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Mr.Trifecta posted:I was just thinking. Paradox Interactive is announcing a new game at PDXCON soon. I am going to guess its Battletech Grand Strategy game. I think it could work. Star Colonel, Dekker tried to have me assassinated so I would not uncover his plot to assassinate Dekker Yours, Dekker
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Mr.Trifecta posted:I was just thinking. Paradox Interactive is announcing a new game at PDXCON soon. I am going to guess its Battletech Grand Strategy game. I think it could work. It's Victoria 3.
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Salvage operations is the greatest thing ever. Even better it doesn't work with rougetech. Haaaaaa suck it alecto
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I need a narrative idea for my UW FP. Looking at the Attack/Defend stream, I'm thinking some kind of corporate warfare angle ending with that contract type, where both of the factions Have their HQs side by side (two brothers or some family thing in opposing businesses?) and you end up choosing which side to assault. I need some goon spitballs as that worked great last time. What would the story be about and what's the FP choice for?
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Jun 2, 2019 14:17
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Hatfields and McCoys! Both are family businesses big in the moonshine trade (or some other illicit substance) and have a feud going back forever, maybe even including a literal hog. Or better yet, make it "War Pig" a prized Hunchback that both families claim is theirs. You start out playing both sides, with some scouting and skirmishing. Eventually, they catch-wise, and you have to pick who to support but, as a twist, some local or regional authority comes in and offers to pay big if you take down both families. Leading to, 1) side with family A and fight against a larger number of light enemies. 2) side with family B and fight a smaller number of heavy enemies. 3) side with THE MAN and fight everyone for a bigger payday. Skippy McPants fucked around with this message at 15:00 on Jun 2, 2019 |
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Jun 2, 2019 14:55
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Radio Free Kobold posted:It's Victoria 3. God please. Victoria 2 is still one of their better titles and is screaming for an update.
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Jun 2, 2019 14:57
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It's neither V3 or Battletech related :p I fired up BT last night to check out the new stuff and on my very first mission I forgot what the red area on the map meant and promptly lost 2 mechs to the dropship landing on them 
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Jun 2, 2019 15:29
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Amechwarrior posted:I need a narrative idea for my UW FP. Looking at the Attack/Defend stream, I'm thinking some kind of corporate warfare angle ending with that contract type, where both of the factions Have their HQs side by side (two brothers or some family thing in opposing businesses?) and you end up choosing which side to assault. I need some goon spitballs as that worked great last time. What would the story be about and what's the FP choice for? Rip off Fistful of Dollars
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Jun 2, 2019 15:33
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Yeowch!!! My Balls!!! posted:Star Colonel, Dekker tried to have me assassinated so I would not uncover his plot to assassinate Dekker It's Star Captain Bekker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1-kwfI3OT0
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Darkrenown posted:It's neither V3 or Battletech related :p Wiz' secret project?! vvv God don't remind me. Fuckin' Microsoft. DatonKallandor fucked around with this message at 17:40 on Jun 2, 2019 |
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Jun 2, 2019 16:22
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Darkrenown posted:It's neither V3 or Battletech related :p Crimson Skies!....somehow
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Jun 2, 2019 17:34
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Skippy McPants posted:Hatfields and McCoys! HORMELCHILI posted:Rip off Fistful of Dollars All of these. Yes. Yojimbo/Fist Full of Dollars is a great place to be for a FP choice. The literal pig would be hilarious for a recovery mission.
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Jun 2, 2019 20:30
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Have "War Pig" the Hunchback or whatever, and work into the FP at some point rescuing an actual pig. Like; Client: We need you to go rescue the pig. Darius: But, we just recovered the War Pig on our last drop. Client: No, no, not War Pig. The family's prized sow. Except you know, write actual dialog and make it funny.
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Jun 2, 2019 21:06
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I'd forgotten how funny the Steiner alliance flashpoint was. "Go assassinate heavies and assaults with a light lance!" "Now go do a target acquisition on a tight time limit with a jillion ton minimum!" NOW CUT DOWN A TREE WITH...THIS HERRING! 
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Jun 2, 2019 23:11
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I had heard of the Assault mech scout mission before launch and had started prepping accordingly with jumpjets. Still had some issues, but it felt like a great challenge.
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evilmiera posted:I had heard of the Assault mech scout mission before launch and had started prepping accordingly with jumpjets. Still had some issues, but it felt like a great challenge. It's easy if you keep a couple of the seemingly lovely fast assault mechs around and just max out their front armor and jump jets instead of just selling them off. I did it with a Banshee, Battlemaster, Cyclops plus an Orion and it was no biggie. Doing it with slow assaults is a pain in the rear end though.
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Amechwarrior posted:I need a narrative idea for my UW FP. Looking at the Attack/Defend stream, I'm thinking some kind of corporate warfare angle ending with that contract type, where both of the factions Have their HQs side by side (two brothers or some family thing in opposing businesses?) and you end up choosing which side to assault. I need some goon spitballs as that worked great last time. What would the story be about and what's the FP choice for? Poorly photoshop mechs into the TF2 comics.
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Darkrenown posted:It's neither V3 or Battletech related :p Sengoku 2?
