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This scenario was a fun little twisty one. I can only wonder what the secret objective for destroying the train - my brain wonders if it would've nuked the planet, like a certain building in a certain Mechwarrior 2 scenario. Unlikely, but hey, I can dream. I'd have to vote for the Von Luckner, the Valkyrie, and the Helicopter. All three were incredibly deadly and effective in their own ways.
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Being a mech pilot is rather like being a gladiator in ancient times. It's not enough to win, you have to put on a show or else the folks in the stands get all kinds of cranky. I messed up, but in the end I'll accept that the whole thing looked pretty darn spectacular. As for MVPs, here's my votes: Players - Javelin You did a good job going up and taking out the club solo, then managed to pull off the damage goal at the end, and still die pretty. Home Guard - Von Luckner I blame you for everything. Loki - The Chopper That thing did a good job harassing our team, and drawing folks into a bad situation. It also managed to survive the whole encounter, despite my best efforts.
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Capskye posted:Being a mech pilot is rather like being a gladiator in ancient times. It's not enough to win, you have to put on a show or else the folks in the stands get all kinds of cranky. I messed up, but in the end I'll accept that the whole thing looked pretty darn spectacular. You do not have to win if you put on good enough of a show.  :steelviper:
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Arquinsiel posted:BTW guys, THIS DUDE is who the von Luckner tank is named for. I always though naming a tank after a naval captain was a really strange thing to do, but then I noticed this in the Wikipedia bibliography: code:
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KaoliniteMilkshake posted:This scenario was a fun little twisty one. I can only wonder what the secret objective for destroying the train I made a fake achievement for doing so, but otherwise there was no real advantage or disadvantage to destroying it  
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May 20, 2011 18:39
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PoptartsNinja posted:I made a fake achievement for doing so, but otherwise there was no real advantage or disadvantage to destroying it This is hilarious. I would like to see more of these.
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Hidden achievements in the scenarios? Awesome. We already unlocked JUSTICE FOOT and STEINER RULES. Someone please keep tally.
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MVPs: HG: Von Luckner Loki: The refinery building Himibjorg: the Javelin because he seemed to be the only one to not die in part due to his own recklessness. Looking forward to seeing the plot writeup following this one. Big things are afoot.
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an oddly awful oud posted:...and suddenly it makes sense, if Blaine "I relentlessly incorporate my hobbies into my sci-fi fiction" Pardoe was involved. His constant US Civil War allusions made his novels set in the FCCW almost unreadable. Yes, I know they're both Civil Wars. No, they don't really have anything else in common. No, it's not in any way logical for everyone to know all about the historical figures of a US Civil War from over 1100 years ago when they come from a primarily German or Anglo-French background.
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PoptartsNinja posted:I made a fake achievement for doing so, but otherwise there was no real advantage or disadvantage to destroying it Achievements in LPs? You might be on to something there.
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How about 'On the chin' : Die from a single PPC headshot. 'Mein Fuhrer, I can walk' : Stand up with two destroyed feet. 'Dang it, Bobby' : Destroy the fuel tanks.
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May 20, 2011 23:08
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Nevets posted:How about 'Against All Odds' : kill something while in an Urbanmech 'The Fugitive' : kill something with one arm blown off 'This Aggression Will Not Stand, Man' : knock an opponent off his/her feet
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"HEY GUYS! WATCH THIS!" : killed while attempting DFA.
