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Re: Raven Alliance: The Shiny Red Button of Orbital Doom
« Reply #90 on: 21 July 2017, 01:21:46 »
If we are going by visual aesthetics alone, I would get rid of the Dark Crow before I would the jaguar. The Dark Crow is one odd-looking duck. I hate the gun placement.
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Re: Raven Alliance: The Shiny Red Button of Orbital Doom
« Reply #91 on: 21 July 2017, 11:38:28 »
See, I really enjoy the aesthetics of the Dark Crow. I like it because it's different. I would like to see an expansion of that look moving forward.
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Re: Raven Alliance: The Shiny Red Button of Orbital Doom
« Reply #92 on: 21 July 2017, 11:52:51 »
See, I really enjoy the aesthetics of the Dark Crow. I like it because it's different. I would like to see an expansion of that look moving forward.
I also don't mind the looks, too bad it too undergunned for my taste.
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Re: Raven Alliance: The Shiny Red Button of Orbital Doom
« Reply #93 on: 22 July 2017, 01:03:29 »
I also don't mind the looks, too bad it too undergunned for my taste.

I don't mind the Dark Crow, either. Actually, I rather enjoy it's goofiness. Although I admit that it's a little under armored and under gunned. There was a rumour from a TPTBer way back that the Dark Crow was a reference to me  ;D
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Re: Raven Alliance: The Shiny Red Button of Orbital Doom
« Reply #94 on: 22 July 2017, 04:04:56 »

A what if question: What if all the CSR Convoys managed to arrive safely in the AO?
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Re: Raven Alliance: The Shiny Red Button of Orbital Doom
« Reply #95 on: 22 July 2017, 08:55:36 »
A what if question: What if all the CSR Convoys managed to arrive safely in the AO?

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Re: Raven Alliance: The Shiny Red Button of Orbital Doom
« Reply #96 on: 22 July 2017, 08:56:09 »
So your saying that the Surat snakes didn't ambush em?For one they'd be in a stronger position with the outworlders,take a few more worlds from the IS,throw a few more ships at the WoB and finally set up that Star League tech Disco ball factory 😆
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Re: Raven Alliance: The Shiny Red Button of Orbital Doom
« Reply #97 on: 22 July 2017, 22:51:36 »
You say this, but all I can picture are Disco Elementals...
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Re: Raven Alliance: The Shiny Red Button of Orbital Doom
« Reply #98 on: 23 July 2017, 00:03:30 »
You say this, but all I can picture are Disco Elementals...

Just think of those on a Naval Scale.
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« Reply #99 on: 24 July 2017, 12:37:43 »
Just think of those on a Naval Scale.

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Re: Raven Alliance: The Shiny Red Button of Orbital Doom
« Reply #100 on: 24 July 2017, 17:15:03 »
Maybe they would work better as LAMs.

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Re: Raven Alliance: The Shiny Red Button of Orbital Doom
« Reply #101 on: 25 July 2017, 04:25:52 »
Since i don't use dark crows, how do they team up with mad dog mkIII's?
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Re: Raven Alliance: The Shiny Red Button of Orbital Doom
« Reply #102 on: 25 July 2017, 15:47:37 »
Since i don't use dark crows, how do they team up with mad dog mkIII's?

I think together they're too much of the same thing -- both are relatively light on armor (9.5 and 8 tons) and lacking in hole-punching weapons (nothing bigger than a 10-point ER large laser).

But if you want lots of mobile fire support, they are close in speed (5/8 and 6/9) and both have oodles of 21+ hex weapons (Ultra-5s, ER large lasers, LRMs, RAC-5s), depending on the exact loadout for the Vulture III.

Although it's slightly faster, I might be tempted to stick the Dark Crow in the backfield with its thinner armor and fixed long-range weapons and go with one of the shorter-ranged Vulture III configs, like the A and C's massed SRMs or the Prime's ER medium laser array.  They'd sorta complement each other that way.

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Re: Raven Alliance: The Shiny Red Button of Orbital Doom
« Reply #103 on: 11 October 2017, 11:26:49 »
I'd be interested in hearing what Raven Alliance forces people do use. Is anyone running Touman formations side by side with AMC?

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Re: Raven Alliance: The Shiny Red Button of Orbital Doom
« Reply #104 on: 11 October 2017, 17:22:09 »
I only use Protomechs...
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Re: Raven Alliance: The Shiny Red Button of Orbital Doom
« Reply #105 on: 12 October 2017, 18:39:01 »
Bombardiers and Bowmans... with a lot of Rifleman-3N(C)s to boot.

