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BattleMechs / Re: Design Challenge: The SecurityMech Treaty of 2613
« Last post by Daryk on Today at 05:52:54 »It's warcrime o'clock for our corporate friends! :D
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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: Mercenaries Kickstarter Discussion 6: the 1st 3rd Star League conversation
« Last post by thedancingjoker on Today at 05:52:51 »Have they said how long the deadline will be after the shipping figures are out there - my reason for asking is I'm on holiday from Monday for almost 3 weeks and don't want to have issues because a deadline has been and gone.
I think the plan was to have the shipping costs up by the weekend, but if that doesn't happen you might want to check on it a couple of times over those 3 weeks, as I could see the shipping window being less than 3 weeks given how close to the hopeful shipping date we are.
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Off Topic / Re: What Are We Listening To: This List Goes Up To Eleven!
« Last post by Akamia on Today at 05:38:47 »A Little Theorizing – The Stupendium
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BattleMechs / Re: 'Warcriming the Militia' - Battlemechs of the WoB
« Last post by Wrangler on Today at 05:35:21 »Are you going to devise a totally original mech? Or is this just another refet book only?
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Aerospace / Re: "Lily Pad" Space Station
« Last post by Wrangler on Today at 05:33:51 »I was under the impression that most spinning type except for the extreme large have grav decks there basically under unmoving outer hull. There hasn't been any sort of detail on what a grav deck supposed to be set up like. Most warships certainly do not have external grav decks despite say the wagon wheel class frigate that has one but it's only a visual effect not an actual spinner.
There are O'Neill colonies, with a total spinning but they're actually fluff based in BattleTech.
The wheel class space station I think is a spinner, I think it's just up to whoever wants designed the station on how it's going to be.
There are O'Neill colonies, with a total spinning but they're actually fluff based in BattleTech.
The wheel class space station I think is a spinner, I think it's just up to whoever wants designed the station on how it's going to be.
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MechWarrior and BattleTech Computer | Console Games / Re: MWO Black Hawk-KU
« Last post by Wrangler on Today at 05:30:13 »I forgot how vulnerable MWO xl engine Mechs were. I seldomly use Mechs in close range combat with those engines.
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Fan Fiction / Re: Opalescent Reflections
« Last post by Wrangler on Today at 05:27:50 »Topaz been confusing me. I tried looking the world up on sarna and not found it. Is this a fan made Clan world?
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MechWarrior Hall / Re: Word Association 36: SAY WHAT AGAIN!!!
« Last post by Wrangler on Today at 05:23:35 »Pounding
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Ground Combat / Re: Clan Large Pulse Lasers
« Last post by PuppyLikesLaserPointers on Today at 05:19:47 »It sounds like you havent done the math. Gunnery 4 with CLPL at ranges 7-8 is a base 4 to hit before other factors (Pulse cancels out Med range). CLERLL at that range with Gunnery 4 is also a base 4 to hit before other factors. Exact same numbers. Will also be same numbers for both pilots (6 to hit) at range 15.
That proves that it is I actually did math about this. You should continue the calculations and end the formula, rather than stop at the middle of the line and says that it's done.
For a gunnery 4+ pilot, with long range bracket penalty of +4 the pilot should have a 8+ to hit, sure. If that is nothing but target practice. The movement of both the attacker and the target is what you should consider. Even if the said pilot only use walk/cruise move, the difficulty is increased to 9+. That means, to hit modifier by the movement is +3 it means it's 12+, and +4 or more means the pilot is not able to hit the target at all. It is not something you rarely see, for +3 is only acquired by running/flanking move of 7+ or jump/airborne movement of 5+, that is even the heavy mechs/vehicles are able to reach without much problem - not to mention that even a 100 tonner mech can do this too, for they can use improved jump jet. And it's before think about the other factors such as cover, the attacker makes run or even jump. Even on the plain ground without any cover, that's the actual result of aiming against long range bracket.
Also you have an error on your math - while you did said 'cancels out' the pulse bonus on medium range, you did not puts the same penalty for the medium range either. Actually, only on 15 hexes it is true that those are all the same, sure, for it's the long range of CLPL and is the end of the medium range of CERLL. But that's only true at just 15 hex. On 16~20, CLPL have same difficulty to hit while CERLL suffers +2 to the difficulty, and on 14 or less hex, it's the medium range of CLPL. On 21+, either sides are unlikely to hit the adversary anyways, due to either out of range or have too much TMM to actually score a hit.
If two weapons are have the same chance to hit on a specific one point of range but on the other ranges one is always inferior to the other, then I don't think that 'one' have any advantage over 'the other'.
Had a tournament once where opponent parked his Rifleman IIC on a hill behind cover. And I knew he would make a beeline for that spot.
So I parked my entire force at 24 hexes which added up to be 6 CERLL's & some clusters which had 8 & 9's to hit first round and 7's and 8's following round. Did a stack of torso damage I took off one of his arms, and reduced his firepower to half (blew one of his arms off) before he was able to eventually return fire from abandoning his sniper spot (took 2 rounds to move 4 hexes as there was a sloping hill the other side).
I tend not to point out tactical advantages without having tried them in actual combat.
How it is possible to only need mere 8+ to 9+ to hit with those? Didn't either sides have moved their units?
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MechWarrior Hall / Re: Word Association 36: SAY WHAT AGAIN!!!
« Last post by Akamia on Today at 04:55:05 »Heartbeat