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"Tis but a flesh wound" -Stand with only one leg "...AND HAVE YOU" -Bludgeon an opponent with your own dismembered leg
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Iridium posted:'Against All Odds' : kill something while in an Urbanmech "Base Jumper" : Survive being pushed off a cliff or building of height 4 or greater "Lone Wolf" : Finish a scenario as the last member of your group alive "Joana, you Haxxor!": Kill an opponent with a Jump Jet flame burst at the Head "I have the High Ground!" : Kill a mech of superior tonnage with a DFA manuever "Underwater Explorer" : Survive a sub-ocean surface scenario in a mech without Harjel "Dead Eye" : Kill an opponent at a distance of 22+ hexes "David vs. Goliath" : Kill an Assault mech using a Light mech
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"Further than it looks": Take a shot with a 13+ to hit. "One in a million" : Mission kill a mech with a TAC without any structure damage. "Bee swarm" : Actually hit with all 20 missiles while firing an LRM20. "Ooomph" : Push someone out of the mission area. "I know Kung-Fu" : Dissable a standing mech with a kick to the head. "It's a me" : Disable a mech with a DFA actually hitting the head. "Warmed up" : Keep your MASC on for five turns straight.
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"Heat Wave" - Survive an Inferno/Flamer barrage without shutting down "Urban Renewal" - Kill an enemy by dropping a building on it "CLEAR!" - Kill someone with a PPC hit to the left torso
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'Steiner to the Core'('Highlander Burial'): DFA an enemy with an Assult-class mech (Highlander Burial only possible if 'OHGODMYEARSWHYOHWHYDOTHEYHURT?' is also unlocked.) 'Zell-bring it on!': Intentionally break Zellbringen in a battle with multiple mechs 'Put to Sleep': Die from a headshot while prone and unable to stand 'MMA Champion': Kill one mech with only melee attacks 'Wow, That Sucked': Miss an attack on an adjacent hex 'OHGODMYEARSWHYOHWHYDOTHEYHURT?': Play th' Sounds o' th' Old Country, Laddie! elitebuster fucked around with this message at 05:33 on May 21, 2011 |
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"This belongs to me now" - Sever a limb in melee combat. "Fight in the shade" - get killed by an Arrow IV. "Numerical advantage" - As a Comguard Level II, defeat a Clan Star with one surviving 'mech.
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"Put me in, coach" - Five mechwarriors fail to respond to their summons, giving you a chance to play before the end 
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Chronojam posted:"Put me in, coach" - Five mechwarriors fail to respond to their summons, giving you a chance to play before the end Speaking of which, go ahead and add me to the player list. I know I won't get to play, but just.. just do it anyway. I have plat.
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Player MVP: TildeATH and Dominus Caedis get a shared MVP for their efforts at urban renewal, Lybia-style. Home Guard MVP: The Von Luckner. Blew apart the Assassin, rolled right through the refinery explosion without giving a gently caress and then fired the last shot that squashed the Javelin. Loki MVP: Eh, they didn't do much memorable... I guess the Warrior for being annoying. Magni fucked around with this message at 01:55 on May 21, 2011 |
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My player MVP vote goes to whoever attempted the action-hero jump out of the refinery. It may not be a hero's death, but you'll be remembered forever by the people of Tharkad.
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landcollector posted:"David vs. Goliath" : Kill an Assault mech using a Light mech I can actually top that. In the early stages of the thread a bunch of us started playing MegaMek. We had one round where I was the first or second mech destroyed, but the pilot survived. I kept him meandering around the field taking potshots with a laser rifle until towards the end. Actually took down a mech (would have been medium or heavy, probably the former) with my rifle and a lucky critical ammo explosion. Out of a field of 8, in spite of being violently dispossessed very early on, I ended up lasting until it was just me versus the final mech. Who, needless to say, atomized me without a second thought. Still, luckiest moment ever in that game.
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You know, these achievements will only encourage reckless play. I like it.
code::IT'S A TRAP: Overreact to opfor tactics :LRN 2 Drive: Die as a result of a failed PSR :LRN 2 Shoot: Fail a 3+ TH roll (Thanks to AtomikKrab for correction) :My other car is a Prius: Demonstrate efficiency with two kills in 3 turns. Bonus for completion in a tank. code:code::2Fast2Furious: Achieve a self or opfor mission kill with a skid :Yes, considerably: 2 opfor mech kills in a battle code::Burn the land: Start a forest fire code::You can't take the sky from me: Kill an opponent mid-DFA to block the attack code::This is My BOOMSTICK: Obtain a kill with a single-shot ranged weapon dealing 15 damage or greater (ie LRM20s don't count. UAC10s, RACs marginal, depends on the heroism of the kill) Rivensteel fucked around with this message at 15:57 on May 21, 2011 |
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Rivensteel posted::More likely from a shark attack: Die from a (ER)PPC shot The "More likely from a shark attack" achievement has been met. The Banshee (piloted by Angry_Ed) in the Vipers of Somerset scenario was destroyed on update 7 by a headshot from one of the B5 Lucrene's ER-PPCs.
