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The only thing worse than a missed opportunity is a retroactively missed opportunity. I do not regret voting for the Dirty Dozen Yakuza.
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CoarsestGrate posted:It gave a poor performance on its first major outing, which just happened to be the first major Mech vs. Mech battle in history. Yah, that feels like like scrapping the D1 and banning tank development because the Somme offensive was a catastrophe. Though I guess that makes perfect sense in the wacky, wacky land that comprises Space Japan's war thought leadership.
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Oct 18, 2011 03:42
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I vote for Arcturus Gaussback and would like to thank everyone who wrote fluff for their designs! That kind of geeky stuff is what makes this thread so fun. 
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Oct 18, 2011 05:50
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I will vote for Cthulhu Dreams' Gladiator GLD-2RK. The Gladiator is a really cool-looking 'mech, a sweet ride with no reason whatsoever to have been dishonored. Hell, the Dragon might still wind up needing to pull those old guys out of mothballs, dishonored or no, and this variant might still see the light of day. Or maybe they'll sell the Gladiator GLD-2RK to the Lyrans who need a good medium-gauss and can't bear to take the torch to the griffin in exchange for some Assault or other. [e]So, how does the naming work, by the way? Do we pick a Clan 'mech we know and give you the name we want it to have, or will you write us some fluff about a specific 'mech and have us name it from the point of view of the person in the field to designate it?
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Oct 18, 2011 06:01
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Mukaikubo posted:Well, since PTN snipped out the fluff I wrote- not that it's much Gotcha. What do I win?
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Oct 18, 2011 06:45
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KnoxZone posted:Karmic revenge for naming the pilot Adam Steiner. The most satisfying headshot I ever pulled off in Battletech, doubly so for being in the Crusader design I made. 
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Oct 18, 2011 06:47
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Leperflesh posted:Gotcha. What do I win? Unending rage. 
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Oct 18, 2011 06:50
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The apostrophe in your custom title reminds me to carefully check every one of your posts.
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Oct 18, 2011 07:35
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Mukaikubo posted:Unending rage. That's a gift that keeps on giving if you happen to be in the profession of "viking berzerker", yessiree. I'm also amused that I was the only one crazy enough to mount two Gauss Rifles without XLFerrendo at my dispoal. King Crabs may scuttle, but the Daboku gives no more fucks than the KCG. That's the fun thing about Gauss Rifles, though, and to a lesser extent LBX autocannons and possibly Streak SRMs. They're largely self-contained LosTech. Basically, all of the ammo-eating LosTech, whereas Extended Range Anything is suicidal without double heat sinks.
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Oct 18, 2011 07:36
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I didn't do anything that heavy because I just felt it was more fun to see how good a mech I could do with a top limit of 70 tons, I could probably strap 2 gauss rifles to a Crusader, but it would move slow and have very little armor. Not a good combination. I also felt really dirty about making a well designed mech for Tech Level 1 play. That poo poo just ain't right.
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Oct 18, 2011 14:03
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My other idea was to take the abominable AWS-8R, strip out all the missiles and spare heatsinks, and add two Gauss Rifles with four tons of ammo. In the end I went with something a bit more mobile.
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Oct 18, 2011 14:08
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KnoxZone posted:My other idea was to take the abominable AWS-8R, strip out all the missiles and spare heatsinks, and add two Gauss Rifles with four tons of ammo. The other thing I tried was a succession wars tech stock Lancelot with a PPC, Gauss Rifle, 2 tons of ammo and 12.5 tons of armor. It seems beasty (coming out at 1.5k BV for 4.4 mil). I kinda regret not submitting it!
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Oct 18, 2011 14:13
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KnoxZone posted:My other idea was to take the abominable AWS-8R, strip out all the missiles and spare heatsinks, and add two Gauss Rifles with four tons of ammo. Funny, I had something similar in the works. Replace one PPC and 9 heat sinks with Gauss and one ton of ammo. It's just quite slow and not Kurita-like at all. Steiner, on the other hand...
