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SynthOrange posted:
You mean people didn't realize that it was up before? You missed Star Commander Rarity in update 4?
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Defiance Industries posted:So has ComStar gone ahead with re-introducing the Gauss rifle to the IS? Cause if so I can finally write that Hollander writeup I promised. I'm not really very savvy on Battletech, but didn't they have Hollanders' lobbing shells in an arc like WWI artierlly in mech commander? I seem to remember something doing that.
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Jun 10, 2011 22:31
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Mr. Despair posted:I sent mine in too, and I think Threshold sent his in too. Putin - Not in MechCommander 1 or 2 to my recollection (actually just started another MC1 go on the back of this). MC2 has Long Toms, which do work like that (plus the horrors of Swarm LRMs).
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Jun 10, 2011 22:39
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Tempest_56 posted:You mean people didn't realize that it was up before? You missed Star Commander Rarity in update 4? Holy poo poo 
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Tempest_56 posted:You mean people didn't realize that it was up before? You missed Star Commander Rarity in update 4? I went back to update 4, and it just hit me (though I should have made the connection much sooner  ). The two point commanders Cairn killed are the analogues for Inuart from DG1 and Nowe from DG2.
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Jun 10, 2011 23:39
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landcollector posted:I went back to update 4, and it just hit me (though I should have made the connection much sooner You mean a pointlessly useless gently caress and a vapid, indecisive pussy?
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Putin It In Mah rear end posted:I'm not really very savvy on Battletech, but didn't they have Hollanders' lobbing shells in an arc like WWI artierlly in mech commander? I seem to remember something doing that. No. Mech Commander 2 had stationary Long Tom artillery pieces you could drop on the field. Well, that and both games decided whether your weapon would hit upon firing, so you had Gauss slugs, PPC bolts etc. that would home in on the enemy if the to-hit generator said that you hit.
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Jun 11, 2011 00:48
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SynthOrange posted:
For this, CRAB FOR MVP also the crab should get a special bonus or something, like a full heal. (just to increase the rage of the clanner) It truly gives no fucks, it will come back in the next life as a king crab, for maximum crab. (please do let the pilot come back upgraded in a king crab at some point to help out.) 
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Jun 11, 2011 00:51
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Mr. Despair posted:Bonus avatar version. I would like to claim this as an avatar if you would be so kind.
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Jun 11, 2011 00:53
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"I am one of Hell's Horses, not Hell's Ponies!"
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AtomikKrab posted:I would like to claim this as an avatar if you would be so kind. I would suggest giving the pony-part a slightly longer delay. I think the crab portion is just right, but it doesn't linger on the pony long enough for me to get my bearings.
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Jun 11, 2011 00:56
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I can extend the pony delay later if someone wants that, don't have the right computer handy for that right now, and I don't mind if anyone takes it. I think The JJ said he might use it too on the last page, so fight with him over it or something. And the crab doesn't need a full heal, it's going to be pissing off that clanner plenty without that.
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Jun 11, 2011 00:59
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Mr. Despair posted:I think The JJ said he might use it too on the last page, so fight with him over it or something. Have at it.
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Jun 11, 2011 01:04
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At least you didn't give the pony tits. Go Crab walk!
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Jun 11, 2011 01:11
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Mr. Despair posted:I think The JJ said he might use it too on the last page, so fight with him over it or something. This calls for a Trial of Possession! Ponymechs at 5 hexes!
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Jun 11, 2011 01:27
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longer pony would be good Clearly as The Crabbiest player on the forums I should be in a crab or king crab for this trial.
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Jun 11, 2011 01:58
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This thread has reminded me that I wanted to buy a crab for my crazy Solaris custom mech. Aaaaand one for my Comstar level II. While I'm making the order I may as well get..... God-drat you PTN, I was trying to SAVE money, not blow 200 bux on mechs.....
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Jun 11, 2011 02:32
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Magni posted:No. Mech Commander 2 had stationary Long Tom artillery pieces you could drop on the field. Well, that and both games decided whether your weapon would hit upon firing, so you had Gauss slugs, PPC bolts etc. that would home in on the enemy if the to-hit generator said that you hit. Homing Gauss irritated the poo poo out of me, plus last-minute dodge SRMs.
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Jun 11, 2011 03:17
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You know I have been reading, and aerospace fighters also use myomer... so why the gently caress don't they suffer from breaches while in space?
