BattleTech: Clan Invasion Kickstarter Discussion, Vol. 1

[PyreLight]

To be honest, getting the rest of the Founding of the Clans trilogy might be the most exciting thing about this campaign.

(guys, PoD copies, por favor?)

I second this Print on Demand request if it's possible. It's so nice to have physical copies of these books.

[Deadborder]

My only question is how much do I throw at this?

[Crimson Dynamo]

My only question is how much do I throw at this?

And what a question it is! Same boat here.

[H.B.M.C.]

My only question is how much do I throw at this?

Enough to get us from plastic Turkina to plastic Night Gyr.  :))

BYE

[Reldn]

My only question is how much do I throw at this?

*laughs* The more I'm seeing announced the more I'm starting to wonder how much to throw down now. All those wonderful Lance/Star packs! :drool:

[H.B.M.C.]

I'm at $265 so far, so this can only go up.  :D

BYE

[The_Livewire]

My only question is how much do I throw at this?

I'm keeping it on my credit card with the $500 limit, and right now keeping my pledge manager at $150.

Because I have a downpayment for a new home sitting in my account, and I don't want this anywhere near it.

[truetanker]

I wonder if they could add a Leviathan III metal sculpt to the add-on list if they hit over the Half-Million mark?

I'd pay for one... IIRC it 'twas a Con Exclusive mini...

TT

[Dies Irae]

Dear CGL Team:

Thank you for including a retailer tier.
The gesture is appreciated and we're going to put our money where our mouth is.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

I'm really hoping that this meets the $490,000 mark.

[PyreLight]

I'm really hoping that this meets the $490,000 mark.

It most likely will. It hasn't even been 12 hours lol

[pheonixstorm]

This will likely end between 1-1.5 mil by the 17th of Aug.

Already at 424k so they might want to get the next set of stretch goals ready.

[RomulusDC]

I was hoping for another point of Elementals in the 300-400k range to eventually work up to a full star of elementals in the expansion box.

[pheonixstorm]

That would be nice, but even two is good. Still have plenty of the old Ral Partha elementals from long long ago.

[YingJanshi]

This will likely end between 1-1.5 mil by the 17th of Aug.

Already at 424k so they might want to get the next set of stretch goals ready.

How much is too much though? If all of these were in the works already and this is just speeding things along, that's great. But a constant stream of more and more stretch goals is what makes a lot of the Kickstarter failures...

[Charlie 6]

How much is too much though? If all of these were in the works already and this is just speeding things along, that's great. But a constant stream of more and more stretch goals is what makes a lot of the Kickstarter failures...

I'd add unmanageable stretch goals to your description but otherwise I agree.

I was just attempting to figure out what add-ons I'm going to add on and from what pledge level makes the most sense for me.  Frustrating that effort is the guessing game that "booming" Kickstarters present by continuing to add stretch goals.  Robotech RPG Tactics had this issue amongst others.

So I guess my question for Cubby and/or TPTB would be: what's your stretch goal cut-off point going to be?

[Dulahan]

I was hoping for another point of Elementals in the 300-400k range to eventually work up to a full star of elementals in the expansion box.

Same!  But at least we're getting some in an add on!

[NeonKnight]

And now that the Big Boss is home and I got her permission (with the mandatory Eye Rolling ::)), Galaxy Commander NeonKnight is ready for Business!

[Cubby]

Stepped away for a bit, trying to catch up now.

So a couple of questions for Cubby-
1)  Will Salvage boxes include mechs from the Invasion box?

Not sure, checking. We have a long list of questions heading to management tonight after rounding up everything asked here and in the KS comments. The responses will form the core of the FAQ on the KS itself.

2)  Will prototypes be shown at GenCon?  If so, I need to replace the F5 on my work computer . . .

Some may be there, but not all. Not sure which ones. I will try to get decent photos taken if I'm not there to do so myself.

3)  How are we doing on the Social Media goals?  I just checked my FB and did not see a post from BT even though I follow.

The FB post to share is the one that announced the KS at 1 p.m. So far, it has 309 shares of 500 needed.

The Twitter post to share is the same. So far it has 191 retweets of 250 needed.

Stretch Goals V are up. No graphics. Way to go, you killed their graphics guy.

He needed a much-deserved breather. Graphics version will be up eventually.

So I guess my question for Cubby and/or TPTB would be: what's your stretch goal cut-off point going to be?

Hard to answer because it's a fluid situation. We had a pretty long list of them going into this, and there are still plenty more on that list -- I'm being cagey about the number because I don't want to set a ceiling on day one. But some things have been adjusted on the fly and moved around due to the rapid funding amount.

