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*eyes the mercury II*

Please tell me the mechs name is "Hulk"

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BrianDavion wrote:
*eyes the mercury II*

Please tell me the mechs name is "Hulk"

Not named as yet, but it was last piloted by "Harridan" in the last campaign mission. If I had painted my Primitive Banshee that way, it would be worthy of the name. "Hulkling" would probably be a better name for that 40 tonner.

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washington state USA

Got to put my new buildings to use tonight.

We just did a little thematic lance on lance innersphere battle.

I don't know how this crossover happened with the purple chickens going up against the swords of light.

The table-

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The starting forces

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True to form for kurita i was running some fast heavies with c3, ERPPCs, and MRMs. The marik player countered me with light gauss, light/heavy/snub nose PPCs.

We were using the ghost imaging rules for ECM and it saved his bacon on several turns because he rolled really high and i failed to see through it.

We both managed to get some small headshots, the only one that killed was his commander in the archer taking a large laser and part of an MRM 30 volley to the face.

My daikyu managed to survive much longer than i expected as he managed to spread the damage all over the mech. he eventually went down to multiple pilot hits that put him to sleep. The daikyu was my only actual loss, the cat was forced to withdraw as were his marauder and awesome.

All in all, a great game, very close in the end. MVP goes to the grand dragon and its blistering speed.


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Purple Bird not so stonk after all.

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Pandemic silver lining: Completing battalion-sized painting projects (started like 15 years ago) for Davion and Kurita - plus a few binaries of Falcons and Bears.
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Falcons and Bears

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Davion Guard

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Sword of Light

   
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Most impressive, i see some classic old school metals in there that i own myself, like the old masakari with those skinny little gun barrels.






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It bothers me greatly that the Ryokens are on the GB side, and the Dasher is on the JF side.

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Looking pretty awesome, en masse
   
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 H.B.M.C. wrote:
It bothers me greatly that the Ryokens are on the GB side, and the Dasher is on the JF side.


It bothers me greatly there isn't more love for the other clans that were not part of the "big 4" that spearheaded the invasion.

It seems like almost every new clan player is running wolf, falcon, bears or jags.

We do end up with some variety though i have been a hells horse forever along with another long-time player running nova cats. of the 3 new players just getting into battletech one chose wolf, one chose hells horse because he loves vehicles and the third went with steel viper for their clan affiliations.





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Probably not a lot of love for the Jaggies as they were wiped out quite a while back. The Wolves get enough love as it is, given that they just won BattleTech.

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aphyon wrote:It bothers me greatly there isn't more love for the other clans that were not part of the "big 4" that spearheaded the invasion.

Well, since the War of Reaving, the "Homeworld" Clans were basically written out of the story.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Probably not a lot of love for the Jaggies as they were wiped out quite a while back. The Wolves get enough love as it is, given that they just won BattleTech.

The Smoke Jaguars were actually resurrected, from what I heard, due to favors rendered to the Wolf Clan during the IlClan events.

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Well, since the War of Reaving, the "Homeworld" Clans were basically written out of the story.


It's battletech, not like that matters at all, you can play any era including prior to the war of reaving.


It isn't like there is some big corporate behemoth breathing down the neck of the fanbase and forcing conformity to the newest edition/current timeline,



catalyst isn't going to move anything to legends status.





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 aphyon wrote:
catalyst isn't going to move anything to legends status.

'Legends' status in BattleTech means something different than it does in 40K

https://www.sarna.net/wiki/BattleTech:_Legends

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 aphyon wrote:
Well, since the War of Reaving, the "Homeworld" Clans were basically written out of the story.

It's battletech, not like that matters at all, you can play any era including prior to the war of reaving.

It isn't like there is some big corporate behemoth breathing down the neck of the fanbase and forcing conformity to the newest edition/current timeline,



catalyst isn't going to move anything to legends status.

And I wasn't saying otherwise. However, it makes it less likely to see any love regarding something that has basically been sent to the cleaners.

Of course one play in any one setting they choose, and even mix it up if they want. However, the likelihood of seeing more stories of the Cloud Cobras, Star Adders, Coyotes, and Stone Lions set past the War of Reaving is low at this point. And it is this last of which I was speaking.

