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Right, just got to the most annoying level yet in Mechwarrior 2 mercenaries. Even more annoying than the one I couldn't finish because of a bug. Namely one that lets you win it, yet the next mission has you inexplicably captured. At least it was by worthy opponents (hint hint the Clans) but why can't I live out my life as a bondsman now, huh?  Anyhow, not seeing anything wrong with firing at the statue aside from the odd cover here and there. Edit: Actually I got in the business because it had giant mechs and PPCs and helicopters that don't get used too often. Or more accurately I got into it because my former commander died and left me in charge. How was I supposed to know it'd make me filthy rich in the meantime? evilmiera fucked around with this message at 23:37 on Apr 26, 2011 |
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Felime posted:So... uh, if you guys are going to die, try to be in a building when it happens Or on it. Then again, jumping on top of a building might mean the roof would collapse, wouldn't it? And if all else fails, rush the battle lines before you blow up to make sure you take them with you!
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Apr 28, 2011 11:02
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Defiance Industries posted:FACT: In Kuritan porn, the women all cry during sex. Sometimes because it's supposed to be rape, but usually because in the 31st century, Asian dongs are still tiny. Actually, it is because all the male actors are replaced with Quickdraws.
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Apr 30, 2011 23:13
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JoeCL posted:You should win some sort of prize for deliberately exposing yourself to that. Seriously, PTN what does he win? He gets no points, mainly for managing to avoid using http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surstr%C3%B6mming , the proper ingredient for crafting one of the foulest concoctions known to man.
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May 6, 2011 08:12
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Leperflesh posted:Not hard for me to avoid that, since A) I've never heard of it before, and B) unless they sell it at Ikea, I have no idea where to buy some. Considering most airlines don't even ship it because they're a bunch of wusses, I get that. But apparently a few actually do, if the internet is supposed to be believed (just did a search for the product and Virgin airlines will ship it, or at least used to a while back). And a few outlets ship to the US. I'd say try ICA's international shipping, if that's a real thing and not just something I've been led to believe exists.
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May 6, 2011 09:14
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But Death From Above is the best kind of death Besides, dropping on them like actual bombs works wonders for those other objectives. As long as they're actually standing close enough to make anything worthwhile happen.
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May 11, 2011 08:46
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SynthOrange posted:All those people in the club! You murderers! Would you say that if Rose's father was barhopping there that night?
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May 11, 2011 09:42
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Zaodai posted:I tried to warn you all, but you wouldn't listen to me! As long as the Clans keep kicking rear end, you can keep your sectarian-moonbat mechwarriors.  But in all honesty, vote Clanners next time. Why wouldn't you want to ride around in kickass mechs after these last missions where you were seriously outclassed?
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May 13, 2011 09:19
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PoptartsNinja posted:Good news, everyone! I have finally discovered a means to record MegaMek (meaning: I finally spent the ten minutes or so to find a program that lets me film a portion of my desktop). Does this mean future matches are going to be played entirely via Megamek, with writeups afterwards, or are you just going to use it to show off various gameplay mechanics for those of us not used to playing the actual game? Edit:So purely speculatively, what would happen if they'd happen to take out a guard mech by mistake? evilmiera fucked around with this message at 23:31 on May 14, 2011 |
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May 14, 2011 22:58
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PoptartsNinja posted:I haven't even gotten to the combat phase yet. 's gonna be a little bit. Fuel Tank Explodes! Mech takes 15 points of damage to... And so on. Man I am loving this new phase already. Let's just hope they take some Home Guard mechs with them just to make this interesting. Edit: vvv Yes, that is why I'm advocating it. Playing the wild card and doing something crazy is totally in line with the scenarios we've played so far. Not to mention I like anything that causes strife in the IS. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll just be stomping off in this Timber Wolf. evilmiera fucked around with this message at 22:38 on May 15, 2011 |
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May 15, 2011 22:25
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Ooops. Wonder if those fires are going to spread out of control or something. Especially considering residential and industrial/commerce buildings alike just went up in a huge explosion. Just imagine it, setting fire to the entire city by mistake. That'd stir the IS up. Then again, it might just cause a massive economic collapse. Edit: vvvv Yeah, that's about what I thought as well. After all those forest fires before, lets just say everything is on fire and leave the city to burn after the mission is over. evilmiera fucked around with this message at 23:09 on May 15, 2011 |
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May 15, 2011 23:06
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Defiance Industries posted:I think that really sums up Stackpole in a single scene. His bad guys are dumb enough to wear identifying insignia on black ops missions. Let me tell you about an organization called Cerberus. This does remind me however that I need to start reading all those old books. I'm not sure I've ever slogged through even one before
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May 16, 2011 22:42
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Vox Nihili posted:Except the "cause X amount of damage" was like the second objective they got, and the first one was basically a freebie. Carrying out a significant rampage is essentially the entire goal of the mission, and PTN defined successful as 30,000,000 in damage at minimum. Presumably, 30,000,000 is the threshold for a devastating breach of security vs. manageable losses in one of the characters' heads. Well, anything that makes Clanners look incompetent in the eyes of the IS is a good thing. They won't know what hit them  Joking aside, this mission just like the last one was a lot of fun. Maybe it's because I'm not playing myself, but I think everyone is doing great, and doing quite a lot of fun things that I'm going to enjoy seeing PTN use to rewrite his story with down the line.
