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Impermanent posted:that battletech lp is completely incomprehensible. I'm sorry you feel that way. It gets better about half-way through when I start using sprites. Edit: Pretty sure I did the first 2-5 maps in MS Paint.
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Ciaphas posted:So basically Quirks are a thing but my knowledge of them from MWO probably doesn't apply? Quirks are a thing in TT, they are different more sensible than MWO's quirks (no "this robit shoots this kind of gun harder" and more "this robit has a notoriously bad ejection seat, your pilots are more likely to die") and they're also not in HBS Battletech because focus equals quality. Hopefully quirks are one of those things that will get added in post-launch, because they can mechs a lot more distinct.
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Ciaphas posted:That LP thread is a megalithic monster that for some reason I'm trying to catch up on from the beginning Impermanent posted:that battletech lp is completely incomprehensible. Hogarth's Heroes is the mission PTN introduces sprites in, but I think it'd still be worth it to check out the political and theatre votes, to see what's going on in the inner sphere, even if you're in need of graphics to enjoy your giant robots.
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PoptartsNinja posted:I'm sorry you feel that way. oh I don't think there's anything wrong with how you're doing it, It's just very hard for someone who knows literally nothing about battletech to figure out what's going on.
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Yeah, BattleTech's one of those games that can be hard to parse unless you've played it once or twice. I'm honestly surprised how many people signed up to play, I was expecting "Oh, I'll get a couple of dozen people and play BattleTech for six months to a year until people get bored of me" and... it's now seven years later and I've finally hit the end of the player list having played the game with well over 200 people.
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I can recommend reading the pre and post battle fluff, the fluff for each turn, and if you feel like it, skimming the combat results to look for crits. If something jumps out as being interesting (headshots, ammo crits, kills) you read backward to figure out who caused that. That'll get you the big moments of the battles without reading each individual weapon shot.
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DatonKallandor posted:I can recommend reading the pre and post battle fluff, the fluff for each turn, and if you feel like it, skimming the combat results to look for crits. If something jumps out as being interesting (headshots, ammo crits, kills) you read backward to figure out who caused that. That'll get you the big moments of the battles without reading each individual weapon shot. This is what I do and it works great.
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Cyrano4747 posted:someone throw a link, I need some new reading material https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3383329&userid=136166 PTN's LP sorted by his posts only
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Air Raid is a good mission where the players basically 100% S rank it and the legend of King Dadlas is born, in fact that whole sequence is really good.
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Too bad the best planet is on the wrong side of the Sphere... http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Butte_Hold
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Cyrano4747 posted:Honestly I like being stuck with the engines you get. Swapping them out makes mechs waaaaaay too same-y and leads to there being clear best chassis based mostly on their weapon hardpoints.
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sebmojo posted:Air Raid is a good mission where the players basically 100% S rank it and the legend of King Dadlas is born, in fact that whole sequence is really good. The whole demon hawks campaign was fantastic. Well worth reading including the comments in between PTN fluff.
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The Battletech intro works really well with the Expanse theme music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg4dx6FNGdU
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Disappointed that the thread title isn't "Reactors online April 24th".
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Xotl posted:Disappointed that the thread title isn't "Reactors online April 24th". Nice. Yeah, this should definitely be the thread title.
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Internet Explorer posted:Nice. Yeah, this should definitely be the thread title. All Systems Nominal
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PoptartsNinja posted:Yeah, BattleTech's one of those games that can be hard to parse unless you've played it once or twice. I'm years behind your thread after also reading it daily for years and being one of those 200 people and it was a really cool experience that took me from 'played mechwarrior games' to 'megamek enthusiast that has happily argued about the different strategic policies of the inner sphere houses' and its definitely the reason i backed this game thanks for running it, i'm sure its a crazy amount of work but i'm really glad for it
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sebmojo posted:Air Raid is a good mission where the players basically 100% S rank it and the legend of King Dadlas is born, in fact that whole sequence is really good. it wasn't 100% because i'm bad and got shot in the knee. someone managed to recover me though, so that was nice
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wow, it's hard to believe that mission was almost two years ago to the day how time flies
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:wow, it's hard to believe that mission was almost two years ago to the day The last couple years have been a trip.
