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Fan Designs and Rules / Re: Is it time for an Underwater Rules Overhaul (?)

« Last post by Daryk on Today at 15:34:25 »

Submarines with LRTs work just fine (and dominate, as others have noted).  A 15-ton Savannah Master-alike is quite doable and deadly.  Space is hard... underwater is harder, and on purpose.

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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: Upcoming Releases XXIX: First Annual 29th Birthday

« Last post by MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on Today at 15:30:43 »

And was done by Ral Partha, not IWM.

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Ground Combat / Re: Help/Recommendations Requested - Main Battle Tank (50T or less)

« Last post by Goose on Today at 15:18:33 »

… Soooo you're looking for a medium tank?

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Fan Designs and Rules / Re: Polarized Lasers: An Aquatic Weapon for the Thirty-First Century.

« Last post by Tyler Jorgensson on Today at 15:05:30 »

Love the idea, agree with Alpha on the accuracy boosting. I’m not 100% Up to date on the underwater rules honestly so i can’t say how much to boost the range.

But love the fluff. Nice work

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Ground Combat / Re: Help/Recommendations Requested - Main Battle Tank (50T or less)

« Last post by Hellraiser on Today at 15:04:41 »

1.  Thanks all for the great suggestions so far.  Some I've never heard of, some I have.

2.  Era is partially a consideration, if it works for SW/CI stuff then I prefer it but right now I'll take anything since the other constraints of MBT+Seeker is already limiting.

3.  Speed isn't an issue, I get PLENTY of speed from Hovers/Vtols, this particular Platoon just needs to be the Durable/Firepower part of a "Light Company".
     I actually default to the slower Hunter upgrade model once its available for the extra firepower while only being 4/6.  (Which I hated when it came out but like it for this job)

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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: Upcoming Releases XXIX: First Annual 29th Birthday

« Last post by klarg1 on Today at 14:59:43 »

Here are some Mad Dogs

First sculpt from IWM about 20+ years old.
2nd is the IWM redo.
3rd is the Catalyst sculpt.
4th is the Premium sculpt just recent.

The Premium sculpt is much larger than the other sculpts.

I don’t want to sadden you, but that first sculpt is closing in on 40 years old at this point. (~35 right now)

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Ground Combat / Re: Elemental (Fire) or Elemental III?

« Last post by Hellraiser on Today at 14:57:40 »

The Elemental (Fire) and Elemental III are close enough in BV that you would virtually never have to take cost into consideration between the two.

True, but the BV portion of my comment was more about ALL infantry,  BA, Conventional, Mechanized, Platoons, Points, Level-1's, etc etc.

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Fan Designs and Rules / Re: Polarized Lasers: An Aquatic Weapon for the Thirty-First Century.

« Last post by AlphaMirage on Today at 14:54:28 »

I feel like this might work better as an add-on like the RISC pulse module with similar drawbacks. I'd actually not give it an extra cooling effect since water already does that and I generally don't like accuracy bonuses. It should just reclaim a bit of range and that should be sufficient to make them competitive and Amphibious since you can just disengage on the surface.

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Ground Combat / Re: Elemental (Fire) or Elemental III?

« Last post by AlphaMirage on Today at 14:49:04 »

Fire is my go to, forested terrain is very advantageous for BA and flammable so having fireproof BA to get in there and leg strike overheated mechs is great. Stealth would only be used for ambushes or headhunter ops

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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: Upcoming Releases XXIX: First Annual 29th Birthday

« Last post by I am Belch II on Today at 14:47:23 »

Here are some Mad Dogs

First sculpt from IWM about 20+ years old.
2nd is the IWM redo.
3rd is the Catalyst sculpt.
4th is the Premium sculpt just recent.

The Premium sculpt is much larger than the other sculpts.