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Re: Errata Discussion Thread - Questions HERE, not in Errata Threads
« Reply #360 on: 31 July 2013, 08:56:01 »
thanks.  will the errata on the home page have all the other products at some point then?

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« Reply #361 on: 31 July 2013, 09:07:57 »
Those docs are updated when a reprint occurs.
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« Reply #362 on: 31 July 2013, 14:13:52 »
A family member recently tried to order Total Warfare from the Battleshop for my birthday and was told it was out of production. Is it safe to assume that the new errata compilation means a new reprint, and if so could you give me any hint when that might be likely to be available for ordering?

(I expect this is probably a "it's done when it's done" question, or possibly it belongs in another forum, so apologies if this is the wrong place to ask)


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« Reply #363 on: 31 July 2013, 14:17:56 »
Probably not the best place to ask, no...
But to answer the question: it's work in progress right now, but is waiting in line behind other recent projects that kind of all happened at the same time, IE, Alpha Strike. Generally speaking, CGL doesn't announce when they expect something to release, only when they have a street date. They get those based on when new material arrives at the main warehouse.

While not ideal, would it be an adequate intermediate solution to get the Total Warfare PDF?

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Re: Errata Discussion Thread - Questions HERE, not in Errata Threads
« Reply #364 on: 31 July 2013, 14:41:41 »
Those docs are updated when a reprint occurs.
That actually makes a lot of the errata threads seem like a waste of time since the TROs and sourcebooks never seem to see a reprint.  That means official errata never seems to get made for most of them so why bother collecting it in the first place (yeah sure, I usually skim stuff to make a note of it, and most of it IS just typos, but it doesn't change the fact there is nothing verified.)

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« Reply #365 on: 31 July 2013, 14:44:17 »
It's possible we'll start adding Errata PDFs/docs to the site at a future point; it's a workload bandwidth issue as far as getting that done. Note that it's not enough for wee monkeys like myself to collect errata, Herb still has to review and approve them as well for them to become 100% official and published. Normally, that's done as a step of the reprint workload, hence why those are closer to where we'd like it all to be.

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Re: Errata Discussion Thread - Questions HERE, not in Errata Threads
« Reply #366 on: 31 July 2013, 14:49:53 »
I definitely understand.  I was originally going to ask if it would help if Xotl got a minion or two to help to balance the workload, but if Herb is the bottleneck, that changes things.
Can we clone him a few times?  Seems like a few things get caught up on that Line dev bottleneck.

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« Reply #367 on: 31 July 2013, 14:55:39 »
I definitely understand.  I was originally going to ask if it would help if Xotl got a minion or two to help to balance the workload, but if Herb is the bottleneck, that changes things.
Can we clone him a few times?  Seems like a few things get caught up on that Line dev bottleneck.

More Xotl minions won't hurt neither, but that's someone else' call.

Herb bottleneck: there's sometimes no getting around that. It's his universe, his gameline. Who cares what I think, stuff has to conform to his sense of aesthetics far more than it has to conform to mine.

That said, we have plots to improve things even further, so that might work out.
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Re: Errata Discussion Thread - Questions HERE, not in Errata Threads
« Reply #368 on: 28 August 2013, 14:12:27 »
I'm back.  Huge thanks to Moonsword for keeping things in tip-top shape!
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Re: Errata Discussion Thread - Questions HERE, not in Errata Threads
« Reply #369 on: 05 September 2013, 04:41:01 »
The Fast Learner and Slow Learner effects are each 20%, not 10%.

p.118:
"resulting in a 10 percent increase to the XP costs for raising or purchasing any Technician Skill."

CHANGE TO:
"resulting in a 10 percent increase to the XP costs for raising or purchasing any Technician Skill. This is cumulative with Fast and Slow Learner, which can result in a 0 percent or 20 percent increase respectively."

p.125:
"resulting in a 10 percent decrease to the XP costs for raising or purchasing any Technician Skill."

CHANGE TO:
"resulting in a 10 percent decrease to the XP costs for raising or purchasing any Technician Skill. This is cumulative with Fast and Slow Learner, which can result in a 20 percent or 0 percent decrease respectively."


Now I'm confused.

I assume you want it to directly stack to

p.118:
"resulting in a 10 percent increase to the XP costs for raising or purchasing any Technician Skill."

CHANGE TO:
"resulting in a 10 percent increase to the XP costs for raising or purchasing any Technician Skill. This is cumulative with Fast and Slow Learner, which can result in a 10 percent or 30 percent increase respectively."

p.125:
"resulting in a 10 percent decrease to the XP costs for raising or purchasing any Technician Skill."

CHANGE TO:
"resulting in a 10 percent decrease to the XP costs for raising or purchasing any Technician Skill. This is cumulative with Fast and Slow Learner, which can result in a 30 percent or 10 percent decrease respectively."
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« Reply #370 on: 05 September 2013, 04:42:11 »
Welcome back, Xotl.

It's been awhile for me too.
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Re: Errata Discussion Thread - Questions HERE, not in Errata Threads
« Reply #371 on: 05 September 2013, 11:20:05 »
Ladies and gentlemen, please read and follow the Errata rules.