[Sartris]

I’ll be honest. I was expecting less than today’s total for the entire campaign.  As I continue to add to the rewards list I am filled with a certain level of disquiet. I don’t know how much Anthony has been working on but we are easily past the renders shared to patreon. By tomorrow we’ll be up to the better chunk of $500k. That’s a lot of stuff to produce. Getting all those vendors and authors in sync is going to be super challenging.

Still, I can’t help but be blown away by the support for the new direction of the line

[DarkSpade]

QUESTION: Will the tiers that give you the chance to name a character(and really, who's not going to use their own name!?  ;D ) be capped?  You're already looking at almost 500 names on day one.  Kind of diminishes the reward if it just ends up being a full page of names at the end of an era report.  Or do you have interesting plans?


Also, some kind of "if you pledge this, you're getting this" graphic or even just a list that directly spells it out is always appreciated.  Makes it clearer what add-ons I need to budget for.

[cobaltcoil]

Seconded on DarkSpade's post

[Sartris]

(and really, who's not going to use their own name!?  ;D )

I won’t be. That’s some pretty boring shit for me to foist on the writers

[Doom]

They should have stretch goals like Smash a Pie into Randall's Face at GenCon, or Pelt Loren with Ice Cream Cones at GenCon. Simple, fun things that people would LOVE but that won't cause fulfillment issues.  ;D

[Colt Ward]

I was hoping for another point of Elementals in the 300-400k range to eventually work up to a full star of elementals in the expansion box.

I think we are probably at the point the box itself is full, its supposed to be about the same size as the GoAC box IIRC.  Two points are good IMO, gives you a taste of what they are like.  My question is, are there 1, 3 or 5 on the base?

DarkSpade, I see each pledge level spelled out on the right side at the top of the page- you clicked on what you wanted as your pledge level.

To Charlie 6's point . . . I will be honest, I am not too worried about most of what they are throwing in for folks hitting the stretch goals since its within the scope of what they do and most of it is low volume stuff.  Everything listed they have done for general release or for Cons- and this is going to allow them to scale on swag.

Digitally released scenarios & novellas-  already had PDF exclusive stuff
Dice, tags, keychain-  Con swag and selling some dice through CGL store
Posters, maps & neoprene maps-  Again, on the current CGL store
Pilot cards & decks-  Already done for boxes since AS Lance Packs, done for AS, and in current boxes
Inclusion in canon material for individuals-  its been done, just have to hope you do not fall on a grenade when you get named

TacMap case is the only thing a bit out of what they have offered, but I have no idea what they use at Cons to carry maps

The IWM Timber Wolf, Warhammer and dropship are not a stretch for them either- they already sell dropships like that, and the mechs would just be a matter of scale . . . should look at it as news they might already have the files to make those minis.


lol . . . 1464% funded . . .

[DarkSpade]

DarkSpade, I see each pledge level spelled out on the right side at the top of the page- you clicked on what you wanted as your pledge level.

I've seen kickstarters that don't fully update those as more stretch goals get unlocked.  Also, it's a great eye catcher when people see a pile of swag all together in one graphic while trying to decide what to pledge.

[H.B.M.C.]

My question is, are there 1, 3 or 5 on the base?

That's a good point (heh!). Too many on a base and you get what I call the "Elemental Mosh Pit" problem.

My Elemental bases all have 3 per base. For bigger things, like Kanazuchis, I wouldn't go more than 2 per base (one looked a bit lonely).

I do hope we end up with a full star of Elementals in the core box though.

BYE

[beachhead1985]

Seconded on DarkSpade's post

I'd be cool with giving that up; IMO if it was a problem.

Kudos to the benefits-breakdown thread. This is a LOT of stuff and I was a little baffled at what comes in where and how.

Man, did we kill this one or what???

[Charlie 6]

Hard to answer because it's a fluid situation. We had a pretty long list of them going into this, and there are still plenty more on that list -- I'm being cagey about the number because I don't want to set a ceiling on day one. But some things have been adjusted on the fly and moved around due to the rapid funding amount.

Fair enough and completely understandable.

To Charlie 6's point . . . I will be honest, I am not too worried about most of what they are throwing in for folks hitting the stretch goals since its within the scope of what they do and most of it is low volume stuff.  Everything listed they have done for general release or for Cons- and this is going to allow them to scale on swag.

Early Kickstarter enthusiasm is fine but I've seen that too during Coolest Cooler, Robotech (RRT), and DUST: Tactics.  Since only one of those turned out to be slightly less than a fiasco I'll probably bring this up again around the midpoint if there hasn't been an update or FAQ entry for it.

[glitterboy2098]

assuming the suits are sized similar to the current IWM ones, i'd guess they'll go the MWDA route and do a stand of 2-3 suits per base. that is all that would fit the mecha sized hexbases.