Almost a year since the last update. Here's v8.0:
- Added the new units from RS 3039 Unabridged (Cyclops CP-10-HQ; Hermes, Guillotine, Highlander, Sentinel, Wolfhound variants; Pike and Brutus variants)
- Added Taurian Commandos
- Added very small amounts of Catapult -C1s to Davion, Marik, and Steiner, as we know they were deployed all over but there's no indication that they were extinct everywhere else
- Added more 3039 Kuritan Catapults - they restart production in 3033 on the K2 variant
- Added some Riflemen to the Kurita A* - I figure it's too common a mech to exclude entirely
- Added MON-68 Mongoose (the one with the large laser) to the Kuritan A* charts, now that the naming issue has been settled
- Added TR 3085 Supplemental Prowler tank to all factions at Av 4
- Added Quirks for TR 3085 Supplemental units and a few others
- Removed Kurita 3039 A* CRB-27 Crab - there's no evidence they had any
- Removed all Chameleon -7Vs: the -7V is now the 3058-ish combat model
- Fixed BV order errors with Flea -4, Wasp -1K, Raven -1X, Kintaro -20, Jagermech -A, Rifleman -4D, Valkyrie -QF, Steiner Locust -1E and Urbanmech -60
- Fixed BV order error with Liao vehicles that had the Brutus and its variants far too low on the tables
- Fixed numerous Faction List Av errors, and automated the process of making the Av charts so there won't be any more
- Fixed math error on 3028 Regiment Experience Distribution Table (thanks Orcmaul)
- Eliminated the Variant Availability (VA) system and incorporated variants into the Av system, so that one set of numbers from 1-10 tracks all unit types (see below for more detail).
- Some interesting statistical analysis has resulted in wholesale Av changes across the board. Huge thanks to TJHairball for providing the framework and Excel data needed to conduct it. In short, the Av amounts are now tied much more closely to actual numbers of mechs in service in the Inner Sphere whenever hard production numbers or unequivocal amount statements (i.e. "Marik fields the most of these mechs") are actually available. This involved rebalancing the regiment weight distribution percentages from 3028 and tying the Av amounts into that. Note that mercenary and Periphery amounts fall outside this. Basically, every table has changed. See below for more detail.
- Lots of little format changes
- And of course, the new charts:
Star League Regular Army 2750
Star League Royal 2750
I originally went with a separate variant availability system because when I started with just TR 3039 there was only one base model per mech, with all other versions of that mech being variants of that base design, and I figured being able to know at a glance if you were looking at a variant might be helpful. However, now that I'm getting into later Technical Readouts we'll be encountering multiple "base" models (such as multiple Warhammers, unique to different Houses, each with their own variants), making it a pain to keep two systems that separate base models and variants. Besides, the VA system didn't do anything the original 1-10 system didn't already do.
SOooo, a lot of little fixes. Now that I'm errata coordinator, I have even less time to work on this project. I wanted to get this out at least, as it took forever to overhaul the entire thing, which is what this release pretty much boils down to. Every single House table has been redone, using the formulas and work I described a few post up. I can now take something like the following line on the Champion from TR3039:
"House Liao controls most of them, but that edge is only one or two machines over the next prosperous House on the list, House Steiner."
and actually make it literally occur.
Whereas before my tables were isolated things, now they take into account the number of House regiments in the entire Inner Sphere, and can be compared against each other. Marik is supposed to have the most Trebuchets and Stalkers - now they do, even when compared to Davion's higher regiment totals or Steiner's higher assault mech percentage. Same with Spiders and Trebuchets. Davion has the most Mongooses. Liao and Steiner have the most Strikers, etc. Any canon reference to "X state has the most/least of these" I've now implemented and, if you are crazy enough to roll up every regiment for every House using these tables, on average that will be true. It's still not perfect, and it's still not canon, but it's much better than it was.
I would have been done the new 3050 and later tables by now, but I needed to redo the earlier work with this new method before moving on to use it on later stuff (as the previous tables always serve as the base for the next set). I'm finished revising the old stuff, and am now moving on to the later stuff.
Cheers.
