Mercenaries Kickstarter Discussion 6: the 1st 3rd Star League conversation

[Greatclub]

Look at the fixed river delta maps.

[MarauderCH IIC]

It would be great to get a real kickstarter update with those kind of previews.

[General308]

He also posted this which shows 2 on a base for some reason?

You can find more on his site if it loads for you.
https://hpgstation.de/2024/01/11/mehr-produktionsvideos-blood-asp-savannah-master-salvage-box/

Honestly unless these are a lot cheaper other salvage boxs or has a lot more minis in it.  I don't know why I wouldn't buy the cheaper IWM ones.

[Fat Guy]

Randall showing off the Savanah Master salvage box: https://youtu.be/MtDcbyIgvco

[I am Belch II]

Randall showing off the Savanah Master salvage box: https://youtu.be/MtDcbyIgvco

Nice

[shivanwurm]

I hope it's not 2 per base, that would be annoying to fix.

2 bases and 4 minis per box. Minis come off base with pegs and special hexes that can do singles or pairs.

[shivanwurm]

He said when we get our pledges this spring?!

[NeonWolf]

He said when we get our pledges this spring?!

Spring is from roughly March 20th to June 20th

[Ghaz]

Spring is from roughly March 20th to June 20th

Spring starts on March 19th this year (maybe a side-effect of this being a leap year).  I wasn't sure if he was referring to that or that we'll be seeing them when we open our boxes (even though it was not a part of the Kickstarter).

[Colt Ward]

They said the 40th shirt would be to backers 6 months before general release . . . and I expect the 40th shirt to be sold at GenCon, so . . .

[glitterboy2098]

2 bases and 4 minis per box. Minis come off base with pegs and special hexes that can do singles or pairs.

not seeing the point of doing pairs per base in either gameplay or display use.

unless we're going to see some rules update for super-lightweight vehicles allowing a form of "squadron rules"

[Doc Swift]

Stacking allows two units from one side per hex...

[Maingunnery]

Stacking allows two units from one side per hex...

Now that I think about it, I guess I could do the same with IWM light APCs.

[House Davie Merc]

Honestly-that' pretty freaken awesome.!

I think the 2 or 1 per base choice is actually pretty good.
When operating swarms that can be common.
Only problem I see is that if you want them to be side by side
they appear as though they have to be pointed at the CORNER
of a hex instead of the flat edge to indicate facing.
As made it looks like you will have to make them sit with 1 in the
front and the other behind and to the side.
If you want to actually put them side by side and face the appropriate
hex flat you will have to drill 2 more holes.
Actually-I think I'd like to keep 1 hex as is and the other drill new holes for a variety.

The important part is that the mini itself looks FANTASTIC and by putting the pin
sticking out of the mini they made it easier for the end user to mod any hex base
to mount them as is.
You could easily place the SM mini on the base with anything else by just
drilling the right sized hole.
That's pretty cool within itself.

[DarkSpade]

He said when we get our pledges this spring?!

Did he "say" anything?  All I heard was a faint murmur at max volume.  Dude needs a new mic.

[klarg1]

Did he "say" anything?  All I heard was a faint murmur at max volume.  Dude needs a new mic.

I heard him talking throughout pretty much the whole video. He did say “Spring”, but didn’t mention any specific dates.

[StCptMara]

Did he "say" anything?  All I heard was a faint murmur at max volume.  Dude needs a new mic.

I can't understand him, either. I think it is a combination of microphone, angle to microphone, and just Randall's voice. Either that, or I need hearing aides.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

I heard him talking throughout pretty much the whole video. He did say “Spring”, but didn’t mention any specific dates.

And we won't get specific dates until stuff arrives in Catalyst's warehouse.

[Known Glitch]

Did he "say" anything?  All I heard was a faint murmur at max volume.  Dude needs a new mic.

He sounded tired and frustrated to me.  Wasn't a video he really wanted to make but since Lifa ruined the big surprise, he went ahead and filmed it. I would have mumbled through it as well.

[Known Glitch]

double post

[Lorcan Nagle]

I'd assume it was a hardware issue - like he had a mic nearer his face but the computer selected an onboard one instead. 

[MarauderCH IIC]

And we won't get specific dates until stuff arrives in Catalyst's warehouse.

It's Chinese new year crunch time. If everything ships from China by February 10th, it's good. If it doesn't ship by Chinese new year, it's going to add more time to waiting for delivery. It would be great to hear some kind of shipping update.

[Lorcan Nagle]

It's Chinese new year crunch time. If everything ships from China by February 10th, it's good. If it doesn't ship by Chinese new year, it's going to add more time to waiting for delivery. It would be great to hear some kind of shipping update.

Last we heard was at Essen, where a Liya rep said they were intending to ship from their facility by the end of last year.  IIRC he also said they were only waiting on DropShip production to complete at that point, and we've seen production videos of them from late last year.

[Weirdo]

2 per base only works if both vees have the same facing at all times AND move identically at all times AND neither one takes any damage or they both take identical damage at all times.

This is no good, and extremely worrisome, along the same vein as their neglecting to actually put vehicle rules in their intro to vehicles box, or their refusal to put out an updated record sheet for their plastic ASF when every other plastic unit has gotten one or more.

I'm seeing writing on the wall, and that writing is obscene.

[Lorcan Nagle]

Based on the sample they come loose in the box with two hex bases, so it's easy to either leave them loose or mount them on separate bases if you prefer.  I was expecting their Battlefield Support Cards to be representing a pair of them, but who knows now

[Weirdo]

The problem is that by only putting two bases in the box, people aren't being given the option of putting they Savannah Masters 1 per base. They're given the option of half of them have bases and half have none.

[NeonKnight]

The problem is that by only putting two bases in the box, people aren't being given the option of putting they Savannah Masters 1 per base. They're given the option of half of them have bases and half have none.

The other problem is if they included 4 bases for the 4 Savannah Masters, those who want 2 per base now have two extra bases.

Honestly no easy fix here.

[Lorcan Nagle]

4 smaller hex bases might have been better, but it's a ship that has sailed.  I'm in two minds about leaving the plastic vehicles on hex bases in general because none of my metal ones are and I don't know how I feel about basing all of them.  If I do base the Savannah Masters then I'll probably get some of the metal bases IWM use for Fleet-scale dropships instead of full-size ones

[Scotty]

The problem is that by only putting two bases in the box, people aren't being given the option of putting they Savannah Masters 1 per base. They're given the option of half of them have bases and half have none.

I'm extremely confident that you have extra bases somewhere or can easily source extra bases to fix this for yourself, and in the meantime I'm going to be happy that I can get plastic Savannah Masters at all.

[RazorclawXLS]

The other problem is if they included 4 bases for the 4 Savannah Masters, those who want 2 per base now have two extra bases.

Honestly no easy fix here.

It's always better to have more than less. Easy fix for two extra bases - objective counters.

Now, getting your hands on 30mm hex bases is rather easy in USA, and other countries where hex based war gaming is a thing. Not some much easy anywhere else. Ordering hex bases online makes sense only for greater quantities or in conjunction with other stuff, but what if you need just 2?