actually understand how much damage was dealt to each part of the Center and Left Torsos and the damage isn't reflected in the mech status update block. \/\/\/\/\/\/\/ EDIT: Ah, so I guess the supposed splash damage to the Center Torso was an artifact of last update that wasn't cleared away? I should have known, seeing as how the armor value for the CT didn't correspond to that of the Rifleman IIC at all. GhostStalker fucked around with this message at 07:51 on Feb 27, 2013 |
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GhostStalker posted:Also, the results after the G9 Shadow Hawk hit the Rifleman IIC with Acid rounds is a bit confusing, because I can't actually understand how much damage was dealt to each part of the Center and Left Torsos and the damage isn't reflected in the mech status update block. Acid rounds do half-damage to internal structure or standard armor, so the hit did five damage to the left torso. There was no splash.
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BoxOfAids posted:This. But man, this is A LOT closer than I would have expected, I really expected Goonlance to get stomped in this one, but it's a bloodbath for everyone instead! That's what happens when the side with the superior numbers decides it wants to send it's forces piecemeal into the teeth of the enemy.  Though to be honest, I too was kind of expecting it to be a little one sided at the beginning, and I'm plesently surprised by how well Gooncompany and Goonstar have aquitted themselves against the Grenadiers.
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drat, PTN retreated 2 of the mediums back to pull us in. I figure G1 will get walloped next turn, but the rest of the OpFor command lance is basically pristine. C'mon head crits.
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enigma74 posted:drat, PTN retreated 2 of the mediums back to pull us in. I figure G1 will get walloped next turn, but the rest of the OpFor command lance is basically pristine. C'mon head crits. G1's obviously just there to draw fire and buy time but I just don't feel comfortable leaving a mobile Large Laser hanging around our backsides. With at least half of the boss lance we can mitigate their LOS with jump mobility for now, but the other half is staring right at our most vulnerable units and I'm not abandoning them to play keepaway with the Battlemaster just yet.
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I guess G10 being taken out by the Merlin was added to the kill list before the Jagermech left the field, which was then attributed to either side of the ledger randomly due to neither being ahead? Is depth 1 water always cover against beam weapons aimed at the legs? Seems quite profitable for the Banshee to take a dip, not suggesting anything as I'm sure the pilot knows better, though I'm curious as to how that would work. I guess ballistic weapons, physical attacks and possibly PPCs would do damage? Or does it have to do with the angle of the surrounding land when terrain blocks damage? Readingaccount fucked around with this message at 16:17 on Feb 27, 2013 |
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Feb 27, 2013 16:12
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Um, the Rifleman IIC failed to crit this turn, somebody has made a mistake somewhere 
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Readingaccount posted:I guess G10 being taken out by the Merlin was added to the kill list before the Jagermech left the field, which was then attributed to either side of the ledger randomly due to neither being ahead? Depth 1 water counts as leg cover vs damage from mechs standing at height 0. Any damage that hits the legs is negated.
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Zeroisanumber posted:Depth 1 water counts as leg cover vs damage from mechs standing at height 0. Any damage that hits the legs is negated. If only Defiance Industries built a mech out of water...
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TildeATH posted:If only Defiance Industries built a mech out of water... We'd go out of business. We would no longer be needed to replace destroyed mechs.
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Zeroisanumber posted:Depth 1 water counts as leg cover vs damage from mechs standing at height 0. Any damage that hits the legs is negated. On the other hand, you do not want to immerse any section of a mech which has lost all of its armor. That's bad.
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