Creating the stats isn't the problem. Creating the physical sheet is the problem.
I'm wondering if you would be able to go into detail as to what that entails.
If I need to make a sheet, I grab a blank one and copy down exactly what the TRO entry says, which doesn't take all that long.
Do you not stat alternate variants when you write up the alternate variants paragraph, or is there some other issue that comes into play?
I can't understand what takes so long unless you don't actually know what the unit is until you finish its sheet, but that's mostly because I don't understand what goes into a Record Sheet product behind the scenes.
And, please, folks, I specifically avoided discussing anything post-Dark Age in the chats. I want it remembered, for the record, that I said absolutely NOTHING about post-Dark Age products in the chats. I did not even mention a year beyond 3145 in either chat, except to note that I would not discuss said years. I was EXTREMELY careful about that for a reason!
SO STOP TALKING ABOUT IT!
Does that mean we aren't getting a 33rd century boxed set?
You're right though, you haven't really said too much; most of this stuff is fan speculation creating boogeymen created in the vacuum created by you mentioning the era and not telling us anything about it. Fans are silly like that; wanting to know more about everything and stuff like that.
I for one am ready for whatever comes our way.
Likewise, before anyone says a damned thing about my comment where I proposed replacing the entire core book line with a single rulebook sans construction rules, remember that the freaking question was "What product would you like to publish most, but cannot because of fan interest?". That means simplifying BattleTech back to a single rulebook is OFF the table, not ON it!
YOUR BATTLETECH ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE!
Please stop trying to get me in more trouble, and we can keep having these chats. Panic, and you lose them. I wish I was kidding about that.
Thanks,
- Herbert Beas
Oh I'm not worried at all, I'm certain BT will be here in more or less the same form, for many more years to come. I know you never said anything about wanting to replace everything. I was just taken by surprise by the comment that you would like to streamline everything into a single rulebook, which given what the books besides TW consist of, somewhat equates to 'death to optional advanced rules' (as it would take quite some effort to smash all those books into one depending on which ones we are counting, and would require some trimming), and that makes me wonder why you don't like advanced rules as much as some of us do (though I do agree with the warship assessment, having read the construction rules for large craft, they scare me too).
I'm probably reading too much into it, and don't mean to cause you undue stress.
Gimme a new TRO to chew on, that'll shut me up :P