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Rotary Autocannons Win
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Jan 19, 2020 03:30
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the yeti posted:Rules As-Written? Yeah. The tabletop game suffers from late 80s game design pretty badly because it tried to be a "realistic simulation" and have an actual written rule for every possibly scenario (want to pick up and throw a five-ton sack of rice with a BattleMech? There's rules for that!) Alpha Strike is a much better game and the new BattleTech RPG rules (currently in closed beta) are incredibly solid and playable rather than the overdesigned mess A Time of War was, so I'm glad CLG is finally taking steps into the 21st century. HBS BattleTech sparking new interest in the series was the best thing to happen to tabletop in decades. 
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Jan 19, 2020 16:38
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PoptartsNinja posted:The tabletop game suffers from late 80s game design pretty badly Dude I've followed your BTech threads since the beginning, that's an understatement. I've only played about two hours of the original TT total but it's good to hear there's a revamped ruleset in testing. Content: My atlas stole some cues from Nier, I think  Edit: Darius: "Your escorts will stick close for protection" Escortee: *races ahead* Escortee: "We're killing our engines til you come back" Escortee: *races ahead* the yeti fucked around with this message at 18:41 on Jan 19, 2020 |
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Jan 19, 2020 17:50
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So glad they switched to actual art for portraits instead of computer portraits that look worse than stuff from EVE Online 10 years ago.
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Jan 19, 2020 19:16
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So playing the campaign for the first time and I got a Marauder. This seems a little ridiculously overpowered. 4 large lasers, 35% chance each of scoring a headshot equals a lot of dead, perfectly salvageable assaults.
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Jan 19, 2020 20:41
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Most of the new stuff from HM is pretty OP, to be fair. But the Marauder is basically cheating, yes.
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Jan 19, 2020 20:45
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I almost beat the base game at launch but somehow burned out near the end. I remember the last thing I did was opening some vault on an ice planet and the BIG mechs unlocking. Thinking about diving back in with expansions. Is there a logical way to do this? i.e. Should I just go back in, beat the base game, and then buy the expansions, or would it be smarter to just unlock them all before going back in?
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Jan 19, 2020 20:49
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PJOmega posted:So playing the campaign for the first time and I got a Marauder. This seems a little ridiculously overpowered. 4 large lasers, 35% chance each of scoring a headshot equals a lot of dead, perfectly salvageable assaults. On top of that it also reduces all incoming damage to your entire lance by 10-25% due to how the game's rounding works!
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Jan 19, 2020 20:55
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Throne of Bhalz posted:Should I just go back in, beat the base game, and then buy the expansions, or would it be smarter to just unlock them all before going back in? The expansions augment career mode primarily. That said, I prefer career mode to the campaign.
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Jan 19, 2020 21:06
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Would I need to start a new campaign to see the new mech variants in the upcoming patch or will they just show up?
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Jan 19, 2020 21:14
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RBA Starblade posted:Would I need to start a new campaign to see the new mech variants in the upcoming patch or will they just show up? New Mechs have always just started appearing in all my saves so far. So all signs point to no.
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Jan 19, 2020 21:16
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Are the three DLCs worth getting? I've finished the campaign, and was curious about the new mechs/scenarios for a Career run. Steam reviews has them as "mixed".
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Jan 19, 2020 23:18
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The DLC is worth it, imo. Heavy Metal in particular adds a lot of new mechs and weapons.
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Jan 19, 2020 23:29
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What's the best way to outfit a Marauder? I was browsing through the steam forums and people seem to think a single UAC/5 plus a couple ML's is perfect if you have a sniper piloting it. I ran this last mission and it worked pretty well but feel like the accuracy on the UAC was generally pretty poo poo.
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Jan 20, 2020 00:08
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explosivo posted:What's the best way to outfit a Marauder? I was browsing through the steam forums and people seem to think a single UAC/5 plus a couple ML's is perfect if you have a sniper piloting it. I ran this last mission and it worked pretty well but feel like the accuracy on the UAC was generally pretty poo poo. If you want to Mega-cheese a Marauder, equip it with a -Tonnage Gauss Rifle and ER Medium Lasers, and then just always Called Shot the head. You'd be surprised at how many decapitations you can get.
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Jan 20, 2020 00:12
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explosivo posted:What's the best way to outfit a Marauder? I was browsing through the steam forums and people seem to think a single UAC/5 plus a couple ML's is perfect if you have a sniper piloting it. I ran this last mission and it worked pretty well but feel like the accuracy on the UAC was generally pretty poo poo. I'm doing well with triple UAC/2+++ and one LL while I hunt for ERMLs.
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Jan 20, 2020 00:12
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In the vanilla game I have glitch w/ called shot mastery riding one with 3 AC/5s and an LLas and she’s an executioner in it.
