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Which is why i love playing hells horse,

"The Clan lives by the motto that "man comes before machine," a philosophy which values the individual soldier over whichever tool of warfare he uses."-Sarna

chaos0xomega wrote:
It just says pairs from what I see, I don't see where it says "two pairs of two" - that was a question asked by one of the posters but the response was just "they will be in pairs" which could mean 1 pair, 2 pairs, 4 pairs, whatever.

In any case, inner sphere lance boxes are fairly small, and based on the size of the vee prototypes if its two pairs in a box then it should fill out the box nicely.

The 'how many pairs in a force pack' would be covered in the 'Can't say anything more at this point' statement from Adrian Gideon. If they're not sold in multiple pairs you'd have the price of a pair of 20-ton Skulkers being the same as a pair of 80-ton Demolishers and that's unrealistic IMHO.

Building some Outland Models to create a cityscape for BattleTech:

 Ghaz wrote:

chaos0xomega wrote:
It just says pairs from what I see, I don't see where it says "two pairs of two" - that was a question asked by one of the posters but the response was just "they will be in pairs" which could mean 1 pair, 2 pairs, 4 pairs, whatever.

In any case, inner sphere lance boxes are fairly small, and based on the size of the vee prototypes if its two pairs in a box then it should fill out the box nicely.

The 'how many pairs in a force pack' would be covered in the 'Can't say anything more at this point' statement from Adrian Gideon. If they're not sold in multiple pairs you'd have the price of a pair of 20-ton Skulkers being the same as a pair of 80-ton Demolishers and that's unrealistic IMHO.

I'm not really certain about that- think of the Inner Sphere Striker Lance- 3 lights and a medium.

It's the same price as the Inner Sphere Direct Fire Lance- which is 2 Assaults and 2 Heavies.

I don't think they're likely to try to balance it out by weight or combat power, going by the existing Force packs.

3D render of the Firefly, prototype was seen in the KerenskyCon pics...

so apparently the "no torso twist" quirk is getting removed with the next BMM update

Why would they remove that?

So things didn't go quite as planned.

i got the water table set up. but both the opposing players forgot to choose and or print out the sheets for their capture transports.



So we went ahead with some quick replacements.


This was not designed to be an easy mission, each side brought 1 transport to try and board and capture the primary boat in 8 turns. they were also fighting each other.

Funny enough both sides blew their MASC rolls on a mech and took out hip actuators.

the comstar side had a hovercraft but it died to a motive crit from the other sides WIGE so it became a race to disable the WIGE

On the final turn the WIGE attempted a boarding action and failed by 2. leaving the objective boat alive and running.


The table-





Some of the battle-

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Why would they remove that?

Because as the 'mechs get new artwork, the 'mechs which previously didn't have a torso are being given one (e.g., the Nova found in the Clan Invasion box now has a torso)

 Ghaz wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Why would they remove that?

Because as the 'mechs get new artwork, the 'mechs which previously didn't have a torso are being given one (e.g., the Nova found in the Clan Invasion box now has a torso)

The Thug, too, I noticed. The model even has the torso slightly twisted.

I wonder if they'll get rid of it for the Black Hawk-KU...

Per Xotl on the Battletech forums, the trait is being outright removed from the BMM.

presumably as the art is updated mechs with NTT will be addressed. with what we know is in the new KS, I think the number of mechs without torso twisting art is going to be umm.. the artic fox (based off the Uller)a and the falconer

 Charistoph wrote:

 Ghaz wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Why would they remove that?

Because as the 'mechs get new artwork, the 'mechs which previously didn't have a torso are being given one (e.g., the Nova found in the Clan Invasion box now has a torso)

The Thug, too, I noticed. The model even has the torso slightly twisted.

I wonder if they'll get rid of it for the Black Hawk-KU...

Probably, but since there's no Inner Sphere OmniMechs in the Kickstarter it won't be for a while.

Real shame that. Some plastic 1st Generation Omnis (Sunder!) would'a been great.

Group shot of all of the upcoming 'mech variants and reposes. Definitely looking forward to the CPLT-K2 Catapult for my Crater Cobras

I think that I might be ill or something...

I scrutinized that lineup and thought "You know what? I think that I have enough Mechs".

I'm sure that it'll pass, or I could get some medication for the condition, I suppose.

Its probably because they are all variants or reposes - those don't trigger new shiny syndrome the same way that 100% new sculpts do.

