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Take the option to name the mechs. Name one of them the Honey Badger. You know you want this.
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I keep wondering why some girl named Rose keeps showing up in this story...
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May 7, 2011 02:50
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PoptartsNinja posted:We then learn that Esmeralda has killed the Charger with a gyro-hit While missing a leg, IIRC. 
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May 7, 2011 02:58
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I... that... I... melee... just... what? Okay, I'm better now. My mind has purged any concept that. So... when are you going to do chapter 12?
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May 7, 2011 03:18
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Taerkar posted:I... that... I... melee... just... what? The best part is, we still have three chapters to go before we're off Solaris, and another 3 past that until we reach the end of 'book 1', AKA the loving prologue, and start in on Book 2 AKA the actual loving plot. PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 05:15 on May 7, 2011 |
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May 7, 2011 03:35
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Dunno if anyone cares, but Steam has a weekend sale on Crysis titles ($5-10). Crysis Warhead and the complete pack both come with Crysis War, the multiplayer add-on which is the basis of the total conversion mod MechWarrior: Living Legends! I'm looking forward to checking out stompy robots of death, and I thought some here might enjoy as well... http://www.mechlivinglegends.net/
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May 7, 2011 05:42
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OH GOD I really want to name me some clan mechs. But A mystery box What's in the mystery box It might be fish! Or two smaller mystery boxes, each containing a fish! Or it might be an all-expenses-paid trip for four to Omaha, Nebraska! I'LL TAKE THE MYSTERY BOX ALEX! Gimme #3? Was there ever any doubt? A man who will drink a fish is always going to pick the mystery box
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May 7, 2011 07:01
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oh hell yeah I know this is going to be good. pfft that would make it easy, how about shadowhawks versus the clans  VVVVVVV Axe-man fucked around with this message at 07:38 on May 7, 2011 |
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May 7, 2011 07:12
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Mystery choices are always the best! Just you wait. Next mission, everyone pilots a Charger.
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May 7, 2011 07:25
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PoptartsNinja posted:We then learn that Esmeralda has killed the Charger with a gyro-hit, and the Hunchback has body-slammed the Centurion and the two are just sorta laying pinned inside a building. Wait a second. How did the Warhammer get any hits on the gyro? It can't make punch attacks, which mean it had to kicked the thing. Can you hit the central gyro with a kick?
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May 7, 2011 08:28
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It can punch, but at a penalty to hit and damage.
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May 7, 2011 08:35
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Gothsheep posted:Wait a second. How did the Warhammer get any hits on the gyro? It can't make punch attacks, which mean it had to kicked the thing. Can you hit the central gyro with a kick? 1: You can punch without hands, you just take a penalty. 2: Your kicks can land on the CT/CTR if you're 1H above your target. 3: Your kicks can land on the CT/CTR if your target is prone.
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May 7, 2011 09:42
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ShadowDragon8685 posted:1: You can punch without hands, you just take a penalty. In other words, the author doesn't know much about the setting he was writing about. Who else would put a Warhammer in a physical combat only fight? Hell, who would agree to pilot it (Clanners don't count)?
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May 7, 2011 10:58
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quote:Waiting on TerrorStorm. Just saying I'm still here, just back at uni so free time is a bit of a luxury at the moment. Also orders sent.
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May 7, 2011 11:46
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Leperflesh posted:I'LL TAKE THE MYSTERY BOX ALEX! Gimme #3? Yay!  Too bad about the carbombs! It was an unintentional pun :P
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May 7, 2011 12:01
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paragon1 posted:In other words, the author doesn't know much about the setting he was writing about. Who else would put a Warhammer in a physical combat only fight? Hell, who would agree to pilot it (Clanners don't count)? I was going to say, a Warhammer seems like an extraordinarily stupid 'mech to agree to use in a no-pewpew-allowed fight. I guess Warwick double-dared Carstairs to fight him at a weight disadvantage and with a no-hands 'mech in the lead, and everyone knows that you have to take double-dares on Solaris. Or, as you say, the author's incompetent. I WONDER.
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May 7, 2011 13:17
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Rivensteel posted:Dunno if anyone cares, but Steam has a weekend sale on Crysis titles ($5-10). Crysis Warhead and the complete pack both come with Crysis War, the multiplayer add-on which is the basis of the total conversion mod MechWarrior: Living Legends! Yeah, noticed that as well. I'm installing Warhead right now, gonna check out some stompy 'bots later on today.
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May 7, 2011 13:20
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I'm buying warhead, do I need crysis too?
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May 7, 2011 13:31
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Nope, standalone.
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May 7, 2011 13:49
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FYI- The MW:LL installation is pretty painful. You download version 0.4.0, then download and install sequentially each new update through 0.4.9. Also, make sure you have Crysis Wars installed and set up with a profile before doing this. And that you have a GameSpy account.
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May 7, 2011 15:29
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Rivensteel posted:FYI- The MW:LL installation is pretty painful. You download version 0.4.0, then download and install sequentially each new update through 0.4.9. Also, make sure you have Crysis Wars installed and set up with a profile before doing this. And that you have a GameSpy account. You're making a mountain out of a molehill. The only tricky thing is dealing with gamespy and that's hard to blame on the mod team. Step 1: Install crysis wars. If not on steam, patch it. Step 2: Download the MWLL installer and run it. Step 3: Click OK several times during installation whilst it self updates, until completed. Step 4: Run crysis wars. Set up gamespy account from within it. Step 5: Run MWLL through the launcher (perhaps use the launcher to check your keybindings first). Pick any server other than Huntress, enjoy making big stompy robots explode! E: This is noising up the LP thread, go to this one in games instead? Nullkigan fucked around with this message at 15:55 on May 7, 2011 |
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May 7, 2011 15:52
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The contents of the Secret Surprise Box were secret. But I have beheld them and am joyful. The rest of you will find out the nature of my reward in due time.