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Jun 11, 2011 06:41
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AtomikKrab posted:You know I have been reading, and aerospace fighters also use myomer... so why the gently caress don't they suffer from breaches while in space? I think the better question is why aerospace fighters need artificial muscles.
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Jun 11, 2011 06:48
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Angry_Ed posted:I think the better question is why aerospace fighters need artificial muscles. God drat I'm a nerd.
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Jun 11, 2011 06:53
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Xmas Future posted:Probably to replace the hydraulics for the control surfaces in atmospheric flight, I think in space flight they use maneuvering jets. I think it's to control the irising exhaust port for the main engine, for thrust vectoring purposes.
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Jun 11, 2011 06:54
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I think Battletech just uses Myomer for everything that isn't a spinning motor. It is pretty cool stuff for moving things predictably.
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Jun 11, 2011 07:01
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I love the Caudron-Born/Ebon Jaguar if only for the fact that it, at only 65 tons, can take an ungodly amount of damage in Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries, and keep on kicking. I've gotten my rear end handed to me by one of those, even when I was piloting the mighty 75 ton Timber Wolf. 
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Alright I can see how it (myomer) would be used for thrust vectoring and in place of motors etc. That clears that up at least. Now back to the breach question I guess.
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Artificer posted:I love the Caudron-Born/Ebon Jaguar if only for the fact that it, at only 65 tons, can take an ungodly amount of damage in Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries, and keep on kicking. the timber wolf (and most larger clan mechs including the direwolf) in MW4 have ungodly large center torso hitboxes.
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Jun 11, 2011 07:21
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CalvinandHobbes posted:the timber wolf (and most larger clan mechs including the direwolf) in MW4 have ungodly large center torso hitboxes. I always found the most efficiant killdozer to be a Daishi or Mad Cat II, especially if you bullshit the solaris matches with a Daishi loaded only with mg's. Just walk right into the enemy, put the crosshairs on the cockpit, and let loose.
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elitebuster posted:I think it's to control the irising exhaust port for the main engine, for thrust vectoring purposes. So they have myomer sphincters?
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SynthOrange posted:So they have myomer sphincters? Um.... Actually, yeah. I think that's exactly what it amounts to. Brain bleach, please.
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Defiance Industries posted:Not all of them. The lighter ones are by and large dumb looking, but I like the Athena, Mars, Oro, Ares and Epona. Still, though, Clan machinery tends to look dumb. I was, when saying that, thinking primarily of the IS tanks. I like most of them quite well. Wait wait wait, they have a Mars AND an Ares? loving Clanners.
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Jun 11, 2011 13:47
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Notgothic posted:Wait wait wait, they have a Mars AND an Ares? loving Clanners. Yes, but the Mars is named after the planet.
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PoptartsNinja posted:Yes, but the Mars is named after the planet. Doesn't that make it worse? I don't know about you, but I'd rather pilot something named after a deity of war than something named after a red hunk of rock owned wholly by Space AT&T.
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elitebuster posted:Doesn't that make it worse? I don't know about you, but I'd rather pilot something named after a deity of war than something named after a red hunk of rock owned wholly by Space AT&T. The planet was, itself, named after one of the war god's aliases. Good enough for you?
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elitebuster posted:Doesn't that make it worse? I don't know about you, but I'd rather pilot something named after a deity of war than something named after a red hunk of rock owned wholly by Space AT&T. Maybe they named it after the Gustav Holst song. 
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Or the chocolate bar.
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Angry_Ed posted:Maybe they named it after the Gustav Holst song. And then the design got ripped off by a more modern designer and renamed "The Imperial March!"
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Jun 11, 2011 17:00
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But the original movement isn't a march at all. 
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elitebuster posted:Doesn't that make it worse? I don't know about you, but I'd rather pilot something named after a deity of war than something named after a red hunk of rock owned wholly by Space AT&T. It's more a statement of "Hey, we're going to own that planet some day"
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PoptartsNinja posted:It's more a statement of "Hey, we're going to own that planet some day" Nobody in the Clans wants to pilot the Kooken's Pleasure Pit
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Bad Moon posted:Nobody in the Clans wants to pilot the Kooken's Pleasure Pit There are four planets in the Battletech universe that I love above all others: Here Nowhere Anywhere and Crotch
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