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I await the inevitable tactical analysis!
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Aha. More interesting test pilot names. 2 of those names needs no introduction to anyone familiar with dynasty warriors. Cao Cao - is the leader of Wei during the 3 Kingdoms era. Cao Mao - is Cao Pi's grandson, which makes him Cao Cao's great grandson. Lu Bu - a talented warrior during the 3 kingdoms period who had some... personality quirks. Jiang Shi - zombie! Hopping zombie to be precise, since their joints are too stiff to walk about according to legends. Xiang Liu - a nine headed monster in Chinese mythology. Has cyan-skinned human faces on a snake body. And as before, all their ranks are 'Test Pilot'.
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Nov 5, 2015 01:55
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Cimbri posted:You mean the "Battletech Bartender's Guide"? Not too hard to find a link to it, http://home.arcor.de/cwaidner/archives/downloads/bartender.txt. Although this is apparently a version with additions by Battletech players. Holy crap, that's from rec.games.mecha. I made a couple of those.
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Nov 5, 2015 02:08
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Can I just reiterate that I'm really happy team war crimes won their campaign?
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Nov 5, 2015 02:14
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Do we have a Zhuge Liang in our pocket? :o
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Nov 5, 2015 02:15
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PoptartsNinja posted:I await the inevitable tactical analysis! This is crabstar ptn. LURE THEM INSIDE DETONATE THE SELF DESTRUCT MAXIMUM SPITE.
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Nov 5, 2015 02:27
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Nullkigan posted:Lu Bu. SynthOrange posted:DO NOT PURSUE Dammit, you guys beat me to it when I was watching Jeopardy... Your turrets are down, and the Wolverine is still pristine. Deal with that fucker already before the Three Kingdoms heroes move in and tear you a new one. SynthOrange posted:Do we have a Zhuge Liang in our pocket? :o Or even a Guan Yu or Liu Bei to oppose them... Kernoff seems more like a Lu Bu, but they already have one in their ranks... GhostStalker fucked around with this message at 02:59 on Nov 5, 2015 |
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Nov 5, 2015 02:53
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GhostStalker posted:Or even a Guan Yu or Liu Bei to oppose them... Kernoff seems more like a Lu Bu, but they already have one in their ranks... We need a Diaochan to make him defect. 
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Nov 5, 2015 03:07
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I am amused that in both this and the last mission, Poptarts was forced to bust out the Mighty Murdering Capellan Rangers, because the PCs stubbornly refused to go down.
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Nov 5, 2015 03:22
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There's no forced about it. They're a scripted encounter!
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Nov 5, 2015 03:23
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Now all we need is the Musha Gundam to show up and it'll really be a party.
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Nov 5, 2015 03:25
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In all seriousness, pop the brutus and get to 9 then scuttle off or something.
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Nov 5, 2015 03:45
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Tran posted:Can I just reiterate that I'm really happy team war crimes won their campaign? ? This is the same planet; the power rangers haven't won anything...yet. Of course, with Lu Bu on their side, it's only a matter of time. Unless the other team has a harem and/or a bitchen' horse, of course.
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Nov 5, 2015 03:55
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thetruegentleman posted:? He meant the Ex-Death Commandos who attacked that clan-held planet to free it from all that pesky new expertise and technology in domains where the CC (and really the entire IS in general) was severely missing.
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Nov 5, 2015 03:59
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thetruegentleman posted:? He's referring to the Death Commandos "Jeronimo" campaign from a few years ago, where the Capellans first got all the cool toys that have turned into the Power Rangers we've got here. e:f,b
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AtomikKrab posted:In all seriousness, pop the brutus and get to 9 And by scuttle off, you mean "set off the thermo-nuclear devices under the base".
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Nov 5, 2015 04:04
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Honestly, I'm just amazed/horrified that the Capellans have managed to trot out not one, but TWO mechs that actually have a worse heat ratio than a bloody Nova Prime.
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Nov 5, 2015 04:12
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The Capellans are going to be loving pissed when the FWL and Comstar drop a couple of regiments on their fancy field test toys.
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Nov 5, 2015 04:16
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Cimbri posted:You mean the "Battletech Bartender's Guide"? Not too hard to find a link to it, http://home.arcor.de/cwaidner/archives/downloads/bartender.txt. Although this is apparently a version with additions by Battletech players. These so remind me of the Kali NetMech leagues, and Clan Black Sheep. Fun days.
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Nov 5, 2015 04:20
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Dolash posted:Isn't it about time you guys get started on that Wolverine? You don't have long to mop him up if those five newcomers are a walking game over. They've fallen right into our trap! The best part of it is that I don't have to care whether Kernoff has an escape plan or not. OK, so our time limit has been set. Given how the Wolverine moved I see two possibilities: 1. I walk to 1233, putting me at range 7 on the Wolverine, and exchange fire with her. The Legacy either supports me or goes after the Brutus and takes the risk of getting LRM'ed to death. 2. Legacy goes to 1637 and I go to 1636 to get out of the Wolverine's short/MPL range. We both take called shots on the Brutus' front armor. If the Gauss doesn't kill it, we'll have to spend the next round shooting as well. The Wolverine's giving me a great shot: we both need 8s with our big guns and her MPLs will be out of range if I engage her this turn. But I think the Brutus gives us higher odds of getting that ninth victim. I'm just concerned about our ability to deal with the Wolverine subsequent to that. I have a sneaking suspicion that our new victory condition will be to hold out until the Power Rangers enter the fort...
