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Combat Vehicles / Re: BA Tube Artillery Truck (Ghosts of Obeedah)
« Last post by Red Pins on Today at 23:02:31 »Ohh, love this concept. Going to borrow it for my project
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Fan Fiction / Re: Blood Loss
« Last post by Red Pins on Today at 23:00:17 »Yeah, well, it beats the alternative, I guess. Coworker is constantly complaining he can't find anybody to even date. Should take only a couple weeks, have to figure out the necrosia vision and what 'lucky breaks' the Spirits are going to catch.
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Fan Fiction / Re: A Long Journey
« Last post by Taron Storm on Today at 22:53:01 »Have to try that combo then.
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The Inner Sphere / Re: Mechwarriors who canonincally owned more than one mech at the same time
« Last post by Crimson Dynamo on Today at 22:49:25 »The Bounty Hunter comes to mind. For instance, in his Dossier he was in his Marauder II in January of 3068 and his Mad Cat in June of that year.
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BattleTech Game Errata / Re: Master Unit List (MUL) Feedback Thread IV - READ THE FIRST POST
« Last post by Centurian99 on Today at 22:45:08 »The Alpha Strike stats for the Balius omnimech look...odd. even taking into account the heat dissipation issues, the damage/OV numbers looks really low.
The prime, B, C, and D look particularly odd.
The prime, B, C, and D look particularly odd.
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Fan Articles / Re: Mech of the Week - Flea
« Last post by Paul on Today at 22:44:25 »Not much to add to this fun thread beyond observing that it's also excellent at doing property damage. And to me at least, that's a huge part of what the smaller 'Mechs should be spending their booked labor on in typical raids.
Putting stuff on fire or blowing it up. Ideally the things the enemy cares about. And a Flea is going to be a lot more effective at that job than many other 'Mechs in its weight class.
I think something people find hard when evaluating 'Mechs, is considering aspects beyond 1:1 combat. Because it's how we all play the game. Duels. Lance on Lance. *maybe* company on company. This also creates a blind spot on the top side; 'Mechs that become more useful in battalion sized engagements, that's not likely to be a first hand experience for most players.
Meanwhile, what are the odds of 2 players "playing" a game where 1 side is a Flea that broke through, and the other 'side' is a map full of warehouses that need to be a little more on fire, or perhaps slightly more kicked and exploded?
So yeah, a Flea sucks compared to quite a few designs that are good or just decent in 'Mech combat. And that's a big problem when some of them are fast enough that a Flea can't just avoid them. But most days of the week, the Flea doesn't have to worry about how well it can do against hostile 'Mechs and vehicles, because it shouldn't see *any*. And for a regiment or brigade (once upon a time, common), sending a company of Fleas out to put crap on fire means you get to keep your company of Wolverines and your company of Thunderbolts to do the 'Mech on 'Mech stuff.
Putting stuff on fire or blowing it up. Ideally the things the enemy cares about. And a Flea is going to be a lot more effective at that job than many other 'Mechs in its weight class.
I think something people find hard when evaluating 'Mechs, is considering aspects beyond 1:1 combat. Because it's how we all play the game. Duels. Lance on Lance. *maybe* company on company. This also creates a blind spot on the top side; 'Mechs that become more useful in battalion sized engagements, that's not likely to be a first hand experience for most players.
Meanwhile, what are the odds of 2 players "playing" a game where 1 side is a Flea that broke through, and the other 'side' is a map full of warehouses that need to be a little more on fire, or perhaps slightly more kicked and exploded?
So yeah, a Flea sucks compared to quite a few designs that are good or just decent in 'Mech combat. And that's a big problem when some of them are fast enough that a Flea can't just avoid them. But most days of the week, the Flea doesn't have to worry about how well it can do against hostile 'Mechs and vehicles, because it shouldn't see *any*. And for a regiment or brigade (once upon a time, common), sending a company of Fleas out to put crap on fire means you get to keep your company of Wolverines and your company of Thunderbolts to do the 'Mech on 'Mech stuff.
