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 Flinty wrote:
They didn't even bother to give it a proper Clan name. Nice try, but could do better

clan Springing Spaniel? Rolling Spaniel? Fetching Spaniel?

You mean like Coyote, Wolf, and Burrock?

https://www.sarna.net/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Clan_Spaniel

It's a bit of the BattleTech lore mixing with real life...

 Flinty wrote:
They didn't even bother to give it a proper Clan name. Nice try, but could do better

clan Springing Spaniel? Rolling Spaniel? Fetching Spaniel?

This is a 20 year old lore tidbit they expanded on

So a couple errors in the shipping order is what is causing the shipping issues. They've delayed the submission deadline on the 12th till they can get it uploaded and resolved.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cgl/battletech-mercenaries/posts/4067683?ref=ksr_email_mktg_auto_backer_project_update_registered_users

I saw that. Cautiously optimistic about it, but there's still some oddities (I'm at a company level backing and still had to pay 70$ (+VAT, making it 85$), which I find very high given what is actually in that box).

- They mention all veteran+ backers get the Savannah map pack, causing high shipping... I thought that was just Batallion and upwards. So I don't get how the mistake with the map-pack size is going to benefit me.

- If handling is now covered by CGL, that probably will reduce my shipping I hope?

- I hope they can get that sorted, because on a $376 pledge, my VAT and shipping/handling came down to another $163... Pretty nuts.

 Elmir wrote:
I saw that. Cautiously optimistic about it, but there's still some oddities (I'm at a company level backing and still had to pay 70$ (+VAT, making it 85$), which I find very high given what is actually in that box).

I'm at the same level, but with no add-ons. Since I'm Stateside, I have no VAT, but they were still taxing the shipping, which my State does not do.

 Elmir wrote:
- They mention all veteran+ backers get the Savannah map pack, causing high shipping... I thought that was just Batallion and upwards. So I don't get how the mistake with the map-pack size is going to benefit me.

It was a double typo in that it was for Batallion+ pledgers, and the Map Pack not the Battlemat. Still, you're under $150, unlike Batallion+ pledgers, as well as those who did add-ons (like the aforementioned map-pack).

 Elmir wrote:
- If handling is now covered by CGL, that probably will reduce my shipping I hope?

I'm hoping a little, but I doubt I'll see much of a change myself. The Shipping number may change, but I doubt the VAT will. I did a test shipment from Aries using the slowest USPS method, and it was only about 50% more than what Aries would have charged (though the list was missing on the swag and Salvage Boxes). That's not much different than if I had Aries ship faster with FedEx.

 Elmir wrote:
- I hope they can get that sorted, because on a $376 pledge, my VAT and shipping/handling came down to another $163... Pretty nuts.

Agreed. Unfortunately, I doubt the VAT will change because that's your government's side of things. Only 2 guaranteed things in life, after all.

The flexibility in choosing the difficulty level and the variety of game modes can really make the gameplay fun and varied. It is important that the game is fun and satisfying, and that everything seems to work out for you! Continue to enjoy the game and have a good time at the gaming table!

Yeah, no escaping VAT.. That's big government in Europe for ya!

But the 70$ shipping was a shocker. Especially since I've had several tons worth of soil/building materials delivered at my door for less!

Did a couple early jihad era games to try out some different mech variants.

Game 1
My side
.fafnir 5X
.trebaruna
.barghest 4T
.crusader 9S
-improved heavy gauss all day

the other side
.atlas
.night star
.thunderbolt
.centurion

The other side started out strong scoring first kill on the barghest coring out the CT. this was quickly upset when his night star took one of those heavy gauss rounds to the face plate. the centurion decided to play slap fight with the fafnir..didn't go so well for him. with both the atlas and thunderbolt being forced to retire.







Game 2 we went smaller and faster.

My force this time was a C3 lance
.grand dragon 9KC
.ninja to 4
.cronus
.jenner C2

This time i was up against-
.caesar
.thunderbolt
.hatchet man
.centurion.

This game actually took twice as long since verything was so much harder to hit. a major swing happened when the hatchet man took a critical hit to it's RAC ammo nearly killing both the nearby jenner and caesar in the ensuing explosion. in the end the centurion lost a leg and the caesar was engine killed from internal damage. leaving me with the dragon and ninja to left to run down the thunderbolt. the cronus didn't survive long enough to do much as it took a gauss to the face on turn 1.