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1) Kestral Grenadiers, cause gently caress the clans
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A vote for Mackie is a vote for dick lasers. I think we all know what way to vote now. Its Rinaldo fucked around with this message at 03:11 on Jul 21, 2012 |
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Jul 21, 2012 03:05
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1 - Death to
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Jul 21, 2012 03:09
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Unless I've hosed up the tally, results are looking strong for the Kestrel Grenadiers with 31, the Falcon Guard and Death Commandos are closely matched with 18 and 20 respectively, and the 6th Syrtis Fusiliers are languishing in the background with 2.
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Jul 21, 2012 03:10
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Hey PTN, if Liao doesn't get picked eventually, will there be a special scenario where goons play them eventually, like the Defense of Luthien? I think too many people have gotten the wrong idea about Liao from the Cabelleros scenario and I just want to see my Space China/Russia bros in action.  
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Jul 21, 2012 03:19
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1) The Kestral Grenadiers. gently caress the clans. May the success of this campaign solidfy the Houses Davion and Kurita (So Marik can eventually roll them and the rest of the IS with an unstoppable doom army. The final No You Shut Up!).
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Jul 21, 2012 04:23
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thatbastardken posted:Unless I've hosed up the tally, results are looking strong for the Kestrel Grenadiers with 31, the Falcon Guard and Death Commandos are closely matched with 18 and 20 respectively, and the 6th Syrtis Fusiliers are languishing in the background with 2. Well, in that case one vote for the Death Commandos. We need some  in this thread. We have two of the best backhanded units on the list and I will not have you mess up this opportunity.
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Jul 21, 2012 04:53
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1. GO DRAC SUNS
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Jul 21, 2012 04:53
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Plek posted:cHPPCs? Yes, actually. code:Leperflesh posted:I don't like the death commandos thing. "LOL we're hitlers let's stomp some orphans" isn't actually that funny. Especially if we have to endure it for multiple linked scenarios. Please don't mistake a running gag for the actual Death Commandos. They're very likely the most elite unit in the Inner Sphere at the moment. That they are utterly ruthless doesn't mean they go out of the way to slaughter bystanders. Gimmick Account posted:Two questions for PoptartsNinja: Depends on the mission. The Jade Falcons can call in forces equal to their opponent's last bid if they fail hard, so the campaign can continue. The Death Commandos are great at making do with very little. Only the 1st Kestrel is likely to withdraw immediately if they get their asses handed to them by the Hell's Horses. Since the Goons love picking the absolute most difficult possible missions, I really shouldn't be surprised that the 1st Kestrel is winning. Gimmick Account posted:What if the results in a later mission are inconclusive or unexpected? Would you be willing to extend a campaign beyond the initially allotted amount of missions if it was the most sensible thing, story-wise? Potentially, it'd really depend whether or not people are growing bored with the campaign; but win or lose nobody likes an indecisive finale. Ferrosol posted:Also SIGN ME UP TO BE A MECHWARRIOR GODDAMMIT ahem! this about my 4th attempt to sign up so I thought I would make it clearer. Oh, poo poo. You're on my master list but you never got added to the front page. I'll fix that. The Gate posted:Hey PTN, if Liao doesn't get picked eventually, will there be a special scenario where goons play them eventually, like the Defense of Luthien? I think too many people have gotten the wrong idea about Liao from the Cabelleros scenario and I just want to see my Space China/Russia bros in action. I'm trying not to gently caress them over even if they never get chosen, but I have to admit I am tempted to have an "All Capellan" combat theater vote soon; I'd just hate limiting choice that much. To me, it's akin to telling everyone: "Play the Death Commandos, you really don't have any better options" and that's not fun at all. I want people to pick the mission they think will be most fun. Like jumping around in 5/8/7 partial wing Cougars in a 5v12 fight, learning why the Hell's Horses are known for their tanks, or showing off how terrifying a group of 0/1 pilots can be. Those are all pretty hefty 'campaign notes' spoilers, but I don't feel they give too much away.
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Jul 21, 2012 04:54
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PoptartsNinja posted:I'm trying not to gently caress them over even if they never get chosen, but I have to admit I am tempted to have an "All Capellan" combat theater vote soon; I'd just hate limiting choice that much. To me, it's akin to telling everyone: "Play the Death Commandos, you really don't have any better options" and that's not fun at all. Some people are voting against them out of spite anyway. As much as I've been rooting for a Death Commandos mission since the very start of the thread, having to take away all the options (while a very Cappellan thing to do) would really just do more harm to the thread than any good. Better to upset the smaller group than the majority, even if it is more often. I'll still give the rest of you poo poo about being too scared to play the "bad" guys for a mission, though. Enjoy your stand-in Davions, ladies.