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Nov 5, 2015 04:55
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Was it Leperflesh who was living dangerously with BT shots? I want to think it was Leperflesh. Also aaah too many bonzis in this boat This was a lot less distracting when everybody was a Garbage Dick, or even a Toilet Lord, for however many months those lasted. Bonzi Buddies just look a little too much like a real av someone might have.
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Nov 5, 2015 05:04
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Wolverine or Brutus huh. God a pristine 55 tonner is still goddamn terrifying, but... I dunno. How fast can you guys kill the Brutus before all the rear shots from the Wolverine kill you?
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Nov 5, 2015 05:09
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I drank a fish for this thread, yes.
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Nov 5, 2015 05:09
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I still can't believe you did that.
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Nov 5, 2015 05:13
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Holy poo poo. I can't believe I forgot about that. Is there a post hall of fame or something for this thread? 
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Nov 5, 2015 06:23
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That post was over four years ago. 
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Nov 5, 2015 06:34
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Cao Cao Maruader has Enhanced ER PPCs. They do 12 damage instead of 10, so they have the ability to headcap from long range. Better finish this mission off quick.
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Nov 5, 2015 06:45
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A decision nobody understands.
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Nov 5, 2015 06:46
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It really wasn't that bad. I've done way, way worse things. I mean like way worse, you don't even know. Hell, have you ever changed an infant's diaper? Then you've done something massively worse than drinking a fish. Having a mixed drink involving a sardine and some fire, for the entertainment of goons, was easy and kind of fun. 
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Yikes, I'd nearly forgotten that fish too - and I only read about it... at the start of this year? Pity about the viking going dow- wait, wasn't the viking already dead? Oh well, anyway, yeah I guess "winning" on a technicality just became the key choice. But odds are the game will continue after that, so you might as well turn the guns on that wolverine, and finish the job.
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Nov 5, 2015 09:36
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Just go to that 16 line and both of you guys shoot the poo poo out of the immobilized brutus for the 9th kill.
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Nov 5, 2015 10:11
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I almost feel sorry for those retreating capellans, they're probably gonna get purged on principle alone.
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SynthOrange posted:That post was over four years ago. poo poo, that means I'm coming up on 4 years since Luthien...
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Why did you drink a fish for this thread? I have gone over the posts at the time and I cannot honestly see any reason. I'm guessing it's a cocktail recipe in that godawful book the thread was reading at the time, but I can't find it.
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Narsham posted:2. Legacy goes to 1637 and I go to 1636 to get out of the Wolverine's short/MPL range. We both take called shots on the Brutus' front armor. If the Gauss doesn't kill it, we'll have to spend the next round shooting as well. We should definitely kill the Brutus this turn. However, those hexes are not that good a choice. First of all, 1637 is one of those wall hexes that are impossible to stand on (the kind that killed the Helios). 1636 on the other hand is completely hidden from the Wolverine since there is a height 4 building on the way. However, 1636 is visible to the Archer and Demolisher, which means that if one of us goes there, then one of us is getting shot by those two and the Wolverine will just engage the other person (since it has LoS on all other hexes on that 16xx column). Instead I propose the following: I run to 1635 and you walk to 1634, and we both call shots on the front of the Brutus. This way only the Brutus' LRM and the Wolverine can shoot us. I feel this is the best choice, since we are unfortunately in the position that if both of us get on the 16xx column, the Wolverine will be in short range of at least one of us. This way we minimize the potential damage at least. I do have one slight alternative to that though. I could instead walk to 1633. This means I'll be in range of the Brutus' large lasers (they'll be hitting on 9+) and the Wolverine's mediums and other weapons, but I'll improve my own to-hit from 6+ to 5+. Probably not worth it, but it does increase my chance of success from ~72% to ~83%. I like the first plan better, since it leaves a reasonable chance that I'll live to see next turn. Theantero fucked around with this message at 16:02 on Nov 5, 2015 |
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Loxbourne posted:Why did you drink a fish for this thread? I have gone over the posts at the time and I cannot honestly see any reason. I'm guessing it's a cocktail recipe in that godawful book the thread was reading at the time, but I can't find it. No reason is needed for science.
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Narsham posted:They've fallen right into our trap! Go with Legacy to 1635 and you to 1634 shoot your erppc and gauss at the brutuses front declaring that as your primary attack, and then fire on the wolverine with everything else. Staying alive is not your goal, killing that brutus is, further goals can WAIT.
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Perestroika posted:I almost feel sorry for those retreating capellans, they're probably gonna get purged on principle alone. They're in a forced withdrawal from a reducing assault on a fixed position. This is what they're supposed to be doing, not standing fast and losing their mechs.
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