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Tran posted:What happened with this crit chance? Fixed.
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Something I have been meaning to ask about the Newtech weapons, but do the new Autocannons have the same jam issue when you roll a 2 that Ultras have?
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May 9, 2018 22:34
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PoptartsNinja posted:Fixed. can my orders just be: CONTINUE THE SWARM ATTACK ??? Legion #5 you are about to eat a mace (luckily not a TSM mace)
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May 9, 2018 22:36
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I thought my heat was going to get fixed from the error last turn?
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May 9, 2018 22:41
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Always like it when a missed order turns into a fluff writing prompt.
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May 9, 2018 23:14
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Mezzanon posted:can my orders just be: CONTINUE THE SWARM ATTACK ??? Yeah, I keep forgetting about the ceiling, since that's...never a thing, except for this scenario. Heh. Assuming that all eight building hexes are likewise height 2, that means I have to stay there, hope not to get killed all the way to death immediately, alpha my way to heat 9 and see if they move again next turn. Unless 1514 and 1515 (the little conduit hexes) aren't as tall. It does maybe free up some movement opportunities for the rest of us in the lower tunnels for this turn, at least, and since I've only taken a couple plinks to draw fire it's it least theoretically possible for me to survive it, it's just not really what I'd have planned deliberately.
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May 9, 2018 23:28
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Fraction Jackson posted:Yeah, I keep forgetting about the ceiling, since that's...never a thing, except for this scenario. Heh. Just alpha strike and kick the king cobra, make your own hole. I'm trying to shank this guy I'm hitching a ride on.
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Mezzanon posted:can my orders just be: CONTINUE THE SWARM ATTACK ??? Yes. Rorahusky posted:Something I have been meaning to ask about the Newtech weapons, but do the new Autocannons have the same jam issue when you roll a 2 that Ultras have? They do not. Lemniscate Blue posted:I thought my heat was going to get fixed from the error last turn?
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May 9, 2018 23:39
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PoptartsNinja posted:Rabbit Warren Update 11 I like this reminder that the Society doesn't fight like Warrior clanners. More importantly, I want to see what they do with the follow up. Now, I'd like to see what the science hammer brings down later. It'd be nice to see omnimechs used to their advantage and tailor weapons to enemies. Or something totally ridiculous like a superheavy.
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May 9, 2018 23:41
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The only way I'd like to fight a group of Legion Battlemechs piloted by this level of pilot is with a few stars of Huits or Nagas 4 mapsheets away combined with a star of mechs with stealth armor, 10 jumping MP, low profile, and TAG.
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May 9, 2018 23:51
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Suggesting that legion 11 attempts to kill another mech and we hope that i can get broken leg Osteon dead this round.
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May 10, 2018 00:04
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That's me. I'll be heading up in to the tunnel to catch up with anyone else. I'm after you in the turn order anyway so I think you'll get your shot? I don't have any other viable targets next turn I don't think.
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May 10, 2018 00:09
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PTN, it looks like Legion #6 (Leperflesh) isn't visible on the new maps.
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May 10, 2018 00:23
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Gwaihir posted:The only way I'd like to fight a group of Legion Battlemechs piloted by this level of pilot is with a few stars of Huits or Nagas 4 mapsheets away combined with a star of mechs with stealth armor, 10 jumping MP, low profile, and TAG. I don't know, I'd be OK with luring them into a cave system and then detonating all the explosives and bringing the whole mountain down on their heads after figuring out what they can do.
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May 10, 2018 00:25
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Ardlen posted:PTN, it looks like Legion #6 (Leperflesh) isn't visible on the new maps. It's OK. I'm in 2508 lower, facing north. I can submit orders from there anyway.
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May 10, 2018 00:27
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PoptartsNinja posted:
No worries, thanks!
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Mezzanon posted:Just alpha strike and kick the king cobra, make your own hole. I'm trying to shank this guy I'm hitching a ride on. That's basically the idea. A shutdown + knockdown would be nice at least. Actually, important question on that, PTN: we can't jump over standing mechs while in the tunnels, but can we jump over prone ones? I assume if we can jump over protos and vees that we can, but I figure I might as well get a confirmation while it's on my mind.
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Narsham posted:I don't know, I'd be OK with luring them into a cave system and then detonating all the explosives and bringing the whole mountain down on their heads after figuring out what they can do. Don't think PTN has ever had rocks fall on his players immediately after they win. Could be a first though!
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May 10, 2018 01:08
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Z the IVth posted:Don't think PTN has ever had rocks fall on his players immediately after they win. Well, not rocks exactly PoptartsNinja posted:
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Pattonesque posted:Well, not rocks exactly Blake's Wrath was a conscious decision by the players.
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May 10, 2018 03:15
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dis astranagant posted:Blake's Wrath was a conscious decision by the players. I do not think we chose to do it though? It is a result of goons succeeding.
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May 10, 2018 03:20
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PoptartsNinja posted:Also, I should mention another achievement was unlocked, since both surviving members of GoonLevel2 had to agree to set off the bomb I sprung on them at literally the last second.
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May 10, 2018 03:24
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A bonus objective! Four turns to go! Kill 'em all!
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May 10, 2018 03:53
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PoptartsNinja posted:Sin #4 (Player) Do the Sins have vibroclaws? If so, I think the Osteon D should have 6 structure remaining, not 7. If the Sin has a vibroclaw, Leg attacks would do base 4, +1 for vibroclaw, and another +1 for TSM for a total of 6, and the Osteon D had 12 IS left.