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If I had half a freaking idea of how to play BT (or the time/ to learn it) I'd sign up for that thread, but alas
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Ciaphas posted:If I had half a freaking idea of how to play BT (or the time/ you don't need to know, people will help you out i had no drat clue when I signed up and had a ton of fun putting a wrecking ball in someone's face, putting an SRM shot in someone else's face, and watching a Charger suplex mechs
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PoptartsNinja posted:Yeah, BattleTech's one of those games that can be hard to parse unless you've played it once or twice. Don't answer, but I'm sure it's no coincidence that a handful of people who used to do fan art for your Battletech thread, actually now draw art for Battletech. 
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PTN, please tell me you have that entire LP backed up somewhere for posterity. I've been playing catch-up on that thread for years and I'm still not close to getting current.
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Bubbacub posted:The Battletech intro works really well with the Expanse theme music Wow. It really does! 
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:it wasn't 100% because i'm bad and got shot in the knee. someone managed to recover me though, so that was nice  All part of the service
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Drone posted:PTN, please tell me you have that entire LP backed up somewhere for posterity. I've been playing catch-up on that thread for years and I'm still not close to getting current. I don't, and at this point it's too much work for me to try to archive it. I lost most of the oldest maps when I upgraded PCs. Aside: which of these logos do you like best?    (I don't know why Imgur randomly decided the middle one didn't deserve a transparent background but oh well)
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Anyone have any recommended viewing of the game and its gameplay? I gather there was a press demo recently or something?
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PoptartsNinja posted:I don't, and at this point it's too much work for me to try to archive it. I lost most of the oldest maps when I upgraded PCs. The first, though they're all worthy of being Johnny Fiveaces' logo.
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Ciaphas posted:Anyone have any recommended viewing of the game and its gameplay? I gather there was a press demo recently or something? Cohh’s stream is very good.
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Ciaphas posted:Anyone have any recommended viewing of the game and its gameplay? I gather there was a press demo recently or something? There's a pretty good playthrough by Cohh. He's not super great at the game or anything, but he's not so bad you'll wonder if he even has his monitor on while playing, and he's entertaining enough. There's also 39 episodes of about half an hour each, so there should be more than enough in there to keep you occupied until launch.
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Ciaphas posted:Anyone have any recommended viewing of the game and its gameplay? I gather there was a press demo recently or something? Odd has also started playing as well, but some of the events in this playthrough make it a cautionary tale as well as a preview/first look.
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Omar_Comin posted:Odd has also started playing as well, but some of the events in this playthrough make it a cautionary tale as well as a preview/first look. Like what?
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PoptartsNinja posted:Aside: which of these logos do you like best? Topmost is best; from both large and small sizes it reads as cards quickly and easily because of the fan shape, whereas the bottom two and especially the bottom-most are more muddled. Plus the lower rims of the cards work as a decent leading line to the Atlas in the first one.
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sebmojo posted:Like what? I'd say at the very least, "Don't take that last story mission 'Mech loadout into that story mission when it's your turn."
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sebmojo posted:All Systems Nominal Yeah, this for after release. Reactor(s) Online April 24th for now. Reactor(s) Online, All Systems Nominal for after release. Let's make it happen, folks! Also, 6 more days.
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Anyone else super hyped for BT like me should grab MW:LL, it's a ton of fun and has a fancy launcher nowadays so it's not like installing a weird mod if you played it back when it was like that. Also doesn't need your own Crysis key either anymore. The other day I killed an Atlas while in Battle Armor by dancing around the legs and digging out the rear torso.  Only problem has been outside of primetime the playerbase is nonexistant but hey a free mech game with mixed "infantry", tanks, planes and mechs!
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