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Oct 18, 2011 14:14
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Cthulhu Dreams posted:The other thing I tried was a succession wars tech stock Lancelot with a PPC, Gauss Rifle, 2 tons of ammo and 12.5 tons of armor. It seems beasty (coming out at 1.5k BV for 4.4 mil). I kinda regret not submitting it! That would've been a very nasty long range hole-puncher. The main issue for me would be the lack of jumpjets, I'm a very big proponent of the incredibly mobility afforded by them, you can pull of some very good backstabs that way.
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Oct 18, 2011 14:29
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Cthulhu Dreams posted:Yah, that feels like like scrapping the D1 and banning tank development because the Somme offensive was a catastrophe. Though I guess that makes perfect sense in the wacky, wacky land that comprises Space Japan's war thought leadership.
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Oct 18, 2011 14:37
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Alright, after careful consideration, I have decided to designate a clan mech with a bit of irony mixed with Norse mythology. Watching the Clans drive the DCMS out of the Rasalhague Military District is like watching a dragon being driven away by an even bigger and meaner dragon. And what believer of a Free Rasalhague does not want to insult the Combine? Therefore, I humbly suggest that the 70t mech Summoner? be designated a Nidhogg.
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Oct 18, 2011 14:44
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Then we definitely need another mech to be named Hräsvelg, preferably a new DCMS design with the guass-rifle.
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Oct 18, 2011 14:55
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KnoxZone posted:My other idea was to take the abominable AWS-8R, strip out all the missiles and spare heatsinks, and add two Gauss Rifles with four tons of ammo. The Trastlas had one gauss and one lbx-10 otherwise I might have thrown it into the hopper for consideration. But a dual gauss monster is also quite nice. 
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Oct 18, 2011 15:03
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Can I save my 'mech naming choice until after one of them has stood out in my head to be worth naming, PTN? Or can I pick one that's not present here?
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KnoxZone posted:Alright, after careful consideration, I have decided to designate a clan mech with a bit of irony mixed with Norse mythology. Watching the Clans drive the DCMS out of the Rasalhague Military District is like watching a dragon being driven away by an even bigger and meaner dragon. And what believer of a Free Rasalhague does not want to insult the Combine? An interesting name. I like it.
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Hob_Gadling posted:Funny, I had something similar in the works. Replace one PPC and 9 heat sinks with Gauss and one ton of ammo. It's just quite slow and not Kurita-like at all. Steiner, on the other hand... The only awesomes ever shown in the novels were fielded by the Draconis Combine and the New Rim World Republic.
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KnoxZone posted:Alright, after careful consideration, I have decided to designate a clan mech with a bit of irony mixed with Norse mythology. Watching the Clans drive the DCMS out of the Rasalhague Military District is like watching a dragon being driven away by an even bigger and meaner dragon. And what believer of a Free Rasalhague does not want to insult the Combine? Another nice norse influenced name would be Blóðughadda or Blodughadda. The "crimson hair", one of the seven waves, the one after sea battles. There are a lot of really good norse names to choose from though. Affi posted:Then we definitely need another mech to be named Hräsvelg, preferably a new DCMS design with the guass-rifle. Corpse eater, the eagle on top of yggdrasil? I like it! 
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Oct 18, 2011 18:54
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Nidhogg has been added to the AUTRO, which means it could potentially see an entry after this fight.ShadowDragon8685 posted:Or can I pick one that's not present here? I'd prefer them to be 'Mechs we've seen. VVV Forgot about him, which is a shame since I liked Double Blind. PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 21:32 on Oct 18, 2011 |
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PoptartsNinja posted:The only awesomes ever shown in the novels were fielded by the Draconis Combine and the New Rim World Republic. Not quite right. Cameron St. Jamais rolls in one during Double Blind, and he's WOB posing as Marian Hegemony.
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Oct 18, 2011 20:41
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KnoxZone posted:Therefore, I humbly suggest that the 70t mech Summoner? be designated a Nidhogg. It's much better than calling it a Thor, if your guess on the Mystery 'Mech is on the money. After all, bringing down the thunder and lightning is something you'd associate with 4 ERPPCs and a Targeting Computer.
