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Dysartes wrote: So I get "Urbie" as short for "Urbanmech" - what's the LAM bit all about?
Land-Air 'Mech. Basically, a Macross/Robotech valkyrie.
A-yep. The original ones were the Wasp, Stinger, (Valkyrie) and Phoenix Hawk. They were able to transform into F-14 like jets, or a hybrid “gerwalk” mode that allowed them to hover and move like a helicopter.
In Battletech play, they were fragile, but almost impossible to hit while jetting around in hybrid mode.
Some info from Ray Arrastia (BattleTech Line Developer) from the BattleTech Forums:
Adrian Gideon wrote:So, a few points on the Urbie LAM.
* It’s 100% non-canon.
* It’s real and a joke.
* I hear you, those of you that don’t like it or raise issues with it. I fought that fight. The meme won. We’re in the minority. That’s ok.
* The Urbie salvage box SOLD like crazy. So did the lance pack. So did the company pack. Let’s not forget the plushie. You don’t have to like it. But any money towards BattleTech means more money toward things we do want.
* This concept was first released during the Clan Invasion KS on April Fools, and there was an overwhelming demand for this mini to be made.
* Side note, this is not a sign that LAMs are on the way. There was never a “Phoenix Hawk vs. Urbie” LAM question.
'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
That’s dedication… I assume there will be one each of walker, flight and in between mode in each maxi-salvage-pack. So to really do a Lance in formation that’s what, £140 or more?
Please excuse any spelling errors. I use a tablet frequently and software keyboards are a pain!
Flinty wrote: That’s dedication… I assume there will be one each of walker, flight and in between mode in each maxi-salvage-pack. So to really do a Lance in formation that’s what, £140 or more?
Yes. If you look close at the image, you can see a plume (like the jumping variants in the Mercenary ForcePacks have) in the lower left corner of the box that's most likely for the AirMech mode.
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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
Its not actually a small single mech salvage box, its the "lance" pack right above it. First is "Heavy Recon Lance" then "Salvagebox UrbanMech LAM" then a small corner of a third
I'm not convinced that's the actual UrbanMech LAM as a reverse image search only leads to a non-official twitter account.
'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
My understanding was the image was posted by Ray Arrastia on the battletech forums, but I could be mistaken. If so, that means it's legit, though that being said that cockpit on the back makes for a very odd design, would have made more sense for the top of the rubies head to be a clear dome ala a tie Fighter, and the cockpit just rotates to face depending on whether it's in air or ground mode.
Likewise, the design doesn't match the official concept art from the origin kickstarter.
CoALabaer wrote: Wargamers hate two things: the state of the game and change.
'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
New Mercenaries Army Painter set coming out this Spring
With the pledge manager, the Kickstarter brought in $12 million
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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
Ghaz wrote: New Mercenaries Army Painter set coming out this Spring
With the pledge manager, the Kickstarter brought in $12 million
So I wasn't the only one tempted into adding a pledge on to my pledge.
I could be wrong, but I believe that is indicating that they brought in an additional $4.5 million when they reopened the pledge manager after the Kickstarter campaign ended.
'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
2024/03/13 03:49:16
Subject: BattleTech 'Mercenaries' Kickstarter - New Kickstarter, new thread (coming March 23, 2023)
Ghaz wrote: New Mercenaries Army Painter set coming out this Spring
With the pledge manager, the Kickstarter brought in $12 million
So I wasn't the only one tempted into adding a pledge on to my pledge.
I could be wrong, but I believe that is indicating that they brought in an additional $4.5 million when they reopened the pledge manager after the Kickstarter campaign ended.
Well they opened the pledge manager after the campaign ended, but yeah, that's what I meant.
This is Rem (Community & Marketing Director) stepping in for a moment to talk about BattleTech: Encounters. I found out about this yesterday, and it is important to all of us at Catalyst to communicate as quickly and transparently as we are able. To refresh your memory, Encounters is a dice game that was planned for future release, but we moved up production as a reward once reaching the $1 million stretch goal. Regiment backers and above will receive a free copy as part of fulfillment.
We had planned to release this after the Kickstarter fulfilled.
On Friday this week, a photo and link was sent to me showing that Encounters was in the wild at Barnes & Noble stores. I immediately asked the CGL team, and no one knew. After some back and forth, here is the context I got:
Our fulfillment agency and distributor has an exclusive relationship with Barnes & Noble. One of the only ways in the industry to get a game into B&N is to go through them. The distributor is constantly pitching games to them that they present from their warehouse stock. B&N has been incredibly happy with the results of having BattleTech in their stores, so when the distributor pitched a stand-alone game set in the world, they jumped. It is exceptionally rare to be accepted into B&N, so the distributor moved quickly. So quickly, that it seems they forgot to communicate with us at Catalyst.
Once a game is in the wild, it’s very hard to pull back. And the reach that B&N gives us to the next generation of BattleTech players that might not have found the hobby otherwise is exceedingly valuable to the future of this game. There is nothing we can do at this point about the B&N release.
However, we have made the decision that Catalyst will still not yet release via our store until after fulfillment. This may hurt our overall sales, as buyers seek it out at B&N, but it is important to us to honor our commitment to our backers as much as we are able. All backers will still receive their games as promised when we fulfill (we are still on track for June as of now).
Thank you all for your understanding, support, and patience. This is further proof that the reach of this game keeps exceeding ALL of our expectations.
chaos0xomega wrote: Would LAMs follow Mech organization (ie lance of 4) or Aerospace organization (ie flight of 2/squadron of 6)?
Nothing solid, but the old Field Manual: SLDF (published in 2012) makes mentions of some divisions having an "... attached company of Land-Air ’Mechs..." which would imply a BattleMech organization, at least for the SLDF.
As for the Inner Sphere powers circa 3025, LAMs were as rare as hen's teeth and were most likely held at the battalion level (if they had any at all).
'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
If Clanners liked LAMs you would think that they would be perfect for the strategic command star type.
I wonder if the main reason for writing up about the clans not liking them was because otherwise they would inevitably end up being called C-LAMs. And then the memes write themselves.
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Please excuse any spelling errors. I use a tablet frequently and software keyboards are a pain!
Flinty wrote: If Clanners liked LAMs you would think that they would be perfect for the strategic command star type.
I wonder if the main reason for writing up about the clans not liking them was because otherwise they would inevitably end up being called C-LAMs. And then the memes write themselves.
Though Clans as a whole despised the LAM concept, at least Clan Jade Falcon ran a program where dual-cockpit LAMs were being developed, among them a Phoenix Hawk LAM, though the conflict between the aerospace and MechWarrior pilots and inherent fraility of the LAMs resulted in Star Captain Horse later issued a report to Khan Marthe Pryde, recommending the closing of the installation, and canceling its LAM program. There are no more references of more Clan attempts to create LAMs.
There were also three Word of Blake LAMs in use during the Jihad (the Yurei, Pwwka and Waneta) that are all considered extinct designs shortly afterwards.
'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
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