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Jul 21, 2012 04:58
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Zaodai posted:I'll still give the rest of you poo poo about being too scared to play the "bad" guys for a mission, though. Enjoy your stand-in Davions, ladies. It's not like the Davion Heavy Guards are any better. Pretty much every House Regiment has been ordered to flamethrower civilians at some point or other. It's why Mercenaries hate taking 'riot duty' contracts since the pay is low and chances are pretty good they're going to have to light a few hundred protesters on fire. Edit: Oh, and I forgot to mention, Cougars have Laser Heat Sinks so they're absolutely fabulous! PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 05:06 on Jul 21, 2012 |
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Jul 21, 2012 05:02
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Honestly, I was torn between the Capellans and the DracSuns right up until the posting. We really haven't run any Capellan scenarios and that's actually a very blatant hole in the Goonlance experience at the moment. Ironic, considering what's going on with Goons elsewhere BT-related.
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Jul 21, 2012 05:04
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PoptartsNinja posted:It's not like the Davion Heavy Guards are any better. Pretty much every House Regiment has been ordered to flamethrower civilians at some point or other. It's why Mercenaries hate taking 'riot duty' contracts since the pay is low and chances are pretty good they're going to have to light a few hundred protesters on fire. No, but they've got better PR. The Davions are all enlightened superior people coming to save the poor savages in Space Japan and Space China, and beat up the evil Space Germans and the mongols. In the PTN-verse, the Death Commandos still represent the evil crazy Chinese people and they're up against a band of noble resistance fighters dropping behind enemy lines to take the fight to the Clans. It's pretty much straight up a vote for Victor Steiner-Davion, except he's wearing sunglasses and a fake moustache and people would rather have that than consider that the Death Commandos might do more than be designated villains.
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Jul 21, 2012 05:07
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And yet, people still willingly play Nazis in World War II-era games. Anyway, derail over, back to voting! Things are still close so I'm going to give this one plenty of time.
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Jul 21, 2012 05:10
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You know what? Lets get Death Commandos all up in the Clan's rear. 
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Jul 21, 2012 05:14
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PoptartsNinja posted:I want people to pick the mission they think will be most fun. Like jumping around in 5/8/7 partial wing Cougars in a 5v12 fight, learning why the Hell's Horses are known for their tanks, or showing off how terrifying a group of 0/1 pilots can be. Those are all pretty hefty 'campaign notes' spoilers, but I don't feel they give too much away. No promises of Clantech will ever sway my convictions! PoptartsNinja posted:Edit: Oh, and I forgot to mention, Cougars have Laser Heat Sinks so they're absolutely fabulous!  ...I may have to change my vote. 
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Jul 21, 2012 05:17
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Zaodai posted:It's pretty much straight up a vote for Victor Steiner-Davion, except he's wearing sunglasses and a fake moustache and people would rather have that than consider that the Death Commandos might do more than be designated villains. Or, as all the "gently caress the Clans" tags would seem to indicate, a lot of goons would rather fight against the Clans than for Liao. It's not all a Davion lovefest out here, you know. I mean, yes, my own vote is because I like Davion and have always liked Davion since I first read the history of the Suns in the House Davion black book under a tree at a company picnic that my parents dragged us to when I was 15. But that's just me. A lot of the rest of the votes are about wanting to fight against the Clans way more than it is love for the Sword and Sunburst. Wales Grey posted:...I may have to change my vote. Alas, there are no tapbacks on a PTN thread. Once you've voted, you've voted. That's why it always pays to wait a few hours or even a day before casting your vote so you can get a feel for the arguments.
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Jul 21, 2012 05:21
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Wales Grey posted:...I may have to change my vote. Shame you can't! No, really, it's a thread rule. But go on and vote for Death Commandos or even Falcon Guards if you like, gentlemen. Honestly, any mini-campaign's a good one in my book.
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Jul 21, 2012 05:21
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2) Jade Falcon Guards Death to the clans! (somehow, I have confidence in us!)
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Jul 21, 2012 05:45
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With regards to the proposed cHPPC, maybe give it the ATM's standard ammo brackets (4/5/10/15) and up the crit slots to 4, maybe even 5? Just an idea, adjustments are still likely needed.
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Jul 21, 2012 05:46
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I'm going to have to throw my support to 1) Kestrels. Any fight against the clan is a good one, and if we fail spectacularly enough, we may get the thread's dream scenario of Liao v Clans in a brawl to the death over Terra.