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Clan Chatterweb / Re: Clan Jade Falcon III: Admittedly, We May Have Falconed a Little Too Hard
« Last post by Church14 on Today at 22:33:41 »I think some of you are jumping the gun in asserting that the matter of the Khanship of the Falcons is "settled". These are the Clans, and we've seen them devour and genocide each other over far less pressing things than an illegitimate Khan...and yes, by Clan law, Jiyi Chistu is 100% illegitimate; he was not voted into his position by a quorum of the Clan's Bloodnamed warriors. Hell, the Falcons just fought a civil war over the legitimacy of their Khan within the last twenty years, so it's not like there isn't a precedent here. WoR showed us that the Clans are big on the letter of the law as much as the spirit (hence why it took them so long to overturn the Great Refusal), and the Falcons are one of the most conservative Clans that ever existed.Along these lines, the only way by clan custom to decide which Jade Falcons are the 'legitimate' is basically a trial over it.
While I do agree that 1) current circumstances prevent Alaric and Stephanie from dealing with that situation right now and 2) the expression "possession is 9/10ths of the law" absolutely applies here right now, it seems rather foolish to assume that there won't be a reckoning at some point. Especially with Alaric in the mix; we all literally just watched him demand the RasDom go all-in on his new Star League, and we've seen the lengths he will go to in order to get what he wants. And if that so happens to be a united Clan Jade Falcon, well... a reckoning will happen sooner or later.
Then, of course, there's the biggest reason why the Khanship of the Jade Falcons is far from "settled": this isn't PeaceTech, it's BattleTech, and we've watched factions make foolish decisions time and time and time again because those decisions fuel the incessant warfare that makes this setting what it is. If TPTB decide that Alaric and/or the Terran Falcons decide that it's time to bring the rest of the Falcons under the new Star League's aegis with the Khan that actually was elected by her Clan's Bloodnamed warriors, then that's what we're gonna get.
Opinions are all fine and dandy, but let's not speak of them as if they're facts. No one here knows how this story is going to go.
Regarding if Alaric and Stephani Chistu will 'deal' with Jiyi's... I feel like Alaric will just declare they answer to Stephanie Chistu because she answers to Alaric. If Jiyi says nope, then it'll arcs towards violence, because Alaric is a guy who in June 3152 declared he owns the universe. Not really any room for compromise with the guy as he exists now.
But... unless Wolves power up like saiyans again, or Stephanie's Falcons do so, the Falcon factions aren't likely to meet each other directly any time soon.
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Clan Chatterweb / Re: Clan Jade Falcon III: Admittedly, We May Have Falconed a Little Too Hard
« Last post by JAMES_PRYDE on Today at 22:30:06 »Not to mention Jiyi should have the entire Genertic repository in his hand therefore making his Clan the "real" Jade Falcons.
Yeah, that is what I have been saying, how this can benefit the Terran Falcons, as in a (symbolic) "harvest" Trial can be conducted, so they can get copies of Genetic material and some Iron Womb tech, so they can restart their own on Terra (Yes, results will only show in 16-18 years, but at least the Terran Falcons can tick that off in their check list of getting settled)
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Fan Fiction / Re: A Long Journey
« Last post by Dave Talley on Today at 22:28:20 »Drop the singles, put in 11 doubles straight to the engine. Gets you 5 tons. Add 5 medium lasers. Take the small laser out and add half ton armor, if you feel like it.
Two range fire:
Long and medium: 2 PPC
Short: 7 Medium and a run for +1 heat
Did the same to an Archer:
Dropped the 20's to 15's
Changed to 11 double heat sinks
4 tons ammo
8 medium lasers total
Nasty suprise to those who get in it's face!
I did a similar idea for a 3S, the idea was the VOs mech got mangled but due to supply issues all you have is ppcs and mediums, ended up with 3 PPCs and 8 mediums with 27 sinks iirc
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The Inner Sphere / Re: Mechwarriors who canonincally owned more than one mech at the same time
« Last post by Church14 on Today at 22:26:23 »Was Gray Noton owning two riflemans - one for low risk fights/inspections and one that's 'special' - canon or a fan theory?
