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GhostStalker posted:Now, I pretty sure that Berserk Mode will be coming out this turn. The only question is where to move before I activate it so it'll have the greatest effect. Kinda leery of that ice separating me and both the Behemoth and the Urbie. Any advice? Just tell me you're using it.
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PoptartsNinja posted:Just tell me you're using it. Well, I'm definitely using it, then. No other orders needed? ZA BEASTO!
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Jul 7, 2013 03:24
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The Stay Puft Marshmallow Mech. 
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Watching a stream, doodled this, was told to post it. Never mind the lovely everything.
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Jul 8, 2013 07:16
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You're drat right we told you to post it. Just look at it. 
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Jul 8, 2013 07:18
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 IT is so happy, It finally got to be an assault mech. It finally gets to stomp the buildings rather than hide among them.
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Jul 8, 2013 07:25
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at least it wasn't the Ubermech that fired UrbanMechs like we giggled about before.
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Jul 8, 2013 07:42
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Calax posted:at least it wasn't the Ubermech that fired UrbanMechs like we giggled about before. We haven't seen it fire, yet.
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Shady Amish Terror posted:Watching a stream, doodled this, was told to post it. Never mind the lovely everything.  Is this the real life?
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Jul 8, 2013 07:56
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You guys need something that everyone can get behind, a symbol. Something that appeals to the best in each and every one of us. Something good. And pure. And decent.
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So in the sequel to this, do they all pilot a giant statue ('mech) of Aldo Lestrade?
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Keru posted:So in the sequel to this, do they all pilot a giant statue ('mech) of Aldo Lestrade? Nobody knows because nobody watched it.
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If at all possible I'd like to do an update tomorrow, so I'd appreciate it if my players could have their orders in by the end of the day today / before 9:00AM MST tomorrow (unless one of you has died or something, in which case I'd also appreciate a head's up)
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PoptartsNinja posted:If at all possible I'd like to do an update tomorrow, so I'd appreciate it if my players could have their orders in by the end of the day today / before 9:00AM MST tomorrow (unless one of you has died or something, in which case I'd also appreciate a head's up) Oddly enough, just shot my orders to you right when this post went up. As Vasquez would say LETS ROCK 
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Holybat posted:Oddly enough, just shot my orders to you right when this post went up. My orders have been in since yesterday, since it was real easy to decide what to do this turn, especially after finding out that activating Berserk Mode and letting it do its thing is apparently enough for a turn's orders unto itself. Now to see what havoc unleashing ZA BEASTO! will bring. If all goes according to plan, it should do something fierce to the Behemoth and/or the Stay Puft Marshmallow Urbie instead of the other members of Hogarth's Heroes. Guessing now that I should've asked PTN if there was a chance for friendly fire in Berserk Mode before I activated it... GhostStalker fucked around with this message at 23:28 on Jul 9, 2013 |
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Hogarth’s Heroes: Tactical Update 18 Combat Phase Blue 1) Hogarth’s Atlas II - No Orders Received! Blue 2) Steiner’s Awesome - Fires PPC at Behemoth (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 10, hit Center Torso (20/60 armor remains)! - Fires PPC at Behemoth (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 9, hit Left Leg (14/62 armor remains)! - Fires PPC at Behemoth (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 12, hit Right Arm (0/44 armor, 21/25 structure remains)! Cine-Crit! - Fires PPC at Behemoth (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 8, hit Center Torso (10/60 armor remains)! Blue 3) Vasquez’s Banshee - Activates Berserk Mode, becomes untargetable! Blue 4) Schultz’s Zeus - Fires LRM-15 at Behemoth (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement + 2 minimum = 6): rolled 9, 4 missiles hit Left Leg (10/62 armor remains)! - Fires PPC at Behemoth (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 4): rolled 3, miss! - Fires Large Laser at Behemoth (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 4): rolled 7, hit Left Torso (7/45 armor remains)! - Fires Large Laser at Behemoth (4 base + 0 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 4): rolled 8, hit Center Torso (2/60 armor remains)! - Fires Medium Laser at Behemoth (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 3, miss! - Fires Medium Laser at Behemoth (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 4, miss! Red 1) Battlemaster - Holds fire! Green 7) Wolf Trap - Torso twists to threaten hex 1018 - Fires LB-10X Autocannon at Atlas Blue 1 (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement - 1 cluster = 5): rolled 6, 6 submunitions hit Rear Right Torso (5/10 armor remains), Rear Left Torso (7/10 armor remains), Rear Center Torso (13/14 armor remains), Head (1/3 structure remains (Cine-Crit!)), Left Leg (33/41 armor remains), Left Leg (39/41 armor remains)! Behemoth - Fires Gauss Rifle at Awesome Blue 2 (3 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 5): rolled 9, hit Left Leg (4/33 armor remains)! - Fires Gauss Rifle at Awesome Blue 2 (3 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 5): rolled 12, hit Right Arm (6/24 armor remains)! - Fires LB-10X Autocannon (Cluster) at Awesome Blue 2 (3 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement - 1 Cluster = 4): rolled 6, 10 submunitions hit Right Arm (5/24 armor remains), Right Arm (4/24 armor remains), Right Arm (3/24 armor remains), Center Torso (10/30 armor remains), Right Leg (13/33 armor (TAC!)), Right Arm (2/24 armor remains), Left Leg (3/33 armor remains), Left Torso (16/24 armor remains), Left Leg (2/33 armor remains), Left Arm (1/33 armor remains)! - Fires LB-10X Autocannon (Cluster) at Awesome Blue 2 (3 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement - 1 Cluster = 4): rolled 9, 8 submunitions hit Right Torso (16/17 structure remains (Cine-Crit)), Center Torso (9/30 armor remains), Right Arm (1/24 armor, / structure remains), Left Arm (23/24 armor remains), Left Arm (22/24 armor remains), Right Arm (0/24 armor remains), Right Arm (12/13 structure remains (Cine-Crit)), Left Torso (15/24 armor remains)! Uburbanmech - Fires Autocannon/20 at Zeus Blue 4 (4 base + 4 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 8): rolled 9, hit Center Torso (0/26 armor, 15/25 structure remains)! Cine-Crit! - Fires Autocannon/20 at Zeus Blue 4 (4 base + 4 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 8): rolled 6, miss! - Fires Large Laser at Zeus Blue 4 (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 7, hit Right Leg (0/24 armor, 11/17 structure remains)! Cine-Crit! - Fires Large Laser at Zeus Blue 4 (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 12, hit Center Torso (7/25 structure remains)! Cine-Crit! End Phase: Behemoth - Cinematic Critical Chance! No cine-crits sustained! Atlas Blue 1 - Cinematic Critical Chance! No cine-crits sustained! Awesome Blue 2 - Through-Armor Critical Chance in Right Leg! No critical hit sustained! - Cinematic Critical Chance! 1 Cine-crit sustained! - - Protagonist Flesh Wound! - Cinematic Critical Chance! No cine-crits sustained! Zeus Blue 4 - Cinematic Critical Chance! No cine-crits sustained! - Cinematic Critical Chance! 1 Cine-crit sustained! - - Protagonist Injured! - Cinematic Critical Chance! 1 Cine-crit sustained! - - Chickens Escape! Physical Combat Phase: Blue 3) Banshee - Kicks Behemoth (5 base + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement - 2 kick = 5): rolled 10, hit Right Leg (28/62 armor remains) - Punches Behemoth (5 base + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 7): rolled 8, hit Left Arm (13/44 armor remains)! - Punches Behemoth (5 base + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 7): rolled 7, hit Left Arm (4/44 armor remains)! - Bites Behemoth (5 base + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 7): rolled 9, hit Left Arm (0/44 armor, 10/25 structure remains)! Arm Torn Off! “We’re so hosed,” Vasquez mumbled, “we’re so hosed… we’re so hosed!” “Vasquez has gone bye-bye,” Andrew fought through another snicker. “General, what do we do?” “I’m sorry, Andrew. I—” Hogarth paused, his Atlas twisting as though shaking its head, “—I have no orders for you right now.” Andrew held his tongue for a few moments, mostly to regain his own composure, and managed, “Then trust me, General. Because I do.” “I mustn’t run away,” the radio continued to crackle quietly with Vasquez’s ranting. “Vasquez,” Andrew’s voice was calm even as the Behemoth’s firepower pulverized his armor and shook his `Mech like a colossal rag doll. He let fly with his PPCs, not caring where or even if they hit, but continued with absolute sincerity. “This ghost gets inside of you, turns you into some twisted monster—and he’s going to destroy everything you know and love.” Andrew paused for a brief, melodramatic moment before adding, “He killed Drake.” The Banshee