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Oh yea I forgot that the fuckin cyborgs have TSM implants too haha. REND AND TEARRR 
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painedforever posted:A bonus objective! Four turns to go! Kill 'em all! We are not killing fast enough!
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May 10, 2018 05:45
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Man, oh man, this campaign is becoming a seriously Khornish campaign. Let's have all of the Legion forces shouting, "Blood for the Blood God! Skulls for the Skull Throne!" D'you think the BattleTech universe could slot in as part of the WH40k history?
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May 10, 2018 07:29
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Some jars of peanut butter I'm okay with leaving separate from some bars of chocolate, tbh
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painedforever posted:Man, oh man, this campaign is becoming a seriously Khornish campaign. The first manned jumpship attempt is the divergent point. If it goes well, it's Battletech If it goes wrong, it's WH40k as it's not the TAS Pathfinder, but the Event Horizon
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Weissritter posted:I do not think we chose to do it though? It is a result of goons succeeding. As noted above, I was one of the two asked to turn the metaphorical key. Though if we'd all gotten our mechs wrecked we might not have gotten the choice. I don't seriously think PTN will "rocks fall, everybody dies" without warning. He might add an objective to clear the caves in X turns, though.
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Xarbala posted:i'm glad it isn't  enjoy giant punchrobots for what they are. I do not understand the fascination I see among many (most?) 40k fans with trying to make every other franchise part of 40k. 
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Psion posted:
I think it's because 40k throws a surprisingly wide loop of random zany poo poo, so you can almost always find a part of it you like to put in something else. Years ago at this point I remember making some kind of comment about actually fighting Space Marines because we were technically fighting naval infantry in space (and then PTN referred to them as Space Marines in the fluff.  ).I don't try and combine the two, but I can see why people might try on some level. I find Elementals to be kind of stupid and since they're geneitically engineered to be giant walls of meat anyway I'd almost rather they be 40k style cool guys (and gals) in power armor with absurd guns than "fat guy in a robot suit that looks like Toad Man".
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It's probably just as simple as having a preference or enjoyment of the 40k "grimdark taken to its most absurd extreme" theme, and so when anything else starts to get kind of grimdark, there's that temptation to start calling for skulls for the skull throne etc. etc. Basically just being enthusiastic about what's going on right now in the game, which is fine.
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Zaodai posted:I find Elementals to be kind of stupid and since they're geneitically engineered to be giant walls of meat anyway I'd almost rather they be 40k style cool guys (and gals) in power armor with absurd guns than "fat guy in a robot suit that looks like Toad Man". Aren't Space Marines also genetically modified giant walls of meat?
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Defiance Industries posted:Aren't Space Marines also genetically modified giant walls of meat? Yeah, that's what I'm saying though. Elementals are two thirds of the way to being Space Marines as it is and then they just end up completely unenjoyable (to me, personally). So with that in mind, I can see how some people would want to shoe-horn in 40k and Battletech, since it wouldn't be a stretch for me to want to shoe-horn in Space Marines (or even Tau type battlesuits) to fill in the role of Elementals.
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Zaodai posted:Yeah, that's what I'm saying though. Elementals are two thirds of the way to being Space Marines as it is and then they just end up completely unenjoyable (to me, personally). So with that in mind, I can see how some people would want to shoe-horn in 40k and Battletech, since it wouldn't be a stretch for me to want to shoe-horn in Space Marines (or even Tau type battlesuits) to fill in the role of Elementals. Heck, the redone art for protomechs has a very, very strong Tau battlesuit aesthetic. Not that I'm complaining, mind, it's a very effective design aesthetic that's leagues better than the original. Maybe doesn't match up quite as well in regards to evoking mythological creature imagery, but it looks like something people might actually design for military use.
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Zaodai posted:Yeah, that's what I'm saying though. Elementals are two thirds of the way to being Space Marines as it is and then they just end up completely unenjoyable (to me, personally). So with that in mind, I can see how some people would want to shoe-horn in 40k and Battletech, since it wouldn't be a stretch for me to want to shoe-horn in Space Marines (or even Tau type battlesuits) to fill in the role of Elementals. They spend all their time swordfighting and not wearing helmets, though, so they're too dumb even for BT
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Defiance Industries posted:They spend all their time swordfighting and not wearing helmets, though, so they're too dumb even for BT I don't know that anything can possibly be "too dumb for BT". It basically operates on concentrated stupidity. And lets be real, Clanners would totally sword fight without helmets for the added glory of it.
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Zaodai posted:Yeah, that's what I'm saying though. Elementals are two thirds of the way to being Space Marines as it is and then they just end up completely unenjoyable (to me, personally). Successful Elementals are nearly always deeply unpleasant people. Unsuccessful Elementals nearly all become the Clan version of police officers (or, more typically, hamburger). That feeling of dislike (and possibly discomfort) that you feel is intentional. It's telling that the three most sympathetic and human Elementals in BattleTech were Evantha Fetladral (who threatened to dump Phelan in a dishwasher and otherwise got maybe half a chapter of in-character perspective), Victor Steiner-Davion's black slave, and the Jade Falcon lady from the cartoon who got a grand total of four lines of dialogue. Edit: Forgot the Malthus Elemental that was Kai's friend out of a deep respect for Kai's amazing ability to set off bombs after the two spent a few days trying to knife one another to death in the jungle.
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