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2023/03/11 01:20:19
Subject: Classic Battletech Is Awesome: the Thread!
Yeah he is down under, importing anything to or from there isn't worth the effort, that is the one positive of having friends with 3d printers.
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2023/03/11 07:26:15
Subject: Classic Battletech Is Awesome: the Thread!
Email them. Always email them. The only things I buy direct from Catalyst are the premium multipart miniatures; and the default shipping rate is $120 USD to get to me here in Australia. For a $15 USD model. After emailing them, they were able to knock that shipping cost down to $20 USD, and pointed out that it would remain there until or unless I ordered more than 12-15 of the premium multiparts due to weight.
Albertorius wrote:...Heh
$117.29 to ship one to the EU. That bodes well for the Kickstarter, very well indeed.
The 117.29 EUR is literally FedEx royally taking the p*ss.
I'm fully expecting the shipping costs to be higher than the Clan Invasion KS, but still hope that through bulk shipping/the use of local fulfillment centers they'll be able to keep them reasonable..
2023/03/11 08:21:00
Subject: Classic Battletech Is Awesome: the Thread!
Cubby wrote:
New Upcoming Releases thread lightning round!!
No more info on the mystery US Launch Party location?
I believe it's somewhere in Florida, but I will check.
And I am quite curious to see what "BattleTech Aces" is.
Still-very-under-development alternate play mode of one of our two main systems (TW, AS). Not a distinct game, i.e. BattleTech Command or Shadowrun Edge Zone.
Will these mercenary short stories be compiled into a single offering or a POD?
I believe that's the intent, yes. Will confirm. But no reason why we wouldn't, we're pretty good at POD-ing this sort of thing.
Further, I know there is a large volume of out-of-print books, but the "Liberation of Terra" I & II; any chance these get a POD treatment or this year? They aren't that old.
Those two are at the top of our list. Unfortunately, the POD list is not moving right now, and I really really want it to. Layout bottleneck. Hoping to break the logjam this year.
Also, that upgraded Frankenmech is terrifying.
Funny what you can bolt onto stuff, when you don't care about your techs complaining.
How is stuff like restocks of the lance packs, specifically overseas?
Going to be some news for the Euro folks soon. Soon-soon.
'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
Further, I know there is a large volume of out-of-print books, but the "Liberation of Terra" I & II; any chance these get a POD treatment or this year? They aren't that old.
Those two are at the top of our list. Unfortunately, the POD list is not moving right now, and I really really want it to. Layout bottleneck. Hoping to break the logjam this year.
CGL continues to be utterly baffling to me as a business. They've had these massively successful Kickstarter campaigns and by any measure are about to have another (probably the biggest yet) that have brought in an incredible swell of interest and money, and yet there are things that this company simply cannot seem to accomplish and have been making excuses on for years. How hard is it to pay somebody to fix the layout on their book publishing files and get relevant game material back into circulation? How hard is it to provide a product roadmap for the year (don't worry it's coming, it's coming!) I look at the way they respond to questions on the forum and Discords and it honestly feels like nobody actually works at CGL or on the Battletech line full-time. It always comes off as the hodgepodge of freelancers and volunteers and nobody talks to each other and the majority of what would be useful never gets done. I'm going to give them a whole assload of money in a month, but they have been driving me up the walls lately.
Email them. Always email them. The only things I buy direct from Catalyst are the premium multipart miniatures; and the default shipping rate is $120 USD to get to me here in Australia. For a $15 USD model. After emailing them, they were able to knock that shipping cost down to $20 USD, and pointed out that it would remain there until or unless I ordered more than 12-15 of the premium multiparts due to weight.
Yep - there's a bug in the webstore that messes up the international shipping options (or so they've said).
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the big boy lance-skobel mech works inspired rolly polly mech lance-
More on them later-
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2023/03/12 17:10:42
Subject: Re:Classic Battletech Is Awesome: the Thread!
IWM releases posted to Twitter... Awesome 8Q we already knew about, Urbanmech with AC/10, AC/20, and Arrow bits, and a Warhammer 6R. Urbanmech and Warhammer feel like pretty misguided releases now.
We were supposed to be doing a 2 lance V clan star battle but a 3rd person wanted to try out a custom super heavy design so my team mate with the other lance sacrificed 2 units to allow in the superheavy (proxied with an omega and a green pilot).
I ran the above fat lance.
i ended up sending my "fast" cerberus and tempest in to distract and it worked wonders. it allowed the 2 ajax RAC tanks to get close to the clanners and delete 2 assault mechs
Funny thing is i sent the grand crusader the long way around and he almost survived the game......until the final round where he took 3 floating crits tot he center torso suffering 2 engine hits and an AMS ammo explosion. fortunately not enough to kill him but enough to put him into forced withdrawl.
Spoiler:
Spoiler:
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2023/03/12 23:22:58
Subject: Re:Classic Battletech Is Awesome: the Thread!