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Leperflesh posted:The contents of the Secret Surprise Box were secret. But I have beheld them and am joyful. PTN you bastard.
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May 7, 2011 20:35
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Leperflesh posted:The contents of the Secret Surprise Box were secret. But I have beheld them and am joyful. Why does your post fill me with dread?
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May 7, 2011 21:53
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Leperflesh posted:The contents of the Secret Surprise Box were secret. But I have beheld them and am joyful. And why does it make me anxious to see the results? 
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Leperflesh is now a full company of paratroopers. Well, yea, I know he isn't. But that was the first thing I thought of, and the phrasing is hilarious. Teledahn fucked around with this message at 23:18 on May 7, 2011 |
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May 7, 2011 23:07
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He was given opfor <Redacted> to control for the next mission where we face the Clans. He will always win init.
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raverrn posted:PTN you bastard. It's not going to be another one of those "call down airstrike on your own goon team," is it? Because if it is, and given our current streak of bad luck on missions, the next team could be enjoying a lot of FUN soon. Dwarf FORTRESS FUN. 
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Goon Company has had surprisingly good luck overall in recent missions. They got amazingly close to total victory against the Vipers. While I applaud the ingenuity of the goons to get that done, if they had actually been on a bad luck streak there, the clanners would have absolutely mopped the floor with them. The tech level divide there is insane.
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Zaodai posted:Goon Company has had surprisingly good luck overall in recent missions. They got amazingly close to total victory against the Vipers. While I applaud the ingenuity of the goons to get that done, if they had actually been on a bad luck streak there, the clanners would have absolutely mopped the floor with them. The tech level divide there is insane. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Availability_heuristic There were a good few points in that mission where the players got unlucky. The occasional good roll if you engineer it so that you get a lot of chances to get lucky isn't called luck, it's called statistics, and it's how you win at battletech. This thread doesn't need another derail, please don't start one.
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Delicious pancakes? Why yes, I would love some. I just hope they aren't LosTech. Edited for civility. Zaodai fucked around with this message at 00:53 on May 8, 2011 |
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May 8, 2011 00:27
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Zaodai posted:You let people ramble on about random poo poo for two+ pages, and then hit me for derailing for answering a post about luck? Zaodai post about luck = People WILL derail hard and furiously. Derails on tenuously related topics that are civil and PTN is participating in are different than angry shouting wars about luck. I'm not a mod, and I'm not hitting you for anything. I'm just asking you not to inflict goon fury on everyone who wants to read a nice, fun thread.
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New update will be coming tonite. I know everyone's getting anxious and I do understand that we're goons and all, but I'd like to ask everyone to please keep things civil.
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It wasn't my fury though. It was a polite post pointing out that Clan tech is ludicrously unfair against L1 IS tech. That was all. If I had been raging out or bashing the guy, I'd completely understand. Anyway, now it's becoming a derail about not derailing, and your underlying point (we need less derails) is valid, so I'll drop it. I just wanted to clarify that and why my response to your post was so severe.
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH SHADDUP BOTH OF YOU So how about them giant robots? To business. I wonder if the super secret box will be something to take effect in this scenario, such as reinforcements... perhaps it may be the Clans' next big target in the invasion, or another faction's big plan that will take effect in the next few missions. My pet theory is that the mystery box contained the mechlist, loadout, and objectives of the Comstar mission, which I'm hoping we vote for at the end of this particular juncture. Waiting tensely for the next update! Let's see our team pull this one out of the fire! Edit: Zaodai, we don't all think you're a douchebag. At least not all the time. Let's everyone try to stay civil, can't we?
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PoptartsNinja posted:Let’s Read: Main Event (part 12) Does this count as accomplishing a second ThingTM happening? I think it's telling that there has only been one giant robot fight in this book twelve chapters in. My favorite battltech novel growing up was Wolves on the Border which had like an entire company being killed by this point, and would have a battle on lava flows later. By the way PTN, can we have a giant robot fight on a lava planet? That would be either pretty rad, with loads of ammo explosions and flamer abuse, or pretty boring if everyone brings lasers and overheats I guess.
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May 8, 2011 00:49
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What IS the optimum weapons loadout for a lava planet fight? Gauss rifles and hatchets all around?
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Notgothic posted:What IS the optimum weapons loadout for a lava planet fight? Gauss rifles and hatchets all around? Air conditioning and a mech with hands so you can push people into a volcano. Or like you said, probably Gauss Rifles, melee, and maybe energy based loadouts with way more heatsinks than they need. Though at some point, you'd think they'd just give up and let the other side take the planet. It's made of lava! Or maybe it's just a punishment for the really dishonorable clan warriors and the most hated of mercenaries. "Oh, rough break. Your regiment drew lava planet guard duty again. Keep up the good work, guarding our strategic molten rock and sulphuric atmosphere reserves." Zaodai fucked around with this message at 01:00 on May 8, 2011 |
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Zaodai posted:Air conditioning and a mech with hands so you can push people into a volcano. An entire lance of Quickdraws.
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Zaodai posted:"Oh, rough break. Your regiment drew lava planet guard duty again. Keep up the good work, guarding our strategic molten rock and sulphuric atmosphere reserves." This is where the Steel Viper Mechwarriors who are to old and stupid to even pilot the Nagas go. Either that or someone keeps one around so they can be really smug when they chose a circle of equals. "Hey, you think I made a bad decision stomping on that tank? gently caress you! We're fighting on the lava planet"
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