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I vote Kell Hounds and would like to be a Mechwarrior. I don't have PMs so I can give you an email address when it's time to do so.
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I almost voted Grey Death Legion but..Well..Kell Hounds. Kell Hounds rock.
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Jan 21, 2011 21:17
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WarLocke posted:"Locust-ball"? Kick-The-Urbanmech.
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Jan 21, 2011 21:32
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Agent Interrobang posted:
Warhawk, darn it. Or the Marauder IIC.
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Jan 21, 2011 21:36
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Agent Interrobang posted:Wait wait. I have the perfect name for it: Rasalhague Ball! Doh. Been a long, long time since I did any Battleteching, clearly. 
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Jan 21, 2011 21:39
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I loved playing the Mech Pods they had at Circle Center Mall here in Indianapolis. They're gone now. 
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Jan 21, 2011 22:02
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WarLocke posted:Sometimes you can still find them at Dave and Buster's, I think they bought up all the pods (that weren't already sold to rich gently caress private collecters) when VWE went under. Harmony Gooooold  How much money are they POSSIBLY making squatting on the rights to those designs at this point?
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Jan 21, 2011 22:12
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WarLocke posted:So a Goliath then? Gods. Just put treads on it and make a tank at that point!
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Jan 21, 2011 22:18
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Agent Interrobang posted:Pity it doesn't exist until 3050. Alternate history, maaaan! We're through the looking glass! It could exist at any time!
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Jan 21, 2011 22:54
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Oh, I forgot to do this (I had to clean up my mailbox before I started doing this). Poptarts Ninja, my e-mail address is now edited out. Looking forward to my turn! Polaron fucked around with this message at 07:48 on Jan 25, 2011 |
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Jan 22, 2011 08:32
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Say what you will about the Battleaxe's armor issues, but it looks really cool and hits like a freight train. I remember using one to kill a Timber Wolf once (lucky, lucky, lucky rolls on my part, granted). And yes, my GM was a jerk for sending me against a Timber Wolf.
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Jan 22, 2011 19:38
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WarLocke posted:Did they ever move past the 'there are 4 types of mechs in the entire Sphere' thing they did with Centurions, Wolfhounds, Maulers and Axemen? I'm pretty sure that show is the reason I love Axmen and Maulers so much. I had both of the toys.  (Granted, I also have the Marauder, Warhammer, Rifleman and..Er..Archer?..From the short-lived Robotech Exosquad line)
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Jan 23, 2011 19:27
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Arglebargle III posted:Does anyone else wonder what the hell they're using for "tons" in the 4th millenium? Mechs are just too goddamn big to only weigh 30-100 tons. An M1 Abrams weighs 60 tons... I'm fairly sure a heavy mech is several times larger than that. Or they're made out of some metal that's really light yet strong. Just because they're bigger doesn't mean they're heavier.
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Jan 24, 2011 03:47
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Defiance Industries posted:Well, she IS their cousin. It would be accurate. Hanse. And man, this is making me nostalgia so hard for the last time I played Battletech. Well, KINDA played Battletech. We had the hex map and everything, but our GM combined it with some Dungeons and Dragons-like system and had us RPing outside of the Mechs almost as often as we were inside of them. It was awesome, and ended with my Mechwarrior in a modified Mauler headshotting the ilKhan of Clan Jade Falcon, on their homeworld, halfway through his 'The Reason You Inner Sphere Freebirths Suck' speech. That said, the system he used was different enough from what PTN is using that I'm probably going to have to ask some silly questions when I finally get behind the seat of a Mech. My GM abstracted a lot of things..More than I really realized.
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Jan 27, 2011 06:31
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Longinus00 posted:There is a RPG system set in the battletech universe. http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Classic_BattleTech_RPG It was originally called "Mechwarrior" and I think the mech combat basically deferred to the regular battletech rules. Hmm. That may very well have been what he used.
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Jan 27, 2011 06:46
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Axe-man posted:The emperor of man is actually Kai Allard-Liao! Fixed that for you 
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Jan 31, 2011 06:42
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Man, you guys saying machine guns were worthless in Mechwarrior games clearly never tried them in Mechwarrior 3. I once loaded twelve to sixteen of them (don't remember the exact number) into a Vulture. Because of how light they were, I was also able to give it a maximum-sized engine (allowing me to run about 120 kph), max armor, an AMS, a targeting computer, and one of those things that disrupts missile locks. The thing was a buzzsaw. And since it was a Vulture chassis, everyone's natural inclination was to close with it.
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Jan 31, 2011 16:42
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I vote A. Hanse is cunning, so he should realize that pissing off ComStar is a really, really bad idea. Let the other guys do it and get screwed by ComStar's response.
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Feb 2, 2011 04:43
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Voting for Miller's Marauders because my last name is Miller and I love Marauders 
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Feb 2, 2011 18:55
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Ugh. Why does everyone want to play Death Commandos, they're giant assholes.
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Feb 2, 2011 20:53
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Changing my vote to the Caballeros, just on the off-chance it'll help. Because Liao sucks and needs to get conquered by everyone else.
