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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: Most Iconic Mech
« Last post by Minemech on Today at 09:55:23 »ilClan Rec Guide 24 says Fred, still answering to that name, swapped out his Zeus for an Atlas during his fateful mission on Dromini VI in 3029. So a bit of an Aidan Pryde situation: you drive one 'Mech your whole life, then get into trouble while driving a substitute, and you become known for that substitute.In fairness, he willingly took a cursed mech, then added Jump Jets to it, and even then one upped it with what is now known as a Battletech superweapon.
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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: Looking for ideas for a new Campaign?
« Last post by ANS Kamas P81 on Today at 09:52:44 »Look into Astrokaszy for a potential planetary battleground; it's wracked by warring factions on the world with only a few 'Mechs on either side. It's also a place where both the Suns and Combine tested advanced technologies, even if it's a long bloody way away, so you can take on interesting surprises like prototype DHS on 'Mechs.
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Ground Combat / Re: Adding in Arty
« Last post by OatsAndHall on Today at 09:18:21 »That's a secret of the magic, then. It means I didn't need to put aside thunder LRM as an option.
Well for the mine on the start of the game normal mine would be better. Else depend on the set weight it could be already detonated for their arrival. Although vibrabomb will detonates if it got the sound, while the normal mines have chance to not detonates.
I field a lance of VTOLs consistently, assuming the game parameters allow me to do so. I've found that they're exceptionally versatile, due to their mobility. Even more so if I put a quality pilot in each one and I don't have to worry about side-slipping when moving at flank speed. That lance of VTOLs has turned the tide for me in quite a few games.
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Off Topic / Re: What movies/tv are we watching part XXX, Back into the fray!
« Last post by MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on Today at 09:17:47 »Also from the wiki, linked in my post above:
Yeah, unfortunately the wiki doesn't clearly indicate which origin went with which continuity.
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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: If you could get pre-painted BattleTech figures, would you?
« Last post by Aotrs Commander on Today at 09:16:24 »I could be wrong, but this seems like the answer to a question nobody asked.
That was my impression about pre-painted models generally (aside from as I say, for RPGs where you may only want a few models); I'm honestly surprised how many people are tentatively in favour of the idea. I was expecting much more answers like yours. (But on the otherhand, I hadn't twigged that CGL were experimenting with the concept.)
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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: Most Iconic Mech
« Last post by Agathos on Today at 09:15:30 »Specifically, Focht was the Atlas pilot. Fred drove a Zeus.
ilClan Rec Guide 24 says Fred, still answering to that name, swapped out his Zeus for an Atlas during his fateful mission on Dromini VI in 3029. So a bit of an Aidan Pryde situation: you drive one 'Mech your whole life, then get into trouble while driving a substitute, and you become known for that substitute.
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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: If you could get pre-painted BattleTech figures, would you?
« Last post by EvanD on Today at 09:12:24 »Maybe if it's a generic camo scheme for mook units. Otherwise, there are too many paint schemes to anticipate that it would look like something I need for a particular game. And since you'd have to concentrate on one unit, let alone one faction, in order to have a viable selection for force creation, I couldn't see it working well for new players or Catalyst.
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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 09:07:05 »I keep hoping for Combat Manual Davion but recently saw it was slated for May now. Maybe something else?I heard some of the stuff made it to the "warehouse" that has been stuck in shipping, let's hope.
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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: If you could get pre-painted BattleTech figures, would you?
« Last post by spotH3D on Today at 09:02:01 »No.
I plan out what units I want to paint for, and even if the prepainted one was in that unit, I'm sure it won't look like my other units. So that's useless to me.
So now I'm paying money for crap that I'll resent having to remove before hand. So I'm not happy about this half rear ended experiment with the Star League packs.
The only way it would sort of work is if the unit in question had a unique one off paint scheme, and maybe Victor Davion's Prometheus falls into that category.
Even so, why would I ever want more than one of them?
Maybe a lance pack of all units painted could work, but that would be a lance I won't be happy to add more units painted to, because it won't look the same. And then I'm in the situation of stripping 4 mechs if I want to use them as something else.
I could be wrong, but this seems like the answer to a question nobody asked.
I plan out what units I want to paint for, and even if the prepainted one was in that unit, I'm sure it won't look like my other units. So that's useless to me.
So now I'm paying money for crap that I'll resent having to remove before hand. So I'm not happy about this half rear ended experiment with the Star League packs.
The only way it would sort of work is if the unit in question had a unique one off paint scheme, and maybe Victor Davion's Prometheus falls into that category.
Even so, why would I ever want more than one of them?
Maybe a lance pack of all units painted could work, but that would be a lance I won't be happy to add more units painted to, because it won't look the same. And then I'm in the situation of stripping 4 mechs if I want to use them as something else.
I could be wrong, but this seems like the answer to a question nobody asked.
