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Whirlwind Scout Hover Tank
LT-MOB-25F Mobile Long Tom Artillery
Sturmfeur Heavy Tank
Tinstar Battle Armor
Skulker
Warrior
Firestarter
Spector
Cicada
Devastator
'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
2022/12/09 23:32:48
Subject: Classic Battletech Is Awesome: the Thread!
infinite_array wrote: I'm looking for a little help designing a scenario for a club game in March.
I'm looking for a decent Kuritan force from the IS Lance Packs. I figure the Support Lance pack and the Strike Lance packs would work, as long as I swap the Wolfound for something else (maybe one of the mechs from the new 2 player starter set). But I don't know what third Lance pack to add to balance out the Kuritans.
By 3039, you've got a lot of stuff that fell off of Comstar's trucks. Everything but the Flashman in the Comstar Battle Level II is used by Kurita. You can even field a Katana! And although it's not the first thing you think of- the Wolverine K is a Kuritan variant. I'd suggest the Inner Sphere Command Lance as well- Archer has a Kuritan variant, the Marauder doesn't... but it is used by them, like the Stinger. Valk's a little out of place, but perfectly expected salvage. Plus, it gives you 2 lights and 2 heavies, which helps that Kurita mediums suck flavor come through.
Klawz-Ramming is a subset of citrus fruit?
Gwar- "And everyone wants a bigger Spleen!"
Mercurial wrote:
I admire your aplomb and instate you as Baron of the Seas and Lord Marshall of Privateers.
Orkeosaurus wrote:Star Trek also said we'd have X-Wings by now. We all see how that prediction turned out.
Orkeosaurus, on homophobia, the nature of homosexuality, and the greatness of George Takei.
English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark alleyways and mugs them for loose grammar.
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'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
2022/12/10 00:31:35
Subject: Classic Battletech Is Awesome: the Thread!
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2022/12/11 17:02:22
Subject: Re:Classic Battletech Is Awesome: the Thread!
Resumed weapons testing with the coyotes this weekend. decided to change things up with some weird second line mechs.
His star-
.savage coyote
.canis
.rabid coyote
.coyotl
.timber wolf
My star-
.marauder IIC
.warhawk
.bruin
.bowman 2
.jackalope
Last time we only managed 2 turns before it was all over, this time was just as brutal but it went over twice as long.
We managed 4 head hits with 2 direct pilot kills, multiple center torso crits on both sides as well as a crit leg shearing. i think it was turn 3 that 5 mechs went down between both of us. the turn before that i think half the mechs on the table fell down.
at the end it was an assault and a medium on his side VS an assault and a light on my side. The hells horsemanaged another victory but by a narrow margin.
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On an interesting not the bruin performed surprisingly well for a ghost bear dominion/Rasalhague joint design that looked to be inspired by the clan grizzly.
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2022/12/11 20:13:15
Subject: Classic Battletech Is Awesome: the Thread!
It hits like a truck, first time it fired it connected with 2 large lasers and 3 of the 4 ultra 10 AC shots. all of our mechs performed pretty well, i don't remember how the Canis died exactly. but it was the next to last mech to die when it engaged the Warhawk.
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2022/12/12 23:34:33
Subject: Re:Classic Battletech Is Awesome: the Thread!
n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion.
2022/12/12 23:49:04
Subject: Classic Battletech Is Awesome: the Thread!
They haven't built it yet. Its a concept video put in the terms of a customer promotional video.
Charistoph wrote: I
Still, Not only Clanner concepts, but Khan Noonian Sing concepts might come in to play.
Is there a difference?
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Flinty wrote: Well thank goodness it’s run by renewable energy…
It probably gets is power from the local supply grid, it would 100% need backup.
'I am sorry your unborn son died, but we had no wind for three days' just doesn't cut it.
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n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion.
2022/12/13 17:16:45
Subject: Classic Battletech Is Awesome: the Thread!
They haven't built it yet. Its a concept video put in the terms of a customer promotional video.
Obviously, but if they don't have a reliably working single unit they can provide a non-CGI model of, my faith that they could construct a facility that holds 30,000 is on the shelf.
Charistoph wrote: I
Still, Not only Clanner concepts, but Khan Noonian Sing concepts might come in to play.
Is there a difference?
Noonian Singh was created on Earth and then left. The Clanners were created away from Earth and are seaking to go there.