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Oct 19, 2011 02:02
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Man I'm kind of sad I didn't win but the two winning contestants are pretty awesome. I thought of doing a Hatamoto-Chi prototype before but I decided on fluffing refits of -1A1 Chargers with Thug/Cicada parts. Kudos to the winners and I'm game for any additional mech design challenges you throw out.
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Aw man, now I regret missing the submission window. I had another Hatamoto-Chi prototype (fairly similar to KnoxZone's winning one, actually) all ready to go and everything, but forgot all about it after I got home from work. Oh well, here it is anyway:quote:Hatamoto-Chi HTM-26G Thinking about it now, I might have dropped down to SRM-4s and used the two tons of weight saved for an extra ton each of SRM and Gauss ammo for more staying power. Another option would be dropping the SRMs altogether, tossing in a LRM5 with a single ton of ammo, and then spending the spare weight on jumpjets and a third ton of Gauss ammo.
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^^^ Then it wouldn't be a Hatamoto-Chi Still waiting on peoples' orders. VVV I got yours, I just don't want to call out the two people who haven't sent orders yet. PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 17:34 on Oct 19, 2011 |
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PoptartsNinja posted:
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Pinguliten posted:Corpse eater, the eagle on top of yggdrasil? I like it! Come on. If we did that, we'd have to name one of the Clan lights the Ratatosk(r). True, naming a mech after a mythological squirrel strikes me as pretty Goony, but not sure anyone in the setting would use the name.
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My first thought was a Daboku with an AC/20 and a Gauss, name it something like "Thunder and Lightning". Maybe Raiden.
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Cythereal posted:Come on. If we did that, we'd have to name one of the Clan lights the Ratatosk(r). True, naming a mech after a mythological squirrel strikes me as pretty Goony, but not sure anyone in the setting would use the name. Perhaps the Kit Fox could take that name?
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I messed around for a while and didn't produce anything, but I'd like to hear what you folks think of my idea: Matching a gauss rifle with AC-2's (5's?) on a fast moving mech. It sort of started as 'hey, what if you put a gauss in a Kraken to punch holes for the autocannons to exploit?' Then I modified that to 'let's make it really fast so that it can stay at range and be really annoying.' I never really found a balance that felt like it had enough AC-2 to really be a critseeking threat while still being mobile enough to be dangerous. Could that work, or was it a dumb idea?
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Centurium posted:I messed around for a while and didn't produce anything, but I'd like to hear what you folks think of my idea: It'd be damned hard with L1 tech. Also LRM5s would be better if you could handle the heat. Lighter, at least. Edit: 75t 4/6/4 with a Gauss, 4 LRM 5s and two tons of ammo for both. Decent armor and 2 Small Lasers for close-in. Double-edit: There's a Lao Hu variant that's built that way: 5/8, Gauss, ERLL, 3xLRM 5. raverrn fucked around with this message at 20:04 on Oct 19, 2011 |
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PoptartsNinja posted:^^^ Then it wouldn't be a Hatamoto-Chi Mine are sent
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Oct 19, 2011 19:20
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Centurium posted:I messed around for a while and didn't produce anything, but I'd like to hear what you folks think of my idea: AC-2s are too heavy. Gauss + LRMs works well enough, though. But again, 'fast moving' is really hard with L1 tech constraints. Basically, you can have speed, armor, or firepower, choose one and a half. L2 IS tech allows you to choose 2, and Clan tech lets you choose two and a half of these.
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Augh I hate the bloody modern warfare 3 banner at the bottom of the page. Every time I see the bloody MW3 banner at the bottom I rad it mechwarrior before I'm disappointed again as I realise what it stands for.
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Pinguliten posted:Augh I hate the bloody modern warfare 3 banner at the bottom of the page.
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I sent you mine in a response PM, in case you missed it.
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Mine should be in too, right? Edit: I just killed a near-pristine Hellstar with the loving AC/2 Clint in Megamek. Tac: Engine, Tac: Engine, Engine. I am seriously laughing my rear end off imagining what that must have looked like. Clint Pilot: "DIBS!" raverrn fucked around with this message at 08:53 on Oct 20, 2011 |
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