Here's the breakdown on the minis shown:

Fire Moth D
Locust LCT-3M
Wasp WSP-3W
Blackjack BJ-3
Hatchetman HCT-6D
Enforcer ENF-5D
Griffin GRF-3M
Catapult CPLT-K2K
Thunderbolt TDR-5SE
Crusader CRD-5M
Archer ARC-5R
Grasshopper GHR-5J
Warhammer WHM-7S
Gargoyle C
Warhawk C
Cyclops CP-11-A
Shadow Hawk SHD-7H

Well I've got 7 Catapults already, two of which are K2s. Why not make it an even 8.

I'm really glad that I decided to focus on my Diamond Shark trinary (and Snow Raven, Wolf and Jade Falcon stars) this year and left my Crater Cobras for next year as I would have been waiting for so many miniatures from the Mercenaries Kickstarter for them.

Chillreaper wrote:I think that I might be ill or something...

I scrutinized that lineup and thought "You know what? I think that I have enough Mechs".

I'm sure that it'll pass, or I could get some medication for the condition, I suppose.

I kind of understand that, there are only two there I don't already have a variant of, and only the Highlander is one I actually miss. The Gargoyle has never really be one I liked.

That being said, as a Thunderbolt fan, I have a desire to have my hands on that Eridani model. I just wonder if I can get my hands on a Götterdämmerung before that boxset comes out.

BrianDavion wrote:
Per Xotl on the Battletech forums, the trait is being outright removed from the BMM.

presumably as the art is updated mechs with NTT will be addressed. with what we know is in the new KS, I think the number of mechs without torso twisting art is going to be umm.. the artic fox (based off the Uller)a and the falconer

Do you have a link for that, or at least which post that was in?

 Charistoph wrote:

Chillreaper wrote:I think that I might be ill or something...

I scrutinized that lineup and thought "You know what? I think that I have enough Mechs".

I'm sure that it'll pass, or I could get some medication for the condition, I suppose.

I kind of understand that, there are only two there I don't already have a variant of, and only the Highlander is one I actually miss. The Gargoyle has never really be one I liked.

That being said, as a Thunderbolt fan, I have a desire to have my hands on that Eridani model. I just wonder if I can get my hands on a Götterdämmerung before that boxset comes out.

BrianDavion wrote:
Per Xotl on the Battletech forums, the trait is being outright removed from the BMM.

presumably as the art is updated mechs with NTT will be addressed. with what we know is in the new KS, I think the number of mechs without torso twisting art is going to be umm.. the artic fox (based off the Uller)a and the falconer

Do you have a link for that, or at least which post that was in?

https://bg.battletech.com/forums/rules-questions/why-does-the-thug-have-the-no-torso-twist-design-quirk-when-the-tro-shows-it/msg1838381/#msg1838381

BrianDavion wrote:

https://bg.battletech.com/forums/rules-questions/why-does-the-thug-have-the-no-torso-twist-design-quirk-when-the-tro-shows-it/msg1838381/#msg1838381

Thank you, sir!

While our weekly group doesn't use Quirks, we do have a campaign I'm in that does. We have a Cicada 3C that will be most grateful when that goes on line.

 Charistoph wrote:

BrianDavion wrote:

https://bg.battletech.com/forums/rules-questions/why-does-the-thug-have-the-no-torso-twist-design-quirk-when-the-tro-shows-it/msg1838381/#msg1838381

Thank you, sir!

While our weekly group doesn't use Quirks, we do have a campaign I'm in that does. We have a Cicada 3C that will be most grateful when that goes on line.

Yep. The new Cicada will have a waist...

 Charistoph wrote:

BrianDavion wrote:

https://bg.battletech.com/forums/rules-questions/why-does-the-thug-have-the-no-torso-twist-design-quirk-when-the-tro-shows-it/msg1838381/#msg1838381

Thank you, sir!

While our weekly group doesn't use Quirks, we do have a campaign I'm in that does. We have a Cicada 3C that will be most grateful when that goes on line.

yeah it'll open up a bunch of mechs I'd otherwise not touch

Anthony Scroggins has posted a concept sketch for Inner Sphere Battle Armor on his Patreon. I'm not a patron so I can't say how it looks, but it does give us hope that it may show up in the Mercenaries Kickstarter (or in another Force Pack).

That would be a fantastic inclusion for the KS but I’d rather the focus stay in vees in the not-mech category.

 Manchu wrote:
That would be a fantastic inclusion for the KS but I’d rather the focus stay in vees in the not-mech category.

Yeah, but not everyone wants to use Elementals to represent their Inner Sphere Battle Armor.

Hopefully by the time they're ready to do Inner Sphere Omnimechs, they'll include the Inner Sphere Standard.

Look what I found on the interwebz...

Guess IS Standard will be one of the "surprises" in the upcoming KS.

nothing is stopping you from getting all the various BA from IWM. i have kanazuchis, raidens, toads, and gnomes.