Singh also didn't have his own tech base, and when offered a world didn't set up a nursery. Of course, the planet was turned in to a wasteland pretty early in the original timeline, so...
Are you a Wolf, a Sheep, or a Hound?
Megavolt wrote:They called me crazy…they called me insane…THEY CALLED ME LOONEY!! and boy, were they right.
2022/12/13 17:20:50
Subject: Classic Battletech Is Awesome: the Thread!
Severe population decline? Last I checked world populations were still on the rise and its generally considered that we are overpopulated in general! Not to mention the utterly insane growth in the last 100-150 years that the population has undergone.
Nope can't see any reason to suddenly raise the panic button for "underpopulation." If anything we need a long period of declining populations!
Now with the rise of women seeking a life outside of childbirth and thus often putting off having a child until later, yes I can see a very viable need for the option to procreate for a population where women might well be considering having a child much later in life where complications are much more likely to be a high risk.
Go to the 15:40 mark to see the 3-D render of the Shogun
'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
2022/12/16 00:59:53
Subject: Classic Battletech Is Awesome: the Thread!
Overread wrote: See I'm FAR more interested in that longtom artillery!
The 3D render of the Shogun is new. The concept sketch of the Long Tom is back on page 82 and the finished artwork was in the RecGuide that came out last Friday, making it so last week
'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
2022/12/16 01:59:22
Subject: Classic Battletech Is Awesome: the Thread!
H.B.M.C. wrote: I like the MW4: Vengeance menu music in the background of the video.
Back in the day before i left the dumpster fire that MWO became, i patched the audio files to replace all the sound effects with the ones from Mechwarrior 3.
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'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
2022/12/27 20:19:13
Subject: Classic Battletech Is Awesome: the Thread!
Seriously? If you're going to do pre-KS marketing info why complicate it with a PDF? Free sure, but you have to go to a separate site and register and enter personal details to get access to the free pdf when a simple wordpress free website page or two could have done the same work; be totally free; be google indexed and all for searching.
Overread wrote: Seriously? If you're going to do pre-KS marketing info why complicate it with a PDF? Free sure, but you have to go to a separate site and register and enter personal details to get access to the free pdf when a simple wordpress free website page or two could have done the same work; be totally free; be google indexed and all for searching.
Don't hassle people when you're doing marketing
A PDF on its own isn't too bad. If it's posted in an open link, even Google can index it. But, I agree, putting it behind a registration system and all that, even if free? Kind of a PITA, and limiting who gets the marketing materials, which seems... counterproductive?
2022/12/27 21:20:01
Subject: Classic Battletech Is Awesome: the Thread!
Kanluwen wrote: It does kinda/sorta make sense in that it can let them gauge interest.
Naw it more seems like they've just used an online store host to make it simple to release and not really thought it through properly. Marketing like this is only going to appeal to those who are already sold on the product. It's going to bypass many who are on the fence; who are debating or who are not even all that interested or aware of it. It's marketing that's only going to reinforce your existing market. Which is fine, marketing really should do that; but it just seems like there's nothing in this special to existing customers and there's a lot in it that would be useful and interesting to reach out to new people or previous Battletech fans who aren't in the current system and all.
Basically it's a barrier which shouldn't be there and in this day and age a good many resent having to sign up for stuff on websites and give away their details. So they can be turned off just by the practice of having this kind of marketing material.
As a counterpoint- I'd say releasing your marketing through premium channels to people who are definitely already backing is a great way to harpoon whales for the kickstarter.
You're already paying per month to see images a few weeks ahead of everyone else. You have disposable income and interest. Put aside another fifty or a hundred dollars for us, and get ready for this.
It's no accident this image is on a very faction limited, late era mech, while the totally free, full color writeup of the Assassin and Quickdraw focused on 2 ubiquitous, usable in any era mechs to build interest in the casual buyer.
Klawz-Ramming is a subset of citrus fruit?
Gwar- "And everyone wants a bigger Spleen!"
Mercurial wrote:
I admire your aplomb and instate you as Baron of the Seas and Lord Marshall of Privateers.
Orkeosaurus wrote:Star Trek also said we'd have X-Wings by now. We all see how that prediction turned out.
Orkeosaurus, on homophobia, the nature of homosexuality, and the greatness of George Takei.
English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark alleyways and mugs them for loose grammar.
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