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I am at the point I need to grind rep for alliance flashpoints, and uh it kind of sucks when draconis combine missions don't even spawn. 
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Did else anyone wake up today thinking it was the 4th and get really excited about UW?  Tuesday release dates are pretty drat smart. Not rushing into it after a weekend (assuming no crazy pre-release weekend) with a couple of days to work out any emergency fixes before the weekend.
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Jun 3, 2019 17:37
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Fuckers releasing both Warcrimes and Stellaris DLC on the same day. Woe is me.
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Cynic Jester posted:Fuckers releasing both Warcrimes and Stellaris DLC on the same day. Woe is me. Paradox are just cruel
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I started playing the vanilla campaign again and I think I spent five turns with four mechs trying to kill the world's toughest Firestarter. Even knocked down it just would not die.
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Cynic Jester posted:Fuckers releasing both Warcrimes and Stellaris DLC on the same day. Woe is me. Hmm, on that note Stellaris seems to be missing mechs.
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OddObserver posted:Hmm, on that note Stellaris seems to be missing mechs. Machine Empires get mech assault armies. If I remember right, they are the best buildable armies in the game.
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Jun 3, 2019 18:21
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Star Man posted:I started playing the vanilla campaign again and I think I spent five turns with four mechs trying to kill the world's toughest Firestarter. Even knocked down it just would not die. They can be harder to neuter than a spider sometimes.
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rocketrobot posted:They can be harder to neuter than a spider sometimes. It's like I spend three turns just breaking limbs or components, but that last leg or center torso is just impenetrable. I love it too that while I gather up parts for a Grasshopper, my Shadow Hawk runs all SRMs and a small laser, five jump jets, and maximum armor, and a Commando just somehow manages to rip its arm off.
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I put two of the +++ arm mods that only weigh 2 tons and each add +60 melee damage to my Battlemaster and I think I'm in love.  The Banshee 3M is a somewhat better pure puncher, but is utterly worthless at anything else because its free tonnage at 95 tons is worse than a 65 tonner haha.
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Star Man posted:It's like I spend three turns just breaking limbs or components, but that last leg or center torso is just impenetrable. I love it too that while I gather up parts for a Grasshopper, my Shadow Hawk runs all SRMs and a small laser, five jump jets, and maximum armor, and a Commando just somehow manages to rip its arm off. Commandos are little shitkickers, I love them
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sean10mm posted:I put two of the +++ arm mods that only weigh 2 tons and each add +60 melee damage to my Battlemaster and I think I'm in love. Fill it up with ML++s and MGs, add those arm mods and put a pilot in it with pilot 1, guts 2. EDIT: it doesn't need JJs. Just sprint around the map and then punch a hole through a mech or precision strike through the back armor.
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Star Man posted:I started playing the vanilla campaign again and I think I spent five turns with four mechs trying to kill the world's toughest Firestarter. Even knocked down it just would not die. I hate Firestarters, they might be the most dangerous enemy mech relative to what you have when you encounter them. Those evasion pips are a bitch and getting overheated by one is really brutal, and of course they always make a beeline right for you. Oh and of course they jump, just for that extra bit of "gently caress you". Meanwhile if you get a Firestarter it's not even worth it to run up and douse an AI mech in flames 
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In the early game salvaging Firestarters are always my priority since they're 35 tons and make decent laserboats. I always keep at least one with flamers on standby because once I start encountering mediums there's usually a HBK 4P in need of a good cooking.
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They seem like they'd be decent on a desert, space, or martian map. But I'm sure I'll be told why they're not.
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4 flamers isnt enough with having an ammo capacity. Mine get 10 shots and i dont mount fewer than 6 ever if i mount any
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Star Man posted:They seem like they'd be decent on a desert, space, or martian map. Depends on the loadout. SL laservom firestarter is going to cook. MG firestarter is going to wreck poo poo.
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I don't know what that guy is talking about. The Firestarter is the primo light mech and if you can get one early on it'll last you all the way until you're fielding majority-heavy lances. In a light lance it's your main battle mech, while in a medium or heavy lance it's your scout/flanker/backstabber. In my first game I wound up replacing the Firestarter's role with a jumpy, punchy, master-tactician Shadowhawk once I was fielding all heavies (Black Knight  ) and a Grasshopper when I was fielding Assaults. Even then, I mostly thought of the Grasshopper as "Two firestarters in a trenchcoat, standing on top of each other"
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Cyrano4747 posted:Depends on the loadout. SL laservom firestarter is going to cook. MG firestarter is going to wreck poo poo. I go with 2x ML / 2x SL / 4x MG with a ton of ammo for 10 rounds of shots. Lets you run hot or cool depending on the situation
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Radio Free Kobold posted:Even then, I mostly thought of the Grasshopper as "Two firestarters in a trenchcoat, standing on top of each other" He knows Burn Him
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16 hours to release? But yesterday at this time is said 18 hours. loving time warps.
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I loving love MG boats in XLRP. Between the different ammo types available, and the different +/++/+++ MGs, and the ability to turn on burst mode (double the number of shots in exchange for worse accuracy and lots of heat gen), they're just super loving nasty and flexible.
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