shuddered as though it had been struck by a Gauss Rifle, its torso twisting back and forth as if the machine itself were searching for something. It’s man-shaped head turned towards the distant Behemoth, cockpit glass glinting like a pair of sunglasses for a brief moment. With a roar (that would be added in post) the hydraulics holding the false head in place strained to torque the head upwards, making it appear as though the Banshee had opened a mouth the real `Mech simply didn’t have. It lurched forward with jerky, spider-like motions and Hogarth’s Atlas twisted to raise its left arm as though trying to recall his enraged subordinate. The arm moved as slowly as Thomas could manage, trying to give the Banshee the illusion of lightning speed as it crossed the ice and clambered up the low hill on which the Behemoth sat. With a colossal crash the Banshee plowed into the Locust that secretly made up the Behemoth’s left arm, tearing the “arm” from the `Mech and descending upon it like a starving man. “Hogarth!” The Red Corsair’s gruff voice filled the comms. “Thomas Hogarth, I don’t know what the hell you think you’re doing coming here; but you won’t even scratch that damned ghost without a PPC! Here!” The armless Battlemaster twisted, kicking out with its right foot to lob its “rediscovered” PPC at the distant Atlas. A flock of frost chickens scattered from directly beneath the weapon, apparently having taken cover there from the snow. The replica weapon was far lighter than the real thing but even then it didn’t clear half the distance. Fortunately, the still active Wolf Trap was on the job, pressing a working weapon into the Atlas’s hand before retreating. Thomas twisted as though he’d just caught the PPC perfectly, and raised the weapon in salute. “Thanks, Duchess. I owe you one.” “To hell with that,” the Red Corsair hissed, “I’m counting on you to save Skye. Don’t screw this up!” Primary Objectives Defend the Red Corsair! (0/1) Destroy Richard Cameron’s Behemoth (0/1) Secondary Objectives Thomas Hogarth duels the Red Corsair (1/1) One of Hogarth’s Heroes “dies” dramatically, but no more than one (0/1) Hogarth kills the ghost with his Ghost-Killer PPC (failed!) Believe in Andrew Steiner (Complete Success!) Cross the Streams (success!) Defeat the Urbanmech?! (0/1) Hidden Objectives Piles of Cardboard Boxes Destroyed: 2 Fruit Carts Destroyed: 1 Wilhelm Screams: 1 Flubbed Lines: 1 Fires Started: 1 Chickens Released: 1  Key: Blue1) Atlas II Blue2) Awesome Blue3) Banshee Blue4) Zeus Red1) Battlemaster – Walked, 0 Enemy `Mech Key Green7) Wolf Trap – Ran, 2 Behemoth – Stationary, 0 Uburbanmech - Stationary, 0 Player `Mech Status  Enemy `Mech Status  Cinematic Crit Table 2 – Railing Kill / Protagonist Injured! 3 – Stunned Enemy / Protagonist Flesh Wound! 4 – Huge Random Explosion! 5 – Fruit Vendor Demolished / Chickens Escape / Outhouse Detonates! 6 – Cardboard Boxes Destroyed! 7 – Wilhelm Scream / Flubbed Line! 8 – Cardboard Boxes Destroyed! 9 – Explosive Barrels Explode Unexpectedly! 10 – Something Catches Fire! 11 – Delayed Casualty / Protagonist Flesh Wound! 12 – Kneecapped / Protagonist Injured! PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 05:27 on Jul 11, 2013 |
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Jul 11, 2013 04:15
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The Resident Evil nod was a nice touch.
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PoptartsNinja posted:Blue 3) Vasquez’s Banshee  We have gone full Evangelion. 
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Jul 11, 2013 04:20
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... A mech biting. They have teeth?
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Jul 11, 2013 04:31
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Oh snaps! Full eva-style battle now!!!
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You seem to have 2 copies of the enemy status in the update instead of the player status.
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well holy poo poo. Guess the Banshee now has the Behemoth tied up, so I'm putting this to the other lancemates here, but do we stay on the Behemoth or are we turning to face the Uburbanmech? Considering how hosed all my armor coverage is, I'm not sure how much longer for the world Colonel Schultz is - maybe it's time for me to go out in a proper Lyran action movie blaze of glory on our stay-puft foe? (and by that I mean, turning, running and firing everything wildly in its general direction)
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Holybat posted:Considering how hosed all my armor coverage is, I'm not sure how much longer for the world Colonel Schultz is - maybe it's time for me to go out in a proper Lyran action movie blaze of glory on our stay-puft foe? (and by that I mean, turning, running and firing everything wildly in its general direction) Schultz wouldn't go down like that. He'd simply wait for former enemies to bail him out because he is a jolly fat guy. 