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May 18, 2011 08:13
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"Hmmm, these Clanner designs aren't so tough! They're just really sneaky. We don't have to worry about them on the frontlines. All we have to do is tighten internal security, starting with a few purges of less than loyal units." Let's all hope that's the conclusion Steiner's powerbase comes to, and maybe the next place we'll see the Clans invading will be Tharkad once more 
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May 20, 2011 12:42
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I get back from a few days off for work and various other things, and you've already voted on the next scenario? Dangit, and it turned out be Com Guards But I must admit, this looks like a pretty sweet scenario. But it's also one where I again have to root for PTN's group by default.
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May 25, 2011 20:54
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Affi posted:Guys. Guys. Guys.. guys I sure hope so, and that notion of the infantry in the intro message alluded to that. This is one way or another going to be an interesting fight.
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May 26, 2011 09:16
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Angry_Ed posted:...Well now that certainly puts things in a much different light. Also if he lost , why aren't his forces tons smaller?
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May 30, 2011 08:41
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ShadowDragon8685 posted:Have you ever played Galactic Civilizations II? It's not even mostly about lost troops, though that counts as well. The materials he'd be able to bring in would be miniscule in comparison to the already somewhat small amounts they managed to bring in during the original timeline, unless Kerensky attacked almost every single functioning manufactory left in the IS. Meaning the IS would be even less prepared for war on any scale for centuries to come. Not to mention all those raids would mean his forces would be even more depleted. Don't think anyone would give him what he wanted if he asked nicely, especially if he "lost".
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May 30, 2011 09:20
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Der Schellenberg posted:The way I see it is that Kerensky in the canon timeline wasn't building an army for conquest, more for protecting the IS. In this timeline he's pissed off so the entire culture is more revenge oriented and therefore there is most likely a larger number of mech factories and they are producing more warriors to compensate. In other words they weren't trying as hard as they could in the canon timeline and in this one they're going all out. As long as conquered worlds stay conquered and all. Just having them go in, beat the IS and leave sounds like an awful idea. I want my Clan dominion, dangit
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May 30, 2011 12:46
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From now on, since they appeared as blobs to the guy in the report, we shall call them Blobs. And nothing seems to move the Blobs
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I wonder if we're going to see any hilarious vehicles in the future, or even on the next mission. Something like the J-27 Ordinance Transport. Edit: Speaking of strange things, is there any particular reason why making a 20 ton clan mech with maximum efficient ferro fibrous armor, a 200 rating XL engine, Endo-steel frame and 10 ER Small lasers is a bad idea for a build? Or did SSW glitch out somewhere and make a non-tournament legal mech. Edit2: Aside from it being extremely cheesy that is. Edit Again: Oh. And I guess I can pop MASC on there if I remove a heatsink, meaning I'd be gaining 2 heat every turn at the most if I alpha-struck. And the mech could move 20 hexes if it got lucky. And I didn't break the laws of physics. evilmiera fucked around with this message at 13:23 on Jun 7, 2011 |
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Arquinsiel posted:Actually it's possible to pilot them, it's just really really really difficult and anything fancier than "move forward SLOWLY" will often result in faceplants. Speaking of which, removing 3 small lasers and fiddling around slightly with the design results in the mech now having 5 points of jump jets. Can't for the life of me figure out what crazy pilot would dare use the thing though.
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Jun 7, 2011 15:14
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landcollector posted:It would be interesting if the ComGuards did indeed pull this off. Just remember though, this is only the first half of the scenario. I doubt the Hell's Horses units will bid so low the next round. Clanners, start kicking rear end. I'll be very dissapointed in you if you lost to these fanatics. Not that the fight isn't completely awesome as is.
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paragon1 posted:This is bumming me out way more than it has any right to be. I also hope the Clanners can kick the Comstar folks down without too much of a fuss. After that ramming-insult, they better. If I was taking part in the LP, I'd probably enjoy taking part even in the failed attempts if they're all this amusing, though. And here I was thinking I knew what a good mission in BT was.