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Jan 20, 2020 00:13
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Jedit posted:I'm doing well with triple UAC/2+++ and one LL while I hunt for ERMLs. This sounds real good. Called shot is not something I can do to a standing mech, right?
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Jan 20, 2020 00:17
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explosivo posted:This sounds real good. Of course it is. It just isn't free, the way it is for a downed mech.
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Jan 20, 2020 00:31
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PoptartsNinja posted:The expansions augment career mode primarily. That said, I prefer career mode to the campaign. So should I just start career over with expansions installed? I'm fine with that if so. Game good.
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Jan 20, 2020 00:33
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Jedit posted:Of course it is. It just isn't free, the way it is for a downed mech. Ah I totally forgot that the precision strike thing existed tbh. 
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Jan 20, 2020 00:36
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Throne of Bhalz posted:So should I just start career over with expansions installed? I'm fine with that if so. Game good.  Don't worry about the career mode time limit, you just get some free gear based on your score when time expires. You can keep playing indefinitely after that.
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Jan 20, 2020 01:00
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sean10mm posted:
This should probably be posted on every page.
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Jan 20, 2020 01:08
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I finished the Heavy Metal campaign! I also lost a fuckload of my best equipment and a 10/10/10/10 pilot! It's going to take ages for me to replace all that Gauss ammo and Double Heatsinks. That final battle does not gently caress around. 
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Jan 20, 2020 01:29
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So I installed BT 3062 and everything is now insanely slow. The menu, loading, etc. Everything has slowed to a crawl. What the hell?
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Jan 20, 2020 02:11
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And Tyler Too! posted:I finished the Heavy Metal campaign! Yeah but it's the best one in the game
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Jan 20, 2020 02:30
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sean10mm posted:
The free gear doesn't matter at all either unless you high score it and even then probably not
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Jan 20, 2020 03:01
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Holy poo poo I just got my first headshot OHK 
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Jan 20, 2020 03:12
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explosivo posted:Holy poo poo I just got my first headshot OHK That's how I got my first Atlas early when I had no good heavies and max salvage on. 
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Jan 20, 2020 03:25
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Koorisch posted:That's how I got my first Atlas early when I had no good heavies and max salvage on. It's super satisfying breaking the difficulty curve in half by getting an Atlas or King Crab in like month one because one of your pilots is a superstar
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Jan 20, 2020 04:25
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Lucked out and got a 3/3 Hatchetman in an early career mission 
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Jan 20, 2020 05:32
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I got BT3068 working properly and.....all of my attacks miss forever. This is just Roguetech in disguise. God loving damnit. Edit: Yep this modpack has CBT rules as a forced module. Uninstalled in record time. Can someone recommend a mod that adds a ton of content but doesn't force tabletop's lovely rules down my throat? Horace Kinch fucked around with this message at 06:57 on Jan 20, 2020 |
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Jan 20, 2020 05:43
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Negative_Earth posted:Are the three DLCs worth getting? I've finished the campaign, and was curious about the new mechs/scenarios for a Career run. Steam reviews has them as "mixed". They are definitely worth getting, it's a shame you missed out on the Christmas discount but even so they are a huge plus to the overall game.
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Jan 20, 2020 08:48
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And Tyler Too! posted:I got BT3068 working properly and.....all of my attacks miss forever. This is just Roguetech in disguise. God loving damnit. Battletech Extended 3025 nerfs accuracy a bit but otherwise it's as close to vanilla as you get.
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Jan 20, 2020 11:58
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Is there any way to hunt for a particular chassis in shops? I'm at 3/4 of the CN9-AL and that's all i'm missing to finish off Mediums. Asaults I can wait and farm 5* missions for, but I don't want to do any more lower star missions if I can
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Jan 20, 2020 12:07
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KoldPT posted:Is there any way to hunt for a particular chassis in shops? I'm at 3/4 of the CN9-AL and that's all i'm missing to finish off Mediums. Asaults I can wait and farm 5* missions for, but I don't want to do any more lower star missions if I can According to this likely outdated wiki, look for worlds with the tags Manufacturing and Rich.
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Jan 20, 2020 12:15
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Rorahusky posted:If you want to Mega-cheese a Marauder, equip it with a -Tonnage Gauss Rifle and ER Medium Lasers, and then just always Called Shot the head. You'd be surprised at how many decapitations you can get. This is how I set mine up, minus ERMLAS and plus jump jets. Put it in a nice vantage point and spam precise shot and watch the salvage roll in.
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Jan 20, 2020 17:10
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I have spent no less than nine million C-bills now buying up Griffin 2Ns on the black market just to strip out their double heat sinks. As a bonus I get to have mechs that work OK in the restricted tonnage missions. Overall, good value!
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How do Clan Warship crew have a trial of position?
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