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Apr 22, 2018 00:10
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Is airpower a thing in the battletech universe? It seems to me that mechs would be big obvious targets for airstrikes.
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Apr 22, 2018 01:13
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Eej posted:There are anti-air mechs like the Jagermech that basically look like WW2 AA guns with legs.
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Apr 22, 2018 01:27
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All these streams made me want to play XCOM2 again but the big expansion I haven't played yet still costs as much as the Battletech full game. 
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Apr 22, 2018 03:34
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I've watched a couple youtubes and the starter mech is always a stock blackjack. When you get past the intro missions your starting merc band always has your blackjack, a spider, locust, shadow hawk and a vindicator.
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Apr 22, 2018 09:41
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Zanziabar posted:So, what I'm getting thus far is that really only the Shadowhawk & Vindicator have any sort of short-mid term potential in the campaign? The spider is an ok light mech. I think a lot of the streamers don't really understand how to use speed and jump jets to keep their lights and mediums alive. One guy I saw stripped all the jump jets off his mech and just tried to brute force his way through missions. It's also worth keeping in mind that the mechs you encounter and their salvage pieces are semi-randomised and a damaged mech can spend a long time in the repair bay. So you will likely need to figure out how to make different mechs work for you.
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Apr 22, 2018 10:16
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Are average Battletech fans as bad as the ones on the paradox forums? There's a new edition starter box coming out this year and I might be interested in getting it.
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Apr 23, 2018 09:07
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I don't think you need to spoiler item stats.
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Apr 23, 2018 12:36
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Phi230 posted:
IIRC human space extends far beyond the inner sphere but the way FTL travel and comms works puts an upper limit on how far out a cohesive civilization can extend.
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Apr 24, 2018 08:15
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The only limit to continual expansion would be access to jumpships and there seem to be plenty of them on the periphery. There could have been continual expansion throughout the entire 1000 year game backstory that no-one in the IS paid any attention to.
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Apr 24, 2018 08:33
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Paingod556 posted:He really sounds like that guy who gave Brigade E5 (a Jagged Alliance TBT clone) a low score not for it's many legit issues, but because 'I need to tell me soldiers what to do? This is bullshit'. RPS aren't very interested in anything that isn't a quirky indie title these days.
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Apr 24, 2018 11:34
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WMain00 posted:I stopped reading RPS ages ago because they're so stuck up their own arses the world is varying shades of brown. They manage to fish up the odd interesting game I wouldn't otherwise know about and their site is less obnoxious then other game sites. But they do tend to occupy their own little bubble.
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Apr 24, 2018 12:15
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Aramoro posted:I have literally no idea about any of these either so some info would be nice. I imagine if you've not played Battletech before the game will be like descending into some nightmare realm. There are two crit states for weapons. The first makes it less effective and the second knocks it out. Mechs carry multiple jump jets and each one you shoot out reduces its jump range.
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Apr 25, 2018 13:33
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I managed to headshot a PPC Catapult in an assassination mission but I only had 2 priority picks for salvage and the RNG didn't give me the last piece.  I keep getting multiple jaguars, locusts and jenners that I sell to keep my company afloat.
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Apr 26, 2018 14:23
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ulmont posted:Just getting into this slowly. I assume that I'm not going to be able to pay back my debt, mechanically (and therefore not be allowed to leave the starting area) until I advance the plot? AFAIK that's correct. The only time pressure on the campaign map is your monthly budget so you can feel free to slum it with backwater contracts until you are comfortable with the game.
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Apr 27, 2018 15:25
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OwlFancier posted:This game looks cool but I heard it runs bad. Does it run bad? I have 17 hours logged and had one crash and I had to quit and restart the app once because the campaign timer was starting to chug. Other than that no problems.
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Apr 28, 2018 00:07
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This game really needs a hardcore mode. My favourite moments have been in the early game when you need to scrape together a lance of your backup locust, a commando and whatever functional mediums you have running just so you can make enough money to pay the rent. Once you're rocking heavies and put a lot of upgrades into your drop ship a lot of that early game tension dissipates.
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Apr 28, 2018 09:33
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Vargs posted:I wish this game had more interesting mech designs. 90% of them are near identical blocky robot humans. The blackjack looks pretty dumb but at least it's something different. More mechs like that, the Catapult, or the King Crab please. Even something like the Hunchback, which still falls into the blocky robot human category but at least it's a little bit more unique. Hopefully they might add quad mechs in a future expansion. There are a few around in 3025 that look like giant bugs and dogs. 
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Apr 28, 2018 14:27
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There's no time limit
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Apr 29, 2018 01:45
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Bubbacub posted:What's the best way to beat the dropship control tower mission? I feel like I can barely get in range by 15 turns. Ignore the mechs and sprint up to it. The friendly towers are all packing PPCs and will soften up the enemy for you.
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Apr 29, 2018 07:02
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Fat Samurai posted:Back armour only encourages cowardice. I think at the very least the shots cluster near the called part. I.e. If you call a LT it will also likely hit the LA and CT.
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Apr 30, 2018 13:04
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Cowcaster posted:i think those are more a remnant from the era of cardboard box 80's designs and such. the current mwo iteration looks a lot nicer (like most mwo designs the art is nicer than the actual in game model) more like Fat Cat
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May 5, 2018 10:16
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Quickdraw's put on a lot of weight over the years.