Edit: Though calling the Succession Wars as the "Legends" Era would probably work better than just calling it "Introtech".

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just because you can still play a faction doesn't mean you're gonna be fine if it gets written out. Following the storyline is something most fans of battletech enjoy.

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HBMC and i had our little salt about that a few pages back. most of our preferred units get handled roughly during the jihad.





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BrianDavion wrote:
just because you can still play a faction doesn't mean you're gonna be fine if it gets written out. Following the storyline is something most fans of battletech enjoy.

as well as a lot of people like to play specific time settings and even with people enjoying the ongoing story, most games here are played with 3025

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For our group it is usually 3050+ so we can pit clans VS IS as well as clan VS clan or IS house VS house. it also allows a great variety of mechs and vehicle units to choose from.

We kind of ignore the dark age, and only dabble with the jihad if we have players that want to be WOB





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For us it is either Introtech, Standard (Total Warfare and Tech Manual), or "Anything Goes" (though usually leaving ASF and artillery out). We leave Eras out of it because it gets way to complicated to track.

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Hey I'm new here, but ive lurked since my early warhammer and star wars legion days! I was thinking of making and uploading my first battletech battle report here. Would I have to make my own thread or would I put it here?

Thanks a ton in advance!

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Put it in here.

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I finished the Warrior trilogy and hot damn, that's a must read for any Battletech fan.

Also started painting some minis!

   
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Thanks for the help on the previous question :3

Also I was wondering if anyone knows any good cheap ground vehicles to-scale for Battletech?
Would the Reaper Minis ones be too big?

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Should I put my battle report in Article format?

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-Basil 
   
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 aphyon wrote:
HBMC and i had our little salt about that a few pages back. most of our preferred units get handled roughly during the jihad.


yeah a lotta stuff during the Jihad and afetr got... mishandled. apparently the previous line developer had started to LIKE destroying things.

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 MVeedra wrote:
Thanks for the help on the previous question :3

Also I was wondering if anyone knows any good cheap ground vehicles to-scale for Battletech?
Would the Reaper Minis ones be too big?



Honestly, I went the proxy route when I started. Battletech vehicles are just too weird looking to be satisfying as proxies, especially if you get into the Clans vehicles. It'll be more costly, but I'd recommend just biting the bullet and going the official ones, or buying up some of the Mechwarrior dark age vehicles. They'll at least look right.

Short term? Print the picture and stick them on hexes or coins. Same for infantry and battle armor until you know what you'll enjoy using.

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 MVeedra wrote:
Would the Reaper Minis ones be too big?
IMO they are way, way too big.

   
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played a big game of alpha strike today, pretty awesome.

Apparently really hard to find the rulebook in print nowadays?

   
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Yeah. There are actually two versions of alpha strike.

There's alpha strike original rulebook + Alpha Strike Companion + erratta.

And then there's the newer Alpha Strike Commanders Edition which is supposed to combine all of that but omits several things (like some aerospace)

I have them all on pdf as i could never find it in print.
   
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I imagine for newer players it's easier to like a faction that actually has some source material and is an active participant in hostilities. There wasn't much on the Homeworld clans until the Field Manuals. Yes, I have forces painted up in Ghost Bear, Wolf and Jade Falcon colors. I also have forces painted up for Davion, Steiner, Kurita, Liao, Comstar/Word of Blake, Marik and even Rasalhague.

To be fair, I got started back in the 90's just before the Clans arrived and still remember the surprise they were. WTF is a Gauss Rifle and WTF is that thing firing it? 15 pts of damage at long range? And your PPCs do 15 pts of damage too? Holy S**T.

 aphyon wrote:
 H.B.M.C. wrote:
It bothers me greatly that the Ryokens are on the GB side, and the Dasher is on the JF side.


It bothers me greatly there isn't more love for the other clans that were not part of the "big 4" that spearheaded the invasion.

It seems like almost every new clan player is running wolf, falcon, bears or jags.

We do end up with some variety though i have been a hells horse forever along with another long-time player running nova cats. of the 3 new players just getting into battletech one chose wolf, one chose hells horse because he loves vehicles and the third went with steel viper for their clan affiliations.
   
 
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