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Ground Combat / Re: Building Battle Armor Companies

« Last post by Charistoph on 03 June 2024, 21:54:18 »

I would default to GDL Scouts here.

If only GDL Scouts had models.     I'd probably have to mod Nighthawks or Tornados to get them to fit.

IMO, you don't have enough ISS & GD designs for your units.
They are going to be more common than anything but Davions who will have more Cav/IF2

Keep in mind that each Platoon is 3-4 Squads.  In terms of models, I probably don't need a company's worth of each one for a playable collection.

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Catalyst Game Labs Demo Team / Re: Hex Based 350 Competition (Odyssey 350) Saturday May 18th in Rochester NY

« Last post by storerowing on 03 June 2024, 21:52:46 »

I was quite looking forward to this event however due to some personal reasons I was unable to participate. Hopefully I can have a chance to attend the next event.

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

« Last post by Sartris on 03 June 2024, 21:49:49 »

I know it does.  That's why I hope it will be fixed by the time Record Sheets become available on the MUL.

the new site is being scratch-built from the ground up by a professional software dev.

note: our original dev, skyhigh, is a professional software dev as well, but is a volunteer. it's a lot to expect him to carry this on indefinitely.

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

« Last post by SteelRaven on 03 June 2024, 21:35:08 »

It's Meta, they are focusing on the Metaverse instead of fixing current problems.

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Ground Combat / Re: Building Battle Armor Companies

« Last post by Hellraiser on 03 June 2024, 21:06:20 »

For Mercenary, I'm looking at:
Platoon 1) Inner Sphere Standard
Platoon 2) Grey Death Standard
Platoon 3) Night Hawk PA(L)?

I would default to GDL Scouts here.

For Davion, I'm looking at:
Platoon 1) Inner Sphere/Grey Death Standard OR Cavalier
Platoon 2) Infiltrator Mk II
Platoon 3) Grenadier
Platoon 4) Hauberk?

ISS, IF2, Cav, Grd(orHbk)

For Steiner, I'm looking at:
Platoon 1) Infiltrator MK II
Platoon 2) Rottweiler
Platoon 3) Sloth
Platoon 4) Fenris

GDL Scts, ISS, Fenris,  (Rott or Sloth)

IMO, you don't have enough ISS & GD designs for your units.
They are going to be more common than anything but Davions who will have more Cav/IF2

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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: Let's talk matchmaking and player recruiting strategies.

« Last post by Pistol Pete on 03 June 2024, 20:55:31 »

My one issue with strting folks off in 3025 is that a lot of the forcepacks currently sold have mechs that are post then and don't have downgraded models, meaning that if someone likes the game and picks up a Forcepack they think looks cool they can then get told "no, you can't use that."  While it is a bit more complicated I personally think that For everything past a specifically set up learners game you really want to use at least clan invasion era tech.

If we're talking about introducing newbies to the game, I'd assume that the organizer is providing the mechs (honestly, I'd use the cardboard standees from AGoAC of the Beginner Boxes for this).

I wouldn't expect the players to provide their own mechs because that's a significant investment.
The whole point of having a beginner league is that YOU can help them play a few games to see if they're into it.

But if they DID buy a shiny new set of mechs, they'd still probably be shit outta luck because you need the record sheets too. I would kindly and gently inform them that "We don't have the record sheets for those mechs handy, but we do have these mechs ready to go."

Part of doing a beginner league with pre-selected mechs (provided by the organizer), is that you can have all of the mechs ready to go with all of the record sheets and whatnot needed to field them.

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BattleMechs / Re: Advocator Design Challenge: Yes, Going There! Not My Original Idea Either!

« Last post by Hazard Pay on 03 June 2024, 20:51:45 »

If the Cappies didn't waste their time with the Cataphract and went with the Urbie II they'd have won the 4th Succession War. JK

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BattleMechs / Re: Advocator Design Challenge: Yes, Going There! Not My Original Idea Either!

« Last post by Andras on 03 June 2024, 20:38:42 »

One other thing you can do with a 120SFE is make a really big Urbanmech (or a really slow Dragon)

Code: [Select]

Urban Mech II URB2-AC20

Mass: 60 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Chassis Config: Biped
Rules Level: Tournament Legal
Era: Succession Wars
Tech Rating/Era Availability: D/X-E-D-A
Production Year: 3025
Cost: 3,872,400 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,164

Chassis: Unknown Standard
Power Plant: Unknown 120 Fusion Engine
Walking Speed: 21.6 km/h
Maximum Speed: 32.4 km/h
Jump Jets: Unknown
    Jump Capacity: 60 meters
Armor: Unknown Standard Armor
Armament:
    1  Autocannon/20
    1  PPC
    2  Medium Lasers
    1  Small Laser
Manufacturer: Unknown
    Primary Factory: Unknown
Communications System: Unknown
Targeting and Tracking System: Unknown