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Jul 21, 2012 05:52
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It is true that we haven't played the Capellans, but at the same time we haven't touched an AFFS unit either. We did play as the Kell Hounds in one mission, but they are just mercenaries. Lets give the Davions a chance!
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Jul 21, 2012 05:52
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Okay, I'm convinced. Voting 3: Death Commandos. I don't really care for Liao, but we really haven't seen the Capellan perspective yet, and I want to see what PTN does with them. This is a hard call, though--Jade Falcons and 1st Kestrel both sound like a blast.
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Jul 21, 2012 05:56
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I'll have to go with the 2) Jade Falcon Guards entirely because of Flying Laser Light Show Cougar. All of the scenarios seem like they'd be fun, so whatever wins is fine with me.
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Jul 21, 2012 05:58
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PoptartsNinja posted:Yes, actually. PoptartsNinja posted:Depends on the mission. The Jade Falcons can call in forces equal to their opponent's last bid if they fail hard, so the campaign can continue. Dumb clanners posted:Jim: 1 Trinary. then if Jim finds himself upto his neck in poo poo he can call in the rest of that Trinary to bail his rear end out. The trick to bidding is actually bidding UP when you appear to bid down. It's an interesting thing to RP, which my group did once in the waaaaay back when. PoptartsNinja posted:Edit: Oh, and I forgot to mention, Cougars have Laser Heat Sinks so they're absolutely fabulous!
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Jul 21, 2012 06:00
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Arquinsiel posted:Dear god... why? Because I can't shorten the range of the ER PPC since it's canon. I'm still working on tweaks to keep it from being game-breaking. quote:IIRC it's actually their own bid prior to the winning one. Specifically if Star Colonel Jim and Star Colonel Bob of Derp Galaxy are bidding and it goes: No, it's not. They can call in forces equivalent to their opponent's last bid with no loss of honor, or equal to the initial bid with a huge loss of honor and concessions (typically, all bondsman and spoils) to the person who forced them to underbid so badly.
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Jul 21, 2012 06:14
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Crepuscule Adepte posted:1) 1st Kestrel Grenadiers Echoing and voting this before scrolling down to determine whether or not its worthless. edit: hooray Chef Boyardeez Nuts fucked around with this message at 06:50 on Jul 21, 2012 |
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Jul 21, 2012 06:38
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KnoxZone posted:It is true that we haven't played the Capellans, but at the same time we haven't touched an AFFS unit either. We did play as the Kell Hounds in one mission, but they are just mercenaries. Lets give the Davions a chance! Well, yeah, but that's because any time we might want to play Davion we can just play as Marik instead, who are more interesting versions of House Davion.
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Jul 21, 2012 06:55
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Death Commandos
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Jul 21, 2012 07:02
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Death Commandos Liao needs some love, though if this fails maybe we'll get some sweet, sweet, warrior house action.
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Jul 21, 2012 07:03
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1)Kestral Grenadiers Let's smoke some horses.
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Jul 21, 2012 07:33
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I actually thought the D description sounded the most interesting, but since it's so far behind, I vote for Death Commandos for some Liao love.
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Jul 21, 2012 07:42
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Let's see some Death Commando action.
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Jul 21, 2012 08:03
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Even if the Kestrels may have the hardest mission, I have undying faith in Goonlance.
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Jul 21, 2012 08:09
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I vote No. 1. I'm envisioning something like the plot of Mechwarrior 3 here; but I'm pleased with the odds that it'll be enjoyable no matter what, since PTN's stuff is so consistently good. Mechwarrior 3 is probably my favourite game in the series and was my introduction to the Battletech universe, so few things say "Battletech" to me like the Inner Sphere fighting the Clans.
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Jul 21, 2012 08:22
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Falcon Guards With the weight saved in weapon/ammo tonnage and using dhs, I think the cHPPC comes out pretty even with the cLB-20x. It's 4 tons lighter and 14 points hotter, if you were using 3 tons of ammo that's even heat. Plus it's much smaller.
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Jul 21, 2012 08:29
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I see I'm still in time for this, so Death Commandos let's DO THIS.
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Jul 21, 2012 08:40
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I'm voting for the Death Commandos because gently caress Davions.
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Jul 21, 2012 09:24
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Voting 3) Death Commandos, as the cappies get way too little love. Edit: Death Commandos was 3, not 2. Should try to wake up before posting. Woozey fucked around with this message at 09:49 on Jul 21, 2012 |
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Jul 21, 2012 09:25
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^^^^ It's 3 for DC 3 - Death Commandos I have a soft spot for Liaos.
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