Funny thing is i sent the grand crusader the long way around and he almost survived the game......until the final round where he took 3 floating crits tot he center torso suffering 2 engine hits and an AMS ammo explosion. fortunately not enough to kill him but enough to put him into forced withdrawl.
Even more lucky that AMS explosion didn't gut the unit on its own. Unless you've burned a lot, that can be up to 24 of a Grand Crusader's 25 Survivable Damage, or it didn't also tick off any thing else (depending on the variant).
Are you a Wolf, a Sheep, or a Hound?
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2023/03/12 23:26:25
Subject: Re:Classic Battletech Is Awesome: the Thread!
Well i got lucky, i dumped one of the 2 tons of AMS ammo turn one and used the other bin a little before the explosion so i had a few internal structure left....it was the rolling 12 on a crit chance that got me.
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Cubby wrote:
New Upcoming Releases thread lightning round!!
No more info on the mystery US Launch Party location?
I believe it's somewhere in Florida, but I will check.
And I am quite curious to see what "BattleTech Aces" is.
Still-very-under-development alternate play mode of one of our two main systems (TW, AS). Not a distinct game, i.e. BattleTech Command or Shadowrun Edge Zone.
Will these mercenary short stories be compiled into a single offering or a POD?
I believe that's the intent, yes. Will confirm. But no reason why we wouldn't, we're pretty good at POD-ing this sort of thing.
Further, I know there is a large volume of out-of-print books, but the "Liberation of Terra" I & II; any chance these get a POD treatment or this year? They aren't that old.
Those two are at the top of our list. Unfortunately, the POD list is not moving right now, and I really really want it to. Layout bottleneck. Hoping to break the logjam this year.
Also, that upgraded Frankenmech is terrifying.
Funny what you can bolt onto stuff, when you don't care about your techs complaining.
How is stuff like restocks of the lance packs, specifically overseas?
Going to be some news for the Euro folks soon. Soon-soon.
More information about the 'BattleTech Aces' mentioned above from the BattleTech Forums:
Kerfuffin(925) wrote:Aces has been ‘spoiled’. It’s a deck based ‘AI’ for solo play. Will have its own box.
Around 30min mark
Starts at the 29:10 mark.
'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
2023/03/13 17:26:13
Subject: Classic Battletech Is Awesome: the Thread!
I have played quite a bit of Star Trek Attack Wing Alliance, also by Lynnvander designer Josh Derksen, and the AI is no joke in that game. My group has lost quite a few more games than we have won against the AI-controlled Jem'hadar.
When the Mercenaries Kickstarter launches from the floor of the first day of Adepticon, Thursday, March 23, you’ll have a front-row seat thanks to the livestream we’re offering throughout the weekend. Keep an eye on bg.battletech.com this Friday, March 10 for the full schedule and guest list for the livestream from Adepticon.
Even better, we’re inviting BattleTech fans worldwide to join in the celebration, with Mercenaries launch parties planned around the globe! Here’s the lineup so far:
California: Gamelandia, 290 California Ave, Ste A, Palo Alto, CA 94306
New York: Legendary Realms Games, 294 E Montauk Hwy, Lindenhurst, NY 11757
North Carolina: Hangar 18 Hobbies, 112 Kilmayne Drive, Cary, NC 27511
Texas: The Forge Hobbies and Games, 14520 Memorial Drive, Suite 28 Houston TX 77079
Washington: Zulu's Board Game Cafe, 10234 Main St Bothell, Washington 98011
Canada: Ogre's Den Gaming Club, # 23, 3220 5th Avenue NE, Canada.
Germany: UniPlay e.V., Heckerdamm 210, 13627 Berlin, Germany
UK: Travelling Man/Leeds Wargames Club - Hicks Hall, 60 Bankfield Terrace, Leeds, LS4 2RE, United Kingdom
Ireland: The Gathering, 43 Lower Gerald Griffin St, Limerick, V94 Y1F7, Ireland
One additional venue is in the process of being confirmed, and will be announced shortly. Additional information about the launch parties will be posted in our next update on Friday, March 10,.
If you can make it to one of the launch parties, you may be able to take one of these home...
'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
2023/03/15 02:40:48
Subject: Classic Battletech Is Awesome: the Thread!
From Shrapnel Maggazine #12. Note that the artist has stated that this is just a cleaned up sketch and there's no further plans for this 'Mech at this time...
'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
2023/03/15 20:58:41
Subject: Classic Battletech Is Awesome: the Thread!
I dunno about the Jinggau art. I realize it's one of the awkward ones that needs to gain a waist in the redesign, but that makes it too tall and changes the proportions a lot to me. It also seems to have lost a lot of its roundness. This one seems a bit no-win as the things that make the original mini distinct mostly feel like things they've tried to move away from.
Comparing the artwork from the Technical Readout and the miniature from IWM, the concept sketch has them beat by a mile (even with that weird layout for the cockpit canopy).
'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
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