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PoptartsNinja posted:I made a fake achievement for doing so, but otherwise there was no real advantage or disadvantage to destroying it the JJ posted:Logic dictates that you blow up the horse you rode in on. I called it. I loving called it, the first loving post after that train went red. I loving called it.
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landcollector posted:The "More likely from a shark attack" achievement has been met. Updated!
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MVPs Heimdall - Javelin You put on the boots for this one. Home Guard - Von Luckner I blame you for everything. Loki - S1 Stinger, the Mech with No Name. You managed to survive being shot at from the very first exchange of fire. Think of the stories he'd be able to tell his kids if he was sane enough to have any.
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Iridium posted:I can actually top that. In the early stages of the thread a bunch of us started playing MegaMek. We had one round where I was the first or second mech destroyed, but the pilot survived. I kept him meandering around the field taking potshots with a laser rifle until towards the end. Actually took down a mech (would have been medium or heavy, probably the former) with my rifle and a lucky critical ammo explosion. Out of a field of 8, in spite of being violently dispossessed very early on, I ended up lasting until it was just me versus the final mech. Perhaps the 2nd game of Battletech that I ever played had a Crusader happen upon a platoon of rifle infantry 1 hex away. Fire from the Crusader killed 27 of the 28 guys. Last guy? TAC through the CT to set off the SRM ammo there. Kablooie.
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Taerkar posted:Perhaps the 2nd game of Battletech that I ever played had a Crusader happen upon a platoon of rifle infantry 1 hex away. Fire from the Crusader killed 27 of the 28 guys. Back in my very first game, back when it was BattleDROIDS, and with the images of Robotech and missile swarms in our heads, we assumed you could fire as many missiles as you wanted, and watched with horror as a Wasp fired all 100 of its missiles in one turn and vaporized a poor Marauder. We couldn't figure out why anyone would ever use a Stinger instead of a Wasp. (And in our defense, I was 11 at the time.  )
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Where can I read about Avanti's Angels?quote:'Steiner to the Core': DFA an enemy with an Assult-class mech gently caress that. That's a Highlander Burial. chutche2 fucked around with this message at 05:15 on May 21, 2011 |
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chutche2 posted:Where can I read about Avanti's Angels? Double Blind, which was the first book where they tried to imply that the Word of Blake might be "up to something," which is pretty interesting since it's set during The Great 3055-3060 Faffing About. It wasn't Coleman's best book, but it was pretty solid and inoffensive. In addition to portraying the Word of Blake as a 'threat' (as opposed to a 'joke'), it also introduced (and is the only book set in, IIRC) a periphery kingdom. chutche2 posted:gently caress that. That's a Highlander Burial. That it is, actually. Next mission might even feature a highlander, but I wouldn't count on it.
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PoptartsNinja posted:
Changed. Also added a Highlander-specific additional achievement.
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Here's another achievement: "Oh No, No, Not the bees! Not the bees!" : Be killed by <The Redacted>. Edit: paragon1 posted:Beyond The Impossible: Kill a Dropship with a I think this better fits the nature of the achievement. landcollector fucked around with this message at 05:54 on May 21, 2011 |
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Say hello to my little friend! : Kill 100 infantry with a machine gun. Beyond The Impossible: Kill a Dropship with a DFA
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Phantom Bullshit: Make it through a battle without taking damage. Claim that it's because you have ghost-like abilities and not because of hosed up dice.
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