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May 9, 2018 12:50
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For my next campaign I'm going to do a stock run. Stock mechs only and only use the mech lab for repairs and to do direct upgrades to + weapons and gear. Modding mechs is fun but it also lets your break the game over your knee.
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May 10, 2018 09:36
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Didn't they establish a dynastic union with the Magistracy of Canopus?
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Dec 5, 2018 20:54
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HORMELCHILI posted:rts with pausing is trash and supplants actual strategic and tactical thinking with micromanagement. if its good rts you dont need to pause it  The infinity engine ruined CRPGs for 20 years and counting. (Spiderweb Software games excluded)
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Jun 18, 2019 11:01
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Is there a mod that adds new weapons and stuff without adding a ton of jank? e. a lot of the popular mods add 100+ mech variants and copy-paste existing models to make "new" mechs etc which puts me off NoNotTheMindProbe fucked around with this message at 03:35 on Jun 29, 2019 |
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Jun 29, 2019 03:29
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Why isn't this guy in the game yet?
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Jun 30, 2019 11:41
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Zeroisanumber posted:What is that? An Ostroc? An Ostsol
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Jun 30, 2019 23:18
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OK I'll give it a look. I uninstalled Roguetech a while back because I hated all the lovely and hilarious shrunken proto-mechs.
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Jul 1, 2019 04:28
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A new DLC released recently. (Imagine a gently caress DLC text art meme here)
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Jul 1, 2019 04:49
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Gwaihir posted:Oh yeah I'm not about that life. Thanks for the recommend. I'm having fun with XLRP 3049 but how do you know which ammo goes with which gun? Are Long Tom's, Snipers etc different kinds of weapon?
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Jul 1, 2019 09:01
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It's 15 urbies and a locust.
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Oct 17, 2019 08:49
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Sparq posted:It is. It's my favorite big mod. It adds depth and cool new mechs (many of which are featured in the Heavy Metal dlc) without going insane as Roguetech does. I'm still looking forward to Heavy Metal though because the animations and skins on the community modded mechs aren't as nice as the official ones.
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Oct 22, 2019 10:20
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For those wondering, here's all the new mechs we're getting according to sarna.net: Flea FLE-17 20 tons 97 km/h 2x Medium Pulse Lasers 1x Flamer 2x Small Lasers Vulcan VL-2T 40 tons 97.2 km/h 1x Autocannon/2 1x Medium Laser 1x Flamer 1x Machine Gun Assassin ASN-21 40 tons 118 km/h 1x Medium Laser 1x LRM-5 1x SRM-2 Phoenix Hawk PXH-1 45 tons 97.75 km/h 1x Large Laser 2x Medium Lasers 2x Machine Guns Rifleman RFL-3N 60 tons 64 km/h 2x Large Lasers 2x Autocannon/5s 2x Medium Lasers Archer ARC-2R 70 tons 64.8 km/h 2x LRM-20s 4x Medium Lasers Bull Shark BSK-MAZ 95 tons ??? km/h 1 x Thumper Cannon 4 x ER Medium Laser 2 x UAC/5 2 x LB-10X Annihilator ANH-2A 100 tons 32.4 km/h 4x LB-X Autocannon/10s 4x Medium Pulse Lasers And two free mechs in the update: Marauder MAD-3R 75 tons 64.8 km/h 2x PPCs 2x Medium Lasers 1x Autocannon/5 Warhammer WHM-6R 70 tons 64.8 km/h 2x PPCs 1x SRM-6 2x Medium Lasers 2x Small Lasers 2x Machine Guns Plus new guns: COIL-S, COIL-M, COIL-L Snub PPC UAC 2, 5, 10, 20 LB-X 2, 5, 10, 20 Inferno rounds TAG Narc 'Mech mortar
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Oct 26, 2019 06:37
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I can go 119 km/h if it's equipped with MASC but I don't know if that's going to be in as it's lostech.
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Oct 26, 2019 07:30
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At the PDXcon event they said that all the new mech chassis get inherent modules that make them more useful in specific roles. The Assassin gets a module that makes it ignore a certain number of evasion pips when targeting.
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Oct 26, 2019 10:38
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Q_res posted:Just going off watching the streams that list on Sarna is wrong/incomplete. Most of the Mechs are getting more than 1 variant. The Flea is getting (at least) the FLE-4 and 15, the Assassin is getting the 21 and 101 variants, Vulcan the 2T and 5T. Those are the ones I can personally verify, according people at PDXcon we're also getting the Phoenix Hawk 1K, Rifleman 3C, Archer 2S on top of the 2R and maybe the Marauder 3D. I just got the stats from Sarna. I didn't know what variants we were getting.
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Norton the First posted:I would love a sequel, because HBS is still a young company, and Battletech 2 could be the Dragonfall to Battletech's Shadowrun: Returns. I want them to incorporate what they've learned and make a leap forward. Yeah I don't see infantry and aircraft coming in the current game and they need to give the whole IP a good balance pass before they bring in Clanner tech. Crowdfunded games tend to be a bit haphazard in order to accommodate stretch goals and having to put together a team ASAP. Now that they're owned by Paradox and the first game has brought in a ton of cash they can make the next one with a proper budget and project planning.
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