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Jun 17, 2011 22:53
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Defiance Industries posted:Blake was actually welcomed pretty warmly on Terra. There wasn't a whole lot of shooting he had to do for that one. He fell way short of his original plan, though, which was to re-establish order in the old Hegemony worlds by keeping the House Lords out. Kerensky's exodus cut his timetable for preparation short, so he had to use what forces he had put together at that point and at least secure Terra. He knew that if Terra got attacked and the HPG relays there got damaged it would mess up the entire network for years, so he had to accomplish that, at minimum, no matter what. But the HPG network is also used to control all communications aren't they? I mean sure, that's needed to make sure every state doesn't collapse, but if that got shut down all of them would just invade and re-establish the system under their control, ending the wars early, right? Or is that too simple thinking on my part?
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Jun 20, 2011 19:59
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lilljonas posted:Leaping pony clan mechs? I know who I'm rooting for in this battle! Is it ever wrong to root for the Clans though? Pony mechs are just magical icing on the cake.
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Jun 22, 2011 21:36
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Foot spurs. The perfect new mech weapon for the next tech resource book, if these fights are any indication.
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C3, R3, T1 We ain't getting noone married no-how! And we aren't trusting those Fed bastards further than a Kurita mech can throw them. evilmiera fucked around with this message at 13:02 on Aug 18, 2011 |
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Aug 18, 2011 12:59
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B Nothing beats more IS scum killing each other.
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Aug 21, 2011 17:59
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That thing has 20 machineguns. Those builders knew what they were doing, I guess. While it does look neat, it sounds like a nightmare to have and steer in an actual game.
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Aug 22, 2011 21:46
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Go clanners go! Take out these rinky-dink mechs and tanks and show them just how insignificant this bane of Lyrans is. Sorry, I can't help but root for the clans no matter what situation they're in. Still have to stick with my favorite team and all. Good luck though players, one way or another I'm sure this will be quite fun 
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Sep 25, 2011 08:03
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Good going clanners, you gave as good as you took. Wait, am I just congratulating PTN through all this? Well, he deserves it I guess, so it doesn't really matter. Go team Non-Freebirth!
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Oct 22, 2011 08:12
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Poor clanners. I salute you for your bravery in fighting these suicidal and murderous barbarians 
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Oct 30, 2011 14:27
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Interesting. I always did hope there'd be some kind of an online only game like this in the works, didn't think this is what the other project would turn into though. Sad to see the Clan invasion being the focal point though. If only because I then have to face my own favorite teams, in all likelyhood I wonder if they'll implement something like classes of mechwarriors? Nobleman, mechanic, comm operative, that sort of thing.
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Oct 31, 2011 21:44
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B: Invade Skye, you pansies How did I almost miss this vote? But seriously, Skye needs some invading, and we're just the goons to do it.
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Nov 2, 2011 17:16
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A Invade, my clanner friends, invade! For the glory of some kind of horse that probably isn't a pony. Some kind of ...Clydesdale? I don't know a lot about horses. And hand-building mechs is the only way to go. Just imagine some goonish fellow sitting in his mom's basement (which conveniently is several times deeper than the house is tall), building his very own Urbanmech. Edit: I don't know if this has been mentioned in the text or earlier or anything, but unlike the other clans, apparently if we're going by the map Hell's Horses go more for the Randomly-Lashing-Out strategy than anything else. evilmiera fucked around with this message at 21:20 on Nov 2, 2011 |
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John Charity Spring posted:C - 1st Regulan Hussars But you can do that later Invading the Draconis homeworld is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Especially if the clans just decide to ignore the idea of direct invasion and just blast the city from orbit.
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Nov 2, 2011 23:50
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Having just actually read the Sarna article on the Epona, and having seen the hilarious turret it has, I wish I could vote again, if only to try and make sure it appears at any time in the future.
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Nov 3, 2011 00:13
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PoptartsNinja posted:Current votes are Oh no I certainly hope that at the very least we'll get another shot at this, considering how close the vote was. Wait a minute, Solaris only got a single vote? I was almost certain more people voted for that. Maybe it's just the Solaris fan in me saying that though and coloring my memories.
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Defiance Industries posted:I don't know if we want to commit to that immediately. We don't have specialized electronics for it to knock out and it's a -1X Raven, which means it's devoted 7.5 tons to an ECM/BAP combo. So it MAY be a huge deal, but it also may be a red herring. It might also be hilarious to shoot at and make dance. I really wish I knew more about strategy for the actual game and less about the PC versons.
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