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It's hilarious how well that works. (Luring mechs past explosives.) At least in Mechcommander 2. Let's see if these pilots are just as dumb! And everyone should remember, all this fluff about HPG charges and whatnot are subject to the requirements of the plot.
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rereading... snow is ex-loki? well obviously the question is how many rat anuses has snow used offensively, on orphans or otherwise.
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Felime posted:So... uh, if you guys are going to die, try to be in a building when it happens Or on it. Then again, jumping on top of a building might mean the roof would collapse, wouldn't it? And if all else fails, rush the battle lines before you blow up to make sure you take them with you!
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AtomikKrab posted:rereading... snow is ex-loki? Rain is ex-Loki. Snow is ex-Lyran Guard.
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AtomikKrab posted:those tanks of delicious alcohol are quite near a residential building. Affi posted:This. Arglebargle III posted:It's hilarious how well that works. (Luring mechs past explosives.) Y'all gonna look stupid when you pull the trigger and learn those tanks are filled with "Caesar's Choice" all-natural peanut butter-flavored soda.
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Apr 28, 2011 14:30
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Ceasar would never drink anything non-alcoholic.
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Apr 28, 2011 14:35
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Affi posted:Ceasar would never drink anything non-alcoholic. I dunno, peanut-butter and chocolate flavored soda pop might be frat-boy enough for him without booze. I mean, it's like a fizzy, liquid Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. Are Reese's Cups LosTech?
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Probably not, but they would be heavily controlled by ComStar since I'm fairly certain Chocolate was never exported (I don't recall anyone ever eating chocolate in Battletech).
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ShadowDragon8685 posted:I dunno, peanut-butter and chocolate flavored soda pop might be frat-boy enough for him without booze. I mean, it's like a fizzy, liquid Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. If you have to ask, the answer is yes. v v v Well played, Affi, well played. landcollector fucked around with this message at 14:52 on Apr 28, 2011 |
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Apr 28, 2011 14:43
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Is breathable air lostech? 
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PoptartsNinja posted:Probably not, but they would be heavily controlled by ComStar since I'm fairly certain Chocolate was never exported (I don't recall anyone ever eating chocolate in Battletech). I thought "stuff that only ComStar has" was the definition of LosTech?  But, those bastards. Withholding chocolate from the human race? That's unforgivable.
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ShadowDragon8685 posted:I thought "stuff that only ComStar has" was the definition of LosTech? And now you understand why Romano Liao is such a bitch.
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I dunno, chocolate seems like an effective means of acquiring followers. The vision of Jerome Blake is a chocolate filled utopia? Sign me up.
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KnoxZone posted:I dunno, chocolate seems like an effective means of acquiring followers. The vision of Jerome Blake is a chocolate filled utopia? Sign me up. ...So Blake is actually Willy Wonka?
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ShadowDragon8685 posted:I dunno, peanut-butter and chocolate flavored soda pop might be frat-boy enough for him without booze. I mean, it's like a fizzy, liquid Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. In the grim darkness of the future, there is only vegemite.
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PoptartsNinja posted:And now you understand why Romano Liao is such a bitch. I don't even like chocolate all that much. And yet, yes, yes I do. Slaan posted:In the grim darkness of the future, there is only vegemite. 
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Marmite, however? Clan secret. Held in perpetuity by clan Tasteless Marmot and defended against all Trials of Possession. Not that there have been many challengers...
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Affi posted:Ceasar would never drink anything non-alcoholic. A guy can make more than one choice. He also chooses to mix it with space Baileys.
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KnoxZone posted:I dunno, chocolate seems like an effective means of acquiring followers. The vision of Jerome Blake is a chocolate filled utopia? Sign me up. It would probably be more effective to distribute it widely though. Then you have something to deny the masses if they get unruly. 
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KnoxZone posted:I dunno, chocolate seems like an effective means of acquiring followers. The vision of Jerome Blake is a chocolate filled utopia? Sign me up. Now that's a rebellion I can get behind. Pissy "But lostech is ooooouuuurrrrrssssssss" not so much.
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Mechs can pretty much just walk right through light buildings (with a piloting check I believe). That is also the best way to mug an opponent mech, when the opposing mech pilot hasn't been thinking of the surrounding buildings as being dispensable. You waltz right through a building, bursting out the other side in a shower of glass and wood timbers, and gank the bitch with a punch to the neck.
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Leperflesh posted:Mechs can pretty much just walk right through light buildings (with a piloting check I believe). That is also the best way to mug an opponent mech, when the opposing mech pilot hasn't been thinking of the surrounding buildings as being dispensable. This is true and good fun, until you fall on your head in a subbasement. Buildings are pretty good ablative armor, too, basically making you immune to SRMs. Just don't linger too long, or you'll be wearing a 10-story concrete hat.