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Re: Raven Alliance: The Shiny Red Button of Orbital Doom
« Reply #106 on: 17 October 2017, 11:15:13 »
I was not joking.
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« Reply #107 on: 22 October 2017, 12:22:52 »
Oh I know you weren't joking Crow.

I can see you with Binaries of Proto's in your little neck of the woods taking over!

Using mixed Stars of Hippogriffs and Roc 5s to your advantage, am I right?

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Re: Raven Alliance: The Shiny Red Button of Orbital Doom
« Reply #108 on: 24 October 2017, 12:11:42 »
I like the pre-Jihad selection the most to be honest. Give me Chrysaor 2s, Rock 1s and Gorgon 1s and 3s. That's about all you need
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Re: Raven Alliance: The Shiny Red Button of Orbital Doom
« Reply #109 on: 24 October 2017, 15:50:37 »
How do you like to field them?

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« Reply #110 on: 26 October 2017, 07:27:32 »
How do you like to field them?

Typically 3-5 points of Protos and a Mech or two. I either use fast annoying Mechs like the Incubus or Goshawk II or beefy zombies like Warhammer IIc or Omen. The point is to have Mech support that is strong enough to be a threat and take fire instead of Protos and have at least one hole punching weapon.

I never ever field Protos in anything but broken terrain

I've wanted to field Protos with AMC infantry tanks like the Hunter, Po and Rommel, but I haven't gotten around to it
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Re: Raven Alliance: The Shiny Red Button of Orbital Doom
« Reply #111 on: 26 October 2017, 19:11:21 »
I have a point of Rocs but I haven’t fielded them yet. What would be good to support them with or what would they support well?

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Re: Raven Alliance: The Shiny Red Button of Orbital Doom
« Reply #112 on: 28 October 2017, 01:16:16 »
Rocs are good supporting pretty much everything, really.

Another fun thing that I like to do is use Rocs as support for Elementals. But only in cities or very broken terrain! The Elementals crit seek and the Rocs have the (relatively) big guns and mobility. You could also use Minotaurs for this role

You want to keep your opponent from being able to focus on your Protos, because they don't stand up to too fire (watch out for LBX, pulse lasers and infernos). I use Protos as mobile flanking forces for my main force. What other Mechs do you have?
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Re: Raven Alliance: The Shiny Red Button of Orbital Doom
« Reply #113 on: 28 October 2017, 05:08:30 »

I use Rocs mostly to support Heavy Battle Stars, they really keep the flanks and rear clear of backstabbers.
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Re: Raven Alliance: The Shiny Red Button of Orbital Doom
« Reply #114 on: 28 October 2017, 23:29:34 »
Other than the Rocs, and from memory, I have some infantry, Elementals, and Salamander BA. For Mechs I have a Timber Wolf, couple Atlases, Warhammer IIC, Highlander IIC, WarHawk, Ice Ferret, Vulture, Horned Owl, BattleMaster.

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Re: Raven Alliance: The Shiny Red Button of Orbital Doom
« Reply #115 on: 11 November 2017, 11:39:37 »
The Dark Crow entry in TRO 3085 makes passing reference to Snow Raven “S-Teams” - is that elaborated on elsewhere?

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Re: Raven Alliance: The Shiny Red Button of Orbital Doom
« Reply #116 on: 11 November 2017, 11:52:51 »
FM: Warden Clans I think.  A quick and dirty doing of S-Teams is that they are salvage teams purpose-built to do combat recovery.

I usually peg them at 2-3 'mechs with hands, 2-3 battle armor points and a point of vehicles, but as far as I can tell an actual equipment outfit isn't mentioned anywhere.

I also don't think they are included in the TOE force listings, being considered the equivalent of uncounted militia/garrison units, though they are significantly more important than that.

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Re: Raven Alliance: The Shiny Red Button of Orbital Doom
« Reply #117 on: 11 November 2017, 13:09:10 »
Vition, you're thinking of R-Teams.

S-Teams are the new teams that use space capable units. They are mechs, battle armour, and protomechs that operate in the void. That's really about all we know.
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Re: Raven Alliance: The Shiny Red Button of Orbital Doom
« Reply #118 on: 11 November 2017, 13:10:55 »
Oops, yep, my bad, not enough coffee yet.  :-X

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Re: Raven Alliance: The Shiny Red Button of Orbital Doom
« Reply #119 on: 14 November 2017, 23:41:26 »
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