Specifically, I'm talking about this one:
1) NO DISCUSSION IN ERRATA THREADS
If you're not making a report, don't post in an errata thread (only writers, developers, and MUL Team members may ignore this rule).  This will speed up errata compiling and help ensure your report is not lost in general chatter.

If you want to discuss a piece of errata, or any other part of the errata process, please use the stickied Errata Discussion Thread.

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« Reply #372 on: 06 September 2013, 02:59:26 »
Ladies and gentlemen, please read and follow the Errata rules.

Specifically, I'm talking about this one:

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« Reply #373 on: 06 September 2013, 17:02:53 »
It's not a problem as long as you don't make a habit of it.  That's why I didn't call you out specifically, just posted a general reminder.

I'm just keeping things tidy to help Xotl out.
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Re: Errata Discussion Thread - Questions HERE, not in Errata Threads
« Reply #374 on: 10 September 2013, 07:19:22 »
Field Manual: 3145, first PDF printing, page 74, First Avalon Hussars description, last sentence:

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...to try and re-one their...

Replace "re-one" with "re-hone".
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Re: Errata Discussion Thread - Questions HERE, not in Errata Threads
« Reply #375 on: 10 September 2013, 07:36:10 »
While I wanted to wait till the official post is shown:

PDF:
Page 130:
Commonwealth Jaegers description:

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In 3133, amid concerns of questionable loyalty
and suspected ties to separatist movements, the Skye Jaegers were disbanded as well.

Based on the novel: "Bonfire of Worlds" during the assassination attempt at Melissa Steiner at February 22. 3141 - a Skye Jaeger Fafnir guarding the throne room.
Could be a typo in both ways - but I would think a disbanding - in 43 would make more sense.

Page 245
TSEMP description

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TSEMP weapons are only effective against targets weighing more than 200 tons and cannot be effectively used
against conventional infantry at all.

I can't believe that any unit will mount the TSEMP as primary weapons (like the Yinghuochong, Raven II or the Catapult II) when it is only usable vs Drop Ships
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« Reply #376 on: 10 September 2013, 16:16:04 »
Guys, when you do things like this, you just make it so someone has to repost the reports later once an official thread opens up.  Ask for one and let us get to it, then post your reports.

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« Reply #377 on: 10 September 2013, 18:27:54 »
What exactly do we do with discovered discrepancies then? I thought we put them here for discussion/review.
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« Reply #378 on: 10 September 2013, 18:45:04 »
If you believe it to be wrong, list it in the appropriate errata thread. If you aren't sure, ask the developers/writers or ask a rules question. If you think someone is incorrect in their errata, discuss it here.
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Re: Errata Discussion Thread - Questions HERE, not in Errata Threads
« Reply #379 on: 10 September 2013, 19:00:11 »
What exactly do we do with discovered discrepancies then? I thought we put them here for discussion/review.

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« Reply #380 on: 10 September 2013, 19:07:20 »
In the future, waiting would indeed be appreciated.  But thank you for your enthusiasm.
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« Reply #381 on: 10 September 2013, 19:16:46 »
Speaking of errata that has no thread, Xotl, your signature still has "Away until September" in it.
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Re: Errata Discussion Thread - Questions HERE, not in Errata Threads
« Reply #382 on: 10 September 2013, 19:41:55 »
How could I be errata guy if my sig didn't have errata?

Seriously, thanks - I never use sigs, so I forgot about that.
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« Reply #383 on: 10 September 2013, 20:48:50 »
It's AToW, the errata thread is open. Should I rewrite my post in proper format and put it back in there? I'm still confused.
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« Reply #384 on: 10 September 2013, 20:58:30 »
We're referring to the recent flurry of misplaced FM 3145 posts, not your post on AToW from a few days ago.

If you think there's a problem, but you're not sure, feel free to post it in the appropriate rules forum.  Then, when you know for sure that it's in error, post it in the errata thread.  So in your case I'd invite you to make a new thread in the AToW rules forum asking for a sanity check on Paul's errata (that's what I'm assuming you're talking about).
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« Reply #385 on: 10 September 2013, 21:30:32 »
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« Reply #386 on: 12 September 2013, 15:47:38 »
Not sure if this deserves an errata, but, all the super heavy mech record sheets have a jump MP slot, but according to the rules, super heavy mechs are too heavy to mount JJs

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« Reply #387 on: 12 September 2013, 18:29:19 »
i noticed that too probably someone not watching what they are C&Ping and that sneaked by.

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« Reply #388 on: 14 September 2013, 17:36:18 »
*probably not the place for this.
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« Reply #389 on: 15 September 2013, 02:12:11 »
p 213.  PDF

In the chart for Equipment levels on mechs Stone's brigade receives a +24 to rolls. The Hastati Sentinels receive a +16 to rolls.

On the actual RAT the Republic only goes up to 28 results. So anything above a roll of two would push Stone's Brigade off the chart.

Suggested Correction:

Stone's Brigade +16
Hastati Sentinels +12

I assumed that you just get to keep the top mech i.e. mad cat IV for heavies...
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