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Feb 2, 2011 21:05
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In other words, they were designed by a thirteen year old. WHY DO YOU PEOPLE WANT TO WATCH US PLAY AS THEM?!  (Yes, I dislike Liao, why do you ask?)
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Feb 2, 2011 21:17
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AJ_Impy posted:Esteemed goon hivemind, there is one fundamental that we're missing here: the Caballeros are appalling shots. Do you really want to miss with everything, or do you want to see what your weapons actually do to the opposition? Mechwarrior should be a game of huge guns blowing gigantic holes in enemy giant robots, not huge guns blowing up random trees or patches of particularly unlucky sky, whilst the opposition, who actually can shoot, have all the fun. But we're fantastic pilots. You know what that means. Punches straight to the enemy cockpits, all day every day.
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Feb 3, 2011 00:04
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Arglebargle III posted:You heard it folks! Vote Death Commandos cuz gently caress that duck! You are a terrible human being <  >
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Feb 3, 2011 00:54
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You two need to saddle down and stop horsing around.
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Feb 3, 2011 04:56
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Oh man. A Hunchback. And me always playing heavy fire support. This should be a switch. Those of you who say it's one of your favorite designs, I'm going to be asking for a lot of advice with this one. I also like how you put the worst shot in the group into the Hunchback, PTN. How many shots do I have with that autocannon, again? EDIT: Hey, look right above my post. A breakdown telling me ammo and other things. From what I remember from shooting at other Hunchbacks, I'm definitely going to need someone distracting my targets until I get within range of that monster on my shoulder. Also, I'm thinking I should go ahead and fire off that Patience special ability the Texican Mother has first turn to make up for the very real possibility that none of us are really going to be in range to do anything first turn (with the possible exceptions of the Catapult and Rifleman).
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Feb 3, 2011 18:14
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PoptartsNinja posted:You can use that ability every turn. Ooh, I must have misread. Fantastic.
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Feb 3, 2011 18:27
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LeschNyhan posted:Try not to get surrounded though. That'll just mean that they're all within autocannon range. I'll have them right where I want them! ĦArriba! 
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Feb 3, 2011 18:33
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Well...Maybe we'll be able to kill the Blackjack before we get melted to pieces by PPC barrages?
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Feb 3, 2011 19:04
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Out of pure curiousity, assuming my Mech gets blown away during this, I'll still be controlling the Angry Texican Mother, right?
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Okay, right off the bat I'm going to have Lady Death do the thing that makes a 50% chance of no hostages getting capped (you changed the rules on me so I don't remember which it is any more). As for my mech..I'm thinking I want to just keep moving forward to be able to take some potshots at that..What is D4, the Blackjack?...While staying in cover as much as I can. I'm going to take a pounding as I move forward, I can tell that right now. This is a very long map we're going to have to move up. I dunno, it's been a very long time since I did any of this, and I'm really rusty. Ideas, folks?
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Feb 3, 2011 23:02
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So, on further thought, I think I'm going to start heading to the right. That'll let me move towards the Vindicator and the Cataphract, assuming they stay roughly in their same positions, and it'll keep me under cover for a while. I'm going to try to link up with Skinwalker and the two of us can push forward, try to double-team the Vindicator, and then we can try to kill the Ace in his Cataphract.
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I'm thinking our first target should really be the SRM Carrier, because that thing is just too dangerous to let live. The Catapult and Lancelot should target it if they have any sort of chance to.
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Feb 4, 2011 03:45
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Oh, thanks guys. That makes me feel so much better about my Hunchback.
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Feb 4, 2011 05:45
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Oh good, Bobbin has arrived. So, I'm thinking you and I need to link up on the right hand side of the map and push upwards, where we can hopefully take out those two separated from the herd while we get supporting fire from the longer-ranged Mechs. We can basically force any enemies we commit to a close-range duel to have to turn their backs on one of us or turn around to fight us and expose their rear armor to the rest of our team. Thoughts?
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Hey, PTN, I just realized I forgot to send in that I wanted Lady Death to do her distraction move (the one with 50% chance of saving a hostage).
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Feb 6, 2011 03:59
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Teledahn posted:You should probably state that you want to do that move every turn, unless we get some note that an important hostage is likely to be killed next. Yeah, that's a good thought. PTN? I hereby state that I want to do this every turn (unless I choose to do the riskier one in case of Important Hostage, of course).
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Feb 6, 2011 08:09
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Assuming it ever comes out. Harmony Gold can crash and burn at this point for their insane refusal to license the designs.
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PoptartsNinja posted:Still waiting on turn 2 orders from someone. If I don't have 'em by tonite, WarLocke will be up. That's probably me, sorry. Real life got a little nuts here. Working on them right now. EDIT: Turn's in. Sorry about that. Polaron fucked around with this message at 17:51 on Feb 8, 2011 |
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PoptartsNinja posted:Why does everyone keep assuming I'm going to be using LAMs at all when I've already said I hate them and won't be using them for anything but brief fluff references because their mechanics are stupid and a pain in the rear end to keep track of? Because you're a lying Cardassian?
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