================================================================================
Equipment           Type                         Rating                   Mass 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Internal Structure: Standard                      99 points                6.00
Engine:             Fusion Engine                120                       4.00
    Walking MP: 2
    Running MP: 3
    Jumping MP: 2 Standard
    Jump Jet Locations: 2 CT                                               2.00
Heat Sinks:         Single Heat Sink             14                        4.00
    Heat Sink Locations: 2 LT, 6 RT, 2 LA
Gyro:               Standard                                               2.00
Cockpit:            Standard                                               3.00
    Actuators:      L: SH+UA    R: SH+UA
Armor:              Standard Armor               AV - 200                 12.50

                                                      Internal       Armor     
                                                      Structure      Factor     
                                                Head     3            9         
                                        Center Torso     20           31       
                                 Center Torso (rear)                  8         
                                           L/R Torso     14           21       
                                    L/R Torso (rear)                  7         
                                             L/R Arm     10           20       
                                             L/R Leg     14           28       

================================================================================
Equipment                                 Location    Heat    Critical    Mass 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Autocannon/20                                RA        7         10       14.00
PPC                                          LA        10        3         7.00
2 Medium Lasers                              LA        6         2         2.00
Small Laser                                  HD        1         1         0.50
@AC/20 (15)                                  RT        -         3         3.00
                                            Free Critical Slots: 20

BattleForce Statistics
MV      S (+0)  M (+2)  L (+4)  E (+6)   Wt.   Ov   Armor:      7    Points: 12
2j         3       3       1       0      3     0   Structure:  5
Special Abilities: SRCH, ES, SEAL, SOA, AC 1/1/0


30 tons of payload!

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Ground Combat / Building Battle Armor Companies

« Last post by Charistoph on 03 June 2024, 19:58:03 »

Okay, I'm looking to expand my Battle Armor collection to being more than the basic Elementals and Sphere Suits.  I'm' not too worried about Clan set ups, they're mostly consistent across the board and the options are clear for the most part.

However, I want to look at building 3 different Inner Sphere Companies.

Rules for the Company:
A Platoon will equipped the same.
Where possible, a Company will have Scout Platoon, Heavy/Assault Platoon, and a "main combat" Platoon.
No 2 Platoons will be equipped the same.

The 3 companies I'm looking to build are Steiner (4 Platoons), Davion (4 Platoons), and Mercenary (3 Platoons).  Eras are largely meaningless, as most of our local play doesn't care, and in the case of campaign concepts, I think the ones needed for a Platoon might be enough.

For Mercenary, I'm looking at:
Platoon 1) Inner Sphere Standard
Platoon 2) Grey Death Standard
Platoon 3) Night Hawk PA(L)?

Not very inspiring, but I have 2 of the 3 collected.  The MUL wasn't very inspiring as to what to consider for the 3rd Platoon.  Grenadier and/or Infiltrator MK II would be good options, I think, but I'm a little concerned about availability.

For Davion, I'm looking at:
Platoon 1) Inner Sphere/Grey Death Standard OR Cavalier
Platoon 2) Infiltrator Mk II
Platoon 3) Grenadier
Platoon 4) Hauberk?

All good signature designs, I think, however, a bit heavy on the one end.  Maybe using Cavaliers instead of the Hauberks?

For Steiner, I'm looking at:
Platoon 1) Infiltrator MK II
Platoon 2) Rottweiler
Platoon 3) Sloth
Platoon 4) Fenris

I "need" to eventually get Sloths for a campaign I'm running where the players are Falcons.  The Steiners also seem to be in love with the Quad Design, so it would be in keeping to keep up the theme for the company.  The Infiltrator's a little outside the theme, but I can double up with the Davion for easy access.

So, thoughts, suggestions?

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Non-Canon Units / Re: Armored Regimental Combat Team structure, edit: Infantry RCT

« Last post by Ramblefire on 03 June 2024, 19:56:51 »

If you're reducing a fixed position, artillery is cheaper and more effective (not to mention less likely to take return fire).

Of course artillery is good at reducing a hardened fighting position, but if you look at basically every war from World War I to World War II to the Korean War, Vietnam war, Balkan kerfufles, Desert Storm, the Chechen fiascos, to the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war, an earth and concrete fortification is surprisingly hard to really definitively destroy. The only way to be sure about clearing it out is to drop pgms directly into it, flush it out with infantry, or draw a bead on it with a heavy cannon.

?? on  Mechanized Infantry
            2 IFV HQ + Heavy Transport + 4 Heavy Truck + 2 MRAP
            12 IFV + 3 Infantry Platoon + 2 Assault Guns(hetzer-like)
                1st Platoon (1 foot platoon, 4 IFV)
                2nd Platoon (1 foot platoon, 4 IFV)
                3rd Platoon (1 foot platoon, 4 IFV)
                Weapons Platoon (2 Assault Guns(hetzer-like))

Are these Hetzers or a yet unknown design perhaps smaller packing a AC10 or something smaller there the AC20?

While I like this idea for a force, I would also like to see something with SRM for short range Urban Ambush and fire from with or beside alleyways

It could be a Hetzer but really I'm referring more to the Sturmgeschutz form factor than anything else. A casemate weapon carrier with a front plate thick enough to protect it until it gets in close enough to give the other guys a proper greeting.

Ther are SRMs for short range urban ambushes. They're carried by the infantry. As for dedicated SRM vehicles, that would probably be something for ARCTs to truck around, or Ad Hoc constructions produced locally.