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PoptartsNinja posted:Hogarth’s Heroes: Tactical Update 18 OH COME ON! 
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Wow! ... anyway, I think you need to focus on the Behemoth. Losing the rage hurts somewhat (unless it can bite off legs and torsos), but less than two gauss rifles and two shotguns hurting you for a few more rounds. Plus the Behemoth might just kick off its left leg or something, though I wouldn't put it past it to get up again even with no legs. Readingaccount fucked around with this message at 06:13 on Jul 11, 2013 |
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I was going to say "It's been like that since the beginning!" but I see that's no longer necessary.
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quote:- Bites Behemoth (5 base + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 7): rolled 9, hit Left Arm (0/44 armor, 10/25 structure remains)! Arm Torn Off! Well that's not something I ever expected to see.
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Podima posted:OH COME ON! yeah I'm not really sure what happened there either, since he posted in the google doc. 
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Well, I hope he's alright. I gave him as much time as I could, but my IM box also clearly isn't full. Maybe his outbox is full and he couldn't send anything?
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Calax posted:... A mech biting. They have teeth? Well, some mechs do.
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 Sorry, guys. Had a kinda harsh depressive funk the last couple days and completely forgot that I hadn't sent in orders   Won't happen again.Holybat posted:well holy poo poo. Guess the Banshee now has the Behemoth tied up, so I'm putting this to the other lancemates here, but do we stay on the Behemoth or are we turning to face the Uburbanmech? I'm of two minds. I could continue my previous plan and go fisticuffs with the Behemoth (made easier now that he's minus an arm!) or try to figure out how not to waste this, apparently, single shot of PPC I have now. Edit: VV No, the Behemoth shot mine off immediately following the Stream-Crossing. The Battlemaster threw the 'handgun' PPC at me. Malachite_Dragon fucked around with this message at 23:18 on Jul 11, 2013 |
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Because this is the movie, maybe our Atlas was charging his PPC?
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Hmm, do I focus on the Behemoth and try to knock out some of the larger bits before it actually crits something important on me, or do I split my fire and also try to discourage that Wolf Trap from getting too cheeky?
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Helter Skelter posted:Hmm, do I focus on the Behemoth and try to knock out some of the larger bits before it actually crits something important on me, or do I split my fire and also try to discourage that Wolf Trap from getting too cheeky? Well the mission might well be over once the Behemoth is destroyed, with the primary objectives of Destroy the Behemoth being met, and that would stop the rest of the enemy, fulfilling the second primary objective and defending the Red corsair. So really, you have to ask yourself; do you think you guys have enough armor and endurance left to take out the remaining enemy forces before finishing the Behemoth.
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A fair point, though there's also that urbie to make things interesting.
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Right but won't that also go down with the Behemoth? Or is it not a ghost-controlled unit?
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If I remember Ghostbusters right, since it's been a few years since the last I saw it, taking down the Behemoth probably won't take down the Stay Puft Urbie.
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I have never seen the movie so if the Urbie is a reference then I don't get it. I figured it was another ghost-controlled mech. If that's not the case, then definitely go for the Behemoth to shut down its triple gauss and lbx, and then focus on the Uburbanmech. Just my 2 cents.
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Malachite_Dragon posted:If I remember Ghostbusters right, since it's been a few years since the last I saw it, taking down the Behemoth probably won't take down the Stay Puft Urbie. What happens at the end of Ghostbusters is they cross the streams to force a gateway that led from the god-plane (or wherever) to our world to reverse its direction and suck in the god-plane things that came through. This took care of the Big Bad, Gozer, but its Destructor the Stay-Puffed Marshmallow Man was incinerated to the molecular level by a side-effect of the stream-crossing.
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Sorry about lack of orders so far, I haven't had any access to the internet for a week... I'm probably not going to be able to bang out any orders tonight, as I still need to see what I can do this turn and what the rest of the players and pilots of Hogarth's Heroes are going to be doing. I will say that I will definitely have internet tomorrow night and should have orders in by then. Sorry guys. Also, Berserk Mode was exactly what I thought it would be. Banshee going Berserk a la Evangelion and biting one of the Behemoth's arms off? Nice. So since I jumped into real close proximity of the Behemoth, you think I should start firing at the thing a point blank range, even with my PPCs and their minimum range penalties, or should I back up and then fire? If I don't step back, then I'm definitely taking this Berserk thing further with a kick, though I guess there won't be any more biting anytime soon...
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