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Dammit, how did I miss this thread for so long?! I must be stupid. But, stupid or not, I'd like to append myself to the end of the Pilot list...I even just went platinum to get PM enabled for this. Sign me up, boss! jng2058 fucked around with this message at 23:17 on Apr 28, 2011 |
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Apr 28, 2011 20:55
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Keep in mind that you can park next to something and kick it while you shoot at something else. Kicking buildings is an automatic hit, so you don't have to worry about botching the roll to hit and having to roll a PSR, falling over, and having your leg shear off.
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Defiance Industries posted:Kicking buildings is an automatic hit, so you don't have to worry about botching the roll to hit and having to roll a PSR, falling over, and having your leg shear off. Yeah, like that'd ever happen. 
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AtomikKrab posted:those tanks of delicious alcohol are quite near a residential building. I dunno, if I'm reading the map right, that residential building south west of the tanks filled with gas or alcohol or what have you is a Heavy (Hardened?) building. It could probably tank the explosion of the tanks with no problem, even if they were filled with explosive goodness and caused a chain reaction. There still might be some damage, but it wouldn't bring the building down... I hope... Hell, vape it anyway. If you could lure the enemy forces in among the tanks, that would be cool, but I'm guessing that would take too long. Still, lurking behind Light buildings in pull a Kool Aid Man when enemy forces get too close would be killing two birds with one stone, as it would count the property damage and the damage to enemy forces... As for ComStar withholding chocolate from the rest of humanity, it seems totally in character for what I know of them.
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T.G. Xarbala posted:Wait, wait. Comstar's "economy class" data transmission network is the jumpship pony express? Not stupid at all, actually. Happens in the real world all the time now that we have sufficiently dense data storage.
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Mary Annette posted:Yeah, like that'd ever happen. I'm still laughing that it happened to Rick Hunter of all people. Too bad his name wasn't Max Sterling. 
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You know, at this point I think that the suspiciously enticing circular buildings are either grain silos or greenhouses, or something else spectacularly non-explosive. Unless of course vertical grain storage is lostech.
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Glazius posted:Not stupid at all, actually. Happens in the real world all the time now that we have sufficiently dense data storage. It's how Netflix was devised if I recall correctly: trucks on the road have amazing bandwidth when they are carrying small, light DVDs.
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Octatonic posted:You know, at this point I think that the suspiciously enticing circular buildings are either grain silos or greenhouses, or something else spectacularly non-explosive. What few silos remain are carefully maintained and subject to special rules in combat. You can destroy the grain chute and any silage forks, but damaging the structure proper is akin to using nuclear weapons.
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Chronojam posted:It's how Netflix was devised if I recall correctly: trucks on the road have amazing bandwidth when they are carrying small, light DVDs. But the ping is HORRIBLE
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Octatonic posted:You know, at this point I think that the suspiciously enticing circular buildings are either grain silos or greenhouses, or something else spectacularly non-explosive. Grain silos are actually spectacularly explosive. Here's the small scale. I really, really would love to see the Mythbusters test this one. But yeah, grain silos? They're not nice, inert targets. They will go capital-b Boom
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ShadowDragon8685 posted:Grain silos are actually spectacularly explosive. Here's the small scale. Oh my god. Those exploding barrels in all of those stupid FPS games placed haphazardly.... they were filled with GRAIN?!
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ShadowDragon8685 posted:Grain silos are actually spectacularly explosive. Here's the small scale.  We're gonna need a bigger Catapult...
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Oh man, a bunch of light mechs destroying buildings in a city, on a timer? Now all we need is a wandering nuclear missile carrier. Seriously, go to town here. It's probably worth conserving some ammunition, considering, and using the buildings you actually want destroyed as cover. Buildings can work as cover, right?
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KaoliniteMilkshake posted:Seriously, go to town here. It's probably worth conserving some ammunition, considering, and using the buildings you actually want destroyed as cover. Buildings can work as cover, right? Technically, yes. If I remember correctly though, there is a 1/6 chance of you being headshotted (rather than the usual 1/36) when you are in partial cover, so it can be a risky decision. v v v Ah, I see. Thanks for correcting, I don't have access to the Total Warfare or Tac Ops books/pdfs (whichever books are needed) and I don't feel like spending a lot of money for the pdfs. landcollector fucked around with this message at 23:58 on Apr 28, 2011 |
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It was that way. 50% cover would give you, well, a 50% chance to be missed, but any shots that didn't miss hit the punch table. I think now, how it works, is that attacks are rolled as normal, but attacks that roll the legs are negated. Still, that's "standing behind" cover. If you walk into the building, it acts like ablative armor.
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ShadowDragon8685 posted:Still, that's "standing behind" cover. If you walk into the building, it acts like ablative armor. Until it collapses. Probably worth it if anything bigger shows up, especially for the Commando. Don't bother with Light buildings though. That triangular Heavy building around 0415 would be ideal, but it will kill you if it collapses on you. It tracks by hex, though, so you can just back out after it absorbs some fire and plow into a different part of the same building.
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