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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #660 on: 12 August 2011, 14:43:42 »
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #661 on: 12 August 2011, 15:02:29 »
Quote from: 3rdCrucisLancers on 12 August 2011, 14:36:11
Melanie has many scars from pelican bites. They're apparently rather aggressive.


Suuuuuuuure........ "Pelicans"
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #662 on: 12 August 2011, 15:19:44 »
Has anyone the photochops (I made that up just now, pretty pleased with myself) to turn the sun on my avatar into a sword-and-sunburst?
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #663 on: 12 August 2011, 15:24:36 »
Quote from: MadDogMaddux on 12 August 2011, 15:02:29

Suuuuuuuure........ "Pelicans"
Mayhaps someone got "clumsy"?
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #664 on: 12 August 2011, 15:29:09 »
Quote from: 3rdCrucisLancers on 12 August 2011, 15:19:44
Has anyone the photochops (I made that up just now, pretty pleased with myself) to turn the sun on my avatar into a sword-and-sunburst?

Email me the biggest version you have of it?
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #665 on: 12 August 2011, 22:43:51 »
Quote from: MadDogMaddux on 12 August 2011, 15:02:29

Suuuuuuuure........ "Pelicans"

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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #666 on: 13 August 2011, 13:21:45 »
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #667 on: 13 August 2011, 13:29:52 »
Thats good news
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #668 on: 13 August 2011, 15:42:22 »
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #669 on: 13 August 2011, 16:59:53 »
Low hanging fruit, MDM.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #670 on: 14 August 2011, 00:29:20 »
Quote from: MadDogMaddux on 13 August 2011, 13:21:45
*snicker*
That's just beyond evil MDM.  I approve whole-heartedly!   [rockon]
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #671 on: 14 August 2011, 05:12:44 »
I'm just trying to ascertain if you are being serious or no.  Based on the 'snicker', I'm guessing its entirely false.  Either way, it fun watching the scurrying.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #672 on: 14 August 2011, 05:51:11 »
It's not in the book if that's what you're asking.  Getting GhostBear to facepalm over it, though... that was good.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #673 on: 14 August 2011, 11:48:23 »
So what's the freaking point of a 'mech-mounted magshot? I can't puzzle it out for the life of me.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #674 on: 14 August 2011, 12:24:41 »
I'm still working on that myself, honestly.  For vehicles, which don't have CASE that often, a 2 point hit is frequently a much smaller problem than the ammo explosion from an SRM launcher (and might be even with CASE since it usually blows the armor off the rear location), although the increased frequency of Crew Stunned results and more frequently hit locations probably balances out.  Under a TacOps optional rule, if your armor is getting thin or you don't see the Magshots being useful in the next turn, you can also turn them off.  I'm not entirely sure but weapon explosions may not be as devastating from the standpoint of salvage.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #675 on: 14 August 2011, 12:43:03 »
Quote from: 3rdCrucisLancers on 14 August 2011, 11:48:23
So what's the freaking point of a 'mech-mounted magshot? I can't puzzle it out for the life of me.
High tech, slightly longer ranged infantry destruction.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #676 on: 14 August 2011, 12:45:13 »
Quote from: nerd on 14 August 2011, 12:43:03
High tech, slightly longer ranged infantry destruction.

They don't have AI, as far as I can tell. So it's just basically knocking off one guy per hit.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #677 on: 14 August 2011, 12:50:40 »
I'd rather have a few light MGs married to an MG array.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #678 on: 14 August 2011, 13:33:50 »
They are also good for taking up machine gun space when you wont be facing infantry like in a Solaris 7 match.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #679 on: 14 August 2011, 14:08:30 »
Quote from: 3rdCrucisLancers on 14 August 2011, 11:48:23
So what's the freaking point of a 'mech-mounted magshot? I can't puzzle it out for the life of me.
MG damage (against non Infantry units) at SRM range, with the same mass iirc.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #680 on: 14 August 2011, 14:52:07 »
They're also not vulnerable to AMS...not a big bonus, but it's there.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #681 on: 14 August 2011, 16:34:53 »
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #682 on: 14 August 2011, 18:13:09 »
I don't see why MagShots shouldn't do burst damage to infantry, especially since AP Gauss do.  So a little houserule helps out a bit there.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #683 on: 14 August 2011, 18:14:18 »
Quote from: Arkansas Warrior on 14 August 2011, 18:13:09
I don't see why MagShots shouldn't do burst damage to infantry, especially since AP Gauss do.  So a little houserule helps out a bit there.

APGR is intentionally a better weapon than the magshot is why. 
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #684 on: 14 August 2011, 20:08:24 »
Anyone want a megamek 0.35.24 game? My wife is watching True Blood, so now is an ideal time. Say, 3085ish, Kuritans (me) vs. AFFS (you), light or medium lance, small maps? My gmail addy is my first name dot my last name, IM me there.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #685 on: 14 August 2011, 23:02:49 »
GreatSarcasmo put up a fine game, but with a handicap of 500 BV, he was outgunned and out-tonned. Even so, he gave me a good deal of trouble, but I managed to kill three of his 'mechs and cripple the third, with my Jenner -C2 and Panther -16K crippled. My Wight and Panther teamed up to core his pristine Valkyrie -QT2 in the last round with incredibly lucky CT hits from both a PPC and HPPC. Josh's poor Locust was blown away by a mammoth salvo of SRMs, and his Wolfhound was hit by everything I had two turns running. If the Valk hadn't gone down, I think it and his Fire Javelin could have seriously messed me up.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #686 on: 14 August 2011, 23:13:54 »
That Wight is a sick, sick, sick 'Mech. Possibly my favorite Drac mech to date.  [rockon]


Come to think of it, it's basically the Drac take on a Hollander.

Except that it doesn't suck.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #687 on: 14 August 2011, 23:20:57 »
Quote from: 3rdCrucisLancers on 14 August 2011, 23:02:49
GreatSarcasmo put up a fine game, but with a handicap of 500 BV, he was outgunned and out-tonned. Even so, he gave me a good deal of trouble, but I managed to kill three of his 'mechs and cripple the third, with my Jenner -C2 and Panther -16K crippled. My Wight and Panther teamed up to core his pristine Valkyrie -QT2 in the last round with incredibly lucky CT hits from both a PPC and HPPC. Josh's poor Locust was blown away a salvo of SRMs, and his Wolfhound was hit by everything I had two turns running. If the Valk hadn't gone down, I think it and his Fire Javelin could have seriously messed me up.

Josh, next time take better 'Mechs.

Talon, Specter, Jenner 7D, Garm, or Osiris.

Seriously, there's no excuse for Feddies to go wallowing around with pissant Locusts and Wolfhounds.  :P
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #688 on: 15 August 2011, 00:15:43 »
Quote from: MadDogMaddux on 14 August 2011, 23:13:54
That Wight is a sick, sick, sick 'Mech. Possibly my favorite Drac mech to date.  [rockon]


Come to think of it, it's basically the Drac take on a Hollander.

Except that it doesn't suck.

The Hollander was designed to put as many Gauss rifles on the field as possible and it DID that. It's like you were expecting something more!
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #689 on: 15 August 2011, 00:43:33 »
Quote from: Caesar Steiner for Archon on 15 August 2011, 00:15:43
The Hollander was designed to put as many Gauss rifles on the field as possible and it DID that. It's like you were expecting something more!

I've always sort of liked the Hollander if it knows it's role. My favorite Lyran Light/Medium lance is 2 Blitzkriegs, 1 Hollander and 1 Wolfhound.
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